Hope Surfaces Amidst Strike at Vance AFB

Below are links to six of the most-recent posts published at Bob McCarty Writes:

• Hope Surfaces Amidst Strike at Vance AFB;

• False Associated Press Report: Obama Did NOT Say Iran Must Respect Voters’ Choice;

• Tennessee Emergency Room Doctor Says Obama Healthcare Plan Has Real ‘Mechanical’ Problems;

• Ahmadinejad Flees to Russia Amidst Protests;

• Obama, Members of Congress Behave Like Cats; and
  

• API, 15 Labor Unions Create Historic Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee.
  

Enjoy!

Things Are ‘Stormy’ When Labor Strikes Hit Enid

Lightning strikes are unpredictable. Labor union strikes…not so much. Both, however, can be damaging.

When I was growing up in Enid, Okla., a small northwest Oklahoma town of 47,000, lightning was a normal part of life, especially in the spring. Labor strikes, on the other hand, happened only on very rare occasions. Why? Because the area’s largest employer was — and still is — Vance Air Force Base.

Today, however, I learned that conditions in Enid are much like they are in many locations across the United States...click here for details.

Tanker Contract Must Be National Security Priority

Under the headline, U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet showing its age, writer Molly McMillin of the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle shared a story Sunday about the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers and the $35 billion contract battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman that has immense national security implications.

At the same time as her article evoked memories from my days as a young Air Force public affairs officer, it also stirred grave concerns about the future of our nation’s defense capabilities.

I share those memories and concerns here.