Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

Congrats to Chuck Simmins, today.

Reuters has his blog bigtime today in an article about donations to Tsunami victims.

I’m willing to bet the boy’s counters are dizzy.
…..’sall good though; his blog deserves it.

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Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

Noted at Gizmodo A PacMan guitar, they call a Git-Fiddle.

Go look.

(Shrug)
Weird.

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Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

Burning a cross is illegal.
Hate speech, the law calls it.

Why isn’t flag burning considered hate speech by the law?

Continue reading about Depends What You Burn, Apparently

Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

In reseaching the last Rasmussen poll I posted, I ran across another at Mister Minority, also posted at

WorldNetDaily;

70% of Americans, say the poll results, 70% of Americans think that the Gitmo detainees are not being ‘abused’,

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Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

WorldNetDaily reports a Rasmussen poll:

"Two-thirds of Americans believe immigrants should integrate into the U.S. culture, according to a new poll.

The Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 17 percent believe immigrants should maintain the culture of their home country

Continue reading about Shriek Engrish !!!!!

Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

An important point from Alan Reynolds :

"The price of crude didn't rise from $12 in early 1999 to nearly $60 because the world suddenly ran out of oil. On the contrary, the world supply of petroleum has risen 10

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Eric Florack on June 23rd, 2005

In 20 years in hte computer biz, I thought I’d seen it all. Musing proves me wrong. A $50 mouse pad?
Yikes.

(BBCT > Andy C)

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USATODAY reports a quote from the Cook report:

"The book seems so over the top that I don't think it's going to be taken terribly seriously," said Charlie Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report. "The Hillary bashers will still

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Eric Florack on June 22nd, 2005

Jon at GOP Bloggers

"When Democrats are not complaining about non-existent Republican attacks on their patriotism, they are busy trying to demoralize Americans and weaken our resolve as a vehicle to attack President Bush. How else to describe the Democrats'

Continue reading about But What’s the Reason?

Eric Florack on June 22nd, 2005

Arthur Chrenkoff notes a proposal to make Iraqi oil the property of all the people in much the same was as Alaska does.

A good concept.

But I doubt it could be used against the insurgency. The flaw here of

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Eric Florack on June 22nd, 2005

Slashdot reports that half of businesses still use Windows 2000.

After using XP last night on my new system, I begin to more fully understand why.

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Eric Florack on June 22nd, 2005

Tony Blankley does a fair enough job of reviewing the Ed Klien book, The Truth About Hillary. The review seems reasonable based on what of the book I’ve read thusfar. (Just bought a copy last night, but have only

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Eric Florack on June 22nd, 2005

So, Durbin put on an ‘apology’ yesterday… a brilliantly scripted, tightly parsed in a way that would make the Clintons proud, and in the end, a totally unconvincing apology yesterday.

One thing I found amusing was the parade of usual

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Eric Florack on June 21st, 2005

Len Kutchma at RITE TURN ONLY points up a story in the National Post today.

It looks as if payoffs, kickbacks, bribes and brown envelopes are not enough for the federal Liberals. There is now the possibility, courtesy National Post

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Eric Florack on June 21st, 2005

Lonsberry is worried about his bottom’s line.

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