Eric Florack on September 7th, 2007

On waking up, just about the first thing that happened was a power spike… which was a complete power loss in many areas… which wiped out the cable TV Telephone and Internet connections for about 38000 folks around here. Made

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davidl on September 7th, 2007

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Toward the end of the first clip, O’Reilly questioned whether Romney had characterized Hillary Clinton’s position on Iraq accurately, when he said that her position is that we should depose Maliki and then leave. I did a little fact-checking, and

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davidl on September 7th, 2007

A Bitsblog PSA, Mary Katherine Ham, Townhall, has a multipart consersation with Bradley Smith, formerly of the FEC.   It says something, not altogether nice, aboiut the state of our republic, when politicians who write, vote and pss laws with the

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davidl on September 7th, 2007

Patrick Healy, New York Times:  

Update: Blake Zeff, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, just e-mailed to say that Mayor Rivera stepped down from Mrs. Clinton’s Mayors Council today.

Among the 11 public officials arrested in an F.B.I.

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2007

I’m getting really tired of opening my mailbox, and coming up with the massive load of cow feces, that is commonly referred to as leftist thought.  I had three different messages, supposedly from different people, today ; interestingly enough my

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davidl on September 6th, 2007

“Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I’ve ever met in my life,” he says. “She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people.

“It’s good she’s in D.C. and I’m in

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2007

Will someone please explain to me of what use the Federal election commission is?

As an example; The Norman Hsu matter… the likelihood is that the commission will not make any rulings or Levy any fines against any one of

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2007

Yes, I saw the debate last night.  My opinion about who won?  Hands down, Fred Thompson.

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2007

TRENTON, N.J. —  Eleven public officials across New Jersey were arrested Thursday morning as part of a corruption investigation, a law enforcement official said.

Democratic state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Alfred E. Steele were among those arrested, along with

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Eric Florack on September 6th, 2007

Luciano Pavarotti is gone.  We are fortunate, that the state of audio recording is such as it is today.

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davidl on September 6th, 2007

Rebecca Harrison, Scotsman:

ISRAELI leaders decided yesterday against a broad offensive in Gaza to curb cross-border rocket attacks, but did not rule out cutting off Israeli-supplied power, water and fuel to the territory.

Palestinian militants regularly fire rockets into

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davidl on September 6th, 2007

It is not Larrry Craig, says Ann Coulter:

Assuming the worst about Craig, the Senate has not held a vote on outlawing homosexual impulses. It voted on gay marriage. Craig not only opposes gay marriage, he’s in a heterosexual

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davidl on September 6th, 2007

Fred Thompson’s campaign introduction video.   I like it, both adult and calm.

 

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Eric Florack on September 5th, 2007

RCP says today:

SEATTLE — Former Rep. Jennifer Dunn, a six-term Republican who at times anchored the Washington State Republican Party, died today of a pulmonary embolism at her apartment in Arlington. She was 66.

Dunn represented Washington’s 8th District

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Eric Florack on September 5th, 2007

Joyner, today:

Senator John McCain told off a kid who asked whether he was too old to be president.

An unflinching John McCain was told Tuesday by New Hampshire high school students he might be too old to be

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