WNIS radio drops CBS amid listener protest over Bush story (HamptonRoads.com/Pilot Online)

Good for them.
One hopes WHAM here in Rochester will be as smart.

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Eric Florack on September 24th, 2004

Boortz points out, today that

“According to Juan Zarate, the assistant treasury secretary in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Saddam wanted to buy weapons to use against the United States.  That was illegal as part of the 1991

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Eric Florack on September 24th, 2004

Speaking of Lockhart, The Kerry Spot on National Review Online has an interesting post today, of Lockhart’s reaction tot he Alawi speech yesterday… which I’m still lookoing for the text of, by the way…  Says Lockhart:

“”The last thing you

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Eric Florack on September 24th, 2004

The Kerry Spot on National Review Online asks the question today…

SO WHAT DID BURKETT AND LOCKHART TALK ABOUT?

And yes, that does seem the question. Thing is, all we have to go on is the conflicting reports of these

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Eric Florack on September 23rd, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) –: Offering a simple, “Thank you America,” Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi declared Thursday that his country is moving successfully past the war that ousted Saddam Hussein and vowed that elections will take place next year

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Eric Florack on September 23rd, 2004

I note with a smile that The Truth Laid Bear has Bit’sBlog at 1368 overall, and lists me in the “Marauding Marsupials” class.

This puts me in with the Martini Pundit,Jessica’s Well, Intel Dump, Baldilocks,The Trotmeyer Times, Matt Hoy’s HOYSTORY.COM,

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Eric Florack on September 23rd, 2004

The Cinci Enquirer’s Peter Bronson today has a writeup on the backlash the CBS locals are feeling. Apparently, according to the article, the stations are getting small mountains of E-mail, all of them angry. Bronson quotes the station manager at

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Eric Florack on September 23rd, 2004

Says Mona Charen today:

“Singing of Werner Van Braun in the 1960s, satirist Tom Lehrer dubbed him “a man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience.” Those words come wafting through time now because they fit the Democratic nominee for president

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Eric Florack on September 23rd, 2004

Captain Ed at the Captain’s Quarters:

“For those of us who remember the Jimmy Carter presidency, this story will come as no shock; it merely reminds us where we’ve heard the (latest) John Kerry war policies before. Speaking at

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Eric Florack on September 23rd, 2004

The Neophyte Pundit notes that the Toast is burning:

“NBC News/Wall Street Journal (9/17-9/19): Bush 50, Kerry 46, Nader 1

ARG Nationally Weighted Results (9/7-9/21): Bush 47, Kerry 46, Nader 1

ARG: OH: Bush +2 | FL: Kerry +1 |

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Eric Florack on September 22nd, 2004

He who does not need the links says, today

“IS THE BLOGOSPHERE ELEVATING THE POLITICAL DEBATE?  I just had an interesting conversation with a journalist who’s writing on that question, and who pretty clearly seems to feel that the answer

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Eric Florack on September 22nd, 2004

Here in Rochester, as well as other NorthEastern cities, the residents are often told (by the govenrment and by the teacher’s unions) that Government schools are the best choice. Question is, do the teachers in those schools think so? WaTi

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Eric Florack on September 22nd, 2004

Slate’s Jack Shafer wails…..

“Rather appears to have been guided by the belief that he was doing his institution a great favor by holding out instead of retracting the story. Why any institution should believe that shirking the truth in

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Hewitt ran a letter from a Marine Corp Major yesterday.

“The US media is abuzz today with the news of an intelligence report that is very negative about the prospects for Iraq’s future. CNN’s website says, “[The] National Intelligence Estimate

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Hewitt ran a letter from a Marine Corp Major yesterday.

“The US media is abuzz today with the news of an intelligence report that is very negative about the prospects for Iraq’s future. CNN’s website says, “[The] National Intelligence Estimate

Continue reading about “Doom & Gloom About Iraq’s Future….I Don’t See It From Where I’m Sitting.”