Bob McCarty Writes

Humor, Politics, Culture & Capitalism @BobMcCarty

Bob McCarty Writes header image 4

Obama’s West Point Greeting Lags Behind W’s

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Was there much of a difference between the greetings received by President Barack Obama Tuesday night and the greeting President George W. Bush received Dec. 9, 2008, the last time he visited the United States Military Academy at West Point?  Watch the video below and judge for yourself. Related: Six Important Facts About the Assault [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Attorney Says Unedited Versions of the Oklahoma City Bombing Surveillance Tapes Are ‘Somewhere’

September 30th, 2009 · 18 Comments

Copyright © 2009 Bob McCarty.  All rights reserved.  Reprint permission required. By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com “Someday, somewhere, somebody is going to have the guts to release that stuff,” said David P. Schippers, speaking to me by phone from his office in downtown Chicago Tuesday afternoon. The “stuff” to which Schippers was referring is surveillance-camera [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

‘W’ Was Right, Iran Is Dangerous

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments

“Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon.” President George W. Bush used the words above 19 months ago during a White House interview with NBC reporter David Gregory (see this post for details). At the time of the interview, many on the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Uncle Jay Explains the News: August 10, 2009

August 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

“Retro” is the word of the week in the Aug. 10 edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News.  Topics include the 40th anniversaries of the Manson family murders, the Beatles famous crosswalk photo being taken and Woodstock, the first giant rock concert — and the last one without overpriced tickets.  Also covered is the fact [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

GQ Slams Rumsfeld for Relying Upon Scripture

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Published under the GQ headline, “AND HE WILL BE JUDGED,” Robert Draper’s lengthy feature article about Donald Rumsfeld is chock full of criticism about the former secretary of defense and his boss in the Oval Office.  What I found more worthwhile about the article, however, were details about Scripture verses that began appearing on Pentagon [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Video: White House Press Corps Bias on Display (Updated)

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Andrew Breitbart shares a great video today from Patrick Gavin that demonstrates clear-yet-subtle bias on the part of the White House press corps. As shown in the still image above that was captured from the video, reporters did not stand on Feb. 28, 2008, when President George W. Bush entered the White House briefing room.  [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Writer: Bush Not to Blame for Economic Crisis

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

As evidenced in the comments below (and others), President Barack Obama and his underlings seem fixated upon blaming the current economic crisis on President George W. Bush’s efforts to deregulate industry: “But come on, we’re not — we are not going to get relief by turning back to the very same policies that for the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,