davidl on February 26th, 2007

CBS News info babe, can’t call her a reporter, reports a “grass roots” anti war movement among soldiers in Iraq.  Logan’s, and CBS’s problem, is that this is not a grass roots movement but rather an Astroturf campagned

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Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, February 25, 2007; Page A05

The plan was bold: By tying President Bush’s $100 billion war request to strict standards of troop safety and readiness, Democrats believed they could

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2007

Over at Q&O, Dale Franks notes:

From Inside Higher Ed comes this story of a new bill in Arizona.  A state Senate Committee has approved a bill that is abhorrent to First Amendment liberties.

The bill, whose chief

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davidl on February 25th, 2007

If according to the Associated Press new mantra, the sex lives of great-grandfathers is relevant, then so by god is the sex life of one’s father.  Sweetness & LIght has found the story the American MSM has refused to run. 

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davidl on February 25th, 2007

Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters, thinks the media is really despereate.  Kevin Hayden, American Street, tells the MSM to “Stop this shit.”

I say, briing it on.  The Associated Press has just changed the rules of

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Eric Florack on February 24th, 2007

Patrick Ruffini is the latest in a rather long list of folks who have noted it:

But something interesting is happening on the way to the “new direction.” Early indications are that the troop surge into Baghdad is working.

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davidl on February 24th, 2007

“His neck was completely snapped.” 

So was decribed one Wagner Segura, late of Costa Rica.  A few lessons for life, don’t piss into the wind, don’t drink warm beer and don’t mess with a Marine.  A lesson Segura failed

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davidl on February 24th, 2007

Some of the cynical, such as myself, have long been suspicious of the American Civil Liberty Union’s motivation.

Locally, Monroe County(Rochester), NY provides some six million dollars in funding to the local library system.  When, the county executive, Maggie Brooks,

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Eric Florack on February 24th, 2007

I see the first Wendy’s has closed. Mostly, it’s because of the way the area of downtown Columbus has developed.  Said, really.

They’ve a plan to move the memorabilia already inside the restaurant, to the Columbus suburbs.  But, since

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davidl on February 24th, 2007

Duct TapeYet more incontrovertable evidence that duct tape is among the great inventions of all time, trailing only sliced bread and toilet paper on a roll.  Read the report:

What would happen if an astronaut came unglued in space and,

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Eric Florack on February 23rd, 2007

* I see that the print media’s answer to Air America, The New Republic has been sold.
Actually, or rather predictable outcome , particularly given the direct line comparison to Air America.  Seems that the new majority holder, is Canadian

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davidl on February 23rd, 2007

A few days ago, Bit blogged about “RINOS FOR DEFEAT” to include one Walter B. Jones(R GA-3)   Well it appears that all those cards and letter have had an effect, on Representative Jones.  

In a letter to

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Eric Florack on February 23rd, 2007

Well, I guess we won’t have Tom Vilsack to kick around, anymore.

DES MOINES, Iowa -AP- Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor who built a centrist image, abandoned his bid for the presidency on Friday after struggling against better-known,

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Eric Florack on February 23rd, 2007

Fran, today expounds on something I”ve touched on repeatedly, and does a fair job at breaking it down… almost as an afterthought:

 Politics is inextricably intertwined with human motivation: the fundamental sources of our desires and impetuses to act.

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davidl on February 23rd, 2007

News flash, the Sun may rise in the West.    It is becoming increasingly apparent that Mrs. Clinton is in over her head.  Mrs. Cllinton may be pretty in pink and comfortable in the Rose Garden, but the campaign trail is

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