Raise high and proud, BCers, today is Flag Day! --- Online headline: "Harry Reid, John McCain Agree On Pacquiao Fight, Push Boxing Bill" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought both were 'boxing' up their things and clearing out of Washington. --- Online headline: "John Edwards Trial: Justice Department Drops Case Against Ex-Senator" -- In other words, there be no justice against DIM&DUMBERats as long as Holder is in office. Hence, no special prosecutor where Holder is involved, either. --- Holder says he will actively pursue the protection of American voting rights as per the 1965 Voting Rights bill. DOH! That's what the states Holder is suing are trying to do...guarantee that only rightful Americans vote so their vote will actually count! --- Online headline: "'John King USA' Canceled: CNN Ends 6 PM Show " -- News show? I thought that was some Martian movie flop from Disney. --- Online story: "WASHINGTON -- A critical document from President Barack Obama's free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises. * The leaked document has been posted on the website of Public Citizen, a long-time critic of the administration's trade objectives. The new leak follows substantial controversy surrounding the secrecy of the talks, in which some members of Congress have complained they are not being given the same access to trade documents that corporate officials receive. * The terms run contrary to campaign promises issued by Obama and the Democratic Party during the 2008 campaign." -- A broken campaign promise is usually just winked at, and reloaded for the next campaign, but this sounds like it might be leaked by a Clinton interest in order to get Hillary positioned for 2016. Don't you just love it when liberals flame the fire of their own meltdown? --- The latest from barackobama.com: Michele writes:"From coaching basketball to knowing how many Jonas brothers there are, Barack is a pretty cool dad. * But more importantly, Barack is a wonderful father and partner. No matter what's on his plate, he puts the kids first, and they know how much he loves them. * This Father's Day, I want Barack to know how much we love and appreciate him, so I hope you'll join me in wishing him a happy Father's Day." -- Wish she'd been able to say potUS Arpege was a pretty cool President, and America knew how much he cared and loved her... especially here on Flag Day. --- From a fellow BCer, Bumpersticker of the day: --- WTVM9 story: "With school out, many parents are spending time with their kids at our local mall. However, a Columbus mother is furious after she says she was asked to leave Peachtree Mall because of a word on her daughter's t-shirt. * She said last week a security guard at Peachtree Mall asked her and her 12-year-old daughter Sarah to leave because of word ASS on her daughter's shirt. * "I was very humiliated. I honestly have never been as humiliated like that in my life," said Sarah." -- Well, it's about time she felt humiliated. Perhaps this will save her from being humiliated in the future over some bad personal behavior that ruins the rest of her life. I'd have been humiliated just knowing my mother would be seen in public with me wearing such a t-shirt. --- L-E story: "The Alabama attorney who brokered the surrender of accused Auburn gunman Desmonte D. Leonard said her more than 50-mile drive with the fugitive was “fairly stressful because he was on every billboard” in the area. " -- Stressful because his picture was on 'every billboard'? Stressful... compared to riding in the same car with him? --- From the same L-E story: "(Attorney) James said snipers watched from the rooftop as Leonard entered the courthouse. Marshals in “military SWAT gear” greeted them in the lobby, a sight James said she was unaccustomed to in a federal courthouse. * Once inside, Leonard met with police and briefly visited with his mother before being taken to jail. Leonard’s mother had sought to persuade him to surrender, and was “absolutely relieved” at the arrest, James said. * “She’d rather have him in jail than dead,” she said." -- Oh, his mother said she'd 'rather have him in jail than dead'. Like the rest of us, I do hope his lawyer and mother are smart enough to figure out that we are all better off that he stay in jail UNTIL he's dead! --- L-E story: "ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A basketball that was washed away in last year’s tsunami has been reunited with students at a middle school in Japan. " -- Hmmm, wonder if it was checked for radioactivity? --- From L-E editorial commentary: "Fifty years ago this week, a bill was before Congress that would prohibit wage and salary discrimination between men and women doing the same jobs. * Now a study reported in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that women physicians and medical scientists are still paid substantially less for the same work than men. * The study, which tried to eliminate variables that could skew the findings, showed that women in comparable medical school research positions, at comparable ages and stages of their careers, made on average $12,000 a year less than men — roughly $350,000 over a 30-year career. * Fifty years after 1962, gender equity is still a myth. What’s really sad is how unsurprising that is." -- Only media elitist and career DIM&DUMBERats feel free enterprise can be legislated! Businesses hire and pay for services based on market conditions, and employees are free to market their skills at other places whenever they see fit. Take the L-E 'lifers' such as Nix and Chitwood.. it is hard to believe that they could earn more if they checked out other opportunities, but they don't explore that, so they need to be content with what the L-E deems is appropriate to keep them on the staff. They trade upward mobility for staying put where they are. If they were lured to other cities, then the L-E would probably hire someone to replace them at a higher salary than either made here. That's life; that's life choices. Deal with it! --- Since the Board of Elections received a valid form of payment for current Coronor Bill Thrower's qualifying fee, it makes no sense that the B of E would have any jurisdiction over the transaction with the local DIM&DUMBERat Party...UNLESS the D&D's filed a complaint with the B of E to make it an inside political issue. --- Congress is probably patting itself on the back for getting JPMorgan Chase to say it was going to make CEO Dimon et al involved in the $2 Billion hedge fund loss to pay back their bonuses. What Congress has done is to reduce the taxes paid to IRS. The bonus money will be returned to the profit line of the corporation which is taxed at a lesser rate than the executive bonuses which were taxed at the highest personal rates. We have some really stupid Congressperson, and other states will re-elect them this November. We can't win for winning! ---