Eric Florack on June 16th, 2008

I commented last night on the differences between what we see in Iowa and what we saw in Democrat-run New Orleans following Katrina. This vid is likely the best description of New Orleans I’ve seen yet, in it’s description of

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2008

This is a grammatically valid English sentence:

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It was discovered/invented in 1972 by University of Buffalo linguist William J. Rapaport. It means “Buffalo from the city of Buffalo that are intimidated by

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  • I note Bruce McQuain pointing out yet another obvious case of anti-oil bias, this time from the AP. Well, big freakin’ shock, eh? I have long since become convinced that most of the anti-oil hysteria we see from the left
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davidl on June 16th, 2008

Mrs. Wiilliam ClintonEvidently the New York Times must pay John Heilemann by the word, and gee I thought piece work was illegal.   Heileman attempts to explain “The Fall and Rise of Hillary Clinton:”

The victor and the vanquished are standing

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2008

The New York Times reports:

Tony Schwartz, a self-taught, sought-after and highly reclusive media consultant who helped create what is generally considered to be the most famous political ad to appear on television, died Saturday at his home in

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2008

From the LA Times this morning:

In 2006, John F. Kerry explained the Senate’s 77-23 passage of the Iraq war resolution this way: “We were misled. We were given evidence that was not true.” On the campaign trail, Hillary Rodham

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davidl on June 16th, 2008

I don’t envy Steve Capus’president of NBC News task. .   Capua has a big set set of shoes to fill, no qualified replacenents on salary and no time to lose.    This is election season and Capus needs to fill the

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