HuffPost headline/story: "Secret Service probe threat against Obama * The U.S. Secret Service called upon state police for help tracking down a suspected threat against President Obama. * A car sought in connection with a suspected threat against President Barack Obama has been located in Connecticut, authorities said on Saturday. * The car was found near an ice rink and a group of apartment complexes, police said." -- Huh? A car made a threat against Obamageddon? Glad my cars have alibis.

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Comment on above: Obamageddon must have needed to divert mainstream media away from something scandalous to have had this story "leaked" . Surely this was not the first time some "threat" has had to be checked out/run down. Just the first time Obamageddon's spinmeisters have aired one in public.

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Respect for our border begins in Washington...unfortunately, illegal aliens have no fear of being arrested or deported during a public protest on the streets of Washington for rights they aren't entitled.

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There's a humanitarian story about a Chicago Funeral Home that is "picking up a year's worth of rent for the family of one of the Little League World Series team. One eye-opening fact emerged.. This one funeral home handles one-fifth... that's 20% of ALL the funerals in Chicago. One of then owners said, ""You have to be willing to give back to the community that supports this business," -- Praise the funeral home owners for stepping up to the plate, but this place must be even busier than the police department, and all South Chicago Emergency Rooms on the Monday after most weekends.

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Online story: "Since Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at age 21, no fundraising effort to benefit research for the disease has reached the grand scale of the recent ice bucket challenge. So it makes sense that the celebrated theoretical physicist, now 72, would take the challenge." -- You know, Columbus' Mayor Obamalinson and President Obamageddon should feel (but they won't) pretty sheepish for publicly refusing to participate in the "ice bucket challenge". Good grief, even Donald Trump's hair participated!

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Online story: "Jesse Benton, campaign manager for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is resigning his position, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday. * As Paul's political director in 2012, Benton has been tied to a scandal that saw thousands of dollars exchanged for political endorsements prior to the Iowa caucuses." -- The root of this situation exists because politicians are allowed to donate to other politicians..... but they shouldn't be allowed to do such. This is not isolated.. have seen it happen right here in River City at all levels. In short, elected officials should not be allowed to contribute to other elected officials via cash/in-kind contributions, nor even public endorsements.

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Why I "feel" as stated above: If a person contributes, say the maximum allowable contribution to two candidates. one in a highly contested race and the other running unchallenged, and the unchallenged candidate then donates the max to the highly contested candidate, then in effect, the sole contributor has doubled his maximum allowable donation to the candidate in the highly contested race.

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From the "40 lashes with a wet noodle" department - HuffPost headline: "Europe poised to hit Russia with big penalty" -- Good grief...Europe would be more effective by issuing Russia an illegal parking ticket.

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HuffPost headline: "Islamic militants behead another victim * A new video released by hardline Islamic State militants via social media Saturday shows the barbaric killing of a Lebanese soldier." -- Hmmm... now tell me again how barbaric the CIA is for "waterboarding" terrorists to gather pertinent information?

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HuffPost story: "A federal judge Friday threw out new Texas abortion restrictions that would have effectively closed more than a dozen clinics statewide in a victory for opponents of tough new anti-abortion laws sweeping across the U.S." -- Hmmm.. you know.. one day someone will invent a time travel scheme that actually function like the concepts we see in movies/TV shows. I hope one of the first practical applications will be for a messenger, armed with news stories of judicial decisions that stop life protecting abortion restrictions, are sent back to the mothers of these judges at the time they are pregnant with them.

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Ugly uniform dilemma .. FLA State's could have easily "won" most weeks (for looking like a Nordic Ski Sweater), but the opponent was Okie State, and those uniforms looked like you could buy them on sale at Halloween City.

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From the "what was the owner thinking" department - Online story: " New York teen taking a test drive of a family friend's Lamborghini has died after crashing the high-powered sports car into a guardrail. * Police say 18-year-old S***** S***** was taking the car for a spin on a county road in Mount Sinai on Long Island early Friday when he lost control. The car's owner, M***** P*****, was a passenger in the car and was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. * CSI Det. Sgt. Michael Fitzharris said, "I think it was probably just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the kid, and this man chose to give him this opportunity." -- "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity"? Good grief.. it was last-of-his-lifetime moment!

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Online headline/story: "Reid's name removed from center at Utah university from which he graduated" -- Hmmm.. sounds like a simple case of "when you're hot, you're hot... when you're not, you're SNOT".

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Online story: "California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is appealing a recent state judge’s ruling that ends tenure and other union protections for public school teachers. * The appeal argues that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rulf Treu’s final ruling lacks detail and fails to provide the legal basis for his decision.

* Treu issued the final ruling Thursday, after tentatively ruling in June that tenure protections for California teachers violate the state constitution, depriving some of the state's 6.2 million students of a quality education, specifically minorities and those from low-income families. * he lawsuit, Vergara v. California, was brought by Beatriz Vergara and eight other students who said they were saddled with teachers who let classrooms get out of control, came to school unprepared and in some cases told them they'd never make anything of themselves * Teachers and their lawyers argue the laws protect teachers from getting fired on a whim. They also argue the system preserved academic freedom and helps attract talented teachers to a profession that doesn't pay well." -- "the laws protect teachers from getting fired on a whim"? "the system preserved academic freedom and helps attract talented teachers to a profession that doesn't pay well"? Good grief... a system of appeals would protect "whim" firings without making unfit teachers be accountable, and, besides, no job should offer permanent security when there are no enforceable "product quality" goals an employee must achieve.

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Online story: "A Louisiana Republican challenging Democrat Mary Landrieu for her Senate seat is expanding his efforts to prove the three-term lawmaker doesn’t live in her home state, instead using her parents’ address to qualify for the November ballot." -- You know.. when my out-of-town siblings came to Columbus for a visit and stayed with our parents (or my home ), none of them was able to declare our addresses for voter registration/state services residency. Additionally, we cannot use a relative's address in another state to register our children into state universities as "in-state" students.

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Random thought: When you think about it, illegal aliens are the support system for low wages. With illegal aliens waiting in the shadows, most entry level jobs would be higher paying if there wasn't such a long list of available job applicants

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There's at least one school in Tucson, AZ that is allowing Muslim students pray during school..even with prayer rugs. * Controversy arose in the Sunnyside Unified School District when word began circulating about Muslim students praying in the Desert View High School library. * Board member Buck Crouch responded immediately after learning that there were concerns. * According to Crouch, four students came to administrators asking that they be allowed to observe Salat, which is the Muslim time of prayer. In response, District officials created an accommodation for the expression of faith. “It is a private classroom off the LRC, no other students should be able to hear them or be disturbed by them. * An email was sent out to staff, in which they were notified of the District’s desire to let the children know that the administration “respected their beliefs” and found the students a spot for them to pray," -- "no other students should be able to hear them or be disturbed by them"? "respected their beliefs"? Hmmm, as opposed to a Christian student getting on his/her knees in a classroom and praying silently? Talk about hypocrisy in action!

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Hmmm, whatta you doing for the Labor Day weekend? Obamageddon is has two fundraisers (one in New York and another in Rhode Island and a wedding to attend at taxpayer expense. On Labor Day itself, President Obama will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to speak at Laborfest 2014, an event sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Wonder if mainstream media will add these day to the amount of vacation time he uses?

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Hmmm ever wondered why Rhode Island is named that... it's certainly not an island.

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Also, did you know the full name of Rhode Island is officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations? Well, we do now...

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L-E story: "At a shooting range on a gravel lot off Cusseta Road, veteran officers of the Columbus Police Department shot bullets at green and white silhouetted targets with a human form outlined. * They aimed for center mass as they practiced how to respond to threatening suspects. * When making arrests, the intent is to use the least amount of force necessary, (Lt. Tim) Wynn (the department’s training director) said, but that’s determined by the suspect. He said federal courts have ruled that officers should operate under the “plus one rule,” which means they can use a level of force one step above that being used by the subject.
* “If they come out punching, we go one step above,” he said. “We’re not in a situation where we’re trained boxers. That’s not our job to go out there and box with a suspect." -- Amen! I have no sympathy for a criminal or suspected criminal who challenges a police officer's order to "stand down", and I pray that every police officer gets home safely every day. Criminals are the only persons in a confrontation with police that have the ability to control their own destinies.

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L-E headline: "Underemployment becoming a growing problem * More workers forced to take lower-paying, part-time jobs even as economy improves" -- Unemployment is a growing problem? It's been Obamageddon's legacy since his first day in office, but the part of this L-E headline that says "more workers are forced to take lower paying jobs" is a hoot.. it's something devised by government and mainstream media to enhance their claims that minimum wages should be higher and guaranteed. -- Hmmm...People don't "take" jobs ... jobs are offered to someone who appears qualified/capable to do such a needed job...it can be refused by the job seeker. Underemployment is all in the mind of the seeker who thinks he/she is better qualified than an employer thinks he/she is. Time will...and does... tell. It's up to the employee to make him/herself "valuable" to an employer. Then the employer will try to make sure the employee has incentives to stay.---

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "I see that you smoke. Well, I chew. If you won’t blow your smoke on me, I won’t spit on you." -- Hmmm, how about both of you keeping that to your own houses... one other thing.. I'm not sure what is more disgusting... smokers who toss their butts on the ground, or chewers who spit in public..

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Fox News and Republicans are comparing ISIS to Nazi Germany. Boy, you really have to be stupid to make that comparison." -- Now you see the damage caused by public education and socialist run mainstream media.. A knowledgeable person understands the ISIS/Nazi analogy.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Holier-than-thou Sound Offs remind me of something a famous evangelist said: “If entering a church will make you a Christian then entering a barn will make you a cow." -- This just illuminates the lack of knowledge this "soundoffer" has built his wall with. Christians don't enter the church to be Christians, they do so to honor God, to praise God, and to learn to be better messengers of His word while on Earth.

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L-E editorial comment: "Last Saturday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution included a prominent article that was mostly about Columbus. Specifically, it was about the ways this city will benefit, and is already benefiting, from the regional Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for transportation (the TSPLOST) that area voters approved two years ago. * "The city of Columbus," the AJC report begins, "will soon expand its popular RiverWalk along the Chattahoochee, tunnel under a rail line that has cut off part of the town for years, and add more hours for bus service." -- Good grief! The City of Columbus would have been better off if the citizens voted for its own T-SPLOST. As it is, we're only getting 85% of that revenue for our use. Of course, if Council wastes it by approving the most expensive options for projects, it will not get as much done.

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L-E story: "A middle Georgia sheriff says two inmates visiting a Macon funeral home tried to return to jail with drugs and other contraband that had been hidden inside their grandmother’s casket. * WMAZ-TV reports Bibb County deputies found marijuana, tobacco, a lighter and a cellphone on inmates Henry Ison Rouse and Nekoase Antwan Vinson after they attended a visitation for their dead grandmother Thursday. They wore handcuffs and were escorted by guards. * Bibb County SheriffDavid Davis said deputies suspect the inmates retrieved the contraband from the casket after relatives stashed it for them." -- Hmmm appropriate response would be to bury the inmates on prison grounds after they die of natural causes, and arrest the rest of their family members and give them a drug-free family re-union.

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I'm not going to post the picture because children are identifiable, but in the L-E today, there's a picture of students and adult leaders speaking the Pledge of Allegiance preceding the recent dedication of a new school here in Columbus. While I'm proud that the "Pledge" is still recognized as viable and important (necessary in my book) in our schools, three... I repeat THREE of the 5 students were saluting with their LEFT hands over their hearts.

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L-E's " Thought for Today": “Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.” — William Saroyan, U.S. author (born this date in 1908, died 1981)." -- Good grief... if their was concrete proof of this, then government programs would all be successful, and Lois Lerner would never had a job at the IRS, nor would Holder be out Attorney General,

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Do you understand why Auto dealers run ads to sell new cars yet don't say what they cost? Most of these ads show some percentage rate for financing or some lease price, but finding out what the price of the vehicle is either not mentioned or put in legal-size unreadable print. Ho-hum... believe I will just move on..