Eric Florack on July 5th, 2009

Word from Channel 4 (NBC)  in the DC area

D.C. councilman and former mayor Marion Barry was arrested Saturday night and charged with stalking a woman, police said.

The United States Park Police said Barry was arrested in Washington after

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on July 4th, 2009

declaration-of-independenceTwo hundred and thirty-three years ago, the men of the Second Continental Congress made a bold gesture as they sought to uncleave themselves from their ties with Great Britain.  A gesture intended to convey that they were serious about the

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2009

Watching fireworks at Henrietta ny

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2009

Fox News is reporting:

DEVELOPING: Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was killed Saturday in a shooting in Nashville.

A medical examiner confirmed to local FOX affiliate WZTV that McNair was found dead after police responded to a shooting in the

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2009

I notice, by way of Fox news and a few other places, that both John McCain and President Obama have delivered speeches on this Fourth of July, that sound on similar themes.

I suppose these kind of platitudes are to

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2009

The media, the left, (but I repeat myself ) and the Rockefeller Republicans (there I go repeating myself again ) are all majorly busy trying to come up with  “the answer” as regards Gov Sarah Palin’s announced resignation yesterday.  It

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davidl on July 3rd, 2009

Sarah Palin has resigned as governor of Alaska, effective 25 July.   The Anchoress has an excellent round up.   Best of luck Sarah.

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Eric Florack on July 3rd, 2009

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere: The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

ramble-stateparkThis is the “Getaway” Edtion

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davidl on July 3rd, 2009

Colin Powell who never has truble finding his voice to  criticize conservative, trys to muster a some courage to stand up to the one,  Jon Ward, Washington Times:

Colin Powell, one of President Obama’s most prominent Republican supporters, expressed

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Eric Florack on July 3rd, 2009

Trust me when I tell you I will not be turning this website into all Michael Jackson all the time.  At the same time one cannot be bombarded with all the information we have been without at least giving a

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Eric Florack on July 2nd, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the sphere: The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble.

This is the short Edition. We’re leading into a holiday, and I’m a little pressed for time, so… today’s Ramble is a little

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Apparently, even Helen Thomas becomes outraged a Democrat dishonesty beyond a certain point. Previously, I thought that impossible.  It took the Obama administration to bring it out.

(CNSNews.com)Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press

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davidl on July 2nd, 2009

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Chavez, Ortega, Castro and Obama; Charles Krauthammer nails the one, via Gatway Pundit:

“Two weeks ago he refuses to meddle in a country where peaceful demonstrators are getting shot be a theocratic dictatorship. He doesn’t want to choose

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Eric Florack on July 1st, 2009

A lot of you probably don’t know that BitsBlog has a mobile edition.  Actually, it’s available at the same address, and is fully automatic.  If you log in to BitsBlog from a mobile device, (pretty much regardless of what kind

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davidl on July 1st, 2009

Karl Malden has died, from the Associated Presss:

Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97.

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