Gobble, gobble!

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Online headline: "Obama Pardons Thanksgiving Turkey" -- Oooops, my bad..figured Michelle was tired of not being in the headlines.

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Probably the biggest unanswered question in Ferguson, MO is "where was the National Guard Gov Nixon called out?" Don't you remember earlier in the phases when Gov. Nixon specified he was calling out the National Guard to protect fed & state buildings. Based on seeing the Ferguson Court House/Government Center having its doors and windows boarded up, I guess Nixon kept his word at the expense of the citizens & taxpayers of Ferguson...and the town of Ferguson itself.

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You know, we have a lot to be thankful for, and none will be lost by having our attention diverted to the chaos caused by rioting and looting disguised as seeking justice. The black community should be indignant at our president and attorney general for promoting racial animosity.

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Online story: "Businesses reportedly will have a $3,000-per-employee incentive to hire illegal immigrants over native-born workers under President Obama’s sweeping action on illegal immigration. * Because of a kink in ObamaCare, businesses will not face a penalty for not providing illegal immigrants health care * Illegal immigrants are ineligible for public benefits such as buying insurance on ObamaCare’s health exchanges." -- You know.. this not only stinks economically, it stinks politically. Any public effort to correct this by the Republicans will be exploited by mainstream media and the DNC as racism, profiling, and anti-Latino.

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L-E headline/story: "Obamacare enrollment surpasses 500,000 in first week * The HealthCare.gov total – which is split roughly evenly between new enrollees and people renewing coverage they had in 2014 – is a major advance from last year, when the website did not work for more than a month. * The Obama administration has already substantially reduced enrollment targets for 2015. * About 6.7 million people had health plans through the marketplaces before the current open enrollment period began Nov. 15, according to the federal agency." -- "6.7 million had health plans"? Wait a minute.. wasn't the absolute bottom goal for year one 7,000,000... and there was a much ballyhooed claim of 8,000,000?

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Did you hear Chuck Schumer washing his hands of OObamaCRAP? Guess what..he's up for reelection next time.

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HuffPost headline: "Congressional Research Service: Yes, Congress Can Defund Obama's Immigration Action" -- The political "stink" has already begun.

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Two Minneapolis men, 18 & 20, were indicted for conspiracy to aid Islamist terrorists. One had already gone to the mid-east, but the 18 year old was stopped at the airport with a one way ticket to Syria. Some community spokesman said he shouldn't have been arrested because he's not an "organizer" . What stupidity! It's not the "organizers", it's not the leaders that deliver the suicide bombs. It's the recruits they have brainwashed.

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Rumor has it that the Liars Club is canceling their awards ceremony..Obamageddon's Press Agent said he wasn't going to be available, and no one else was close enough . Of course, how do you believe Obamageddon's Press Agents?

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Online story: "National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel received a huge pay raise this year while the teachers union lost more than 40,000 members. * Van Roekel, who retired this summer, was paid $541,632 during NEA’s fiscal year ending Aug. 31 * NEA, the nation’s largest labor union, has lost 272,014 members since 2009" -- And now fewer teachers will pay his retirement and perks for life. Common Core? How about "rotten to the CORE"... and Corps.....

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Online story: "The Defense Secretary job opening is emerging as a thanks-but-no-thanks opportunity, as some of the top potential prospects have already said they’re not interested in the job. * Within minutes of reports Monday that Secretary Chuck Hagel would resign, the names of Michele Flournoy and Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed emerged as top prospects. * But each made clear by the end of the day that they didn’t want the coveted but high-wire, Cabinet-level post." -- "coveted" post? Smart people are not going to vacate their existing jobs for a maximum 2 year stint for a lame duck Obamageddon.

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Online story: "State Rep. Mike Foley, a Democrat from Cleveland wants stores in the state to pay triple wages for employees who work on Thanksgiving -- an effort that comes as Macy's, the holiday's quintessential retailer, is allowing its workers to choose whether to work that day." -- Democrats have no clue as to how supply-side economics works.. and the current economy supports my claim. Stores usually have excesses of volunteers who want to work on holidays at usually "time and a half" incentives.

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Online story: "In the past five years, Oklahoma City taxpayers have cut checks totaling $20.6 million to retiring city employees for accrued vacation and sick leave, Watchdog.org found through an analysis of city databases. * Nearly 500 employees — almost half — left the city with checks of $10,000 or more, including one employee who cashed out $108,000 and another 17 who took home more than $80,000 each upon retiring, records show. * State Sen. David Holt, an Oklahoma City Republican who served as an Oklahoma City mayoral chief of staff, has been a critic of the state system that can take union negotiations out of local elected officials’ hands and can put them before an arbitrator. He said the payouts are based on salaries negotiated in the contract so that’s why payments are costing taxpayers so much." -- Hmmm, Oklahoma City politicians must have copied the Detroit Council's retirement plan.

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Misinformed.. but not too far off L-E "soundoff": "Tax Return information: Wounded Warrior Project collected $150 million and gave less than $5 million to veterans. Paralyzed Veterans of America gave about 2 cents of every dollar collected. Give to the Salvation Army!" -- While I heartwarmingly believe in giving to our Salvation Army, and I do question the fundraising/Administrative expenses (42%) of Wounded Warrior Project, about 55% of the funds raised go to projects. Figures are based on 2012 at Charity Navigator. Of course, there seem to be a lot more TV ads running for Wounded Warrior Project than ever before, so the figures may be different for 2013, and 2014.

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Online headline: "Atlanta civil rights advocate to call for Black Friday boycott " -- "boycott"? Is that from buying or looting?

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I really cannot understand the St Francis board response to a $30,000,000.00 "accounting error".

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Online headline: "Another twist in Hernandez's murder case * A Massachusetts judge listened to Aaron Hernandez's legal team, which is reviewing 500,000 pages of evidence for a double murder." -- "500,000 pages of evidence"? You know.. if a prosecutor threw 500,000 pages of evidence into the jury room and I was serving on it. I'd pretty much figure the prosecutor was wanting a jury to get pretty PO's at him and find for the defendant.

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L-E story: "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a heart stent implanted on Wednesday, reviving talk about how long the 81-year-old liberal jurist will be staying on the court." -- Welll.. this might explain some of her "bleeding heart" decisions....

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On a personal note.. when booking hotels online, stay away from anything offered through www.booking.com. We were going to go to Savannah last Friday to follow our child's football team engaged in a playoff game, and on last Wednesday decided to make a weekend of it so our daughter could enjoy seeing Savannah. We had stayed at the Marriott Riverfront on other occasions so we went to travago.com and sought out accommodations there. The only "booking" opportunity was through www.bookings.com . It's rates for the Marriott were considerably higher than other areas hotels, but bit the bullet and booked anyway. We got there on Friday and checked in.. the 2-bed room we booked wasn't there, but the effervescent clerk quickly upgraded us to a "Jr Suite" with a sofa bed. Went upstairs, and while a nice room, the sofa bed was not very comfortable, so I went back online to check out current state of rooms available at www.booking.com. I was shocked to see the 2-bed room I wanted was still available.. but.. at less than half of what I was charged 2 days earlier. Called www.booking.com and asked representative Carmen about this as the website "guarantees the lowest available rates". She looked it up and apologized but said she was not authorized to make such a large adjustment, and would talk with her supervisor. Here it is, 5 days later, and no word from www.booking.com. I've sent two follow up e-mails, but have gotten no response. I want y'all to know about www.booking.com not being a good site to use.