Bob McCarty Writes

It’s official, folks.  I created a Facebook account last night.
From among the 100 people to whom I extended friend requests, exactly half of them –  from as far away as Australia and Canada — have accepted those requests.
What does it mean exactly?  We’ll find out.
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Almost six months ago, I wrote about the origin of Barack Obama’s last name.  Last month, I reported the results of a Harris Poll® in which Barack Obama’s name finished above Jesus Christ.  Today, I share a rather odd bit of research from a site that dubs itself “The global name mapping website.”

When I went [...]

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Extended Christmas vacations might be in store for members of the U.S. military if President-elect Barack Obama gets his way and, in keeping with his stated plans to drastically cut defense spending, research and capabilities, guts the military.
I make this prediction after reading a recent BBC report from “Down Under” that offers a foreshadowing of [...]

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Two groups — one “Down Under” and one in “Big D” — are promoting polar-opposite views of sex this week.
In Australia, the new Australian Sex Party — an actual political party — is billing itself as “a political response to the sexual needs of Australia in the 21st century.”  A review of the group’s web [...]

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I read with amazement — but not surprise — an AFP report this afternoon about the City of Sydney Council voting five-to-four to designate parts of the Australian city as “homophobia-free zones.”

The move is said to be aimed at deterring violence, abuse and harassment against homosexuals in the heart of the city’s bar and nightclub [...]

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