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Al-Qaeda Business Publication Discovered

September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: When I launched this blog almost four years ago, I spent much more time writing humorous pieces.  Today, as I devote more time to writing books than blogging, I thought I would share one of my humor posts originally published Jan. 8, 2008.  Enjoy! Bob McCarty Writes has obtained an exclusive copy of [...]

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Objectivity Distant Memory at ABC News

April 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

“Live from a remote cave in Afghanistan, this is Osama Bin Laden reporting.” Upon hearing an ABC News reporter using that name to sign off, the average American would probably receive anything the reporter said with a healthy dose of skepticism.  Why?  Because most Americans recognize the name of the Al-Qaeda leader and would not [...]

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Support This Blog, Shop The Bob McCarty Shop

January 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Below are some designs from The Bob McCarty Shop that I haven’t highlighted in quite a while.  Click on any image below to see the variety of t-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise on which the image appears.  Thanks in advance for supporting Bob McCarty Writes!

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Seven More Awards Due President Barack Obama (Update)

October 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Citizens of the world awoke to find President Barack Obama had won both the Nobel Peace Prize and two Cy Young Awards.  Because no one likes surprises, I’ve combed the internet to uncover news about seven more awards (below) our nation’s 44th president will receive this year: 7.  World Series MVP — By way of [...]

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Obama Graces ‘Savage Dragon’ Comic Book Cover

March 25th, 2009 · No Comments

From out of the “strange news” file comes word that a “Savage Dragon” comic book, the cover of which features a flag-waving President Barack Obama smacking terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, sold for $202.50 on eBay® Italy March 10. An Image Comics Group’s publication, Savage Dragon brings to life the story of a “a large, [...]

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Spurlock’s Latest Effort Generates Little Buzz

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

In a post Dec. 5, 2007, I expressed skepticism about fast-food filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s claim that he had found Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Three months later, I wrote a post about the release of a trailer for Spurlock’s documentary, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? Since then however, I’ve heard very few [...]

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Release Set for ‘Where in the World is Osama?’

March 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has released a new trailer for his upcoming documentary, “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” News of its release comes nearly three months after I published a post expressing my deep skepticism about the claims made by the man behind the 2006 fast-food documentary, Fast-Food Nation. Others, including Debbie Schlussel, [...]

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