Online story: "The president wants to tackle immigration, farm legislation and the budget by the end of the year." -- Budget? Well, after 5 years without one and $7,000,000,000,000.00 worth of rampant overdrafts, Judas 00-bama now says 'we' need a "budget', but we know he doesn't want a budget nor would abide by one.

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Now that overall government shutdown has been averted, let's concentrate on just closing the doors of the US Mint, Treasury Department, White House, and Harry Reid's office.

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Perhaps it's time for a new Amendment. An Amendment that will make Politicians at all levels to recuse themselves on discussing or voting on issues that benefit anyone who has given them a donation.

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HuffPost headline: "GOVERNMENT GETTING BACK TO NORMAL" -- Even more bad news.... isn't 'normal' what has gotten us this deep in debt?

---Online story: "Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath a 19th century fort in northern India on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of a nearly $50 billion cache. -- Hmmm, well, it could be a Hindi cesspool that has been reincarnated into gold...

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Online story: "A British geneticist says DNA analysis suggests the Yeti, the elusive ape-like creature of the Himalayas, may be the descendant of a polar bear that roamed the peaks tens of thousands of years ago * Oxford University genetics professor Bryan Sykes compared hair samples taken from two unidentified Himalayan animals to a database of animal genomes * He says they shared a genetic fingerprint with an ancient polar bear jawbone found in Norway that is at least 40,000 years old *

Sykes san bearsys the evidence suggests the mysterious creature may be a hitherto undiscovered cross between polar bears and brown bears." -- Hmmm, has the geneticist thought about the possibility that the 40,000 ancient polar bear jawbone may have been wrongfully categorized to begin with?

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From the "suspicions confirmed" department - Online headline: "Jobs Reports For September, October Delayed After Government Shutdown" -- Hmmm looks more like the government shut down a month earlier on its own volition.

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Has anyone kept track of all the department heads that have either "stepped down", "suddenly retired" or "outrightly been fired/replaced" under Judas 00-bama? I guess in his mind, he's creating new jobs.

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HuffPost headline: "Al Gore Draws Parallels Between Budget Crisis And Climate Change Denial" -- Would someone please take Algore's crayons away from him?

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HuffPost headline: "Medical Marijuana Patient Lacks Adequate Care In Prison, Wife Alleges"-- Her point? Did he, or she, expect a roof, 3 squares and 3 'hits" a day?

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Online story: "A former middle school principal in North Carolina is accused of sexually assaulting a student while the boy's unsuspecting parent was outside the room. * Deputies say that between 2009 and 2011, Edwards molested at least three boys between the ages of 11 and 14. * The school system has said that when Edwards resigned, they were unaware there was a pending investigation. He claimed he was leaving for educational opportunities, according to WTVD" -- Quick, does anyone know where our MCSD employee recruiting team is!

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Online headline: "The U.S. Blows Everyone Else Out Of The Water In 1 Key Way" -- Ooops, my bad. Besides, I'd already thought of 3 'key ways' - 1 - Militarily, 2 - government wasteful spending, and 3 - re-electing stupid/corrupt politicians.

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The best way to compare what Judas 00-bama wants is to imagine you've maxxed out all your credit cards, and you ask the credit card companies to raise your limit so you can make the next minimum payment.

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If you need a hard example of what taking the cap off government spending will result in, just look what happened in Louisiana when Walmart let people use their EBT cards without verification of available funds.

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With a tip from a fellow BCer- Online headline/story:"Sen. Rand Paul Performs Free Eye Surgeries During August Recess * It seems Senator Rand Paul has always been involved in charitable work, founding the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic in 1995, which provides surgery and eye exams to families and people in need, and through the Children of the Americas program, he provided free eye surgery to children from around the world. He was also the former president and longtime member of the service organization Lions Clubs International" -- Hmmm, and what did Judas 00-bama and Harry Reid do on their vacation time?

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Online story: "Parents of high school students in Montgomery County School District in Maryland were outraged recently by a survey given to sophomores under the new Common Core education standards. * The survey asked numerous intrusive questions that a school has no business asking students. * Among them were questions like “what is your sexual orientation,” “what’s your religion,” “what’s your parents’ political affiliation” and “should assault rifles be banned?” -- Our MCSD has adopted Common Core.. has anyone experienced this locally? I know I challenged a book described by Common Core curriculum as "exemplar text" for 11th graders that ask for compassion for child abusers, rapists and pedophiles, and the MCSD has not gotten back with me on it.

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Yesterday, I challenged this United Way claim: "United Way is running an ad that states that 'your gift....gives all students the tools to succeed academically and graduate from high school"... Scott Ferguson, local UW executive director answered me this way:

"Always a pleasure to hear from you. We fund programs and Boys & Girls Club as well as Girls Inc that help children with the homework and track grades and school attendance. Another program that is funded by United Way is through the Family Center and here is the description;

As a program of The Family Center, Families And Schools Together (FAST) empowers parents to be the primary prevention agents for their own children. FAST also builds protective factors in family systems to ensure better child outcomes. The overall goal of the FAST program is to intervene early to ensure that parents have the tools they need to help at-risk youth avoid problems such as adolescent delinquency, violence, addiction, and dropping out of school. Another goal of the FAST program is to produce simultaneous change at the levels of individual child functioning, family system functioning, and the local social network."

I responded this way:

Scott,

Where have you been?

Schools don't allow such inter-reaction of parents!

The school system has all but eliminated parental involvement by transporting them to-and-from schools, feeding them breakfast and lunch, providing after school care, summer feeding programs, providing computers and internet connections, all while restricting individual teachers from dispensing effective-at-the-moment discipline.

Any money United Way is throwing at "FAST" is a waste!

Hal

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What is racism? Mainly, it's stereotypical ignorance that could be enlightened by discussion, but that ain't gonna happen as long as racists throw out the racial trump card, and mainstream media backs them up.

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Online quote: "“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” --Virginia Satir" -- Hmmm, bet this has not been discussed by Al Sharpton, mainstream media, the Congressional Black Caucus, nor any body in the Judas 00-bama administration"

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Even Robert Redford.... Embarrassed by up-to-date revelations that global warming is/was a scam, has now resorted to throwing the 'race card' at responsible Congresspersons. We can pray he will be reviewed by an ObamaCare death panel.....soon.

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Online headline: "Robert Redford: Racism drives some Obama critics" -- Hmmm, guess he should add that Judas 00-bama, the DOJ, and most of the Congressional Black Caucus is driven by racism as well.

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Talk about non-essential employees... In this day and time, why does Congress have stenographers on the payroll?

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L-E headline/story:"Russell County teen accused of building bombs denied youthful offender status * (Derek) Shrout turned 18 a few months after his Jan. 4 arrest for allegedly planning to use homemade explosives in an attack on fellow students at Russell County High School." -- Brilliant..... NOT! The guy hadn't even made a bomb, didn't have any explosive compounds at his home, yet he's being tried as an adult, while the 17 year old who shot a 13 month old baby in Brunswick was not even considered for the death sentence WE deserve to rid our country of such animals! Where is the justice!

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L-E's "Looking back | Fifty years ago today, October 18, 1963 * Maddox Rips JFK * Lester Maddox, Atlanta restaurant owner and runner-up candidate last year for lieutenant governor of Georgia, last night told 149 listeners at the Martinique that the Kennedy Administration has threatened a military dictatorship to enforce integration." --Well, looks like nothing has changed in 50 years at the Columbus L-E.. Even today, the L-E 'omits' mentioning the connection to the Democratic Party when there's an element or aspect touching on race. Lester Maddox was such a Democrat.

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L-E story: "Amanda Owens, 32, allegedly stole 260 alprazolam pills, 360 hydrocodone pills and one bottle of Amoxicillin (from Rite Aid) — with a total value of $424." -- Wait a minute! That's only 68-cents a pill for the alprazolam and hydrocodone pills alone. Obviously it's not the drug companies ripping us off on costs, it's Rite Aid!