Bob McCarty Writes

With the fourth anniversary of this blog’s birth less than five months away, I’m using this post to announce that I’m stepping away from full-time blogging at BobMcCarty.com. Why slow down after publishing nearly 4,000 posts?  Several reasons exist, but I’ll limit myself to the most important one: I WANT TO FINISH WRITING MY FIRST [...]

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By almost every conceivable measure Americans are less positive and more critical of government these days, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Sunday. Pew describes the political environment as “a perfect storm of conditions associated with distrust of government — a dismal economy, an unhappy public, bitter partisan-based backlash, and epic discontent with [...]

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To assist in the effort to deliver justice for Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, the Edmond, Okla., native who is serving a 15-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth after being convicted of unpremeditated murder in the May 16, 2008, shooting death of a known Al-Qaeda operative in Iraq, I designed the Unofficial Defend Michael Brochure [...]

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Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna is an American hero now serving 20 years at Fort Leavenworth after killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in self-defense.  The fact that his clemency hearing is set for Jan. 7 in Arlington, Va., makes it imperative that we raise awareness of his plight by sharing news of his situation [...]

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In a day and age when elected officials in Washington, D.C., seem to be treating the American people more like turkeys than bosses, I offer the Thanksgiving Day cartoon above as representative of how many Americans feel on this special day. Though I’m not advocating violence against elected officials (at least, not yet), the thought [...]

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During the past month, I’ve published four posts about the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill and the detrimental impact it will have on the country if passed.  Today, I offer two videos from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill.  If you’re like me, they will make you wonder [...]

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“ONE VOICE AGAINST SOCIALISM” was the message on the sign carried by 68-year-old grandmother Janet Allquist six months ago when she began a one-woman campaign against socialism and government run amok. Today, her message continues to resonate through weekly Saturday afternoon rallies at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. Allquist was [...]

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