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 6th, 2009

A great piece from Mary Grabar at Pajamas Media today. Here’s a bit of it:

But those streets, once havens for displaced persons, soon were destroyed by the utopian plans of collectivists and their agitators who urged the

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davidl on July 2nd, 2009

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Chavez, Ortega, Castro and Obama; Charles Krauthammer nails the one, via Gatway Pundit:

“Two weeks ago he refuses to meddle in a country where peaceful demonstrators are getting shot be a theocratic dictatorship. He doesn’t want to choose

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Eric Florack on July 1st, 2009

As goes Energy, so goes the country.
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“The worse, the better,” Vladimir Lenin is said to have observed. What Lenin meant was that the worse social conditions became in Russia, the more likely he and the Bolsheviks could foment a

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Eric Florack on June 30th, 2009

small-car-crashThe President has demanded a raising of CAFE standards by some 30%.  The only way to get to this level is make cars and trucks smaller and lighter. Problem is, it also makes cars and trucks less crashworthy.

 Some 2000

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Eric Florack on June 25th, 2009

nashnightlyrambleWelcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read wnywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “Beep Beep” Edition. If you don’t get the reference, look here.

  • The Obamacare Telethon:  No, I didn’t bother watching

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davidl on June 25th, 2009

Eric, do we need to file a formal complain in Persian?   Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stolen our thunder.   Ahmadinejad has taken to mocking the one, fren Andy Barr, Politico:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared Obama on Thursday to former President

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Eric Florack on June 24th, 2009

Welcome to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere…The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

fronthumpThis is the “Happy Hump Day” Edition” The picture to your right is a railroad hump. It’s how cars are sorted in many rail yards

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Eric Florack on June 24th, 2009

I haven’t felt this worth commenting on, but…

 

The State newspaper in South Carolina is reporting that Gov. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., has been located as of Wednesday morning — in the Atlanta airport.

That’s after his whereabouts were unknown

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Eric Florack on June 22nd, 2009

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railcar3This is the Rail car Graffiti Edition. Sorry about the blur, the thing was moving at track speed. (yeah, right)

  • They’ve let

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Eric Florack on June 18th, 2009

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  • Children: This observation is so obviously true, that it’s interesting it still has to be made. I guess it’s the same function,

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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 11th, 2009

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This is the “Bit’sBar” edition.

Lots going on tonight. Pour yourself a cold one, and let’s get to it.

  • A tale of

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Eric Florack on June 4th, 2009

Oh, my.

Where to begin, on an examination of Obama’s speech to the Middle East? I’m certainly not going to hit you with all 6000 words.  I can’t even jump on everything in the speech that should be jumped

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Eric Florack on June 3rd, 2009

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This is the “Ad Campaign” Edition. Well, look, I spent all that money on billboards, I’ve gotta get some return on the

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