Bob McCarty Writes

As a former Air Force officer, I like to “talk trash” when it comes to interservice rivalry.  Today, however, I must commend the folks serving aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy vessels in the Pacific as they risk radiation contamination while conducting rescue and recovery operations in Japan. The video below tells [...]

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Every time Muammar Qaddafi makes the news, I’m reminded of something that happened almost 25 years ago when I was serving as an Air Force public affairs officer at McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kan. After the Libyan dictator was blamed for the deadly April 5, 1986, bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. service [...]

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The cover of the just-released Feb. 2 issue of TIME magazine features a suspend-your-disbelief image of two presidents, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, arm in arm next to the words, “Why Obama (hearts) Reagan.”  What few people have seen, however, is the behind-the-scenes view of the presidents, courtesy IOwnTheWorld.com.  Click on the image below to [...]

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By Doug Edelman, Guest Blogger Fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will recognize the phrase, and will state that the answer is “Forty Two.”  But when considering today’s economic and political atmosphere, I have another answer: 1) The economy is NOT a zero-sum game. You don’t deprive someone else by becoming successful yourself.  [...]

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By Foster Friess, Guest Blogger Democrats are fond of talking about the Clinton era budget surplus President George W. Bush “squandered” and the terrible financial mess President Barack Obama “inherited.” Both arguments ignore a few basic facts. First, presidents don’t control spending, Congress does. Second, outside events have to be taken into account before you [...]

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Today, the Republican Study Group released “Those Voices Don’t Speak for the Rest of Us,” a fantastic video advertisement below: Ace of Spades reports that he suggested Republicans produce a sequel to the ad that features the Ronald Reagan-style question, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”  Perhaps, we should modify [...]

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I love to point out the idiocy of those on the Left who point to Ernesto “Ché” Guevara as a hero when, in reality, he was something completely different.  In a Feb. 6, 2009 post, I quoted Dr. Dr. Douglas Young from a piece he wrote for the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: The real Guevara was [...]

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