Eric Florack on July 19th, 2007

I’ll come right out and say this; I’ve never been a fan of Michael Vick. Certainly, he is talented in terms of football, however, I’ve always considered his style of play to be problematic in that he plays as an

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Eric Florack on July 19th, 2007

George Will, whom I have not agreed with much on lately, advises in today’s column that John McCain’s biggest problem is John McCain himself. That much I agree with, but not in precisely the form on which Will places

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Some twit, Froma Harrop, thinks a smart energy policy is to pay yet higer taxes

The way to get OPEC out of our lives is to stop buying so much oil, and the way to do that is to

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Eric Florack on July 19th, 2007

McQ, this morning, at Q&O links a story from CNN…

U.S. forces should go into Pakistan to rout al Qaeda from the safe haven it has found in the mountains on the border with Afghanistan, a co-chairman of the Iraq

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davidl on July 19th, 2007

Lori Byrd

The Sister is reporting that Lori Byrd , and others, has created both a new web site, Media Myth Busters, and Wikipedia page.

I have updated my bookmarks.  Have you?

Go team!

Addendum:(Bit) Blogrolled

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davidl on July 19th, 2007

Barack ObamaYou have to wonder about a canidate’s qualifications when he is compared to Eric Cartman and Cartman wins.   Barack Obama has come out for sex-ed for kindergardeners.  Rusty Shackleford  responds.

 

 

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Eric Florack on July 19th, 2007

Hume, last night:

News reports have repeatedly characterized the Reed-Levin amendment, which brought the Senate to a halt, as requiring U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by the end of next April. But the actual language of the

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davidl on July 18th, 2007

The breathless headline:

Ex-Cheney aide gets 10 years in prison in spy case

The third paragraph of the article:

Aragoncillo worked on the security detail assigned to the vice president from 1999 to 2002, where he held a top

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Eric Florack on July 18th, 2007
  • Yeah, it was my birthday, yesterday. My 50th, God help me.  In the whole, it was a good day. But the little things that have been sneaking up on me for some time, now, are starting to break

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Eric Florack on July 18th, 2007

Laurie Kellerman at the AP:

 So much for forcing Republicans to filibuster all night.

Like anyone actually expected Harry Reid to keep his word?

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Eric Florack on July 18th, 2007

Surber, this morning… and I’ll quote it at length because it’s that good…

Our American troops are risking their lives in a war to fight al-Qaeda — a war they are winning — a war that Harry Reid voted

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davidl on July 18th, 2007

From the Daily Telegraph(UK):

ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore’s green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter’s wedding in Beverly Hills.

Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass – arguably one

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A follow-on to my Greenwald post of yesterday… read James Joyner’s updated comments which he placed in a new thread, over at OTB… and then read the comments section… and pay particular attention to my references to the double

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Eric Florack on July 17th, 2007
  • When I saw a headline like:The Hand That Controls the Sock Puppet Could Get Slapped, in the New York Times, I must admit that my immediate thought was that Gang Greenwald was finally going to get his comeuppance.  Then

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davidl on July 17th, 2007

Lying Lizzy, a.k.a. Mrs John Edwards, whines about Ann Coulter, but get a load of this broadside, from Salon:

No, I don’t. I wind up talking about this a lot. My job as the mother of daughters is to

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