Bob McCarty Writes

Believe you me, it’s a rare occasion when I agree with the folks at TIME.  Today, however, is one of those occasions.  The lead paragraph of their article, Obama’s Nobel: Another Slap at George W. Bush, sums up accurately the reason why the current occupant of the Oval Office won a once-prestigious award despite having [...]

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“To those who say 10 years is not enough time, I respectfully ask them to consider what the world’s scientists are telling us about the risks we face if we don’t act in 10 years.” — Al Gore
The Al Gore quote above appeared in a Bryan Walsh effort, Gore’s Bold Plan to Save the Planet, [...]

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If you haven’t been there before, I recommend you visit and bookmark NowPublic.com, where this blogger (a.k.a., “BMCWrites”) is the site’s “Featured Member” today.
NowPublic is a Vancouver-based participatory news network — think citizen journalism — that mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. In twelve short months, the company [...]

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During the late 1980s, this former Air Force officer spent more than three years on Okinawa, a Japanese island which served as home to tens of thousands of United States Marines. During those years, I grew to respect the hard work, dedication and sacrifice that goes into being a Marine. Today, I feel [...]

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And Obama Wept
Serving as the headline of his piece published this morning at ABC News’ Political Punch blog, Jake Tapper’s words provide a hint about the story that follows:
Inspiration is nice. But some folks seem to be getting out of hand.
It’s as if Tom Daschle descended from on high saying, “Be not afraid; for behold [...]

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