Eric Florack on March 20th, 2007

BATON ROUGE -Gannett- Gov. Kathleen Blanco has made it official: she will not run for re-election.”I am choosing to do what I believe to be what is best for the state,” the governor said in a statewide television broadcast. “I

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outlaws1.jpg* The Music: The Outlaws first album, 1975. Yes, I seem to be in that neighborhood chronologically, for a couple of weeks now. This one is an old favorite. Probably the most powerful guitar album I am aware of…

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Eric Florack on March 20th, 2007

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – John Backus — whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s — paved the way for modern software — has died. He was 82.

If you use a computer, you owe this man a

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davidl on March 20th, 2007

The Daily Mail(UK) reports on extremists’ demands to kill Knut:

At three months old, however, the playful 19lb bundle of fur is at the centre of an impassioned debate over whether he should live or die.

Animal rights activists

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Eric Florack on March 20th, 2007

Among the things I find amazing, this bit of brainlessness from Rosie O’Donnell is not.

What amazes ME is that Boortz finds this kind of thing at all unusual among Democrats.

You need to get out more, Neal.  This is

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davidl on March 20th, 2007

Clarence PageClarence Page is a liberal, but among my more favorite ones.   Page is calm, articulate, well reasoned, polite and respects data.  In short Page is everything, that Al Franken and Keith Olberman,are not.

Elite academic insitutions, life Havard, achieve

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davidl on March 20th, 2007

If A.J. Strata is right, and I sure hope he is, President George W. Bush is about to bitch slap Senators Leahy and Schumer.  I am no fan of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, but I am adamantly oppposed to

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