Online headline: " (Rep Charles) Rangel: “Jesus Would Have Something to Say” About the Debt Debate" -- Yeah, I believe if Jesus addressed Congress , He might say something like, "10% is good enough for the work of The Father; why is it not good enough for you?"
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While the debt agreement on the table is not all 'we" wanted or needed, it is a start, and it's made the DUMB&DUMBERats 'flinch', and expose their bellies for November 2012.
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What is it with politicians? Taxpayers clamors for responsibility and accountability while politicians only look for compromises for their party's benefit.
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Online headline: "Norway Killing Suspect Not Likely To Be Ruled Insane" -- Do we really care about a criminal who commits heinous crime is legally sane/insane? Do the victims benefit either way? Death, immediate death, is the only way to make sure the heinous criminal doesn't become a "repeat offender"; hasn't that criminal offended enough people already?
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Mike Owen's column today was about our water. I sent the following e-missive to our Council and a couple of CWW Execs on July 25th, but none has responded:

What's going on with our water supply?

Last year, we noticed a red 'stain' build up in the toilets in our downtown business whenever we returned from a long weekend vacation and the toilets were not in use.

I asked our maintenance service about it, and he said it was from hard water. I didn't know our water was considered "hard", and wondered if the downtown area got its water differently than our residence.

This week, we got back from a vacation, and the red 'stain' was in our home toilets. What gives? Is the CWW processing the water differently than in the past? Would like to hear from someone who has any knowledge of any change in our water supply.
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With the number of incoming freshman applicants from local schools being twice the available opening at CHS, holding open even a few slots for 'late applicants' is unacceptable. Denying even if 1 local applicant a spot because someone else might come in later who wants to go to CHS is a crime against a local taxpaying family.
What happens to those 'spots' if late applicants don't qualify as high as someone who applied early?
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I do believe there should be a minimum liability for city services. I also believe there should be a MAXIMUM amount one should be taxed for the same services. I also believe all the state owned businesses (including and especially CSU) should be paying a fee for fire/police services.
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Oh...about that new law that makes it a crime for a moving car to get within 3 feet of a moving bicycle....does it apply if the bicyclist is texting while driving?
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From the 'can you define "unity" for me' department - L-E story: "Several shots rang out from a handgun during a large fight near an outdoor concert venue in Cleveland, leaving four people wounded after a “Unity in the Park” festival featuring funk music artist George Clinton, police said Sunday." -- I guess it boils down to a 'BILL Clinton moment', and depends on how you define "unity'.
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Guess what! It's August 1st, and unless there was an announcement made later that I missed, our local public pools are now closed for the season. Only in government is summer over the first week in August.
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Surely, after a cursory look at the current district map (gerrymandered by the DUMB&DUMBERats in 2001) of GA's Congresspersons, Columbus can be removed from Bishops district which would let the voters of Southwest GA actually control who they want to represent them. Those voters got cheated of change because of the Columbus vote in 2010.
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Standing "O" for Frank Thomas and the Chi-Sox! Too bad that it didn't merit a Front Page slot in the L-E (as many lesser sports stories have done). Of course, a more suitable location for displaying Frank's statue would be at Peach LL in Lakebottom Park.