Happy New Year, and welcome back about 70 taxes that the cutback has expired. Wish I could tell you all of them, but the bill they were in hasn't been read yet.
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Having grown up with January 1 being "the" bowl day, don't you find it strange, too, that there's not 1 bowl game being played today?
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We did stay up and welcome in the New Year but I'm not sure why. We saw Sydney, Australia beat us to it 16 hours before that.
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Your New Year's challenge is to determine why "they don't call us Budget for nothing".
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Governor Perry ads say that Congress needs to spend less time in Washington. Wouldn't it be even better if Congress just spends less?
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New Yorkers had their ball drop at midnight; as usual, Columbus just dropped the ball...again.
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Online story: "WASHINGTON -- Indefinite military detention of Americans became the law of the land Saturday, as President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that codified that authority, even as he said he would not use it." -- BS! potUS O'Blather knows exactly how he will use it...in negative campaign ads in high immigration states!
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One thing will be quite evident this coming year. potUS O'Blather and Harry Reid will try to balance the budget by downsizing the military through budget cuts that downsize our readiness. Clinton did so, and it took Bush43 18 months to rebuild our military to be able to respond to the 911 travesty.
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L-E story: "A Columbus man has been charged in a series of vandalisms that included the Columbus Museum and other public buildings. * Tracy Douglas, 24, of 921 Harbison Drive was arrested Friday and charged with six counts each of criminal trespassing and one count of interference with government property . He was being held in the Muscogee Jail Saturday on bonds totaling $4,000. * The interference with government property charge stemmed from $200 in damage at Edgewood Elementary School, 3835 Forrest Road. " -- Excuse me, but isn't the Museum considered 'government property", too? I know the patrons feel it is private, but the Columbus Museum is not only under the MCSD umbrella, but it's because the Museum is under the MCSD umbrella that the MCSD gets an extra 5 mils of taxing authority from the state that other counties do not get.
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L-E "headlie": "Hope reigns as U.S. prepares for 2012 " -- Should read, "Hope reined in as U.S. prepares for 2012"
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” — Author unknown. -- Sorta like any DIM&DUMBERat's campaign promises to Occupy Wall Streeters.
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L-E Online's "Question of the day": Will you make New Year's Resolutions? Yes or No -- Hmmmm, isn't resolving not to make resolutions a resolution in itself?
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This week's Council Agenda is for proclamations & resolutions. In the midst of the Civic Center ticket scandal, how can people serving on the Civic Center Advisory Board be given appreciation commendations for 'meritorious service'? Just wondering....
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On the basis of the above's agenda, why isn't Dale Hester being 'appreciated' on his retirement like other employees who 'retired' ?
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L-E headline: "On today’s calendar * New Year’s Hike" -- Oooops, my bad. Thought this was about the 70 or so taxes set to rise today.