Bob McCarty Writes

Today, I offer a flashback to a post I published one year ago today which offered 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States.  Was I right?
1. Obama said he wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further enlarge the federal government.

2.  Obama said his energy [...]

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In the second paragraph of his Salon.com piece today, writer Glenn Greenwald claims President Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of increased defense spending. One needs only visit the Obama-Biden campaign web site or watch a campaign-trail video of Obama to see that the ever-so-hopeful writer is mistaken.
In Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama, [...]

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Two days before the election, I published ten reasons NOT to elect Barack Obama in 2008 with reason #3 being the fact that Obama wants to drastically cut defense spending, research and capabilities.  Among those defense cutbacks, a missile defense system that might protect the United States from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
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Extended Christmas vacations might be in store for members of the U.S. military if President-elect Barack Obama gets his way and, in keeping with his stated plans to drastically cut defense spending, research and capabilities, guts the military.
I make this prediction after reading a recent BBC report from “Down Under” that offers a foreshadowing of [...]

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The differences between John McCain and Barack Obama are stark, prompting me to offer links to audio and video clips below which combine to serve as the Top 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States:
1. Obama wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further enlarge [...]

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