Online story: "Thanks to one man's dedication and love, the beauty and wonder of an island in the Seychelles will be around for years to come, * According to the Daily Mail, Brendon Grimshaw bought Moyenne Island, off the north coast of Mahe, Seychelles, in 1964 * in 1973, the journalist from Dewsbury, England, moved to his new island with nothing but a dream. * When he first arrived at Moyenne, the island was overgrown with shrubbery so dense that coconuts could not fall to the ground. * Grimshaw tirelessly worked to transform the island. * Over the last 39 years, Grimshaw, now 86, planted 16,000 trees by hand and built 4.8 kilometers of nature paths * the nature lover has also attracted about 2,000 new birds to the island * He is also the loving caretaker of 120 giant tortoises. * Grimshaw's island now also holds more than two thirds of all endemic plants to the Seychelles." -- What conservative dedication to nature. Sure glad this island wasn't off the coast of California or the liberals would have stopped him fro clearing out the underbrush of old growth trees! --- Online headline: "Sandra Fluke Engaged To Adam Mutterperl " -- Good, now Fluke can have him buy the birth control products', and she can stop buying them and seeing multiple partners. --- Have you seen the video of the EPA executive recanting his earlier unveiled threat to make examples and crucify oil companies that drag their feet in complying to the Marxian demands ? If there is any example setting to be made, it would be to make examples of the EPA, the Secret Service, the GSA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac --- The American Dermatologist Association is running ads that proclaim "indoor tanning is out". Wonder if the EPA will "crucify" the ADA for reducing the revenue of the 10% racist indoor tanning tax? --- As superficial as they are, even the NBA, NFL, and MLB has disciplinary rules for player/coach stupidity. Why has the MCSD abandoned such? --- In it's wussy effort to avoid confrontation and a lawsuit from Dr Crumbs, the MCSD board has probably opened the flood gates to every CHS teacher, male & female, who was made to watch the sexual harassment video Dr Crumbs played for them. --- Dr Crumbs and the MCSD Board (Beth Harris the exception) have updated an old concept: two stupids do not make a correction. --- Online headline/story: "Obama Explains Increasing Medical Marijuana Crackdowns, Raids In 'Rolling Stone' Interview * Amid an increased crackdown on medical marijuana producers across the nation, including a recent high-profile raid on a California training school, President Barack Obama faced questions in a new interview with Rolling Stone about the seeming disconnect between his 2008 campaign rhetoric and his administration's actions since he took office. * "I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws [on medical marijuana]," Obama promised in 2008, according to an earlier Rolling Stone report." -- OMG! How long will it take for the DIM&DUMBERats to wake up to a potUS 'promise her anything, but give her Arpege' promise being kept after they have voted for him? --- The latest from barackobama.com: "Big news: In 10 days, President Obama is hitting the campaign trail." -- 'hitting the campaign trail'? Is this some sorta joke? When has potUS Arpege not been on the campaign trail? --- Is there any wonder why students are graduating without marketable skills? Just saw an ad for a college where the professor proudly proclaims that never in his life has he known so many students by their first names. Students in college don't need to be on a first name basis with their professors; students and professors need a professional and respectful relationship. --- With the recent soap-opera revealing of the life and times of the Eddings, why are those two still sitting on community boards? --- From the L-E's "Today in History": "In 1982, the trial of John W. Hinckley Jr., who had shot four people, including President Ronald Reagan, began in Washington. (The trial ended with Hinckley’s acquittal by reason of insanity.) " -- In retrospect, I didn't agree with the 'acquittal by insanity' verdict at the time. In perspective, if Reagan had been a DIM&DUMBERat, no one would have accused an assassination attempt as insane. --- L-E story: "WASHINGTON — More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday. * The rebates should average $127 for the people who get them, and Democrats are hoping they’ll send an election-year message that Obama’s much-criticized health care overhaul is starting to pay dividends for consumers. Critics of the law call that wishful thinking." -- potUS Arpege must be thinking he can buy 10,000,000 votes at $127.00 each. Even the White House spinmeisters cannot cover up that those who receive these "rebates" that it amounts to only 1 or 2% of the premiums they've paid which have doubled since HELL-thScare was passed by the DIM&DUMBERats Congress. Not a very good ratio.. --- Excuse me, but why is potUS Arpege making negative comments about proposed Republican legislation when we know he hasn't read the bill? --- L-E story: "An FBI investigation into a $1.9 million embezzlement scheme led authorities last month to discover several firearms in the possession of a Midland felon, court records state. * William Scott Frazier, 42, faces a federal count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Frazier was arrested within the past week and appeared Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Stephen Hyles, who granted Frazier bond on his own recognizance. * Frazier was convicted in 2001 in Florida of uttering a forged instrument, records state. Felons are prohibited from having guns." -- An embezzler, a forger, a felon with multiple guns gets released 'on his own recognizance'? Gimme a break!