Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

The AP’s Rovert Ried is reporting

“BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners.

However,

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

Podhoretz:

“There are literally millions of Americans who are unhappy today because millions of Iraqis went to the polls yesterday. And why? Because this isn’t just a success for Bush. It’s a huge win. It’s a colossal vindication.
It’s

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

YahooAP says:

“WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are considering filibustering Alberto Gonzales’ nomination to be attorney general over his role in developing the Bush administration’s policies on treating foreign detainees. “

So, let’s see if I understand this.

The Democrats

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So asks leftist columnist Mark Brown of the Sun-Times.

“But after watching Sunday’s election in Iraq and seeing the first clear sign that freedom really may mean something to the Iraqi people, you have to be asking yourself: What if

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

While doing the usual driving around last night… chores and whatnot… I overheard something on the radio, while scanning around. Not even sure where the station was… it was on one of the AM grave yards…1380am… the signal was in

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

I’ve come to an editorial choice, here.

I stayed away from the Peterson sideshow.
On the same basis, then, I plan to steer clear of the fiasco currently playing out with Jackson. 

Mostly because it bores me to tears. I’ll

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

I had a problem with the CSS mods I did that I didn’t know about.
I’ve solved them as of about 10am this morning. Its not 100%, but it’s readable. If the page isn’t resolving right, refresh the page, and

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2005

Toranto today makes mention of a group of people that aren’t so happy about the elections in Iraq the other day:

Yesterday was a great day to be an American, and an even better day to be an Iraqi. Notwithstanding

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