Bob McCarty Writes

The long-exposure photo at right, captured by Signaltheorist, shows the 30-minutes-long path of a Roomba® robotic vacuum cleaner.  Appearing to have chaos and disorganization at the core of its effort, it reminds this blogger of the recently-announced effort to rebrand the Republican Party.
Unless those efforts are altered immediately, conservative-first party members — including yours truly [...]

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In her New York Times column yesterday, Maureen Dowd used Shakespearesque language to describe Sen. John McCain’s seemingly-hopeless efforts to rid a $410 billion spending bill of $7.7 billion in earmarks:
And he’s truly mad that trusts in the promise of a presidential candidate to quell earmarks.
A few paragraphs later, she quoted the Arizona senator himself:
“When [...]

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As a native Oklahoma now living in the Show-Me State, I often find myself visiting NewsOk.com, the web site of the state’s largest daily newspaper, for a more balanced view than one can find in the left-leaning St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  The summary below, which I wish applied to results in other states, describes what is [...]

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Sen. John McCain accepted his party’s nomination for president of the United States this evening at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.  Click here to read the transcript of his speech.

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Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker will soon begin their second day of testimony before members of the U.S. Senate. Below are images from his testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday.

Image details: Petraeus And Crocker Testify Before Senate On State Of Iraq War served [...]

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