Eric Florack on September 24th, 2009

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

ramble-burgerThis is the “Burgers and Fries and Cherry Pies” Edition. Ah, Charley Pride.

  • NEW WORLD ORDER: Does anyone remember when that

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Eric Florack on May 27th, 2009

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This is the “smart Guy” Edition

  • Burris and Blago: Apparently, we have Burris on tape offering Blago money.  Bruce at Q&O

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Eric Florack on May 15th, 2009

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This is the “Future Camper” Edition

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2008

For all that I’m happy with John McCain’s loss in Michigan, last night, I will say to his credit he got one thing right; Michigan manufacturing… specifically the auto industry… won’t be coming back anytime soon. The unions and the

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Eric Florack on October 10th, 2007

Ive said it before, I will say it again, the Unions are killing America.

DETROIT — (AP) The United Auto Workers has set a deadline of 11 a.m. Wednesday to agree on a new contract with Chrysler LLC or workers

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Eric Florack on August 15th, 2007

Look, Glenn, the reason that people are going to four wheel drive rigs like that, is that cars have been so seriously downsized… You tend to have to work tubes of KY into your monthly driving budget, just so

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Interesting note, the other day from Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell:

The great danger of confronting peak oil and global warming isn’t that we will sit on our collective asses and do nothing while civilization collapses, but that we will

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Eric Florack on July 26th, 2007

The subject of motorcycles and accidents thereon has come up over at Billy’s place.

Here is something that I think is true: people who have never been in a bike crash have a very difficult — nearly impossible — time

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About everybody on the planet, seemingly, has picked up on this story within the last few days of the kid who went ahead and put together a dream truck, only to see the environmentalist fascist crowd in his neighborhood decide

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Eric Florack on July 12th, 2007

So now we see, the Europeans considering a ban on cars capable of exceeding 100mph.  The reason?  Why, global warming, of course.

“Cars designed to go at stupid speeds have to be built to withstand the effects of a crash

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Eric Florack on June 29th, 2007

Some of our readers, doubtless, will have heard of this accident occurring a few days ago, where five high school graduates died in a headon crash with a tractor trailer truck about 25 miles southeast of me, here. I refrained

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davidl on June 13th, 2007

Television executives are paid to be smart, or at least feign the appearance of same.  CBS executive Leslie Moonves is not playing the part of a smart man.  Moonves is now attempting to blame the audience, or better yet the

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Eric Florack on May 28th, 2007

OK, perhaps something a bit lighter for discussion.

I find with the new truck I’ve really gotten into getting that and my wife’s car to look their best.  At the moment, my efforts are concentrated on making the paint ‘pop’

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