Bob McCarty Writes

Members of the mainstream media — people who call themselves “journalists” — seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 — this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and Waxman-Markey) are at the center of heated debate now taking place on [...]

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The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen.  After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report.
As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops number [...]

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A spokesman for the National Right to Life Committee said that remarks by the White House press secretary on October 7, “once again demonstrated that the White House is a partner in an ongoing smuggling operation, which if successful will result in funding of abortion on demand by the federal government.”
The following exchange (which [...]

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The latest update of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation’s candidate cost analysis project shows that, despite their different styles, John McCain and Barack Obama have one thing in common:  both would add billions more to the taxpayer’s tab every year.  Surprisingly, NTUF found one candidate who will cut spending: Former Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr.
NTUF’s [...]

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I find it odd how members of the mainstream news media choose to report on matters such as the combat death toll among members of the U.S. military. Instead of focusing on the fact that the number of deaths during the so-called Global War on Terror has been extremely low when compared to previous [...]

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