Online headline: "CNN's Jeff Zucker Promises In Memo To Continue 'Broadening The Definition Of News' " -- Hmmm, maybe there is "change" and "hope" in something... perhaps CNN will incorporate some truth and reality into their scripts. CNN can "change", and America can "hope".

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I'm confused... The American taxpayers are having to bailout the US Postal Service with billions of dollars to make up shortages in revenues to cover expenses and the union pension debts, yet a regulatory board can "play Santa on Christmas Eve" and pass a 6.5% postage increase without Congress being in session. Washington needs a diaper change.

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You know, Judas 00-bama flipped-off middle class Americans by his grandstand play of having a White House staffer go online to not register him for OObamaCRAP. His staffer took up the website's not-always-working-resource from others who were trying in earnest to seek insurance coverage. Shame on him.

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Political Correctness in the local Christmas Break basketball tournament is pitiful.. Two venues are used, plus boys and girls games are 'alternated' meaning you cannot sit back and watch a day of gender specific basketball games. In this years tournament, even though the venues are close enough to shuffle back and forth between them to watch games, the boys games are scheduled at the same times at both venues, so that even though there are 4 games boys games scheduled today, you can only watch two of them. There's no slur against the girls (at times, I would prefer to watch some of the girls games because the talent is better... BUT... Keisha Swaniers are few and far between), but I prefer the more physical boys games. I played ball at HS and college levels, and that intensity still is what I want to watch. Hint: Hey MCSD Board... it's OK to have separate venues for boys and girls games. That might be the revenue stimulus needed to sustain the Christmas Break tournaments.

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In Richard Hyatt's column today on the upcoming mayoral race in Columbus, it is insinuated that the current mayor is somewhat thin-skinned and always wants the last word on matters. I'll vouch for Mayor Obamalinson being thin-skinned, wanting the last word, and you can throw in manipulative as well.... when questioned over swapping City green space and spending tax dollars to acquire the property abutting the 13th Street Bridge versus letting the GA DOT acquire it by eminent domain... she just feigned, ala Scarlett O'Hara, ignorance of the law on this matter. We know that was pure BS; besides, she has the City Attorney and staff to research such.

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Online headline: "White Guy Accused Of Filming 'Knockout Game' Attack On Black Man Gets Charged With Hate Crime" -- I whole-heartedly agree.. it is a "hate crime"... Now, why haven't blacks who inflict the same terroristic acts on white, for that matter any color, people charged with "hate crimes" as well?

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McClatchy story: "MILWAUKEE - A Chinese pharmaceutical company said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC, a Waunakee, Wis., manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, for $337.5 million in cash." -- You know, we can't even get the Chinese to govern the use of lead paint in children's toys, and our government is going to allow the Chinese to buy/take over manufacturing drugs IN America?

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About the biggest (and most expected) twist to Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson's current situation is to discover he was a successful quarterback at Southeast LA. In fact, Terry Bradshaw was his backup QB, and he turned down a contract with the Washington Redskins. Maybe he was voicing his personal opinions, then, too, but did the liberal media appreciate him then... Noooooooooooo!

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Who does Jesse Jackson think he is..? The whole world outside his own mind knows him for the bigot, the culturist he is, so who is he to demand... not ask, but DEMAND successful people, people with jobs, drop what they are doing to meet with him within 72 hours. To be honest, I don't think he ever apologized, at least not enough, for his "hymietown" slurs against NYC. He certainly was not filleted by mainstream media.. and let's not forget his sexual peccadilloes and love child.

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Millions of online shoppers ordered in the last week and flooded the shipping capacities of UPS & FedEx so that some orders didn't get delivered before Christmas. You know, I don't remember any websites reporting they crashed because of such site interests. Compare that with OObamaCRAP... and its lack of ability to deliver at all.

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Online quote source: "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” ― Albert Einstein" -- Would one of you liberal "someones" please send this to Judas 00-bama... he seems to listen more when y'all abandon him.

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International Fellowship of Christians and Jews...that's the group spending big bucks on ads on Fox (and perhaps others) asking for donations to send food boxes to Jerusalem. It looks like the ads are using a video clip on Jews praying at a famous religious site. Is that really appropriate?

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From the 'have you noticed' department: Have you noticed that (_*_) B*ldwin has been absent fron the current scourge of CRAPital ONE ads? While there's been no public statement of an official "split", the gay insensitivity squads have been out in force against his futuree as a CRAPital ONE spinmeister. Question: Why hasn't mainstream media "Paula Deened" him?

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L-E headline: "DICHIARA SUES PHENIX CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION" -- I really don't have a dog in this hunt, but if there is a reason the Phenix City School Board has for playing this nanny-nanny-poo-poo game, then just put the guy on paid administrative leave for the balance of his contract, subject to recall, which would put him at a disadvantage of trying to milk his contract while drinking out of another school systems glass.

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The L-E listed its "Stories of the Year, Government & Education".. of note is that the L-E considers John Darr's performance the worst, and doesn't mention the budgetary turmoil of Mayor Obamalinson. Sheriff Darr's budget problems are caused by federal medical demands that aren't provided for properly in the Mayor's budget; yet the L-E doesn't hold her feet to the fire for the negative revenue stream of her projects such as the natatorium, Whitewater, the dog park, or the Crime Prevention program.

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Double dose of an extremely low info voter's L-E "soundoff": ! - "Americans pay into Social Security their entire lives. Its solvent for 25 years, despite Republicans using it as a slush fund for Reagan’s star wars and the one percent tax avoidance scheme." 2- "Americans pay six percent of their income to keep Social Security solvent until 2038. If the one percent would pay six percent, their fair share, it would be here until 2088." -- Liberals confusion over facts and whatever is in their Kool-Aid never ceases to dumfound me.. It was Algore who claimed he and his Democrat cohorts had your social security fund safely kept in a "lockbox", and whatever you are paying into the Social security by deduction, is also MATCHED by your employer (who, BTW, is paying BOTH sides of his own SS withholdings). You, "soundoffer" are a product of your own ignorance as well as a misused public education.

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L-E story: "A robber allegedly snatched a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson from a Phenix City woman Wednesday, according to a Columbus Police report. * The 47-year-old woman told police she was on the 2600 block of Mesa Street at about 11 a.m. when a man known only as "B.J." stole her gun." -- You have to know the laws AND the rules of gun ownership... Ever heard of the adage... "Shoot first and ask questions later"? Well, if she'd known the rules, she'd still have her gun, and we'd have one less street thug walking around with a gun.

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L-E headline: "Obama signs bipartisan budget deal, defense bill" -- When liberals like something the Republicans are responsible for, it's always a bi-partisan bill. It doesn't matter that the House Republicans could pass such a budget bill without a single Democratic vote. On the other hand, when the Republicans agree on something responsible, mainstream media calls them obstructionist.

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L-E headline: " Poll: Americans hopeful for a better 2014" -- DOH! Good grief... even Democrats cannot hope for the same kind of year in 2014 as 2013 was. On the other hand. a repeat will clean House and Senate of debris.

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You know, Egypt official calling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization is a pot calling the kettle black.