“In the film ‘Dirty Dancing,’ set in 1963, Max Kellerman, the proprietor of a fictional Catskill resort, laments that the golden era of borscht belt resorts is over. “You think kids want to come with their parents and take fox-trot

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davidl on December 18th, 2009

The time has come for Barack Obama to have his teleprompter reprogrammed with some fresh material.

Glenn Thrush, Politico:

COPENHAGEN — A visibly angry Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday, declaring that the

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davidl on December 17th, 2009

Ok Keith Olbermann is an arrogant ass, but even an ass can have his day.   Olbermann goes off against Harry Reid health care mandate, albeit for the wrong reasons:

Olbermann is right that the a health care mandate is illegal.

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2009
Welcome, dear friends, to the most intense nightly raid available anywhere on the sphere ; The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble. ramble-cookie1
  • BYE BYE, SEIU: When Andy Stern starts making this much noise, it logically raises the question is, as David says earlier

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davidl on December 17th, 2009
From a letter from Andy Stern to the members of the Service Employees International Union, to her members:

SEIU does not accept that this monumental effort – that this reform that is so necessary to the health and wellbeing

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Eric Florack on December 16th, 2009

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

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  • BIG MOUTH:There’s never been any question in my mind that role Schumer is probably one of the top ten in

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on December 16th, 2009
By Karen Jones, JonesToTheGrindstone.com

I am building a catalog of tools and equipment to better ease us through our days—as we live amongst those who just don’t “get” us, want to “get” us, or even notice us as needing to

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davidl on December 15th, 2009
Why is gender feminism dying?  Because the men the  gender feminists demand are nothing like the men women want.   Robert Stacy McCain explores Gone with the Wind at seventy.    So while Rhett Butler is the male chauvinist  sexist pig that

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2009

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2009
From the mail bag and passed without comment:

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STANDING UP TO STOP CONGRESS!
DEATH TO THE HEALTH CARE BILL

Many of us are unable to attend the National DC rally on the 15th yet still wish to participate in

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Eric Florack on December 14th, 2009

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  • ramble-tstopOBAMA TO REID: CUT A DEAL WITH LIEBERMAN: Carrie Budoff Brown at The Politico says:

    The White House is encouraging Senate

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on December 13th, 2009
By Karen Jones, www.JonesToTheGrindstone.com

commissaryAll types of hairdos walk through this maze of aisles, bins, and end-cap displays: the tightly curled, the heavily-shellacked, the Easter egg-colored, the pigtailed, and even the bald. These captains of hair commandeer their vessels as

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davidl on December 13th, 2009
From, Todd Venezia, James Faeelly and Holly Sanders, New York Post:

A year away from golf would cost Tiger Woods $180 million in lost endorsements, tournament winnings and appearance fees — about $15 million per floozy, industry analysts estimate.

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Eric Florack on December 12th, 2009
Over at PAjamas Media, Mary Grabar asks an interesting one: Why Are Tiger’s Women Getting a Pass?

As the widespread coverage of Tiger Woods’ affairs has demonstrated, we have a double standard when it comes to extramarital affairs between married

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davidl on December 12th, 2009
This one a beaut and it is a winner,  video:

If the Democrats are stupid enough to trust Dirty Harry Reid to write the plan for one seventh our our economy, a plan that nobody likes and most oppose, the

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