Eric Florack on October 27th, 2003

Some interesting discussion, over on Marginal Revolution about the future of Blogging. Apparently the webmaster over there, Tyler Cowen, had Dinner with Glenn Renolds, the guy who runs INSTAPUNDIT.  They
got into a discussion about the future of Blogging.

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2003

My quote on Kerry in this week’s bit pretty much describes last night’s “Debate”.

“I think the crowded field allows the most shrill, conflict-oriented, confrontational voices to be heard, and not necessarily the person who might make the best candidate

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2003

Try not to be too shocked about this…. But you know the attack on the Rashid hotel over the weekend? The one where Wolfowitz was staying?

The munitions were French made.

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2003

They were getting a little out of hand.
I’ve decided to make the perm links a badge of high honor. So, I’ve whacked the whole list and started over.

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Eric Florack on October 25th, 2003

The far leftist wacko group “International Answer” claims their little party in DC today drew 100,000. people.
Well, they CLAIM they drew that much. From what I saw on the tube today, it was rather more like 2,000 people, most

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Eric Florack on October 25th, 2003

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The real story of the last few years, at least in a political perspective – is that the Democrats seem to have lost their sense of direction. That factor is going to play very large in this next election,

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Eric Florack on October 25th, 2003

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The real story of the last few years, at least in a political perspective – is that the Democrats seem to have lost their sense of direction. That factor is going to play very large in this next election,

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Eric Florack on October 24th, 2003

Read it for yourself.  My earlier comments on the memo and it’s contents hold.

TO: Gen. Dick Myers, Paul Wolfowitz, Gen. Pete Pace, Doug Feith

FROM: Donald Rumsfeld

SUBJECT: Global War on Terrorism

The questions I posed to combatant commanders

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Eric Florack on October 24th, 2003

Actor Fred Berry has reportedly passed away in Los Angeles, at age 52. Conflicting info on cause of death at tis point; CNN doesnt know, but AP says natural causes.

At 52? Berry was well known for hs addictions, which

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Eric Florack on October 24th, 2003

Something like 7000 firefighters in the San Bernardino area.
What do you suppose the chances are that some or all of this is someone pissed that the Democrats lost the recall, and trying to pressure Arnie?

The fire people there

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Eric Florack on October 24th, 2003

Just in case anyone thinks it’s only the states where the press is tilted to the left…

An interesting writeup in the Toronto Star today. Apparently, the girlfreind of former Ontario Premier Mike Harris is in the process of going

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Eric Florack on October 24th, 2003

Not that there hasn’t been enough to comment on in the BITSBLOG, here, but there certainly hasn’t been enough to peak my interest enough to write a full weekly commentary. Not much has changed. The Democrats are still lying about

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Eric Florack on October 23rd, 2003

Much has been said about that memo of Rummy’s that leaked the other day. Here’s my two cents:

Questions about how exactly that memo got out aside.. if the intent of leaking the memo was as I suspect, to discredit

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Eric Florack on October 23rd, 2003

I wrote about one aspect of this, a short time back, in respect to Mel Gibson’s new movie.
Of course I caught hell for it. But the proof of my points keeps piling up….

I noticed this feed from

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Eric Florack on October 23rd, 2003

I haven’t fully worked this through yet, but there are some unavoidable parallels between this guy who broke the Fed’s secruity to put those boxcutters on the planes, and the so-called ‘white-hat’ hackers, who break systems security… both supposedly in

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