Online headline: "Navy tests may kill hundreds of dolphins " -- Hmmm, Navy
SEALS brought down Osama bin Laden, but PETA may bring down the Navy
SEALS..
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Announcement: You will not get a Breakfast Club tomorrow. Am taking
the day off to do more important things. Will catch up on Monday's
edition.
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From the "HUH?" department - Online story: "WASHINGTON -- More than 33
million workers qualify to have their student loans forgiven because they work
in schools, hospitals or city halls, but too few take advantage of the options
because the programs are overly complicated and often confusing, the
government's consumer advocate said Wednesday. * Teachers, soldiers,
firefighters, policeman – public sector careers invariably involve some effort,
some inconvenience or some sacrifice. People give up higher incomes to serve
their city, their state or their country," * We believe that people who
contribute part of their talents, part of the benefits of their education, to
society as a whole should not be mired in debt because they stir themselves to
the calling of public service." -- Wait a minute! All of a sudden, government
has become it's own self-serving cosmos of 'taking care of us" before taking
care of the tax payers who generate the income that pays government services?
Going into a job knowing the circumstances ahead does not give reason to
complain. Besides, what are they complaining about? Public service jobs are
paying more than most front and midline government jobs, allow for retirement
after 20-30 years versus retiring at 62 or higher under social security of
private sector plans, and way to many have job security way beyond those in
private businesses. Government workers should get on there knees in gratitude
rather than complaining.
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Online story: "Aug 29 (Reuters) - Aetna Inc (3rd largest insurer) has
decided not to sell insurance on New York's individual health insurance
exchange, which is being created under President Barack Obama's healthcare
reform law, the fifth state where it has reversed course in recent weeks."--
Wow! Whatta condemnation of ObamaCare! Can you imagine the amount of revenue is
generated by Aetna in New York, and Aetna is walking away from it versus the
uncertainty continuing to do business in New York will create for its share
holders and customers alike?
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Online headline/story: "New Illinois law makes flicking cigarette butts a
felony, punishable with jail time * Starting next year, Illinois law enforcement
will not only be ticketing you for failure to wear a seatbelt or illegal use of
a cell phone while driving, they'll also be stopping motorists who flick
cigarette butts out their windows. * A first time conviction is a class B
misdemeanor with a fine not exceeding $1,500. A second conviction is a class A
misdemeanor with a fine not exceeding $1,500. * Third or subsequent convictions
will be a class 4 felony, punishable by a fine of $25,000 and imprisonment not
less than one year and not more than three years." -- Ironic isn't it.. Judas
00-bama will be able to smoke in the White House unencumbered, but not his home
town. Hmmm, don't you know NYC Mayor Bloom-ing-idioy-berg is kicking himself
that Chicago scooped him?
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Online story: "WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will
officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first
for a member of the nation’s highest court." -- Please, let this be the last one
as well!
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Online story: "SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Bob Filner's term as San Diego mayor
came to a quiet end on Friday as the veteran politician who resigned in the face
of a sexual harassment lawsuit stayed out of the public eye on his last day in
office." -- Did you notice how quiet the mainstream media became when it
realized that Filner was a carbon copy of Bill Clinton? Guess mainstream media
didn't want to bring down Hillary in California.
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WTVM9 story: "Now, USA Today has named the new attraction "Best Manmade
Whitewater" in an article called "Built to thrill: 12 crazy man-made
adventures". * Peter Bowden from the Columbus Visitors Bureau explains how
positive this transformation is for Columbus "We have created a healthier
river. We have created the longest urban whitewater course in the world. So, we
have done a tremendous amount of heavy lifting" -- Hmmm, once again, the
Chattahoochee has been violated by man for personal greed... where is the
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper? This project has been a tax payer fraud. One man's
dream to restore the Chattahoochee has resulted in more manmade water diverters
than the dam portions that were actually removed.
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WTVM9 story: "MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - An 18-year-old man was convicted of
murder in the shooting of a baby who was riding in a stroller alongside his mom
in a town in coastal Georgia despite the defense's attempt to cast guilt upon
several others, including the child's parents. * De'Marquise (_*_) faces life
in prison when he is sentenced at a later date. At the time of the shooting he
was 17, too young to face the death penalty under Georgia law." -- You won't
hear from me on this subject very often, but we do NEED a new GUN CONTROL law! A
law that says that when a teenager takes control of a gun and commits a crime,
especially a violent crime, that the protection of being a child under 18 no
long applies. This (_*_) will walk among us again... that is so wrong.
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We're going to miss Judge John Allen. He's retiring from one of our
Superior Courts. There's satisfaction in knowing he'll still serve occasionally
as a "Judge Emeritus" in the future. Thank you, Judge Allen.
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Just thinking.... the MCSD seemed to be coming clean over the short fall in
SPLOST revenues, but just as quickly, the info stream has dried up.
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Judas 00-bama told a group of college students that the amount of our
national debt doesn't matter. Hmmm, I guess he has to tell'em something to
make'em feel good about their student loans' effects on their own future
debt.
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Justice may just get served, after all, to Miley Cyrus. After her awful
display on MVA, followed by the outrage of parents who remember the Hannah
Montana darling their children adored, Miley may have gotten her career cursed.
The Donald, yes the DONALD, has gone public saying he liked her act.
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Let's face it, Billy Ray Cyrus is now a bigger mullet than the one he used
to wear.
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A few weeks ago, I thought I saw some some flexibility percolating in Bob
Beckel and started to actually ingest some of his points of view. Thursday
afternoon, Beckel's ranting have forever sealed his liberalism legacy. If I ever
mention Bob Beckel mellowing as less liberal... shoot me.
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Why are legislators concerned about the distractions of cell phones but
allow those giant screened TV billboards?
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You know, if the world sees the chemical threats in Syria as threatening as
they are, three questions need to be answered: 1 - why is the USA the only
country talking about doing anything?, 2 - why do we allow terrorist leaders
into our country with diplomatic immunity, and 3 - why are we members of the
UN?
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Those three teens who beat up the kid on the bus because some school
official let it be known that the beaten up kid was the one that snitched on
them having drugs... a judge sentenced them to community service and probation.
The beaten up kid now goes to another school and is driven by his grandmother.
The three teens still know who he is and where he lives, and that the court
won't hold them responsible. We all lost.
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McClatchy story: " In a ruling that gives new momentum to the national push
to legalize marijuana, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it would
not interfere with plans by the states of Washington and Colorado to sell and
tax pot for recreational use beginning next year." -- First, Washington and
Colorado aren't waiting i=until next year, but this announcement by the DOJ has
to be the worst ruling ever. The feds part of being the glue to keeping us "the
UNITED States of America" is to intervene and protect the other states when 1 0r
more states pass a law that is contrary to the the laws accepted in the other
states. If 75% of the states want a new law (or get rid of one), there is a
Constitutional route to doing so. Until such occurence, the federal DOJ cannot
vacate its position.
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McClatchy story: "WASHINGTON — For the fourth
consecutive summer, teen employment has stayed anchored around record lows,
prompting experts to fear that a generation of youth is likely to be
economically stunted with lower earnings and opportunities in years ahead." --
This is beyond a "blip" in statistics.. this eats a way at the core of the
American dream. Too many teens (and unfortunately, adults) are sitting around
with too much time on their hands. Idleness promotes crime.. just chalk up the
recent trio that tracked the Australian baseball player down and shot him "just
for fun" and because they were "bored".
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A poignant yet caustic L-E "soundoff": "When blacks and whites of all ages can walk the MLK
Boulevards of this country without fear of being accosted or worse, then Martin
Luther King’s memory will have truly been honored." -- On a timeline, only when
the Al Sharptons of this country are no longer listened to, is no longer
relevant, and no longer given media exposure, can their be any hope of Martin
Luther King's "dream" being fully achieved.
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Lying low-info voter's L-E "soundoff": "
Sorry, pal — my insurance rates went down with
Obamacare, and hundreds of people in Columbus have experienced the same. Maybe
if you’d stopping fighting it, you’d be happy too. " -- What about your
coverage, though? Besides, even if there was a grain of truth here, seems like
if only 100s benefit from a community of 250,000, then the community is
losing.
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L-E's "Today in History" feature: "In
1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of
U.S. arms to belligerents." -- Judas 00-bama is a bigger hypocrite than even the
most dedicated right-winger could assert! 00-bama supports all of FDR's
socialism programs, but has skipped over the law prohibiting arming third world
terrorists.
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L-E story: "ATLANTA— Georgia state schools Superintendent John
Barge says he will be challenging Gov. Nathan Deal in next year’s Republican primary. * Barge said in a telephone interview Friday that he
hasn’t seen “a whole lot of vision or support for public education” from Deal
and believes voters want a leader “who will govern and not play
politics.” -- "not play politics"? What exactly does Barge call what he's doing?
Besides, if Barge can't improve education from his role as State Superintendent,
how does he think... uh, feel, he can do so from the Governor's
chair?
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From the "only in California" department: "SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court ruled Friday
that California can keep in place its ban on the sale of foie gras." -- I can
only surmise that the legislature that passed a ban of "foie gras" thought it
was stopping "fake grass" from creeping in from
Mexico.
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Another from the
"only in California" department: "California should compensate an atheist
parolee for returning him to prison after he resisted participating in a
religious-based drug treatment program, a federal appeals court decided
unanimously Friday. * After Hazle served a
prison term, California ordered him to spend 90 days in a residential 12-step
program. Hazle said he was atheist and asked for a secular
program instead. But state officials told him they had none to offer. * Staff
at the state-required treatment center reported that Hazle was disruptive “in a
congenial way.” The state revoked his parole and put him back in prison for 100
days. He sued. * A Sacramento federal judge
determined that Hazle had clearly suffered a violation of his constitutional
rights and ordered a jury to assess monetary damages. The jury awarded zero
damages. * “Given the indisputable fact of
actual injury resulting from Hazle’s unconstitutional imprisonment, and the
district judge’s finding that the state defendants were
liable for that injury, an award of compensatory damages was mandatory,” Judge
Stephen Reinhardt, an appointee of former President Jimmy Carter, wrote for the
panel. The court said another jury must be convened to determine Hazle’s
compensation. " -- Will the "Carter Curse" ever
end?
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