HuffPost headline: "Putin likes to keep his private life a total secret" -- Well, well, well... the HuffPost never has thought, uh, felt Judas 00-Barnum has needed to open up his private life of school, college, travel, or religion so why is the HuffPost concerned about Putin?

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Well, I'd say easily that the Billionaire-wannabees' number was reduced by 75% or more last night... Cal Poly, a team with a pre-tournament record of 13-19 favored Texas Southern in a "feed game" to be the 16th seed in Mid-West bracket of the NCAA. If the NCAA has any sense, these 'feed games" will be eliminated for future seasons by the end of this week.

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Online story: "(Condoleezza) Rice: I firmly believe that history has a long arc and democracy takes time. If you look back at the history of the United States, we've been through many times of trial and turmoil. We fought a Civil War, we've had challenges with civil rights and equality, we've gone through the Great Depression. Democracy is not easy and it's certainly chaotic at points, but it's the only form of government where people have the right to consent to be governed and elect their leaders." -- "it's the only form of government where people have the right to consent to be governed and elect leaders"? Arrggghhhh!!!!! It's over! We've just about lost! The United States is NOT a democracy! Our form of government is a LIMITED REPUBLIC!

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HuffPost headline: "Obama Rules Out Military Involvement In Ukraine" -- Br'er Putin... he don't say nuttin'. He just laff all de way to the briar patch.

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The "Fed" cannot use a fixed percentage number of unemployment as a guide to make changes in its monetary control formula. The numbers spewed out by Judas 00-Barnum's spinmeisters are so askew from uniformity or reality that the market has no, actually, shouldn't have confidence in them.

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Online headline/story: "Detroit spends more to issue parking fines than it collects * Restructuring consultants have recommended that Detroit increase its parking fines and crack down harder on people who don't pay to boost revenue for the bankrupt city, which currently pays $32 to issue and process a $30 parking violation. * The revenue-generating proposal would change the current parking fines of $20, $30 and $100 per ticket to a two-tiered structure of $45 and $150, The Detroit News reported." -- This is what happens when Democrats hire more Democrats to solve problems... never is the problem too much expense, but just too little revenue to cover wasteful spending. Instead of looking for ways to cut costs, Democrats look for ways to raise more revenues, and in this case, raising parking tickets will basically discourage drivers from parking in metered shopping areas. Of course, retailers suffer losses from fewer customers and sales taxes and parking fines collected go down as well. Brilliance in business is not the forte of Democrats.

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CNN headline/story: "Putin's breathtaking lies about Russia * Vladimir Putin's gala address before Russian parliamentarians and officials Tuesday surprised no one when he announced Russia's annexation of Crimea. The interesting part was his distorted view of Russian history, and his proclamation that a bizarre kind of simultaneously aggrieved and aggressive hyper-nationalism is now Russia's official ideology. * In discussing Ukraine, however, Putin seemed to go out of his way to suggest he had no aggressive intentions and was not planning to divide the rest of the country." -- Hmmm, if you replace Putin's name with Judas 00-Barnum's, and "Russia" with "the USA", and you would have a typical Judas 00-Barnum speech, and CNN would yawn.

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CNN headline: "Lessons from a Chicago ex-gangster" Ooops, my bad.. thought CNN was doing am=nothe Judas 00-Barnum interview.

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WRBL3 High Speed Rail Story Update: "Mayor Obamalinson's claim of a 60 minute ride to the Atlanta airport now includes a stop in Newnan for passenger pick up. Not only does a planned stop shoot holes in her "60 minute" claim, it also pretty much reveals that there will not be enough Columbus passengers going to-fro Atlanta to justify a high speed rail to be built here.. Newnan will probably have more passenger interest than Columbus to begin with as it's a "bedroom community" of Atlanta. So, if most passengers on the return trips get off in Newnan, that would mean ongoing passengers loads to Columbus would me minimal.. sorta like the usual number of people riding on our local buses.

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WTVM9 story: " Federal officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a decision that could encourage other Republican-led states to consider similar policies. * U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita, Kan., ordered the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to immediately modify a national voter registration form to add special instructions for Arizona and Kansas residents about their states' proof-of-citizenship requirements" -- Wow! A little sanity has returned! Several questions need to be asked, though: 1 - Why doesn't the national voter registration already require proof of citizenship for all voters? 2 - Do you think Judas 00-Barnum will ever put Judge Melgren on a short list of possible promotions? and 3 - When will Judge Melgren's IRS audit begin?

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What's with Council's new 'anti-business' edict? No billboards on Manchester Expressway from J R Allen-to-Harris County? Who's drive home is Council trying to protect from commercial interruptions?

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L-E story: "The preferred term for a mutually beneficial agreement between government and private enterprises is "partnership." When it's done right, as has often been the case in this community, it's an accurate definition. * When it's not, it's more appropriately described with a more traditional political term, such as "sweetheart deal," to use one of the gentler (and printable) ones" -- Talk about "sweetheart deals" that justify a few more "other" descriptive words... Whiterwater Express got one at Columbus taxpayers' expense. The guy gets a now exclusive deal to do business that required him not to sink a single dollar into a $25 MILLION dollar PLUS venue. On top of that.. he doesn't even collect sales taxes for the City or State.

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Bruce Pearl? Surely Auburn could could find someone with a better ethics pedigree to bring to its basketball program. In fact, if Auburn wanted to lower such a bar,m why didn't it just go out and choose one of the ultimate "bad boys" Bobby Knight or Lefty Driesell?

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Jehmu Geene..a direct FOX spinmeister/contributer for OObamaCRAP, really opened the door for the critics. She spouted off the 5,000,000 "sign up" number which is the one all Democrats are now using for "the talking points", but went a step further stating that 75% of those have actually made a payment. Hmmmm, it sounds more like only 3,750,000 have signed up, which is even less than Bleep Veep Biden's suggestion.

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Info on Jehmu Greene: "From 2009-2010, Greene was president of Women's Media Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media advocacy organization founded in 2005 by writers/activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem." Good grief... doesn't Fox even bother to look for leftists that there's a possible way to offer balance?

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Online story: "There was a buzz about the exhibition match between Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – but it had nothing to do with the baseball stars on the pitch. * Instead, it was a swarm of bees which took centre stage as they delayed the game for seven minutes while groundskeepers armed with pesticides intervened. * It was Boston left fielder Mike Carp who pointed the bees out to umpires, who stopped the game at the Steinbrenner Field in Tampa." -- I cannot wait to see how Judas 00-Barnum's EPA friends will react if he throws out the first pitch at a baseball game next month.... heh heh heh.

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Online story: "A Texas school board proposed Wednesday to not renew the contract of a principal who allegedly banned students from speaking Spanish on a middle school campus, MyFoxHouston.com reported. * Amy Lacey, the middle school principal in Hempstead, has been on paid administrative leave since late last year. She allegedly announced over the school's intercom that Spanish would not be tolerated on campus. Hempstead is a small town about an hour northwest of Houston. * "Students were shamed until they did not want to come to school anymore," Salina Moreno, an attorney with the Latin Legal Voice, told MyFoxHouston.com. Some Latino organizations are calling on the FBI to investigate possible civil rights violations." -- Good grief! This was possibly the best advice these kids will ever receive, but if a FBI investigation is called for, it is to investigate why so many students do not know English.

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We cannot continue letting the unionized Postal Service to continue as it is..piling up billions in annual debt while the integrity of first class mail delivery continues to disintegrate. We've recently been busy with pre-wedding events and the number of undelivered or post-event delivery of invitations is astonishing. These are fully paid first class missives and mailed 2-4 weeks ahead, yet intended recipients are not getting them on time or not at all.

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You know, when Judas 00-Barnum increased the minimum wage for all workers of contractors doing business with the government, he basically raised everyone else's taxes to fund that. Well, those that are actually paying taxes.

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That robbery case from yesterday's BC concerning "friends"robbing another "friend" from similar life circumstances really demonstrates the break down in cultures that are causing so many crises at the very fiber of the diversity web. In the past, you could almost sympathize certain crimes such as the homeless mom wanting to feed her children, or the idiot flashing gold jewelry and a wad of cash in a desperate neighborhood. You know, sort like the feeling we gave Robin Hood, as he"stole from the rich, and gave to the poor". That euphoric feeling does not exist for this crime.. it was a case of a Robbing Hoodlum stealing from the poor for their own benefit.

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Online headline/story: "Chick-fil-A CEO says opposing same-sex marriage a business mistake *
Two years after making headlines by publicly opposing gay marriage, Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A, admits it was a mistake for he and his company to take a position on the issue." -- Taking a stance was not a mistake.. letting it become a political issue and kowtowing to liberal factions is. To think I went out of my way Aug 1, 2012 to show my support. This truly disappoints me.

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You know, we have about 500 buses in the MCSD inventory.. they cost between $85,000-$105,000 each. In other words, between $42,500,000 and $52,500,000 has been spent on purchase such buses. This does not include operational costs such as fuel, drivers, mechanics, tires and other incidentals during the life span of the buses, nor is there a depreciation fund for replacing them as needed. This money could stay in taxpayers' pockets or even be better spent in the classrooms.

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A soldier endangered his own life in jumping into the cold Chattahoochee River waters to save two kids.. ages 9 and 15, who found themselves struggling in the currents. The 9 year old had fallen in, and his 15 year old brother went in after him. Several questions come to mind immediately: Has the City exposed itself to a "attractive nuisance" legal case as it's too easily accessed by young and intrigued boys & girls, and 2: Where were the boys' parent(s)? and 3 - Since it is required by law to wear a PFD (Personal Flotation Device) does the City that passed the law have a legal obligation to monitor the area?

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Embarrassingly low info voter's L-E "soundoff": " The coal miner who loaded 16 tons and the cotton picker who picked a bale a day worked harder than any rich person today." -- Another liberal's pity party.. most wealthy people became that way by recognizing a human need and finding a better, less expensive way to solve the problem. They discovered it as a way of helping themselves, and the world beat a path to their doors. It's the constant complainer that misses the opportunities to improve themselves.

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L-E headline: "FORMER AL-QAIDA SPOKESMAN RECALLS 9/11 WITH BIN LADEN" -- Oooops, my bad.. thought the L-E was promoting another Michael Moore movie.