Bob McCarty Writes

Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates.
In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in order [...]

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After waking to find a comment submitted in response to an Oct. 3 post about Barack Obama, I contacted the author of that comment — a poem, actually — by phone this morning and asked what inspired her to write it.
“I think that’s kind of obvious,” said Merry Roloff, a 54-year-old aspiring writer who lives [...]

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Oprah Winfrey’s mom, Vernita Lee, is blaming the folks at a high-end fashion store in Milwaukee for her money problems.  According to a news report late Tuesday afternoon, the mother of the Chicago-based media juggernaut said Valentina’s should have never extended credit that allowed her to rack up more than $150,000 in charges.
So where’s Oprah [...]

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I’m not a gambler, but I’m willing to wager that you’ll like the news I uncovered about Paddy Power, an Irish bookie who’s offering betting lines on a number of items related to the Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance speech Barack Obama will deliver Thursday night at Invesco Field in Denver.
Which pithy saying will Obama [...]

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Being a middle-aged man, I think about end-of-life things more often than I once did and it shows up in this blog. Last week, I stumbled upon a way to realize funeral cost savings of $900 by purchasing simple wooden caskets. Today, I stumbled upon a BRANDWEEK article highlighting how some people — including [...]

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