davidl on September 5th, 2007

Mrs. Clinton and Norman HsuAs Rush Limbaugh points out Mrs. Cliinton’s standard response to any criisis to deny that she knew anything.   For example, Mrs Ciinton did not know that Norman Hsu was a fugitive   Nor did Mrs. Clinton know that Mr. Clinton as

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

I see Jonah Goldberg has taken up the chant over “true diversity”.  He’s getting the usual feedback from idiots such as Ezra Klein.

Jonah, my boy, you have got to start calling these things as they are. I gave

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

McQ asks the question “How can you actually avoid poverty?”

Well it has nothing to do with government or government programs even if the Democrats are presently engaged in trying to expand a children’s health insurance plan for the poor

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davidl on September 4th, 2007

Froma Harrop, Real Clear Politics, explains, “Why Liberals Are Turning on Ted Kennedy:”

Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

Hmmm.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —AP-  Hurricane Felix strengthened into a Category 5 monster storm early Tuesday, forecasters said, just as it prepares to make landfall near the Nicaragua-Honduras border, home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians.

Of course this

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

Boom.

NEW YORK —AP- An explosive device detonated outside a studio owned by “The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli early Tuesday, damaging a van but causing no serious injuries, police said.

Police said they did not know if the explosion was

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

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davidl on September 4th, 2007

Idiot

In 2003 George W. Bush fell off a Segway.  The Daiy Mail (UK) ran the snarky headline:

“You’d have to be an idiot to fall off, wouldn’t you Mr President”

On 24 August, Access Hollywood, reported the editor of

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Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

Next time toadies for organized labor like John Edwards beat their chests about affirmative action, show them this excellent commentary in the WSJ by one of James Brandon’s colleagues, a professor of history at Hillsdale College .

This 125th Labor

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Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

I saw this one linked earlier, elsewhere, but when I went back for it, couldn’t find it. McQ did and posted his extended comments. Worthwhile.

But the real reason the “reasons aren’t clear” is what the MSM doesn’t dare say:

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Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

The one thing Hitch doesn’t understand, Billy, and apparently, you don’t either, is that a constant reexamination of the faith as part of the process.  Indeed, such questioning is Biblically acknowledged, in Mark, I think.

Here’s the secret; That questioning

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James Joyner, over at Outside The Beltway, is running a post this morning and titled “Edwards opposes medical choice”.

If John Edwards is elected president, Americans will have no choice but go to the doctor when told.

Democratic presidential hopeful

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Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

Since this is within shooting distance of my desk, here, perhaps I should mention it:

s When it comes to wolfing wings, Sonya Thomas is a wiz.

The 105-pound competitive eater who goes by “The Black Widow” bested a dozen

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Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

It’s what I get for sleeping late, I suppose.  Everybody else’s been all over this story since sunup:

 AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq —(AP)  President Bush and his national security team made a first-hand assessment of the war in Iraq and

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Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

Interesting site, LaborPains.ORG.

They make a few points, today:

  • Union membership is down to 7.4 percent of private sector employees and down to 12 percent overall (government employees are highly unionized, at a rate of 36.2 percent) – that’s down

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