davidl on March 18th, 2009

President Obama is mulling declaring war on wounded veterans, David Goldstein, McClatchy Newspapers:

WASHINGTON-The Obama administration is considering making veterans use private insurance to pay for treatment of combat and service-related injuries. The plan would be an about-face on

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Eric Florack on March 18th, 2009

ramble-blackbillWelcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere: The BigsBlog Nightly Ramble.

This is the Black Sign Edition. Mostly because I’m running out of names.

 

  • Memo to Chuckles the Clown Schumer:

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davidl on March 17th, 2009

Barack ObamaI am neither a lawyer, play one on television, nor give press conferences pretending to me one.    In other words, I am not Barack Obama,  Helene Cooper, New York Times:

WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed to try to stop

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I don’t exactly consider Mrs. Pelosi to the sharpest knife in the drawer, but on the other hand, at least she can count votes.

Consider these facts:  The Obama economy is cratering.    The $trillion or so Porkulus package utterly failed

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Eric Florack on March 13th, 2009

I tossed this out at Q&O, almost as a throwaway. But the more I consider things, I wonder if I’ve not hit on something central. I’ve cleaned it up here a bit, since it was originally composed and posted

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davidl on March 13th, 2009

Barack "BO" Obama (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)It has become quite obvious why Barack Obama has never released his college transcripts.   Obama is dumber than a hod of bricks, Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers:

WASHINGTON – The deepening recession is taking a slight toll on President Barack

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

WTOP in DC:

WASHINGTON – A D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee and a government contractor have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP.

D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee Yusuf Acar and

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… The Bitsblog Nightly Ramble.

 ramble-cab1This is the “Hey Cabbie” edition. As in, get me the bleep off this picture.

  • Democrat infighting: The Washington Post today notes

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

I note by way of  Ben Smith at Politico, another arranged wrestling match on our horizon… Newt v Rush. There’s nothing like the spectacle of conservatives having a disagreement while the Soros Dominated Dinosaur media stands on the sidelines

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Eric Florack on March 9th, 2009

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

ramble-electstoreThis is the ‘Fool for the City’ edition. A nod to Foghat, who I happened to be listening to when I wrote

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Eric Florack on March 3rd, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… to be used only for hand to hand combat…Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.

This is the “More Snow” edition. ramble-barbaitboat Scientists agree that reading these daily updates…

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Eric Florack on March 2nd, 2009

Welcome, one and all to the most INTENSE nightly read on the sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

This is the Roadside Cafe edition.

  • Death Wish 17: ramble-cafeIs it just me, or does the name of Charles Bronson sound odd in this

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2009

Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.

Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African American president stepped forward to address

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2009

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

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Eric Florack on February 21st, 2009

Generally speaking I have no reluctance to rip Steve Benen a new orifice on any subject.  It is usually fairly easy to do, given the target he presents.   On this occasion, I do have to give him a little bit

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