The way I see it, the actual Occupy Wall Street protesters are the ones that really want to be in the 1% they are ranting at.
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Online story: "School districts all over Illinois are tightening their belts to shoulder massive statewide budget cuts. Jean-Claude Brizard, the newly appointed CEO of Chicago Public Schools, is a man with a plan. * he inherited more than 400,000 high school, middle and elementary students and a $712 million budget deficit when he took over the Chicago job * Statewide, the public school system is taking a $2 billion hit, according to the Chicago Tribune * Most parents were surprised to find they had to pay about $100 more this year [for class and activities fees]." -- Hmmmm, Isn't this current Secretary of Education's immediate last job?
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You know, other than they are the first showcases of political interest, why is there so much media interest in the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary? Between them, they have 10 Electoral votes.
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Anthony Weiner and his wife just welcomed a new baby boy into the world. Great, just what we need, another little DIM&DUMBERat weiner.
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The Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut has just declared himself US Supreme Court Judge and jury. He thinks the Constitution will allow illegal aliens living in his town voting rights. Yep, a DIM&DUMBERat.
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Vacating US troops from Iraq haven't finished leaving Kuwait yet and Baghdad had 11 bombings yesterday. Guess publicizing the US troop evacuation has allowed the administration's "non-enemy Taliban" to plan its new assault plans.
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Excuse me, but what is the attraction of Ron Paul? Other than a better hair cut, he reminds me of Ross Perot.
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First time unemployment numbers dropped to 364K last week (as temporary holiday jobs opened). Hmmm, on an annual basis, that means only 19 Milliom more will be filing for first time unemployment benefits versus 22 Million previously.... YAHOO!....NOT!
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Online headline: "Washington Monument Has Extensive Cracking, Chips" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought this was about potUS O'Blather.
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Online story: "The man who found the body of Casey Anthony's missing baby is suing the Florida woman for defamation, claiming her defense team badmouthed him. * (Roy) Kronk's (a meter reader in Orlando, Fla) suit claims that her lawyers advanced the theory that he was involved in Caylee's death, portraying him as "morally bankrupt," according to The Sentinel." -- Let's all pray that a jury will make sure Casey Anthony and her lawyer will have to file for bankrupcy after this suit.
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Belvedere Park...I remember back in the 80's when the Parks&Rec did a $100,000.00 makeover, including putting in new sod and sprinkler system on the football field. During the summer, the field was completely destroyed by lack of water. Between drought conditions and having a manually controlled sprinkler system, no one actually took the responsibility of going to the field and turning the water on.
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With the weather as it is this close to Christmas, one would think Al Bore would be out doing his "Chicken Little" rantings. On the other hand, maybe he's afraid someone will mistake him as a "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree...
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L-E headline: "Man fires handgun at two pit bulls to save neighbor’s dog * Whitledge will not face charges" -- Whew! Sure glad he was running off pit bulls. If he'd shot at two thugs robbing someone, he'd been arrested for discharging a gun in the City Limits.
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The latest from barackobama.com: Julianna Smoot, Deputy Campaign Mamanger of Obama for America, sent an electronic card for everyone who supports him for 2012 to sign. Mind you, this is neither a Christmas nor 'holiday' card, just a 2012 support card.
Decided to sign it after all when I noticed I could sign in as "Merry Christmas" in the name slots.
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L-E headline: "Troy to put mark on city * Chancellor says university will build 20-foot Trojan in front of new Phenix City campus" -- Oooops, my bad! Thought Phenix City was going to out-phallus the Viagra Falls sculpture fountain across from the River Center.
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Liberal's L-E "soundoff": " No weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq. Why did it take so long for our troops to come home?" -- It's a waste to attempt to educate, much less try to re-educate a liberal, but we can't let'em rant unchallenged. This is from an AP release of July 5, 2008: "The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. * The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" — the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment — was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy." In lay terms, this was about 1,210,000 pounds of 'yellowcake'. Whether it woiuld ever be made into a nuclear bomb was not the main concern. Think what 1,210,000 pounds of radiation could add to the suicide bombers' damages as "dirty bombs".
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L-E headline: "Occupy protesters sue over free speech, force" -- Huh? Isn't what the Occupy Whatever protesters want is complete government control of everyone's lives? With that, there wouldn't be free speech nor the ability to file a law suit based on it.
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There's a parcel, a large, valuable parcel (109 001 018) ( 6106 Warm Springs Rd) of land, located near the JR Allen Pkwy and Manchester Expressway intersection that is listed as co-owned by the City and a "Mr Lewis" and it's 'exempt' from property taxes. Can anyone explain what is the status of this parcel, and who "Mr Lewis" is?
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L-E headline: "EX-PLAYERS SUE NFL FOR BRAIN INJURIES" -- This is too easy but can't decide whether its simply an oxymoron or a contradiction in terms.
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L-E story: "ATLANTA -- Best Buy has alerted some customers that it will not fill their online orders, just days before Christmas." -- Guess Best Buy customers may suggest a new corporate name for it... Best Bye-Bye.