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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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Obama’s State of the Union Speech in Tweets

January 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Something new this year:  I decided to tweet my way through President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech and ended with 69 tweets which appear below in reverse chronological order:

OOOH, OOOH, OOOH! he ended early!!! Thank you, Jesus! less than [...]

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EARMARX: Combination of Socialism, Spending

March 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Almost a week ago, I published post in which I announced the coining of a new term, EARMARX.
Simple to understand, it couples the word used to describe wasteful federal government spending (i.e., “earmarks”) with the last name of a person who will forever be associated with socialism (i.e., “Marx”):
EARMARKS + SOCIALISM = EARMARX

Today, I launched [...]

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It’s So Obvious: OBAMA LOVES EARMARX

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

In her New York Times column yesterday, Maureen Dowd used Shakespearesque language to describe Sen. John McCain’s seemingly-hopeless efforts to rid a $410 billion spending bill of $7.7 billion in earmarks:
And he’s truly mad that trusts in the promise of a presidential candidate to quell earmarks.
A few paragraphs later, she quoted the Arizona senator himself:
“When [...]

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Must-Read Article: ‘Communist Manifesto Bingo’

March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Seven weeks ago, I noted the fact that President Barack Obama was appointing “hammer and sickle” thinkers to serve in his administration.  Today, Randall Hoven offers a must-read piece on how, only one month into his first term, the nation’s 44th president appears to have already won in the dangerous game Hoven calls “Communist Manifesto [...]

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