Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

As regards the betting pools that have popped up for when Fidel Castro begins his stay in one of the few places I can think of that warmer than Cuba, I’ll add my comments.
Rumors and indications notwithstanding, there’s no

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

The biggest foreign policy disaster in the history of this country, bar none, was Jimmy Carter.

On that basis, it strikes me as damning with faint praise that Zbigniew Brzezinski the man who help to implement that unmitigated disaster, has

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

I’m going to say this at the outset, I think there are probably microbes on whale crap at the bottom of the ocean that are higher in the food chain than Bill Maher. I think it’s a measure of how

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

Email from several sources:

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq, here’s a sobering statistic: There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

Passed on from email without comment…

A United States Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and!
French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

Captain Ed notes something odd, but not unexpected, in Florida:

For once, Howard Dean is right, and he’s likely to pay a large price for it.  Dean warned Florida Democrats that he would refuse to certify their delegates at

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

valor1sm.jpgThe story of Cpl. Dale A. Burger Jr is a story of duty, honor and sacrifice. A young leader so concerned with his men he refused to stay out of combat even though wounded, and ended up making the

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Eric Florack on August 25th, 2007

Matt Stoller, idiot extraordinaire, has decided to declare war on centrist Democrats.

We’ve been working to identify the group of conservative Democrats in the House who are holding back progressives from being able to effectively govern. These are concentrated

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davidl on August 25th, 2007

castro_fidel.jpgMemorandum is abuzz with blogs repoting the death Fidell Castro, as if a dead man could die. Here is Perez Hilton:

Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that U.S. officials will be holding a press conference shortly to announce the death

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davidl on August 24th, 2007

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The NFL indefinitely suspended Michael Vick without pay Friday just hours after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and helped kill some dogs not worthy of

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Eric Florack on August 24th, 2007

hillarysm.jpgThe NY Post is reporting this morning:

August 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year’s election, warning that it could boost the GOP’s efforts to hold on

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davidl on August 24th, 2007

John MurthaA Marine Corps officer has reccomended dropping all charges iin another Marine slandered by Okinawa Jack Murtha.  Josh White
Washington Post:

An investigating officer has recommended that a Marine Corps general drop all charges against a Marine accused

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Michelle Malkin this morning,points to the Democrat screaming  for some kind of loan relief, and says:

Insane: Take from responsible taxpayers and give to homeowners who made bad investments and are up to their eyeballs in debt.

True enough. 

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Eric Florack on August 24th, 2007

Douglas Hanson over at the American Thinker, this morning, raises some questions about a story I blogged about the other day:

Yesterday, AT relayed a report  from AdnKronos International that Saddam’s former deputy and current leader of the

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Eric Florack on August 24th, 2007

WASHINGTON -LA TIMES- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to advise President Bush to reduce the U.S. force in Iraq next year by almost half, potentially creating a rift with top White House officials and other

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