Bob McCarty Writes

Ten self-described pro-democracy groups are calling on the Commission on Presidential Debates to make public the secret debate contract negotiated by the Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns.  The list of groups involved includes:
Open Debates, Common Cause, Fair Vote, Judicial Watch, Democracy Matters, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, Rock the Debates, Personal Democracy Forum, Reclaim [...]

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Today, I found a photograph of a dead hawk that, in my opinion, might come to symbolize the 2008 Democratic Party presidential race.

The photo (at right) shows the claw of a dead songbird protruding from the chest of the hawk and suggests two things:

First, it suggests the songbird fought to the bitter end; and

Second, it [...]

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Today, I noticed that a post — Should ‘Official French Surrender Flag’ Be Retired? — published in May 2007 was getting more attention than usual, but I didn’t know why. Hoping to solve this minor mystery, I typed “surrender flag” into a Google search box and hit “Enter.” Next thing I knew, two [...]

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I couldn’t resist putting up this video clip as a way of letting readers of this blog know that Don’t Taze Me, Bro! merchandise continues to fly out the doors of The Bob McCarty Shop. Who would have guessed that t-shirts, sweatshirts and other items commemorating the now-famous words of Andrew Meyer could become [...]

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On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband John:
“In the new code of laws, remember the ladies and do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.”¹
The man who would become the 2nd president of the United States replied in a letter two weeks later:
“I cannot but laugh. [...]

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