davidl on March 18th, 2009

President Obama is mulling declaring war on wounded veterans, David Goldstein, McClatchy Newspapers:

WASHINGTON-The Obama administration is considering making veterans use private insurance to pay for treatment of combat and service-related injuries. The plan would be an about-face on

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Eric Florack on March 18th, 2009

By way of Bruce McQuain, who you will recall, I was a little harsh with last week on the AIG thing, comes this news:

The other shoe concerning the AIG “bonuses” and the administration’s knowledge of them is beginning

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davidl on March 17th, 2009

Barack ObamaI am neither a lawyer, play one on television, nor give press conferences pretending to me one.    In other words, I am not Barack Obama,  Helene Cooper, New York Times:

WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed to try to stop

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Eric Florack on March 13th, 2009

Wramble-bluegraceelcome to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… The BigsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “Mirror Image” edition.  I got to thinking; What would happen if I started applying the website CSS to other objects? This

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2009

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

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Eric Florack on February 20th, 2009

As I said earlier this morning:

 I can’t help but wonder if we aren’t at or beyond a tipping point  against Obama and the Democrats… even from people who supported their election. The amazing part is,  whereas it took Bill

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With all the attention being placed on the story out of Buffalo about the beheading of Aasiya Z. Hassan the other day,  I’ve been watching the Buffalo outlets a bit more closely.  This morning, I note this story from yesterday

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Eric Florack on February 17th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere the ever more popular BitsBlog Nightly Ramble, the “Keep on Ramblin'” edition.

 

  • The hound the Wold and the Sheep deciding what to ahve for lunch: By

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davidl on February 15th, 2009

Irwin Stelzer, Times(UK)

So Obama has his stimulus bill, but he has paid a very high price. He now owns the recession. He has asked to be judged by whether this bill and other measures he will propose create

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davidl on February 13th, 2009

Guy Bensen, National Review, on Juan Williams:

I have great admiration for Juan Williams. Although we rarely agree on issues, his arguments almost always strike me as thoughtful, measured, and ideologically unpredictable. Having had the pleasure of meeting Juan

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davidl on January 25th, 2009

An American hero, speaks little, says much, video:

Hat tip: Moe Lane.

Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, American hero.

Lesson  learned:  experience counts,  competency matters,  results trump promises.  DG Sully.

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