Bob McCarty Writes

President Barack Obama knows all too well how easy it is to criticize others when you’re not in charge.  Five years ago, as shown in the video below, he seemed to revel in criticizing President George W. Bush for allegedly taking too long to respond to Hurricane Katrina and for being ineffective when he did [...]

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The annual “Yellowstone is shaking and might erupt” news reports have surfaced, prompting me to ponder how the Obama Administration might respond to a natural disaster with its epicenter at the national park. The New York Times, among others, reported today that more than 100 mostly-tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote [...]

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With earthquake swarms rattling Yellowstone National Park, seismologists speculating about whether a mega-eruption is imminent and Wyoming residents raising tough questions about the danger of such an event in local newspapers, I can’t help but wonder why Barack Obama hasn’t told the American people how he’s going to save us from the carnage sure to [...]

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The photos and captions below offer glimpses of what it’s like on the Gulf Coast as citizens and members of the Louisiana National Guard prepare to respond to Hurricane Gustav, now a Category 2 storm, as it pummels Louisiana almost three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina struck, leaving more than 1,800 dead and [...]

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I’ll wager dimes to donuts that the same people who criticized my recent tongue-in-cheek post post, I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28, are now hoping — but not necessarily praying to God about it since they are atheists — that Hurricane Gustav hits New Orleans and the Gulf Coast as soon [...]

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Pastor Rick Warren hosted presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain tonight during a two-hour Saddleback Civil Forum held at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.  Pastor Warren asked Obama questions during the first hour, and a session with McCain followed.  Below are my observations about questions both candidates had opportunities to address. Obama offered [...]

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The video below shows Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t fall for an ABC News reporter’s repeated attempts to draw him into a discussion of the government response to the California wild fires as being slow and inadequate. Score: The Governator = 1, Mainstream News Media = 0. UPDATE: Reporters like the one shown in the video [...]

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