Bob McCarty Writes

A small business owner and self-described “recovering politico,” Philip Guthrie couldn’t resist the urge to poke fun at the Obama Administration.  That’s why the 37-year-old developed SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND, a board game that “exists to train you bitter clingers to practice the art of class warfare, dodge death panels, cheat on your taxes and [...]

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Today is the 107th anniversary of the birth of Ted Geisel, the American-born writer best known for writing children’s books under the pen name, “Dr. Seuss.” A fan of his classic books, including Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton [...]

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Does President Barack Obama does not understand basic business principals or, even worse, does.  In case it’s the former (which I doubt), I offer some basics: Anyone who’s running a U.S.-based business that competes with foreign companies on a global scale understands that, in order to win contracts and maintain a competitive advantage, you must [...]

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While driving home from the airport tonight, I was listening to The Dana Show on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis and heard conservative talk show host Dana Loesch expressing her disgust about a free, government-support phone service for people on the public dole.  Then, as soon as I got home, I found an e-mail [...]

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In a post nine months ago,  I wrote that hammer-and-sickle thinking is gaining ground in the United States, thanks largely to then-president-elect Barack Obama and the people he selected to serve in his administration.  If you don’t think such thinking is dangerous, take a look at the video and story below about what happened to [...]

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Almost a year ago, I received permission from Merry Roloff, a 50-something aspiring writer who lives near Denver, to publish a poem she had written about the prospect of Barack Obama becoming president of the United States.  Today, I offer the words of that poem again as something upon which my fellow Americans might want [...]

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Electronic funds transfers are not new, but the language of President Barack Obama’s America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (HR 3200) makes me concerned about the way they might be used in the future if this bill becomes law. As explained on lines 4 through 8 of page 59 of the bill, several measures will be [...]

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