Bob McCarty Writes

It appears writer Eric Crawford was ahead of the journalistic pack with his article that appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Black Friday — the one after Thanksgiving, not Christmas.  In Bailout Bowl, Presented By You and Me, he highlighted the many instances in which taxpayers — hence, “You and Me” in his headline — [...]

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It’s no wonder Barack Obama chose not to visit U.S. troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany during his European tour three months ago.  A Military Times survey of nearly 4,300 readers indicates Republican John McCain enjoys overwhelming support from the military’s professional core.
McCain handily defeated Democrat Barack Obama 68 percent to 23 percent [...]

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The Boeing Company delivered the first fleet EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft to the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 129 on Tuesday at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., ahead of schedule and within budget.
Boeing previously delivered five EA-18G aircraft to the Navy’s flight test community.
“At a time when most acquisition news focuses on [...]

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Image details: US Naval Academy Midshipmen Graduate In Annapolis served by picapp.com
As a former Air Force officer, I still get chills when I see images similar to the one above of graduation ceremonies at any of the United States military service academies. Unique among graduation ceremonies on college campuses across the country, graduation from a [...]

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Properly motivated, I might go so far as to take time to identify six degrees of separation between John McCain and the rear ends of cows identified by by a British newspaper article 18 months ago as the main source of greenhouse gas pollutants. Not in the mooood to get behind such an effort [...]

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