Eric Florack on December 2nd, 2004

John Leo has the details, in a bit called OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FOOT

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I noted C-Span’s coverage of President Bush’s comments in Halifax, which they re-ran this morning. (They do have vid up on the site today) I didn’t comment on it when it was fresh, because there was much to consider from

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Eric Florack on December 1st, 2004

Some interesting BitsBlog stats: At the moment, I’m tossing up around 30 posts per week. That translates to 2200 or so posts total, since I started this Blogger venture, a year and a half ago. The Outlink ratio is around

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Eric Florack on December 1st, 2004

You just know it’s a slow news day when Matt Drudge starts posting stories like this one. Sorry, but the only time you ever see this stuff is when there’s no red meat for the eveining news cycle.

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Eric Florack on December 1st, 2004

Yes, I saw the bit with Tom Ridge annoucning his quitting his post.
Thing was, if you were watching, this was no shock, given we knew this was coming 6 months ago. So, I didn’t bother adding any of my

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Eric Florack on December 1st, 2004

Norm Coleman writes in today’s WSJ that Kofi Annan Must Go. And while I have no question that this is a well-thought, well- intentioned bit, I find myself wondering just a bit.

Let’s please be at least honest enough

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Speaking of Dan Rather, here’s the latest nonsense from Bill O’Reilly

personally I’ve never liked O’Reilly. I worked with too many people like him in the broadcast business, not to recognize a bullshit artist when I see one.  O’Reilly is

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Matt Drudge is linkingThe Hollywood Reporter in a bit entitled “Rather deserves respect” which is a laughable statement. THe story itself gives us an example of why… Says Rather:

“Ed Murrow’s ghost is here. I’ve seen him and talked

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Seems the Anti-US, AntiBush hatred we’ve seen from the leftist outlets in Canada like the CBC the Toronto papers, is not nearly as prevelant in Canada as a whole, as it is in it’s press.  AFP reports, in part:

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

Poliblogger has some questions about what ‘stars’ name their kids… and why…

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2004

During WWII, General George S. Patton had the word spread in the German towns his tanks rumbled through on their way to Berlin, that if even one farm boy was to level a rifle at one American Soldier trying to

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Mary Laney in the Chicago Sun-Timestoday puts up an article that you need to see.

Just got there. Now.

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Eric Florack on November 29th, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) – : “President Bush on Monday chose Carlos Gutierrez, a native of Cuba who rose from truck driver to chief executive officer of Kellogg Co. (K), to be secretary of Commerce.”

I’m just waiting for the left to

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Eric Florack on November 29th, 2004

I wrote once that it’s a measure of how far we’ve come in terms of our national security situation that we’re able to argue about the small stuff…  like the exact position of Madanna’s tounge at a given moment… or

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Eric Florack on November 27th, 2004

OK, I admit it, I’m out of sorts this week. Perhaps it’s just the change of season, that’s got me a little cranky. The muscle pull in my shoulder, aggrivated by pushing the camper trailer back into the garage for

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