davidl on January 6th, 2009

Barack "BO" ObamaBarack Obama, a/k/a BO wants bipartisan cover for his Raw Deal, Steven R. Hurst

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was “bad and getting

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Eric Florack on January 6th, 2009

Bruce McQuain over at Q&O has a piece up called:

Hamas has no desire to negotiate “peace”

The import of that title is manifestly obvious to anyone who’s been watching the situation for any length of time. Bruce raises a

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Ashley Dupre H/T:  Right Wing NewsJohn Hawkins, Right Wing News, has up his “The 7th Annual “20 Most Annoying Liberals Of 2008.” 

 * I quibble with John number one, but do note that his award hinges on one Patrick Appel, who I blogged

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

If there is any indication that the Barack Obama and his foreign policy and homeland security efforts simply cannot be taken seriously it is the appointment of Leon Panetta as the director of the CIA.

Mr. Obama owes the American

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davidl on January 5th, 2009

reid2.jpgHas anybody ever accused Dirty Harry Reid of being smart?    I have not.  Apparently Roland Burris appointment by indited Illinois Governor  Rod Blagoveich might not be so tainted after all.    Dirty Harry is apparently considering letting Burris have his Senate

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

ramble-alaskaWelcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘shere… Bit’sBlog’s Nightly Ramble

First regular ramble of the New Year, and so much going on, I don’t know as I can fir it all in… but I’ll

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

Regular readers will be interested to know that I’ve got a post up over at Pajamas Media on the Hillary Clinton Play for Pay thing.

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

I’m getting chatter just now from a few sources, including Byron York that David Ogden, Janet Reno’s s former Chief of Staff is abut to be named our next Deputy Attorney General.

(Shaking head in disbelief)

Can someone please tell

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

Top of the Ticket:

New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new administration of President-elect Barack Obama.

With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration

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davidl on January 4th, 2009

reid2.jpgNow I will not say that Dirty Harry Reid is the worst Senate Majority Leader ever.   I will say that Dirty Harry is about two pounds of sand short of a brick.   On Meet the Depressed,  Dirty Harry called

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2009

Charlie Savage in the New York Times, who apparently has suddenly found it’s investigative chops again, now that the danger of Democrats losing power in the recent election has passed….

WASHINGTON — An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2009

In doing my morning rounds this morning I notice that there’s an awful lot of traffic on Michelle’s place this morning with regards to Habitat for Humanity.  An example:

The battle has been brewing for some time. A quick Google

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davidl on January 4th, 2009

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleBeen there, done that.   Danica Patrick pulled over for speeding, Seatttle Times:

Patrick, 26, was pulled over by Scottsdale police Dec. 9 in her hometown while driving a 2007 Mercedes. A year ago, she was ticketed for driving 57

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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2009

Over at Right Wing News, Gina Cobb  quotes a spokesman from Hamas:

“We love death as much as you love life” is an ancient Islamic boast.

And a deeply evil one.

It makes you wonder how exactly Islamists distinguish

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davidl on January 3rd, 2009

Al Gore (hot air)The hoax of Anthropogenic Global Warming is  being exposed, even in normally leftarded sources, Harold Ambler, Puffington Post:

To be told, as I have been, by Mr. Gore, again and again, that carbon dioxide is a grave threat to

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