Eric Florack on December 15th, 2008

Decided to pass along some more Christmas light shots from around our area. It snowed pretty good over the weekend, and the light always look better with fresh snow on the ground.

The blur you’ll see is due to low

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Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.

Upwards of 50 degrees around here today. Weird after so much snow. It’s all gone now, of course, but fear not; the forecast

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davidl on December 15th, 2008

Barack Obama and Rod Blagojevich
Yet another story, from Tean Obama, Associated Press:

WASHINGTON – An internal review shows aides to President-elect Barack Obama had no “inappropriate discussions” with Illinois Gov. Rod

 or his staff concerning the search for a Senate replacement from Illinois,

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2008

Larrey  Anderson at The American Thinker  has an excellent piece up today. Here’s a taste:

Even atheists are religious. They have a dogma (God does not exist) and they have a vast number of rituals. (Most of their rituals involve

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davidl on December 14th, 2008

This is the RNC message wihich John McPain can’t stand, video:

Hat tip: Moe Lane, Red State.

While McPain can’t stand the video, I like it.  We tried the reaching out and the new tone business for eight years.  

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2008

Remember during the Clinton administration, when we were advised by Bubba  of his fantasy memories about church burnings that occurred in the South?  The implication of course was an only racist Republicans could do something so terrible.

Well, now, let’s

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2008

Mike Allen at The Politico:

In a surprising rebuke to the warriors who fought for him through tough times, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the

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davidl on December 14th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleMcCain-Palin had Joe the Plumber.  Now Bitsblog debuts Mike the Electrical. Comments by, or about Mike as transcribed by yours truly:

  • Politics in Chicago is morally bankrupt.
  • Bring back “Cowboy Capitalism”
  • Textile Industry never got a bailout.
  • Small business never

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davidl on December 13th, 2008

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We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on

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Eric Florack on December 13th, 2008

Shameful of me… I stuck this into a ‘holding’ pile… our of sight, out of mind.

Josef Velena in feedback, about a week or so back:

Hi, I just wanted to tell you about a new site that I am

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Eric Florack on December 13th, 2008

Let’s start, with a premise:

Every Republican president candidate since 1964 has had their level of success or failure, respectively, tied directly to the degree of voter perception that they have or have not turned their back on conservatism.

Consider

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Eric Florack on December 13th, 2008

We’re running on WordPress 2.7 now. All seems fine.

Update:(Bit)

I do have to say, the thing is running a lot faster, particularly the author’s dashboard, though I miss the way the CrazyHorse interface worked. I guess it’s like

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davidl on December 12th, 2008

Gov Sarah PalinSo who is tougher, a veteran of the rough and tumble world of Chicago politics or a mother of five, and state governor, from Alaska?   Michelle reports that BO’s chief of staff:

Rahm Emanuel can’t stand the heat
Josh Painter,

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Eric Florack on December 12th, 2008

Welcome, one and all to the most intnse nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere; Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Lots going on today, most of it predictable, most of it was avoidable. Let’s get to it:w

  • The value of Oil has dropped

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davidl on December 12th, 2008

Michael O’Brien, Hill, reported that  Jennifer Granholm(D – Canada ) has called Senate Majority Leader Dirty Harry Reid (D-NV) Un-American:

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) said it was “un-American” for senators to have voted against approving a bailout of

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