davidl on March 30th, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonIn 2000, Mrs Clintoin campaigned on promise to fix the upstate New York economy.   She did not.   Now Mrs. Clinton is promising to fix the national economy   Yet while Mrs.. Clinton claims this magical, albeit never demonstrated, economic genius, much

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Eric Florack on March 30th, 2008

From the Telegraph, today:

Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by senior figures and aides to the former vice-president.

The bloody civil war

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davidl on March 28th, 2008

It still seems a long shot, but could Rudi Guiliani still make to the White House, in 2013?    New York has been a stepping stone for governors aspiring to become president, both Roosevelt’s,  Thomas Dewey, and even George Pataki.    The

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Eric Florack on March 28th, 2008

BitsBlog will be going offline at Midnight tonight, to return by Midnight Sunday night. This is to allow a server move.

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davidl on March 28th, 2008

It is funny that while Mrs. Clinton has been claiming, albeit with rather dubious success, foreign poliicy experienc she simply does not have, she has not yet claimed experience she does have.   Mrs. Clinton meet with a spy for Saddam

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davidl on March 28th, 2008

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So Obama makes his second run at the problem on The View — a show with the intellectual depth of a small soap dish – confident that serious questions on the topic will not be asked. Should such questions ever

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davidl on March 27th, 2008

Eliot SpitzerWhen it rains, it pours and disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is in sore need of an umbrella.  Jame Schram et al, New York Post:

Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been identified as a long-standing client

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davidl on March 27th, 2008

Bit Rambled about Chelsea Clinton.   Now I grant you that it is not comfortable being questioned about your parents’ integrity or lack thereof.   However Miss Clinton is endorsing and campaigning for her mother, Mrs. Clinton.   The character of a

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davidl on March 27th, 2008

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[T]he first black president should be the caliber of a Jackie Robinson, and Barack Obama is not. Mr. Obama has charisma and charm but in terms of character, values and understanding, he is no Jackie Robinson.

Walter E. Williams, Washington

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davidl on March 27th, 2008

Jim McDermottTreason defined, ‘Lectric Law Library:

TREASON – This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.

The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them,

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Eric Florack on March 26th, 2008

snark2.jpgCredit where it’s due Dept, and Henke got this one going away, today… He had me chuckling for a good 20 minutes with this one:

It’s 3:00 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want

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Eric Florack on March 26th, 2008
  • McQ has an examination of the money situation and Big Oil. Nice…. and worthy, but it doesn’t tell the rest of the taxation story. Note the comments. Sounds like I should be tapping that source from API that wrote me

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davidl on March 26th, 2008

Richard Widmark as toomy Udo, Kiss of Death (1947)Richard Widmark has died at age 93.  A great actor but could never match his debut performance:

March 26 (Bloomberg) — Richard Widmark, the actor whose first movie role as a sneering psychopathic killer overshadowed his six-decade

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Eric Florack on March 25th, 2008

BtsBlog is hosted by IX Web Hosting, as I think I’ve mentioned in the past.

Got this in the mail today.

We’ve been very diligent in planning the move of our data center and we’re on schedule with all preparations.

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