potUS Imam-a called for "a Sputnik Moment".....well since his first two years have been " a Scud Missile Moment", he picked a perfect regressive analogy for the direction he has led the US so far.
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L-E headline: "Obama says ‘we will move forward together’ " -- Unfortunately, potUS Imam-a's concept of forward is driving while in reverse.
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If I had been giving the Republican Response to potUS Imam-a's State of the Union speech, I think I would simply ask where was that speech 2 years ago, and promise if the President and his 40 Tsars and Harry Reid won't get in the way, we can and we will accomplish those things, and then wish everyone a good night's sleep, and sit down.
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What's with potUS Imam-a naming GE's Jefferey Immelt to lead an economic development team? Immelt was his campaign supporter and economic advisor, but later turned on potUS Imam-a for his waffling. Guess it's waffle season ... again!
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From L-E story: "“What it boils down to is, if you find that he (Zyderrious Platt) killed her (his wife, Jilani Platt) in another way (other than a gunshot to the head), you can’t convict him,” (Public Defender Robert) Wadkins said. “I know it sounds crazy, but it’s the law.” -- This is what give the public such low opinion of lawyers...parsing the 6th Commandment for loopholes in common sense. It looks as the victim's brother should have thrown 'the legal loophole book' at Wadkins rather than "the chair" at the murderer.
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Hmmm, the accused in the above case is charged with murder and feticide because his victim was pregnant. How can the law make killing an unborn baby inside a woman who was killed a crime, yet allow abortion as a form of general birth control to be legal?
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One Columbus senior letter writer is advocating for more funding/staffing at the local City Senior Centers to keep senior users from getting frustrated. Hmmm, sounds like a job for Executive Director of Crime Prevention...we wouldn't want a bunch of seniors on the warpath, would we?
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Love it when the L-E goes after politicians/government on ethics. Today's editorial is a good example of the effectiveness a newspaper can be in bringing light to the shadows of politics. The Parks and Recreation scandal was another good one. Hope the L-E is as diligent on keeping up with and analyzing the expenditures of Public Safety/Infrastructure LOST and MCSD SPLOST. The L-E could do Columbus a great favor by quarterly reporting the revenue receipts of the LOST/SPLOST.
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A dear friend of ours just sent a picture of her son's PreK cursive writing paper at his school in Louisiana. It was amazing... especially since our children haven't been taught cursive here in Columbus; in fact none of them has been instructed at a school to even know how to hold a pen/pencil correctly. They write with the same grip as they learned to color with crayons. I try at home, but the schools never reinforced what I tried to show them. Two of them are in college now.
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L-E headline: "Poll: Americans split on altering health care law " -- Yeah, by a line between those who know who pays for it, and those who think the HELL-thScare fairy sprinkles cure dust on their brains while they sleep... and for free.
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L-E headline: "Very few students proficient in science" -- When you get down to it, very few people are proficient in most subjects, but all could/should have basic knowledge of usefulness and limitations of science, and that's largely missing.
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L-E story: "NEW YORK — The first, and possibly the last, Guantanamo detainee (Ahmed Ghailani ) to have a U.S. civilian trial was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa, a case that nearly unraveled when the defendant was convicted on just one of more than 280 counts." -- You know what is possibly the saddest aspect of this result is? Ghailani has increased his probable life span compared to his contemporaries, and even in our prison system, Ghailani will have a higher standard of living than them also.
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L-E story: " MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge Tuesday for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at a Moscow airport — a familiar tough-on-terrorism stance that has underpinned his power but also led to a rising number of deadly attacks in Russia. " -- Bet Putin doesn't sentence the heinous activists to a 'life sentence, Putin will send the s-o-bs to Hell as quickly as he can.
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L-e story: "CHICAGO — John Stone said that when he went to work Monday morning at Webb Chevrolet in Oak Lawn, Ill., he decided to wear a Green Bay Packers tie he has had for years to honor his late grandmother, a huge Packers fan. * Little did he know that the seemingly innocent gesture would cost him his job, Stone said." -- What a misrepresentation of what happened! Stone didn't get fired for wearing a Packer tie to work in Chicago, he got fired for being stupid.
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L-E Business Section headlines: "Unemployment rises in 20 states" * "HOME PRICES FALL IN MAJOR U.S. CITIES - 19 of 20 cities in the price index show a drop in November" -- And in potUS Imam-a's advisors' minds, this is a verifiable sign of economic recovery....
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One thing neither potUS Imam-a nor DUMB&DUMBERats in general understand is that 'tax loopholes' wouldn't be tolerated/necessary if the tax rates/system were fair to begin with. Corporations really shouldn't be taxed on profit/income, and charitable people really don't make donations because some of it is tax deductible. Charitable people do so because they are generous and loving. Who helps the person on the street and demands a written receipt of such?
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