Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Speaking of Dan Rather, here’s the latest nonsense from Bill O’Reilly

personally I’ve never liked O’Reilly. I worked with too many people like him in the broadcast business, not to recognize a bullshit artist when I see one.  O’Reilly is

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Matt Drudge is linkingThe Hollywood Reporter in a bit entitled “Rather deserves respect” which is a laughable statement. THe story itself gives us an example of why… Says Rather:

“Ed Murrow’s ghost is here. I’ve seen him and talked

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Seems the Anti-US, AntiBush hatred we’ve seen from the leftist outlets in Canada like the CBC the Toronto papers, is not nearly as prevelant in Canada as a whole, as it is in it’s press.  AFP reports, in part:

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Poliblogger has some questions about what ‘stars’ name their kids… and why…

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

During WWII, General George S. Patton had the word spread in the German towns his tanks rumbled through on their way to Berlin, that if even one farm boy was to level a rifle at one American Soldier trying to

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Mary Laney in the Chicago Sun-Timestoday puts up an article that you need to see.

Just got there. Now.

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Eric Florack on November 29th, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) – : “President Bush on Monday chose Carlos Gutierrez, a native of Cuba who rose from truck driver to chief executive officer of Kellogg Co. (K), to be secretary of Commerce.”

I’m just waiting for the left to

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Eric Florack on November 29th, 2004

I wrote once that it’s a measure of how far we’ve come in terms of our national security situation that we’re able to argue about the small stuff…  like the exact position of Madanna’s tounge at a given moment… or

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Eric Florack on November 27th, 2004

OK, I admit it, I’m out of sorts this week. Perhaps it’s just the change of season, that’s got me a little cranky. The muscle pull in my shoulder, aggrivated by pushing the camper trailer back into the garage for

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Eric Florack on November 27th, 2004

When I asked the love of my life to grow old with me….

Well, I should have been more careful.

Oh, now, don’t worry; It’s just that I’d just not envisioned following through on the growing old part so

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2004

InstaGlenn notes this norning an article in the Economist, which says in part:

“The erosion of the old media establishment probably does entail some shift to the right, if only because so many of the newer voices are more reliably

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2004

The WSJ is on fire today… here’s another bit from their site… one they apparently run every year… I adit not having seen it before. Here’s a taste:

“But we can all remind ourselves that the richness of this country

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2004

The WSJ has posted somehting that you want to read… and makre sure your older Kids see it too.

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Eric Florack on November 25th, 2004

Perhaps some of you are unaware of the origins of this day being set aside as a national day of Thanksgiving.

Also, you may not know that Ol’ Ben Franklin wanted to make the Turkey the national bird, thinking the

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Eric Florack on November 25th, 2004

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 23, 2004

Thanksgiving Day, 2004
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

In Focus: Thanksgiving 2004

All across America, we gather this week with the people we

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