Two online headlines of "class destruction": "John McCain Softens Opposition To Susan Rice Nomination" & "Lindsey Graham: 'I Will Violate The Pledge' To Not Increase Taxes" -- These two make Jimmy Carter seem pertinent. The Republican Party needs to declare a moratorium on TV appearances for McCain and Graham! They are supplying the DUMBERats with every 'sound bite' the 2014 & 2016 DUMBERat National Committee needs to win the Senate and House.

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Online headline: "LIPA (Long Island Power Authority) Customers Left Without Power For Weeks Sent Normal Electric Bills Despite Blackouts" -- Don't think that wouldn't/doesn't happen here, too. That's the political power of unions and their lobbyist. And do you think the 18,000+ Twinkie makers who lost their jobs will get another union job if they don't stay current with tyheir union dues?

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Fixing 'loop holes' and such in the corporate tax scenario will not fix the National Debt. There shouldn't even be any corporate tax!

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From a BC friend: "Surfing at home and abroad this am yields two vexing cogitations that I don't understand all I know about. The first is raw data from IRS that says that the top 1% of income producers paid 22% of federal income taxes, the top 5% paid 40% of income taxes and the top 20% (likely a healthy % of my FB friend list that I know about) paid a whopping 64% of all income taxes in 2009. What the heck is THEIR FAIR SHARE I keep hearing about? YOU GOTTA PUT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE." -- The amazing aspect of this is that these observations were penned in such brevity by one whose life occupation is one developed to extend his every utterance so that more time can be billed to his clients. This is almost a "paradigm shift".

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Looks like the 2013 calendars are already out of date. Groundhog Day was celebrated on this past November 7th. potUS Oblunder stepped out of the White House, saw Oh! Fluster shadowing him, and the economy recovery was set back another 4 years.
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Have you noticed the automobile ads becoming more aggressive in recent weeks since the election? Guess those who voted for potUS Obluster are waiting for free ones, and the rest holding on to their cash.

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potUS Obluster can speechify he's standing on "principle" in wanting to raise taxes only on the wealthy, but he's really only standing in the way of recovery.

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HuffPost headline: "Israel's Deeply Troubling Attacks On Journalists" -- Excuse me... Israel has stated many times it will defend itself from terrorists and all their supporters...what's 'troubling' about that?

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L-E story: "Chizik's assistants have not been fired. If they are, according to a press release from the school, the cost to buy out all of their contracts, including Chizik's, would be $11.09 million." -- This is just confirmation that there is too much money in college sports! AU will spend that much more in replacement coaches as well.

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Chizik accepting a buy-out package just proves he's wasn't worthy of the position to begin with. A worthy person would have simply resigned and walked away after the season AU just had.

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After all the time it took to get the parking lot at Columbus Square ripped out and replaced with grass, if the MCSD board builds an Arts Academy school there, the whole area will be back in concrete and asphalt.

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From a fellow BCer: "Should a president lead citizens in a national prayer of repentance? Uganda’s Christian president believes so. The Ugandan newssite New Vision reports President Yoweri Museveni celebrated Uganda’s 50th anniversary of independence from Britain at the National Jubilee Prayers event by publicly repenting of his personal sin and the sins of the nation." -- This amidst a Muslim world. Praise God!

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I get my L-E delivered digitally, but of late, the print edition seems to have a better "on time" performance, and that has to be delivered by trucks from Montgomery versus a few milliseconds by cable. What gives?