General Patraeus.. General Allen... What is this a 'general' conference of chaos? It brings a new vision of 'life in general'. 'Generally' speaking, it's more like a camouflage maneuver to keep potUS Oblunder under the radar. Of course, that is only my general opinion.

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Online headline: "Obama Tells Progressives He Won't Budge On Bush Tax Cuts" -- Well, liberals are generally (no pun intended) constipated and anal retentive..

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Ventured into that Drivers' License Bureau to get my Maggie her first license. After 3 hours of waiting just to do paperwork and get her picture taken, boy do I have a few suggestions the state department of efficiency must have missed.
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Speaking of the Drivers' License Bureau, A woman sat down in front who told another that she was here to change to a Georgia License. Her California License expired Monday a week ago. She voted... with what for an ID?

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Since 1984, Kevin Clash, has been the guy pulling strings and manipulating "Elmo" on Sesame Street.... until now. He's been charged with 'tickling' a 16 year old boy 7 years ago, and continuing in a relationship with him. Altogether now, every one send Clash a "Big Bird".
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If students can be made to think the Academic Success Center is responsible for their turnaround, then there's every expectation that the same methods should work in the mainstay public high schools. The higher cost per child is not justified by results.

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It's about time we got an update and action on Eddings. His moment in the spotlight has paled compared to Gentry and Shelnutt. While the FBI is at it, maybe they'll shine the light on Eddings' part in the abominable price Council paid for the Woodcrest Apartment complex.

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Why is it that the federal government claims that inflation is not an issue in our economy, yet every other level of government wants increase above the federal government declared inflation rate. At a minimum, no government entity, such as Columbus Water Works, should be able to ask for a rate increase higher than the cost-of-living increase declared by Social Security.

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John Turner should review his passion for the restoration of the Chattahoochee he plead 10+ years ago and compare them with the amusement park concept it's become... fast!

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Uninformed L-E "soundoff": "Can anyone believe that the MCSD leadership is proposing to build a $30 million facility that will only accommodate 500 students when there are so many more pressing needs district-wide?" -- Well. because they've already spent $37-to-$45 million on the new Carver which has only 960 (www.schooldigger.com) students.

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit in October, an indication that the nation is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus annual deficit. * Tax revenue increased 13 percent from the same month last year to $184.3 billion. But spending rose 16.4 percent to $304.3 billion. Spending was held down last October by a quirk in the calendar: the first day of the month fell on a Saturday, so some benefits were paid in September 2011." -- Since the election is over, and nothing has changed about the potUS Oblunder spending habits, the Republican Congressperson in the House must put their feet down and refuse top raise the debt ceiling. Shaking one's finger at a child in a candy store with 'found' money is useless.

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L-E story: "ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers have been given thousands of dollars in tickets so they could watch football games, pro wrestling matches and monster truck races from a luxury box, state records show. * The Georgia World Congress Center gave away the tickets, and some of the recipients are on a little-known legislative committee that oversees the state authority, according to a review of lobbying records by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ." -- Hmmmmmmmmmm, hey, sounds like our Civic Center/Council-public employees situation we have here. Where is the IRS when it's really needed?

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L-E headline/story: "Lady Cougars open with convincing win * The Columbus girls basketball team got its season off to a good start with a 64-51 win over Carver at home." -- What a crack sports staff we have... or is it that someone's been smoking crack in the proofing department at the Columbus Ledger? Last I heard (though the MCSD may have initiated some unrevealed politically correct changes to take the Bible and it's characters out of gymnasiums, too), Columbus High sports teams were still called the "Blue Devils".