Bob McCarty Writes

Raised an avid consumer of newspaper journalism, I went on to earn a journalism degree from Oklahoma State University and hold a variety of professional positions, most of which afforded me opportunities to work with and among professional journalists on a daily basis. So it goes without saying — and with my tongue planted firmly [...]

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Brace yourselves, conservatives:  While President Barack Obama used his appearances on the Sunday talk shows to push for government-run health care, he also fired what could be considered an Oval Office “missile” aimed squarely at conservative talk radio. During a poignant segment of his interview the president that was broadcast on FACE the NATION this [...]

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In “Pelosi Attacks AIG (above),” My Personal Litmus offers a graphic depiction of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s insane approach to governance and congressional oversight.

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Perhaps in response to House Republicans ripping the idea as proof that President Barack Obama’s first $787 billion stimulus effort didn’t work, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today ruled out any immediate action on a second stimulus measure, according to reports by The New York Times, Reuters and others. But don’t get comfortable just [...]

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It seems the groundswell of public outcry was finally heard by the idiots (a.k.a., “House Democrats”) in Washington, D.C.  Late this afternoon, they announced they will finally allow a quarter-century-old offshore drilling ban to expire, according to an Associated Press news alert. It began on this blog with a July 23 post in which I [...]

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Oil and gas industry experts described it as a “dry hole” energy bill that “does little to increase oil and natural gas supplies and, in fact, may well result in less domestic production, which would make America more dependent on foreign energy.”  Regardless, the Democrat bill that purports to allow more offshore drilling passed by [...]

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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a press conference tomorrow at 11 a.m. (Eastern) at the Will Rogers Statue stakeout location inside the capitol building. Their objective is to challenge rank-and-file House Democrats to back up their pro-American energy rhetoric by calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to schedule a vote on more [...]

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