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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