Eric Florack on April 2nd, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran —AP- The standoff over 15 captured British sailors shows no signs of abating, and analysts say that Iran’s tough stance is a demonstration of the power of hardliners unafraid to confront the West.

Events on Sunday only further

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Eric Florack on April 2nd, 2007

In writing over the weekend, as regards the possibility of lawsuits resulting from Fred Thompson running for president while his reruns continue on TV, James plunges in the knife pen:

We really ought to amend the Constitution to the

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -AP- If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker “wants to play chicken with our troops,”

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

How long will the war on terror last? Decades, most people assume. After all, the threat of Sept. 11-style attacks persists, and as long as it does, America will work mightily to prevent them. But the “war on terror” —

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

I’ve said it often enough… Unions are killing America.

Here’s yet another example.

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

Fox News:

A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Monday, sending a tsunami wave crashing into the country’s west coast and prompting region-wide disaster warnings, officials said.

Sgt. Godfrey Abiah said police in the capital, Honiara,

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

More pet food recalls, with listings here and here.

Check them both.

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

Billy, just now:

It amazes me how routinely people just glide right past the Stolen Concept Fallacy in it. He has to steal the very idea of “right” in order to make the general assertion that Sayet is pointing

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

About this Chocolate Jesus thing that seems all the rage in Blogdom these last few days…

As a Christian, I must confess that I don’t find this all that disturbing. After all, this isn’t Christ stuffed into a bottle

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

David and I have both expressed our reservations as regards John McCain… As a senator and as a Republican, much less as a Republican president.  Yet, the blind pig will find the acorn occasionally.

McCain’s people have got him

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davidl on April 1st, 2007

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“The war’s being lost in Congress by the people who give aid and comfort to the enemies that are killing our troops.”

John Stevens, veteran United States Air Force, Korea, Vietnam. 

More, Don Surber

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Eric Florack on March 31st, 2007

Gee.. McGehee…. Here, all this time I thought it was because you liked Bruce Willis Movies.

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davidl on March 31st, 2007

Islamofascist militants, posing as imans, seek to use American courts to terrorize American citizens:

MINNEAPOLIS -(AP)- Six Muslim men removed from a plane last fall after being accused of suspicious behavior are suing the airline and threatening to

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Eric Florack on March 31st, 2007

Hey Cernig:

It’s ironic that big Rightwing blogs tend to be far more communal, more socialist, in their sharing of linkage while some of the big Lefties seem to want to be the new robber barons of the internet.

That’s

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Eric Florack on March 31st, 2007

Here’s the problem;

I have perhaps 40gb of MP3’s that live on my big server.  I’d like to separate them down to collection of 650mb or so, for the purpose of archiving them on CD in MP3 format. I mean,

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