Why is it that Emperor Imam-a wants to give Libyan Muslim rebels military weapons, but in this country, he wants to take personal and sporting guns away from American citizens?
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Emperor Imam-a reminded us of gas prices 3 years ago and the perils of dependence on foreign oil, yet claims any action taken today would not have any positive action on today's gas prices. How does he know that since he hasn't tried to do anything? What if he had initiated drilling for oil 2 1/2 years ago...we'd be 2 1/2 years closer to producing all we need.
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Dee Armstrong dismissed, Chuck Leonard publicly scourged, Kurt Schmitz chopped; what's in store for Dave Plata?
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It's as much moronic as ironic, but Emperor Imam-a was presented an award for transparency at the White House. The irony? It was presented behind closed doors.
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L-E headline/story: "Medicare to pay for $93K prostate cancer drug * WASHINGTON — Medicare officials said Wednesday that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of prostate cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from an incurable stage of the disease an extra four months to live." -- There's a difference between compassion and stupidity....When one lives with in a stage of life that has narrowed down to 4 months extension with a drug at a cost of $93,000.00, is the extra 4 months worth living at any cost? Can you not see the abuse of such a decision becoming a nightmare beyond comprehension in the future? Why not take the $93,000.00 and "scholarship" a promising urology student at a medical college?
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Why is it that when shopping for new presidents/superintendents for schools or school systems do the powers that be believe having a dog-and-pony-show reception of the candidates is a good process? Why not just make a decision, and present their choice in a unified and positive manner?
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Why does Phenix City want to list its 'tourists attractions'? Like all the amenities the Phenix City Chamber lists in its business prospectus, aren't they all in Columbus?
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
L-E headline/story: "Old slave cemetery may become ‘tranquility garden’ * Columbus Council eyes plan to turn city’s first black cemetery into park-like setting * The garden would be fenced similarly to the old Linwood Cemetery * A recent archeological study of the site turned up no physical evidence of the cemetery being there, but historical data and oral history provide sufficient proof of the site’s significance, (Deputy City Manager David) Arrington said." -- First of all, the fence around Linwood was paid for as the HLC Foundation raised private money to fund it, but if oral 'evidence' is to be used, some sort of documentation needs to take place to confirm it. The wasted electronic search found zilch, so why not engage the Columbus Museum to do an archeological excavation in a high probability area of the plot and look for physical signs that would still be there before "assuming facts that are not in evidence" and before spending tax dollars?
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Did you see "the Donald" on "The View"? I haven't seen it in a long time, but must assume that since the last time I saw it, Whoopi Goldberg nust have signed a contract to wear Omar the Tentmaker's designer frocks. One thing for sure, she won't get approved as Emperor Imam-a's obesity Tsar.
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From a fellow BCer: " The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left ." Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) -- Now we know why DUMB&DUMBERats want to keep Christianity and the Bible out of the classrooms, and government.
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A TV commentator reported that 'some' think the president has set a dangerous precedence in Libya upon us. Hmmm, as I see it, the Libyan precedence has "set up" us with a dangerous President.
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Another TV discussion was based on whether Emperor Imam-a should be helping the Libyan rebels without knowing who they are or their end agenda. Don't believe for a second that Emperor Imam-a doesn't know that "they" are "Muslim Brotherhood", and that he knows their ultimate agenda.
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L-E story: "General Electric Co. said Tuesday it will spend $3.2 billion for a controlling stake in French equipment developer Converteam as it continues to position itself as a major player in what’s expected to be a 20-year boom in oil and natural gas demand. " -- "20 year boom in oil and natural gas demand"? Isn't GE's Chairman the one whispering in Emperor Imam-a's ear about 'going green' so GE can sell overpriced compact fluorescent light bulbs? Isn't GE the company pushing alternate fuel sources? I can see why GE doesn't want more drilling in the USA.
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Did you see "the Donald" on "The View"? I haven't seen it in a long time, but must assume that since the last time I saw it, Whoopi Goldberg nust have signed a contract to wear Omar the Tentmaker's designer frocks. One thing for sure, she won't get approved as Emperor Imam-a's obesity Tsar.
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From a fellow BCer: " The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left ." Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) -- Now we know why DUMB&DUMBERats want to keep Christianity and the Bible out of the classrooms, and government.
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A TV commentator reported that 'some' think the president has set a dangerous precedence in Libya upon us. Hmmm, as I see it, the Libyan precedence has "set up" us with a dangerous President.
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Another TV discussion was based on whether Emperor Imam-a should be helping the Libyan rebels without knowing who they are or their end agenda. Don't believe for a second that Emperor Imam-a doesn't know that "they" are "Muslim Brotherhood", and that he knows their ultimate agenda.
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L-E story: "General Electric Co. said Tuesday it will spend $3.2 billion for a controlling stake in French equipment developer Converteam as it continues to position itself as a major player in what’s expected to be a 20-year boom in oil and natural gas demand. " -- "20 year boom in oil and natural gas demand"? Isn't GE's Chairman the one whispering in Emperor Imam-a's ear about 'going green' so GE can sell overpriced compact fluorescent light bulbs? Isn't GE the company pushing alternate fuel sources? I can see why GE doesn't want more drilling in the USA.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Online headline: "Obama Strongly Defends US Military Action in Libya" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought someone was jumping the gun on an April Fool's joke; guess it's just an everyday joke.
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L-E headline/story: Muscogee County School Board: Special meeting called to discuss issuing sales tax bonds * “This way we don’t have to wait for the money to be collected and we can go ahead and start construction,” said school board chair Cathy Williams. * (Patricia Hugley) Green said that collections for the tax have gone well. * “I think we’ll be all right,” she said. -- While it's easy to say/think that the MCSD has it's best management team since the MCSD Board became elected, we have to really be watching them on being 'too quick on the draw' in committing SPLOST receipts before they materialize. The MCSD SPLOST receipts parallel the original City LOST tax rate, and that has already shown it will not even be close to the $225,000,000.00 the MCSD thinks it will generate before the 5 year collection 'window' closes, and I do not think the voters will give the MCSD another SPLOST to make up the difference.
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Since Emperor Imam-a is so convinced that the French way is decidedly better than the American way, you'd think he'd figure out that the French handed Viet Nam off to the US, and now it is recorded only as an American blunder.
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L-E headline: "Obama defends action in Libya" -- Yep, and he also defends HELL-thScare, Border security, and Michelle's Garden being able to feed the world. You'd think he'd learn that neither the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or more times is not 'the charm' when you are flat wrong.
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L-E's "Quotable": “A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. president (1917-1963) -- True, it's bad enough when a government wants to muffle the media, and it's even worse when some media facets want to muffle other media.
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It's becoming more evident that the NIT acronym should be changed from "National Invitational Tournament" to "Non Invited Teams" .
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I found out something new this morning...George Cliff is numerically younger than me...
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At least the new L-E format is more truthful...today, all the foreclosures are included in one section rather than scattered throughout the paper. When the Leagls Section is the smallest one Tuesday, then we'll know the economy is actually improving.
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If the Judicial Qualifications Commission wants to be effective, it should investigate the Court of Appeals, and find out how judges there can order a retrial on the basis of 'ineffective assistance of counsel".
This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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L-E headline/story: Muscogee County School Board: Special meeting called to discuss issuing sales tax bonds * “This way we don’t have to wait for the money to be collected and we can go ahead and start construction,” said school board chair Cathy Williams. * (Patricia Hugley) Green said that collections for the tax have gone well. * “I think we’ll be all right,” she said. -- While it's easy to say/think that the MCSD has it's best management team since the MCSD Board became elected, we have to really be watching them on being 'too quick on the draw' in committing SPLOST receipts before they materialize. The MCSD SPLOST receipts parallel the original City LOST tax rate, and that has already shown it will not even be close to the $225,000,000.00 the MCSD thinks it will generate before the 5 year collection 'window' closes, and I do not think the voters will give the MCSD another SPLOST to make up the difference.
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Since Emperor Imam-a is so convinced that the French way is decidedly better than the American way, you'd think he'd figure out that the French handed Viet Nam off to the US, and now it is recorded only as an American blunder.
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L-E headline: "Obama defends action in Libya" -- Yep, and he also defends HELL-thScare, Border security, and Michelle's Garden being able to feed the world. You'd think he'd learn that neither the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or more times is not 'the charm' when you are flat wrong.
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L-E's "Quotable": “A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. president (1917-1963) -- True, it's bad enough when a government wants to muffle the media, and it's even worse when some media facets want to muffle other media.
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It's becoming more evident that the NIT acronym should be changed from "National Invitational Tournament" to "Non Invited Teams" .
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I found out something new this morning...George Cliff is numerically younger than me...
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At least the new L-E format is more truthful...today, all the foreclosures are included in one section rather than scattered throughout the paper. When the Leagls Section is the smallest one Tuesday, then we'll know the economy is actually improving.
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If the Judicial Qualifications Commission wants to be effective, it should investigate the Court of Appeals, and find out how judges there can order a retrial on the basis of 'ineffective assistance of counsel".
This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Online headline/story: "Biden Aide Apologizes After Reporter Kept in Storage Closet During Fundraiser * Scott Powers, a reporter with the Orlando Sentinel, was relegated to the storage space during a fundraiser Wednesday for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., apparently to prevent him from speaking to people before Vice President Biden showed up." -- Hmmm, either the DUMB&DUMBERats have reversed their position about coming out of closets, or thry are hiring people at or below their intelligence levels. If Cheney had done this, we wouldn't find mention of Libya until the following week on CNN.
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Having just paid for a procedure at Doctors' Hospital, paying for a large popcorn at Carmike seems a bargain when you calculate 'mark-up".
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L-E headline/story: "Ledger Inquirer: Vandals create Riverwalk hazard * I (Michael Owen) called Gary Stickles, director of public services for the city, and asked if anyone had reported the situation. He said his department was aware and it’s on the list to be repaired. In the meantime, he said the city would put barrels up to block the dangerous places." -- If Stickles was already aware of the vandalism, why hadn't 'barrels" already been placed at the sites before Owen called?
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.” — T.S. Eliot, American-Anglo poet and critic (1888-1965)." -- Wow! Mr Eliot really knew his DUMB&DUMBERat politicans!
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L-E headline: "Medicare costs may eat Social Security COLA * Premiums rising faster than inflation" -- What inflation? What COLA? Obviously this was not a 'leak' from Emperor Imam-a's Press Agents.
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While the UPtown Development meeting generated comments about what was missing and needed, little was mentioned that could be solutions. Well, the comment about the inadequacies and inconsistencies of the Facade Board was a start.
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From the L-E "Late Laughs": "FOR LENT, SOME people give up meat, and some people give up drinking. President Obama gave up conferring with Congress. — Jay Leno " -- About half right I;d say. To be more accurate, Emperor Imam-a has given up conferring with Republicans in Congress since he was first elected as a Senator.
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I'm still infuriated that the Court of Appeals would order a new trial based on a defense attorney's 'error'! I'm furious that the Court of Appeals has given every court appointed attorney and every criminal an excuse for an appeal. I'm even more furious that neither the Court of Appeals or the L-E broadcast LOUDLY the defense attorney's name so we'd know not to hire him/her for routine legal needs.
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Now that the NCAA finals are set with zero #1 seeds in sight, this year, the slogan will be changed to "The Final Bore".
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This will be often be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Having just paid for a procedure at Doctors' Hospital, paying for a large popcorn at Carmike seems a bargain when you calculate 'mark-up".
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L-E headline/story: "Ledger Inquirer: Vandals create Riverwalk hazard * I (Michael Owen) called Gary Stickles, director of public services for the city, and asked if anyone had reported the situation. He said his department was aware and it’s on the list to be repaired. In the meantime, he said the city would put barrels up to block the dangerous places." -- If Stickles was already aware of the vandalism, why hadn't 'barrels" already been placed at the sites before Owen called?
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.” — T.S. Eliot, American-Anglo poet and critic (1888-1965)." -- Wow! Mr Eliot really knew his DUMB&DUMBERat politicans!
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L-E headline: "Medicare costs may eat Social Security COLA * Premiums rising faster than inflation" -- What inflation? What COLA? Obviously this was not a 'leak' from Emperor Imam-a's Press Agents.
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While the UPtown Development meeting generated comments about what was missing and needed, little was mentioned that could be solutions. Well, the comment about the inadequacies and inconsistencies of the Facade Board was a start.
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From the L-E "Late Laughs": "FOR LENT, SOME people give up meat, and some people give up drinking. President Obama gave up conferring with Congress. — Jay Leno " -- About half right I;d say. To be more accurate, Emperor Imam-a has given up conferring with Republicans in Congress since he was first elected as a Senator.
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I'm still infuriated that the Court of Appeals would order a new trial based on a defense attorney's 'error'! I'm furious that the Court of Appeals has given every court appointed attorney and every criminal an excuse for an appeal. I'm even more furious that neither the Court of Appeals or the L-E broadcast LOUDLY the defense attorney's name so we'd know not to hire him/her for routine legal needs.
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Now that the NCAA finals are set with zero #1 seeds in sight, this year, the slogan will be changed to "The Final Bore".
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This will be often be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
There's a DUMB&DUMBERat South Carolina State Representative who is introducing a law to ban prisoners from using Facebook (or any social network, for that matter). My question is why are prisoners allowed to use computers at all?
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In the last 3 weeks, we've gotten 3 calls at our business number and 2 at home wanting us to come to the Columbus Health Department and get certified, re-certified or get vouchers for WIC. Sounds like we have government employees drumming up ways to spend more tax dollars. This should stop! Call 706-321-6281 and complain. If she has that much time to call us, she doesn't have enough to do, so why is she on the payroll?
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If you wonder why I refer to non-conservatives as DUMB&DUMBERats, you only have to digest the latest DUMB&DUMBERat proposal to balance the budget (drum roll, please), taxing you by the miles you drive in addition to the outrageous gasoline taxes you already pay.
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Why do DUMB&DUMBERats not understand that the first step, whether you're a public or private entity, or a big or small business, to balance a budget is to identify ineffective spending and cut or eliminate such? Why, because they'd have to admit they are not effective managers of tax dollars.
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From L-E story: "Phil Mooney, Coca-Cola’s director of heritage communications, gave Columbus the credit, saying Coke was created here and carried to Atlanta, from whence it spread around the world, today sold in every country except Cuba, North Korea and Myanmar." -- Wow! Coca Cola is finally acknowledging what we knew all along. I can remember the tour guides at "The World of Coca Cola" in Atlanta being prompted to squelch any one taking a tour's comments about Coke being started in Columbus.
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Talk about placement...Stacked headlines in the L-E: "New Handbook For Husbands May Settle Some Fights - Or Not" followed by "Dusty Nix on area's homeless problem" --
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It's both nice and uncomfortable to talk about 'the homeless' situation and some solutions, but like most government programs, the funding goes primarily (usually in the 78% and higher range) into salaries and benefits for the administering of such programs.
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In the last 3 weeks, we've gotten 3 calls at our business number and 2 at home wanting us to come to the Columbus Health Department and get certified, re-certified or get vouchers for WIC. Sounds like we have government employees drumming up ways to spend more tax dollars. This should stop! Call 706-321-6281 and complain. If she has that much time to call us, she doesn't have enough to do, so why is she on the payroll?
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If you wonder why I refer to non-conservatives as DUMB&DUMBERats, you only have to digest the latest DUMB&DUMBERat proposal to balance the budget (drum roll, please), taxing you by the miles you drive in addition to the outrageous gasoline taxes you already pay.
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Why do DUMB&DUMBERats not understand that the first step, whether you're a public or private entity, or a big or small business, to balance a budget is to identify ineffective spending and cut or eliminate such? Why, because they'd have to admit they are not effective managers of tax dollars.
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From L-E story: "Phil Mooney, Coca-Cola’s director of heritage communications, gave Columbus the credit, saying Coke was created here and carried to Atlanta, from whence it spread around the world, today sold in every country except Cuba, North Korea and Myanmar." -- Wow! Coca Cola is finally acknowledging what we knew all along. I can remember the tour guides at "The World of Coca Cola" in Atlanta being prompted to squelch any one taking a tour's comments about Coke being started in Columbus.
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Talk about placement...Stacked headlines in the L-E: "New Handbook For Husbands May Settle Some Fights - Or Not" followed by "Dusty Nix on area's homeless problem" --
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It's both nice and uncomfortable to talk about 'the homeless' situation and some solutions, but like most government programs, the funding goes primarily (usually in the 78% and higher range) into salaries and benefits for the administering of such programs.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
From the "only in California" department - Online headline/story: "California City Hires $3,000-Per-Week Spokesman After Issuing Massive Layoffs * ( former Los Angeles Times reporter Bill) Lobdell, who will become the city's first formal spokesman in recent memory, told the newspaper he signed a 90-day contract that pays $75 an hour for up to 40 hours a week. His new job doesn't include perks or benefits. * Lobdell's pay is comparable to that of his counterparts in nearby towns where spokesmen also have health benefits and pensions, the newspaper noted" -- I just "hope" Lobdell sues Costa Mesa for healthcare benefits on the basis that Emperor Imam-a's HELL-thScare requires him to have health insurance and Costa Mesa has made him a criminal.
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Online headline: "'Humanitarian Tragedy' Unfolding in Ivory Coast" -- "Humanitarian Tragedy"? In the 60's we called it Viet Nam, and France was the culprit then, too. Smart thinking....NOT..., UN & Emperpor Imam-a, put France in charge of Libya.
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Speaking of the UN, (well, you might as well throw Emperor Imam-a in there as well,) why do DUMB&DUMBERats give a crap about the agreements and movements of the UN. All I want from the UN is for all the diplomats assigned there be arrested until they pay all their parking tickets.
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The Court of Appeals has opened a real can of worms calling for a retrial based on 'inadequate assistance if counsel". Is there a public defender who missed this? Shoot, all a public defender needs to do is have a guilty client, run a bad defense, and collect a pay check from the state/county, make an appeal, then get in line for an appointment to handle the retrial.
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Mark Shields reminds us of Colin Powell today. Powell voted for the Emperor Imam-a, and it would be nice to get Powell's opinion today.
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L-E "headlie": "Commentary: Real rights are just that — they are not gifts * Leonard Pitts" -- Whew, almost thought Leonard Pitts had finally climbed out of the pits he writes from ...but I was wrong.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes revealed his lack of journalistic integrity when he wrote a story about the Dodelin/Hubbard tragedy a few weeks ago; today he confirms his lack of journalistic skills...period. No longer will I bother to skim/read his offerings.. well, maybe I would if they are burnt in the future.
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L-E story: "ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter is set to arrive in Cuba next week for a visit at the invitation of the Cuban government. " -- Hmmm, maybe he'll build himself a retirement home there and permanently retire.
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L-E headline: "Chizik mum about arrests " -- Guess he wants to trace the serial number of the flat screen TV he got to see if it's hot before saying anything else.
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Online headline: "'Humanitarian Tragedy' Unfolding in Ivory Coast" -- "Humanitarian Tragedy"? In the 60's we called it Viet Nam, and France was the culprit then, too. Smart thinking....NOT..., UN & Emperpor Imam-a, put France in charge of Libya.
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Speaking of the UN, (well, you might as well throw Emperor Imam-a in there as well,) why do DUMB&DUMBERats give a crap about the agreements and movements of the UN. All I want from the UN is for all the diplomats assigned there be arrested until they pay all their parking tickets.
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The Court of Appeals has opened a real can of worms calling for a retrial based on 'inadequate assistance if counsel". Is there a public defender who missed this? Shoot, all a public defender needs to do is have a guilty client, run a bad defense, and collect a pay check from the state/county, make an appeal, then get in line for an appointment to handle the retrial.
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Mark Shields reminds us of Colin Powell today. Powell voted for the Emperor Imam-a, and it would be nice to get Powell's opinion today.
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L-E "headlie": "Commentary: Real rights are just that — they are not gifts * Leonard Pitts" -- Whew, almost thought Leonard Pitts had finally climbed out of the pits he writes from ...but I was wrong.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes revealed his lack of journalistic integrity when he wrote a story about the Dodelin/Hubbard tragedy a few weeks ago; today he confirms his lack of journalistic skills...period. No longer will I bother to skim/read his offerings.. well, maybe I would if they are burnt in the future.
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L-E story: "ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter is set to arrive in Cuba next week for a visit at the invitation of the Cuban government. " -- Hmmm, maybe he'll build himself a retirement home there and permanently retire.
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L-E headline: "Chizik mum about arrests " -- Guess he wants to trace the serial number of the flat screen TV he got to see if it's hot before saying anything else.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Online headline: "Obama Scoffs at Calls to Return Nobel Prize" -- Yeah, and I agree..after all, he didn't do anything to deserve it in the first place!
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One fellow BCer hit the nail on the head concerning the liberal's prediction that it would "take a man from the moon to beat Barack Obama".. quote the BCer, "At least we will know where he came from."
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Online headline: "Lawyer fears ex-Israeli president is suicidal" -- Typical lawyer...making a mountain out of a molehill. What the lawyer should really be concerned about is if his client is homicidal because the lawyer lost his case.
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L-E headline: "The Georgia Court of Appeals this week reversed Word’s conviction on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel." -- A case reversed "on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel"? If that's a legitimate reason for a 'technicality, the Court of Appeals must order the elimination of court appointed attonreys, and the Court of Appeals must revoke the license of every attorney that loses a case.. no matter how guilty its client is! You legal eagles should call for a recall of the whole Court of Appeals for setting an unreachable requirement to practice law!
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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One fellow BCer hit the nail on the head concerning the liberal's prediction that it would "take a man from the moon to beat Barack Obama".. quote the BCer, "At least we will know where he came from."
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Online headline: "Lawyer fears ex-Israeli president is suicidal" -- Typical lawyer...making a mountain out of a molehill. What the lawyer should really be concerned about is if his client is homicidal because the lawyer lost his case.
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L-E headline: "The Georgia Court of Appeals this week reversed Word’s conviction on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel." -- A case reversed "on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel"? If that's a legitimate reason for a 'technicality, the Court of Appeals must order the elimination of court appointed attonreys, and the Court of Appeals must revoke the license of every attorney that loses a case.. no matter how guilty its client is! You legal eagles should call for a recall of the whole Court of Appeals for setting an unreachable requirement to practice law!
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Online story: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged there is no clear end to the international military enforcement of the no-fly zone over Libya, but President Barack Obama said it "absolutely" will not lead to a U.S. land invasion." -- It bothers me enough when Emperor Imam-a just makes a 'promise' that I know won't be kept, but it really bothers me when he adds such a degree as "absolutely".
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Online headline: "Boehner Presses Obama to Define Libya Mission" -- Good luck with that! The last time we had a DUMB&DUMBERat President, he was having difficulty defining "is".
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Online headline: "New Mortgage Rules May Hurt the Little Guy" -- Like the old ones hadn't almost destroyed us little guys?
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Another liberal L-E "soundoff": " I don’t really care who runs for president, but I can tell you this: It’s going to take a man from the moon to beat Barack Obama." -- Can't you see the DUMB&DUMBERats protesting the birth certificate if this happens?
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From the looks of the news shows and newspaper front pages, Afghanistan has been replaced by Libya. Of course, the L-E doesn't know they exist because neither country is an SEC sports power.
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It's gratifying that the L-E recognizes its past shortcomings and are trying to do something to regain readers and readers' confidences, but it is missing the boat. Chatter and banter are not the solutions; good and consistent investigative reporting of City, School, Business, and Crime issues (versus 'tiptoeing around'), plus focusing on Columbus' lifestyles other than the "bar scene" should show positive results.
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L-E story: "After a tour of the 8801 Macon Road facility in Midland, Bishop also said he supported President Barack Obama’s effort to establish a no-fly zone in Libya to stem civilian bloodshed by Moammar Gadhafi’s troops. * As developments in Libya unfold , Bishop said he’s pleased the president has taken strong action with support from the international community, United Nations, the Arab League and major coalitions to keep Gadhafi’s from slaughtering his own people. * “As a matter of morality, as a matter of humanity, it’s necessary that those actions be stopped,” Bishop said. “The international community spoke with one voice with the United Nations.” -- Of course the L-E failed to mention Bishop supported HELL-thScare, and TARP, and that while he was out chumming up to Pratt-Whitney in Columbus, there were more DUMB&DUMBERats chastising the Connecticut P-W plant for eliminating hundreds of union jobs in Connecticut.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Online headline: "Boehner Presses Obama to Define Libya Mission" -- Good luck with that! The last time we had a DUMB&DUMBERat President, he was having difficulty defining "is".
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Online headline: "New Mortgage Rules May Hurt the Little Guy" -- Like the old ones hadn't almost destroyed us little guys?
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Another liberal L-E "soundoff": " I don’t really care who runs for president, but I can tell you this: It’s going to take a man from the moon to beat Barack Obama." -- Can't you see the DUMB&DUMBERats protesting the birth certificate if this happens?
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From the looks of the news shows and newspaper front pages, Afghanistan has been replaced by Libya. Of course, the L-E doesn't know they exist because neither country is an SEC sports power.
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It's gratifying that the L-E recognizes its past shortcomings and are trying to do something to regain readers and readers' confidences, but it is missing the boat. Chatter and banter are not the solutions; good and consistent investigative reporting of City, School, Business, and Crime issues (versus 'tiptoeing around'), plus focusing on Columbus' lifestyles other than the "bar scene" should show positive results.
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L-E story: "After a tour of the 8801 Macon Road facility in Midland, Bishop also said he supported President Barack Obama’s effort to establish a no-fly zone in Libya to stem civilian bloodshed by Moammar Gadhafi’s troops. * As developments in Libya unfold , Bishop said he’s pleased the president has taken strong action with support from the international community, United Nations, the Arab League and major coalitions to keep Gadhafi’s from slaughtering his own people. * “As a matter of morality, as a matter of humanity, it’s necessary that those actions be stopped,” Bishop said. “The international community spoke with one voice with the United Nations.” -- Of course the L-E failed to mention Bishop supported HELL-thScare, and TARP, and that while he was out chumming up to Pratt-Whitney in Columbus, there were more DUMB&DUMBERats chastising the Connecticut P-W plant for eliminating hundreds of union jobs in Connecticut.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Just got an e-mail from the Columbus Minority Chamber of Commerce. With the recent release of Census figure, who does the Minority Chamber now represent?
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Kudos for the MCSD turning over fraud cases to the DA's office! Now we can focus on whether the DA will bother to try and win those cases.
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L-E headline: "Columbus Council delays action on proposed panhandling ordinance" -- Guess Council wants to make sure they aren't going to get arrested soliciting campaign donations.
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L-E "soundoff" : "Stop listening to Fox news and your blood pressure will go down. Start listening to NPR and your I.Q. will go up." -- Reminds me of an old joke : How do you make a liberal uninformed...take away his/her "Readers' Digest". How do you make a liberal misinformed...give him/her back the "Readers' Digest".
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Yesterday, a great deal was made of a young man receiving a 'full face transplant. It sounded like great humanitarianism until you got to the end of the article when it mentioned the cost of $3.2 Million, and that because of the Emperor Imam-a HELL-thScare bill, the 25 year old got to tap into his parents' healthcare policy to get medicinal help, and he was able to get an insurance policy without the 'preexisting conditions' exclusions. Ladies and Gentlemen, we just paid for this, and it's an ominous reality that this will be the legacy of HELK-thScare for our children and grandchildren.
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Fox and Family wins today's "most appropriate analysis of reality": One of the commentators read this (missed who he cited) "President Obama has been recognized for firing more cruise missiles than any other Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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When I wrote "Obama", my AOL Spell Checker highlighted it as a misspelled word, and made the following replacement suggestions: "Baa, Badman, Bagman, Batman, Banal and Barmaid. Sounds like AOL has got him pegged!
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L-E story: " The Muscogee County School District Strategic Planning focus group for the community at large, scheduled around lunchtime Tuesday, didn’t go as planned. Over a couple of hours, only a couple of people showed to participate" -- What does this really reveal......maybe that the MCSD is grasping at straws or under delusional advice? Open drop-by focus groups planned for lunchtime? Gimme a break! Anyone who would drop by for such would do so only because he/she knew about it in advance, and had a particular agenda he/she wanted to inject. The MCSD Board is a paid job elected by voters to discuss and make decisions. The only "focus group" they need to solicit is the voters on election day.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Kudos for the MCSD turning over fraud cases to the DA's office! Now we can focus on whether the DA will bother to try and win those cases.
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L-E headline: "Columbus Council delays action on proposed panhandling ordinance" -- Guess Council wants to make sure they aren't going to get arrested soliciting campaign donations.
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L-E "soundoff" : "Stop listening to Fox news and your blood pressure will go down. Start listening to NPR and your I.Q. will go up." -- Reminds me of an old joke : How do you make a liberal uninformed...take away his/her "Readers' Digest". How do you make a liberal misinformed...give him/her back the "Readers' Digest".
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Yesterday, a great deal was made of a young man receiving a 'full face transplant. It sounded like great humanitarianism until you got to the end of the article when it mentioned the cost of $3.2 Million, and that because of the Emperor Imam-a HELL-thScare bill, the 25 year old got to tap into his parents' healthcare policy to get medicinal help, and he was able to get an insurance policy without the 'preexisting conditions' exclusions. Ladies and Gentlemen, we just paid for this, and it's an ominous reality that this will be the legacy of HELK-thScare for our children and grandchildren.
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Fox and Family wins today's "most appropriate analysis of reality": One of the commentators read this (missed who he cited) "President Obama has been recognized for firing more cruise missiles than any other Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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When I wrote "Obama", my AOL Spell Checker highlighted it as a misspelled word, and made the following replacement suggestions: "Baa, Badman, Bagman, Batman, Banal and Barmaid. Sounds like AOL has got him pegged!
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L-E story: " The Muscogee County School District Strategic Planning focus group for the community at large, scheduled around lunchtime Tuesday, didn’t go as planned. Over a couple of hours, only a couple of people showed to participate" -- What does this really reveal......maybe that the MCSD is grasping at straws or under delusional advice? Open drop-by focus groups planned for lunchtime? Gimme a break! Anyone who would drop by for such would do so only because he/she knew about it in advance, and had a particular agenda he/she wanted to inject. The MCSD Board is a paid job elected by voters to discuss and make decisions. The only "focus group" they need to solicit is the voters on election day.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Online headline: "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized, Released in Rome" -- Ooops, my bad. Thoiught maybe the Italian Hospital saw she had US Government based insurance, and figured there was a chance of getting stiffed on the charges.
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After the way he sat back on the BP/Gulf oil spill, we have to imagine that the UN is thankful Emperor Imam-a is not the Emperor of Japan.
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Online story: "President Barack Obama’s move to the center is alienating some of his liberal base. And one of the Senate’s biggest liberals, Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, says a left-wing primary challenger for Obama next year would be a good thing, The Hill reports." -- Huh? Not only does Emperor Imam-a rule from the left side, he golfs, bowls, and even writes from 'the left side' (which are things he doesn't do very well either). I'm willing to bet that even the only TelePrompter he reads from is the one on his left.
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Time to get ready to go to the hospital.. ya'll pray, ya hear?
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Our US Attorney General says Gaddafy has 'lost legitimacy' and 'should go'.....Hmmm, why isn't he saying that about Emperor Imam-a since this is his country and he has a legal right, maybe even a legal obligation, to comment on our President, but not another country's.
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Something doesn't compute properly when the MCSD has 6,200 employees for about 33,000 students (last figures I have) when classes have 30+/- students while the over all employee/student ratio is about 5-to-1.
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Speaking of suspect MCSD move to approve the Fort Middle School request to stop its application to becoming a charter school. A charter school would basically answer directly to the parents versus the MCSD board which would probably be an eye-opener for accountability. Instead, the school system wants to make Fort a 'magnet' school to (quoting the Fort Principal last week) attract "high performing students". The purpose of a 'magnet school' should be totally to attract students who have particular interests in a field of study, not just the elite. Isolating elite pockets of students does not give 'non-qualifiers' much option to attend schools that interest them, or that will keep their interest in staying in school.
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With the new L-E format, the Tuesday Legals Section is now bigger than any two of the other sections.
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Chuck Williams had a great and timely follow-up piece on the Parks&REC scandal.
I do think one thing that hasn't been touched is who at CB&T authorized the account without contacting the City Manager or City Attorney or the City Finance Office because of the City's exempt number being used. I'm pretty sure proper procedure was not followed. No secretary would have done the account without notifying an executive.
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Boy that was great news...a judge has thrown out the motion to stop ex-Illinois governor Blagojevich's retrial. Whew, just as I was about to forget him and how to spell his name. Speaking of Illinois, how is Rahm Emanuel staying out out the news...isn't there some chaos he can create?
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Saw a perplexing, maybe even c0nfusing t-shirt the other day. A senior woman was wearing such a shirt that had a Star of David on it with the following words inside the star, " Jesus Loves You".
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After the way he sat back on the BP/Gulf oil spill, we have to imagine that the UN is thankful Emperor Imam-a is not the Emperor of Japan.
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Online story: "President Barack Obama’s move to the center is alienating some of his liberal base. And one of the Senate’s biggest liberals, Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, says a left-wing primary challenger for Obama next year would be a good thing, The Hill reports." -- Huh? Not only does Emperor Imam-a rule from the left side, he golfs, bowls, and even writes from 'the left side' (which are things he doesn't do very well either). I'm willing to bet that even the only TelePrompter he reads from is the one on his left.
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Time to get ready to go to the hospital.. ya'll pray, ya hear?
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Our US Attorney General says Gaddafy has 'lost legitimacy' and 'should go'.....Hmmm, why isn't he saying that about Emperor Imam-a since this is his country and he has a legal right, maybe even a legal obligation, to comment on our President, but not another country's.
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Something doesn't compute properly when the MCSD has 6,200 employees for about 33,000 students (last figures I have) when classes have 30+/- students while the over all employee/student ratio is about 5-to-1.
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Speaking of suspect MCSD move to approve the Fort Middle School request to stop its application to becoming a charter school. A charter school would basically answer directly to the parents versus the MCSD board which would probably be an eye-opener for accountability. Instead, the school system wants to make Fort a 'magnet' school to (quoting the Fort Principal last week) attract "high performing students". The purpose of a 'magnet school' should be totally to attract students who have particular interests in a field of study, not just the elite. Isolating elite pockets of students does not give 'non-qualifiers' much option to attend schools that interest them, or that will keep their interest in staying in school.
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With the new L-E format, the Tuesday Legals Section is now bigger than any two of the other sections.
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Chuck Williams had a great and timely follow-up piece on the Parks&REC scandal.
I do think one thing that hasn't been touched is who at CB&T authorized the account without contacting the City Manager or City Attorney or the City Finance Office because of the City's exempt number being used. I'm pretty sure proper procedure was not followed. No secretary would have done the account without notifying an executive.
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Boy that was great news...a judge has thrown out the motion to stop ex-Illinois governor Blagojevich's retrial. Whew, just as I was about to forget him and how to spell his name. Speaking of Illinois, how is Rahm Emanuel staying out out the news...isn't there some chaos he can create?
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Saw a perplexing, maybe even c0nfusing t-shirt the other day. A senior woman was wearing such a shirt that had a Star of David on it with the following words inside the star, " Jesus Loves You".
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Online story: " U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that the U.S. expects to turn control of the Libya military mission over to a coalition -- probably headed either by the French and British or by NATO -- "in a matter of days." " -- Oh, no, Mr Bill, uh, Gates, not the French! The French gave us Viet Nam, and are working on giving the world Ivory Coast as it is.
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Online headline/story: " Arkansas Prepares for $35 Million Tax Cut Package * (Gov. Mike) Beebe, a popular Democrat, handily won re-election last year after promising to continue reducing the state's grocery tax. Since he took office in 2007, he's successfully pushed for cutting the tax from 6 percent to 2 percent." -- Hmmm, a tax cutting DUMB&DUMBERat...sounds more like an oxymoron. Guarantee Emperor Imam-a doesn't have Beebe on his short list for job appointments.
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Emperor Imam-a says he cannot stand idly by when a despot shows no mercy... that must explain why he needed to play golf and go to Rio for Spring Break.
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Hmmm, so the L-E is going to make the Monday edition in 4 rather than 2 sections... hmmm, will be interesting how the L-E can call 3 or 4 pages a 'section'.
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L-E "soundoff" : " Wanted: Bright young trustworthy person to run against Josh McKoon for state Senate." -- Well, that eliminates McKoon having opposition from a DUMB&DUMBERat in the General Election.
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My daughter has been begging me to drop T-moble (which I've used since the mid-90's when it was PowerTel) and get Verizon. Today I read that AT&T is buying T-mobile; she may get her wish.
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L-E headline: "Obama: Brazil’s democracy an example to Arab world " -- Well, well, well...the US has the longest continuing form of government the world has ever had, and Emperor Imam-a points out Brazil as a form Arab countries should use as 'the example'. Why doesn't he just send the Arabs our original Constitution that James Madison penned; our Emperor doesn't seem interested in using or enforcing it.
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It's minimally ironic, but mainly weird, that Emperor Imam-a is making war decisions while out of the country. Wonder if he's sending orders via his ;twitter" account?
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One of the overlooked blessings of the new "Hope Scholarship" package will be that our colleges will have to 'cut the glut' of overloaded teaching positions needed to handle the flood of first year college students who didn't really earn the grades to be there on Hope Scholaships in the first place.
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Tomorrow's Breakfast Club will either be late, or truncated, or not issued. My bride has an early round of surgery scheduled, and I ask for you to include her/us in your prayers.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Online headline/story: " Arkansas Prepares for $35 Million Tax Cut Package * (Gov. Mike) Beebe, a popular Democrat, handily won re-election last year after promising to continue reducing the state's grocery tax. Since he took office in 2007, he's successfully pushed for cutting the tax from 6 percent to 2 percent." -- Hmmm, a tax cutting DUMB&DUMBERat...sounds more like an oxymoron. Guarantee Emperor Imam-a doesn't have Beebe on his short list for job appointments.
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Emperor Imam-a says he cannot stand idly by when a despot shows no mercy... that must explain why he needed to play golf and go to Rio for Spring Break.
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Hmmm, so the L-E is going to make the Monday edition in 4 rather than 2 sections... hmmm, will be interesting how the L-E can call 3 or 4 pages a 'section'.
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L-E "soundoff" : " Wanted: Bright young trustworthy person to run against Josh McKoon for state Senate." -- Well, that eliminates McKoon having opposition from a DUMB&DUMBERat in the General Election.
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My daughter has been begging me to drop T-moble (which I've used since the mid-90's when it was PowerTel) and get Verizon. Today I read that AT&T is buying T-mobile; she may get her wish.
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L-E headline: "Obama: Brazil’s democracy an example to Arab world " -- Well, well, well...the US has the longest continuing form of government the world has ever had, and Emperor Imam-a points out Brazil as a form Arab countries should use as 'the example'. Why doesn't he just send the Arabs our original Constitution that James Madison penned; our Emperor doesn't seem interested in using or enforcing it.
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It's minimally ironic, but mainly weird, that Emperor Imam-a is making war decisions while out of the country. Wonder if he's sending orders via his ;twitter" account?
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One of the overlooked blessings of the new "Hope Scholarship" package will be that our colleges will have to 'cut the glut' of overloaded teaching positions needed to handle the flood of first year college students who didn't really earn the grades to be there on Hope Scholaships in the first place.
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Tomorrow's Breakfast Club will either be late, or truncated, or not issued. My bride has an early round of surgery scheduled, and I ask for you to include her/us in your prayers.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Online story: "Malaysia doesn't care if you were "Born This Way" — they just don't want to hear about it. In fact, dozens of radio stations in the Muslim-majority country have censored the lyrics to Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and its pro-acceptance message. In place of the line "No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track, baby," they've subbed in gargled vocals. AMP Radio Networks, which operates in Malaysia, says the lyrics were censored because they "may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia's social and religious observances." -- Liberals! You have been challenged to defend your beliefs. Call to see if you qualify for a one-way ticket to there.
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Online headline: "Operation Odyssey Dawn: U.S. Launches Military Strikes In Libya" -- MSNBC, CNN, and Moving on blame Bush.
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"Operation Odyssey Dawn". Hmmm, sounds like a remake of a movie starring Patrick Swayze?
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Online story: "WASHINGTON --U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, who criticized his host government's handling of the drug problem in a cable divulged by the WikiLeaks website, has resigned, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday." -- Hmmmm, just proves the old adage, "The truth will set you free.".
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L-E "headlie": "CENSUS DATA SHOW HOUSING SURGE IN COLUMBUS AREA" --Muscogee County housing occupancy showed that in the last 10 years there are still fewer occupied housing units than were already available in Muscogee County 10 years ago , meaning that if no housing units were built here after 2000, there'd still be housing units unoccupied. (76,182 were built by 2000, and only 74,081 were occupied in 2010; this is ominous)
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L-E headline: "Muscogee County School District counselors, administrators learn how to stop bullying * Conference on bullying teaches school officials types of bullying, preventative measures" -- We taxpayers are having to foot the bill for a conference on bullying? How sheltered a life did the entire MCSD administrative/teachers live? I learned how to face bullying when a was about 6 from my Dad and the YMCA. I was shown the proper way to clinch my fist and how to apply it to a bully's nose. No more bullying.
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From the City Manager's "agenda": "10-YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS IMPLEMENTATION: Authorization is requested to enter into an agreement with the Chattahoochee Valley United Way Agency for the implementation of the city’s 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness from CDBG Entitlement Funds." -- Excuse me, but shouldn't this be tabled until the new 'tramp' law is implemented...after all, there may not be any homeless once the law becomes enforced and 'they' are moved to an incarceration facility?
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Another item from the City Manager's "agenda": "DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT GRANT: Authorization is requested to enter in to an agreement with University of Georgia and if approved, accept a grant for up to $ 271,500 from the Southeast Diesel Collaborative via the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. " -- Other than a obvious behind-the-back maneuver to abuse taxpayer dollars, what exactly is this suppose to accomplish?
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L-E headline: "Obama’s Latin America message drowned out * President praises Brazil on energy, education, trade " -- DOH! The bottom line is Emperor Imam-a is in Rio on Spring Break.
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L-E headline: "CSU hosts scrimmage today between pro, college teams * Atlanta Beat to play Florida State" -- Excuse me, but how can the NCAA allow this? Wouldn't this be considered a 'try-out' making all the college kids ineligible for further NCAA participation? Does the NCAA allow college football/basketball players to 'play' with the pros? I remember when going on recruiting trips to colleges when, as a high school athlete, no college could even arrange a 'try-out' practice with the college players.
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Froma Harrop actually has a point in her L-E column today, but she conveniently stopped short of making the important one. She states that with corporations donating to LA Governor Jindal's wife's 'foundation', " Mrs. Jindal travels the state as lady bountiful, presenting free equipment at schools and gathering flattering news coverage at the stops. No doubt many beneficiaries see these gifts as the product of the Jindals’ personal beneficence. " -- At least the funds come out of the private sector, BUT what is worse is Congeressperson doing the same thing using "earmarks" (tax dollars) in the same way. A good, no, GREAT EXAMPLE of abuse is Congressman Bishop always being present to present a "personal check (signed by a government person)" like he personally reached into his own pocket to make a personal donation.
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Online headline: "Operation Odyssey Dawn: U.S. Launches Military Strikes In Libya" -- MSNBC, CNN, and Moving on blame Bush.
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"Operation Odyssey Dawn". Hmmm, sounds like a remake of a movie starring Patrick Swayze?
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Online story: "WASHINGTON --U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, who criticized his host government's handling of the drug problem in a cable divulged by the WikiLeaks website, has resigned, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday." -- Hmmmm, just proves the old adage, "The truth will set you free.".
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L-E "headlie": "CENSUS DATA SHOW HOUSING SURGE IN COLUMBUS AREA" --Muscogee County housing occupancy showed that in the last 10 years there are still fewer occupied housing units than were already available in Muscogee County 10 years ago , meaning that if no housing units were built here after 2000, there'd still be housing units unoccupied. (76,182 were built by 2000, and only 74,081 were occupied in 2010; this is ominous)
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L-E headline: "Muscogee County School District counselors, administrators learn how to stop bullying * Conference on bullying teaches school officials types of bullying, preventative measures" -- We taxpayers are having to foot the bill for a conference on bullying? How sheltered a life did the entire MCSD administrative/teachers live? I learned how to face bullying when a was about 6 from my Dad and the YMCA. I was shown the proper way to clinch my fist and how to apply it to a bully's nose. No more bullying.
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From the City Manager's "agenda": "10-YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS IMPLEMENTATION: Authorization is requested to enter into an agreement with the Chattahoochee Valley United Way Agency for the implementation of the city’s 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness from CDBG Entitlement Funds." -- Excuse me, but shouldn't this be tabled until the new 'tramp' law is implemented...after all, there may not be any homeless once the law becomes enforced and 'they' are moved to an incarceration facility?
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Another item from the City Manager's "agenda": "DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT GRANT: Authorization is requested to enter in to an agreement with University of Georgia and if approved, accept a grant for up to $ 271,500 from the Southeast Diesel Collaborative via the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. " -- Other than a obvious behind-the-back maneuver to abuse taxpayer dollars, what exactly is this suppose to accomplish?
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L-E headline: "Obama’s Latin America message drowned out * President praises Brazil on energy, education, trade " -- DOH! The bottom line is Emperor Imam-a is in Rio on Spring Break.
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L-E headline: "CSU hosts scrimmage today between pro, college teams * Atlanta Beat to play Florida State" -- Excuse me, but how can the NCAA allow this? Wouldn't this be considered a 'try-out' making all the college kids ineligible for further NCAA participation? Does the NCAA allow college football/basketball players to 'play' with the pros? I remember when going on recruiting trips to colleges when, as a high school athlete, no college could even arrange a 'try-out' practice with the college players.
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Froma Harrop actually has a point in her L-E column today, but she conveniently stopped short of making the important one. She states that with corporations donating to LA Governor Jindal's wife's 'foundation', " Mrs. Jindal travels the state as lady bountiful, presenting free equipment at schools and gathering flattering news coverage at the stops. No doubt many beneficiaries see these gifts as the product of the Jindals’ personal beneficence. " -- At least the funds come out of the private sector, BUT what is worse is Congeressperson doing the same thing using "earmarks" (tax dollars) in the same way. A good, no, GREAT EXAMPLE of abuse is Congressman Bishop always being present to present a "personal check (signed by a government person)" like he personally reached into his own pocket to make a personal donation.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
So Emperor Imam-a is taking Spring Break in Rio de Janeiro? Why is he taking his family to his home state of Hawaii to stimulate its economy? Maybe it's the $4.00 gas; maybe it's the proximity to Japan?
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Can you halfway imagine this weekend's newspaper and CNN headlines if Bush 43 was still President, and he took his family to Rio de Janeiro under any cirumstances, much less these?
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Why hasn't N.O.W been up in arms about Geraldo Rivera comparing Charlie Sheen's "babes" to Gaddafy's "Amazons"?
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Online headline: "Judge Blocks Wisconsin's Contentious Union Law" -- A county court judge overruling a state law that hasn't even been published... Madison, Wisconsin must have a branch of 'the Fish House Gang' up there.
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Online headline: "Libya Ceasefire Announced After U.N. Approves Intervention" -- Heh heh heh....Gadfly must remember when his tethered pet goat was 'surgically removed' by a rocket when Reagan sent him a message.
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L-E headline: "Obama’s trip seeks to engage with Latin America" -- Oh...Emperor Imam-a has a golf game with Hugo Chavez scheduled? Or maybe the Emperor is just checking on George Soros' oil investments.
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L-E headline/story: "CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2..3 trillion * The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that if Obama’s February budget submission is enacted into law it would produce deficits totaling $9.5 trillion over 10 years — an average of almost $1 trillion a year. * Obama’s budget saw deficits totaling $7.2 trillion over the same period." -- Remember when the media roasted a Pentagon General for his flippant comment that "a Billion here, a billion there, and soon we're talking about real money"? well with Emperor Imam-a substituting trillions for billions, guess we're talking about "Monopoly Money".
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Can you halfway imagine this weekend's newspaper and CNN headlines if Bush 43 was still President, and he took his family to Rio de Janeiro under any cirumstances, much less these?
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Why hasn't N.O.W been up in arms about Geraldo Rivera comparing Charlie Sheen's "babes" to Gaddafy's "Amazons"?
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Online headline: "Judge Blocks Wisconsin's Contentious Union Law" -- A county court judge overruling a state law that hasn't even been published... Madison, Wisconsin must have a branch of 'the Fish House Gang' up there.
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Online headline: "Libya Ceasefire Announced After U.N. Approves Intervention" -- Heh heh heh....Gadfly must remember when his tethered pet goat was 'surgically removed' by a rocket when Reagan sent him a message.
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L-E headline: "Obama’s trip seeks to engage with Latin America" -- Oh...Emperor Imam-a has a golf game with Hugo Chavez scheduled? Or maybe the Emperor is just checking on George Soros' oil investments.
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L-E headline/story: "CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2..3 trillion * The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that if Obama’s February budget submission is enacted into law it would produce deficits totaling $9.5 trillion over 10 years — an average of almost $1 trillion a year. * Obama’s budget saw deficits totaling $7.2 trillion over the same period." -- Remember when the media roasted a Pentagon General for his flippant comment that "a Billion here, a billion there, and soon we're talking about real money"? well with Emperor Imam-a substituting trillions for billions, guess we're talking about "Monopoly Money".
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Friday, March 18, 2011
A Kansas lawmaker jokes about the control method of using helicopters to locate and shoot feral hogs that are overrunning Kansas farms as a way to control illegal immigrants as well, and gets blistered by liberal organizations, but when Secretary of State Clinton advocates bombing Libyan targets to support the 'no fly zone' concept, not one acknowledges the violence, and she wasn't joking.
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Online headline: "At $8.89 BILLION, Bank Bailouts Cost Much Less Than the FDIC Expected" -- Hmm, the Emperor Imam-a spinmeisters are out in force. Wednesday, the spinmeisters were touting inflationary drug prices as "positive growth', and yesterday, they are out spieling that bailouts only costing $8.89 BILLION is a bargain. Hey, if the banks had followed good financial policies of the past, there'd have been no need for such a bailout, that would have been much less taxing on the economy and the taxpayers.
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Online headline: "Mich. Democrats Indicted on Forgery and Perjury Charges" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought some court was finally holding politicians responsible for their campaign promises.
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L-E story: “The city is really losing millions of dollars of tax revenue because of the hotel nights that would be purchased if the online portals were available,” McKoon said. “But since they’ve been taken off line, those room nights are being booked in other locations.” * Jack Pezold, president and CEO of Pezold Management Associates, which operates several hotels in Columbus, is adamant that the ongoing battle between the city and the online firms is damaging to his and other businesses, and to the city government itself. * “We’re just collateral damage,” Pezold said. “We’re being hurt, and being hurt significantly.” * It also estimates that the city is losing $5,308 a day in room taxes and other retail tax collections." -- If you haven't calculated yet, that would be over $1.9 Million dollars in taxes alone annually just not making it into our economy, and probably $20 Million in circulatory dollars being sent elsewhere. Now, whose husband led the suit?
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2% growth since the last census.... if you're looking for facts it's more like that there's been a net gain of only 2% as almost as many families are moving out to Harris County et al as are moving into Muscogee County. It also is very illuminating on the Muscogee County housing market, and the tax base.
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L-E's "QUOTABLE":“Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.” Muammar al-Gadhafi Libyan political leader (1942- ) -- Even Gaddafy knew political correctness and cultural isolation leads to distruction.
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Online headline: "At $8.89 BILLION, Bank Bailouts Cost Much Less Than the FDIC Expected" -- Hmm, the Emperor Imam-a spinmeisters are out in force. Wednesday, the spinmeisters were touting inflationary drug prices as "positive growth', and yesterday, they are out spieling that bailouts only costing $8.89 BILLION is a bargain. Hey, if the banks had followed good financial policies of the past, there'd have been no need for such a bailout, that would have been much less taxing on the economy and the taxpayers.
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Online headline: "Mich. Democrats Indicted on Forgery and Perjury Charges" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought some court was finally holding politicians responsible for their campaign promises.
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L-E story: “The city is really losing millions of dollars of tax revenue because of the hotel nights that would be purchased if the online portals were available,” McKoon said. “But since they’ve been taken off line, those room nights are being booked in other locations.” * Jack Pezold, president and CEO of Pezold Management Associates, which operates several hotels in Columbus, is adamant that the ongoing battle between the city and the online firms is damaging to his and other businesses, and to the city government itself. * “We’re just collateral damage,” Pezold said. “We’re being hurt, and being hurt significantly.” * It also estimates that the city is losing $5,308 a day in room taxes and other retail tax collections." -- If you haven't calculated yet, that would be over $1.9 Million dollars in taxes alone annually just not making it into our economy, and probably $20 Million in circulatory dollars being sent elsewhere. Now, whose husband led the suit?
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2% growth since the last census.... if you're looking for facts it's more like that there's been a net gain of only 2% as almost as many families are moving out to Harris County et al as are moving into Muscogee County. It also is very illuminating on the Muscogee County housing market, and the tax base.
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L-E's "QUOTABLE":“Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.” Muammar al-Gadhafi Libyan political leader (1942- ) -- Even Gaddafy knew political correctness and cultural isolation leads to distruction.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Online headline: "Prescription Drug Prices Still Growing Strong" -- Emperor Imam-a's spinmeisters are at it again. They say anything to make runaway inflation seem positive.
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I don't have a problem with being "allowed" to vote on whether Sunday alcohols sales can be made, but I would also like to vote on whether liquor stores should be able to sell cold single beverages from a drive-thru window.
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With all that's on his plate with the budget and Japanese crises, how does Emperor Imam-a get "a pass" from the media for playing golf and filling out his NCAA basketball bracket? Can you imagine what the media would be doing/saying if Bush 43 played golf and filled out his NCAA bracket during a weekend like this past one?
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Amazing..the New York Times sent in 4 reporters to cover the Libyan chaos, but didn't cover ACORN's crimes.
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The other day, the School System announced it was dropping its application to make Fort Middle School a 'charter school', and would make a magnet program there instead. The principal's comment bothered me. She said Fort would become a school that would "attract high performing students". Excuse me, but if our administrators think there magnet programs are to "attract high performing students", then the magnet program will fail in its overall goal of reaching all students with certain desires. The purpose of any magnet program should be to offer specialized programs that not only attract the 'high performing student', but the student that has those interests at any level of ability. To run the magnet programs anyway else will only turn schools into pockets of elitism.
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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she does not want to stay in her job if President Barack Obama wins a second term in 2012. * The nation’s top diplomat also firmly said she neither has plans to mount another White House bid nor interest in other posts, such as vice president or defense secretary." -- Interesting...the smartest DUMB&DUMBERat woman in the world is now abandoning Emperor Imam-a....of course Robert Gibbs did that before her. Does that make him even smarter?
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There's a major flaw in Mother Teresa Obamalinson's to impose a minimum 'fee' on homeowners paying less than $500.00 in property taxes. The MCSD will be eying that 'fee' as the property tav it surely is, and will want the lion's share for itself... or at least the ability to impose a 'fee' of its own.
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Of course, neither the City nor the MCSD would go for a maximum fee/tax that could be charged to any homeowner.
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There are 16 NCAA men's basketball games being televised today...16 basketball games..even if Billy Mays was still alive, he couldn't find a time slot to sell an "as seen on TV" product.
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One thing about the nuclear meltdown in Japan.. Japanese cars may be allowed to eliminate headlights since now they will glow in the dark.
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I don't have a problem with being "allowed" to vote on whether Sunday alcohols sales can be made, but I would also like to vote on whether liquor stores should be able to sell cold single beverages from a drive-thru window.
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With all that's on his plate with the budget and Japanese crises, how does Emperor Imam-a get "a pass" from the media for playing golf and filling out his NCAA basketball bracket? Can you imagine what the media would be doing/saying if Bush 43 played golf and filled out his NCAA bracket during a weekend like this past one?
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Amazing..the New York Times sent in 4 reporters to cover the Libyan chaos, but didn't cover ACORN's crimes.
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The other day, the School System announced it was dropping its application to make Fort Middle School a 'charter school', and would make a magnet program there instead. The principal's comment bothered me. She said Fort would become a school that would "attract high performing students". Excuse me, but if our administrators think there magnet programs are to "attract high performing students", then the magnet program will fail in its overall goal of reaching all students with certain desires. The purpose of any magnet program should be to offer specialized programs that not only attract the 'high performing student', but the student that has those interests at any level of ability. To run the magnet programs anyway else will only turn schools into pockets of elitism.
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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she does not want to stay in her job if President Barack Obama wins a second term in 2012. * The nation’s top diplomat also firmly said she neither has plans to mount another White House bid nor interest in other posts, such as vice president or defense secretary." -- Interesting...the smartest DUMB&DUMBERat woman in the world is now abandoning Emperor Imam-a....of course Robert Gibbs did that before her. Does that make him even smarter?
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There's a major flaw in Mother Teresa Obamalinson's to impose a minimum 'fee' on homeowners paying less than $500.00 in property taxes. The MCSD will be eying that 'fee' as the property tav it surely is, and will want the lion's share for itself... or at least the ability to impose a 'fee' of its own.
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Of course, neither the City nor the MCSD would go for a maximum fee/tax that could be charged to any homeowner.
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There are 16 NCAA men's basketball games being televised today...16 basketball games..even if Billy Mays was still alive, he couldn't find a time slot to sell an "as seen on TV" product.
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One thing about the nuclear meltdown in Japan.. Japanese cars may be allowed to eliminate headlights since now they will glow in the dark.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Online headline: "Can the Tea Party's Platform Reduce Unemployment?" -- Hmmm, the real issue is whether the Tea Party Platform can further reduce 'employed' DUMB&DUMBERats and Rhinos.
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Headline that shoulda been: "Gottfried got fried; got fired"
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Isn't it amazing at the difference that the tsunami victims in Japan handled their needs compared to the citizens of New Orleans after Katrina?
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Got the biggest kick yesterday...a woman, probably some college girl volunteering during her Spring Break, called me on behalf of the DNC soliciting a donation to help DUMB&DUMBERat Senators get re-elected in 2012. I let her finish her script about how the Republicans are bent on undoing all the great work the DUMB&DUMBERat Congress did following the 2008 election. I then told her "thanks for reminding me of all that they did", and that I was going to sit down and write checks to Republican Senate candidates in 'hope' that additional 'change' will salvage America's future from the doom of the Obama administration. The sound of her 'fluster' was terrific as she didn't know how to handle my reaction to her spiel. I said "Thank you for calling", and she responded with a perplexed 'you're welcome'. Hope she calls again. Bet I can get her to donate to the RNC. Hmmm, wonder if my business number use to belong to some DUMBERat?
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From her recent interview and case decisions, Julia Slater must not be planning to run for re-election.
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L-E headline: "Bishop would like to see Martin used as VA facility * Congressman says using Martin Army to treat veterans would significantly cut travel times " -- Excuse me, but wasn't the decision to build a new hospital at Ft Benning made because Martin Army was inadequate and out-dated? What message does this send to our taxpayers and Veterans?
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When all's said and done, since the Hope Scholarship program has been 'tightened', in most school districts, those earning a 3.0 GPA will probably be given 3.7 GPA.
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L-E headline/story: "Japan boosts holdings of U.S. debt * WASHINGTON — Japan increased its holdings of U.S. government debt for an eighth straight month in January. But the second-largest holder of U.S. Treasury bonds will likely scale back its purchases of foreign holdings, and even sell off some, in coming months to divert money toward rebuilding a nation devastated by a powerful earthquake and an ensuing nuclear crisis." -- Hmmm, fallout in Japan may mean a meltdown in the White House is soon coming.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
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Headline that shoulda been: "Gottfried got fried; got fired"
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Isn't it amazing at the difference that the tsunami victims in Japan handled their needs compared to the citizens of New Orleans after Katrina?
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Got the biggest kick yesterday...a woman, probably some college girl volunteering during her Spring Break, called me on behalf of the DNC soliciting a donation to help DUMB&DUMBERat Senators get re-elected in 2012. I let her finish her script about how the Republicans are bent on undoing all the great work the DUMB&DUMBERat Congress did following the 2008 election. I then told her "thanks for reminding me of all that they did", and that I was going to sit down and write checks to Republican Senate candidates in 'hope' that additional 'change' will salvage America's future from the doom of the Obama administration. The sound of her 'fluster' was terrific as she didn't know how to handle my reaction to her spiel. I said "Thank you for calling", and she responded with a perplexed 'you're welcome'. Hope she calls again. Bet I can get her to donate to the RNC. Hmmm, wonder if my business number use to belong to some DUMBERat?
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From her recent interview and case decisions, Julia Slater must not be planning to run for re-election.
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L-E headline: "Bishop would like to see Martin used as VA facility * Congressman says using Martin Army to treat veterans would significantly cut travel times " -- Excuse me, but wasn't the decision to build a new hospital at Ft Benning made because Martin Army was inadequate and out-dated? What message does this send to our taxpayers and Veterans?
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When all's said and done, since the Hope Scholarship program has been 'tightened', in most school districts, those earning a 3.0 GPA will probably be given 3.7 GPA.
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L-E headline/story: "Japan boosts holdings of U.S. debt * WASHINGTON — Japan increased its holdings of U.S. government debt for an eighth straight month in January. But the second-largest holder of U.S. Treasury bonds will likely scale back its purchases of foreign holdings, and even sell off some, in coming months to divert money toward rebuilding a nation devastated by a powerful earthquake and an ensuing nuclear crisis." -- Hmmm, fallout in Japan may mean a meltdown in the White House is soon coming.
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This will be a daily inclusion of the Breakfast Club: Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.' -- This should be sent to every teacher in every school district, and they should be asked to either endorse it, demand Ms Schneider be fired, or drop their NEA membership.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Stupefying (maybe a worse "NPR Moment" than the latest "NPR Moment") online headline/story: "'Sex talk' in U.N., compliments of Nat'l Educ. Assoc. * The two-week annual gathering of the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women recently concluded in New York City. * ..one of the side events there included a panel discussion where Diane Schneider, a representative with the National Education Association (NEA), said that graphic sex education needs to be taught in the classroom. * Speaking to a panel on combating "homophobia" and "transphobia," Schneider stated: "Oral sex, masturbation, and orgasms need to be taught in education." According to Ruse, the NEA representative did not stop there.* She went on to say that comprehensive sex education is -- quote - 'the only way to combat heterosexism and gender conformity,'" (Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute) reports. "She said that 'gender identity expression' and sexual orientation are a spectrum, and...that those [who are] opposed to homosexuality are stuck -- quote -- 'in a binary box that religion and family create.'"
The NEA...this is the organization that represents most of the teachers of our children and wants to have bloc bargaining power with our government. Looks like we need a Constitutional Amendment separating "NEA and state" more than the "church and state".
Go, Wisconsin Governor Walker!
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Online headline: "Unions Target Wis. Senators for Recall" -- How soon they forget...just last November, the taxpayers 'recalled' the Union backed representatives.
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Online "Headlie": "GOP Conservatives Balk at Stopgap Spending Bill" -- "Balk"? Headline should read, "GOP Conservatives Stand Strong Against Wasteful Government Spending".
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Online headline: "Hawaii Becomes First State With $4 Gas Average" -- Why does this seem like a surprise to anyone? Hawaii 'gave us' Emperor Imam-a and the nation has had its worst case of 'gas' in history!
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From the "suspicions confirmed" department: From online story: "Many consumers report that the CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb) don't last nearly as long as advertised, and there are major concerns about mercury toxicity from discarded CFLs." -- Hmmm, and we thought Algore was hiding because of his Global Warming 'shootdown', but maybe it's because of his push for CFLs.
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L-E headline: "Defendant wants murder case dismissed" -- DOH!
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L-E headline/story: "Fort won’t become a charter school *School may instead pursue becoming a magnet school * (Superintendent Susan) Andrews said that by an overwhelming vote, the faculty at Fort has decided to pursue becoming a magnet school to attract high-performing students." -- " the faculty at Fort has decided to pursue becoming a magnet school to attract high-performing students"? The way to get 'high-performing (Middle School) students" is for elementary schools to teach all students to be high performing regardless of the school they attend.
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L-E headline: "It’s the law (Section 19-36 ): Doing business with or for the city requires a license" -- On the converse, if a business goes out of its way NOT to do business with or for the government, does a business NEED a license?
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AFLAC did right, but where are the Hollywood and mainstream media PC Police and "The View" ladies on Gilbert Gottfried and 50 Cents?
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L-E headline: "Georgia court hears arguments on hotel taxes" -- To me, it all boils down to whether the online travel companies paid the hotel/motel room taxes when they were purchased, and whether the online travel companies are sending in any sales taxes they collect from their customers. If the hotel/motel tax was collected at the time the online travel companies bought them, then that should be the end of it as citizens should not be taxed on taxes.
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L-E story from the "AP": "WASHINGTON — Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency, the Obama administration took action on fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information" -- Don't you love it when libs eat their own?
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Everyone be on your alert. I noted earlier in the year that one car dealer was advertising it would knock the sales tax of 7% off the purchase price of a car bought that weekend, but yesterday, at another dealer, I was quoted a price on a new car and the tax was quoted at 7% also. If dealers are counting on you not to check their math, you can bet they'll collect that extra 1% sales tax, and it will not be reported to the state. I didn't buy it.
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If you didn't notice it at first, the biggest section in the L-E today is the "Legals Section". It's 12 pages (usually it's 10), while Sections A & B are 10 each.
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The NEA...this is the organization that represents most of the teachers of our children and wants to have bloc bargaining power with our government. Looks like we need a Constitutional Amendment separating "NEA and state" more than the "church and state".
Go, Wisconsin Governor Walker!
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Online headline: "Unions Target Wis. Senators for Recall" -- How soon they forget...just last November, the taxpayers 'recalled' the Union backed representatives.
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Online "Headlie": "GOP Conservatives Balk at Stopgap Spending Bill" -- "Balk"? Headline should read, "GOP Conservatives Stand Strong Against Wasteful Government Spending".
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Online headline: "Hawaii Becomes First State With $4 Gas Average" -- Why does this seem like a surprise to anyone? Hawaii 'gave us' Emperor Imam-a and the nation has had its worst case of 'gas' in history!
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From the "suspicions confirmed" department: From online story: "Many consumers report that the CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb) don't last nearly as long as advertised, and there are major concerns about mercury toxicity from discarded CFLs." -- Hmmm, and we thought Algore was hiding because of his Global Warming 'shootdown', but maybe it's because of his push for CFLs.
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L-E headline: "Defendant wants murder case dismissed" -- DOH!
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L-E headline/story: "Fort won’t become a charter school *School may instead pursue becoming a magnet school * (Superintendent Susan) Andrews said that by an overwhelming vote, the faculty at Fort has decided to pursue becoming a magnet school to attract high-performing students." -- " the faculty at Fort has decided to pursue becoming a magnet school to attract high-performing students"? The way to get 'high-performing (Middle School) students" is for elementary schools to teach all students to be high performing regardless of the school they attend.
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L-E headline: "It’s the law (Section 19-36 ): Doing business with or for the city requires a license" -- On the converse, if a business goes out of its way NOT to do business with or for the government, does a business NEED a license?
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AFLAC did right, but where are the Hollywood and mainstream media PC Police and "The View" ladies on Gilbert Gottfried and 50 Cents?
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L-E headline: "Georgia court hears arguments on hotel taxes" -- To me, it all boils down to whether the online travel companies paid the hotel/motel room taxes when they were purchased, and whether the online travel companies are sending in any sales taxes they collect from their customers. If the hotel/motel tax was collected at the time the online travel companies bought them, then that should be the end of it as citizens should not be taxed on taxes.
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L-E story from the "AP": "WASHINGTON — Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency, the Obama administration took action on fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information" -- Don't you love it when libs eat their own?
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Everyone be on your alert. I noted earlier in the year that one car dealer was advertising it would knock the sales tax of 7% off the purchase price of a car bought that weekend, but yesterday, at another dealer, I was quoted a price on a new car and the tax was quoted at 7% also. If dealers are counting on you not to check their math, you can bet they'll collect that extra 1% sales tax, and it will not be reported to the state. I didn't buy it.
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If you didn't notice it at first, the biggest section in the L-E today is the "Legals Section". It's 12 pages (usually it's 10), while Sections A & B are 10 each.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Online headline: "Soldiers Warn of New Tsunami Threat in NE Japan" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought maybe Japan heard VP Biden was on his way.
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Since bicycles are considered a vehicle just as you car is, why are they not required to have a license plate that pedestrians can take note of when nearly rundown by the bicyclers?
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Texting while bicycling on a sidewalk....where are the police when you need them. Saw a guy doing just such yesterday afternoon while weaving in and out of pedestrian and canine traffic.
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L-E headline: " LOOSE LIPS: Chief State Department spokesman resigns after comments critical of military" -- Oops, my bad. Thought NPR was announcing it had found a new CEO.
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L-E -"soundoff": "Now that Adams and Porter have pleaded guilty, will the black clergy give a public apology to the ex-mayor and council? Do not hold your breath." -- I won't hold my breath on this, but it does bring up Mimi Woodson's Council comment about this being "a public lynching". She should have to make a VERY PUBLIC apology with GNN in attendance.
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L-E story: " PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man accused of pouring rubbing alcohol on his family’s puppy and setting it on fire in front of his children has been sentenced to two to seven years in prison. " -- Hmmm, wonder if he'll get a quarterback job offer from the Eagles when he's paroled?
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L-E headline: " ALABAMA BASKETBALL * Tide settles for a top seed in NIT" -- Hmmm, since the top 68 teams are NCAA bound, what does being top ranked in the NIT make you...#69?
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Think about this...if the NCAA is going to televise every tournament game, will there be any time slots available to televise ANY NIT games?
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Since bicycles are considered a vehicle just as you car is, why are they not required to have a license plate that pedestrians can take note of when nearly rundown by the bicyclers?
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Texting while bicycling on a sidewalk....where are the police when you need them. Saw a guy doing just such yesterday afternoon while weaving in and out of pedestrian and canine traffic.
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L-E headline: " LOOSE LIPS: Chief State Department spokesman resigns after comments critical of military" -- Oops, my bad. Thought NPR was announcing it had found a new CEO.
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L-E -"soundoff": "Now that Adams and Porter have pleaded guilty, will the black clergy give a public apology to the ex-mayor and council? Do not hold your breath." -- I won't hold my breath on this, but it does bring up Mimi Woodson's Council comment about this being "a public lynching". She should have to make a VERY PUBLIC apology with GNN in attendance.
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L-E story: " PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man accused of pouring rubbing alcohol on his family’s puppy and setting it on fire in front of his children has been sentenced to two to seven years in prison. " -- Hmmm, wonder if he'll get a quarterback job offer from the Eagles when he's paroled?
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L-E headline: " ALABAMA BASKETBALL * Tide settles for a top seed in NIT" -- Hmmm, since the top 68 teams are NCAA bound, what does being top ranked in the NIT make you...#69?
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Think about this...if the NCAA is going to televise every tournament game, will there be any time slots available to televise ANY NIT games?
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
On the bright side...in the past two weeks, Auburn's football team has opened up 5 more scholarships for next season. Of course, the taxpayers will now probably be paying permanent room and board to the Alabama DOC sooner or later.
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Online headline: "Wisconsin Labor Protesters Say Next Fight at the Polls" -- So was the taxpayer 'poll' this past November! BTW, the taxpayers won!
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Online headline: "Obama Calls for Passage of Workplace Fairness Act for Women" -- As opposed to what..the Emperor's current policy?
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L-E headline: "ALABAMA PRISONS Lawmakers eye judicial reform plan as prisons overflow * Policy package could soften stance on non-violent criminals" -- Typical government 'thinking'...if "we' tell criminals there is no penalty for crime, maybe they'll be appreciative and stop doing crime.
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Online headline: "Wisconsin Labor Protesters Say Next Fight at the Polls" -- So was the taxpayer 'poll' this past November! BTW, the taxpayers won!
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Online headline: "Obama Calls for Passage of Workplace Fairness Act for Women" -- As opposed to what..the Emperor's current policy?
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L-E headline: "ALABAMA PRISONS Lawmakers eye judicial reform plan as prisons overflow * Policy package could soften stance on non-violent criminals" -- Typical government 'thinking'...if "we' tell criminals there is no penalty for crime, maybe they'll be appreciative and stop doing crime.
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Make no mistake about it, while it's wonderful and all that for AFLAC to jump right in to help the relief effort in Japan, originally reporting it as $100 Million Yen did sound a lot more than $1.2 Million US dollars.
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Online headline: "Japan Tsunami Prompts Obama To Offer Assistance To Earthquake-Stricken Country" -- Hmmm, after seeing how Emperor Imam-a has 'helped' America, wanna bet Japan is trying to diplomatically find a way to say, "No, Thank you."?
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L-E "headlie": "Wisconsin governor ends union rights for state workers" -- Wrong! Headline should read, "Wisconsin Governor ends union abuse of state taxpayers"
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I having this flashback to when Gray Conger was our DA, and I felt a lot better about how crimes were handled then than now.
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Online headline: "Japan Tsunami Prompts Obama To Offer Assistance To Earthquake-Stricken Country" -- Hmmm, after seeing how Emperor Imam-a has 'helped' America, wanna bet Japan is trying to diplomatically find a way to say, "No, Thank you."?
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L-E "headlie": "Wisconsin governor ends union rights for state workers" -- Wrong! Headline should read, "Wisconsin Governor ends union abuse of state taxpayers"
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I having this flashback to when Gray Conger was our DA, and I felt a lot better about how crimes were handled then than now.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Online headline: "February Federal Budget Deficit Sets Record" -- "Sets a record"? Only leftist in the media and Hollywood would think of this as a honor to promote. What's next, a "red" carpet award ceremony at the West Wing of the White House?
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Online headline: "Are Federal Workers Overpaid?" -- Only if you believe that a private held company with the same operating results would be in bankruptcy or foreclosure for the same practices.
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Online story: "Rep. Keith Ellison (R-Minn.), one of two Muslim Americans serving in Congress, broke into tears Thursday as he testified at the controversial hearing convened by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) to examine the threat of violent extremism within the Muslim community in America. -- This guy is pleading that social inclusion and acceptance will ease everyone's fears. Does he suggest that we invite 'Calypso Louie' (and that he would accept our invitation) to our next neighborhood barbeque, or that the Muslim Quran is "just kidding" when it tells the followers of Allah that it is their duty to kill anyone who doesn't believe the same way?
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L-E headline: " Columbus Parks and Recreation Scandal * 3 DEFENDANTS GET NO JAIL TIME" -- No jail time BUT they have to perform 50-100 hours of "community service"? Wasn't what they were convicted for doing "community service" ? How about they sit in jail UNTIL the taxpayers will allow them to do anymore "community service"? How about they do "community service" inside the jail?
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Online headline: "Ohio Set for Nation's First Execution Using Single Drug" -- Way to go, Ohio! Finding a way to reduce costs and still be effective is what all state & local governments should strive for.
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Online headline: "Death Row Killer Outlives Victim's Father" -- This is a crime in itself.
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Guess Emperor Imam-a is disappointed that the tsunami didn't wipe out the Hawaii Health Department's Birth Certificate Center.
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Online headline: "Are Federal Workers Overpaid?" -- Only if you believe that a private held company with the same operating results would be in bankruptcy or foreclosure for the same practices.
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Online story: "Rep. Keith Ellison (R-Minn.), one of two Muslim Americans serving in Congress, broke into tears Thursday as he testified at the controversial hearing convened by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) to examine the threat of violent extremism within the Muslim community in America. -- This guy is pleading that social inclusion and acceptance will ease everyone's fears. Does he suggest that we invite 'Calypso Louie' (and that he would accept our invitation) to our next neighborhood barbeque, or that the Muslim Quran is "just kidding" when it tells the followers of Allah that it is their duty to kill anyone who doesn't believe the same way?
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L-E headline: " Columbus Parks and Recreation Scandal * 3 DEFENDANTS GET NO JAIL TIME" -- No jail time BUT they have to perform 50-100 hours of "community service"? Wasn't what they were convicted for doing "community service" ? How about they sit in jail UNTIL the taxpayers will allow them to do anymore "community service"? How about they do "community service" inside the jail?
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Online headline: "Ohio Set for Nation's First Execution Using Single Drug" -- Way to go, Ohio! Finding a way to reduce costs and still be effective is what all state & local governments should strive for.
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Online headline: "Death Row Killer Outlives Victim's Father" -- This is a crime in itself.
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Guess Emperor Imam-a is disappointed that the tsunami didn't wipe out the Hawaii Health Department's Birth Certificate Center.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Online story: ""In 30 minutes, 18 state senators undid 50 years of civil rights in Wisconsin. Their disrespect for the people of Wisconsin and their rights is an outrage that will never be forgotten," said Democratic Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller. "Tonight, 18 Senate Republicans conspired to take government away from the people.: -- WRONG! 18 brave citizens restored the rights of the taxpayers and electorate to have their tax dollars well represented.
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Online headline: " Blagojevich Asks Judge to Sentence Him for Lying" -- That's sorta like Br'er Rabbit asking Br'er Fox not to toss him into the briarpatch.
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Online headline: "Tucson Shooting Suspect Jared Loughner Enters Not Guilty Plea" -- Guess he'll choose between the "David Copperfield" or "Flip Wilson" defense; either it was all an illusion or 'the Devil made him do it".
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Online headline: "White House Backpedals From Military Action on Libya" -- Hmmm, pulling a trick play out of the Lester Maddox book of political ploys...
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L-E headline/story: "Thousands on state rolls may see jump in premiums * Plan’s $250 million shortfall means 692,000 could be hit with extra $100-$200 a month in costs * The State Health Benefit Plan insures 692,000 state workers, agency retirees and dependents, as well as school system employees. The state is a self-insurer, which means it provides money for the fund and pays the health insurance claims itself. Employees now pay about 25 percent of the cost while the government covers the other 75 percent. * Bill Tomlinson, a retired former state budget director, said the average retiree on a state pension makes about $28,000 a year and can’t afford to pay an additional $1,200 or $2,000 a year in premiums. “I think it is atrocious because they have known they were going in the hole for a year,” he said" -- There is some truth in Tomlinson's statement...it is atrocious that individuals think other taxpayers should pay for their personal benefits.
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L-E headline: "Gingrich: Patriotism contributed to infidelity " -- Woe\w! Can't you see Bill Clinton slapping himself upside his head (ala a V-8 commercial) and saying, "Why didn't I think of that!"
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Walter Williams' column in today's L-E is right on target (congrats to the L-E for giving Williams column the premium slot on the editorial page, too), and supports the theory that people should not be allowed to vote in elections where the candidates set their salaries and benefits. Fortunately, one such loophole has been fixed. The MCSD can no longer schedule SPLOST elections on the date of its choice when it thinks general voter interest is lax, and it can depend on the bloc vote of its employees and their families.
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Online headline: " Blagojevich Asks Judge to Sentence Him for Lying" -- That's sorta like Br'er Rabbit asking Br'er Fox not to toss him into the briarpatch.
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Online headline: "Tucson Shooting Suspect Jared Loughner Enters Not Guilty Plea" -- Guess he'll choose between the "David Copperfield" or "Flip Wilson" defense; either it was all an illusion or 'the Devil made him do it".
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Online headline: "White House Backpedals From Military Action on Libya" -- Hmmm, pulling a trick play out of the Lester Maddox book of political ploys...
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L-E headline/story: "Thousands on state rolls may see jump in premiums * Plan’s $250 million shortfall means 692,000 could be hit with extra $100-$200 a month in costs * The State Health Benefit Plan insures 692,000 state workers, agency retirees and dependents, as well as school system employees. The state is a self-insurer, which means it provides money for the fund and pays the health insurance claims itself. Employees now pay about 25 percent of the cost while the government covers the other 75 percent. * Bill Tomlinson, a retired former state budget director, said the average retiree on a state pension makes about $28,000 a year and can’t afford to pay an additional $1,200 or $2,000 a year in premiums. “I think it is atrocious because they have known they were going in the hole for a year,” he said" -- There is some truth in Tomlinson's statement...it is atrocious that individuals think other taxpayers should pay for their personal benefits.
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L-E headline: "Gingrich: Patriotism contributed to infidelity " -- Woe\w! Can't you see Bill Clinton slapping himself upside his head (ala a V-8 commercial) and saying, "Why didn't I think of that!"
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Walter Williams' column in today's L-E is right on target (congrats to the L-E for giving Williams column the premium slot on the editorial page, too), and supports the theory that people should not be allowed to vote in elections where the candidates set their salaries and benefits. Fortunately, one such loophole has been fixed. The MCSD can no longer schedule SPLOST elections on the date of its choice when it thinks general voter interest is lax, and it can depend on the bloc vote of its employees and their families.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
When you really think about it, Newt Gingrich is responsible for Nancy Pelosi becoming the Speaker of the House, and for the election of Barack Obama (now Emperor Imam-a). Huh, you say? Think about it..what if Newt did not step down from the House? What if Newt had manned-up and faced the liberal media attacks head on, and maintained his position in Congress? What if Newt had stayed in his leadership position as Speaker; do you think he would have allowed the Republican Congress start spending /acting like drunken DUMB&DUMBERats? No way! If Newt had stayed and weathered the media onslaught of his personal life, Nancy Pelosi would never gotten control of the House gavel, and Emperor Imam-a would still be living in Chicago. Thank you, Newt.....NOT!
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Online headline: "Millions of Dead Fish Appear in California Marina" -- Ooops, my bad. Figured ACORN was running another voter registration dive.
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From my soapbox: I sit in wonder at how government expenses snowball to unwieldy size, then I see an example of unnecessary use of personnel that boggles my mind. Tuesday morning, as I waited at the stoplight on Manchester Expressway at the entrances of the campuses at Columbus Tech, I witnessed a security guard escorting a number of grown, adult students from one side of the street to the other. There is a stoplight (as previously mentioned), a marked crosswalk, and, of course, the ubiquitous pedestrian walk/don't walk signals.
I learned how to cross a street from my parents, grandparents, and even my 1st & 2nd grade teachers. If there is no traffic light, approach the curb, look both ways, and if it is clear, cautiously cross the street. If there is a traffic light, wait until the light turns green in the direction you want to cross, look both ways, then proceed across with caution. It's rather simple when you think about it.
Why is it that our government spends millions of dollars installing walk/don't walk monitors at intersections that already have traffic lights, and then....then hire an adult to escort other healthy adults across the street?
It is just wrong to spend money so wastefully. It is just wrong to spend good money on unnecessary services.
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Online headline: "Obama and His Team Mull Responses on Libya" -- "Mull"? Where is WikiLeaks when we need to know what they are actually saying?
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Online headline: "Sickened Seals Washing Up on the Jersey Shore" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought the California Hockey team had panned for a cameo spot on the MTV show.
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How sick are they at NPR? After canning Juan Williams for comments about Muslims, A no-need-to-name and elevate VP Fund raiser has been scammed on video tape pandering to what he thought were Muslim donors. Good riddance!
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L-E story: " WASHINGTON — A freshman Democratic senator (Joe Manchin, W VA) accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of failing to provide leadership on a worsening national deficit as top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill spent more time pointing fingers than seeking common ground on a must-do measure to fund the government for the next six months. " -- Don't you love it when DUMB&DUMBERats cannibalize their own?
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It's sad to hear of the continued failure of Carmike Cinemas, but the movie theater/Hollywood relationship has been failing for years. Last year, my wife and I purchased a 52 movie pass for 2 people per movie at a school auction for a pretty good price as well as one of the Popcorn Buckets. We looked forward to seeing a lot of movies. A year has passed, and we've only seen 20 movies because most of the time when we're in the mood, we look at the movie listings and lose interest.
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What's wrong with Congress...there's reported oil quantities in the Dakotas et al, that swamp the total known quantity 8 America.
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Online headline: "Millions of Dead Fish Appear in California Marina" -- Ooops, my bad. Figured ACORN was running another voter registration dive.
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From my soapbox: I sit in wonder at how government expenses snowball to unwieldy size, then I see an example of unnecessary use of personnel that boggles my mind. Tuesday morning, as I waited at the stoplight on Manchester Expressway at the entrances of the campuses at Columbus Tech, I witnessed a security guard escorting a number of grown, adult students from one side of the street to the other. There is a stoplight (as previously mentioned), a marked crosswalk, and, of course, the ubiquitous pedestrian walk/don't walk signals.
I learned how to cross a street from my parents, grandparents, and even my 1st & 2nd grade teachers. If there is no traffic light, approach the curb, look both ways, and if it is clear, cautiously cross the street. If there is a traffic light, wait until the light turns green in the direction you want to cross, look both ways, then proceed across with caution. It's rather simple when you think about it.
Why is it that our government spends millions of dollars installing walk/don't walk monitors at intersections that already have traffic lights, and then....then hire an adult to escort other healthy adults across the street?
It is just wrong to spend money so wastefully. It is just wrong to spend good money on unnecessary services.
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Online headline: "Obama and His Team Mull Responses on Libya" -- "Mull"? Where is WikiLeaks when we need to know what they are actually saying?
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Online headline: "Sickened Seals Washing Up on the Jersey Shore" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought the California Hockey team had panned for a cameo spot on the MTV show.
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How sick are they at NPR? After canning Juan Williams for comments about Muslims, A no-need-to-name and elevate VP Fund raiser has been scammed on video tape pandering to what he thought were Muslim donors. Good riddance!
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L-E story: " WASHINGTON — A freshman Democratic senator (Joe Manchin, W VA) accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of failing to provide leadership on a worsening national deficit as top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill spent more time pointing fingers than seeking common ground on a must-do measure to fund the government for the next six months. " -- Don't you love it when DUMB&DUMBERats cannibalize their own?
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It's sad to hear of the continued failure of Carmike Cinemas, but the movie theater/Hollywood relationship has been failing for years. Last year, my wife and I purchased a 52 movie pass for 2 people per movie at a school auction for a pretty good price as well as one of the Popcorn Buckets. We looked forward to seeing a lot of movies. A year has passed, and we've only seen 20 movies because most of the time when we're in the mood, we look at the movie listings and lose interest.
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What's wrong with Congress...there's reported oil quantities in the Dakotas et al, that swamp the total known quantity 8 America.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wisconsin public unions already have bargaining power...it's called the ballot box. They voted for the guys they wanted, and the rest of Wisconsin's voters disagreed , and now want their choice to act for them!
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Online headline: "Obama Restarts Military Trials at Guantanamo" -- Hmmm, seems like Michael Moore needs to be in Washington rather than Wisconsin figuring out a slam movie on Emporer Imam-a.
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From a fellow BCer: "Anent this subject, someone told me a couple of decades back that he felt that Jimmy Hoffa might have been a pretty ordinary union boss, but has turned out to be a terrific sidewalk." -- Or reserved parking spot at the Meadowlands.
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L-E headline: "City's charter review subcommittee mulls ‘basic service fee’ * $500 fee would be aimed at those paying minimal or no property taxes" -- Hmmm, can anyone guess how quick the MCSD will be demanding, "Me, too!". Of course, tax revenue would be increased if the Tax Assessor's Office better monitored non-exemption properties for closer market value. Another source of income would be to charge a "participation fee" to properties exempt because they are churches, non-profit orgs, or non-MCSD school properties. All these properties need police and fire services. UPtown is a great example because of the buy-up of properties by CSU.
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There's a house in foreclosure in the paper today in a nicer neighborhood that says the owner is in default of a $254K mortgage. The same house is assessed a value of $189,267.00 by our tax office. How does this happen? Even if the mortgage was a re-fi, that should have changed the "freeze" value because it has been basically sold to its existing owner for a higher price. Council should definitely review all re-fis that are for more than the original sale price.
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Repeat headline: ""City's charter review subcommittee mulls ‘basic service fee’ * $500 fee would be aimed at those paying minimal or no property taxes" -- Minimum fees....sounds reasonable, but if Council is mulling a minimum, it should also mull a maximum property tax. How could the city defend a lawsuit demanding proof that the City can/will/does provide some houses with $20,000.00 or more in services?
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L-E headline: "Murderer gets life without parole" -- And what do "we" get...a lifetime of boarding and feeding him; a lifetime of wondering if some prosecutorial faux pas will cause a retrial or dismissal; a lifetime of contributing to some lawyer's public welfare plan, and a lifetime of having no impact as a good example for others not to commit a crime.
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Don't you find it incredulous that a presidential primary in Hew Hampshire, a reality sheltered state of very few, can determine who the rest of the country will get to choose from in the national election?
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I just heard it again...that the S.A.T tests are "culturally biased". BS! The S.A.T. scores reflect what you know about getting around in the world around you, so if there is a 'culture problem', the solution is for that "culture" to restructure its thought processes to bring its followers into the mainstream. Stop making excuses, and giving excuses to students that hinder growth!
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Watching reports of students using their Spring Break to construct basic housing for Habitat for Humanity really undermines the argument that union labor is necessary to
build anything. I remember working a construction job as a 'laborer' when I was 16. I once picked up a hammer and started nail down an extruding nailhead in a scaffolding board. I got redressed sternly for hitting anything with a hammer because I wasn't a member of the Carpenters' Union.
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L-E headline: "Van der Sloot to plead temporary insanity " -- "Temporary insanity"? It's more than obvious the guy is permanently deranged. Who would do evil in a room where a camera is monitoring ingress and egress at all times? Either way, it doesn't exempt him from responsibility for his actions.
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Online headline: "Obama Restarts Military Trials at Guantanamo" -- Hmmm, seems like Michael Moore needs to be in Washington rather than Wisconsin figuring out a slam movie on Emporer Imam-a.
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From a fellow BCer: "Anent this subject, someone told me a couple of decades back that he felt that Jimmy Hoffa might have been a pretty ordinary union boss, but has turned out to be a terrific sidewalk." -- Or reserved parking spot at the Meadowlands.
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L-E headline: "City's charter review subcommittee mulls ‘basic service fee’ * $500 fee would be aimed at those paying minimal or no property taxes" -- Hmmm, can anyone guess how quick the MCSD will be demanding, "Me, too!". Of course, tax revenue would be increased if the Tax Assessor's Office better monitored non-exemption properties for closer market value. Another source of income would be to charge a "participation fee" to properties exempt because they are churches, non-profit orgs, or non-MCSD school properties. All these properties need police and fire services. UPtown is a great example because of the buy-up of properties by CSU.
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There's a house in foreclosure in the paper today in a nicer neighborhood that says the owner is in default of a $254K mortgage. The same house is assessed a value of $189,267.00 by our tax office. How does this happen? Even if the mortgage was a re-fi, that should have changed the "freeze" value because it has been basically sold to its existing owner for a higher price. Council should definitely review all re-fis that are for more than the original sale price.
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Repeat headline: ""City's charter review subcommittee mulls ‘basic service fee’ * $500 fee would be aimed at those paying minimal or no property taxes" -- Minimum fees....sounds reasonable, but if Council is mulling a minimum, it should also mull a maximum property tax. How could the city defend a lawsuit demanding proof that the City can/will/does provide some houses with $20,000.00 or more in services?
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L-E headline: "Murderer gets life without parole" -- And what do "we" get...a lifetime of boarding and feeding him; a lifetime of wondering if some prosecutorial faux pas will cause a retrial or dismissal; a lifetime of contributing to some lawyer's public welfare plan, and a lifetime of having no impact as a good example for others not to commit a crime.
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Don't you find it incredulous that a presidential primary in Hew Hampshire, a reality sheltered state of very few, can determine who the rest of the country will get to choose from in the national election?
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I just heard it again...that the S.A.T tests are "culturally biased". BS! The S.A.T. scores reflect what you know about getting around in the world around you, so if there is a 'culture problem', the solution is for that "culture" to restructure its thought processes to bring its followers into the mainstream. Stop making excuses, and giving excuses to students that hinder growth!
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Watching reports of students using their Spring Break to construct basic housing for Habitat for Humanity really undermines the argument that union labor is necessary to
build anything. I remember working a construction job as a 'laborer' when I was 16. I once picked up a hammer and started nail down an extruding nailhead in a scaffolding board. I got redressed sternly for hitting anything with a hammer because I wasn't a member of the Carpenters' Union.
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L-E headline: "Van der Sloot to plead temporary insanity " -- "Temporary insanity"? It's more than obvious the guy is permanently deranged. Who would do evil in a room where a camera is monitoring ingress and egress at all times? Either way, it doesn't exempt him from responsibility for his actions.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
When someone doing evil is described as a "Christian", the world looks at it as an 'un-Christian' act. When someone doing evil is described as a "Muslim/Islamist", the world doesn't look at it as an 'un-Muslim/Islamist" act. There's a true difference in the belief system.
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From a fellow BCer: Funny how the pol scientist from univ of ga. has time to bash the birther bill, since more attention is needed with other bills, Funny no comment about the Bicycle bill, and numerous others, they truly fear its outcome' " -- A very worthy point, and one not taken by the L-E when reporting such gibberish from UGA pols.
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Online headline: "Afghan President Rejects US Apology Over Killings" -- Now, when Karzai rejects one of our 'foreign aid checks', let me know...that would be real news.
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Online headline: "Witches Outraged Over Charlie Sheen's Comments" -- Oops, my bad. Thought Pelosi and Boxer were upset over one of their own California constituents plight.
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From L-E's "Today in History": "In 1911, President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution . " -- Take a clue, Emporer Imam-a.
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For the Westboro Church (_@_)'s, I support free speech for everyone, but I also support letting my Glock speak in defending other's rights to it.
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L-E headline/story: "U.S. Marshals end surrender program * More than 34,000 people in 20 cities have turned themselves in through Fugitive Safe Surrender, which got its start in Cleveland in 2005 in response to the killing of a police officer by a fugitive during a traffic stop. * Spokesman Jeff Carter said the program cost $250,000 annually" -- Typical government logic. Government will give millions of dollars to study the sex lives of termites or vegetables, but when it has a program that appears to be successful .versus the higher costs of individual pursuit/arrest, government cancels it. Guess government doesn't want to have to explain when it actually gives value to tax dollars being dispensed (6 years times $250K = $1,500,000.00 divided by 34,000 arrests = less than $45.00 per arrest).
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L-E story: "NEW YORK — The Obama administration may consider tapping into U.S. oil reserves on concern that crude prices above $104 a barrel could damage the U.S. economic recovery, White House Chief of Staff William Daley said Sunday. * The 727-million-barrel U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned oil in the world. " -- At 42 gallons of gasoline per barrel, there's over 30 Billion gallons of gasoline that's been off the market and highly affecting the daily price per gallon we pay at the pump. If Emporer Imam-a wants to 'tap into something', how about 'tapping into' the billions of barrel oil reserves in and around the US!
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One of our BCers was selected as the "Board Member of the Year" for the Boys & Girls Club. Congrats, Dan!
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From a fellow BCer: Funny how the pol scientist from univ of ga. has time to bash the birther bill, since more attention is needed with other bills, Funny no comment about the Bicycle bill, and numerous others, they truly fear its outcome' " -- A very worthy point, and one not taken by the L-E when reporting such gibberish from UGA pols.
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Online headline: "Afghan President Rejects US Apology Over Killings" -- Now, when Karzai rejects one of our 'foreign aid checks', let me know...that would be real news.
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Online headline: "Witches Outraged Over Charlie Sheen's Comments" -- Oops, my bad. Thought Pelosi and Boxer were upset over one of their own California constituents plight.
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From L-E's "Today in History": "In 1911, President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution . " -- Take a clue, Emporer Imam-a.
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For the Westboro Church (_@_)'s, I support free speech for everyone, but I also support letting my Glock speak in defending other's rights to it.
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L-E headline/story: "U.S. Marshals end surrender program * More than 34,000 people in 20 cities have turned themselves in through Fugitive Safe Surrender, which got its start in Cleveland in 2005 in response to the killing of a police officer by a fugitive during a traffic stop. * Spokesman Jeff Carter said the program cost $250,000 annually" -- Typical government logic. Government will give millions of dollars to study the sex lives of termites or vegetables, but when it has a program that appears to be successful .versus the higher costs of individual pursuit/arrest, government cancels it. Guess government doesn't want to have to explain when it actually gives value to tax dollars being dispensed (6 years times $250K = $1,500,000.00 divided by 34,000 arrests = less than $45.00 per arrest).
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L-E story: "NEW YORK — The Obama administration may consider tapping into U.S. oil reserves on concern that crude prices above $104 a barrel could damage the U.S. economic recovery, White House Chief of Staff William Daley said Sunday. * The 727-million-barrel U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned oil in the world. " -- At 42 gallons of gasoline per barrel, there's over 30 Billion gallons of gasoline that's been off the market and highly affecting the daily price per gallon we pay at the pump. If Emporer Imam-a wants to 'tap into something', how about 'tapping into' the billions of barrel oil reserves in and around the US!
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One of our BCers was selected as the "Board Member of the Year" for the Boys & Girls Club. Congrats, Dan!
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Online headline: "Human Bones Found in Florida Yard Date Back 2,400 Years" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought maybe Jimmy Hoffa had been finally located.
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Wisconsin is the main battlefield at the moment, but what message are the teachers sending to all students? It comes across that their salary is the most important, and that teaching SHOULD be higher paid than other private jobs. If teaching is such a valuable occupation deserving of higher pay scales, then it should be because students learning are all able to earn higher salaries, and that fair taxes on those earnings will provide the revenue to fund teaching pay at the higher scale.
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Online headline: "Public Support for Gay Marriage on Verge of Surpassing Opposition" -- Where was this poll taken...San Francisco?
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WTVM9 story: "TACOMA, WA (CNN) - A sex offender in Washington state is suing the mother of his victim. * The reason? She wrote about her child's alleged molestation in her blog. * Danielle Schneider says she started the blog to warn the community about Patrick Rojas. Rojas pleaded guilty in 2007 to misdemeanor communication with a minor for immoral purposes. * CNN reached out to Rojas' attorney and there is no comment at this time. *In court documents, his lawyer says Rojas is embarrassed by the blog and can't get work because of it." -- Only CNN would side with making a molester a victim.
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From L-E's "Today in History" section: "In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.” -- And 'that's the way it was'.
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L-E story: "The tax council recommends Georgia’s 37-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes be raised to 68 cents. The proposed tax is an average of the surrounding states, but it would be the second-highest next to Florida’s $1.34. * Opinion is split among lawmakers on raising the tax, with a slight edge toward approving an increase. Democrats generally support increasing the tax, which is among the nation’s lowest. Republican sentiment is more divided." -- "Democrats generally support increasing the tax"...DOH, and what's new about this?
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Janet Ann Cohn...what a wonderful person and influence on my life. The world is a better place because of her.
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From The Council Agenda in the L-E: "It is requested that council approve payment to National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in the amount of $55,000 to perform a workload assessment study for Superior Court. * The study will assess operations related to case management and the impact of a new Army division moving to the area to be conducted for the Superior Court Judges and the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court." -- Hey, 28-30,000 people will be moving into the area; that's about a 10-15% increase in area population. Superior Courts will have additional cases. Now, Council, save the $55,000.00 you were thinking about spending for someone else to say the same thing.
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Looking at the agenda in general, it seems that Council has too much money available and no will power to not spend it.
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Maybe the Columbus Lady Wings should be playing ball for the Columbus Parks&REC program..a lot more of them are from the Columbus area than players for the Georgia Blazers program.
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Wisconsin is the main battlefield at the moment, but what message are the teachers sending to all students? It comes across that their salary is the most important, and that teaching SHOULD be higher paid than other private jobs. If teaching is such a valuable occupation deserving of higher pay scales, then it should be because students learning are all able to earn higher salaries, and that fair taxes on those earnings will provide the revenue to fund teaching pay at the higher scale.
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Online headline: "Public Support for Gay Marriage on Verge of Surpassing Opposition" -- Where was this poll taken...San Francisco?
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WTVM9 story: "TACOMA, WA (CNN) - A sex offender in Washington state is suing the mother of his victim. * The reason? She wrote about her child's alleged molestation in her blog. * Danielle Schneider says she started the blog to warn the community about Patrick Rojas. Rojas pleaded guilty in 2007 to misdemeanor communication with a minor for immoral purposes. * CNN reached out to Rojas' attorney and there is no comment at this time. *In court documents, his lawyer says Rojas is embarrassed by the blog and can't get work because of it." -- Only CNN would side with making a molester a victim.
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From L-E's "Today in History" section: "In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.” -- And 'that's the way it was'.
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L-E story: "The tax council recommends Georgia’s 37-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes be raised to 68 cents. The proposed tax is an average of the surrounding states, but it would be the second-highest next to Florida’s $1.34. * Opinion is split among lawmakers on raising the tax, with a slight edge toward approving an increase. Democrats generally support increasing the tax, which is among the nation’s lowest. Republican sentiment is more divided." -- "Democrats generally support increasing the tax"...DOH, and what's new about this?
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Janet Ann Cohn...what a wonderful person and influence on my life. The world is a better place because of her.
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From The Council Agenda in the L-E: "It is requested that council approve payment to National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in the amount of $55,000 to perform a workload assessment study for Superior Court. * The study will assess operations related to case management and the impact of a new Army division moving to the area to be conducted for the Superior Court Judges and the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court." -- Hey, 28-30,000 people will be moving into the area; that's about a 10-15% increase in area population. Superior Courts will have additional cases. Now, Council, save the $55,000.00 you were thinking about spending for someone else to say the same thing.
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Looking at the agenda in general, it seems that Council has too much money available and no will power to not spend it.
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Maybe the Columbus Lady Wings should be playing ball for the Columbus Parks&REC program..a lot more of them are from the Columbus area than players for the Georgia Blazers program.
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Yesterday's L-E headline/story: "Study: Less sex for U.S. teens, young adults * The study, released Thursday, is based on interviews of about 5,300 young people, ages 15 to 24. * It shows the proportion in that age group who said they’d never had oral, vaginal or anal sex rose in the past decade from 22 percent to about 28 percent. " -- How sick is it to ask teens about sexual activity and at the same time lumping in sodomy with normal sexual activity?
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From an online story concerning the deaths of 2 children and their mother in Florida: "That person said Brown (the mother) put one of her children up for adoption several years ago. When the adoption fell through, the source said, Brown readopted the child and began collecting adoption subsidies. It's unclear whether it was her son or daughter." -- Florida taxpayers paid a subsidy to the natural mother for "readopting" her natural child.... incredible!
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Casey Anthony's attorneys asked that several key pieces of evidence, including statements Anthony made to police, not be permitted at her trial for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, as a motion hearing continued for the third day today in an Orlando, Fla., courtroom." -- I reckon so...it would beat having to defend her for what she probably has done... hmmm, another weird Florida case...must be something in the swampwater.
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Online story: "Online headline: "(Ohio) School District Apologizes for Mock Slave Auction in Class" -- Of course it was in bad taste, and a severe error in judgement, and while the apology from the school district is 'proper', nothing is rersolved unless the unnamed teacher is identified, and stripped of his/her job and teaching certificate. Wanna bet this is not going to happen?
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L-E story: "Women now account for the majority of undergraduate enrollment across all race/ethnic groups. * Women taking the idea of getting a college degree more seriously doesn’t surprise Marietta Webb, the principal of the Academic Success Center in the Muscogee County School District. * “More women are becoming the sole supporter of their family,” said Webb, who, as does Roberts, has a doctorate. “That now takes a quality education.” -- No, what it indicates is that there is less emphasis on social mores for men to be responsible, and for women to make better choices in deciding what men they allow into their lives.
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Online story: "Hillary Clinton has produced some pretty outrageous sounds bites over the years, but she outdid herself recently when she declared that America is losing to Al Jazeera because they are up in the ratings and we can't compete with 'real' news like them. Her solution? Have a stronger government TV news operation - just like they do in China and Russia. How many times has that thought crossed your mind: 'if only we had a media more like China - THEN we'd be set'." -- Amazing... and from a person liberals epitomize as 'the smartest woman in the world'. Does she think Al Jazeera, as a woman, would hire her?
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A Wall Street Journal story on teachers' salaries lists South Dakota (with an AVERAGE teacher's salary at $35,201) as the "worst" in the country. This is salary, not benefits etc. Now, in South Dakota, there is a 13.4 student/teacher ratio, and the student NAE Progress reports for math and reading are both the 8th best (respectfully) in the country. The second "worse" state for teacher salaries is North Dakota, AVERAGING a salary of $44,266, has a student/teacher ratio of 11.9, and the students are ranked 4th in math, and 10th in reading for the NAE Progress reports. Mississippi is the 6th lowest AVERAGE teacher salary at $46,818, has a student/teacher ratio of 13.9 and the worst math and reading NAE Progress reports of all states. Kansas is the 10th lowest salaried AVERAGE at $47,080, and its student/teacher ratio is 13.7, and the students rank 11th in math and 19th in reading. Sorry, it's not about salary, or even student/teacher ratios, it's about teaching what to who.
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Online story: "A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations." -- Wait'll the Wisconsin government/union employees hear about this!
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From an online story concerning the deaths of 2 children and their mother in Florida: "That person said Brown (the mother) put one of her children up for adoption several years ago. When the adoption fell through, the source said, Brown readopted the child and began collecting adoption subsidies. It's unclear whether it was her son or daughter." -- Florida taxpayers paid a subsidy to the natural mother for "readopting" her natural child.... incredible!
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Casey Anthony's attorneys asked that several key pieces of evidence, including statements Anthony made to police, not be permitted at her trial for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, as a motion hearing continued for the third day today in an Orlando, Fla., courtroom." -- I reckon so...it would beat having to defend her for what she probably has done... hmmm, another weird Florida case...must be something in the swampwater.
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Online story: "Online headline: "(Ohio) School District Apologizes for Mock Slave Auction in Class" -- Of course it was in bad taste, and a severe error in judgement, and while the apology from the school district is 'proper', nothing is rersolved unless the unnamed teacher is identified, and stripped of his/her job and teaching certificate. Wanna bet this is not going to happen?
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L-E story: "Women now account for the majority of undergraduate enrollment across all race/ethnic groups. * Women taking the idea of getting a college degree more seriously doesn’t surprise Marietta Webb, the principal of the Academic Success Center in the Muscogee County School District. * “More women are becoming the sole supporter of their family,” said Webb, who, as does Roberts, has a doctorate. “That now takes a quality education.” -- No, what it indicates is that there is less emphasis on social mores for men to be responsible, and for women to make better choices in deciding what men they allow into their lives.
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Online story: "Hillary Clinton has produced some pretty outrageous sounds bites over the years, but she outdid herself recently when she declared that America is losing to Al Jazeera because they are up in the ratings and we can't compete with 'real' news like them. Her solution? Have a stronger government TV news operation - just like they do in China and Russia. How many times has that thought crossed your mind: 'if only we had a media more like China - THEN we'd be set'." -- Amazing... and from a person liberals epitomize as 'the smartest woman in the world'. Does she think Al Jazeera, as a woman, would hire her?
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A Wall Street Journal story on teachers' salaries lists South Dakota (with an AVERAGE teacher's salary at $35,201) as the "worst" in the country. This is salary, not benefits etc. Now, in South Dakota, there is a 13.4 student/teacher ratio, and the student NAE Progress reports for math and reading are both the 8th best (respectfully) in the country. The second "worse" state for teacher salaries is North Dakota, AVERAGING a salary of $44,266, has a student/teacher ratio of 11.9, and the students are ranked 4th in math, and 10th in reading for the NAE Progress reports. Mississippi is the 6th lowest AVERAGE teacher salary at $46,818, has a student/teacher ratio of 13.9 and the worst math and reading NAE Progress reports of all states. Kansas is the 10th lowest salaried AVERAGE at $47,080, and its student/teacher ratio is 13.7, and the students rank 11th in math and 19th in reading. Sorry, it's not about salary, or even student/teacher ratios, it's about teaching what to who.
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Online story: "A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations." -- Wait'll the Wisconsin government/union employees hear about this!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Online headline: "Mideast Turmoil Risks Fueling Record Global Food Inflation" -- Yeah, right, now the liberals wanna blame countries that offer little to the world's food supply as the reason for hyper-inflation. Just because it works for 'oil', doesn't mean it will work for food.
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Online story: "WASHINGTON -- The White House called for $6.5 billion in immediate spending cuts Thursday as negotiations opened with tea party-backed Republicans in Congress seeking reductions nearly 10 times as large in their drive to reduce the size of federal government. -- Wow, the Emporer Imam-a thinks, excuse me..'feels', there may be $6.5 Billion he can do without. Heck, he could cut $6.5 Billion from the White House entertainment budget alone!
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Online story: " (At Rutgers) The co-ed housing pilot program starts in the fall and is aimed at helping gay students feel more safe and comfortable." -- Since when have gay relationships been co-ed? isn't that what differs them from heterosexual relationships?
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What's with the L-E (certainly not the majority of its readers) whining about 'the birther bill" requiring proof of American birth for presidential candidates in GA primary races? Our forefathers thought that to be important enough to include it in the Constitution, just as they included the 1st Amendment to give the L-E the right to make asinine opinions. All the L-E needs to know is that such a GA law will keep distracting situations created by Emporer Imam-a from re-occurring.
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The extraordinary amount of travel expenses incurred by the Auburn Bowl trip is a great example of how easy it is to spend other people's money. The football team had 473 "necessary" people and the band/cheerleaders had 435 "necessary" people. What should be used as the "necessary" numbers of people needed to travel to a game should be based on how many people were necessary for regular season games. I'd love to see a published list of those people who literally did not play for the football team, in the band, nor cheerleaders, with a brief description of their reason to be considered 'necessary' for the trip.
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Online story: "WASHINGTON -- The White House called for $6.5 billion in immediate spending cuts Thursday as negotiations opened with tea party-backed Republicans in Congress seeking reductions nearly 10 times as large in their drive to reduce the size of federal government. -- Wow, the Emporer Imam-a thinks, excuse me..'feels', there may be $6.5 Billion he can do without. Heck, he could cut $6.5 Billion from the White House entertainment budget alone!
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Online story: " (At Rutgers) The co-ed housing pilot program starts in the fall and is aimed at helping gay students feel more safe and comfortable." -- Since when have gay relationships been co-ed? isn't that what differs them from heterosexual relationships?
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What's with the L-E (certainly not the majority of its readers) whining about 'the birther bill" requiring proof of American birth for presidential candidates in GA primary races? Our forefathers thought that to be important enough to include it in the Constitution, just as they included the 1st Amendment to give the L-E the right to make asinine opinions. All the L-E needs to know is that such a GA law will keep distracting situations created by Emporer Imam-a from re-occurring.
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The extraordinary amount of travel expenses incurred by the Auburn Bowl trip is a great example of how easy it is to spend other people's money. The football team had 473 "necessary" people and the band/cheerleaders had 435 "necessary" people. What should be used as the "necessary" numbers of people needed to travel to a game should be based on how many people were necessary for regular season games. I'd love to see a published list of those people who literally did not play for the football team, in the band, nor cheerleaders, with a brief description of their reason to be considered 'necessary' for the trip.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
L-E headline: "Courtney Lockhart sentenced to death for murder of Auburn student Lauren Burk" -- May we see it in our lifetimes!
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Online headline/story: "Two US Airmen Killed in Frankfurt Airport Shooting * Boris Rhein, the top security official in the German state of Hesse where the shooting took place, identified the shooter as a 21-year-old from Kosovo. Family members in Kosovo described the suspect as a devout Muslim, who was born and raised in Germany and worked at the airport. * In Washington, President Barack Obama promised to "spare no effort" in investigating the slayings. * "I'm saddened and I'm outraged by this attack," he said." -- The White House must have stopped serving coffee and removed all the rose bushes from the garden, and Denmark must be "rat free", because it doesn't appear that Emporer Imam-a knows how to recognize anything by it's smell... at least not that he admit.
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I understand why a law firm, even a 1-man/2-man firm charges $250-$300.00 per hour as the firm has fixed expenses that need to be covered, but I don't know why a bank has to pay an in-house lawyer that much or more per hour when the bank, even one swimming in legal problems, is also paying all the expenses as well.
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Online story: " Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was a no-show at a charity event Monday in Philadelphia. Vick was to take part in an event called, “What It Takes,” a charity... -- Hmmm...Vick must have found out he was suppose to "give" rather than personally 'take' something
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On the other hand, Vick signed a $20Million contract on Tuesday...even Wimpy used to promise to pay Popeye on Tuesday if he'd buy him a hamburger on Monday.
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Online headline: "True Jobless Rate Still a Confusion for Many" -- "Many" must be the new Secret Service 'code name' for Washington DUMB&DUMBERats.
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It's pitiful when an attorney claims his client wasn't given advanced warnings of an investigative audit so it wasn't fair.
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L-E "head-lie": "Democrats counter Gov. Deal’s HOPE cuts plan " -- It ain't a counter offer/deal UNLESS you can deliver it. The GA DUMB&DUMBERats are shooting blanks.
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I sincerely hope Council can hire a new Parks&REC director for less than Tony Adam's last salary. I'd hate for Council to pay someone with less time on job more money and give Adam's defense some sort of racially biased angle to divert attention to what went on.
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Speaking of the Parks&REC case, why has not the bank employee who authorized the account using the City's tax exemption number not been identified? Obviously Adam's had no document from the City to authorize it, or close it later.
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L-E story: " In Libya, meanwhile, the motley alliance of poorly armed civilians and military defectors fighting to end Gadhafi’s 42-year rule faced new attacks, driving off an assault on the eastern town of Brega, an oil terminal. " -- Gaddafy...the most current poster child for making our forefathers look even more brilliant for writing the Second Amendment.
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Have you noticed that liberal media spells the Libyan despot's name differently than conservative news media? If the liberals had their way, we'd have had "Buffi, the Vampire Slayer".
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L-E headline/story: "Convicted RFK killer Sirhan again denied parole * His attorney, William Pepper, believes a second gunman shot Kennedy. He’s also suggested that Sirhan was brainwashed. But he wasn’t allowed to present evidence about Sirhan’s guilt or innocence. " -- Nearly 43 years have passed that we have housed, fed, 'lawyered' and sustained his life...why wasn't he drawn-and-quartered in a public execution? Oh, yeah..why are we supplying him with a lawyer complaing he wasn't given a chance to present any evidence about Sirhan's guilt? This is one less than brilliant lawyer (other than his milking a salary out of us).
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Surely Wisconsin has laws making representatives who miss so many sessions subject to dismissal, and replacement.
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L-E story: " The downtown Columbus campus of credit-card processor TSYS has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its energy efficiency. * The corporate headquarters recently received the agency’s “Energy Star” seal of approval, which means the building uses 35 percent less energy than the average structure, while releasing 35 percent less dioxide into the air." -- Wanna bet that GA Power Co uses this article to ask the PSC for another rate increase because TSYS is using less energy?
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Online headline/story: "Two US Airmen Killed in Frankfurt Airport Shooting * Boris Rhein, the top security official in the German state of Hesse where the shooting took place, identified the shooter as a 21-year-old from Kosovo. Family members in Kosovo described the suspect as a devout Muslim, who was born and raised in Germany and worked at the airport. * In Washington, President Barack Obama promised to "spare no effort" in investigating the slayings. * "I'm saddened and I'm outraged by this attack," he said." -- The White House must have stopped serving coffee and removed all the rose bushes from the garden, and Denmark must be "rat free", because it doesn't appear that Emporer Imam-a knows how to recognize anything by it's smell... at least not that he admit.
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I understand why a law firm, even a 1-man/2-man firm charges $250-$300.00 per hour as the firm has fixed expenses that need to be covered, but I don't know why a bank has to pay an in-house lawyer that much or more per hour when the bank, even one swimming in legal problems, is also paying all the expenses as well.
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Online story: " Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was a no-show at a charity event Monday in Philadelphia. Vick was to take part in an event called, “What It Takes,” a charity... -- Hmmm...Vick must have found out he was suppose to "give" rather than personally 'take' something
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On the other hand, Vick signed a $20Million contract on Tuesday...even Wimpy used to promise to pay Popeye on Tuesday if he'd buy him a hamburger on Monday.
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Online headline: "True Jobless Rate Still a Confusion for Many" -- "Many" must be the new Secret Service 'code name' for Washington DUMB&DUMBERats.
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It's pitiful when an attorney claims his client wasn't given advanced warnings of an investigative audit so it wasn't fair.
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L-E "head-lie": "Democrats counter Gov. Deal’s HOPE cuts plan " -- It ain't a counter offer/deal UNLESS you can deliver it. The GA DUMB&DUMBERats are shooting blanks.
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I sincerely hope Council can hire a new Parks&REC director for less than Tony Adam's last salary. I'd hate for Council to pay someone with less time on job more money and give Adam's defense some sort of racially biased angle to divert attention to what went on.
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Speaking of the Parks&REC case, why has not the bank employee who authorized the account using the City's tax exemption number not been identified? Obviously Adam's had no document from the City to authorize it, or close it later.
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L-E story: " In Libya, meanwhile, the motley alliance of poorly armed civilians and military defectors fighting to end Gadhafi’s 42-year rule faced new attacks, driving off an assault on the eastern town of Brega, an oil terminal. " -- Gaddafy...the most current poster child for making our forefathers look even more brilliant for writing the Second Amendment.
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Have you noticed that liberal media spells the Libyan despot's name differently than conservative news media? If the liberals had their way, we'd have had "Buffi, the Vampire Slayer".
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L-E headline/story: "Convicted RFK killer Sirhan again denied parole * His attorney, William Pepper, believes a second gunman shot Kennedy. He’s also suggested that Sirhan was brainwashed. But he wasn’t allowed to present evidence about Sirhan’s guilt or innocence. " -- Nearly 43 years have passed that we have housed, fed, 'lawyered' and sustained his life...why wasn't he drawn-and-quartered in a public execution? Oh, yeah..why are we supplying him with a lawyer complaing he wasn't given a chance to present any evidence about Sirhan's guilt? This is one less than brilliant lawyer (other than his milking a salary out of us).
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Surely Wisconsin has laws making representatives who miss so many sessions subject to dismissal, and replacement.
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L-E story: " The downtown Columbus campus of credit-card processor TSYS has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its energy efficiency. * The corporate headquarters recently received the agency’s “Energy Star” seal of approval, which means the building uses 35 percent less energy than the average structure, while releasing 35 percent less dioxide into the air." -- Wanna bet that GA Power Co uses this article to ask the PSC for another rate increase because TSYS is using less energy?
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Online story: "Former Connecticut senator and one-time presidential contender Chris Dodd has been named chairman and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America. * Dodd, a Democrat who served five terms in the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 2011 and headed the powerful Senate Banking Committee, said he was "truly excited about representing the interests of one of the most creative and productive industries in America, not only in Washington but around the world." -- Well, as a DUMB&DUMBERat politician, Dodd is certainly well trained at being "creative" (as in 'creating' his own version of reality and truth), but if the MPAA and Hollywood expect him to be 'productive'. Dodd will probably take them down like the way Dodd brought down the mortgage/housing industries.
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L-E story: " BOSTON — An FBI file contends that a young Edward Kennedy arranged to rent a brothel for a night while visiting Chile in 1961, a year before he was elected to the Senate." -- You have to wonder whether Kennedy still had the key and let former Governors Spitzer (NY) and Sanford (SC) borrow it.
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Online story: "A liberal group (Left Action), apparently frustrated with all the attention its nemesis keeps getting, is promoting "Ignore Sarah Palin Week," urging like-minded souls to change the channel or surf to another Web page whenever the ubiquitous former governor of Alaska pops up." -- As much as I detest the word, there are times 'idiots' is the only word that fits. By announcing their intent to ignore Palin, they have brought more attention to her...
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From the "only in New Jersey department": "Starting this fall, gay, lesbian and transgender students at Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus can choose either male or female roommates under the pilot program. * Heterosexual students will also be permitted to live in rooms with students of the opposite sex. Men and women will share bathrooms. * Rutgers drew scrutiny after freshman Tyler Clementi killed himself days after authorities said his dorm roommate used a webcam to capture Clementi in an intimate encounter with a man." -- Can anyone make heads or tails of any logic that can explain what Rutgers is trying to explain? Haven't men 'always' been roomies in college dorms, and women, too? I just want to know how many parents are going to enjoy footing the Rutgers' bill knowing their daughters are going to share dorm bathrooms with men.
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Online story: "NFL may be able to weather 2-year lockout" -- Yeah, the NFL will act like nothing is wrong, announce the kick-off, cut to a commercial, then just not return form them for two years. What's much different than what we had this past season?
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Online story: "After two years of steadily rising commodity prices, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke finally admits to it. Quoted in Bloomberg/Businessweek in his testimony before Congress Bernanke said: "Sustained rises in the price of oil or other commodities would represent a threat both to economic growth and to overall price stability, particularly if they were to cause inflation expectations to become less well anchored." -- Well, I'll be.... Guess Bernanke's wife sent him to the grocery store, and he found out a loaf of bread cost $4.19.
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L-E headline: "Report shows Synovus kept top execs’ pay packages under $1M last year " -- Is this suppose to relieve stockholders?
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L-E headline: "COLUMBUS PARKS AND RECREATION * Fox’s team subpoenas Hugley, six city workers for hearing" -- Why is this news? Aren't all those people already going to be in court to testify?
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Online headline: "Gadhafy Warns West: Stay Out!" -- Emporer Imam-a should ask, "WWRRD"? ..Ronald Reagan fired 5 rockets that took out the 4 corner guard post towers, and Gaddafy's pet goat tethered in the center of the compound. Poof; no more Gaddafy saber-rattling.
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Nothing ever really sets human nature free, but self-control.” — Phyllis Bottome, English writer (1884-1963). -- No wonder DUMB&DUMBERat voters vote for DUMB&DUMBERat candidates..they do not want to be responsible for themselves so it's easy to vote for a nanny.
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L-E headline: "Iran president’s 34-year-old car sells for $2.5 million at auction " -- Oh, no! Can't you see Emporer Imam-a's new stim-YOU-LIE program being set up? Monopoly Cash for Clunkers?
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Why is the media so engrossed with the Wisconsin public employees protest now? Didn't the same Wisconsin employee protestors vote in November and over powered by the overall opinion of the voters? isn't that what Governor Walker is considering his responsibiliy to act on?
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Let's face it, the new marker on Broadway commemorating some Civil War protest is simply another unnecessary sign and expense.
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L-E "head-lie": " House Republican praises Obama housing plan " -- Wrong! The praise is for the dismantling of the Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac mortgage divisions that dismantled the housing and mortgage industries using DUMB&DUMBERat directives!
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L-E story: " BOSTON — An FBI file contends that a young Edward Kennedy arranged to rent a brothel for a night while visiting Chile in 1961, a year before he was elected to the Senate." -- You have to wonder whether Kennedy still had the key and let former Governors Spitzer (NY) and Sanford (SC) borrow it.
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Online story: "A liberal group (Left Action), apparently frustrated with all the attention its nemesis keeps getting, is promoting "Ignore Sarah Palin Week," urging like-minded souls to change the channel or surf to another Web page whenever the ubiquitous former governor of Alaska pops up." -- As much as I detest the word, there are times 'idiots' is the only word that fits. By announcing their intent to ignore Palin, they have brought more attention to her...
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From the "only in New Jersey department": "Starting this fall, gay, lesbian and transgender students at Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus can choose either male or female roommates under the pilot program. * Heterosexual students will also be permitted to live in rooms with students of the opposite sex. Men and women will share bathrooms. * Rutgers drew scrutiny after freshman Tyler Clementi killed himself days after authorities said his dorm roommate used a webcam to capture Clementi in an intimate encounter with a man." -- Can anyone make heads or tails of any logic that can explain what Rutgers is trying to explain? Haven't men 'always' been roomies in college dorms, and women, too? I just want to know how many parents are going to enjoy footing the Rutgers' bill knowing their daughters are going to share dorm bathrooms with men.
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Online story: "NFL may be able to weather 2-year lockout" -- Yeah, the NFL will act like nothing is wrong, announce the kick-off, cut to a commercial, then just not return form them for two years. What's much different than what we had this past season?
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Online story: "After two years of steadily rising commodity prices, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke finally admits to it. Quoted in Bloomberg/Businessweek in his testimony before Congress Bernanke said: "Sustained rises in the price of oil or other commodities would represent a threat both to economic growth and to overall price stability, particularly if they were to cause inflation expectations to become less well anchored." -- Well, I'll be.... Guess Bernanke's wife sent him to the grocery store, and he found out a loaf of bread cost $4.19.
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L-E headline: "Report shows Synovus kept top execs’ pay packages under $1M last year " -- Is this suppose to relieve stockholders?
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L-E headline: "COLUMBUS PARKS AND RECREATION * Fox’s team subpoenas Hugley, six city workers for hearing" -- Why is this news? Aren't all those people already going to be in court to testify?
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Online headline: "Gadhafy Warns West: Stay Out!" -- Emporer Imam-a should ask, "WWRRD"? ..Ronald Reagan fired 5 rockets that took out the 4 corner guard post towers, and Gaddafy's pet goat tethered in the center of the compound. Poof; no more Gaddafy saber-rattling.
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Nothing ever really sets human nature free, but self-control.” — Phyllis Bottome, English writer (1884-1963). -- No wonder DUMB&DUMBERat voters vote for DUMB&DUMBERat candidates..they do not want to be responsible for themselves so it's easy to vote for a nanny.
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L-E headline: "Iran president’s 34-year-old car sells for $2.5 million at auction " -- Oh, no! Can't you see Emporer Imam-a's new stim-YOU-LIE program being set up? Monopoly Cash for Clunkers?
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Why is the media so engrossed with the Wisconsin public employees protest now? Didn't the same Wisconsin employee protestors vote in November and over powered by the overall opinion of the voters? isn't that what Governor Walker is considering his responsibiliy to act on?
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Let's face it, the new marker on Broadway commemorating some Civil War protest is simply another unnecessary sign and expense.
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L-E "head-lie": " House Republican praises Obama housing plan " -- Wrong! The praise is for the dismantling of the Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac mortgage divisions that dismantled the housing and mortgage industries using DUMB&DUMBERat directives!
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Online story: " Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympic, contending it is racist because it resembles the word "Zion" and warning of a possible boycott of the games." -- In unison....does anyone care whether Iran shows up at the Olympics..
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Online headline: "Closing Bell: Buffett Cheers Up Equity Markets" -- Ooops, my bad. It's about Warren; I thought maybe Jimmy had brought in a load of Margaritas to numb a few minds.
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WTVM9 headline: "Sheen says he wants a raise to return to show" -- A raise... to return to show? Is this guy out of it or what? He wants a "raise" but all he's done is get "a RISE" out of decent folks everywhere.
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L-E headline: "Senate Democrats want to slow HOPE talks" -- What's it going to take to teach DUMB&DUMBERats (and those who vote for them) that when there is more revenue going out than coming in, there is a problem, and 'delay' is not a solution.
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One thing about the Wisconsin stand-off between Governor Walker and Emporer Imam-a is that Governor Walker knows more about Federal employee rights and benefits than Emporer Imam-a knows about Wisconsin state employee rights and benefits.
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Online headline: "Closing Bell: Buffett Cheers Up Equity Markets" -- Ooops, my bad. It's about Warren; I thought maybe Jimmy had brought in a load of Margaritas to numb a few minds.
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WTVM9 headline: "Sheen says he wants a raise to return to show" -- A raise... to return to show? Is this guy out of it or what? He wants a "raise" but all he's done is get "a RISE" out of decent folks everywhere.
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L-E headline: "Senate Democrats want to slow HOPE talks" -- What's it going to take to teach DUMB&DUMBERats (and those who vote for them) that when there is more revenue going out than coming in, there is a problem, and 'delay' is not a solution.
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One thing about the Wisconsin stand-off between Governor Walker and Emporer Imam-a is that Governor Walker knows more about Federal employee rights and benefits than Emporer Imam-a knows about Wisconsin state employee rights and benefits.
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