"Riverblast"?....more like "RiverBLAH" There was a lot of excitement on the banks of the Chattahoochee yesterday morning, but what should have been the finale "blast" was a 'dud'. The crowd left pretty disappointed at what should have been thrust to the goal line.
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It wasn't coincidence that Al Sharpton and Edward Dubose and Amnesty International were protesting the execution of Troy Davis, but had nary a word of opposition to Lawrence Brewer's execution. Hypocrites! I supported both the executions!
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If a witness in a death sentence recants his/her sworn testimony years after a trial, then the convicted's family should file a criminal and civil lawsuit for 'wrongful death'.
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Online story: "The Rev. Al Sharpton, who visited Davis on death row, said he will push for a national ban on capital punishment in cases that rely on eyewitness testimony. Maryland passed such a law in 2009." -- Brilliant Al...Guess it will up to the victim to arrange ahead of time for some teenager to be present and use his/her iPhone to video the crime and post it on YouTube or FaceBook.
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From a L-E story: "“I feel that he (Troy Davis) was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that’s all you need,” Sharpton told the Ledger-Enquirer." -- Not only more non-brilliance (if a jury found reasonable doubt, the jury would have found him not guilty for that reason) from Reverend Al, but now he thinks he should be judge. jury, and Board of Parole and Pardons panel. May as well throw in Police Commissioner too.
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Online story: "-- Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on capital punishment on Thursday, saying courts need to slow down appeals processes to consider DNA evidence that could potentially prove a defendant is innocent." -- Or DNA can prove you did you did what you did to an intern in the Oval Office.
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I feel sure the transition at the Muscogee County Jail will survive, but why wasn't there a person within the system ready to take over for a retirement situation? A private company with a $7 Million dollar plus budget would have someone ready to step up. Why don't our City/County, and School System have such a plan for transition in force?
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From potUS O'Blather's re-election newsletter: "It has been exactly two weeks since President Obama proposed the American Jobs Act -- a fully paid-for plan made up of ideas that both parties have endorsed in the past and ought to be able to get behind now. A wide majority of Americans who have heard about the Jobs Act want to see it passed right away." -- Not even a narrow majority of DIM&DUMBERats believe either aspect of this statement.
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Online story: "CERN reported that a neutrino beam fired from a particle accelerator near Geneva to a lab 454 miles (730 kilometers) away in Italy traveled 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light." -- If true, how could it be seen at the finish line since it would have been absolute dark since it got there before the light? Of course, if William Shatner had stated this, there would have been some credibility since he has already shown us "warp speed".
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Hyatt is right about there being many clowns at the Civic Center. One such clown threatened to kick me and my "professional camera" out of the Civic Center when I had my child at a Disney-on-Ice production. Council did take him down a notch by having the signs "No Professional Cameras Allowed" down when I pointed out that you can have 'professional photographers", but there is no such thing as a "professional camera".
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L-E story: "Tacoma, Wash - Striking teachers in Washington's third-largest school district voted Thursday to accept a contract, ending a walkout that has kept students out of class for eight days." -- Once again, a union demonstrated it has no regard for children, nor the sensibility to negotiate on its own time.
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I need to tweak a comment I made yesterday. Yesterday, I referred to potUS O'Blather as "Debt man walking". On further consideration, "Debt man talking" is more accurate.
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