From my observation, no one candidate won the AL-MS primaries. The voters seemed pretty split as to the platform message they want to see the candidate representing the Republican Party start working on. I hope the top 3 hang in all the way until Tampa, if necessary, in order for 1 of the 3 to hone in on what the unified voters want.
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Online story: "Four of the biggest U.S. banks failed the latest round of Federal Reserve stress tests, the Fed said Tuesday, meaning they'll have to give up hopes of giving more money to shareholders, and may even have to go hat in hand to those shareholders for more cash. * (One of these is) Ally Financial, which is majority owned by the U.S. government, said it took issue with some of the assumptions in the Fed's tests, including what it called "dramatically" overstated mortgage losses. * "Ally continues to have ongoing constructive discussions with its regulators surrounding these matters, and the company will submit a revised capital plan in the near future," the company wrote. "Further, the Federal Reserve has not objected to the ongoing payments of preferred dividends and interest on the trust preferred securities and subordinated debt." -- Ally Financial used to be "GMAC", the loan department of General Motors, now Government Motors. It's more than ironic, perhaps even 'moronic' for one branch of government to be accused of lying/misrepresentation by another arm of government.
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L-E headline: "National Teacher of the Year tells educators to be proud of their work" -- This attitude is exactly why students are not learning! Someone telling a group to be proud of itself in spite of results falls into the "false esteem syndrome" category. When you've done good work, no one needs to tell you to be proud of it.. you just know it, and feel proud accordingly!
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From L-E story: "(MCSD Board) Members did not think that the district should wait until the new superintendent is hired to name a chief academic officer. * The vote on Britt David principal Ronie Collins is scheduled for Monday and if approved, she would begin immediately and would have five months to work with Andrews." -- THUD, THUD, THUD ! That's the sound of thinking people pounding their heads against their desks! Why on earth would the board want to 'initiate' (MCSD board talk for "waste money") a new program that may or may not fall into the plans of a new superintendent? Even worse, is why the MCSD board would want to do this in light of knowing it will be disrupting Britt David School's guidance in mid-year, and the Board may have to backtrack in a few months?
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” — Albert Einstein, German-born American physicist (born this date in 1879, died 1955). -- Guess Einstein' "Theory of Relativity" applies to electing, actually more to re-electing, fools as our politicians. It's all 'relative'..
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L-E's "Quotable": “Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.” Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher and author (1803-1882)" -- Hmmm, a smart man ahead of TV political analysis on CNN/MSNBC, or either he was an L-E subscriber back then, and had to read the L-E editorials!
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McClatchy headline: "Chinese make of offshore wind turbines sats up US base in Raleigh". -- Hmmm, guess Chine wants its money back, and figure it can get a $500,000,000.00 plus loan from potUS O'Blather, then go belly-up, and take the money back to China.
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How can the Department of Justice file a lawsuit against a private party (that's what the D&Ds and Republicans actually are) demanding it not use photo IDs in its private primary election? I've been asked to provided a photo ID just to get my "Senior Discount" ticket at the movies!
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When a paid employee, a paid spokesperson of the president, calls another US Citizen a liar, said president has no reason to be upset when another elected official calls the lying president a liar?
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