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Barack Obama Launches 2012 Campaign

April 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments

President Barack Obama made it official Sunday, using the YouTube video below to announce he will see a second term as the worst president in U.S. history. The video above — which is ripe for parody and sarcasm — appears just below data entry fields within which each visitor to BarackObama.com is asked to supply [...]

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Board of Aldermen Candidate Alleges Wrongdoing, Calls for Investigation of State Trooper’s Visit

March 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Two months after 85-year-old Dolores Sherman announced her name would appear on the ballot April 5 as a candidate for a seat on the St. Peters (Mo.) Board of Aldermen, the first-time office seeker posted a video on YouTube containing some stinging accusations and calling for an external investigation of an incident that involved a [...]

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Driver of 1000 HP Corvette Nabbed via YouTube

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Last night, I came across one of two videos of a guy purporting to be driving his 1000 hp Chevrolet Corvette at 195 mph on a public road.  Today, I learned via NewsOK.com that Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers arrested Dee Albert “Cody” Replogle. Alleging he was the man behind the wheel and the videos, they [...]

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Texas Tech Fires Mike Leach, PR Battle Ensues (Update 4)

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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