Latest from barackobama.com: "Hal -- I'm always amazed by how Barack balances his responsibilities as president, a husband, and a dad. Michelle" -- Balanced? Yeah, the adjective, 'absentee' describes them all.

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L-E story: "The property at 1200 Bradley Drive that once was home to the Muscogee County School District's administrative offices has been officially transferred to the Columbus Museum." -- One technical point is not clear: Officially, the Columbus Museum is already under the MCSD system. In fact, because of the Columbus Museum, the MCSD gets an extra 5 mils of property taxing power that other school systems do not. Now, if the transfer was to the Museum, why was this necessary, and something else to wonder about is whether the transfer deeding public property was made to the Columbus Museum Foundation which is a private organization.
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If the Olympic venue for the whitewater events is what top competitors expect, our venue will be like a kiddie ride.
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Now that the voters in the Republican Primary have spoken about limiting lobbyist gifts, maybe the Muscogee representatives will unite and end an even worse ethics situation, that of accepting/giving donation from one campaign account to another's campaign account. At best, the practice is one of laundering money by allowing one donor to max out donations, then give a similar amount to another politician to pass it along to the same candidate.

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One thing the media cannot say, concerning what they consider a Romney gaffe, is that it isn't the truth. What a shame! It's a shame that the media, and other liberals cannot relate to a politician speaks with honesty and heartfelt truth when he has an opportunity not to do so.

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There are 600 million people in India without electric power. You have to wonder what country they have to call to report and get service.

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As a rule, I can live with political races that don't get the results I hope for, but I do not understand how the regional T-SPLOST tax passed. From the L-E, "(Carmen) Cavezza said he thought voters in the region saw the necessity of the tax, because it was the only way some of the projects would get done. * “There was no alternative,” Cavezza said. “It had to happen or these projects weren't going to happen.” -- This is BS! The alternative is/was to wait for funds to be there and projects get done as funds become available. There is no guarantee that the 10 year, 1% tax will actually generate the all necessary funds to begin with; then what?

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SPLOSTs and LOSTs lull voters to think someone else will pay for what is basically a giant credit card for politicians so they can go on a spending spree with other people's money that may or may not become available to pay the bill when it comes due.

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Statewide T-SPLOST results: "In addition to the River Valley District, only Central Savannah River District looked like they would pass the tax. * The nine other districts, including the Atlanta District, appeared to defeat the tax plan. Atlanta’s effort was being hammered by about a 65-36 percent vote." -- Amazing... Atlanta, home of the governor and the state legislatures, destination of hundreds of thousand tourists/visitors who pay sales taxes in that area, had voters that saw through the BS of politicos, and voted down the self-imposed stupidity tax. Other than the lottery, there is no more regressive tax voters can impose on themselves, or their communities than an increased sales tax.

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What voters for the T-SPLOST tax don't realize is that they have voted for an increase in all their utility bills. Yes, the gas, water, electric, and phone companies collect sales taxes.

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From the L-E's "Today in History": "In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas in Austin, killing 14 people. Whitman, who had also murdered his wife and mother hours earlier, was gunned down by police." -- Another tragic event, but it ended as it should. Why is the evil monster of Aurora, CO still breathing?

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The only races that truly disappointed me were the Marshal's & Municipal Court clerk's races. Both offices incumbent have been connected to a white-washed scandal involving grant money one of the spouses garnered for a dubious program.

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L-E story: "ATLANTA — Georgia’s attorney general has added some birth documentation to a list of identification documents government agencies in the state can accept for certain transactions. * Some Republican state lawmakers this year tried unsuccessfully to pass legislation to amend the list issued last year by the attorney general to remove foreign passports. * The legislation said that to be considered “secure and verifiable,” foreign passports would have to be accompanied by federal immigration documentation proving someone is in the country legally. The attorney general left foreign passports on the list with no additional qualifications." -- Under what reasoning can the state Attorney General justify not requiring someone here with a foreign passport to provide documentation that he/she is currently legally in our country and our state when applying for assistance?

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From the 'why is it" department - L-E story: "New Orleans - A study on possible effects of the 2010 BP oil spill indicates dispersants MAY have killed plankton" -- Why is it that some people will fight like hell FOR a cause based on "maybe" yet will fight just as hard against whether or not God may exist?

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L-E story: "The city of Columbus wants to start using cremation in as many indigent burials as possible to extend the life of Porterdale Cemetery, according to Pat Biegler, director of public services. * Cremations are also more expensive than burials, she said. * The city would pay $600 per cremation compared to the $350 per traditional burial, Biegler suggested, because funeral homes must pay a crematory about $315 per cremation." -- Why not buy a kiln and cremate bodies on the spot? Council has already acquiesced to buying a stump grinder to wean the City off using professionals (who aren't on the City retirement plan) to grind up stumps on an as needed basis, so why not a City owned crematory kiln? Or, while cruder, why doesn't the City just use one of the large sized 'chippers' it already has, and dispose of the bodies by dispersing the remains as mulch all over the cemetery?

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Another from the "why is it" department - Online headline: "Teen Girls Fight For Female Moderator For 2012 Presidential Debates" -- Why is it that some people do not think a person of a different gender, or race, or other differences can represent them as well or better than someone of a like situation?

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