First, I am happy for the family of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, but good grief..Judas 00-Barnum has just screwed every remaining US servicemen who is in, or will be sent to Afghanistan. An American soldier who was captured 5 years ago was just "traded" for the release of 5 Gitmo terrorists. Now, every American soldier any where, but especially in Afghanistan has a "known value" to every terrorist cell group.

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There is a disturbing... no, sick, YouTube video of a mother holding her toddler while a man tattoos her child's arm. Even sicker is whoever is videoing the event. Even more sicker is it was posted to YouTube, and YouTube is running with it. The only thing I can think of that would be sicker would be if the mutilation was paid for with a government EBT card.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p9DItzKipg

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Online story: "Basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson will help lead a White House push to get more Americans involved in reversing underachievement among young minority men, President Barack Obama said Friday." -- Good grief... Once again Judas 00-Barnum is promoting racism and segregation! Can you imagine if Larry Bird announced a program like this for "disadvantaged" white children? Why isn't the NBA barring Magic Johnson from ownership/events/facilities? Certainly, this is worse that the off-the-cuff comments made by Sterling.. Johnson's venture is intentional, and supported by 00-Barnum. Dr King's message is lost.

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Online story: "Hillary Clinton may not be much at administering the State Department, but she’s certainly a pro when it comes to expressing outrage at her own persecution. * The Clinton camp reportedly leaked the 34-page Benghazi chapter of Hillary’s latest tome to favored outlet Politico. The portions quoted by Politico demonstrate an offputting self-pity and a false righteous indignation utterly at odds with Clinton’s actions as Secretary of State. * Hillary goes on to attack anyone who asks questions about her behavior during Benghazi, writing, “I will not be a part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans. It’s just plain wrong, and it’s unworthy of our great country. Those who insist on politicizing the tragedy will have to do so without me.” -- Hmmm, and all this would/could have been avoided if Hillary fought as hard for the Benghazi group as she does for her self.

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Have you noticed that anti-microbial soaps/cleaners proudly proclaim they kill 99+% of germs? What is that less than 1% germ that so many cleaning products can't kill? I think I'd run and buy some if a company said it had a formula that killed that elusive germ no one else seems to know how to figure out.

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Phil Mickelson is being investigated? You know, it's somewhat ironic that mainstream media would think a man who makes a living playing a sport that he is required to call a penalty on himself for any infraction should be questioned harder than Judas 00-Barnum and both Clinton's who would never take responsibility for even a broken campaign promise .

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You know, maybe we should raise the minimum wage to $15-$25.00. That would create jobs for college engineering grads designing machines that would do the jobs that until now have feasible for businesses to hire lower income employees. ATMs, Self-Checkout Registers, Toll takers are just a few of previous results to minimum wage increases. We already have home-use robot vacuums, so commercial ones would be the next step, Google is developing driverless vehicles which could become the next taxi and pizza delivery vehicles, electronic sensors would surely be an improvement over TSA employees

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A VA facility in Michigan has been exposed for putting a screen in front of a tribute to Mary and Jesus in the Christian chapel. What do they think.. that Jesus isn't going to know what's going on if he can't "see it"?

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The L-E points out a very good reason why our non-partisan elections need to be settled during the November General Election versus during the May Primary Elections.. 7 months exist before a changing of the guard for both the MCSD and City Council/Mayor. As hard as it is to unseat and incumbent during a Primary Election cycle, our city does not need for an unseated board/Council member to be a smoldering, disgruntled public official. State Reps...are you listening?

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LIV's L-E :soundoff": " Anti: anti-peace, anti-environment, anti-gay, anti-female, anti-minority, anti-living wage, anti-public education, anti-government regulations that keep us all safe, etc. In a word, conservatives." -- Hmmm, conversely, anti-personal responsibility, anti-personal accountability, anti-personal achievement, anti-personal freedom, anti-constitution, but pro-labeling, pro-government enslavement, and pro-segregation make one a liberal.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Republicans refuse to address the serious climate change issue. A lot of money is coming into their campaigns from people who don’t want regulations and restrictions." -- Huh? Republicans have met the climate change issue head on. It's just that "facts" are in the liberals' arguments.

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Outrageous LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Outrageous conservative lie: “Lower taxes on the rich will produce jobs.” Fact: Taxes on the wealthy are lower than ever, yet 22 million American workers remain unemployed or underemployed." -- There are more people not paying income taxes than there are people paying income taxes. Truth is, if the government got out of the welfare "business", businesses would take the tax savings and create jobs for motivated people. We have more people leaving the work force at any time because of entitlement programs that enable them to "get by".

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Michele Martin, Democratic Party candidate for Senate from GA (a.k.a. Michelle Sam-Nunn's-Daughter) is already flip-flopping on basic issues. Once Washington Democrats started piling on VA chief Shinseki, she jumped right in, but.. on the other hand.. she will not admit to whether or not she would have voted for or against OObamaCRAP.

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — The new pollution rule the Obama administration announces Monday will be a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy and arguably the most significant U.S. environmental regulation in decades." -- "cornerstone"? How about a stumbling block for the economy...

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In a L-E column: " A botched execution in Oklahoma has drawn attention to problems surrounding lethal injections around the country, including Georgia." -- "botched execution"? The SOB died... rightfully so... I don't consider that something that I would consider "botched". So what if he suffered a bit.. what about the suffering he caused his victim, the victim's family, even his family, and the citizens of Oklahoma in general.

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From L-E interview with Mayor Obamalinson:

Question: "What is your greatest strength?"
Answer: "Communication and steadfastness."

Hmmm...you know.. that's the answer I'd think was her greatest weakness. Communication implies "listening" and "leadership". What I observe is outright bullying.. whether it was in firing/replacing department heads or gaveling down public input at Council meeting.

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Question: " Who came up with “Teresa Works?”

Answer: "I believe that was my sister"

"I believe it was my sister"? Either she knows or she doesn't... either way, she just would not give credit to a member of her own family if it was due.

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Question: "You had strong, wide and deep support in the black community. At some point it seemed like that support was eroding prior to the election. Were you surprised by the numbers you pulled with the minority vote?"

Answer: "You had strong, wide and deep support in the black community. At some point it seemed like that support was eroding prior to the election. Were you surprised by the numbers you pulled with the minority vote?

Hmm.. actually, this election showed two things important... one was that the black voting bloc did do more individual thinking than the past... usually, the vote in the black community is 90% or higher for the Democrat candidates. Secondly.. though he didn't get strong black support, Nate Sanderson running with Republican support demonstrated a crack in the Democratic Wall.

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Question: "What is your political future after the next four years?"

Answer: "I have no present intention of running for any political office after this"

Question: " So, you are not running for Congress?

Answer: No. I have no intention of running for Congress. Of the future jobs that may be, that is one I could least envision"

Question: "Governor?"

Answer: "I don’t see that, as well. I will tell you this — and it will get to what you are saying. My personality type is much better in an executive, think-tank type role

Hmmmm, guess she thinks of herself as a "Community Organizer".... Other than that. it llooks like she has paraphrased all of Hillary's artful dodges of political inquiries.

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Now, if only Chuck had asked pertinent questions concerning the lack of revenue stream from our "investment: in Whitewater, and why she is allowing what was begun as a restoration project to become an amusement park that encroaches on the environment of local habitat. Oh, and how nature friendly will a 200 MPH train be?