Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

A reader writes:

Hello-I’m sending this as an email instead of a comment because, first of all I’m not positive I’m reading this right, and secondly, for God’s sake the last thing I want is to be misinterpreted as defending

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Hmmm. I’ve been busy most of today, and so didn’t see the follow on to the Greenwald nonsense of the week we were following last night… and later the same night
The Dread Pundit Bluto, however, HAS been

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Heh… Steyn comes up with an instant classic...a quip… actually, a few of them, I wish I could have claimed as my own:

steyn22.jpgAs far as I know, the movie Deliverance has featured in political discourse just the

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Surber this morning says:

 It is the interview heard ’round the world. French president Nicolas Sarkozy walked out on Leslie Stahl because instead of asking the world leader about France, Europe, the War on Terrorism, etc., she kept bugging him

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

From the Daily Mail this morning, comes word we’ve heard before… and those pushing for the government to take over our healthcare system have disregarded:

 Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS –

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

An interesting set of conditions leads to some interesting mail to catch up on, this morning.

Last night, I took a healthy swipe at Glenn Greenwald. (I know… it’s a target that’s all too easy, but someone hadda do

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Jon Roth at GOP Bloggers hits this one square on:

 Nothing gets a Democrat angrier (not even the incineration of nearly 3,000 civilians on American soil) than having his judgment on national security questioned. The knee-jerk response is to howl

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

Michelle notes a Fox News report that says a career army officer, and small business owner has decided to challenge Jack “Cold Blood” Murtha…

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. —(FOX)- A career Army member left the service two years short of retirement to

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

It is amazing to me how often Glenn Greenwald can trip over his own tounge and still be convinced he’s smarter than everyone else. This one’s going to require some background.

As Bruce McQuain noted the other day, the

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

The Houston Chronicle:

WASHINGTON — Hoping to defy more expectations, Rep. Ron Paul is ratcheting up his maverick Republican presidential campaign by launching TV and radio commercials in early primary states and setting an ambitious $12 million fundraising goal.

For

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

An interesting discussion has popped up over that bombing of a nuclear target in Syria by Israel. One instance of this was at Hot Air:

Why did Israel hit the reactor now if they were comfortable enough with it for

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davidl on October 28th, 2007

John EdwardsHey John, if you don’t like advertisemnts for prescription drugts, don’t watch them.   Then lay off our Constitution.

Edwards may be a shyster of a lawyer, but he doezn’t seem to be much of a physician.   Holly Ramer, Associated Press

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 27 —(New York Times) Senator Barack Obama says he will start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more forcefully, declaring that she had not been candid in describing her views on critical issues, as he tries to address

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2007

I only heard part of this, today, while scanning across KYW/1060… it doesn’t come in up here very well in the daytime.

WorldNetDaily:

Outraged citizens crashed the e-mail system of the Philadelphia mayor’s office after the city accused the local

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2007

COALITION FORCES DISRUPT FOREIGN TERRORIST NETWORKS; ONE KILLED, NINE DETAINED

Posted: 27 Oct 2007 05:33 AM CDT

COALITION FORCES DISRUPT FOREIGN TERRORIST NETWORKS; ONE KILLED, NINE DETAINED

TAMIMI, JIBOURI TRIBES UPHOLD RECONCILIATION IN DIYALA

Posted: 27 Oct 2007 05:29 AM

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