Eric Florack on January 17th, 2005

Today is Martin Luther King day.
A suitable day to look at the state of the dream, and measuring where we are, and how far we’ve come, by looking back at where we were in recent history.  I make an

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Eric Florack on January 17th, 2005

A couple years ago, during the summer, I remarked about a USSC ruling I found troubling in it’s racial inequality, under the guise of equality:

0626031934- Rochester NY—- In 1964, we here in the US passed a far-reaching civil rights

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2005

AFP is reporting:

“A reissue of the late Elvis Presley’s 1959 hit One Night topped the 1,000th edition of the British single charts this week, the second week in a row for the King to top British pop charts

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2005

Bloggers…. If you’ve got Java running, check this out

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2005

If I had my way, the White House would be answering the critics of our handling of Terrorists this way:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C., 20016

Dear Concerned Citizen:

Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2005

Glittering Eye has a different take… and a valid one… on the recent failed systems upgrade attempt over at the FBI, with added references. Worth a read.

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2005

Guess James really means it.
What brought the reaction, I’ve no clue, but…(Shrug)

Call this a blogger’s inside joke.

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2005

Larry Kudlow points out something the press won’t tell you;


“This week’s Treasury report on the nation’s finances for December shows a year-to-date fiscal 2005 deficit that is already $11 billion less than last year’s. In the first three months

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2005

The Jawa Report has it right.

“Bout time SOMEONE did.

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2005

Don Hawthorne, over at Anchor Rising Notes Peg Noonan”s latest, and says she’s nailed it. Says Don:

“Information is power and information is now beginning to flow more freely. The facts about how high taxes in our state unnecessarily burden

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A few days ago, I made a long mention of the failure of the MSM to get the story of that South Carolina Train Derailment right.  I suggested it’s an exaple of how the press loses the ‘feel’ of the

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Eric Florack on January 14th, 2005

Word from many corners this morning that the Dmeocrats are complaining loudly about the costs involved with President Bush’s second inauguration. Among them, the Kansas City Star (That’s what I Are…) (I can’t imagine they’re not ticked to this day

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Eric Florack on January 13th, 2005

Here’s the hard drives being installed:

They tell me this hard drive with it’s 897 Petabytes, should handle my postings for the next few weeks at least. The trouble is, it needs a 5000hp GE diesel engine from a locomotive

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Eric Florack on January 13th, 2005

Sad news from the AP wire

PETALUMA, Calif. – Spencer Dryden, the drummer for legendary rock band the Jefferson Airplane, has died of cancer. He was 66.

Dryden, who died at his home Tuesday, retired from performing 10 years ago,

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Eric Florack on January 13th, 2005

Boortz makes an interesting comment today:

” hosted Newt Gingrich on my show yesterday to talk about his new book “Winning the Future.”  Now I can’t remember if we had this conversation during a commercial break, or during the

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