davidl on February 5th, 2008

Local plug, wasn’t a bad weekend for Upstate New York.  Syracuse grad, Art Monk got elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Well deserved.  Waterloo native, Syracuse grad coach, and Rochester Institute of Technology head coach Tom Coughlin won the

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  • Yes,I know, I didn’t comment last night as regards the Superbowl. I’m just as glad New York won. Not that I’ve ever been a Giants fan, but the last few seasons I’ve been less of a Pats fan, particularly since

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2008

Well, we now understand why William Kristol got hired at the leftist rag, called the New York Times He seems willing to tow their party line… and their endorsements.

This is an important moment for the conservative movement. Not because

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2008

snark2.jpgJohn McCain said at the GOP debate two days ago: “I’ll rely on people to judge me by the company that I keep.”

The company John McCain keeps:

Russ Feingold.

Teddy Kennedy.
Lindsay Grahamnesty.
Juan “Mexico First/Free Flow” Hernandez.
Jerry

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davidl on February 2nd, 2008

A legislator with too much time and not enough brains, by William Kates, Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A New York City lawmaker’s plan to regulate antique firearms like other weapons could have severe economic repercussions for museums and

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2008

Lots going on as regards John McCain, and people’s perceptions thereof. I see Jonah Goldberg essentially saying ‘he’s not so bad’. I see also, by way of Billy Hollis at Q&O that he’s joined a group of folks saying

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davidl on February 2nd, 2008

Senator Arlen “Scottish Law” Spector in letter to N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to know why the league destroyed the evidence of the New England Patriot spying on the New York Jets, from brnaz, Empty Wheel:

“That requires an

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  • Look at it this way, Dale; The Berkeley City Council serves Humanity as a bad example, if nothing else. And FWIW, I’m with you on cutting off their funding by the same token that they’re acting, here. Thing is

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Eric Florack on January 31st, 2008

As I was growing up, one of the lessons I learned from my folks was that if you don’t lie, you do’t have to worry about who you told what, later. That lesson seems to apply well to John McCain.

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2008

James Joyner:

Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn argue that poor showing in this campaign “seems also to mark the beginning of the end of a period in Republican politics that began on Sept. 11, 2001.”

“There’s a paradox for

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davidl on January 29th, 2008

Yesterday, I wrote about the New York State chapter of the NAG’s being pissed at Senator Oldsmobile.   I suppose giving a misogynic drunk a free pass on Chappaquiddick didn’t give the NAG’s the loyalty they thought their due.  The NAG’s

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Eric Florack on January 26th, 2008

Well, John McCain was endorsed by the New York Times, as we mentioned here the other day. As if that isn’t enough indication of how bad the guy would be, Michelle says he’s now been endorsed by Gerry Rivers, or

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  • Got a few inches of snow up here yesterday, mostly lake effect stuff in the afternoon. Just enough to drive the birds crazy.they went through three lbs of seed in about a half hour. Yes, Virginia, that means a lot

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Eric Florack on January 25th, 2008

Anyone remember John Edwards?

I know… not lately.

He’s not going to the White House, unless they need an elevator operator.  By my read, he’s playing for some sort of appointment to a post in a Democrat White House. Notice…

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The AP reports, and the New York Times expands, on a new study by a supposedly “independent” organization that claims to have assembled hundred of “false statements” by the Bush administration in the course of the Iraq war. However,

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