Eric Florack on February 17th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere the ever more popular BitsBlog Nightly Ramble, the “Keep on Ramblin'” edition.

 

  • The hound the Wold and the Sheep deciding what to ahve for lunch: By

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davidl on February 17th, 2009

Often attributed to  Isoroku Yamamoto:

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

Someday to attribued to the leftstream media:

We fear all we havce done to aawken

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Eric Florack on February 16th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘shpere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

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This is the President’s day edition. Historians say that Lincoln had his car serviced here. Then again, these are the same people who

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Eric Florack on February 16th, 2009

Heather MacDonald got an awful lot of traffic around blogdom for her anti-religious rant:

Will Bill O’Reilly or anyone else who saw the hand of God in the safe landing of US Airways Flight 1549 this January please explain

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davidl on February 16th, 2009

I’d just love to report that  Susanka Bersin is the Bitsblog German bureau chief, but alas.   So just follow the link, to see how an honorary Swamp Stomper responds.  Lucky for Hans that Suzanka does not kick.

Hat tip:  

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davidl on February 16th, 2009

Nadya SulemanNadya Suleman has no job but she has a nanny whom she pay five hundred dollars a week; Elisabeth Snead, Los Angeles Times:

Despite having no job, Nadya can afford to pay a nanny around $500 a week to

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davidl on February 15th, 2009

Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama party in ChitownAlan Elsner:

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- President Barack Obama’s aides warned Americans on Sunday not to expect instant miracles from the $787 billion economic stimulus bill he will sign this week, but said it would help eventually.

Mr. President you

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Eric Florack on February 15th, 2009

Lynn Sweet at the Chicago Sun-Times, forwards notes from staffers Natasha Korecki and Dave McKinney :

State lawmakers are calling for a criminal investigation into whether U.S. Sen. Roland Burris committed perjury before a state impeachment panel, in the

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davidl on February 15th, 2009

Ellen Goodman, Seattle Times:

In the winter of our economic discontent, women now hold more than 49 percent of jobs on the nation’s payrolls. If we cross the 50 percent line — hold the applause — it will be

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davidl on February 15th, 2009

Irwin Stelzer, Times(UK)

So Obama has his stimulus bill, but he has paid a very high price. He now owns the recession. He has asked to be judged by whether this bill and other measures he will propose create

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davidl on February 14th, 2009

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“So I was surprised to hear that statement. Perhaps it’s because the administration has not yet put itself together. Perhaps they have not been given the information yet. And I hope as they settle down, as they learn more, we

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davidl on February 14th, 2009

Evidently Maurice Hinchey, Bew York Twenty Two, is tired of being called a moonbat:

WASHINGTON (CNN) – More and more Democrats in Congress are calling for action that Republicans warn could muzzle right-wing talk radio.

Representative Maurice Hinchey,

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davidl on February 14th, 2009

Mary Katharine HamMary Katherine Ham writes in Weekly Standard:

The House just passed the stimulus package with no Republican support, and eight “no” votes from Democrats.
Rep. Aaron Schock, whose llinois district is home to Caterpillar, spoke on the floor about

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The House passed Porkulus, the Pelosi/Reid/Obama Debt Plan, New York Times:

Stimulus Bill Passes in the House With No G.O.P. Support

WASHINGTON – The House approved a $787 billion economic stimulus package Friday afternoon, with Democrats successfully promoting it

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2009

theater-signrambleWelcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere; Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble The ‘Politics is Theatre’ edition.

As you might imagine, a lot of my attention has been focused on the plane crash just west of

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