Changes made by the DUMB&DUMBERat Party in running the city of Washington, D.C. itself, but reversed by the Republican Party during budget negotiations reveal why we must be diligent in selecting the representatives we send to Congress. In the last 4 years, the D&D's had put in city paid abortions, a 'used needle exchange' for druggies, and at the same time, took away a city school voucher program so parents could no longer send their children to the schools of their choices. Let's see... in a nutshell, the D&D's feel accommodating/supplementing sex and substance abuse are more important than our children's education and future.
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Online "headlie" & story: "Obama Prevents Budget Cuts to Favorite Programs * Such moves permitted Obama to save favorite programs - Pell grants for poor college students, health research and "Race to the Top" aid for public schools, among others - from Republican knives." -- What BS! The reason these programs didn't get chopped is that Republicans also recognize comparatively good use of public dollars.
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Online headline/story: "Court Won't Lift Stay on Arizona Immigration Law * The U.S Justice Department sued to block the law, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution because enforcing immigration law is a federal issue." -- DOH! If the Feds were enforcing the immigration law prpoerly, this would be moot.
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In a news story concerning one plane's wing clipping the tail of another plane's tail while they were 'taxiing' comes this tidbit: "The FAA didn't immediately say how many people were on the double-deck Airbus A380, which can carry 525 passengers in a three-class configuration or more than 850 in a single-class configuration." -- How can a set amount of space be allowed to cram 850 people into an area that 525 people feeled crammed to begin with?
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Online headline: "Walmart Woos Customers With Revived 'Low Prices, Every Day' Campaign" -- Walmart would be more successful re-jumpstarting its momentum if it went back to a campaign slogan before this one, "Always the low price, Always!"
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If you have children/grandchildren in middle or high school, contact one of our state Senators or Representatives about a 'page' experience. Josh McKoon 'sponsored' our Maggie yesterday in the state Senate, and she had a marvelous time/experience as she saw first hand how government works (or doesn't work as the case may be). Too boot, she got paid $10.00 for her efforts (would someone explain how the state can ignore minimum wage laws?), and an 8 X 10 glossy.
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not — the real war will never get in the books.” — Walt Whitman, American author and poet (1819-1892). -- What Whitman couldn't conceive of is that even the real war story would be re-written, politically corrected, and continually used as a battering ram by those that know 'moving on' would stop the cash flow that spewing hatred has generated for their pockets.
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April 12, 1861 was the start of the Civil War; April 12, 1961 was the start of man's conquest of space. What a difference 100 years can make....unless of course, you personally benefit from not forgiving or moving on with life.
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L-E headline/story: "Town treasurer’s arrest shakes Vermont community * IRA, Vt. — Even in a state where small is the norm, Ira is small. * It has 447 people, no downtown, no post office, no school and miles of dirt roads. The town government’s annual budget is only $212,000. " -- If the same formula was applied to Columbus, our total budget needs would be about $8.5 million dollars. As it is, between city and MCSD expenditures, our budget is over half-a-billion dollars. Other than questionably educated children, roads with potholes, and higher crime rates, what are we getting for our money over the $8.5 million?
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