Eric Florack on April 18th, 2005

The independant is busy this fine morning, crowing over a supposedly major breakthrough in the ability to read acient documents which were unreadable previously. They go on to holler:

In the past four days alone, Oxford’s classicists have used it

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A little late, but this one took a little more writing than usual; The Newest Bit’sBit is now up. It’s called: Who wants a more liberal Church? Not as many as you’d think

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Let me open these comments by saying I’m not a Roman Catholic, being instead a Lutheran.  Still, what the Roman Church does undeniably affects Christiandom as a whole, and therefore seems a valid discussion.

As the Cardinals gather to decide

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Eric Florack on April 18th, 2005

Colorado Conservative has a few words Charlie Rangel would do well to heed. I doubt he’s smart enough.

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Eric Florack on April 18th, 2005

I subscribe to QOTD via Bloglines. This one caught my eye:

This one caught my eye:
when it came up by chance, today;

“If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.”

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Eric Florack on April 18th, 2005

Ace of Spades HQ points up an article in the LA TIMES wherein Howard Dean talks about Terri Shaivo this way:

‘We’re going to use Terri Schiavo later on,’.

“‘This is going to be an issue in 2006, and

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The Dallas Morning news is wailing about the NWS losing it’s funding.

Why is this agency still drawing tax money out of our pockets? Is htere anything this agency does which is not being done better by private concerns, such

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2005

… is the time to remember HR25, called the Fair Tax.Neal Boortz addresses this one… it’s an idea whose time has come.

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2005

Well, now Sanders has come back all bent out of shape that he’s being held to the same standards he champions in the case of Republican Tom Delay.Bennington Banner puts it this way:

The way Rep. Sanders has reacted

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2005

If one reads Robin Givhan’s latest tirade in theWaPo, one might get the idea that John Bolton’s biggest threat is what he wears. Mzzzzz Givhan, is apparently unable to come up with anything more substansive to object to

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2005

Well, looks like the Democrats have stepped on their own (Blank) in going after Tom Delay. The story is leaking out all over the sephere this morning… that Harry Reid has a number of his family working for him. So

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2005

Little GReen Footballsl reports on a strange situation with Reuters. apparently they reported twin bus bombings in Israel, with 16 deaths. Alas, nothing unusual about this.

Trouble is, it didn’t happen.

Update: Didn’t happen this year, anyway. Looks like

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2005

Q&O has the details.

Gee. McCain voting with the Democrats. Big shock, huh?
Dale has it right, here:

John McCain is a great American, and his heroic service to our country should be respected, indeed, revered. But his endless movement

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2005

Wittingshire’s Amanda has a great post up called For Samuel and Josiah. Michial Shaivo supporters should particularly take note.

Prepare to have your eyes opened.

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2005

Robert Novak: Why Dodd fights Bolton

….Sen. Christopher Dodd’s long-range goal of normalized relations with Fidel Castro.

Novak makes a pretty fair case on this angle.

RTWT.

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