What a remarkable coincidence has occurred in comparing the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Community Organizer potUS Imam-a and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Xiaobo was represented by an empty chair in Oslo, and potUS Imam-a is a quite often empty chair in the White House.
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Online headline: "Obamas Pledge School Meals Will Be More Nutritious" -- Hmm, that ought to cure the obesity problem with our children. Who ever heard of a child eating too much healthy food?
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L-E headline vs real headline: HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL * Ruling by federal judge big setback for new law * Requirement for all in U.S. to carry insurance ruled unconstitutional" -- What it should of read is "Federal Judge protects citizens"
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From the "we should look closer at the number of unnecessary MCSD non-teaching jobs" department: Did you note the title of a retiring school system employee....'chief administrative assistant to the superintendent" and his duties? Doesn't it follow that if you have a "chief administrative assistant" there must be two or more assistant administrative assistants? Guess there'll a squabble over whom will take over the retiree's job of announcing announcements.
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Did you see the 41 'free agent" signings for Major League Baseball? Signings ranged from a one year, $1.5 Million contract to a 7 year, $142 Million one. I wouldn't recognize any of the players by name, much less by looks.
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Have you looked at the bowl line-ups? Two in particular have to be challenged: On January 8th, mind you, Pitt (7-5) plays Kentucky (6-6) in the BBVA Compass Bowl. Obviously the bowl committee has lost its way. The second is scheduled for January 9th, no less, and 'features; Boston College (7-5) and Nevada (12-1) in the "Fight Hunger Bowl". Obviously the bowl committee suffers from an eating disorder.
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Another look at the bowl line-ups show that on what used to be the penultimate bowl day - January 1st - there are 6 games, and 5 of the 12 teams playing have 7-5 records. What a downer for us baby-boomers.
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Saw something the other night that baffled me... Did you know you can buy caffeine-free "Mountain Dew"? That's right, caffeine free "Mountain Dew". Wasn't the point of "Mountain Dew" to be a high caffeine, kiddie jolt alternative to lower caffeine offerings? Does "Mountain Dew" actually think offering a caffeine free version will attract more people buying it just for the taste of it? Good luck with that!
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The newest tax law keeping the current tax rates will not stimulate the economy per se as the rate is the same as it has been, but raising the tax rates would have caused more stress as less money would be in the hands/use of the taxpayers. Wish the media and other DUMB&DUMBERats could imagine the difference.
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From the "how can that be" department: There's a foreclosure notice on a residence with $335,000.00 mortgage initiated in 2001 in today's L-E Legal Section (sorta across the street from Councilor Davis' residence) that is valued on the city tax digest at about $240,000.00. I repeat, how can that be?
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