Online story: " (Harvey) Updyke, the Alabama fan who has been accused of poisoning the oak trees at Toomer’s Corner at Auburn University, rejected a plea deal that would have required him to spend 13 years in prison and never attend a Crimson Tide sporting event for the rest of his life, according to the report." -- I think house arrest for the rest of his weekends, with only watching constant reruns of the "Punt, Bama, Punt" game, and post game recaps when Bill Curry was coaching would be a just penalty.
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John King of CNN had his ears handed to him by Newt Gingrich, and deservedly so. Had King wanted only to give opportunity for Newt to respond, and get it out of the way, King could have asked a question such as, "Mr. Gingrich, ABC interviewed your ex-wife, and did not give you equal time to respond; is there any rebuttal you would like to get out of the way before this debate begins?
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L-E headline: "Local Bama fan identified celebrating in lewd video from New Orleans Krystal" -- Just when you thought the world had forgotten about the reputation of Phenix City. Now is another good time for PC to change its name.
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There's 'hulu.com' video of an interview of Ret SCOTUS Justice John Paul Stevens by Stephen Colbert. What a waste of an opportunity by Colbert, and utter disrespect of a US Supreme Court Judge. Justice Stevens analyzed the situation late in the interview, and when asked by Colbert had he made any decision(s) that he now regrets, Stevens promptly responded, "This interview". Hopefully, the next apology will be by Comedy Central for allowing Colbert on the air.
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Mitt nailed in Thursday night, too. Government and politicians, including potUS O'Blather, should be promoting capitalism, and celebrating in its success stories, not griping about and penalizing such successes. Especially selectively, such as promoting failed 'green' endeavors or applauding Apple, which keeps BILLIONS in cash over seas and away from the IRS, while chastising oil companies and IBM et al.
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Passed on by a fellow BCer:
They sent my Tax Return back AGAIN because of my response to the question: "List all dependents?"
I replied
“12 million illegal immigrants;
3 million crack heads;
42 million unemployable people on food stamps,
2 million criminals in over 243 prisons;
Half of Mexico ; and
535 fools in the U.S. House and Senate.”
Apparently this was not an acceptable answer.
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L-e story: "(SR129a) spent the hours before his DUI arrest last week with two other state lawmakers being entertained by three lobbyists, including one for brewer Anheuser-Busch, state records show." -- What I would like to see is the lawyers' billing sheets. Would bet that each of their clients were charged individually for each lawmaker that ate with them.
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Tell you what, the first writings of Dimon Kendrick-Holmes were less than mediocre to me, but his writings of late have moved him up to the top tier at the L-E. Today's a good example.
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You know, for a 9 month operation, the Russel County drug team came up with a paltry amount of drigs (
Online story: " (Harvey) Updyke, the Alabama fan who has been accused of poisoning the oak trees at Toomer’s Corner at Auburn University, rejected a plea deal that would have required him to spend 13 years in prison and never attend a Crimson Tide sporting event for the rest of his life, according to the report." -- I think house arrest for the rest of his weekends, with only watching constant reruns of the "Punt, Bama, Punt" game, and post game recaps when Bill Curry was coaching would be a just penalty.
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John King of CNN had his ears handed to him by Newt Gingrich, and deservedly so. Had King wanted only to give opportunity for Newt to respond, and get it out of the way, King could have asked a question such as, "Mr. Gingrich, ABC interviewed your ex-wife, and did not give you equal time to respond; is there any rebuttal you would like to get out of the way before this debate begins?
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L-E headline: "Local Bama fan identified celebrating in lewd video from New Orleans Krystal" -- Just when you thought the world had forgotten about the reputation of Phenix City. Now is another good time for PC to change its name.
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There's 'hulu.com' video of an interview of Ret SCOTUS Justice John Paul Stevens by Stephen Colbert. What a waste of an opportunity by Colbert, and utter disrespect of a US Supreme Court Judge. Justice Stevens analyzed the situation late in the interview, and when asked by Colbert had he made any decision(s) that he now regrets, Stevens promptly responded, "This interview". Hopefully, the next apology will be by Comedy Central for allowing Colbert on the air.
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Mitt nailed in Thursday night, too. Government and politicians, including potUS O'Blather, should be promoting capitalism, and celebrating in its success stories, not griping about and penalizing such successes. Especially selectively, such as promoting failed 'green' endeavors or applauding Apple, which keeps BILLIONS in cash over seas and away from the IRS, while chastising oil companies and IBM et al.
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Passed on by a fellow BCer:
They sent my Tax Return back AGAIN because of my response to the question: "List all dependents?"
I replied
“12 million illegal immigrants;
3 million crack heads;
42 million unemployable people on food stamps,
2 million criminals in over 243 prisons;
Half of Mexico ; and
535 fools in the U.S. House and Senate.”
Apparently this was not an acceptable answer.
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L-e story: "(SR129a) spent the hours before his DUI arrest last week with two other state lawmakers being entertained by three lobbyists, including one for brewer Anheuser-Busch, state records show." -- What I would like to see is the lawyers' billing sheets. Would bet that each of their clients were charged individually for each lawmaker that ate with them.
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For a 9 month operation, the Russel County drug sting came up with a paltry amount of drugs (street values at $132,945.00) for the number of arrests made. The big boys must be still out there.
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How many murderers are still loose, and how many convicted murderers haven't received their death penalty sentences, but Brian Downing is captured and vilified and subjected to his 15 minutes of fame/shame. I'd much rather see on the L-E front page that Carlton Gary has finally left this world.
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L-E story: "TEHRAN, Iran — Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against “manifestations of Western culture,” the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday. " -- Obviously Malibu Barbie was shipped instead of the Burqa Barbie most Irani girls asked to get for Christmas...ooops, that's another Irani sore point.
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From the L-E Real Estate Transactions: "CB&T to Mar Hotels LLC; map & parcel 072-010-009; plat book 163, page 144; deed book 10459, page 47; 1.75 acres; Northlake Parkaway; $650,000; commercial " -- Something is not 'right' here. CB&T is still unloading prime real estate at fire sale prices on loans it repossessed, but this piece of property is located at 2979 Northlake Parkway, and is on the tax digest valued at $2,564,983.00, and that is prime real estate. Why is CB&T selling at about .25 cents on the dollar?
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