Online story: ""This is deadly earnest, man. This is deadly earnest," Biden told the crowd at the Charlotte, N.C. event. "How they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years? How in the Lord's name can they justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts?"" -- The last time I heard a politician mention burying us was at a Khrushchev speech at the UN in the 1960's when he was beating his shoe on the podium... I guess Biden will next claim that if a rising sea raises all boats, then a dried up one will put all boats on an even playing field.

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Online headline: "Ahmadinejad Calls Netanyahu's UN Bomb Prop 'Childish'" -- Yeah, and Ahmandine-JIHAD also called the kettle black

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Online headline/story: "Proposed California Law Would Deal Major Blow To Unions * California's Prop 32 has union leaders and supporters across the country shaking in their work boots. * The "Yes on 32" website says the proposition is a campaign finance measure that "addresses the special interests' control of government and returns power to voters by limiting both corporate and union political giving." Prop 32 would ban unions, corporations and entities under government contract from giving direct contributions to candidates or their committees." -- A long time coming! Next should be stripping the voting rights of government employees in elections determining people who have a direct influence on their paychecks... Teachers and school board races, and city employees and Council/Mayoral races quickly come to mind.

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Online headline: "Obamas' Wedding Anniversary Falls On Debate Night" -- King Arpege is going to need TelePrompters full of excuses in his bedroom when he explains this to Michelle later on.

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WRBL3 headline: "Georgia Tech Searching for Answers" -- Hmmm, bet the GT Boosters are searching for a new coach, too.

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When you think about it, after coming so close to beating LSU last week, Arkansas is probably the worst team Auburn could have scheduled this week.

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From a NY Times story: "With the surge of American troops over and the Taliban still a potent threat, American generals and civilian officials acknowledge that they have all but written off what was once one of the cornerstones of their strategy to end the war here: battering the Taliban into a peace deal." -- Huh? Writing off peace with the Taliban? I guess someone should tell King Arpege to stop claiming he's won because Osama bin Laden is dead.

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Government Motors facade of success is crumbling. Silverado truck sales are the pits, building the VOLT had been suspended, and the only category of cars up are the small, lawn mower powered models that will be the next generation of "cash for clunkers".
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Even CNN is upset at finding out King Arpege pulled a cover-up over the Embassy assault at Benghazi. Guess CNN was upset that King Arpege didn't let it in on the conspiracy before hand.

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King Arpege has issued an edict for defense department companies facing large sales drops as the government slashes defense spending for the companies. The companies have been told not to issue the required-by-law 60 day notices to employees about to be laid off or their jobs being eliminated. Why..because those notices would be coming out before the election.

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It really bugs me that anyone could be against providing identification when someone attempts to vote or acquire an absentee ballot. There's only one reason anyone can be against protecting such a sacred right of being an American citizen, and it has nothing to do with protecting voting rights.

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IKEA is apologizing for airbrushing women out of pictures in their catalog it sent to Muslim countries. HUH? Muslim countries should be apologizing for how they treat women!

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Latest from barackobama.com: "Hal -- The first presidential debate is this Wednesday, and Mitt Romney has had a lot of practice. * In addition to the more than 20 primary debates he's done over the past year, his staff have told reporters that he's been preparing for the debate for months now. He's even been memorizing some "zingers" to attack the President and score political points." -- "memorizing zingers"? Reporting facts is now thought of as delivering a "zinger"? "Zingers" exist only because of something actually said or done.

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King Arpege is probably shaking a bit about tonight, and hoping throwing out his 'first pitch' is a whole lot better than any of his 'first pitches' thrown out at baseball games.
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Online story: "It's not just the collection plate that's getting passed around this fall at hundreds of mainly African-American and Latino churches in presidential battleground states and across the nation. * Exhorting congregations to register to vote, church leaders are distributing registration cards in the middle of services, and many are pledging caravans of "souls to the polls" to deliver the vote." -- Like the racially discriminatory 'indoor tanning tax", it's legally OK in King Arpege's mind to only tax the resolve of white preachers.

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The plea agreement of Shelnutt will do nothing to heal the opinion of the public as to the way the lawyers are perceived. You would think morally conscious community lawyers would be protesting the deal vehemently. Ooops, maybe the 1% is, but we can't hear them, and the L-E doesn't know where "they" are gathering.

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From L-E story on the Bill and Sue Marie Turner Servant Leadership Gala: God knows the love and respect I have for Bill and Sue Marie; they know as well, but powers that be may have gone overboard in setting its parameters for future recognition. Ron King, another I have deep love and respect for, said, "Each year, we will honor a couple in the community that we think embodies the servant leadership spirit and as a couple has contributed to the community." I can already see the uproar for discriminating against unmarried partners, widows/widowers, lifetime singles, and agnostics.

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Liberal's L-E "soundoff": "My cats are no moochers. They keep the house mice-free. I'm thankful for everything I get in my house, even if I pay for my food. You better believe it." -- Get past the incoherence of the "soundoff", liberals are just not good at explaining their feelings, but who could be against a food and housing program that involves everyone earning their living and contributing to the harmony of society. Now, name a government food/housing program that requires everyone to earn their keep, and contribute to a harmonious society. One doesn't have to get any further from the crime statistics in public housing to know there is no utopia, and no government program that will achieve one.

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Twenty years ago, the Obama's were married in the church of Jeremiah Wright. Nah, King Arpege wasn't influenced by Wright........ unfortunately, King Arpege is not influenced by 'what's Right' today.

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L-E headline: "Education chief wants textbooks to be obsolete * Washington - Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called for printed textbooks to become obsolete within the next few years." -- I imagine so! Who in the King Arpege administration would be against having all evidence of their actions easily edited or eliminated by simply hitting the 'delete' key or reformatting your hard drive! I do think textbooks should be available for students in a computer format, but only in tandem use with hardcopy textbooks in classes and libraries.

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L-E's "Quotable": "If we don't stand up for our children, then we don't stand for much." Marian Wright Edelman, American social activist (1939 - ) -- Will someone please ask this person how saddling our children and grandchildren with $16 Trillion in debt is standing up for children?

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There's something inherently wrong with "too much" cooperation of our local hospital entities. Price fixing and less competition come to mind.

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L-E headline: "U.S. secret forces were in N. Africa months before attack on consulate * Sources say effort was too new to respond" --- Who was in charge of this operation...Dean Wormer of Faber College with another of his "secret secret plans"?

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