Representative Charlie Rangel, D-NY, just won the DIM&DUMBERat Primary. I say "won' but he only got 45% of the vote. There's no run-off, so 55% of the District 13 D&D voters are truly not represented, and none of the non-D&D voters. --- The latest from barackobama.com: "Hal - I'm sad to say this is probably the last dinner with supporters that Barack and I will be able to host together before the election. * Today's the last day you can chip in to be automatically entered for the chance to join us. Michelle" -- The first time they did this, I could 'enter' without making a donation, but since then, if you didn't make a donation, you couldn't get invited. Even McDonald's offers a way you can play their raffle games without making a purchase., and I think that is another law which obviously potUS Arpege deems himself above. --- L-E story: "Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson was elected to an at-large position on the Georgia Municipal Association board of directors during a GMA meeting Monday in Savannah, the association announced (yesterday)." -- Don't you find it strange that the sitting Mayor of a major city wasn't already on the board of the GMA. Seems more like an oversight correction than a honor. Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/06/26/2099623/mayor-teresa-tomlinson-elected.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy --- If too many more DIM&DUMBERats announce they are not going to attend the D&D National Convention in North Carolina, the D&DNC may have to cancel the convention because they won't have a quorum to actually re-nominate potUS Arpege as their candidate in November. --- Any poll that has potUS Arpege leading with less than 50% of the voters should not be one that can be said to favor his winning that state. All such polls mean about an incumbent is that less than half those voters want him back. --- The latest from barackobama.com: "I will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, if things continue as they have so far." -- And for good reason....many of your supporters are holding back cash so they can have enough money to pay for the tax increases you want them to pay if you get re-elected. --- When will the Make-a-Wish Foundation pull it's current advertising? .. It keeps saying it can arrange for a sick child to see a space shuttle launch, and that ain't happening under potUS Arpege anymore. --- Why is it that the mainstream media never even considers that any of the 4 liberal US Supreme Court judges might consider voting against what the mainstream assumes their vote will reflect? Hey, isn't that 'political profiling'? --- Online quote service: "Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with." - Tony Dungy" -- Bet Tony never gets called to serve on potUS Arpege's staff! --- Online headline: "In Prison, 'Defiant' Sandusky Insists He's Not Guilty" -- Hmmm, why is it parents are the last to know when their child announces to the rest of the world that his dad molested him as well? --- Online headline: "Jesse Jackson Jr. Leave Of Absence: Congressman Being Treated For Exhaustion" -- I imagine so... just walking around in Chicago and ducking the rioters, voters, and media will do that for you. --- From L-E story on local political forum: "Jan Atkins is no stranger to candidate forums this is the third one she's attended to get prepared for Election Day. * “Some people were very much the same and other people were a little clearer,” said Jan Atkins. * Atkins said she was glad all the candidates for House District 137 all agreed on a particular issue. * “I do like the fact that the people are against charter schools. I'm not for charter schools at all I’m for public education,” said Atkins." -- First of all, why didn't the L-E give us some background on some one they interviewed? What is her personal reason (a patty member, teacher, or interest in a special cause) for being at all these forums? Why does she have a preference for public over charter schools, rather than being interest that children get a GOOD education versus just a 'public' one? --- Not one usually to make broad assumptions, but in the case of the school board elections, this is one time I can say I would vote against all the incumbents. --- Can't let this L-E "soundoff" pass without comment: "With the way people ignore the traffic laws and are always on the phone, the only place to ride a bicycle is on the sidewalk." -- It's not safe if you are a pedestrian! Even bicyclers' are now wielding their cellphones. talking AND texting, as they ride around in oblivion to their surroundings... and the state and local laws prohibiting riding on sidewalks. --- What progress can be made if organized factions approach the out-of-school suspension problems on a racial base of WHY more blacks are suspended than those of other ethnicity? Progress will not happen until those group start asking WHAT they can do to help... and follow through. --- L-E 'headlie': "Hunter says she and John Edwards no longer a couple " -- WRONG! They will always be a 'couple'... a couple of imbeciles, a couple of self-centered megalomaniacs, and a couple of liars. --- L-E story: "ALAN RIQUELMY ariquelmy@ledger-enquirer.com   Michael Carothers, the white man convicted last November of using pepper spray on a black man, awaits a Columbus court hearing on whether he can withdraw his guilty plea and instead proceed to trial. * Carothers, 32, was sentenced to a year in prison, followed by nine years’ probation. He also was banished from the six-county Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit . He filed his motion to withdraw his guilty plea days later, arguing that his plea wasn’t voluntarily given and his counsel was ineffective. " -- Here it comes again.. that "ineffective counsel" plea. The GA Supreme Court opened up a can of worms when it ordered a new trial on that basis. In reality, most any court room loss can be said to be because of 'ineffective counsel', even one with dozens of eyewitnesses agreeing the defendant was guilty as hell, if the lawyer(s) can't come up with a 'reasonable doubt' issue. --- L-E story: " A man who had his manslaughter conviction reversed because of court errors has pleaded guilty and been given a reduced sentence * Scott was outside Booker T. Washington Apartments selling drugs in 2004 when Smith grabbed $10 worth of crack cocaine from his hand and ran, according to reports during the initial trial. Scott took the gun McCoy tossed him and chased after Smith, shooting him as he ran. " -- Two drug dealers involved in a customer's death because he stole drugs from them will be back on the streets quicker now, not because of Judge Pullen's comment, but because of "INEFFECTIVE GA SUPREME COURT counsel"! --- L-E headline: "Obama, in Atlanta fundraisers, says choice in November is clear " -- Yes, I agree! --- L-E story: " A gunman got away with $100 in cash after robbing the Milgen Road Little Caesars Sunday evening, Columbus police said. * The suspect is a white man between 28 and 30 years old. He is 5-foot-6, 185 pounds and wore a brown shirt and blue jeans, police said. " -- Wow, in a way, this is quite refreshing... a criminal no lawyer is going to make a defense based on racism or racial profiling. --- Well, football junkies have gotten their wish. Now a group of politically correct people will decide which 4 teams will be in the playoff versus a computer picking just two teams. Maybe the football junkies should start worrying about actually getting their wish. ---