Eric Florack on June 20th, 2004

AP: Kerry Took Money From Arrested Korean:

“John Kerry’s campaign collected a maximum $2,000 check from the recently arrested son of South Korea’s disgraced former president, and some of its fund-raisers met several times with a South Korean government

Continue reading about AP: Kerry Took Money From Arrested Korean

Eric Florack on June 20th, 2004

New York Post Online Edition is reporting:

“June 18, 2004 — Sen. Ted Kennedy, one of America’s most prominent Catholic politicians, has ripped into Pope John Paul II over threats to deny Communion to his close ally, Democratic nominee-to-be John

Continue reading about Kennedy Compares John Kerry to the Dictator, Pinochet

Eric Florack on June 19th, 2004

The New York Times has decided to slam Clinton’s book. Well, someone had to, I suppose, but do they really think this way? Given the long, leftist history of the Times, we can’t assume that they do.

The tactic of

Continue reading about NYT Slams Clinton’s Book.

Eric Florack on June 18th, 2004

Rochester’s Chronic Democrat here in my hometown, reports the local Democxrats are offering free beer as a bribe for votes.

“That’s the plan at today’s East End Festival. Monroe County Democrats have teamed up with High Falls Brewery to offer

Continue reading about Democrats Offer Free Beer to Voters

Eric Florack on June 18th, 2004

Yes, I know about Paul Johnson.
I don’t have anything factual to add to what everyone else has been saying, except, this will NOT cause the US to back down… so long as there’s a leader in the WH.

Continue reading about PAUL JOHNSON

Eric Florack on June 18th, 2004

NewsMax:

“Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Lee Hamilton blasted the mainstream press yesterday for distorting the Commission’s findings on links between Iraq and al Qaida, saying those findings actually support Bush administration contentions.

‘The sharp differences that the

Continue reading about 9/11 Chair Hamilton (D) Slams Media Distortions

Eric Florack on June 18th, 2004

James Joyner over at Outside the Beltway cites the BLS:


* Over the past year, the unemployment rate has fallen in 46 states.
* Non-farm payroll employment increased in 36 states in May.
* Over the past year, employment

Continue reading about It’s the Jobs, Stupid

Eric Florack on June 18th, 2004

Ron Reagan Jr. apparently inherited not smart one from his father. Or, at least, one wonders if he’s still not grown out of the rebellious stage most kids go through.  In looking at him we have a practical example of

Continue reading about Reagan’s Kid; A Little Too Far From the Tree.

Eric Florack on June 17th, 2004

The Guardian :

“The head of one of the world’s biggest oil companies has admitted that the threat of climate change makes him ‘really very worried for the planet’.
In an interview in today’s Guardian Life section, Ron Oxburgh, chairman

Continue reading about Guardian | Oil Chief: My Fears for Planet

The SanFran Chron:

“Filmmaker Michael Moore said Friday he wasn’t sure he did the right thing by saving footage of U.S. American soldiers’ cruelty toward Iraqis for his controversial documentary, ‘Fahrenheit 9/11,” instead of releasing the evidence earlier when

Continue reading about Moore Kept Quiet After Filming U.S. Soldiers Abusing Iraqis. Why?

Eric Florack on June 16th, 2004

THe AP reports a poll that comes back with figures saying around 60% of Americans think we’re in bad economic times. Well, no wonder; it’s what the press is telling you. The news is all bad, or so the press

Continue reading about Economic News

Eric Florack on June 15th, 2004

Citizen Smash reports:

“THE PURPORTED LETTER from Jordanian terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden that was recently posted on an Islamic web site is a virtual copy of the infamous “Zarqawi Memo” that

Continue reading about “New” Zarqawi Memo Isn’t

Eric Florack on June 15th, 2004

Sign the Peta Petition

Continue reading about Revoke PETA’s Tax Exempt Status

Eric Florack on June 14th, 2004

The AP says the Army is redesigning it’s uniform.

Continue reading about Army Shows 1st Uniform Redesign Since ’81

Eric Florack on June 14th, 2004

Billy Beck notes:

“She had an intellectual side that was fairly well hidden from us because we were all looking at what kind of clothes shes was wearing.’
(Evan Thomas of Newsweek, just now on Imus In The Morning

Continue reading about “It’s All Her Fault That We’re Idiots”