Online story: "Police in Maryland say a 22-year-old woman caused a major inconvenience in a convenience store when she stripped naked, made obscene comments to customers and sprawled out on the floor in front of the doughnut rack." -- Hey! What happened to the "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" policy!
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If you think "cap 'n trade" died on the Senate floor, think again. potUS Imam-a has empowered the EPA to do much the same as 'regulations' going into effect on January 2, 2011 (so much for Sunday sacredness, but Sundays are the Christian day of worship). Call your Congressional Representatives and demand they vote to 'defund' the EPA.
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Tid-bit: "How many hunters are there in America today? * 23 million to 43.7 million *The total population of registered hunters in America today is ranging from 23 million to 43.7 million individuals. This estimate came from the 2001 National Survey Of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Related Recreation, which was based on the annual data provided by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service."
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This is passed from a fellow BCer:
Subject: The world's largest army........American hunters
The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000 hunters. Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms
than Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay. But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan's 700,000 hunters have now returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world. America will forever be safe from foreign invasion of troops with that kind of home-grown firepower. Hunting - it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security!
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Great web site for information:
Number of Hunters in America | Number Of | How Many
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Reported now in a L-E story: "Nicole Burkes, the (Keep Columbus Beautiful) commission’s education coordinator, said people should remember to remove all the decorations from their trees before taking them to recycling. Since 1991, the program has collected more than 4 million trees and passed out 1 million seedlings, she said. -- MS Burkes needs to provide facts/proof that 200,000 (on average) Christmas trees have been processed each year before the L-E runs those numbers as 'fact'. I'm not criticizing the project or effort or results, but credibility and reality are just as important.
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Addendum to above L-E report: "For residents that miss the commission’s tree recycling drive, the city’s waste management division will also start picking up trees left on the curb on January 10. Les Moore, the division manager, said they are waiting until that date so they don’t impede the recycling program. * The trees collected by the city will be taken to the inert landfill, ground up and sold to Mead for fuel." -- Looks like a just as viable recycling plan that actually puts money in the City's coffers. Gets my vote this year.
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One of the L-E's 'main stories' of 2010 was about CSU's President, Dr Mescon and his faculty revolt. First I was neutral as when someone does come in new, feathers do get ruffled, but then I had a chance to meet with him to discuss a student parking issue in UPtown. I was taken aback at his obvious display of being perturbed at having to be at the meeting, and his obvious lack of interest at wanting to address, much less solve the situation. Looks like a repeat of the turmoil CC/CSU went through during the Dr Brooke's short reign sandwiched in between Dr Whitley's and Dr Brown's terms.
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From L-E story: "A Muscogee County corrections officer arrested Monday among a group of three rowdy patrons at Steak ‘n Shake has been terminated from the Sheriff’s Office, Muscogee County SheriffJohn Darr said Thursday. * Blake Gunter, 19, faces one count of misdemeanor assault in connection with the early-morning incident. Police said Gunter and two other suspects were drinking alcohol.............. at the Bradley Park Drive restaurant." -- Maybe I missed something or the report was not fully 'reported', but should there be additional charges of under-aged drinking and possible possession by a minor charges as well?
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L-E story: " BAGHDAD — Militants attacked at least four Christian homes Thursday night with a combination of grenades and bombs, killing two people and sending fear into the already terrified tiny Christian community. * It was the first attack against the country’s Christian community since al-Qaida-linked militants last week threatened a wave of violence against them. * Christians went so far as to tone down their Christmas celebrations in what was a peaceful holiday, but the attacks Thursday night demonstrated the intent of militants to keep up their deadly pressure on the Christian community. * In the deadliest attack, assailants in southwestern Baghdad threw two grenades inside the home of a Christian family, killing two people and injuring five more, police said." -- And Christians in the US are called intolerant for not wanting the "Hamas-Que" being built in the shadows of what was the World Trade Center.
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The GA Tech women's basketball team beat Tennessee State 82 to 11. Tennessee State's record is now 4-9. The NCAA Ethics Committee should check GT's rest of the season schedule to make absolutely sure none of the teams Tennessee State has beaten are on GT's future schedule.
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Went with higher expectations to see "True Grit". Higher because my first thought were that I thought it was an injustice for John Wayne getting an Oscar for the original "True Grit". As I left, I was thinking that John Wayne's version wasn't so bad after all. Thumbs down; save your money.
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Speaking of movies, I do agree whole-heartedly with the McClatchy critics "worst movie of the year", "Furry Vengeance". "Furry Vengeance" would be in the running for the worst all-time movie except there is nothing that will ever even come close to "Ishtar".
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As long as Carmike is going to show the Auburn-Oregon BCS National Championship game on its big screen, why not broadcast it in 3D?
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