Bob McCarty Writes

Thanks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation that will further hinder our nation’s ability to become energy independent (i.e., depend less upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas) is one step closer to becoming law. There are at least a couple of provisions — and perhaps more — in the just-passed Omnibus [...]

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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Secretary of State Jesse White does not need to acknowledge via his signature the letter Gov. Rod Blagojevich used to appoint Roland Burris to the represent the Land of Lincoln in the U.S. Senate. Delivered by Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, the ruling in Burris v. White appears to [...]

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Dear President Bush, The massive fires in Southern California are no doubt challenging fire, health and law enforcement officials beyond any worst-case scenario anyone could have imagined. Your prompt decision to issue federal disaster declarations was commendable, but it didn’t go far enough. Now is the time for you to declare the offices of Senate [...]

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This video, New Meaning of Surrender Date, posted by BuddyRey, features an unnamed youngster who, I would guess, is about 12 years old ranting about the Democrat — not Democratic — Party leadership in Congress and how they aren’t following through on what they promised en route to winning the election last November. The video [...]

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NEWS FLASH: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is quoted in a Reuters article within the hour as saying the war in Iraq “is lost” and that the president’s troop surge is a failure. Statements like Reid’s bring to mind a rhetorical question — “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” — and justify Senator [...]

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The differences of opinion concerning the U.S. military presence in the Middle East — and the cost thereof — are clear. President George W. Bush told reporters a ”specific and random date of withdrawal would be disastrous” for U.S. troops in Iraq and that lawmakers would be blamed if the troops were short-changed. ”The clock [...]

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