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Texas Tech Fires Mike Leach, PR Battle Ensues (Update 3)

December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Texas Tech University’s firing of head football coach Mike Leach has launched what I predict will be a heated public relations battle involving YouTube videos and aggressive personal injury lawyers.
Within hours of news breaking about Leach’s firing, a 16-second video (below) which purports to show the electrical closet where receiver Adam James, son of ESPN [...]

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Cajun Song Only Scratches Surface About Obama

October 26th, 2009 · No Comments

One year ago this week, I published a post that highlighted a music video, “OBAMA, NO MERCI BEAUCOUP”, written and performed by Poor James and the Swamp Crows. At the time I published it, it had recorded only a few views.  Today, it’s been viewed by more than 10,000 people worldwide. 
Band member James Earl said [...]

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Video: School Kids Taught to Praise Obama (Update)

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

We’ve reported on it before — children being indoctrinated into the fold that is akin to worship of President Barack Obama.  The latest YouTube video making the rounds — with the help of a Drudge Report plug — features elementary school-aged youngsters in an undisclosed location reciting a song about the current occupant of the [...]

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Flashback: What BMW Looked Like Years Ago

September 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

After reading the UK Telegraph article, How 20 popular websites looked when they launched, I thought it might be interested to show what this blog looked like in its early days.  Below are Bob McCarty Writes home page screen shots from November 2006 and July 2007.

Let me know what you think.  Has it improved?  [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: June 1, 2009

June 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Thanks to Nice Deb, I’ve discovered “Uncle Jay.”  Every Monday, he provides a recap of the news in a video segment he calls, “Uncle Jay Explains the News.”
This week, Uncle Jay tackles a wide range of subjects, ranging from automakers and the automobiles they make to the Supreme Court, Hot Wheels and  John & Kate [...]

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