Eric Florack on December 26th, 2006

And here, dear reader, is why we fight; It’s the only thing they understand.

 

MOGADISHU, Somalia -AP- Islamic fighters attempting to wrest power from Somalia’s internationally recognized government retreated from the main front line early Tuesday, witnesses said, a day

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Eric Florack on December 26th, 2006

Henke (who, with sanity kicking in, I find myself reading less of these days), notes Ted Rall, (whom I try to read never), calling for the banning of the Republican party.

Yeah, you’ve read correctly. Says Rall:

It’s

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Eric Florack on December 25th, 2006

First of all, a progress report:

“Elephant”, my new server, (actually, my old one, reborn) which has had a heartbeat for a day or two, now is up and talking to the rest of the network. Even better… the 50

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Eric Florack on December 25th, 2006

James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured “Godfather of Soul,” whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.James Brown, in the early days Brown was hospitalized

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davidl on December 25th, 2006

A Christmas Day message:  economic freedom means economic growth.   Not really a new message, but a message to which liberals are deaf.

From the Wall Street Journal:

In 2005, per capita personal income grew 31% faster in the 15

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davidl on December 25th, 2006

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Mrs. Pelosi campaigned on a promise to drain the republican swamp.  She made no promise to drain the democrat swamp.   The Washington Post details, Pelosi hand picked choice for majority leader, Jack Murtha, scheme of funnelling federal tax dollar to

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2006

I got some E-mail, earlier this evening, which said words to the effect that while she liked the point I made with this evening’s ‘Nightly Ramble’, that she missed seeing the post I’ve put up the last couple Christmas Eves…

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davidl on December 24th, 2006

Fact, there is a pay disparity between males and females.  On average men earn more per hour than women. 

Myth, this disparity is the result of some sort of discrimination and the state ought to take action to remedy it.

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2006

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Luke 2:8-14 Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2006

Hewett, this morning, points to a WaPo article, and suggests they’re helping Hillary Clinton and Obama clear the primary field of all opposition.

I don’t know as that’s the intent… though I wouldn’t put it past them, and frankly,

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2006

I say this to President Bush as someone who learned the hard way how embracing the world’s complexity can be twisted into a crude political shorthand. Barbed words can make for great politics. But with U.S. troops in Iraq in

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davidl on December 24th, 2006

The Associated Press is reporting that some moron in California set  himself on fire to to protest some cause or another:

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -(AP)- A man used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a

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Eric Florack on December 23rd, 2006

I will confess to being lazy today… more or less in anticipation to what’s to come the next couple of days. Not that I don’t like and appreciate Christmastime.  I certainly do.  It’s just that for all that it is,

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davidl on December 23rd, 2006

What I just love about our society is that as soon as any person is elected to public office, he assumes the mantle of an all knowing know-it-all.   And if the MSM happens to support his particular position, they treat

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davidl on December 23rd, 2006

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See the chair, Fidel Castro’s chair? See how empty the chair is? Raul Castro, seated right, now has the nerve to criticize his brother’s workers’ paradice.

Anita Snow writes about a new honesty in Cuba, “Raul Castro Speaks About

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