Was Jared Loughner deranged? Of course he was! That doesn't matter; he knew what he was doing when he purchased more ammunition that morning and he knew he was pulling the trigger. Nothing else matters. Give him a speedy trial...today even... by a jury of the members of Giffords' and other victims' families, and have the trial moved to either New Hampshire or Washington, and have the hangman on call with a gallows built outside the court room.
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From the "suspicions confirmed" department - Online headline: "Obama to Ease Cuba Travel Restrictions'" -- Hmmm, it's closer that Hawaii for vacations, it already has HELL-thScare, and potUS Imam-a could finally smoke Cuban cigars legally; of course he wants to open up Cuba!
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From a fellow BCer: This may change between now and April, but as of now, potUS and FLOTUS Imam-a will not be invited to William and Kate's (the Royals) wedding. And this was before potUS Imam-a said France was a better friend/ally than England. Hey, we're not going to invite them to any of our girls' weddings either.
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Not that I care either way, but don't you imagine that the new "Zodiac" signs are a scam? Especially the new one...."Ophiuchus". Has anyone in the L-E even looked closely at the phonetics? O - phiuch - us ..... we've been had...literally.
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In order to curtail government spending, some Congresspersons are advocating that the Social Security retirement age be raised before SS benefits can be claimed. Why don't these same Congressperson pass a law that says no matter when a government employee retires from a government job, he/she cannot start drawing checks until he/she reaches the age that Social Security kicks in? Better yet, if a person retires from one government job, make taking another government job be contingent on delaying any benefits earned from the previous job held at bay until final retirement, and if a government retiree goes to work in a private industry, reduce any government pension/benefits dollar-for-dollar with his/her new salary until reaching the Social Security retirement age.
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L-E "soundoff": Paying $5 a gallon for gas by 2012 means we will pay for the BP losses and expenses. Big Oil has more friends on Capital Hill than we do." -- Not exactly ... $5.00 gasoline has more friends in Washington than we do, but another election in 2012 like the 2010 one will reverse this situation.
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L-E headline/story: "Administration ends high-tech border fence * Napolitano’s decision “ends a long-troubled program that spent far too much of the taxpayers’ money for the results it delivered,” said Lieberman, I-Conn. " -- Hmmm, then if this is to be used as a precedent to evaluate government programs, them how about shutting all government programs, except our military, down. Congress and the White House would be a great places to start!
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