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Senator Says Eliminating Earmarks Phony Issue

November 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments

I tend to be against funding of special projects that reek of favoritism and payback.  On the other hand, I tend to agree with Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) when it comes to so-called “earmarks reform.” The senior senator from Oklahoma describes the push to eliminate earmarks as a phony issue. Fox News is reporting on [...]

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Democrats Ignore Basic Economic Facts

October 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Foster Friess, Guest Blogger Democrats are fond of talking about the Clinton era budget surplus President George W. Bush “squandered” and the terrible financial mess President Barack Obama “inherited.” Both arguments ignore a few basic facts. First, presidents don’t control spending, Congress does. Second, outside events have to be taken into account before you [...]

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Support This Blog, Shop The Bob McCarty Shop

January 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Below are some designs from The Bob McCarty Shop that I haven’t highlighted in quite a while.  Click on any image below to see the variety of t-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise on which the image appears.  Thanks in advance for supporting Bob McCarty Writes!

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Obama’s State of the Union Speech in Tweets

January 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Something new this year:  I decided to tweet my way through President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech and ended with 69 tweets which appear below in reverse chronological order: OOOH, OOOH, OOOH! he ended early!!! Thank you, Jesus! less than 20 seconds ago from web Only 10 minutes to go. Can I open [...]

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On Slavery, Presidents Share Nothing in Common

April 5th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama share several things in common:  Both were lawyers; both served in the Illinois legislature; and both were elected president of the United States.  When it comes to the issue of slavery, however, the men share nothing in common. While President Lincoln worked hard to earn a place in modern [...]

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Obama Budget: ‘Economic Suicide and Revolution’

March 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

President Barack Obama’s profligate spending programs, in aggregate totaling many trillions of dollars, translate to the act of printing money at a rate never seen in human history, writes Doug Ross in a post today.  Experts, from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to Democrat economists, believe that these plans put America on a glide-path to [...]

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EARMARX: Combination of Socialism, Spending

March 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Almost a week ago, I published post in which I announced the coining of a new term, EARMARX. Simple to understand, it couples the word used to describe wasteful federal government spending (i.e., “earmarks”) with the last name of a person who will forever be associated with socialism (i.e., “Marx”): EARMARKS + SOCIALISM = EARMARX [...]

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