Bob McCarty Writes

Having worked with journalists at NHK while living in Japan 20 years ago, I was excited to see a crew from the Japanese television network at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis Saturday afternoon.  My first thought:  “The local tea party movement had finally earned a spot on the world stage.”  But I was wrong. [...]

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Two and a half months after 39-year-old Kenneth Gladney (right) was allegedly beaten in St. Louis by SEIU thugs outside Bernard Middle School, charges have finally been filed against six individuals, according to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The charges come 15 days after I asked the question, Why No Charges in Kenneth [...]

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Some believe the proverbial “deck” is stacked against Kenneth Gladney (right) receiving justice.  And who could blame them. According to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, 8,799 recorded incidents of union violence since 1975 have resulted in only 1,963 arrests and 258 convictions — roughly three percent. More than 90 days have passed without [...]

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Yesterday, I reported that the Kenneth Gladney beating case remains in limbo more than three months after the 39-year-old black conservative (right) was allegedly beaten by Service Employees International Union thugs outside Bernard Middle School, the site of a South St. Louis County health care town hall meeting hosted by ultra-liberal Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.). [...]

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Today, I came across news of a disturbing incident that took place March 29. It involved Steve Bierfeldt, director of development for Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty organization, and Transportation Security Administration screeners at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. I learned about the incident while visiting the web site of Jan Mickelson, host of “Mickelson in [...]

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Though I wrote about plans for the St. Louis Tea Party and fully intended to be there this morning on the grounds of the world-famous Arch, a broken hand — the result of playing basketball 3-4 nights a week against young men less than half my age — prevented me from doing that today.  In [...]

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Finally, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported on the St. Louis Tea Party which took place at 11 a.m. local today on the steps at the foot of the world-famous Arch. Unfortunately, reporter Tim O’Neil’s article (Anti-stimulus protesters rally at the Arch) that appeared on the newspaper’s web site provided only 200 hardly-descriptive words, one [...]

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