davidl on September 9th, 2010

Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, is puzzled:

It was a jarring moment from an ordinarily smooth pol. Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi, chairman of the Republican Governors Association and 2012 presidential prospect — which helped explain the big turnout

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2010

Hey, Barry…. some advice….

(CNN) – Those following President Obama’s prepared remarks during a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Monday were thrown a bit of a curveball when it came to a description of his critics:

“Some powerful interests who had

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2010

Mike Allen at The Politico:

Seeking to bolster the sluggish economy, President Barack Obama is using a Labor Day appearance in Milwaukee to announce he will ask Congress for $50 billion to kick off a new infrastructure plan designed

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2010

On Labor Day the it seems reasonable to do some research on recent history and on current plans within the unions.

So does Michelle Malkin, who  says today::

Michelle MalkinMy syndicated column today takes on the rise of President Obama’s best

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Eric Florack on September 5th, 2010

Via “Young Americans for Liberty”:

I suggest Obama and the left are to blame. We saw nothing of the sort before the left swept into power and the new attitudes about our soldiers and their job in Iraq. Given the

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Eric Florack on September 5th, 2010

Yep… no disconnect here.

A majority of New York City teachers who lost their positions at schools earlier this year have neither applied for another job in the system nor attended any recruitment fairs

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Eric Florack on September 5th, 2010

Just going over some of my older writings and came across something at Pajamas Media:

Obama’s efforts at solving the financial crisis are less than successful because you can’t use government to solve a problem created by government. The president

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Eric Florack on September 1st, 2010

Billy Beck as usual nails it:

“It is time to pop the tea baggers’ favorite balloon (so what if it will be replaced by another?), and with that in mind I hereby offer to negotiate a $100,000 payday to the

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Eric Florack on August 31st, 2010

Michelle Malkin, in reax to “The Speech”

Barack Obama, 2002:

What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2010

Something on the order of a million people show up to a rally on the national mall , a large number of which are the minorities which the Democrats try so desperately, and so falsely to claim they represent.

As

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Eric Florack on August 28th, 2010

Hey, Billy:

Glenn Reynolds:

“Personally, I believe that ‘fairness’ consists in the fruits of my labor not being taken by corrupt hacks to redistribute to their cronies in exchange for votes.”

Oh, yeah?

Well, dear professor, let me only

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Eric Florack on August 28th, 2010

Nothing too shocking here, really.

(Reuters) – The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to

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Eric Florack on August 28th, 2010

Two people were injured when two fuel tanks exploded and a truck caught fire at Monroe County’s alternative fuel station.

Around 12:50 p.m. Thursday, a fuel tank was being exchanged for another at the green fuel plant on Scottsville Road.

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Eric Florack on August 21st, 2010

Just go and read this.

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Eric Florack on August 9th, 2010

Stink Progress, as with much of the left like to label the Bush administration as being ‘conservative’ when it suits their purposes.  Example:

This morning, Ted Olson — the conservative lawyer who represented President Bush in Bush v. Gore

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