Eric Florack on July 31st, 2007

Continuing last night’s conversation with regards to “whoops, maybe we can win in Iraq, after all ” comes Hewitt with an interview with John Burns, he of the house organ of the democratic party, otherwise known as the New York

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Eric Florack on July 31st, 2007

It is amusing to see so many people who were so overly concerned about the FBI investigation of William Jefferson, he of the the “cash in the freezer” ploy, now doing a victory dance of sorts, over the similar investigation

Continue reading about Bye Bye, Ted Stevens.

davidl on July 31st, 2007

I am not a fan of the National Association for the Advancement of [Liberal] Colored People.  While I respect their goals, I abhor their methods.

The NAA[L]CP is publically arguing that Micheal Vick be presumed innocent until proven guilty in

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davidl on July 31st, 2007

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“Chief Justice John Roberts has died in his summer home in Maine. No, not really, but we know you have your fingers crossed”

Wonkette.

Hat Tip, John Hinderacker, Powerline.

Just to demonstrate how fair I am, if a

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Eric Florack on July 31st, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO -AP via ESPN- Bill Walsh changed the look of the NFL with his offensive innovations and legion of coaching disciples, breaking new ground and winning three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers in the process.

Nicknamed “The

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Eric Florack on July 30th, 2007

I was camping over a long weekend, and am just getting back up to speed.

I wondered how long this was going to take… Mchael O’Hanlon and Ken Pollack have posted a piece in the in the New York Times,

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Eric Florack on July 30th, 2007

 San Francisco -AP- Tom Snyder, whose smoke-filled interviews were a staple of late night television and an inspiration for Dan Aykroyd on “Saturday Night Live,” has died after a struggle with leukemia. He was 71.

tomsnyder.jpgSnyder died Sunday in San

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davidl on July 30th, 2007

Allah Pundit, Hot Air. posts two excellent reasons why republicans should never agree to a Youtude/CNN debate, two twits with cameras.

I am sure bloggers can come up with some serious intelligent questions and that CNN will never

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davidl on July 30th, 2007

Ingmar Bergman Swedish film direcctor Ingmar Bergman has died at age eighty-nine.  Adam Bernstein, Washington Post:

Ingmar Bergman, , an Academy Award-winning Swedish writer-director whose name came to define an entire genre of stark movies about the human condition, such as

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K. C. Johnson, the other day:

Beyond illustrating the flawed conception of academic freedom too prevalent in the contemporary academy, the Churchill case illustrates what happens when universities abandon excellence as the primary criterion in the personnel process. Well

Continue reading about Our …..Educational System: Leaning Left As a Replacement for the Truth. 

Eric Florack on July 29th, 2007

Michelle Says:

Kudos to this judge:

A 73-year-old man has been ordered to clean a veterans memorial with a toothbrush for taking part in a scam to solicit scrap yards for metal, saying it was to be used to

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Eric Florack on July 29th, 2007

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IRAQ WAR PUSHBACK ON THE WAY!

 

10,000+ To Take to Streets

Supporting Missions of Troops in Iraq

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Above: Collage of photos from Move America Forward’s

past pro-troop national caravans.

 

STORY POSTED ONLINE HERE: http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/MAFNews

 

(SACRAMENTO) – With General David Petraeus

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Eric Florack on July 29th, 2007


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Leadership. An intangible quality which is innate in some and must be taught and nurtured in others. But in combat, there is no substitute for good leadership. And the Marine Corps is among the best organizations in the world for

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Eric Florack on July 29th, 2007

I guess I’m not surprised that the conversation about honor, the specifically as regards Scott Thomas Beauchamp, over at Q&O, is still going. Equally unsurprising, is that there are several offshoots to the conversation.  And, again, it doesn’t surprise

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davidl on July 29th, 2007

Columbia Journalism Review’s Paul McLeary

How dare a college grad and engaged citizen volunteer to join the Army to fight for his country! (Which is something that most of the brave souls who inhabit the milblog community prefers to leave

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