Finding out that the Department of Justice has been tapping and taping many of ots reporters really put the AP in a quandary....it couldn't ignore this Judas 00-bama/Eric Holder scandal or "Blame Bush".

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HuffPost headline: "Scandals Threaten Obama's 2nd Term" -- "threaten.... 2nd term"? There's no "threaten" invovled... they exist, and not in this term, but from Judas 00-bama's 1st term... It just has taken the 2nd term for mainstream media to grasp what it has done to America.

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From the "it's not one world" department - Online headlines: "Syrian Rebel Leader Abu Sakkar Filmed Cutting Out And 'Eating' Soldier's Heart" ; "Syrian Rebel Abu Sakkar Filmed Eating Soldier's Lung Has No Regrets & Promises More Slaughter" ; "Christian Taxi-Driver 'Beheaded By Syrian Rebels & Fed To Dogs" ; "Syria Uprising: Ahmed, Seven-Year-Old Son Of Rebel Fighter Stands Guard With AK-47 & Cigarette". -- And it goes on... yet Christians, Jews, Catholics, even atheists and agnostics and wiccans are subjects of the worldwide Muslim doctrine of death to infidels.

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Online story: "Arlington National Cemetery responded to outrage Tuesday after a U.S. Air Force veteran said she was willing to give up her burial plot for suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. * Air Force veteran Julie Frein said on Fox45 in Baltimore that she feels the terrorist suspect should be able to be laid to rest. * “I feel sympathy for [his family] in that as long as this issue is open, they can’t have closure,” she said. * Ms. Frein served in the Air Force for two years. * (Arlington National responded) "We want to make it clear that this suspect is not eligible to be buried at Arlington — a veteran can’t transfer their eligibility to another person." -- First, I didn't know you could join for two years (that was the term of a draftee when the draft was in effect), but Arlington National didn't go far enough in its response. Arlington National sj=nhould have withdrawn Ms Frein's eligibility to be buried there.

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Dr Gos-to-hell's convictions are as surprising as they are wonderful. Thank goodness the Casey Anthony jury wasn't called for duty.

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Just saw a video of the semi-truck conversion of the trailer Lenard Dicaprio. I must say he looks more at home in the trailer than he did in the Gatsby mansion.

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Got delivery of a Tim Chitwood designed/constructed bird house yesterday. Picked it out in a charity auction. Was surprised at how well Chitwood actually constructed it. It's a solid B+, maybe an A-, but the context and content were more inline with his column structure... sorta 'chitty'.

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Hmmm, Kennedy used IRS to harass fundamentalist churches/pastors who hammered up his Catholic religion; Nixon used IRS to spy on his 'enemies list', and God knows which Presidents have utilized the FBI to gather info on whomever they want, but Judas 00-bama & Eric Holder take the prize.

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An analyst brought up a really good and damaging point on Judas 00-Obama's claims about his knowledge of the Benghazi assault. 00- bama didn't get his info from the talking points. The talking points are how he wanted it to be portrayed.

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In a report about the plight of Detroit, a reporter stated that in one 77 block area, only one homeowner has paid his property taxes. The owner is probably the only Republican left in Detroit.

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Wow! OJ looks more OMG!

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What arrogance... Judas 00-bama cannot come up with a plan to address our economy or unemployment problems, but has no problem in making plans to cover up Benghazi, the IRS, or the Justice Department. The saddest thing is that it's taken sticking a burr under the AP saddle to fire them up.

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As upsetting as it is to learn IRS has intentionally harassed conservative groups seeking 501 (c) 4 status pales when you look at how fast the IRS approved Judas 00-Obama's campaign organization to convert to a 501 (d) 4 as soon as the election was over , and how movingon.com got a 501 (c) 3 status at all!

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday." -- Somehow, I do not find this adequate nor reassuring that justice will come. Let's ask Jay Carney what he "parrots".

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You would think someone so obviously caught in a lie would at least 'act' embarrassed or slightly ashamed and seek some degree of forgiveness... But not DUMBERats.

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Dr. Joyce Brothers has passed. Wonder what secrets (and who's) she's taken to the grave.

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Letter to the editor submission:

It may not be such a bad thing that the top rafting company pulled out if the Whitewater Project at this late date. One thing good is that it has done is get the attention of the L-E.

Did you know that the Whitewater service companies were going to operate as service companies, and were not required to charge or collect sales taxes?

They were put in the same category as medical service businesses (which I don't have a problem with them not collecting sales taxes) and with legal services (which I do have a problem with, but I really have a major problem with the City and State giving a recreation company an exemption from doing so.

And it's personal.

My wife and I ran a 'recreational service company' and we were made to charge and collect sales taxes on renting out our services. It bothered us so, that we did not even deduct/accept the 3% the state/city allowed as a collection agent.

That said, what really bothers me is how the City and State would commit tax dollars for the development of this recreational 'facility' while excluding the users from sales taxes. I can see City/State looking at such an "investment" of tax dollars if they were going to get between 4%-12% "return on investment" every time a person spent money using this facility, but not collecting such is really nothing less than political malfeasance.

Psst - Hey school board.. you are missing out on SPLOST revenue as well.. Speak up!

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Online headline/story: "Flag Stomping Teacher Paid Over $100,000 To Resign * last December, Scott (_@_) let his liberalism loose in three of his classes when he took the American flag down and stomped on it in front of his students. He told them that it’s just a piece of cloth and that it doesn’t mean anything. * When school administrators learned of the classroom displays, they immediately placed (_@_) on long-term suspension and launched an investigation. * Since then, it seems that (_@_) hired an attorney and threatened to launch a legal challenge to his suspension. His threat evidently sparked fear and weakness in the backbones of the school district as they have rushed in to placate (_@_)’s threat. * From what I have been able to glean from various reports, the school district and Compton have come to an agreement out of court to settle the matter. The school board will pay Compton the remainder of this salary through June 7 (somewhere between $21,000 and $30,000) along with an $85,000.00 settlement sum. In addition, the school district will pay Compton’s attorney fees which are more than $31,500. In return, Compton will drop his legal case and walk away from his current teaching job." -- You know, when I hear plaintive whines about revenue shortages in the education system.. I have decided a deaf ear is tough love, and giving more is enabling a disease to flourish.

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Online headline: "Obama takes a break from scandals to party at three high-dollar NYC fundraisers" -- What is this.. the SuperBowl of Shame? After the SuperBowl, many a QB has had a microphone thrust in his face after a victory, and asked, "Joe QB, you just won the Super Bowl; what are you going to do next?" Of course the answer was "I'm going to Disneyland/World!". Meanwhile, back at the Whote House, Judas 00-bama is pummeled by career ending (for the rest of us) scandals, and he goes to celebrate with his comrades.

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L-E headline/storyA veteran Columbus police officer has lost his job after lying about overhearing a restroom conversation in which he claimed Chief Ricky Boren used a racial slur in reference to Marshal Greg Countryman. * A three-week investigation, ordered by Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and conducted by a retired GBI agent, cleared Boren of the allegations made public by Countryman and reported in April by The Courier Eco Latino, a publication that covers the black and Hispanic communities. * Officer Jeff Foxx, who had been with the force for 18 years, offered his resignation to Tomlinson last Thursday when she and an assistant city attorney confronted him with the results of the investigation. Foxx failed a polygraph test the day before he resigned. * In a Tuesday letter to Boren outlining the investigation’s findings, Tomlinson called the allegations “false and knowingly contrived.”: "Police Chief Ricky Boren was accused by a police officer of calling Marshal Greg Countryman the ‘N’ word; after an investigation ordered by Mayor Tomlinson, the allegations were deemed false and fabricated. The officer has resigned. * The mayor stated that Foxx got tangled in a lie that started with a parking lot conversation in which the officer told Countryman he had overheard Boren call him the “N” word in a fourth-floor restroom at the Public Safety Center. Countryman repeated Foxx’s assertion at a meeting of black ministers, according to the investigative report." -- You know what's worse that the allegation against one of the finest men/policemen in this town is? Marshal Countryman repeated such tripe knowing what a good man Rick Boren is. Countryman should resign in respect of his office and the community!

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Looks like the BTW crises will be wide spread in Columbus. 200, hopefully the deserving victimized families will find peace and solace in the two new complexes to be built, but it's the other 192 replacement units that will be spread out through Columbus via the 'voucher'/Section 8 aspects of public housing.

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Vice is most dangerous when it puts on the garb of virtue.” — Danish proverb. -- Hmm, sounds like page 1 of the liberal's excuse book... all you need is "good intentions" and it's OK if you ruin our country.

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I have very mixed emotions over Angelina Jolie's surgery announcement. While my first thoughts (and I'm sure what she was going for) were that she's a brave woman for addressing a problem before it happens. Then reality set back in. truth is, she's a very vain 37 year old, and she probably looked at herself in the mirror and didn't like the aging process. Overall, this must be categorized as elective cosmetic surgery. I cannot see a "real" medical team destroying body tissue that offered no immediate danger to the patient. I say this because many years ago, I was feeling healthy between major flare ups of a severe gastrointestinal issue, and I asked my doctor if he would do a procedure on my stomach that I thought I would be better off having done when I wasn't in a weakened physical state. It really maddened him as it went against all hios training and dedication to medicine.. Do no harm...

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L-E's "Quotable": “I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” - Mahatma Gandhi Indian political activist (1869-1948)" -- Hmmm, wonder if this will be the opening line of Jay Carney at the next spin-session of the Judas 00-bama scandal-fest?

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L-E editorial headline: "Editorial * Heads should roll at IRS over political squeeze" -- Wow... usually the only thing that rolls at the L-E is their "eyes" whenever stories like this are presented by right-wing conspiracists. Guess it took the AP being tapped&taped to waken the L-E editorial board to see how close and how dangerous the 00-bama team is to rewriting the 1st Amendment as well.

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L-E headline: "Parents: Academic success a reason to save Edgewood " -- The real question to be asked is one by parents of children who have been assigned to other facilities when there was space available it a school that was/ios performing at a better level of results. The MCSD should have been taking notes on what was happening at Edgewood but not in other schools nearby.

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Have you noticed that retail store profits seem to be up (whether sales are or not)? Guess it's because the store no longer have much labor cost since they don't provide much sales help.