Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Surber this morning says:

 It is the interview heard ’round the world. French president Nicolas Sarkozy walked out on Leslie Stahl because instead of asking the world leader about France, Europe, the War on Terrorism, etc., she kept bugging him

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

I’m looking for a copy of the 1950 version of Cyrano DeBergerac with Jose Ferrer in the lead role. VHS is fine. Personal project of mine. Feedback, if you’ve got it, and are willing to talk.

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davidl on October 29th, 2007

Chief UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei is mad,  from AFP:

Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Jewish state of ‘taking the law into its own hands’, says ‘if countries have information that another country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

From the Daily Mail this morning, comes word we’ve heard before… and those pushing for the government to take over our healthcare system have disregarded:

 Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS –

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

An interesting set of conditions leads to some interesting mail to catch up on, this morning.

Last night, I took a healthy swipe at Glenn Greenwald. (I know… it’s a target that’s all too easy, but someone hadda do

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davidl on October 29th, 2007

Yeterday, I chided John Edwards for being a shyster lawyer,  trying to play physician and not respecting the Constitution of the United States.     That ought to enough fuel for the fire, but Edwards keeps throwing more logs on to

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Jon Roth at GOP Bloggers hits this one square on:

 Nothing gets a Democrat angrier (not even the incineration of nearly 3,000 civilians on American soil) than having his judgment on national security questioned. The knee-jerk response is to howl

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

Michelle notes a Fox News report that says a career army officer, and small business owner has decided to challenge Jack “Cold Blood” Murtha…

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. —(FOX)- A career Army member left the service two years short of retirement to

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

It is amazing to me how often Glenn Greenwald can trip over his own tounge and still be convinced he’s smarter than everyone else. This one’s going to require some background.

As Bruce McQuain noted the other day, the

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

The Houston Chronicle:

WASHINGTON — Hoping to defy more expectations, Rep. Ron Paul is ratcheting up his maverick Republican presidential campaign by launching TV and radio commercials in early primary states and setting an ambitious $12 million fundraising goal.

For

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

An interesting discussion has popped up over that bombing of a nuclear target in Syria by Israel. One instance of this was at Hot Air:

Why did Israel hit the reactor now if they were comfortable enough with it for

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davidl on October 28th, 2007

John EdwardsHey John, if you don’t like advertisemnts for prescription drugts, don’t watch them.   Then lay off our Constitution.

Edwards may be a shyster of a lawyer, but he doezn’t seem to be much of a physician.   Holly Ramer, Associated Press

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davidl on October 28th, 2007

It is tragic and funny. 

When Nomatter Tagarira, a spirit medium, claimed that she could conjure refined diesel out of a rock by striking it with her staff, ministers in Robert Mugabe’s Government believed that they

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 27 —(New York Times) Senator Barack Obama says he will start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more forcefully, declaring that she had not been candid in describing her views on critical issues, as he tries to address

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2007

OMG:

snark2.jpg John Edwards says it hurts his mouth to eat Cap’n Crunch.

Not the cereal.

And there ya go, Harvey.

I can’t top that one.

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