A Texas Congressman has apologized to the National Parks Service for berating a Park Ranger who was attempting to keep WWII veterans out of the WWII Memorial site. He says he regrets this conversation:

"How do you look at them and ... deny them access?" said Neugebauer. He, with most House Republicans, had voted early Sunday morning to pass a funding measure that would delay the Affordable Care Act, a vote that set up a showdown with the Senate and President Barack Obama. With the parties unable to agree on how to fund the federal government, non-essential government functions shut down Tuesday. "It's difficult," responded the Park Service employee. * Well, it should be difficult," replied the congressman, who was carrying a small American flag in his breast pocket. * It is difficult," responded the Park Service employee. "I'm sorry, sir." * The Park Service should be ashamed of themselves," the congressman said. * I'm not ashamed," replied the ranger." -- The Congressman is WRONG! This may be considered one of those, "I wish I hadn't, but I'm glad I did" moimemts, but the on apology should have been made by Judas 00-bama.

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With that red, shiny, puffy looking red trim on the necklines, the UGA was in contention for the 'ugly uniform award this week. That fabric looked like it was taken from old Michael Jackson "Thriller" jackets. Then I saw the Missouri uniforms and UGA was off the hook, but...then I saw the Oregon Ducks breast-cancer-awareness tribute uniforms. The Susan G Komen foundation may decide to change colors in the future.

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Online story: "Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined Democrat Terry McAuliffe on the campaign trail, telling Virginia voters the nation is looking for a return to "common sense and common ground." * Clinton formally endorsed her family friend's bid for Virginia governor, marking her first public campaign event since departing the State Department in February." -- Republican Ken Cuccinelli should ask McAuliffe if he endorses Hillary's lack of action and compassion in the Benghazi assault.

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Online story: "Kentucky authorities say they have cited U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's 20-year-old son on alcohol possession by a minor at a Kentucky racetrack. * Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control spokesman Dick Brown says agents cited William Hilton Paul on Friday during a "targeted enforcement detail" at Keeneland in Lexington. * Paul is a full-time student at the University of Kentucky" -- Hmmmm, just an ordinary college student caught drinking at an outdoor cocktail party... and the Kentucky Department of Alcohol Beverage Control is taking the lead in announcing this incident? Me thinks there's more politics involved than anything else.

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Online story: "ATLANTA (AP) — The state that was the first to pass a law prohibiting the execution of mentally disabled death row inmates is revisiting a requirement for defendants to prove the disability beyond a reasonable doubt * Georgia's law is the strictest in the U.S. even though the state was also the first, in 1988, to pass a law prohibiting the execution of mentally disabled death row inmates * Thursday's meeting comes against the backdrop of the case of Warren Lee Hill, who was sentenced to die for the 1990 beating death of fellow inmate Joseph Handspike, who was bludgeoned with a nail-studded board as he slept. At the time, Hill was already serving a life sentence for the 1986 slaying of his girlfriend, Myra Wright, who was shot 11 times. * Hill's lawyers have long maintained he is mentally disabled and therefore shouldn't be executed. The state has consistently argued that his lawyers have failed to prove his mental disability beyond a reasonable doubt." -- You know, if someone who shot his girlfriend 11 times was give access to, or the ability to procure or assemble a nail-studded board, the the weong person is being evaluated for mental disability.

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No matter what you think about UGA's current struggles, no one can deny Mark Richt's success at recruiting quarterbacks. At this moment, there are 3 starting SEC QBs that at one time were all wearing the Bulldog colors at the same time.

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I like the starting Vandy QB. He got injured late in the first half, but even with crutches, was on the sideline with his helmet on, ready to play if his team needed him.

---After several misplays in yesterdays game, UGA's Swan is looking more like an UGA-ly duckling.

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Rule 9-1-4 is a disaster! Ray Drew just got ejected for dumping Vandy's QB with a hand chuck to the chest. Why don't they just put "wet paint - do not touch" signs on the QBs?

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That 9-1-4 rule to protect the QBs is going to be the death of college football. Soon, QBs will learn to slightly lower their helmets into a rushing lineman's tackle and get the whole defensive team ejected before half time.

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Another 9-1-4 "targeting" call! This time, the charge was overruled, but the 15 yards was still marked off. How stupid can a rule be that the pe\nalty is still assessed after it's been ruled there was no foul?

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Is it ironic or simply moronic that Judas 00-bama would buy the ObamaCare software from Canada since Canada is his role model?

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Online headline: "Shock Stat: 15 of Last 18 Government Shutdowns Came Under The Democratic Party's Watch" -- How quick, well, intentionally, does mainstream media forget the facts?

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Before anymore operating bills are passed by Congress, a new rule should be made and enforced. Since Congresspeople are passing bills without (or before) reading them, every item, every clause, every paragraph should be footnoted for who actually submitted and/or penned such. If there are any such items in a bill that aren't marked as such, they should be automatically stricken from the bill before it can become a law.

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You know, the Obamarat concept of welfare is constructed on the premise of making people 'more comfortable' living in perpetual poverty. A true... a good... welfare program should want to help people get out of this revolving door trap.

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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story.... If you have Netflix, watch it!

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This item is a purely local one: It sounds like local Obamarat-supporting attorney Frank Myer has been mesmerized by Mike Myer's alter-ego, Dr Evil, and wants to hold the MCSD board members' re-elections in limbo if they don't pay his ransom demands.

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Low info, brain-washed voter's L-E "soundoff": " I am an African-American woman born in 1951. I’m not surprised at the tea party’s action. The young people who hated me when I was growing up are adults now, and the hate goes on. -- Hmm, I hated the white lines on buses growing up because when you put a fence up, neither side can get to the other side. While it hasn't been as speedy as it could be, society has been dismantling those fences, but too many black leaders are just as busy building new ones in their places.

---L-E story: "The city has embarked on an aggressive program to reduce the city’s feral cat population, not by capturing and killing them, but by trapping and neutering them, then returning them to their habitat, special enforcement manager Drale Short says. -- Hmm, now, does this include the annual recapture and dispensing of rabies shots, or is the City setting us up for lawsuits when one of these feral cats attacks/bites some child who is thinking they are "nice kitties"?

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Our leftist liberal L-E main editorialist has taken up political folly of both parties today.. yes, Dusty Nix has made some good satirical points about extreme aspects of the Democratic and Republican lightweight wings. He could have made this a great editorial if he'd gone after the tax-exempt status of MoveOn.com, but he didn't, so ho-hum, what's new?

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When is the L-E going to publish that local leftist columnist Karl Douglass worked/works for leftist Congressman Sanford Bishop? He chasitised John Boehner for not allowing a vote on the shutdown to be voted on earlier, rather than when he did, but what Douglass fails to comment on is that Boehner held the bill at bay until he got the "income verification" clause put back into ObamaCare which will help prevent most of the fraud that would have been unchecked if such requirement was arbitrarily taken out.

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L-E commentary headline: "Dr. Ben Carson sinks to a new low point" - I do not have to get past the headline of a Leonard Pitts commentary to know where he stands.... he stands in the way of progress. Dr. Carson should be a hero for all, but especially black students, on how one removes obstacles from the past to keep tripping yourself over them in the future. Pitts will always stumble on these same obstacles Dr. Carson overcame, because Pitts doesn't look forward.

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L-E story: " TRENTON, N.J. — Activists are still working to line up judges who could waive the three-day waiting period for same-sex couples who want to exchange vows first thing Monday, when gay marriage will become legal in New Jersey." -- "waive the three day waiting period"? That's a law, and any judge who intentionally breaks that law should be disbarred from practicing law and sitting in judgement of any other law!

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I'm not usually an Auburn fan, but relished the victory it had over Texas A&M last night. I am for every SEC team playing against A&M and Missouri until those newcomers earn there place at the table.