Eric Florack on January 9th, 2008

TLC is hosting a reality show titled Miss America Reality Check. It features the 52 contestants for the Miss America title including GI Jill, Jill Stevens. In an effort to engage viewers and boost ratings, TLC is offering the

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2008
  • Memo to the Paulbots: If 9/11 was an inside job, you’d not be alive to talk about it today. Think about all of what the hijackers had to do that day to accomplish what they did. You really think your

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2008

Here’s one guy who will decidedly not be missed….

HAVANA —AP– Philip Agee, a former CIA agent who caused outrage by naming former colleagues, has died following ulcer surgeries, Cuban state media reported Wednesday. He was 72.

Agee quit the

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2008

Interesting goings on over at McGehee’s place.

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Eric Florack on January 9th, 2008

Last couple days it’s been around 65 here during the day. Unusually warm. The new weather front came in this morning, with a thunderstorm packing 75MPH winds. You can imagine that power’s a little iffy, today.

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

McCain is up over Romney by seven, says Fox. Clinton’s up by 3% over Obama, but it’s too early to call at this writing.

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008
  • There’s apparently a video out showing those Iranian boats attacking US warships. No working links to the vid itself, yet.
  • An Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest. Hillary Clinton’s always a good target.
  • Two folks talking at work

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

The New Republic’s servers, apparently, are having some problems with the load this article on Ron Paul and his racist past (And present!) is generating.  You can understand why. And after reading it you can also understand why the Paulbots

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

Hume last night:

An inmate in the Pueblo County, Colorado jail who was injured during his second escape, is suing the county and several officials because the jail was not secure enough to prevent him from breaking out.

A local

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

So, New Jersey has ‘apologized’ for slavery, says Michelle Malkin.

They’re not sorry for repealing the death penalty against the wishes of victims’ families of all races and backgrounds, but New Jersey lawmakers are offering an apology for slavery centuries

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

Doctor Thomas Sowell is always a great read. Today’s no exception. (Real Clear Politics)

By far the best presentation as a candidate, among all the candidates in both parties, is that of Barack Obama. But if he actually believes even

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

In reading this bit last night from ABC’s blogs, I got to thinking a bit more about this Hillary Clinton tear festival we were all treated to repeatedly, yesterday.

Let’s look at the quotes from that scene:

“It’s not easy,

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

A couple dead, 64/40 is closed in St Louis, says KMOX.

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

The Toronto Sun yesterday contains an article you should read if you’re taking the Kyoto nonsense seriously.

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2008

After many weeks on hold, I’m re-starting the Nightly Ramble. Reasons are many but the bottom line is that there are a lot of subjects I want to touch on but don’t want to write it all out… I’d rather

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