Until Barack and Michelle Obama received so much attention in the press after exchanging one on the campaign trail, I wasn’t very familiar with the “fist bump.” So I decided to do some research. The Wikipedia definition for fist bump includes the following: “The fist bump (also called a knuckleslap, knudge, fist pound, bro-fist, fist [...]
Americans Being ‘Fist Bumped’ by Democrats
April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Barack Obama, African-Americans Top Influentials
February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Though it was reported yesterday in Advertising Age that President Barack Obama has displaced Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks as the nation’s most-influential celebrity, perhaps the most-newsworthy aspect of the article — purported to contain “the latest data from the consumer-research firm Davie Brown Entertainment” — is that nine out of the Top 10 list [...]
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JWT Ad Agency Offers 90 Things to Watch in 2009
December 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Ever wonder what trends, fads and buzzwords are likely to become popular during the next 12 months? Wonder no more. JWT, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, released a list of 90 things deemed worth watching in 2009. “Our list points to the broader trends we’re seeing, showing the ways in which [...]
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Is Barack Obama Really Another JFK?
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments
The JFK legacy continues to appear in political story lines, thanks to the emergence on the political scene of Caroline Kennedy and Barack Obama. One recent example can be found in the bringing-back-Camelot coverage of Caroline Kennedy’s pursuit of Hillary Clinton’s soon-to-be-vacated U.S. Senate seat. Another surfaced during the past two years in the form [...]
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Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama in 2008
November 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments
The differences between John McCain and Barack Obama are stark, prompting me to offer links to audio and video clips below which combine to serve as the Top 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States: 1. Obama wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further [...]
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Probable Transcript of Barack Obama Toast Offered
October 29th, 2008 · No Comments
In lieu of being able to view the Los Angeles Times‘ copy of a video alleged to show Barack Obama at a 2003 banquet offering a glowing toast to anti-Semite and PLO functionary Rashid Khalidi, the folks over at the Chicago Against Obama blog published a post, this morning which offers a probable transcript of [...]
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Poll: Would You Trust Obamas With Your Children?
October 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments
I learned today about the truly-frightening results of an online poll — still active as of this posting — which asks site visitors which of four well-known political couples they would select as guardians for their child/children in the event something happened to them and their spouse/partner. The graphic (above right) shows the results as [...]
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