Eric Florack on December 22nd, 2007

Billy;

While I do understand your disconnect here, give Reynolds a little credit… he’s clearly pointing at the hypocrisy of the whole thing.  That’s a valid angle as far as I’m concerned.  It’s certainly a comparison we’ve used often enough

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2007

Finally, the 6th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards are live. Find out which blogs were voted as the best — and worst — by their fellow bloggers. You can see won these once per year awards, which are

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davidl on December 15th, 2007

Mr.and Mrs.William CintonFrom Editor & Publisher, Mr.  Clinton said:

“It would be a miracle if Hillary wins in Iowa, and I’m not just low-balling you”

From AFP:

Hillary Clinton on Friday denied her White House campaign was in disarray, despite

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davidl on December 9th, 2007

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 And obviously since 2002 Congressional Democrats[Mrs. Pelosi] have gotten a lot more complacent about terrorism. Hey, why worry? We haven’t had a terrorist attack since 2001 on our soil … it’s Bush’s fault! Er, or something like that. Yeah, I’m

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2007

Pear Harbor, Battleship Row, the USS Arizona, December 7th, 1941

The comparisons between the event that happened in Pearl Harbor 66 years ago today, and the events at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and in that Pennsylvania field, are unavoidable.  As are, unfortunately, the comparison of our reactions

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Eric Florack on December 5th, 2007

Canada.com:

Last month, an EKOS Research study for Transport Canada found seven out of 10 Canadians freely admit to exceeding speed limits from time to time, with another 11 per cent copping to speeding “only on highways.” Average speeding margins

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davidl on December 4th, 2007

Paul Mirengoff, Powerline, chides Mike Huckabee for foolishly comparing himself to Ronald Reagan.   Paul suggests a far better analogy:

When it comes to foreign policy, Huckabee more closely resembles another former governor, Jimmy Carter. It was Carter, not Reagan,

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Eric Florack on December 3rd, 2007

James Taranto, the other day(Via mail) speaks about Murtha admitting there’s serious progress in Iraq, and that the surge IS working….

Murtha does make the obligatory complaint about lack of political progress in Iraq, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that

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Eric Florack on December 2nd, 2007

There’s an old adage which states that the reason that PETA goes after rich women in furs, as opposed to motorcycle gangs wearing leather, is because the latter is far more likely to get one killed outright.

I have to

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Eric Florack on December 1st, 2007

There’s an awful lot on the line in Venezuela tomorrow.

It amounts to a constitutional referendum , which, if passes, will give Crazy Uncle Hugo the unlimited power he seeks. if on the other hand, that referendum gets voted down,

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Eric Florack on November 27th, 2007

Robert Bindinotto:

The Muslim world is not fooled by our talk about spreading democracy and values. The evidence is too overwhelming that we do not hesitate to support dictators and install puppet governments when it serves our interests. When democratic

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Eric Florack on November 27th, 2007

McQ gets into a fairly well detailed examination of our energy policy woes:

We hear (and have heard) political promises to make the US “energy independent” by x number of years coming from all the current presidential candidates. And

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2007

Over at Right Wing News, our Fellow Swamp Stopmer, Sister Toldjah, notes the Eco-Nazis are at it again:

—- The SF Chronicle reported earlier this month that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is considering a ban on the

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Eric Florack on November 25th, 2007

Dan Riehl observes:

The DesMoines Register discusses the pros and cons of Bill Clinton’s role in Hillary’s campaign. What Brazile alludes to warrants fleshing out. It may set the stage for some real fun, provided Hillary gains the nomination.

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Malibu-(LA Times)-The most destructive fire in Malibu in nearly 15 years raced through parched canyons Saturday, consuming 49 homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.The so-called Corral fire burned 4,700 acres before the fierce Santa Ana winds

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