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9/11 Marks Opportunity to Stop Flight 93 Memorial

September 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

With both Barbara Bush and Michelle Obama attending the ceremony in Somerset, Pa., to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tom Burnett Sr. and Alec Rawls of the Error Theory blog are buying full-page color ads in the city’s Daily American Sept. 10 and 11.  The ads will serve as ready-made [...]

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Michelle Obama Lying About Her Husband’s Past? (Update)

April 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

“When we took our trip to Africa and visited his home country in Kenya….” — First Lady Michelle Obama The words above are a direct quote from the mouth of First Lady Michelle Obama.  They appear in a 15-month-old video (below) that raises anew questions of Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as president of the [...]

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Oregon State Coach Victimized by ‘Obama Curse’

March 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Craig Robinson, the 47-year-old Chicago native and brother of First Lady Michelle Obama, just completed his second season as head coach of the Oregon State University Beavers men’s basketball team.  Unfortunately, he seems to have been victimized by the “Obama Curse.” Robinson was hired to replace a coach who had lead the team to a [...]

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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 20 seconds ago from web Only 10 minutes to go. Can I open [...]

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Videos Cast New Light on ‘Serving’ Your Fellow Man

June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

“Serving” your fellow man takes on a whole new meaning after you watch First Lady Michelle Obama’s recent YouTube effort about “United We Serve” back to back against a classic 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone, “To Serve Man.” After watching both videos, I began to wonder if President Barack Obama might actually be a [...]

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Obama Commences Attack on American Way of Life

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

President Barack Obama addressed graduates and others in attendance at Arizona State University’s commencement yesterday.  Remarkably, it took him less than 20 minutes to squeeze in a slew of attacks against achievement, military service and other core aspects of the American way of life. As you watch Part One, pay particular attention when you reach [...]

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First Lady Produces Ho-Hum Results for Magazines

April 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Putting a photo of First Lady Michelle Obama on its cover doesn’t hurt a general-interest magazine, according to a brief in Advertising Age, the journal of the advertising industry.  The numbers suggest, however, that it doesn’t produce more than an occasional lift unless, that is, she appears on the cover of a magazine directed toward [...]

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