Bob McCarty Writes

While Americans wait for Barack Obama to take office, the nation’s energy future hangs in the balance.  Still, amidst so much uncertainty, a review of the president-elect’s statements and actions in recent months offers an ever-so-slight glimmer of hope.
During an Aug. 4 speech at Michigan State University in Lansing, Obama said this:
“Over the next five [...]

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Everyday, I come across gems of political humor that inspire new posts.  Sometimes they arrive in the form of tips sent to me via e-mail by fans of this blog.  Other times, I stumble across them as I surf my favorite sites.  Today, I decided to share three such gems in a single post.

First, Brian [...]

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Four days ago, I published a photo of a John McCain campaign sign in a neighborhood south of Denver.   According to Merry Roloff, sign thieves forced them to use a bicycle padlock to secure the sign to a decorative light pole in her family’s front yard.  Over the weekend, news of much more serious vandalism [...]

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During a phone conversation this morning, Coloradoan Merry Roloff told me of her family growing tired of dealing with the theft of political signs — specifically, McCain-Palin signs — from the front yard of their home 30 minutes south of Denver.  Shown in the photo above, they’re now using a bicycle lock to secure their [...]

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Once a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Barack is beginning to weaken, according to election forecasters.  Below is a time line of the storm’s track:

July 27, 2004 — The storm first appeared on the political radar, having surfaced from the weather underground as a no-name tropical depression during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.

July 28 [...]

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