Bob McCarty Writes

Humor, Politics, Culture & Capitalism @BobMcCarty

Bob McCarty Writes header image 4

Holder Blames Congress Before Announcing Plan to Hold Military Tribunals for 9/11 Terror Suspects

April 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Only after claiming Congressional interference played a pivotal role in his decision, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today he will use military tribunals to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and several other alleged 9/11 terrorists. AG Holder’s decision comes barely two years after President Barack Obama’s Jan. 22, 2009, announcement that he would close the Guantanamo [...]

[Read more →]

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

New Survey: Americans More Concerned Than Ever About Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay

December 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Americans are more concerned than ever that the ongoing Obama administration effort to close the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba will allow dangerous terrorists to go free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Eighty-four percent of likely U.S. voters are now at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Vast Majority of Americans Believe in Resurrection

April 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments

It’s not about candy and eggs.  Instead, today is the day Christians like me believe Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead, and 78 percent of Americans share that belief, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Other findings of the survey: Eighty-five percent (85%) also think that the person known to history [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: · , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

President Barack Obama Signs Health Care Bill

March 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments

I visited the White House web site today, saw the image (below) and, immediately, “sucker punch” came to my mind.  As much as I would like to do so, however, I cannot accurately use that term to describe President Barack Obama’s signing of health care legislation today. After all, we had plenty of warning? According [...]

[Read more →]

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

Though Much Has Changed, Obama Has Not

February 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Almost three years have passed since the day a first-term junior U.S. senator from Illinois used lofty language to announce to a crowd in Springfield, Ill., that he would seek the Democratic Party nomination for president in 2008.  Though much has changed, much of what I observed about that presidential candidate still holds true about [...]

[Read more →]

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

‘White-Coating’ Truth About Health Care Reform

December 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Thanks to health care reform becoming an issue of heated national debate, doctors now appear to be wearing their trademark white coats everywhere they go.  At least, that’s what President Barack Obama would have Americans believe.  So much so, in fact, he’s “white-coating” the truth about health care reform. Today at WhiteHouse.gov, the photo above [...]

[Read more →]

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

Obama Risks Becoming ‘Shovel-Ready Project’

September 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

During the next two days, President Barack Obama plans to appear on five Sunday talk shows and The Late Show with David Letterman Monday and continue his push for so-called “health care reform” (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”).  In waging this near-all-out media blitz*, the president risks becoming a “shovel-ready project.” A shovel-ready project?  Perhaps, some clarification is [...]

[Read more →]

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