Eric Florack on February 8th, 2010

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TALK TO THE HAND:  All kinds of nonsense from the left about a few words written on Palin’s hand. I even heard that magnificent moron, Don Imus, hacking up a hairball about people who defend Palin’s “hand written”, [...]

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DavidL on February 8th, 2010

Hey Chuckles, how do you feel about sand bagging Norm Coleman now, from Ed Morrrissey, Hot Air
[David] Axelrod took the brunt of anger from the caucus, especially Al Franken, not exactly known for his sunny disposition.  However, Franken was not alone in complaining about the lack of leadership from the White House
I Won’s Special [...]

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DavidL on February 6th, 2010

Rush Limbaugh uses the term ‘retarded” a lot,  video:

Hat tip video: Media Spatters.
Tim Shriver, Special Olympics, soils his nappies, from Ben Smith, Politico:
But the Special Olympics, which organized a delegation that ultimately accepted Emanuel’s apology and his pledge to stop using the word, is now asking Limbaugh to reconsider his language.
“I incredulously listened to [...]

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DavidL on February 5th, 2010

Chuckles the sock puppet, William A  Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:
Barack Obama held a question-and-answer meeting with Democratic Senators yesterday to field questions about where the administration is heading on various initiatives.
[...]
The entire event was scripted, with the Senators keeping away from the health care bill during the televised session. Instead, Senators held back on questions about [...]

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DJ Durant on February 4th, 2010

bored-tv-watchingPresident Obama has a huge problem: jobs.  As in, lack of them.  As in, not creating any.  He promised them on the campaign trail, and he promised them as part of the $1.2 trillion stimulus package he signed a year ago.

After one year in office, with a huge majority in Congress, he has accomplished remarkably little, which is a relief to a Conservative.  He has spent an inordinate amout of time, resources and energy wrangling over socialized medicine and cap and trade, and the unemployment remains stubbornly high.

Tomorrow, employment data will be released for January.  Weekly initial jobless claims for unemployment insurance has been running about 470,000, and this week the number hit 480,000.  The employment sector will not grow until initial jobless claims fall below 400,000.  We’re still a long way off.

There are two factors in play.  The President has been jawboning big business for the last three years, while on the campaign trail and since his inauguration.  Business will not hire workers without some stable signs of an increase in aggregate demand, and as long as this administration sends a [...]

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DavidL on February 4th, 2010

Until Fearless Leader resumes his Nightly Ramble, settle for a late supper.
Is Chuckles vulnerable:
Can we start treating Chuckie Schumer (D-NY) as vulnerable NOW?
(H/T: Instapundit) He’s dropped another four points in two weeks. 51% in mid-January; 47% now. That’s the lowest it’s been since 2001.
Admittedly, he’s currently up more or less two-to-one against a hypothetical Kudlow [...]

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DavidL on February 4th, 2010

Democrats are in the midst of the painful realization: Mr. Obama’s words cannot save them from the power of bad ideas.
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal.

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DavidL on February 3rd, 2010

Is Secretary of Transportation acting as representative of the People,  and making  a good faith effort to protect the safety of the public; or is LaHood acting as a shill for General Government Motors, and trying to drive down the value of a competitor?    Read the  story:
(CNN) – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood caused a stir [...]

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DavidL on February 3rd, 2010

Question of the Day:
The charge against O’Keefe is entering federal property under false pretenses for the purpose of committing a felony. What felony does the government say they intended to commit?
From Ann Althouse.
Fork tongued liar, video:

Hat tip: Nice Deb.
More forked tongue, video:

Hat tip: Fausta.
Everything is stupid in Kansas City, Denise LaVoie, Kansas City [...]

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DavidL on February 2nd, 2010

More global warming fraud exposed, Times(UK)
A STARTLING report by the United Nations climate watchdog that global warming might wipe out 40% of the Amazon rainforest was based on an unsubstantiated claim by green campaigners who had little scientific expertise.
Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, seems to thinks our MSM yokels should be embarrassed.   Well maybe they should,  but [...]

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2010

Cleveland Greyhound station @ 3:45 in the morning.  Clearly, the place is a vision of pre WWII style.  I’ll post some pics when I get the chance.
and you know, if it were 345 in the afternoon, instead of it’s AM counterpart I might actually care.
Addendum: (David L)
I noticed the Obama administration is  wasting billions on [...]

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DavidL on January 31st, 2010

In a firefight, it is not numbers which matter, but rather firepower.   Roger Ailes may have been numbered but he was not out gunned,  Noel Sheppard, Newsbusters:
There was a marvelous fireworks display on Sunday’s “This Week” when Fox News chairman Roger Ailes squared off against liberal media powerhouses Arianna Huffington, Paul Krugman, and substitute host [...]

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DavidL on January 30th, 2010

There may be many names for what Barack Obama is dong thiese days, from Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray, Washington Post:
A day after President Obama called on them to renew efforts to pass his ambitious agenda, congressional Democrats remained in disarray Thursday about how to move forward, with at least some pointing at the White [...]

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DavidL on January 29th, 2010

From Ann Althouse:
Obama chose to call out the only 9 guys in the room that did their homework in law school. And the rest who ended up settling for politics stood and and cheer it.
Dennis Miller.

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Eric Florack on January 29th, 2010

Welcome, one and all, to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the web; the BitsBlog Nightly Ramble.

A CHANGE OF JOBS: The last one? Yeah, for a while… maybe a month, we don’t know.  I’m changing jobs, in case you don’t know.  After more or less  20 years as an IT generalist, mostly in [...]

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