LIVs' L-E "soundoff": "Al-Qaeda and ISIS are not the greatest threat to this country. The greatest threat to this country is the Tea Party. They will destroy America." -- Good grief..now a LIV feels ISIS & al Qaida are less of a threat than conservative patriots. Can we get warning labels put on Kool-Ade containers?

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The Supreme Court decision on forcing private companies not to have to provide abortive birth control methods didn't go far enough. OObamaCRAP should not require such, nor forced maternity coverage. These are personal options. I mean why should my wife or myself be forced to carry maternity, much less birth control coverage on ourselves . I'm 67 and she's in the next lower decade.

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L-E story: "A Concerned Cyclist reports that the newly renovated Dillingham Street Bridge's bike lanes were not installed properly. Instead of having one bike lane on each side, the city painted both lanes on the north side. * The big deal, cyclists say, is that such an arrangement means the east-bound cyclist will be riding directly into oncoming traffic, instead of going with the flow. This, my two-wheeled friends say, is a major no-no" -- A "no-no"? Good grief..you know, it's against the law, local and state at that, to drive/steer a vehicle, either a car or bike, in the wrong lane. It's also against the law for adults to ride bicycles on sidewalks..period..!. That should determine what was done , is to be done

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After the Supreme Court decision on whether religious companies could escape including abortive birth control options in their employee healthcare plans, rumor has it that the Mosqued Man is going to tell us that if we like our God, we can keep Him, so start bending over!

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Good grief...Nancy Pelosi sees 1000s of illegal alien children crossing our borders as "an opportunity" rather than crisis. Why isn't there a mental competency test administered to Congresspersons before allowing them to be seated/reseated in Congress?

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Commentary by uber-liberal Reg Henry: "Ryan, et al., here's your problem: No one believes you. OK, that's a bit too broad -- no one who is reasonable believes you." -- Hmmm.. hey Reg...Even if you don't want to believe Paul Ryan, why do you believe anything said by anyone connected with the Mosqued Man?

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L-E headline/story: "New state law forces police to sell confiscated guns * Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, as public safety director, agrees with Boren that it's a shame to return the guns to the streets." -- Good grief! Since when is selling guns to registered firearms dealers the same as "putting guns back on the street?

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You know.. it was bad enough keeping up with team rosters when free agency was initiated in sports, but it's gonna be hell keeping up with conference line-ups now that schools have become free agents.

From the Benghazi BS department - Online HuffPost story: "(_*_)bu Kh(_*_--(_*_)-(_*_) pleaded not guilty during a 10-minute appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge * A lawyer from the federal public defender's office appeared alongside "(_*_)bu Kh(_*_--(_*_)-(_*_) " -- Good grief.. instead of Gitmo, the (_*_) terrorist gets lawyered up on our dollars, and and probably has a book deal lined up with Hillary as his ghost writer!

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A liberal, trying to be "humorous" (but in vain, as the first symptom of catching liberalism is the loss of such), asked what I would call Hillary should she become president. He made a few failed attempts at suggesting a few choices, so I replied to him.. first, I told him I didn't think that was going to happen, but since he was interested, I'd show him the difference between humor and what he thought was humorous. Off the top of my head, I gave him, "Hillsbury Doughgirl" and "Hillewinsky"....q;-) (PS - You saw this first in the Breakfast Club)

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The fact that the CSU "Foundation" footed the $50K dollars ($45K guarantee plus at least $5K for "expenses' ) to find an AD within a two hour drive time should be, no, probably is, disheartening to joyous donors to the Foundation over the years. Spending $50K for basically hiring a fund raiser with the title of Athletic Director at a higher salary than the previous hands-on and successful Athletic Directors just doesn't look like CSU is being a good ward of its resources.

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I finally figured out why the USPS named it's non-expirable postage the "Forever" stamp.. that's the guaranteed delivery time frame.

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Onlinw story: "A proposal is to increase per-gallon taxes on both gasoline and diesel fuel by six cents for two consecutive years. That'd bring federal gas taxes to 30.4 cents a gallon and diesel to 36.4 cents per gallon. After that, the gas tax would be tied to inflation." -- You know, the oil companies' profits per gallon come in around 7-cents. Combined, fed and state/local sales taxes give governments 3-to-4 times that much per gallon. Now the feds want to raise their share 60-80%.. and.. and get this, put automatic increases tied to inflation.. and gasoline prices are one of the primary inflation stimulators.

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Online story: "A 73-year-old veteran says he was fired from a Venice, FL Cracker Barrel restaurant for giving a needy man a few condiment packets and a corn muffin." -- Good grief... even if only partially true.. what was Cracker Barrel "thinking"?

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Latest from barackobama.com: "Come celebrate in Chicago * We're throwing a birthday party for President Obama here at OFA HQ. It'll be a celebration of historic health care reform—and you're invited." -- Hmmm, and where will the Mosqued Man be... North Carolina?

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Online story: "McDaniel Supporters Barred From Reviewing Voter Rolls in Nine Mississippi Counties * The McDaniel campaign has already found 1,000 examples in one county of Democrats who voted in the June 3rd primary as Democrats and then crossed over into the Republican primary this week. *This is illegal and their votes should not be counted." -- Hmm... and 9 more counties have been identified doing the same.. --so far. A PAC supporting incumbent Senator Cochran's campaign bought the services of a highly controversial Democratic political consultant to target black voters to cross over and vote for Cochran. Politics as usual ain't politics as usual anymore.

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Online story: "The man dubbed the leader of the free world -- beset by foreign and domestic policy crises, sinking in the opinion polls, and just clipped by the Supreme Court -- told a gathering in Minnesota Thursday that he's looking forward to spending a "couple days here in the Twin Cities." * "I've been really looking forward to -- to getting out of D.C.," the president said, getting a laugh in return. "Our agenda's still a little loose. You know, I might pop in for some ice cream or visit a small business. I don't know, I'm just going to make it up as I go along." -- "I'm just going to make it up as I go along"? Hmmm....isn't this what has got the Mosqued Man to this point? Making things up... then having his army of spinmeisters and mainstream media trying to convince the world "it's the truth"?

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Online headline/story: "Jews barred from African Union summit * "I have never seen such racism, such anti-Semitism. We were humiliated," said several of the Jews in attendance, who had left Equatorial Guinea in a fury after changing their flights. * "It all began when one of the Arab delegates, from Egypt, approached us at dinner the night before the opening and asked what we were doing here, pointing at the men wearing kippahs," said Israeli businesswoman Yardena Ovadia, who had organized the invitation of the Jewish delegation to the summit. * "We were already seated in the conference hall," said Ovadia. "The heads of the Arab League announced a boycott of the conference until the 'Israeli delegation' left. We officially declared that we were Americans, not Israelis, but it didn't help." * "There was a representative of the US congress with us. She was shocked and said that there will be an official government statement," Ovadia added" -- " will be an official government statement"? Good luck with the Mosqued Man standing up against Egypt...

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "To the “lifelong Democrat” who remembers the good old days of George Wallace and Lester Maddox … sir, that is now the Republican Party." -- Good grief.. I thought Democrat propaganda had hit bottom already...

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L-E headline/story: "JULY 22 RUNOFFS * ADVANCE VOTING STARTS MONDAY * The Community Room in the City Services Center, 3111 Citizens Way, is the only polling place in Muscogee County that will be open for the runoffs’ advance voting period: Mondays-Fridays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m * Boren expects voter turnout for the runoffs to be less than 10 percent of the electorate. * Regardless of the turnout, conducting the runoffs still will cost the county’s elections office about $75,000, Boren said." -- Good grief.. There are 4 runoffs.. why should there be a need to "early voting"? Why not just give voters a choice to go get an absentee ballot or vote on July 22nd?

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Richard Hyatt's L-E commentary: "So despite decisions made elsewhere, schools in the Southeastern Conference aren't seriously considering the sale of beer in the stadiums where fans practice the ancient ritual of college football. * "We see no value in it. It's being done in some places but it is not an option in the SEC," says Greg McGarity, the athletic director at the University of Georgia. * This fall, Arkansas begins selling beer at concession stands serving 8,950 hog-calling fans in a special club section. Alabama, Auburn and LSU allow premium ticket-holders to brown-bag their own bottles but don't include beer on their stadium menus." -- "not an option in the SEC"?...Yet "fans" in "special sections" and "premium tcket-holder" are exempt... Marx was spot-on.. everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others... hmmm, sort a applies to political appointees of the Mosqued man as well.

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L-E human interest story: " Nathaniel Hawthorne famously said, “Families are always rising and falling in America.” I wonder if the same can be said about cities. * A recent film, entitled “Brick Mansions,” stars the late Paul Walker. “Brick Mansions” is an adaptation of a 2004 French movie called “District B13” in which a dystopian, Parisian slum has been so overrun by gangs, drugs and violence that police have turned it into an open-air prison surrounded by guarded walls topped with barbed wire. * In “Brick Mansions,” the premise is the same, but the city is in America. I’ll let Christy Lemire, writer at RogerEbert.com  , say more: “Walker stars as Damien Collier, an undercover police detective in a dystopian, futuristic Detroit. (Otherwise known as: next week. I kid!)” Call me a killjoy, but I’m not amused. I find it difficult to watch our country largely turn a blind eye to Detroit’s plight while we delight ourselves in economically thriving cities like New York and San Francisco. I think of Detroit in its heyday and wonder how a place full of hope and prosperity not too long ago is now useful for little more than the setting of a dystopian film or the butt of a joke." -- Hmmm, " I find it difficult to watch our country largely turn a blind eye to Detroit’s plight "? Good grief.. Detroit's "heyday" was filled with graft, corruption and taxpayer abuse as the city and the unions ran up $18 BILLION in public debt. Sorry, but that is not something the other 49 states need to bail out. It's even questionable whether Michigan should do so, but that's up to Michigan voters,\.

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There is a picture in the L-E taken from a "march" to save the "Garrard Center" of Girl's, Inc which is scheduled to close for lack of funding. Young girls are carrying signs of various content. Those signs would look a bit more sincere if they'd been hand-lettered by the kids.. it would also show that the powers that be were a bit more concerned about the expenses.

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L-E story: "WARSAW, Poland — President Barack Obama has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a cause that still divides his own country. * Sometimes U.S. advice and encouragement is condemned as unacceptable meddling. * And sometimes it can seem to backfire, increasing the pressure on those it is meant to help." -- "unacceptable meddlimg"? What.. the Mosqued Man worry? I can see it now.. the next president will have to go on another world tour the day after being sworn in to apologize for the Mosqued Man.

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L-E commentary: "Secretary of State John Kerry recently floated a mind-numbing idea: to help turn back ISIS, the Islamic terrorist group that has seized control of more than a third of Iraq, the U.S. could enter a cooperative arrangement with the mullahs of Iran. Yes, the administration still clings to the notion that it can advance American interests by cutting a deal with Tehran. No wonder we are losing everywhere on the foreign policy front. True, America and Iran have a mutual interest in Iraq, much in the way a robber and a customer have a common interest in a bank. Missing the difference in desired outcomes explains the core problem of the president’s foreign policy." -- "No wonder we are losing everywhere on the foreign policy front"? You know, there's only one thing I need to add to this item.. it was not written nor supported by anyone on the L-E staff. The author, JAMES JAY CARAFANO, is vice president of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies for The Heritage Foundation. Maybe McClatchy should hire him. well, we can wish, can't we?

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L-E commentary of George Will: " Amanda Blackhorse, a Navajo who successfully moved a federal agency to withdraw trademark protections from the Washington Redskins because it considers the team’s name derogatory, lives on a reservation where Navajos root for the Red Mesa High School Redskins. She opposes this name; the Native Americans who picked and retain it evidently do not." -- ROFLMAO...

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Froma Harrop camel excrement: " One sensed Chris McDaniel might be in trouble when Sen. Thad Cochran asked Democrats, black voters especially, to support him. (Such crossover voting is allowed under the rules.) But when the right-wingers went into rage mode, vowing to patrol the balloting, you knew it was all over. They had handed the opposition a crusade to march in." -- ((Such crossover voting is allowed under the rules.) ? -- Well, not entirely.. like in Georgia, if you voted in the primary for one party, you cannot vote in a runoff for the other party.. in another online story: "McDaniel Supporters Barred From Reviewing Voter Rolls in Nine Mississippi Counties * The McDaniel campaign has already found 1,000 examples in one county of Democrats who voted in the June 3rd primary as Democrats and then crossed over into the Republican primary this week. *This is illegal and their votes should not be counted." 

China has banned Hillary's book "Hard Choices" two different ways.. no publisher has bought the rights to translate/publish it in Chinese languages, but China has also has prohibited the sale of it in English. Guess for the Chinese, they were "easy choices", and so much for her effectiveness as a political representative of the US in the future as well. Wow... in comparison, , the Chinese preferred Nixon to Hillary...

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HuffPost headline: "Obama Dismisses Boehner Lawsuit As Nothing More Than A 'Stunt' -- Good grief, guess just taking over Congress's duties isn't enough.. now the Man of Steal has taken of the Judicial Branch's duties.

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Online story: "Obama's physician revealed the 44th president has been suffering with a little-known foot issue for 6 months." -- Hmmm, well it certainly can't be talking about the Mosqued Man's foot-and-mouth disease.. he's, well, we've suffered with that for his entire elected career.

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Online story: "U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday blasted House Republicans who have threatened to sue him for issuing executive orders to implement policies that would have a hard time passing in the Republican-controlled chamber of Congress. * "They don't do anything except block me and call me names," Obama said in an economic speech that concluded a two-day visit to Minnesota." -- "call me names"? Good grief.. Daniel Snyder, the NFL's Washington franchise owner should rename his team the "Washington Thinskins". It would be the Man of Steal's true legacy.

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Online story: "As the world is watching the impact of marijuana legalization measures in Uruguay and several American states, the United Nations warns that the widespread public perception that pot is a low-risk drug is dangerously mistaken. * "Medical research tell us clearly that the use of cannabis, particularly at early ages, can be very harmful for the health," UN Office on Drugs and Crime chief researcher Angela Me told a news conference on Thursday, Reuters reported" -- Whoa! Well, maybe now Democrats in Congress will finally vote for shutting off funding for the UN!

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HuffPost story: "The other (GM) recalls are much smaller and also had no reported injuries. One affects nearly 4,800 Chevrolet SS and Caprice police cars with faulty windshield wiper modules. Gear teeth can become stripped, causing the wipers to fail. Dealers will replace modules if needed." -- "dealers will replace modules if needed"? Good grief.. when will you know "if needed"? Failure will probably in a hot pursuit chase during a rain storm which could kill an officer.. Replace now!

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HuffPost story: "Los Angeles’ first medical marijuana farmers market is set to launch July 4, marking a unique opportunity for card-carrying cannabis patients to purchase a variety of products, including cannabis flowers, edibles and concentrates, directly from growers. * The new farmers market, which will feature 20 to 50 vendors, will be held at the West Coast Collective in East Los Angeles." -- Good grief... there are pretty strict amounts of marijuana and marijuana plants that a legal grower can have at any one time, and 20-50 legal vendors are going to supply enough to fill a 15,000 square foot venue? Must be the new math.

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WRBL3 story: "Columbus State hired Todd Reeser as the newest Cougar athletics director. * Reeser was announced Friday afternoon by university president Dr. Tim Mescon. He comes to CSU after spending the last five years at Georgia State as an associate AD." -- CSU paid a headhunter $45,000.00 plus expenses to hire an associate AD from a school within the state? Good grief.. that could have been accomplished with a posting on the university system bulletin board for the cost of a few keystrokes.

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Interesting.. when you think about it, a higher percentage of FOP members/voters supported Colin Martin for Mayor than the percent of non-FOP voters who supported Mayor Obamalinson. That sorta shows that the criminal elements didn't want Martin for Mayor; they preferred the status quo.

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L-E story: "A new U.S. Army assessment is calling for cutting nearly 11,000 military and civilian jobs at Fort Benning by the year 2020, with the total job loss in the region — on and off post — estimated at just under 14,000 * “Our citizens need to know how serious of a threat this is to our community, and it’s really the broader Chattahoochee Valley community,” Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said of the potential devastating impact on the region * “When people say government jobs aren’t important and they don’t create economic value, this proves that nothing could be further from the truth,” Tomlinson said" -- Good grief.. Mayor Obamalinson is trying to equate excessive government service jobs are valuable compared to the Constitutionally authorized/mandated jobs our military performs? How dare she. What she's trying to do is justify not cutting back on local government employees.. the same stance will be taken by our School Board as well. .

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Oh, another 'general order' for American patriots.. when you get called in by the IRS for an audit, claim you're innocent, your hard drive crashed and you recycled it, then take the 5th Amendment as ask for a government provided lawyer.

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Two men are suing the NJ Lottery because they checked the lottery web site, which posted wrong winning numbers, so they through their winning tickets away. You know, they have a better argument than the IRS.

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Online story: "Border Patrol agents in Arizona were reportedly fired upon by a Mexican military helicopter that traveled across the border." -- I think it's time to free Sgt Tahooressi the good old American way. Where's Bush43 when we need him!

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Online story (and not on the HuffPost): "The socially conservative group National Organization of Marriage (NOM) accused the IRS of leaking documents to the Obama campaign in 2012. After going public with their accusations, a top Obama campaign official Joe Solomese actually used the information to attack Mitt Romney during the election, with the help of left-wing operative “journalists” in outlets such as the Huffington Post. The documents used shows that Romney donated $10,000 to NOM, which is information that was not supposed to be known by anyone else… except the IRS. * Two years after activists for same-sex marriage obtained the confidential tax return and donor list of a national group opposed to redefining marriage, the Internal Revenue Service has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to settle the resulting lawsuit." -- No wonder those 7 hard drives were "recycled"!!!!

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Online story: "When President Obama announced an unprecedented effort by the EPA to strong-arm states into adopting cap-and-trade, he made the announcement not by focusing on the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but rather on the so-called co-benefits that closing coal plants will have on particulate matter, which is already tightly regulated. These purported co-benefits are based on two secret studies that have never been publicly validated. Amazingly, the architect of this co-benefits strategy is a long-time EPA staffer named John Beale, now known as federal inmate number 33005-016 and locked up for fraud at Cumberland Federal Correctional Institution * Now Beale is locked up for fraud, but his secret science trick marches on." --- Hmmm, Guess Beale will get a professorship at the University of Chicago with an office next to Bill Ayers....

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You know...it really bothers me that our school system tries to meet the average scores.. gets excited if student scores are within a few points of average. I was raised under the pretense that average is not a goal. Average means you're the same as the worst of the best or the best if the worst. Neither of those is satisfactory as a goal.

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Online story: "A group that supported Republican Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran in his re-election bid against state senator Chris McDaniel paid a controversial political consultant $44,000 to conduct political phone calls. * Mississippi Conservatives PAC Mitzi Bickers “to make paid calls to potential Cochran supporters. * Bickers is the former head of the Atlanta School Board and a pastor at the city’s Emmanuel Baptist Church. * Last year, as an aide to Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed, Bickers was forced to change her financial disclosure forms after WSB-TV 2 discovered that she had failed to report over $500,000 she earned on political campaign work she did in 2012. She eventually left the position. * Failure to disclose such information comes under the penalty of perjury." * Bickers was hired to target black voters, Barbour said. The demographic, which leans heavily Democratic, became a key focal point for the PAC and the Cochran campaign after the incumbent lost to McDaniel in the initial June 3 primary by 2,000 votes" -- Good grief.. the Republican PAC bought black cross-over votes to win the primary runoff for the weaker Republican candidate in the November elcetion, and we know those voters will vote Democrat in the General Election which probably means a Democrat will win a seat in Mississippi since the Republican conservative vote probably won't support Cochran...

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “One of the sources of pride in being a human being is the ability to bear present frustrations in the interests of longer purposes.” - Helen Merrell Lynd, American sociologist and educator (1896-1982)." -- Hmmm... Ms Lynd was obviously a psychic... she left us with a way to survive the Mosqued Man.

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L-E story: " The Syrian rebels that the U.S. now wants to support are in poor shape, on the retreat from the radical al-Qaida breakaway group that has swept over large parts of Iraq and Syria, with some rebels giving up the fight. It is not clear whether the new U.S. promise to arm them will make a difference." -- Oh, arming the rebels will make a difference even Hillary can distinguish between... arming the rebels will asure that the "radical al-Qaida breakaway group" will get a weapons upgrade.

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L-E story: " A fear of voting has gripped Democratic leaders in the Senate, slowing the chamber’s modest productivity this election season to a near halt. * With control of the Senate at risk in November, leaders are going to remarkable lengths to protect endangered Democrats from casting tough votes and to deny Republicans legislative victories in the midst of the campaign. The phobia means even bipartisan legislation to boost energy efficiency, manufacturing, sportsmen’s rights and more could be scuttled. * The Senate’s masters of process are finding a variety of ways to shut down debate" -- Hmmm, and the Mosqued Man's spinmeisters will blame this on the Republican objectionists, and mainstream media will support his lies.

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L-E headline: "Library manager apologizes to father for treatment of autistic son: -- Hmmm, I do not think it was unreasonable for the library manager to ask that a 14 year old, 6' tall boy who plays "Minecraft" to vacate the children's department computer area. Minecraft gets pretty heady for a 5 or 6 year old who cn watch - There's a limit to politocal correctness....

Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things.
It can also be about adventuring with friends or watching the sun rise over a blocky ocean. It’s pretty. Brave players battle terrible things in The Nether, which is more scary than pretty. You can also visit a land of mushrooms if it sounds more like your cup of tea.

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L-E half-story: " The Harris County School District students in grades 3-8 improved on more than half of their standardized tests and increased their margin over the state average in more than one-third of them, according to results released this week by the Georgia Department of Education. * This spring, those six grades took the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests in five subjects, producing a total of 30 scores for school districts to measure their progress. *

Harris County’s highlights in the CRCT scores include:
• Third grade outscored the other districts in the RESA in reading, math and science. “This is particularly outstanding due to the fact that third grade is a pivotal grade where there exists a reading promotion requirement,” Branham said.
• Fourth-grade reading improved by 3.3 percentage points to 95.9. “There is historically a dip in scores when the curriculum changes slightly and there is an increase in levels of independence,” Branham said.
• Fifth grade has a reading and math promotion requirement, and 96.6 percent passed reading and 92.0 percent passed math.
• Sixth grade outscored the RESA in all subject areas, except reading, where Harris County’s 98.2 was nipped by Coweta County’s 98.4.

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Hmmm.. how convenient.. the L-E did not post all the scores in the print edition so Muscogee County citizens could compare how bad the MCSD scores were in comparison to Harris County's. Harris County students drink the water from the same sources as Columbus students, so that can't be the problem......

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For the BCers whio do not get the online edition:

Here are the HCSD figures:

2013 scores, followed by the 2014 scores. Numbers denote the percentage of students who met or exceeded the state standard)

Eighth-grade reading                                  Muscogee County 2014 figures:

Harris County 98.5, 98.2, -0.3                           96

State average 96.8, 97.0, +0.2

Eighth-grade English language arts

Harris County 97.8, 96.9, -0.9                           92

State average 94.3, 94.5, +0.2

Eighth-grade math

Harris County 91.3, 89.8, -1.5                            72

State average 83.0, 81.5, -1.5

Eighth-grade science

Harris County 92.8, 88.7, -4.1                            65

State average 74.0, 77.9, +3.9

Eighth-grade social studies

Harris County 87.9, 90.6, +2.7                           74

State average 77.9, 80.6, +2.7

Seventh-grade reading

Harris County 99.0, 97.1, -1.9                            91

State average 94.7, 94.7, 0.0

Seventh-grade English language arts

Harris County 98.2, 95.8, -2.4                             90

State average 93.0, 93.9, +0.9

Seventh-grade math

Harris County 96.7, 92.9, -3.8                             81

State average 89.9, 87.6, -2.3

Seventh-grade science

Harris County 94.3, 89.6, -4.7                              77

State average 85.2, 84.2, -1.0

Seventh-grade social studies

Harris County 91.5, 88.3, -3.2                             79

State average 82.7, 83.5, +0.8

Sixth-grade reading

Harris County 96.2, 98.2, +2.0                           95

State average 96.0, 97.2, +1.2

Sixth-grade English language arts

Harris County 92.5, 94.5, +2.0                            87

State average 92.4, 91.8, -0.6

Sixth-grade math

Harris County 90.2, 93.9, +3.7                            74

State average 82.7, 84.1, +1.4

Sixth-grade science

Harris County 80.8, 86.1, +5.3                            62

State average 74.0, 75.1, +1.1

Sixth-grade social studies

Harris County 84.2, 88.9, +4.7                            69

State average 77.5, 79.8, +2.3

Fifth-grade reading

Harris County 94.9, 96.6, +1.7                             93

State average 92.9, 94.8, +1.9

Fifth-grade English language arts

Harris County 95.9, 95.7, -0.2                              92

State average 94.2, 94.7, +0.5

Fifth-grade math

Harris County 94.6, 92.0, -2.6                              86

State average 89.5, 87.7, -1.8

Fifth-grade science

Harris County 86.2, 86.3, +0.1                               74

State average 79.6, 81.9, +2.3

Fifth-grade social studies

Harris County 81.4, 84.0, +2.6                               72

State average 80.5, 80.7, +0.2

Fourth-grade reading

Harris County 92.6, 95.9, +3.3                                88

State average 92.5, 93.6, +1.1

Fourth-grade English language arts

Harris County 91.1, 93.0, +2.0                                83

State average 90.2, 88.7, -1.5

Fourth-grade math

Harris County 86.9, 89.2, +2.3                                70

State average 84.3, 81.7, -2.6

Fourth-grade science

Harris County 89.4, 91.6, +2.2                                68

State average 82.7, 80.9, -1.8

Fourth-grade social studies

Harris County 87.5, 89.3, +1.8                                67

State average 81.3, 81.2, -0.1

Third-grade reading

Harris County 96.4, 95.2, -1.2                                   88

State average 92.1, 92.3, +0.2

Third-grade English language arts

Harris County 95.5, 93.8, -1.7                                   82

State average 88.1, 88.5, +0.4

Third-grade math

Harris County 86.6, 90.7, +4.1                                 75

State average 78.5, 80.7, +2.2

Third-grade science

Harris County 88.1, 86.8, -1.3                                    65

State average 78.4, 77.1, -1.3

Third-grade social studies

Harris County 89.0, 91.4, +2.4                                   77

State average 83.4, 83.7, +0.3

And don't believe Realtors don't have these figures close at hand when showing newcomers to the area places to buy...

Online story: "WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts. * The justices were unanimous in ruling that extending a buffer zone 35 feet from clinic entrances violates the First Amendment rights of protesters." -- "the Justices were unanimous"? Good grief.. have there been any other unanimous decisions on anything by this panel? You know, this panel would contradict itself on issues of whether transgenderists have the right to pick whether to use the men's or women's bathrooms.

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The Supreme Court just endorsed mediocrity and squashed the entrepreneurial spirit of America. The SC ruled against a small company who had the idea of pulling free broadcast TV signals from a strong reception area, and rebroadcasting them via the I-net to people in areas that get weak or bad reception. If the Supreme Court is going to protect the major TV networks, the Supreme Court needs to order the major networks to provide good/strong reception to 100% of Americans. Another thing this ruling does is put more Americans under the thumb of cable companies. Network broadcasters have no incentive to improve their signal strength as long as cable is buying the rights to rebroadcast, and cable companies benefit because citizens in weak reception areas have no other choice.

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Neal Cavuto was interviewing a Democratic Party Congressman who wants to raise the gas taxes 81% (18.4¢ to 33.4¢) to pay for more bridge & road repair. Cavuto asked if $120 Billion wasn't enough. The Congressman said, of course it's enough, but it's not meeting our needs...Cavuto flustered him by asking if he could account where the money was spent, and he had no clue. This is what's wrong with government taxes and spending.

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Online story: "With his increasing visibility and political involvement, San Francisco environmentalist and mega-Democratic campaign donor Tom Steyer is making Democrats a rich target for hypocrisy, critics say.
* Steyer has pledged $100 million this year to elect Democrats who are committed to fighting global warming and the Keystone XL pipeline. * Steyer was in Washington Wednesday for private meetings at the White House and to promote his project, which attempts to get American business to adapt to climate change. * Steyer made his fortune, in part, from fossil fuels - the very energy source he now condemns - while he was a hedge fund manager at Farallon Capital Management, a firm he founded. -- Hmmm... so the Mosqued Man's mask has been removed... 'Big politics' is more about the money than "big oil'..

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Oh, and the Man of Steal is going to forsake Chicago for North Carolina. Wow.. in one fell swoop, he has tossed Chicago and the unions under his bus.. North Carolina is a "right-to-work" state.

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Hmmm... Barack H. Obama.... Barack HYPOCRITE Obama.

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Since the Obama's are moving to North Carolina rather than return to their home in Chicago, shouldn't the Obama's repay the taxpayers for all the security "beef ups" installed at their Chicago home, and make the Obama's pay any overages for expenses that are more than what was already spent on their Chicago home?

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Now the Mosqued Man's spinmeisters are claiming the rise of ISIS took the White House by surprise..huh...is the Man of Steal now saying the CUA/NSA officials now get their info from reading the newspaper, too?

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Online story: "The Supreme Court delivered a blow Thursday to President Obama, ruling that he went too far in making recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board." -- "delivered a blow"? The Court should have delivered him his walking papers!

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WTVM9 headline/story: "When will the Brown Ave. Bridge be open again? * Construction on the Brown Ave. bridge began on March 15th, 2013. Now, dirt, stones, and more construction workers still litter the 65 year-old bridge, a year and a half into the project. * Last May, the project was put on hold due to birds nesting under the overpass. Officials said the birds would not affect the completion date. * "They're about 60 percent complete," (Columbus City Planning Department coordinator Felton) Grant informs " -- If a construction project is "put on hold due to birds nesting", doesn't it sound more like very little activity was going on? I mean, birds don't like human movement, much less loud noises of construction work. Hey, Cavuto.. this is why $120 Billion in gas taxes don't show much for the money.. One bridge, a two-lane one at that, has been under construction for "a year and a half" and it's only 60% finished.

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Online story: "Here are the seven IRS employees that the IRS is claiming their hard drives all crashed at the same time: Loius Lerner, Nikole Flax, Michelle Eldridge, Kimberly Kitchens, Nancy Heageny, Julie Chan, and Tyler Chumny. Interesting is that Lerner, Flax, Kitchens, Heageny, Chan, and Chumny were all connected with the IRS Exempt Organizations area, and Eldrideg's job was to defend these 6. Must be something in the Cincinnati water... probably 6 hard drives.

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L-E story: "The new historical marker outside the "Resting Garden" on the grounds of the city's old slave cemetery is titled: "1828 Cemetery For Internment Of Blacks." * They meant to say "interment," of course. The mistake is repeated in the first sentence of the marker." -- Sorta ironic...ironic since an umpteen-thousand dollar archeological scan showed no signs of any burials was ever done on this site. In fact, this is a Hillary-type-moment..since there is no evidence of bodies buried there... internment.. interment... "what difference does it make".. Of course, if Hillary had her choice, Monica would be buried here, and "Intern-ment" would be fitting.

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From same story: ""Oh my goodness, I so appreciate you bringing that to our attention," Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said Thursday. * "We're going to have to get right on that." * Tomlinson said the cost of making it right depends on whether the present sign can be altered or if a new sign will have to be manufactured." -- Mayor Tomlinson may have said that, but Mayor Obamalinson was thinking who's head was gonna roll. Of course, after spending $244,000.00 of other people's money on a public bathroom, what's another wasted $2,000.00 of other people's money?

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Hmmmm, so Hillary wants her staffer. Huma Abedin, to keep her perverted husband, A. Weiner on a leash.....isn't that a basic tenet of S&M?

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Online story: "The federal government has spent nearly $5 billion to establish federal and state exchanges for ObamaCare, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). * The funding was provided by a section of the Affordable Care Act that allowed for “indefinite” funding at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). * The law enabled HHS to distribute multiple grants to states to plan and establish exchanges. Initial planning grants were valued at $1 million, though multiple rounds of “exchange establishment grants” cost much more, totaling $4.6 billion" -- Hmmm..."Initial planning grants were valued at $1 million"? Good grief... 50 states @ $1,000,000.00 each has turned $50,000,000.00 into $4.6 BILLION! Never vote for anyone running as a DEMOCRAT!

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Online story: "Clinton also demurred when asked about a compliment Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently paid her during a San Francisco appearance before the Commonwealth Club of California. Perry, who is also mulling a possible repeat run for president in 2016 on the Republican side, described her as a ““very, very capable public servant, great secretary of State, first lady.” -- Hmmm...isn't it amazing how mainstream media will fawn over Perry if he's complimenting Hillary, but turning on him like a shark feeding frenzy when he talks about real issues?

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L-E story: "(Phenix City's) Finance Director Steve Smith said the city’s AA credit rating is based on the amount of reserves the city has available. Reducing the reserves would affect the credit rating. * “If we spend down those reserves, we will lose part of that credit rating,” he said. “That credit rating will go down every time we borrow. We will pay higher rates.” * The city is working to get reserves to 120 days of operation. It currently has enough for 107 days. * “It is enormously valuable to the city,” Smith said of the city’s credit rating" -- Hmmm, and Mayor Obamalinson spent six days of Columbus' reserve fund on the new budget which brings our reserve down to 66 days, and our minimum is 60 days. Glad to see some government in the area looking out for their citizens' future.

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L-E story follow up: "For nearly 10 minutes, officers cornered burglary suspect Taquawn P****** under a 51st Street business crawl space after a piece of plate glass nearly lopped the 40-year-old burglar's hand, according to court testimony. * P***** pleaded not guilty to his charges of second degree burglary and obstructing an officer during a Thursday morning hearing. The suspect sported a cast on his still-intact hand after a days-long stay under guard at the Midtown Medical Center." -- "spoted a cast on his still-intact hand" ... hmmm, wonder if Mayor Obamalinson will jump on Sheriff Dare over the medical costs?

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " The Riverwalk restroom facility is a great idea if you can keep the drug use and the punk criminals from ruining it for everyone else." -- DOH! Well, if Mayor Obamalinson & Council hadn't spent $244K on it, they could have afforded another security shift to walk the RiverWalk during the night hours for the next 8-10 years or more years.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " It was not the entire FOP that backed Mayor Tomlin-son’s opponent. It was just a small faction, along with Robertson, who made that decision." -- Good grief.. there was a higher percent of FOP members who voted for Martin than the percent of non-FOP members who voted for Mayor Obamalinson!

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L-E headline: "Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels" -- Ooops, my bad.. thought the Mosqued Man had released more "training officers" from Gitmo while we slept..

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Order of today: Go out and buy a receipts' scanner. When IRS calls you in to explain your deductions, simply show up with a broken laptop and you receipts' scanner and tell the IRS you've gotten all on your crashed hard drive.

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L-E editorial headline/content: "(CRCT Test) Scores inching upward, but far too slowly * It's good news. Nowhere near good enough, and there's too much bad news attached to it. But at the moment, and in its appropriate context, we'll take it" -- "we'll take it"? That's what "we" have been doing for years, and you see where it's gone.. I have a question to ask the L-E editorial board: "you'll take it?".. It's more of a matter of just where are you taking it!

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L-E headline: "JOBLESS RATE JUMPS TO 8% IN MAY * Labor department says it’s due to surge of college, high school students looking for work" --Well aside from not many students are out of school for graduating in April, this is actually something positive to hear.. Huh? you say.. Yes, POSITIVE... even though there are no jobs out there for high school and college graduates, they are out looking for work. That's far better than a 7.2 rate which is only that low because too many unemployed who should be out looking for jobs aren't doing so, which the Labor Department uses to skew the real unemployment figures.

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L-E headline: "CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY LIBRARIES * System is No. 1 in attendance statewide *
CVL has attracted 45,960 people to its 1,936 programs in the current fiscal year" -- Hmmm.. this is probably a double-edged sword.. with the jump in unemployment, more people are probably hanging out at the libraries to kill time and/or look for non-existent jobs.

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L-E story: "Instead, Peggy (Theus) pointed me (L-E writer Alva James-Johnson) to Horace King, a bridge builder who she considered the real hero. He was born a slave in South Carolina, and became the most respected bridge builder in West Georgia, Alabama and northeast Mississippi during the 1800s. He built the original Dillingham Street Bridge across the Chattahoochee, connecting Columbus and Phenix City. He also served as an Alabama state representative after the Civil War." -- "served as an Alabama state representative"? Hey, how come bridges we Georgians built are named for an Alabama resident!.

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HuffPost story: " The Swedish furniture giant Ikea is raising the minimum wage in all of its U.S. stores, and it's doing so in a way that may raise the bar for American retailers. * According to Ikea, the move will boost the average store minimum wage to $10.76, a 17 percent increase, and bring raises to approximately half of the company's 13,650 U.S. employees" -- Hmmm.... so Ikea is a "good guy" Liberalville? Half its employees are getting a raise to 10.67.... Hmmm... didn't Walmart, the liberals' Satan, and recently vilified by the NY Times, show it already pays its full time hourly employees an average of over $12.00 per hour? Maybe Ikea's money is "greener" than Walmart's...

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Online story: "A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Wednesday that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, extending the movement's legal winning streak and bringing the issue a big step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. * The three-judge panel in Denver ruled 2-1 that states cannot deprive people of the fundamental right to marry simply because they choose a partner of the same sex." -- And exactly which Constitutional Amendment is this written/guaranteed? The 14th Amendment, Section 1 reads:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. "

On the other hand, In his dissent, Justice Paul J. Kelly Jr. said the 10th Circuit overstepped its authority and that states should be able to decide who can marry.

Our Constitution does support him:

9th Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"

10th Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"

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Now.. the 14th Amendment's Section 3 does raise issue with whether we should be paying the salary/pension of the Democrats who voted to take over our healthcare system:

"Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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From the "suspicion's confirmed" department - HuffPost story: "Federal employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have been instructed to stop defecating in the hallway of a regional office in Denver, Colo., according to an internal e-mail obtained by Government Executive. * In a staff email earlier this year, Deputy Regional Administrator Howard Cantor warned of "several" inappropriate bathroom "incidents" in the building, including paper towel-clogged toilets and "an individual placing feces in the hallway" outside the restroom." -- Aha! Now we know why roadside bathrooms are dirty no matter when you use one.. the EPA has been setting the standards!

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HuffPost headline: "Diane Sawyer Steps Down As 'World News' Anchor" -- Guess her last interview with Hillary was just too much for ABC...

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Online story: "The U.S. economy shrank at a steep annual rate of 2.9 percent in the January-March quarter as a harsh winter contributed to the biggest contraction since the depths of the recession five years ago. But the setback is expected to be temporary, with growth rebounding solidly since spring. * The Commerce Department says the first-quarter contraction was even more severe than the 1 percent annual decline it estimated a month ago. Two-thirds of the downward revision reflected a decline in health care spending." -- Hmmm, you know.. I can see the growth of jobs in the next week or so... the Man of Steal will have to quadruple his spinmeister staff to get this swept under the carpet before November elections.

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It's awfully suspicious when the White House spinmeisters blasts commerce for causing the hottest May in the last 100 year, then turn around the next day and announce that last months GDP took a nose five.

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After all the dirt settled.. Charlie Rangel did get more votes than Adriano Espaillat in the New York Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District. No majority mind you, but Rangel is heading back to Washington. Let's add Rangel along with Biden as the "Poster Boys" for federal term and pension limits.

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Once again, Rangel's plurality victory show why runoffs should be mandatory when less than 50% of the voters outweigh the total of the voters.

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HuffPost story: "Republican businessman Curt Clawson has won the special election to replace former Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.), the Associated Press reports. * Clawson easily defeated Democratic rival April Freeman in Tuesday's primary, in addition to Libertarian candidate Ray Netherwood." -- "easily defeated Democratic rival"? The "Democratic rival" got less than 3 of every 10 votes cast.. the Democratic Party offering was decimated!

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Online story: "The District of Columbia Council on Tuesday approved a "yoga tax" on gymnasiums and yoga classes that has angered fitness buffs in the U.S. capital. * The Democratic-controlled council voted 12-1 to give final approval to a $10.6 billion budget for 2015 that included a sales tax on gyms, yoga studios and other athletic businesses," -- Hmmm... just how "inclusive" are Democrats? They've taxed white people for indoor tanning, and now they are taxing religious practices of those of Indian descent/following? Looks like a double-dose of discrimination for the Supreme Court to take on.

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Online story: "Malaysia Airlines’ missing Flight 370 appears to have been on autopilot as it flew south across the Indian Ocean until running out of fuel, and the likeliest scenario is that the crew was unresponsive, possibly suffering from the effects of oxygen deprivation, Australian officials said Thursday in announcing a new deep-sea search for the aircraft. * Hypoxia occurs when a plane loses air pressure and the pilots, lacking adequate oxygen, become confused and incapable of performing even basic manual tasks." -- Good grief... now officials are "grasping"... If hypoxia happened immediately (ala the Payne Stewart situation) how would pilots still be able to 'redirect" the airliners directions/altitude then reset the auto-pilot, and durin the same time, ignore radioing the situation back to the traffic controllers?

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From the "what he says versus what he means" department - Online story: "President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that his efforts to combat climate change — in particular, Environmental Protection Agency regulations to slash carbon pollution from cars and coal-fired power plants — could raise fuel and electricity prices. And he told environmental advocates that in order to make a credible case for such climate policies, officials would need to acknowledge Americans’ worries about the economic effects. * “People don’t like gas prices going up; they are concerned about electricity prices going up,” Mr. Obama said in a speech at an annual dinner for the League of Conservation Voters." -- Hmmm what the Stident Loan Ranger didn't say was "what, me worry/care?".

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Online story: " President Barack Obama lampooned congressional skepticism over climate change on Wednesday, saying that lawmakers who balk at tackling air pollution are either blind to science or cowed by extremists. * The president mocked those who question the science behind climate change or the urgency of addressing the problem, which has emerged as a legacy issue for his presidency and a polarizing topic in November congressional elections." -- Hmmm... "mocked those who question the science behind climate change"? Did anyone see the Mosqued Man's "Doctorate of Physics from the Albert Einstein Science University" degree on his resume'?

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Online headline: "BREAKING: Obamas Purchased House in Asheville, NC for Post-Presidency" -- Hmmm... now Chicago is the latest victim tossed under the bus....

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Online headline: "Supreme Court says police must get warrants for most cellphone searches" -- Hmmm.. what's next... search warrants for taking a smoking gun out of a murder's hand?

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Obama quote: "“When America proves what’s possible, other countries are going to come along.." -- Hmmm.. yep when America nosedives, so goes the world.

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Online story: "For the first time since President Richard M. Nixon’s divisive “Southern strategy” that sent whites to the Republican Party and blacks to the Democrats, African-American voters have come out in force for a Republican in the Deep South. * “We’re in a moment here,” said Floyd Smith, an African-American and a longtime political worker who canvassed Jackson’s black precincts for Mr. Cochran. “Black folks went out and voted for a Republican. That’s history.” -- History? Good grief.. what we have witnessed is a concerted effort of bloc voting in a primary in order to get the weaker candidate on the ballot against the Democrat choice in November. History would be if the same black bloc vote stayed with the Republican primary winner.

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I tell you.. driving around town and looking at billboards and store front.. Massage Parlors must be the ne "Wig Shops" of Columbus' retail mix.

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The Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado this fall has a real chance for a win. All he had to do is send free marijuana brownies to the Democratic voters on the Monday before the election, and they will not care about going to the polls to vote.

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Activist judges will be our downfall. A liberal fed judge has ruled that the "no fly" list is unconstitutional, and even non-citizens with known terrorist connections have the right to fly in America's skies.

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I'm not going to post it, but did you see the video of our Congressional leaders singing & swaying to the music at the M.L. & Coretta King Gold Medal award ceremony? If you haven't, its " a must see". Look at Mitch McConnell holding hands with Harry Reid & Nancy Pelosi.. What agony!

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L-E "headlie": "MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT * MUSCOGEE COUNTY IMPROVES CRCT SCORES * Schools increased math and reading scores, but did not meet or exceed state average" -- Huh? The real headline is buried deep in the story, " The district didn’t exceed or match the state average in any of the 30 tests." You have to wonder if the L-E didn't hire Jay Carney to write spin-stories about the MCSD.

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L-E "headlie": "City dedicates Resting Garden on site of old slave cemetery" -- Excuse me, but didn't we pay umpteen-thousands of dollars to have an archeological team to scan the entire area for anything that would verify any burial activity in this park, and didn't they come up with absolutely nothing to confirm such...

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L-E story: "CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council has approved an ordinance that dramatically limits where gun stores can operate and requires them to videotape every purchase to prevent one person from buying a gun for another. * Aldermen voted 48-0 on Wednesday for the law that would prohibit gun shops in most of Chicago." -- Other than if another gun was never sold in Chicago, it still wouldn't remove guns from street thugs.. but what do liberals think this law will accomplish? Have none of the Aldermen considered that people who buy guns for others are not going to step outside the store, away from cameras and turn the gun over to another?

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You know.. the recent revival of the activities of CSU's President Mescon might be a catapult to better state employment practices.. how about a law, even a policy, that say when a president of a state college/university or a local school superintendent throws his/her hat into the running for another job, the state or local monitoring body put his/her position up for replacement regardless of the success of the president/superintendent landing another job. He/she has basically said he/she is either too big for the current job or has no interest in the future of this job.

Online headline: "Explosions send sweeping panic throughout Cairo"

Online headline: "Putin Withdraws Request To Use Force In Ukraine"

Online headline: "More Kidnappings Reported In Nigeria"

Online headline: "Shots fired as jet lands in Pakistan"

Online headline: "Scores killed in Afghanistan clashes"

Online headline: "ISIS advances, Maliki keeps troops in Baghdad"

Online headline: "After Opening Way to Rebels, Turkey Is Paying Heavy Price"

Online headline: "North Korea slams U.S. movie on leader assassination plot"

Online headline: "Peace on Hold as Kidnapping of Israeli Teens Divides Palestinians"

Etc, etc, etc:
In the late 50s, the Kingston Trio captured the world in song:
They're rioting in Africa
They're starving in Spain
There's hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain.

The whole world is festering
with unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans
The Germans hate the Poles.

Italians hate Yugoslavs,
South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don't like
anybody very much!

But! We can be thankful
and tranquil and proud
that man's been endowed
with a mushroom-shaped cloud.

And we know for certain
That some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off
and we will all be blown away!

They're rioting in Africa
There's strife in Iran.
What nature doesn't do to us Clinton is encouraging companies to train and hire young people
Will be done by our fellow man.

Not much has changed......

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One of the biggest questions asked about the IRS scandal has been why does it seem that mainstream American's are not interested. I don't think that's a fair question . Half of Americans only contact with IRS is through their tax preparer, and half of Americans get refunds from having either overpaid during the year, or qualify for child or tax credits given to lower income workers, so they have no clue as to the invasive nature of IRS.

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HuffPost headline: "Hillary Clinton to announce youth jobs" -- Poof! The problem is solved!

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Instant replay: "HuffPost headline: "Hillary Clinton to announce youth jobs * Hillary Rodham Clinton is encouraging companies to train and hire young people, offering a new jobs pitch during her family's annual domestic policy summit as she considers another presidential campaign. * 10 companies, including The Gap, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Marriott, Corning, Ernst & Young, Lifeway Foods, MDC Partners, Salesforce.com and Symantec." -- "Clinton is encouraging companies to train and hire young people"? Good grief.. Hillary Clinton has zero-zip-nada influence nor impact on these companies hiring anyone for a job.. it's what these companies DO! Besides, what does Hillary even know about jobs?

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A Home Owners Association in Florida has filed a $100.00 per day fine against a veteran who is displaying an American flag in a flower pot on his front porch. The HOA has even filed a lien against him to collect the fine. When I first read it, I went and checked my HOA covenants.. it could happen....

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Online quote source: " “The past is the past. Don't let it kill you. Get over the bad things that happened. It's gone. People change. Memories remain. But it's time to move on.” - Unknown " -- Hmmm.. bet this will not be cited doing a Black History Month lesson.

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Online story: "Nancy Pelosi lashed out at San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for wanting to attend the March for Marriage event in DC. * Pelosi harshly lectured Archbishop Cordileone over his attending the event. She in fact called the March for Marriage event the Archbishop was attending “venom masquerading as virtue.” She also saw fit to include in her criticism her belief that some of the March for Marriage attendees show “disdain and hate toward LGBT persons.” She quoted Pope Francis, the current pope, to the Archbishop: “If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?” * Bill Donohue (President of the Catholic League), who called Pelosi a “rabid foe” of the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion, contraception, and marriage, stated: "When gays go naked in the streets of San Francisco, and mock Catholicism in patently obscene ways, Pelosi is never offended. What offends her is her archbishop’s public defense of the Church’s teachings on marriage. Nice to know what her moral compass looks like." -- Hmmm, looks like Pelosi puts the Democratic Party mantra above the Catholic Church, but what's new?

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Online story: "During the regular "Inside Politics" segment of Tuesday's New Day on CNN, Ron Fournier of the National Journal declared that he was "naive" last year in giving the Obama administration the "benefit of the doubt" over the IRS scandal, and called for an independent prosecutor to investigate as he reacted to the recent congressional testimony of IRS commissioner John Koskinen * The one thing both these scandals have in common is, for a party that wants to establish the fact that good government can do good things, they're now giving the public two choices. One, either we're incredibly incompetent, both the the IRS and with the V.A. scandal, or we're crooked. Pick your poison. It's not a good place to be. * " -- Whoa! Be still my heart!

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Online headline: "Obama goes to Chipotle in Denver" -- Hmmm, and with a complete entourage of Secret Service agents... hmmm, wait a minute... didn't Chipotle just make a big to-do about posting it's "NO GUNS Allowed" policy?

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You know... Around October 10, the Republicans should propose a bill that strips the IRS of its power to enforce OObamaCRAP enrollment. Let the Democrats vote against it just prior to the elections.

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Should the military ban recruits with exposed tattoos? Do tattoos affect a soldiers performance? On first look, the answer to both is probably a "no", but there are issues bigger than personal tastes. Does the military just put out a list of unacceptable tattoos and take its chances on fending off lawsuits for discrimination, or just say " no" to all skin art that just detracts from the "professional image" the American soldier. I just have the vivid image of Trayvon Martin's dad's gang identifying neck tattoo that he had modified for TV appearances when ha had to appear as a concerned "dad".

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Online story: "Vice President Joe Biden plans on relying solely on taxpayers to fund his retirement. * Biden declared on Monday that he had neither a savings account, nor any stocks to pay off his golden years. * “I have no savings account, but I have a great pension and a great salary,” Biden told the crowd at the White House Summit on Working Families." -- Good grief..neither our president nor VP has any experience at creating a real job for themselves or anyone else (other than appointments)..No wonder they are so glad to support a higher minimum wage and OObamaCRAP and mandatory perks for entry level employees.

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Doesn't Joe Biden need to be the Poster Child" for term limits and Congressional pension reform?

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Yesterday, I made some observations about the Manchester Expressway overlay. I thought of a couple of more things that "the committee" must have overlooked. How about requiring the CFD & CPD get permission before turning on lights and sirens, and access gates to keep nonresidential traffic to a minimum?

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That NY Democrat Primary race between Rangel and Espaillat appears to be too close to call at this point. Rangel went on stage to say he wanted "to sweat it out" with his supporters. Moments later, the stage buckled under the weight of the congressman and more than a dozen elected officials who wanted to stand near him. Maybe that was an omen.....maybe we're just wishfully thinking there's "Hope and Change" in the Democratic Party heirarchy.

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Did you see what happened in the Mississippi Republican Senate runoff? Even though the challenger got more votes in the primary, not enough turned out during the runoff, and the incumbent won.. again. Columbusites.. make sure you get out and vote July 22nd for John Thomas in his runoff with Wells.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "When you compare G.W. Bush to George Washington’s war service, remember that George Washington did not join the National Guard, avoid the war and then skip the Guard meetings." -- If a LIV wants to talk about the military experiences (or lack of such) of our presidents, then he should start on Clinton and the Mosgued man.. in fact, that should occupy his time until his death.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Would the Ledger-Enquirer’s management/editors please write an editorial stating professional journalism’s theory and practice to explain the wisdom of featuring almost daily crime stories on the front page?" -- Hmmm, wonder which of Mayor Obamalinson's staff sent this one in?

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You know.. Mayor Obamalinson will probably be out soon blaming HB60 for the expense of having to move the security check point from outside her Council Chamber to the front doors. Sorry, but that expense will be solely on her as it's her choice to do this. The sad thing is that no security check point is going to stop anyone with a sick motive to bring a gun into the Service Center. No security guards are "ready" for a sicko on a mission who already expects to be challenged.

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From the L-E's "Today in History" feature: " In 2009, death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actress Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62." -- Hmmm.. poor Farrah Fawcett... she'll always play second fiddle.. be the "plus 1", when it comes to commemorating deaths on June 25th.

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L-E headline: "SCHWOB MEMORIAL LIBRARY * Columbus State’s library expands digital access to journals * Approximately 14,000 online scholarly journals available to students, faculty" -- Hmmm.. and why aren't all Georgians granted access to the source? Should not all taxpayers be able to access what we pay for? To cite Hillary, "what difference does it make" whether you're enrolled in or employed by a state institution?

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Whoa! Remember the sob story about the little girl who's face was mangled by her grandfather's pit bull being asked to leave a KFC restaurant? New evidence seems to point at the story was a scam, a hoax perpetrated by the girl's family to extract sympathy and money. Seems the family has a donation website they wanted to spur traffic onto. Restaurant videos can show no time she was at the KFC as her grandmother claims. Let's pray for the little girl and her family.. pray the girl gets all she deserves .. and pray extra hard that the grandmother gets MORE than she deserves!

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L-E story: "Jay Leno no longer has “The Tonight Show,” but he’ll soon have a new honor to add to his resume. On Wednesday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that the comedian will receive the 17th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. * “Like Mark Twain, Jay Leno has offered us a lifetime’s worth of humorous commentary on American daily life,” said Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein in the announcement. “For both men, no one was too high or too low to escape their wit, and we are all the better for it." -- Whoa! Is this not as hypocritical as liberalism can get? Mark Twain...the man who wrote "Tom Sawyer" & "Huckleberry Finn" classics which public schools no longer want to put on the shelves of their libraries has an award named for him and it's presented by one of the most liberal institutions in the world. Fact is, if the Kennedy Center announced is was giving Mark Twain his own award posthumously, every wacko group, every Rutgers' faculty member, and the Democratic Party would be out in protest.

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Online story: "The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton explained in a new interview why she left lucrative professions and opted for working with her family’s philanthropic foundation. ‘I was curious if I could care about (money) on some fundamental level, and I couldn’t,’ she said. * Comparing her experience to the average millennial, the 34-year-old former first daughter defended jumping around to different careers — from consulting to a hedge fund to academia to journalism — before finding her true calling working with her parents." -- Good grief.. Chelsea probably believes her parents aren't well-off, too. Chelsea lives in a $10 Million dollar apartment, had a $2-$3 Million dollar wedding, accepts $600K from NBC as a part time second job to her work at her parents "tax shelter foundation" which let's them channel money to her in the form of a salary rather than paying the higher gift tax on just handing it over to her. and she "doesn't care about money"? She's a Clinton, and the only money she doesn't care about is the "other people's money" her parents have spent as they pleased.

Online story: "The Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the sole Obama administration program already in place to deal with power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming. * The justices said that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority in some cases to force companies to evaluate ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This rule applies when a company needs a permit to expand facilities or build new ones that would increase overall pollution." -- Huh?

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Online headline: " US doesn't mandate paid maternity leave. Obama says it's time to change.
President Obama hosted a summit for working families Monday and pushed for guaranteed paid maternity leave as well as more flexible work schedules." -- Good grief... and mainstream media still wonders why the Man of Steal, the Student Loan Ranger, has not/cannot create jobs... Businesses must be allowed to differentiate themselves from other companies in order to target those it wants to hire. In the Man of Steal's mind, the NFL football teams should have mandatory birth control pills, and now, maternity leaves for their players.

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L-E headline/story: "WORKING FAMILIES SUMMIT * OBAMA: WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY A BASIC NEED
* Obama encourages family-friendly workplaces at summit * The president admonished the “outdated” workplace policies in the United States. Obama called on Congress to pass legislation such as the Pregnant Worker’s Discrimination Act and announced an executive action to protect federal workers from retaliation if they request flexible hours. * “Family leave, child care, workplace flexibility, a decent wage: These are not frills, they are basic needs,” Obama said. “They shouldn’t be bonuses. They should be part of our bottom line as a society. That’s what we’re striving for.” * Obama noted that in 31 states, child care is more expensive than in-state college tuition." -- "child care is more expensive than in-state college tuition"? What planet is the Man of Steal from? Our pre-K-thru-12 public school expenditures per child are more than in-state college tuition as well! You know.. it was not until the Democrat-led inflation period of the Carter years that most families has to have two incomes.. Democrat policy and programs removed the at-home moms.

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Online story: "President Barack Obama revealed what he loves most about being president while speaking at the White House Summit on Working Families Monday. * "It's true, Air Force One's on the list," Obama said as the crowd laughed. "The Truman balcony is a really nice view." * But Obama said even those perks aren't the best part of holding the nation's top office. * "One of the best perks about being president is almost anyone will hand you their baby," -- Hmmm, and I guess Bill Clinton would interject he agreed, and Monica fit if you parse "baby" just right.

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A discussion about soccer was on Fox yesterday.. Fans from other countries were interviewed..One thing became very apparent that explains the fervor other countries have for soccer..it became obvious they have little else to do or pull for.

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Hillary Clinton says she's"earned" her vast wealth. Excuse me, but what has Hillary done to claim this? Has she started a company that produced goods and jobs that benefit anyone? Not by my knowledge. She's basically been a ward of the government, and made a lot of political friends at the expense of the taxpayer. Now, those same people pay her a lot of money for books and speeches. I guess they want to keep her happy so she doesn't write or speak honest about them.

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I wanna know.... how come "the smartest woman in the world" isn't smart enough to know that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging?

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You know..on February 2 of this year, the Student Loan Ranger stated unequivocally that there wasn't " a smidgeon of corruption in the IRS". Surely he had to have access to those missing emails if he could make that statement, and would have had to have known no one else was going to be able to see them in the future.

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Remember when the Mosqued Man stated he was satisfied there was absolutely no corruption/scandal in the IRS? hmmm, was that before or after he read in the newspaper that all Lois Lerner's emails had disappeared?

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When the Mosqued Man declared the IRS "corruption free"... did he say that without reading these " lost emails"?

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It's wonderful that liberals are enthused about Apple's "kill switch" being successful at stemming theft of iPhones. The prompt use of it is being credited with the success rate as a "crime prevention" method. How come the same liberals can't see that invoking the "kill switch" on convicted killers would be as effective in curtailing street shootings? Especially, if the sentence was carried out the day of the conviction.

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In an interview for New York magazine, Bill O'Reilly claims that some of his Fox colleagues are not conservative. Doh... He's more than right. In Fox's attempt to be "fair and balanced", it has kowtowed to the political correctness it used to disdain. The concept of presenting two sides of an issue is a good one.. it is the guts of debating. Unfortunately, Fox does not bring on liberal debaters to actually discuss issues, it brings on
leftist agenda spinners to disrupt meaningful opportunities to discuss the differences.

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The name Fred Gordy, Jr... Uh, Dr Fred Gordy, Jr of Conway, Arkansas is not going to get you straining to remember him, but remembering his "political footprint" will be something you'll want to tuck away for later. "Uncle Fred" as I called him, was the son of Fred Gordy, Sr., brother of Lillian Gordy....Carter, mother of Cuzzin Jimmy. Fred, Sr was married to Annie..Annie Kirven Gordy., one of my grandfather's 5 sisters. OK, with that settled, we'll move onto why you should remember Fred, Jr. Well, Fred ,Jr was a big Arkansas "yellow dog" Democrat wheel. He was Cuzzin Jimmy"s "Sgt-at-arms" of the peanut Brigade that traveled on the Peanut Express. Well connected, he weilded an influential sword in Arkansas politics. He was inner circle with the Clinton's during their reign in the Arkansas governors' mansion. Now, 1992 comes into play. Our family had planned a family reunion for August that year, but it got "scrapped" due to various reasons , but our local group did plan to have one small get-together. Fred knew this, even though he wasn't going to be able to attend in person. Fast forward to the Saturday after the Democrat National Convention. The older Columbus clan was gathered at my Dad's. The phone rang. It was Fred. Fred asked to be put on the speakerphone..once he was, he asked if everybody was sitting down. Once he was assured, he said he had an announcement to make..more of a declaration to be correct , after a silent pause, Fred Gordy, Jr boomed out, "I just sent a check to the Re-elect Bush Campaign..I just can't wish the Clinton's on the rest of America!" Needless to say, our room sat in complete silence. Fred could have said he'd just had a sex-change operation instead, and it would not shocked us as much. America.. you are forewarned.. again.. about the Clintons.

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MH370... you know..the missing airliner from Malaysia... the one no trace has been accounted for... the one where the captain is known to have a flight simulator in his home... My question is why would the captain want a flight simulator to practice on if he was suicidal? He could have crashed the plane anywhere on the route. All I can think of is that he wanted to test the feasibility of getting that plane to a landing site that was under the radar ceiling.

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Levemir Flex Pen..it's for Type 2 diabetes relief. This has to be the worse ad for self-medicating TV audiences.....ever! One of its "disclaimers" is to not use it if...IF..."you are allergic to any of its ingredients"!

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L-E headline/story: "Council to consider an overlay district on eastern Manchester Expressway * It would require..... a 40-foot buffer for any development along the expressway itself, and mandate that all new utilities be underground. Location of cellphone towers would also be restricted. * It includes a flat ban on billboards * Councilor Gary Allen, whose district includes that section of the county, said he has heard overwhelming support for the proposal and little in the way of opposition." -- Hmmm, "very little in the way of opposition"? I reckon not.. but you do have to wonder how many representatives of the billboard and cellphone industries, or the Chamber of Commerce/Better Business Bureau were in on the discussions...

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L-E story: " Burglary detectives tracked a nearly dead burglary suspect by his abundant blood loss Friday after the 40-year-old man almost severed his hand while breaking into Hamilton Road’s Henry’s Restaurant, police officials said Monday." -- Hmmm, wonder if Mayor Obamalinson will release the money for the Sheriff to have this guy's hand reattached, or will she say it wasn't in the budget?

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L-E headline/story: "U.S. releases memo justifying drone killings * WASHINGTON — An American leader of al-Qaida based overseas could be killed without violating international or U.S. law because he was a senior member of a terrorist group who posed a continuous threat to the United States and whose capture wasn’t feasible, according to a Justice Department memorandum that was declassified Monday." -- Excuse me.. but who is the justification memo meant to salve? I certainly wasn't against a terrorist being killed. I guess the memo is out to smooth the feathers of the liberal birdbrains the Mosqued Man cozies up with.

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L-E story: "Police found cocaine in a suspected drug dealer’s hat brim and marijuana hidden in his crotch area after the 18-year-old was stopped Sunday for loitering near 24th Street and 14th Avenue, according to testimony in Columbus Recorder’s Court on Monday. * O------- T---- faced charges of possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime, marijuana with intent to distribute, cocaine with intent to distribute, reckless conduct, concealing a weapon and loitering during a Monday morning hearing." -- You know.. 18 years old.. dealing in drugs.. possession of a gun.. this is not racial in any way.. this is a cultural problem and ongoing government social programs will not fix it. BTW, was the gun registered to him? did he have a record of passing a firearms background check?.. did the police check out both aspects before filing the complete list of charges?

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You know.. I must be a bigger hockey fan than soccer fan.. I can remember three hockey greats - Howe, Orr & Gretzky, but only two soccer ones.. Pele and Beckham.

HuffPost story: " An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges, bringing widespread criticism that the verdict was a blow to freedom of expression. * The three have been detained since a December raid on their Cairo hotel room, which they were using as an office as they covered protests by supporters of the ousted Islamist president. * They had pleaded innocent, saying they were simply doing their jobs as journalists. " -- Hmmm... maybe some International Law may be OK.. Hmmm, maybe we could get the Egyptian court to rule on CNN, MSNBC, ABC/NBC/CBS journalists who ignore the Mosqued Man's disassembly of our Constitutional rights....

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HuffPost headline/story: "Warning issued by President Obama * President Barack Obama, in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" aired Sunday, warned that the Islamic State could grow in power and destabilize the region. Washington, he said, must remain "vigilant" but would not "play whack-a-mole and send U.S. troops ... wherever these organizations pop up."" -- "play whack-a-mole"? The Man of Steal is calling Muslim terrorists "moles"? Isn't this the same guy who had the US Patent Office strip a business owner of his copyright protections because his pet name for his players was "Redskins"? Hmmm, can the Patent Office strip the president of his name as well?

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Online story: "Israeli warplanes bombed a series of targets inside Syria early Monday, the Israeli military said, in response to a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager the previous day. * In all, Israel said it struck nine military targets inside Syria, and "direct hits were confirmed." The targets were located near the site of Sunday's violence in the Golan Heights and included a regional military command center and unspecified "launching positions." There was no immediate response from Syria." -- Hmmm, hey, Man of Steal, are you listening? This is how you respond when someone crosses the line you draw in the sand...

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Online story: "The West Coast ports that are America's gateway for hundreds of billions of dollars of trade with Asia and beyond are no stranger to labor unrest and even violence. * the contract that covers nearly 20,000 dockworkers is set to expire, * The union's total control over the labor pool means huge bargaining leverage, which negotiators have parlayed into white-collar wages and perks for blue-collar work. A full-time longshoreman earns about $130,000 a year, while foremen earn about $210,000, according to employer data. Workers pay nearly nothing for health coverage that includes no premiums and $1 prescriptions. * In 2018, a 40 percent tax on the value of "Cadillac" health plans above a certain threshold kicks in under the Affordable Care Act — and the union's coverage qualifies." -- Hmmm.. how convenient.. OObamaCRAP kicks in AFTER the Man of Steal vacates the Oval Office...

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From the "meanwhile, back at the ranch" department - The Panama Canal expansion project is intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to proceed directly to the East Coast ports of the US, bypassing the West Coast ports completely. Is justice poetic or what?

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Ongoing L-E et al "lie": "Eight million people have signed up for coverage through new markets offering subsidized private insurance." -- That's the number thrown out by the Mosqued Man, BUT... but less than 5 million were previously uninsured.. so,, how can this be equated with the most basic goal of 7 million being enrolled who weren't covered previously?

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Walmart response to a NY Times editorial... worth the read.. no, should be read ... especially by union members in the service industry..

http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/22/walmarts-response-to-the-new-york-times-is-great/

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WRBL3 story: "COLUMBUS, Ga. -City officials are planing to make some changes to the Columbus City Services Center because of the recently passed gun bill in Georgia. * House Bill 60 allows concealed carry weapons inside a government building unless there is security screening at the entrance. In an effort to keep guns out of the City Services Center, the city will screen citizens at the entrance on the parking deck side. The other entrance will be closed indefinitely. * There is currently security screening at the entrance of Council Chambers at the City Services Center, but the bill says the security checkpoint must be at the entrance of the building in order for the building to disallow concealed carry weapons" -- What kind of "service building" shuts down its entrances to law abiding citizens? Of course, with what we've seen coming out of Council, I do not blame Council for wanting no law abiding taxpayers to enter with a gun, because a jury would likely sympathize with a plea of "instant temporary insanity" as taxpayers' heads approach exploding from hearing about the wasteful spending practices Council engages.

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To the above story: How about keeping the weapons gun check security at the Council doors. Let law abiding citizens wearing their Georgia "carry permits" in an ID tag, and just keep those without such ID out? Hey.. that might work on the streets, too.

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Online story: "A contract dispute between Atlanta city government and Atlanta Public Schools is getting heated and threatens to slow the progress of the Atlanta Beltline. * At a June 11th Beltline board meeting, Mayor Kasim Reed had strong words for outgoing APS chief Erroll Davis, who wasn’t in attendance. * "Nobody is going to negotiate at the end of a gun so if you’re going to take hostages you better be prepared to shoot the hostages," said Reed." -- Guess neither the Atlanta Council nor School Board bans guns from meetings like our Council wants to do.

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Online story: "CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn is set to approve a November ballot measure asking if Illinois should boost its minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2015." -- Hmmm, wouldn't that be a cutback for buying votes?

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Online story: "The Obama administration has announced that it will work to process and deport illegal immigrants quicker, and that a new detention center for families crossing the border is to be opened." -- Good grief.. a "new detention center"? What we need is existing detention centers being used more efficiently..Of course, the Man of Steal will probably try to claim the illegal aliens incarcerated as part of the "new jobs created" figures.. well, when they are full time "retainees", they do become part of the full time government employment initiative.

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From above story: ""We will house them in facilities that are humane and compliant with legal requirements," Alejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, told The Wall Street Journal. In 2009, the government reportedly shut down the main family detention center amid complaints about conditions there." -- Good grief... make'em feel at home.. make sure they want to come back because our "detention centers" are better than what their countries offer. Hasn't the government seen the recidivism figures for felons that they send back to the real world? Recidivism happens when the convicts realize they are pampered in jail compared to earning the same stature outside the walls.

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Online headline/story: "IRS says Lerner emails lost forever, but agency had contract with file-storage company Sonasoft * Sonasoft tweeted: “The IRS uses Sonasoft to back up their servers, why wouldn’t you choose them to protect your servers?” * And a document on the company website suggests its system "archives all email content and so reduces the risk of non-compliance with legal, regulatory and other obligations to preserve critical business content." -- Hmmm, wanna bet that Sonasoft was given an ObamaLoan, and has "Crashed and Burned" itself..

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Follow up to above: "this Sonasoft thing is starting to blow up: “The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cancelled its longtime relationship with an email-storage contractor just weeks after ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s computer crashed and shortly before other IRS officials’ computers allegedly crashed.” * Sonasoft offered email backup services from 2005 to 2011 (Sonasoft certainly claimed that). A couple of weeks after Congress started requesting Lois Lerner’s email records from the IRS, Lerner’s computer crash – and, shortly after that, the IRS let their contract with Sonasoft lapse. Left unstated is why the IRS would decide to terminate services with the company that was providing them with backups, although I’m sure that we could all hazard a guess or two." -- Hmmm.. The tarbaby then did say something....."please don't throw me in that there briarpatch....No wonder Jay Carney left.. even he would have a hard time spinning a lie out of this.

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L-E story: "Columbus is among America's most generous cities -- when it comes to online donations -- according to a new survey. * Blackbaud, a software firm which provides financial and fundraising services to nonprofits, annually analyzes total amounts donated through its services from 265 cities with a population of more than 100,000. * Cities were ranked by amounts donated per 1,000 people. In 2013, 7,578 online donations were made by Columbus residents through Blackbaud, for a total amount of $686,667. That's about $3,537 per 1,000 people." -- First, who/what is "Blackbaud"? As a foundation officer, I can safely say none of us have ever heard or used "Blackbaud", and will never use such a clearing house. Secondly, it's an insult to every tithe maker, ever donor, every local foundation to insinuate the depth of the collective pockets is so shallow, yet grand enough to be ranked as a top giving city. What's "rank" is "BlackBaud" taking the spotlight.

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The latest from the Democratic Party cadging site: "Your donation will be doubled, Hal" -- What pikers! I want'em to know I am tripling or quadrupling all my past donations to the Democratic Party re-e;ectoon campaign.. of course, someone will have to send a messenger to collect my check for $0000.00 dollars.

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Alan Colmes ..liberal radio talk show host that I have no idea of why a network that would continue put his idea (as opposed to "ideas" ) over the airwaves.... I have one question for you....how many "anchor babies" have you adopted or taken responsibility for?

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Online quote source: "“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” - Walt Disney " -- Wow.. here's another liberal talking point that has been decimated. Put this into every middle and high school classroom.. better yet, put this in every university classroom that "prepares" teachers to work in public schools.

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You know.. the saddest commentary of the current administration is that it takes longer to list the failures and scandals of the White House and Secretary of State's Office than to list the successes. even successes in liberals' minds.

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You know... Phenix City really does need to examine its contract with Whitewater Express.. the Columbus office has hired Richard Bishop's daughter to 'run' it, and .....

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L-E story: " The Courtyard Marriott — the first hotel to be built in the downtown Columbus-Phenix City area in decades — is cruising toward a late August or early September opening, with rates for mid-October already on the Marriott reservation site." -- Remember the old Lone Ranger/Tonto joke when they were facing an insurmountable amount of "Redskins" and death looked imminent? Remember when the Lone Ranger said, "looks like we are going to die, Tonto? and Tonto said, "what do you mean, "we", white man"? Well, I doubt seriously that Phenix City considers its new hotel a "we" project, and feel very certain that Phenix City id not planning to share the accommodation taxes on the rooms. Especially in light of what's happening with the fees from Whitewater rafters.

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LIV's unsubstantiated L-E "soundoff": " Where is the La-La Land where Obama doesn’t respect the Constitution? Remember Bush’s quote: “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, (sic) it’s just a damn piece of paper.” -- Hmm, checking it out (something no lib does with anything they spew as facts) at www.factcheck.org, and you get this: Doug Thompson, editor of "Capitol Hill Blue" which ran this as 'fact" has since retracted it - "This article was based on sources that we thought, at the time, were reliable. We have since discovered reasons to doubt their veracity. For that reason, this article has been removed from our database."

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L-E's "Today in History" feature: "In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed Title IX, which barred discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” -- Hmmm, so Lincoln ended slavery, and Nixon ended gender discrimination.. Looks like the Democratic Party has really done nothing for minorities or women.... well, except put them in welfare chains.