davidl on March 22nd, 2007

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Better  late than never, Fox News is reporting that all charges in the Duke Faux Rape case will be dropped:

The remaining charges against three Duke University lacrosse players originally indicted for rape may be dropped sometime within the

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davidl on March 20th, 2007

Clarence PageClarence Page is a liberal, but among my more favorite ones.   Page is calm, articulate, well reasoned, polite and respects data.  In short Page is everything, that Al Franken and Keith Olberman,are not.

Elite academic insitutions, life Havard, achieve

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Eric Florack on March 17th, 2007

More evidence that our school systems are failing us totally:

WHAM-TV Rochester, NY (Rochester, N.Y.) – It’s called Black English Vernacular – or more commonly – Ebonics.

In a newsletter to staff, Rochester City School District officials say it is

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davidl on March 12th, 2007

Attributed to Andrew Jackson:

One man with courage, makes a majority.

By God, we have a one man majority in Australia.

Prime Minister John Howard has refused Muslim calls to censure Treasurer Peter Costello over comments he made about Islamic

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davidl on March 11th, 2007

It is not that I object to the language police.  I do.  It the highly selective nature of their enforcement.   In effect  the crime of speaking while normal.

The PC police have attempted to take certain words out of circulation.  

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davidl on March 10th, 2007

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought circa 480 BC.  Ellis L. Knox, provides a good description and summary of the battle: 

The Greeks lost the battle. They had come hoping for a victory and instead had been routed. But Thermopylae

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2007

Yes, I know, I’m behind in my reading.  In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal Joseph Rago puts up something that certainly wouldn’t get by the sensors over at Dean’s World:

NEW YORK–Ayaan Hirsi Ali is untrammeled and unrepentant: “I am

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davidl on March 9th, 2007

On Talk to Action, Frederick Clarkson has his knickers in a twist over very rare anti-abortion violence.  As outraged a Clarkson is over violence that so rare that practically is non existent, he is morally blind to the wanton

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davidl on March 8th, 2007

“But Your Honor, I had to hit Eric.  He called me hot tempered.” 

Pretty lame.   Yet speaking of lame, from Gateway Pundit:

ManilaFilipino Muslims display a banner, which reads ‘Behead Those Who Insult Islam,’ and t-shirts with a wanted

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davidl on March 6th, 2007

A hero is person who risks his life for a noble cause.   There are plenty of heros, but as a rule heros are ignored by the media, save when they feel the need to disparge one, as with the libel

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Eric Florack on March 5th, 2007

Me, at Q&O just now:

I wonder if we should be taking the shock and surprise being expressed by certain among the Congress critters, as to the conditions at Walter Reed to mean that they honestly didn’t know that the

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davidl on March 5th, 2007

By in large Americans believe that a family should consist of a husband, his wife and their children.   Mrs. Clinton does not.  Redstate has the video of Mrs. Clinton’s pandering to the so-called Human Right Campaign, here. 

Mrs. Clinton never

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Eric Florack on March 4th, 2007

An interesting post from Riehl, updating the story DavidL ran a few days ago, regarding Charles Rust-Tierney. Apparently, this slimeball…. well, go and read. I’m not even going to bother. Remember, gang, this guy is an ACLU bigwig… the same

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davidl on March 2nd, 2007

Update on the perv I blogged about Saturday, Charles Rust-Tierney. from WND:

A former American Civil Liberties Union executive, who once argued that Internet filters in libraries that limited children’s access to pornography would interfere with their ability

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Eric Florack on March 1st, 2007

Interesting;

NEW YORK –AP—

Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit.  The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But after 30 years of

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