Eric Florack on August 1st, 2009

So, this morning comes a note from “Think Progress”…. a website which contributes to neither thought, nor progress…  The article whines about a report from The Politico.  Says the amazingly accurately initialed TP:

This morning, Politico reported that Democratic members

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Eric Florack on July 26th, 2009

Frankly I think there are few people on the sphere who bring greater gravitas to the entire matter about the Gates /Crowley affair than Sister Toldjah. Yesterday morning’s post on that point reinforces that perception.

— President Obama expressed “regret”

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Eric Florack on July 22nd, 2009

Noted in passing, a note from NRO’s Nina Owcharenko, in which we find:

This weekend President Obama dedicated his weekly address to defending Congress’s plans for an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system.

He argued, “Once you’ve seen

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Eric Florack on July 7th, 2009

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  • So, the Gloved One is now the Buried One. Someone, and I don’t know who, on Twitter last

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Apparently, even Helen Thomas becomes outraged a Democrat dishonesty beyond a certain point. Previously, I thought that impossible.  It took the Obama administration to bring it out.

(CNSNews.com)Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2009

Aaron Task over at Yahoo’s tech Ticker makes a point I’ve made here at BitsBlog several times:

Before this discussion goes any further, Jeff Matthews of Ram Partners, wants you (and presumably policymakers) to remember this: “The epicenter of the

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Eric Florack on June 12th, 2009

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This is the First Dept Edition

  • From our Dept of Intemperate Thoughts: So, now that Whalen has (wrongly, I think) apologized for

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Eric Florack on June 6th, 2009

Twenty close of last year, the President Bush told us we are going to start looking seriously at offshore drilling, thus increasing supply,  as a way of bringing down oil prices.  Based solely on that move, worldwide oil prices went

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davidl on May 24th, 2009

I am starting at the end, but you should read this piece from the very beginning, from Lords86, Red State:

Unless and until President Obama quits playing games with national security, he will give Dick Cheney ample reason to

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Eric Florack on May 21st, 2009

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Eric Florack on May 17th, 2009

I consider this to be nothing short of a “See I Told You So” moment.

Glenn Reynolds, last night:

OBAMA IS LIKE BUSH: “I’m laughing at Obama, but I’m also thanking him for doing the right thing and reasonably tolerant

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Eric Florack on May 15th, 2009

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This is the “Change the oil, rotate the Tires” Edition

  • Men are from Mars and Earth Girls are Easy… or something: John

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davidl on May 9th, 2009

After pigging out on hamburgers, Barack Obama tries a new diet, crow;  Micheal Goldfarb, Weekly Standard:

Obama Accepts False Choice of Military Commissions

Passed to a friendly reporter at the Washington Post late on a Friday afternoon is

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davidl on May 1st, 2009

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General of the United States
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.  20530-0001

Dear Attorney General Holder:

This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline

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