Eric Florack on March 19th, 2009

From the Morning Bell from The Heritage Foundation

 

Speaking to a crowd of 1,500 supporters in Costa Mesa, California, about the bonuses given to employees of 80% taxpayer owned AIG, President Barack Obama said [1]: “I know a lot of

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Things are moving fast with the Obama administration, as I suggested previously they would. They are in fact moving faster than even I foresaw… and I thought my statements on the matter long- played the voter anger out there by

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Eric Florack on March 18th, 2009

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This is the Black Sign Edition. Mostly because I’m running out of names.

 

  • Memo to Chuckles the Clown Schumer:

    Article 1

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Eric Florack on March 18th, 2009

By way of Bruce McQuain, who you will recall, I was a little harsh with last week on the AIG thing, comes this news:

The other shoe concerning the AIG “bonuses” and the administration’s knowledge of them is beginning

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This is the Shamrock Edition.  See, we couldn’t find any REAL rocks, and, well….

Happy St Patrick’s Day, which is  in

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Eric Florack on March 17th, 2009

Most people had already heard about Natasha Richardson’s ski accident in Canada, and her head injuries.

The NY Post is now reporting:

Actress Natasha Richardson is brain dead, after falling in a ski accident in Canada, friends told The

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Eric Florack on March 17th, 2009

With a nod to WPGB’s Jim Quinn, I want to call to your attention, this monring to an article that appeared in National Review, yesterday, by  Hans A. von Spakovsky, called A Leadership of Cowards?”

Here’s a bit

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Eric Florack on March 16th, 2009

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

This is the Motel edition.

  • The Religion Of Peace: Soeren Kern reports that guy who beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus

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Eric Florack on March 16th, 2009

John Hawkins over at Right Wing News,  has the result of a poll he’s been taking, to determine the 50 most popular right of center websites. Of course, BitsBlog isn’t on it.  (mumble) I do notice that Pajamas Media where

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Eric Florack on March 15th, 2009

Reports from all over tonight, that Actor Ron Silver has died.  He’d been fighting cancer for some time.  Roger Simon, in writing some notes at Pajamas Media, tonight, remembers his friend;

Then 9/11 came and Ron and I were thrown

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Eric Florack on March 15th, 2009
  • And trust me, Barry, if you have to call the New York Times to explain yourself about why you’re not a socialist, you more probably are one #
  • Bruce; I wonder if you might get a loud attempt at such

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Eric Florack on March 15th, 2009

Interesting news on the energy front, today:

VIENNA -Wall Street Journal- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Sunday decided against new production cuts and urged its members to fully implement the output reductions the cartel announced in late 2008,

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Eric Florack on March 15th, 2009

An interesting article from Ronald D. Rotunda in the Chicago Tribune, this morning.

Because some governors might not accept the money, Congress added a unique provision, in subsection 1607(b): “If funds provided to any State in any division

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Eric Florack on March 13th, 2009

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This is the “Mirror Image” edition.  I got to thinking; What would happen if I started applying the website CSS to other objects? This

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Eric Florack on March 13th, 2009

I tossed this out at Q&O, almost as a throwaway. But the more I consider things, I wonder if I’ve not hit on something central. I’ve cleaned it up here a bit, since it was originally composed and posted

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