Wednesday, December 31, 2014


Online story: "Cops anonymously told the New York Post that they aren't making arrests for minor crimes because they fear for their safety following the murders of two NYPD officers. * "I’m not writing any summonses. Do you think I’m going to stand there so someone can shoot me or hit me in the head with an ax?” a cop, who was granted anonymity by the Post, said. "I’m concerned about my safety. I want to go to home to my wife and kids.” -- You know, two wrongs don't make a right, but they sure will make the left sweat.. wait til "the numbers" start rolling in that not only "crime" is down, and revenues from those lack of arrests are zero, and the budget is kaput.
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Of course.. the best move the NYPD could make is to be elsewhere whenever de Bl(_*_)io walks the streets or rides the subways of NY and when Cuomo or Obamageddon come to town..
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Online story: "The number of law enforcement officers killed by firearms in the U.S. jumped by 56 percent this year and included 15 ambush assaults, according to a report released Tuesday. * The annual report by the nonprofit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund found that 50 officers were killed by guns this year, compared to 32 in 2013." -- "Police Lives Matter"... more!
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Chipotle... a NYC Chipotle restaurant (we have one in Columbus, too) refused to serve NYPD officers...employees even raised their hands and said, "Don't Shoot". Chipotle has not made an example of the franchisee or employees. ..Boycott Chipotle until they can verify every police officer in the country has been apologized to and fed free.
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Online story: "New York's minimum wage will rise from $8 to $8.75 an hour on Wednesday, giving a boost in pay to some 700,000 workers." -- Hmmm.. Compositely, that's 75 cents an hour.. 75-cents times 40 hours, time 700,000 people, times 52 weeks will generate but a shade over $1 BILLION dollars gross in government estimated static income. The problem is that government doesn't calculate variables.. like hours cut-backs, or jobs lost because of the forced increase. Government also doesn't figure in additional costs to the City/State in unemployment compensation/entitlement programs from the influx, nor the losses in revenues NY government is counting on from misdemeanor street arrests/tickets. Jonathan Gruber is so right about liberals.
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Oh.. The Huffington Post.. a.k.a. "the Huff Post/HuffPo" will now be referenced to as the "HuffPOO".
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HuffPOO headline: "NYT Editorial Board Blasts NYPD Officers' 'Disgraceful Acts' of 'Self-Pity'" -- Hmm, what a declaration of the NYT's liberalism.. name calling when things don't go their way.. my guess is that the NYPD will now consider mugging NYT street vendors "minor crimes", and ignore them.
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The NFL sucks! Rice and Suh..street thugs get reinstated after dastardly actions, and Peterson , because he has a parents' conscience, gets tromped on.
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Good grief... Obamageddon says he's going to have to dust off his veto pen since Harry Reid won't be able to block House bills from coming to the floor of the Senate. What Obamageddon is actually saying is that the Democratic Party is the real party of "no".
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Online story: "Atlanta - MARTA is looking to earn a lot more money from paid parking at its rail stations. * The financially challenged transit agency has just issued a request-for-proposals to hire a company to operate paid parking lots at 10 rail stations. * Currently, MARTA only charges for long-term parking at its rail stations. The daily rate is $5 or $8, depending on the station. The nine parking decks and two surface lots at the stations have 7,316 spaces. * MARTA earns about $2 million a year from parking at the rail stations (see chart below). The highest earner is the North Springs station, which generates about $1 million each fiscal year — or almost half of all of MARTA's parking revenues." -- Good grief.. government doesn't get it.. now that gas has dropped to $2:00-$2:25 a gallon, $8.00 will buy 3.5-to-4 gallons of gas, and it will be cheaper for MARTA uses who own cars to just drive into town and park there rather than park at MARTA and also PAY for tickets to ride into town. MARTA will lose revenues from parking AND fares.
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MCSD project parsing time!
Item 17 - District-wide security improvements and replacement of outdated communications equipment: "$1,500,000.00 -- Hmm.. can we say "maintenance" and not SPLOST qualified?
Item 18 - Cafeteria and auditorium upgrades as "some" schools (Arnold, Clubview, Columbus, Eddy, Hardaway and Kendrick): $1,000,000.00 -- more maintenance.. not qualified under GA SPLOST restrictions.
What we are seeing is what happens when original SPLOST projects get built without any regard..intention, for that matter..of the MCSD administration to accept responsibility to the taxpayers to maintain and be accountable for such maintenance of the buildings we pay for.
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It's not that we didn't already know it, but Louisville's Bobby Pitino just confirmed his lack of class ..Down 37-14, he called time out with 11 seconds left to try to score a meaningless touchdown.
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There's a picture in the L-E today of a group of kids handing out blankets and care kits to the homeless. It's part of the Jr Marshal's program.. no doubt there is compassion here, but that's not the point I want to bring to light. The Jr. Marshal's program is funded in part, probably the greater part, by the Crime Prevention Committee which is paid for out of the Public Safety LOST. What to giving out blankets, care kits and compassion have to do with the Public Safety LOST restrictions?
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So ends year 6 of the Breakfast Club -- 

Tuesday, December 30, 2014


Online story: "Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one was able to shoot back, authorities said Monday. One suspect was later arrested and the other was on the loose. * The shooting occurred amid heightened tensions over attacks on police elsewhere in the country after grand juries declined to indict white officers in the killings of unarmed black men. * Police have not yet determined a motive for Sunday night's shooting in South Los Angeles - an area plagued by gang violence - but said there were no indications it was linked to other attacks on police in the country." -- "heightened tensions... after grand juries declined to indict"? " no indications it was linked to other attacks on police"? .. Good grief.. we are a nation of laws, and grand juries are part.. an important and much needed part of our system to keep government from running amok...but the important missing aspect is where are Obamageddon, Holder, and Al-Sharlatan? They have basically put bounties on police officers, and need to be accountable!
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Online story: "Twelve years before he was elected by his colleagues as House majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke at a conference hosted by the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization." -- Good grief.. then let's indict every Democrat who has spoken to the NAACP, and joined the Black Caucus.... talk about "supremacist" groups.
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Online story: "Christin(_*_) Aguiler(_*_) had a big diva moment recently. Aguiler(_*_) reportedly cussed out Mickey Mouse at Disneyland after the performer refused to take a picture with the star because they had to go on break. * The former Mickey Mouse Club star was celebrating her 34th birthday at the theme park. She hurled an expletive at the Disney performer and even asked the dreaded, "Do you know who I am?" -- "do you know who I am"? Yeah..a BBB.. bleached blonde b....
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HuffPo headline: "Bill De Blasio Booed At NYPD Graduation Ceremony" -- Good grief.. de Bl(_*_)io must have gone to the Jonathan Gruber School of Stupidity and graduated at the top of his class.
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HuffPo headline: "Obama Doesn't Rule Out US Embassy In Iran" -- What's he waiting for .. to see if he can talk Netanyahu in being the Ambassador?
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A Fox News poll says 57% of Americans think they and their families had a good year in 2014. Where'sWaldObama says he feels vindicated. when in actuallity, the 57% were basking in the November Election results.
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Online story: "Two Army captains were forced to do some last-minute scrambling when they found out they had to move their wedding because President Barack Obama wanted to go golfing * Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue Jr. were due to be married at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course on Sunday when they were informed just one day out that they would have to relocate because their commander in chief wanted to play a round. * The couple had actually invited Obama to attend their nuptials, knowing he would be in town for holidays. He’d sent his regrets earlier Saturday — but then they heard from the White House again" -- Hmmm.. who'da guessed.. we have a commander-in-chief who cares less about his troops under his command... of course.. if the captains had been named Edward and Nathan...
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Online story: "Black males ages 30 and under are more likely to be the victims of violent crime in Chatham County and far more likely to commit those crimes than any other segment of the population, statistics show. * And black males account for 67 percent of those in the Chatham County jail. * All of that despite the fact that blacks ages 10-29 years account for less than 10 percent of the local population. * “There’s something wrong with this scenario,” said Savannah Mayor Pro Tem Van R. Johnson II. “We are tired of hearing about black kids being shot, kids dying. * “I am a black male, and I can never be all that I can be as long as they’re not all they can be.” -- Why is Obamageddon listening to Al-Sharlatan and not Van R. Johnson II? That, friends, is the question..
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I'm curious.. one of the first "Executive Orders/Memoranda" Obamageddon imposed on the nation was the uber-racially-discriminatory 10% tax on indoor tanning at salons. Any body seen an analysis of how many tanning salons are open today than in 2009?
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Doesn't it make you wonder that if the MCSD SPLOST tax and the original City of Columbus LOST taxes are 1% of sales, then how come different amounts are being reported as being generated?
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Parsing the MCSD "wish LUST" for a 2015 SPLOST:
Item 15 - Ft Middle School gym REPLACEMENT: $2,900,000.00 -- Good grief.. how can even the MCSD lack of proper and needed ongoing maintenance procedure justify the REPLACEMENT of a middle school gym?
Item 16 - Furniture, fixtures, and equipment where needed: $2,400,000.00 -- Talk about a "slush fund", this qualifies as blatant..How can this qualify as a SPLOST project under any aspect of the state laws on restrictive use of such revenues?
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I have to comment one more time on what used to be the William H. Shaw Christmas Basketball Tournament.. now it's being called the William H. Shaw Classic because there will not be a championship game nor champion. I guess the Little League tradition of handing every player a 'participation trophy' is next so no one will leave a gym empty-handed or with low esteem.....You know.. why even keep score.. or hire referees.. for that matter, why even turn on the electricity at the gyms?

Monday, December 29, 2014


de Bl(_*_)io really stepped in it by inserting his own political importance in events concerning the assassination of two NYPD patrolmen. He should not have forced his way to the forefront of the ceremony.
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Online headline: "Ariz. police officer killed in brazen shooting * Flagstaff Officer Tyler Stewart, 24, was fatally shot Saturday after responding to a domestic violence call that quickly turned deadly." -- Don't tell me that police officers HAVE to identify/justify what's in the hand some one digs into a pocket to get or points at an officer. Police officers have wives and children and parents and siblings and friends, too. Police Officers Lives Matter!
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Online headline: "US marks end of bloody war in Afghanistan" -- Yeah .. right... guess Where'sWaldObama can re-use the "Mission Accomplished" banner he put up in Iraq for Afghanistan.
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MCSD "wish LUST" analysis continued:

Item 11 - Columbus Museum electrical and mechanical equipment replacement and upgrades: $3,500,000.00 -- Good grief - The MCSD gets an additional 5 mils over the state's allowable 20 mil cap because of the Museum being under the MCSD umbrella, but the Museum is fully capable of funding itself. In addition.. IT'S ALL MAINTENANCE ISSUES! Please note, also, that as much is being requested to fund maintenance projects at the Museum as is requested to help autistic students.

Item 12 - Kinnett Stadium upgrades (field house, press box, concession stands, restrooms): $3, 175,000.00 -- ALL MAINTENANCE! (On a poignant note.. this makes Mayor TomLYINGson's $244K river front bathroom seem sorta normal)

At this time I'm going to republish the restrictions that are state law on what can/cannot qualify for SPLOST revenue funding:

"A special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) is a financing method for funding capital outlay projects in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is an optional 1% sales tax levied by any county for the purpose of funding the building of parks, schools, roads, and other public facilities. The revenue generated cannot be used towards operating expenses or most maintenance projects."
Now, if you're keeping track, it's rather obvious that the MCSD is not maintaining the buildings/facilities we tax payers have already funded.
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Online story: "Detroit's 305-pound defensive tackle, Ndamukong Suh, stumbled back and stepped on Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers' lower left leg while the quarterback was on the ground at the end of a play." -- Have you ever unintentionally stepped on someone else's foot? What do you do.. look down to see what you stepped on.. I do.. it's a reaction. Suh, on the other hand, stepped, not stumbled, back on Roger's leg, then, instead of looking down to see, he stepped on Rogers with his other foot, and again did not look at what had happened. There was nothing unintentional about Suh's actions.
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Online headline: "NYPD commissioner says turning backs on Mayor de Blasio was 'very inappropriate'" --
Inappropriate or not.. it was needed. After all that had happened de Bl(_*_)io should not have stepped into the limelight. He should just have blended into the crowd, and let the Ramos family and Ramos' police family have their public grieving.
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Online quote source: "“ When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. ” - Zig Ziglar " -- This should be the battle cry for conservatives to rally behind. Even the worst RINO is better than any Democrat.
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Please visit this story.. This is personal.. Shannon Burgess is a cousin of my bride, and such a bright spot in all our lives. Pray for her.
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On another "personal note".. we welcomed Weston Wright Mobley, Jr into the world about 1:00 AM this morning. Mother and son doing well.. Dad and granddad still floating.
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L-E "headLIE": STORIES OF THE YEAR: 2014 BUSINESS * ST. FRANCIS, COLUMBUS REGIONAL, BENNING JOBS TOP STORIES IN 2014" -- WRONG! The story is about JOB LOSSES! 200 + at Columbus Regional, 80 or so at St Francis, and possibly 11,000 at Ft Benning.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Perils of using www.booking.com - the saga continues

www.booking.com wrote:


In a message dated 12/26/2014 4:42:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, customer.relations@booking.com writes:
Dear Hal Kirven,

Thank you for choosing Booking.com.

We are writing to you regarding your reservation 801045704 at Savannah Marriott Riverfront, check-in date 2014-11-21, and check-out date 2014-11-23 and the complaint filed with the Better Business Bureau.

In reference to your comment regarding our website guaranteeing the lowest rates, we do guarantee the rates and should a guest find a lower rate on another website, including ours, there are steps that are followed to insure the information is accurate and valid. When we don't have all the information we need to make an accurate determination of the rate, we must go by the information we find at the time we receive the claim. We also look at other factors when determining whether or not the claim is valid or not, such as the same property, same dates, same room type and conditions, and whether the reservation is still within the penalty-free cancellation and modification timeframe. As this claim was made on the day of arrival, it was no longer considered valid so we were only able to request the lower rate from the accommodation, which they did decline.

In regards to not receiving the correct room type, when rendering our services, the information that we disclose is based on the information provided to us by accommodation providers. As such, the accommodation providers are given access to an extranet through which they are fully responsible for updating all rates, availability and other information which is displayed on our website. Although we will use reasonable skill and care in performing our services we will not verify if, and cannot guarantee that, all information is accurate, complete or correct, nor can we be held responsible for any errors, inaccurate, misleading or untrue information or non-delivery of information. Each accommodation provider remains responsible at all times for the accuracy, completeness and correctness of the (descriptive) information (including the rates and availability) displayed on our website. If the accommodation is unable to provide you with the room you selected, it is their responsibili
ty to either offer you an upgrade at no additional cost, which they did, or to relocate you to another accommodation that is within the same star quality and value as theirs.

Booking.com is willing to offer you a goodwill gesture for the inconvenience caused by this situation. We would like to offer you a refund of $80.

To provide you with this refund as quickly as possible, we recommend the refund be made by credit/debit card.
This refund can only be processed to cards with the Visa or MasterCard logo.

If you accept this refund method, you will receive an email from customer.care@booking.com which contains a secure link. This link allows you to enter your credit or debit card information. The email will be sent to: gagolfer@aol.com.

Please reply to this email by Monday, 29 December to confirm you accept the credit card refund option as described above.

Kind regards,

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Terri Yaeger
Customer Relations Associate
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My response:

Terri Yaeger
Customer Relations Associate
Booking.com Customer Service Team
Ms Yeager - your attempt at patronization is pretty pathetic.. it's not about "the money".. it's about your integrity... rather, the lack of it...

Marriott will be the big loser in this but www.booking.com will have this stigma on my blog and with the Better Business Bureau.

Marrioot will lose because except for my wife's annual post Christmas shopping getaway with our daughters m we will exclude Marriott from further use. We will that post Christmas use only because it is at the J.W. Marriott connected to Lenox in Atlanta which enables them to traverse dryly and safely in rain or darkness.

Golf group trips to Bay Point in Panama City will cease, and booking blocks of rooms for family events at local Marriott units will cease, as well as spot bookings on various trips around the country.

Hal Kirven
Columbus, GA.

Obamageddon spinmeisters are claiming that the $50,000,000.00 spent on new employees to process illegal aliens will pay for itself in taxes collected when they get hired. Huh? Low income workers aren't paying income taxes..in fact, most get tax credits which give them unearned income tax refunds that far exceed their initial withholdings.
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What is it with Obamageddon ? First, he gave tax evader Timothy Geithner a job as Sec of the Treasury, and now he embraces tax evader al Sharlatan as a race advisor.
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Good grief...Obamageddon's Cuba edict won't even help the average Cuban. All industry goes through the government and aristocracy, and workers cannot earn/hold American dollars. They have to convert them to worthless pesos.
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HuffPost headline: "Hillary Clinton's Economic Approach Under Scrutiny" -- Hmmm.. even the HuffPost is worried about economic survival if Hillewinsky, another economic dud, follows the current economic dud..
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HuffPost story: "The widely acclaimed movie "Selma" about the 1965 Civil Rights movement has disappointed at least one moviegoer: a leading historian of President Lyndon B. Johnson. * LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove said the film unfairly casts Johnson as a sort of composite character who represents the obstacles blacks faced in getting civil rights laws passed." -- "character who represents the obstacles blacks faced"? What's not true? I guess Al-Sharlatan et al hate to see the reminder that without the Republicans, Dr King's "dream" wouldn't have moved forward. Another LBJ/Democratic Party "legacy" is the Great Society.. which even today suppresses individual black independence.
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Is the majority of the black community going to continue to sit on its duffs and let the white community think mainstream media, al Sharlatan, Charlie Rangel, and Obamageddon speak for all blacks? Heaven help us.
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It's a shame it had to happen,, but it had to happen; it needed to happen.. NYPD police officers supported their fellow patriots by turning their backs on de Bl(_*_)io again at the funeral. NYC.. in fact this whole country, needs unity, and it will not happen under the Democratic Party .
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One thing that may be overlooked during the funeral of NYPD Officer Ramos is that most of NY did not experience the safety they are use to in their neighborhoods and business streets.
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You know, looking back at Ferguson..that same week, over 80 were killed in Chicago..Al-Sharlatan, nor Holder, nor Where'sWaldObama even acknowledged that
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Nothing rings so hollow as Fox News' Juan Williams defending protests based on income inequality, when his is 7-figures.
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Yesterday morning on I-185 heading north.. minding my business, tooling around at 65 MPH, a car passed me very quickly. Normally, I'd just "pray" a police officer was shortly ahead and would catch him, but there was something different about the car that I want to share.. it was a local, well-known, driving school car with "student driver: decals on it. Of course it probably wasn't a student, but an INSTRUCTOR behind the wheel (probably late for work). I thought.. hey, I paid for that school to teach my kids how to drive.. no wonder they seem to have lead feet on the accelerator. Can I sue the school for the difference in insurance rates have jumped to after they've been caught speeding. Well, one thing for sure, my granddaughter (and other future ones) will not attend that school.
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Online headline: "St. Louis ranks #1 for chlamydia and #2 for gonorrhea in nation" -- Fooled me.. I'd have guessed "unemployment" as St Louis's, and this nation's number one disease.
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When you think about it, the death of Eric Garner and so many American jobs have the same source.. the Democratic Party's excessive taxes and regulations placed on tobacco and manufacturers making products in the US.
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Online quote source: "“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”
- Robert Green Ingersoll" -- Hmmm... "Black Lives Matter" hmmm.. then "White Lives Matter" as do _Asian Lives, Indian Lives and Police Lives.
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You know.. that ubiquitous protest sign, "Black Lives Matter".. there is a good post protest use for them. They should be posted in every inner city public housing complex.. starting with Southside Chicago!
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You know.. you'd think by now that some of that $30,000,000.00 that "poofed" at St Francis would have come to light.
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No matter how hard the L-E tries to deny the death of a man on the CSU campus, it's a death by gunfire within the City.. The number for the year is 23, not 22... and we still have 4 more nights in 2014.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Why don’t we just annex Cuba like we did Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska, then we would all be one big family." -- Another Common Core/Public Education victim...
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Another Jonathan Gruber stupid L-E "soundoff": " Gasoline: $2.18 a gallon; stock market all-time high, 18,000; 401K doing fine. Thanks, Obama." -- If this doofus needs something to attribute to Obamageddon's time in office, it's the highest number of food stamps issued, illegal alien crossings, increased racial strife, and workers dropped out of the job market.
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Repeat: "Dinesh D'Souza - Regarding #Cuba, Obama says that we should get over things that happened before we were born—does this also apply to slavery and segregation?"

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MCSD SPLOST "wish LUST" commentary:
Item 11 - Financing of bond issue: $4,000,000.00 -- Hmmm. you know.. the bond issue is included to basically get the banking support for the SPLOST.. why not wait for the revenues to be collected, then pay as we go.
Item 12 - Retrofit "some" schools to add programming for autistic students: $3,500,000.00 -- Again a maintenance issue, but needed, and it should be built into the ordinary budget. On the other hand, it shows how the School System "thinks".. this is included for emotional support, but based on the set aside portion of the "wish LUST", the School System is more interested in maintaining softball and baseball fields and weight rooms..... and buying off bankers.

Saturday, December 27, 2014


Online headline: "Jeb Bush Quits Firm That Profited From Obamacare" -- Good grief...mainstream media blistered Republicans for trying to derail OObamaCRAP, and now that Jeb Bush is probably running for 2016, mainstream media is going to blister Bush for profiting from investments/work in a company that profited from OObamaCRAP. Talk about "eating ones cake and tossing it back up"....
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There was a bowl game...Rutgers vs UNC, played in Detroit yesterday..From all the empty blue seats, you'd think Carolina would be motivated, but Rutgers won. Now..why would the NCAA think a Southern team meeting an Eastern team would bring a bus load of fans to Detroit..of all places, on the day after Christmas?
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Soapbox moment: The Black Caucus... where is it when it could be helping solve/resolve civility and unity in our country? With the exception of an occasional Charlie Rangel race baiting gaffe, we do not see any kind of leadership - good or bad, coming from the Black Caucus... sitting on the sideline silently cheering/condoning ignorance is not leadership.. and indifference is not an excuse or acceptable.
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Obamageddon says we are safer now than we were 13 years ago...hmmm..how would he know...when was the last time he gave up a tee-time to attend a National Security briefing?
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Online story: "An airplane hauling a banner insulting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) has been spotted flying above New York City. * The banner Friday read: "De Blasio, our backs have turned to you." * A de Blasio spokesman called the banner divisive." -- Yeah,,, it's divisive alright... it divides law loving and abiding Americans from criminals and liberal politicians like de Bl(_*_)io.
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Parsing the MCSD "wish LUST":
Item 9 - Shaw High School alterations and additions ( $4,000,000.00) -- Hmmm can we say ongoing maintenance issue"? Not qualified as a SPLOST project, but please note that Shaw "wish LUSTs" so far have been devoted to ball fields/weight rooms (share of $12,200,000.00), and now this.. Oh, one other question: "addition"? in 1959, the MCSD reached 32,000 students.. there are still only 32,000 +/- students in the public school system, so what are "additions" for?
Item 10 - District wide refurbishment of outdated school kitchens ($4,000,000.00) -- How do basic school kitchens get "outdated"? Lack of ongoing maintenance? Not SPLOST qualified.. (Oh.. to be discussed items on the "wish LUST" are "Cafeteria and auditorium upgrades/expansions at "some" school ($1,500,000.00).
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Personal note: failure to managing ongoing upkeep is not a true revenue issue.. it's just as much, or more, a failure to anticipate revenue growth slowing/stopping and being prepared. It's the responsibility of the school administration to do this, but the MCSD Board is suppose to be overseeing this as the guardians of the taxpayers.
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From L-E annual summary story: " The summer was full of angst for Muscogee County teachers as rumors of layoffs became reality. In September they found out the layoffs weren’t as many as originally expected, reduced from 69 to 12." -- You know.. when 69 could be identified as the least deserving, instead on laying off only the bottom 12, why weren't replacements found for the next 57 as well?
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Also from the L-E annual summary story: "Announcing their retirements were Columbus State University President Tim Mescon and three Muscogee County School District cabinet members: chief financial officer Sharon Adams, chief operations officer Myles Caggins and chief information officer Forrest Toelle." -- While CSU is not a "local" issue of the government.. the other three major retirements of the City's CFO, COO, and CIO should have automatically triggered a complete audit of the City resources.. I'm not implying anything, but if questions arose on any aspect, newcomers/replacements would not know where to look to find the answers.
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Another L-E summary story was about the death of Red McDaniel.. we miss Red... I don't think a pothole in the City has been fixed since.
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A really "get's it" L-E "soundoff": "We don’t need any national discussions on race and the police. We need certain people in this country to behave themselves and act civilized." -- Amen, brother.. the Golden Rule will cover every difference of opinion.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid L-E "soundoff": " It has nothing to do being liberal. Real Americans oppose water boarding because by the admission of the CIA, it did not work. Why do something that didn’t work just to makes conservatives feel better?" -- Liberals still have a glass ceiling.. one directly above stupidity that holds them locked in time and thought processing. Even if "waterboarding" was not effective, the terrorists' thoughts of having gone through one would leave a lasting thought of what will the next "tortue" to extract info from them... decapitation?
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L-E headline: "COLUMBUS RECORDER’S COURT * HOLIDAY MERCY FOR ADMITTED SHOPLIFTER" -- Wanna bet the first word out of his mouth after he left the court room was "sucker!"?

Friday, December 26, 2014


Online headline: "CDC lab technician possibly exposed to Ebola, agency says" -- Hmmm.. and "we" want government in charge of healthcare? Sounds as comforting as IRS monitoring al Sharlatan's tax fraud and OObamaCRAP.
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HuffPost headline: "Minimum Wage Hikes Force Walmart To Raise Pay At More Than 1,400 Stores" -- Yeah.. stick it to Walmart.. that'll show'em who's boss!.... Hmmm, wanna bet Walmart will have fewer entry level jobs, and fewer 6-month reviews and raises?
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Online headline: "'To Protest Is A First Amendment Right': New Yorkers Defy Mayor's Request To Pause Demonstrations" -- Ist Amendent Right.. yes.. but that right has its limits of civility and respect. What is apparent is the effect of government entitlement programs that parallel the results of regulations imposed in National Parks and zoos.. do not feed the animals as they will attack you for more rather than start working to earn it themselves.
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Online headline: "What Obama is up to on his Hawaiian vacation" -- Golf.. but we all know he is not up to par.
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Some Republicans can do some stupid things..one sent Obamageddon a lump of coal. All he will accomplish is to get mainstream media to talk about mean spirited Republicans kicking him when he's down.
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Online story: "After bringing a knife to a gun fight, Alfonso Martinez of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is alive today only because the cops, afraid for their own lives, were more afraid that shooting him would cause civil unrest." -- Good grief.. what hath mainstream media and political correctness dysfunction wrought?
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You know..Christmas morning must be depressing for liberals...they can't even wish their children "Merry Christmas" without feeling guilt...in fact, liberals can't even say "Merry" without guilt.
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Good grief...Alan Colmes said he's " more of a liberal than a Democrat"....huh? What's he admitting...that he's coming out as a socialist/communist?
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You know..the vast law abiding majority of the black community, by not standing up, by not cooperating with the police, and not denouncing the radical black protestors and leaders, such as al Sharlatan, are literally in the same boat as peace loving Islamists who do not denounce and arise against jihadist Islamists.
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Justice..let's talk about justice for the Delta airlines employees using Delta to ferry guns from Atlanta to NYC. Let's hope one of those guns is found to have been used in a street killing, and the Delta employees get charged with aiding and abetting 1st degree murder.
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A woman was arrested after she "attacked" a satanic display. Basically, she said she was righting a wrong. Hmmm..guess mainstream media classify her in the same genre as police officers.
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Online story: "The President has asked Vice President Biden to attend the service for Officer Rafael Ramos and is grateful that the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden will be traveling to New York City to attend the service on Saturday,” the White House Deputy Press Secretary said in a statement. * Obama was out golfing with three friends at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii when the statement was released." -- Hmmm, guess Where'sWaldObama figured a possible Bleep Veep Biden gaffe might distract Fox news from reporting that Obamageddon was golfing again.
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Instant repeat: "The President has asked Vice President Biden to attend the service for Officer Rafael Ramos and is grateful that the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden will be traveling to New York City to attend the service on Saturday,” the White House Deputy Press Secretary said in a statement. * Obama was out golfing with three friends at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii when the statement was released." -- You know.. what's obvious here.. playing with 3 of his friends means that none of his foursome was a Marine.... well.cept the Marine that trailed behind to hold an umbrella if it started to rain.
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OK.. MCSD "wish LUST" moment:
Item 7 - "Expand weight room and wrestling rooms at "some" high schools (Columbus, Jordan, Kendrick Northside, and Shaw. ($5,000,000.00) -- Seeing as Columbus, Shaw, and Northside have active booster clubs, and it's a questionable use of SPLOST funds to begin with.. looks like some more "political correctness for "some" schools... much like item 5 to upgrade "some" baseball and softball fields.
Item 8 - Replace outdated buses and related equipment. ($5,000,000.00) -- Hmmm, seeing as we have a surplus of some 300 more buses than drivers, seems like that "surplus" could be scavenged for replacement parts, and the balance sold off to other schools or public use. There's a variable in projecting new bus costs that spans $60K to $100K, adding 50 to 80+ buses seems a bit too much.
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L-E headline: "STORIES OF THE YEAR 2014: CRIME & COURTS * COLD CASES RANK AMONG TOP HEADLINES OF 2014" -- Hmmm.. and the L-E reporting of crime was pretty rank, also.
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A "get's it" L-E "soundoff": " So the Pentagon is going to change the name of ISIS to DAESH. Boy, I feel safer already." -- Hmmm you know,, Obamageddon can "DAESH" it out, but he sure can't take it.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Jesus would condemn anyone who embraces avarice, war mongering, cruelty, disregard for the environment and forsaking the poor and the sick. Republicans should be worried." -- Republicans? Who are the greedy... the ones that avariciously demand more tax handouts or the hard working from whom's paychecks those entitlement programs extract more taxes? Who are the compassionate ones.. the ones who donate freely to community needs, or the ones who demand others' tax dollars be spent the way they determine needs?
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L-E headline/story: "Too much pain, not enough absolution in Angelina Jolie’s adaptation of ‘Unbroken’ * Despite its many impressive elements, “Unbroken” plays incomplete and unbalanced. The film has made a decision not to tell all of Louis Zamperini’s riveting true story, and that choice costs it in the end." -- Franklin Graham revealed "why" before the release.. he had seen a pre-release and stated the same thing.. because, as he said.. "the book was 39 chapters, and Jolie stopped after chapter 33". Seems the last 6 chapters involved Zamperini finding Chrisy through the Billy Graham Ministry, and it gave him the strength to forgive his abusers.
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L-E story: "This weekend, tradition will be tested in the case of the Shaw Christmas Classic, formerly called the Shaw Christmas Tournament. It is no longer called the latter because the “tournament” aspect of the event has been suspended for at least this year. * The event will be comprised of 12 boys teams and 10 girls. Each team will play three games over the course of the Classic’s three days — Saturday, Monday and Tuesday — but there will be no bracket, no elimination and no champion." -- Hmmm... why keep score.. for matter, why charge for tickets or have referees? Better yet, why waste electricity in warming up the gyms?

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas... if not about keeping Christ in your life, it's about putting Christ first in your life.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014


HuffPost "headlie": "Meet the most feared CEO in all of America" -- Oooops, my bad.. thought HuffPost had finally come to terms about Where's WaldObama, but this was about a hedgefund guy name Jeff Smith.
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One interesting tidbit....doing a quick "google", the latest info (2010) on the racial breakdown of the NYPD's patrol officers shows that 53% of them are of minority races, and 47% "non-Hispanic white". I'm guessing that the breakdown has probably widened since de Bl(_*_)io replaced Bloomberg, so.. the average face of a patrol officer met on the street of NYC is not 'white'. Hmmm, not the picture mainstreet media and al Sharlatan are trying to portray.
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Online story: "BERKELEY, Mo. (AP) -- A man who pulled a gun and pointed it at a police officer has been killed in the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley, county police said early Wednesday. * A Berkeley police officer was conducting a routine business check at a gas station around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday when he saw two men and approached them, St. Louis County police spokesman Sgt. Brian Schellman said in a statement. * One of the men pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officer, Schellman said. The officer fired several shots, striking and fatally wounding the man." -- Now the mainstream media has become "antiseptic".. everyone is suddenly colorless... Clue: "within minutes of the shooting, a QT market across the street was looted.
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From above story: "Berkeley is a few miles from Ferguson, where a white police officer, Darren Wilson, fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, in August." --Mainstream media can remember when it wants to.
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Online headline/story: "Okla. death row inmates fight injection ruling * The inmates argued that by tinkering with the lethal injection formula, the state is conducting experiments on unwilling human subjects." -- Good grief.. those "death row inmates" are there because they played judge/jury/executioner to a dead victim. Their "tinkering" days should be over. Me, I favor the Bible's words on meting out similar punishment that befits the crimes.. firing squads for gun deaths, slash deaths for knife killers.
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Online headline: "Cosby not finding support in black community" -- Hmmm... well Cosby is in good company..even locally, the black bloc vote doesn't support conservative black candidates.. nationally, just look at how accomplished black role models Condoleezza Rice, Herman Cain, and Dr Ben Carson are shunned.
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Online headline: "CNN Shuts Down Charlie Rangel After He Denies NYC Protesters Called for Dead Cops" -- Know wonder Candy Crowley left... CNN must have added a new "truth only clause" as a rider to her contract.
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What the hell does de Bl(_*_)io mean when he calls the liberal media "devisive". For a change, the liberal media is just quoting him without spinning the meaning.
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You know..the police security teams for NY Gov Coumo and NYC Mayor de Bl(_*_)io should stage a permanent "sick out" until after the next elections.
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One thing, though I venture not to classify it as "good" or "bad", is that the failures of Obamageddon's domestic policies sorts distract from his and Kerry's failed foreign policies.
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Do you wonder why the protestors for a $15.00 minimum wage at McDonald's have gotten quiet? Seems McDonald's is installing customer used wireless ordering stations, and developing a more efficient robotic "burger builder" to replace those jobs.
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Today we parse the MCSD's "wish LUST" items 3 & 4:
3 - Multi-sport complex for district-wide use (football stadium, soccer fields, track) - $11,000,000,00 -- Probably the one bonfied SPLOST eligible project that an argument can be made for.
4 - Roof replacements - $8,160,000.00 -- Hmm.. and what about "roof replacements doesn't fall into the "maintenance" category and is not qualified under the SPLOST restrictions?
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L-E "soundoff" almost gets it right: " If you judge Jeb Bush by his last name, you had better hope your father and brothers are perfect." -- Hmmm.. you know, if we judged Obamageddon or Clinton by their families.. the Bush family would be nominated for sainthood.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Elderly retirees, wise up. You voted Republicans in and now they are cutting your pensions in half. Suckers!" -- I didn't know Kool-Aid made an energy drink version...
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L-E headline/story: "U.S. moves to ease ban on blood donations by gay men * Federal health officials are recommending an end to the nation’s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, a 31-year-old policy that many medical groups and gay activists say is no longer justified. * The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it favors replacing the blanket ban with a new policy barring donations from men who have had man-on-man sex in the previous 12 months." -- "a new policy barring donations from men who have had man-on-man sex in the previous 12 months"? hmmm... excuse me, but is the FDA stating that men who abstain from sex with men for 12 months are "cured"? 

Tuesday, December 23, 2014


Online headline: "Embattled NYC mayor calls for protests to halt" -- Hey de Bl(_*_)io.. why don't you just make an executive order for all felons to turn in their weapons.. yeah, that'll do it..right..
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Why hadn't mainstream media vacated Ferguson, MO and camped out in NYC?
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How dare the Mayor of a city accuse his own police force of "targeting minorities! It's a half-truth at best unless he clarifies that police target a minority if its citizens .... the criminal minority.
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I hope the NYPD doesn't put a "Recall de Bl(_*_)io" petition on the NY OObamCRAP website and crash..
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Online headline: "Bloody melee mars Memphis, BYU game" -- Hmmm... musta been all those Morman "thugs" that attend BYU... yeah, right.
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Online story: "Obama pledged to close Guantanamo on one of his first days in office in 2009, but his intentions have been stymied by Congress as well as a lack of action from his own administration." -- Hmmm.. guess Obamageddon got the Castro brothers attention when they realized Obamageddon is about to turn over a better political prison camp to them.
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Online story: "An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "non-human person" unlawfully deprived of its freedom, * Animal rights campaigners filed a habeas corpus petition - a document more typically used to challenge the legality of a person's detention or imprisonment - in November on behalf of Sandra, a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo. * The court agreed Sandra, born into captivity in Germany before being transferred to Argentina two decades ago, deserved the basic rights of a "non-human person." -- Hmmm.. after 29 years of human care, and now "Sandra" will bet set free to fend on her own "wiles"...hmmm..wonder if even the judge asked "Sandra" if this is what she wanted?
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WRBL 3 story: "LEE COUNTY, Ala. -Markale H(_*_)rt, the man accused of shooting and killing Auburn football player Jakell Mitchell, has bonded out of the Lee County Detention Facility, Sheriff Jay Jones confirms to News 3. * H(_*_)rt bonded out of jail on Thursday morning on a $500,000 property bond. He was immediately transferred to the Tallapoosa County jail where he is being held on a probation violation," -- Hmmm.. two questions rage out.. 1 - why would any amount of bond be set for a previously convicted felon committing murder, and 2 - who would put up the bond knowing the (_*_) would be sent back to another jail on a revocation of parole issue?
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Now mainstream media is looking at "social media - FB, Twitter et al - as a cause ... an inflament of the assassination of two NYPD Officers. I guess MSM will throw anyone else under a bus before taking blame for its part.
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Online story: "Ron Sifen, president of the Cobb County Civic Coalition, asked the county’s legislators last week to create legislation that would tighten the terms under which development authorities in the state give tax breaks to developers. * What we are asking the legislature to do is basically to require development authorities to adhere to the established criteria, and not just open the door to we’re going to give tax abatements to for no reason to whoever we want to give them to,” -- Hmmm of course, with Mayor TomLYINGson in charge here.. we would "never" worry about this ...would we... yeah, right.
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Why is North Korea puffing up now? Why not when Clinton & Rodman were visiting there so the world would have benefited.
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North Korea..."Cyber Vandalism"? Where's WaldObama has outdumbed his " workplace violence" description of jihadist Has an at Ft Hood.
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Let's parse the MCSD "wish LUST" items a couple at a time:

1 - New Spencer High School.. $56,000,000. for 1000-1500 students. This is to replace a school built in 1978. Spending is between $37,000.00 per projected student-to-$56,000. (current student count is 900 making projected costs about $62,000.00 per) Carver was recently built for about $40,000,000 and has about 1,000 students. Cost to build - $40,000,00+ per student). I've actually been approached by a MCSD person of interest and asked not to challenge this project.. something about a previous board/school administration not doing "due diligence" on soil evaluation. New construction projects do qualify as a SPLOST eligible project.

Now, before any further discussions take place.. What will the MCSD do with the old "new" Spencer building? Don't tell me they want to recycle it for other purposes when it's, according to "them", not usable.

2- "District wide needs denoted in the 5-year facilities plan: $28,000,000.00. -- Hmmm sounds like theses are a maintenance slush fund. Until specifics are brought to life, such maintenance items do not qualify as a SPLOST eligible project.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The stock market is at an all time high; employment is up; and gas prices are down. Why won’t Fox News and the Republicans give the president credit for any of this?" -- It's pretty obvious economics are not taught in public schools...The stock market is high because fewer employees are getting performance bonuses and are producing more revenue; unemployment is down because fewer people are looking for work ; and FOX and the Republicans are the only bodies bringing efficiency to light.
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Possibly the Jonathan Gruber winner of the stupidest L-E "soundoff" of the year: "The reason Fox News has items that are not reported by the mainstream media is because these items never really happened." -- Really.. are you expecting me to make a superfluous comment and ruin your own thought?
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L-E headline: "Arizona to change execution drugs" -- Oooops, my bad.. was hoping Arizona might resume "lead poisoning...
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L-E story: "PARIS — French authorities urged calm after a series of attacks across the country left dozens of people injured, and said there was no evidence the violent acts were connected by any terrorist motive." -- Yeah... the cars just drove themselves into crowds of non-Muslims...
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Yep.. things are still tough.. the L-E's "Foreclosure Section" is steady at 8 pages, but is now "Section D" rather than Section E"...

Monday, December 22, 2014


HuffPost headline: " North Korea Refuses To Face The Music" -- Good grief...North Koreans can't evenafford music!
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Triple HuffPost headlines: "Rudy Giuliani Accuses Obama, Black Leaders Of Stoking 'Anti-Police Hatred" * "NYC Police Union Chief Blames Mayor, Protesters For Police Killings" * "Obama Condemns Killings Of New York City Police Officers" -- Hmmm.. Obamageddon certainly likes his "flip-flops", especially while in Hawaii.. oh, well, keeps him consistent , everything Obamageddon has done has been a "flop".
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For the next couple of weeks.. with Obamageddon vacationing in Hawaii while the inner citoes percolate with angst. I'm going to occasionally refer to a previous descriptive moniker for Obamageddon... "Where's WaldObama" .. it's more fitting at times like this.
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HuffPost headline: "Support For Hillary Clinton Slips"-- Oooops, my bad.. thought Hillewinsky had a "wardrobe malfunction" in her "Monica's Secret" underwear.
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L-E headline: "COP KILLER HAD LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY *28-year-old Brinsley arrested multiple times in Georgia, Ohio" -- Yeah, and at least 6 years of listening to Obamageddon, Holder, and al Sharlatan..
Instant repeat: "COP KILLER HAD LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY * 28-year-old Brinsley arrested multiple times in Georgia, Ohio" -- Hmmmm.. guess post mortem "profiling" is "OK" for the L-E to support.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Fifty-five percent of the $1.1 trillion federal budget is for the military; wars, 1% pay raise to soldiers and an extra $1.6 billion to train Iraqis, a war we voted to end." -- Let's see.. for a shade over $2,000.00 per person..per American..we basically keep our safety and freedom out of the hands of foreign and domestic despots. For about the same amount per American, liberals weaken our resolve and reserves with entitlement programs.
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Jonathan Gruber L-E editor's "soundoff" pick: " Republicans ran from this year’s budget by putting in a provision that cuts current retirees’ pensions in half and gives that money to the big corporate one percent who funded their campaigns." -- Which budget is being talked about.. the one that Harry Reid didn't let the Senate vote on or Obamageddon sign? There is no L-E standard for a modicum of truth being included in submissions.
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Two things I'm missing seeing from mainstream media.. current counts of OObamaCRAP enrollments, and what's in the "time capsule" recently discovered in Boston.

Sunday, December 21, 2014


Online story: "A gunman shot dead two NYPD officers in Brooklyn before apparently taking his own life, NYPD sources tell AOL News. * a 28-year-old black male, posted multiple times to a now-deleted Instagram account that he was getting revenge for the death's of Staten Island man Eric Garner and Missouri teen Michael Brown. * They were both shot in the head execution-style. * Officials called the double murder an assassination" -- Obamageddon and Holder should be arrested and charged with conspiracy involving the assassination of these two police officers. Blacks who think this is justified.. or vindication or a combination of the two do not know what wrath they have unleashed!
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Now, I pray that Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Bl(_*_)io do not test the NYPD 'line in the sand' about them staying away from any police officers' funerals.
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You know..justice will be when Mayor de Bl(_*_)io wants to walk the streets of NYC and his police escorts simply let him walk alone.
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Eric Holder needs to get up front on this and may as well abandon his war on "profiling". Blacks in NYC will never approach a policeman without a policeman already reaching for the grip of his/her gun.
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Online story: "Authorities say a California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a 17-year-old who attacked him with a machete. * the officer stopped to help the boy, who had hit a telephone pole in Humboldt County, when the teen attacked him * the officer put up his left arm to block the machete; his hand and face were injured." -- Media knows the teen's age... it knows the teens race but hasn't mentioned it. The silence reeks of media reverse-profiling.
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The other day, while listening to John Tesh.. Tesh said police officers had 5 times more fatalities than any other job. I cannot find 'verification" of that statement, but I do believe it. Anybody know how fatalities of police compares with our military in percentages?
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Online headline: "North Korea Calls For Joint Probe Into Sony Hacking" -- Ooops. just figured Kim Jong Un wanted us to loan him a computer.
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Online headline: "Chicago mayor's teenage son mugged near home" -- Hmmm.. has anybody question Rahm Emanuel about his alibi? Emanuel won't miss an opportunity to create an opportunity out of chaos.
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Instant repeat headline/story: "Chicago mayor's teenage son mugged near home * A spokeswoman for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the mayor's 17-year-old son was mugged near the family's home. * Chicago Police spokesman Thomas Sweeney says two males grabbed the victim, took his phone and fled." -- Good grief.. no description? Silence shouts loudly.
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Soapbox moment: Online description of restrictions of usage of SPLOST revenue: "A special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) is a financing method for funding capital outlay projects in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is an optional 1% sales tax levied by any county for the purpose of funding the building of parks, schools, roads, and other public facilities.[1] The revenue generated cannot be used towards operating expenses or most maintenance projects" -- Hmmm... looking at the generalities of the MCSD "wish LUST", it seems only the New Spencer ($56M), Bus purchases ($5M), the Multi-Sport Complex ($11M), and possibly the replacement gym at Ft Middle ($2.9M) remotely qualify as SPLOST projects. That's a total of $72.9 Million our of the "wish LUST" of $192 Million. To boot, we don't need a new Spencer, the sale of the 300 excess buses should pay for any new ones needed, and a replacement gym may or may not qualify at all leaving the only $11 Million Multi-Sport Complex as the one real SPLOST qualified project on the "wish LUST"., and $11 Million could be collected in about 4 months.-
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Reflective moment..we went to the new "Night at the Museum" movie last night. It was Robin Williams' last movie. It was sorta cryptic seeing him come to life, then watching him leaving life.
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We know Lonnie Smith as a hard working, honest HVAC guru..now we can know him for being a holiday joy bringer. Drive by his and his neighbors homes on Spring hill Ave (off West Britt David Rd at Brittwood Apartments) and Walnut St. with your kids or grandkids. It's a "must see" if you enjoy Christmas lights.
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Repeat item from yesterday: Dinesh D'Souza.. much maligned and persecuted producer of the movie, "America, Imagine the World Without Her" has challenged Obamageddon on his position of forgiveness of Castro's regime. Say's D'Souza, "The schmuck: so many Cubans were tortured and shot by the #Castro duo; how generous of Obama to offer to forget about other people's suffering." and "Regarding ‪#‎Cuba‬, Obama says that we should get over things that happened before we were born—does this also apply to slavery and segregation?" I imagine Obamageddon and Hillewinsky must also agree on"hey, what difference does it make!"
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The Post Office is wasting money ... again! ... I'm sure you've seen its ad claiming "this is our season!" Well, it must be playing in the minor leagues.. tried to mail a package Sat AM, and the first two POs I went to were closed. Had to go all the way to Milgen.
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Online story: "HAVANA (AP) - Cuban President Raul Castro sent a blunt message to Washington Saturday as the White House works to reverse a half-century of hostility between the U.S. and Cuba: Don't expect detente to do away with the communist system." -- Good grief.. is Castro one of those Jonathan Gruber examples? Hey, Castro..Obamageddon wants LESSONS from you!
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Online quote source: "“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” - Mahatma Gandhi" -- When was the last time you heard a Democrat tell voters they are capable of taking care of themselves and their families if they work harder?
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "America’s budget is ransomed again by greedy Wall Street Republicans, stripping Dodd-Frank consumer protections that keep taxpayers from bailing out conniving Wall Street banks. Great Depression, here we come again." -- Good grief... it was previous Dodd-Frank laws that CAUSED the bubble and subsequent "burst".
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Conservatives complain loudly about government spending and fight to keep federal jobs at Fort Benning. Which do they want?" -- The Constitution and our soldiers who swore to defend it are our only protection against the enemies outside and within our borders. That includes a despotic commander-in-chief.

Saturday, December 20, 2014


Online story: "Hyperloop, the ultra-fast tube transport dreamed up by SpaceX founder and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, could be ready for passengers in as few as 10 years. * Musk's futuristic transportation system, which could cut travel time between Los Angeles and San Francisco down to 35 minutes. * ticket price for economy-class seats would be about $20 to $30. But he said rides would ideally be free -- perhaps supported by ads," -- Whoa! And our Mayor TomLYINGson is trying to saddle us with high-speed rails that will cost $41.00 a ticket and take 60 minutes to Atlanta. The "Hyperloop" from LA-SF is 382 miles in 35 minutes. Conversely, a 90 mile Columbus-to-Atlanta trip via "Hyperloop" could theoretically be made in 9 minutes for $5-to-$6.00 and be up and running 10 years earlier. Looks like Mayor TomLYINGson has wasted $350,000.00 of our money on her study.
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Hmmm.. bet Mayor TomLYINGson would have backed the Pony Express and Stage Coaches after trains were built.
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Dinesh D'Souza.. much maligned and persecuted producer of the movie, "America, Imagine the World Without Her" has challenged Obamageddon on his position of forgiveness of Castro's regime. Say's D'Souza, "The schmuck: so many Cubans were tortured and shot by the #Castro duo; how generous of Obama to offer to forget about other people's suffering." and "Regarding ‪#‎Cuba‬, Obama says that we should get over things that happened before we were born—does this also apply to slavery and segregation?" I imagine Obamageddon and Hillewinsky must also agree on"hey, what difference does it make!"
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Obamageddon must hate the movie industry.. not only is D'Souza retaliating, but Sony has jump into the fray as well.
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L-E headline: "Obama says Sony erred in canceling film" -- You know.. Obamageddon has time to look into and comment on what Sony has done, but says he knew nothing about Benghazi.. the guy is schizo!
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How quickly the worm turns....Obamageddon & Hillewinsky & their spinmeisters quickly..incessantly attempted to blame Benghazi on a video..in fact..the video maker got arrested. Anybody from Sony been arrested?
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Oh! That time capsule found associated with Sam Adams and Paul Revere from 1795..has anyone heard what was in it yet. i thought I heard it was supposed to be X-rayed last Sunday but can't find any updates...
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Online story: "The Internal Revenue Service is crying poor in the face of budget cuts and weighing the possibility of its own short-term shutdown -- even warning that tax refunds could be delayed next year." -- Good grief.. this is simply an Obamageddon orchestrated pity party to redirect anger at Republicans. Thousands of new employees have been added to monitor OObamaCRAP; Lois Lerner is drawing her pension, and many more who were under her are still employed.
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Another IRS online headline: "IRS chief warns of refund delays over budget cuts" -- The whining pity party revs up... of course the IRS chief said such.. probably under Executive Memorandum..
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Online story: "Colorado's top law enforcement official promises to vigorously defend the state's historic law legalizing marijuana after Nebraska and Oklahoma asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional, saying the drug is freely flowing into neighboring states. * The two states filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to prevent Colorado from enforcing the measure known as Amendment 64, which was approved by voters in 2012 and allows recreational marijuana for adults over 21. The complaint says the measure runs afoul of federal law and therefore violates the Constitution's supremacy clause, which says federal laws trump state laws. * Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said the lawsuit was without merit." -- "lawsuit without merit"? I guess the "coffee pot" has been replaced with "just pot" in the Attorney General's office. Personally, contiguous states should file criminal charges against Colorado officials for aiding and abetting the interstate commerce of marijuana when people are allowed to cross the state line of Colorado to buy then take marijuana back to other states.
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Online headline: "Parents of shooting suspect James Holmes' plead against death penalty * His parents, who live in Rancho Penasquitos, California, say they want to avoid a traumatic trial. One option would be a deal that calls for a guilty plea in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole, they said. * "If that happened, our son would be in prison the rest of his life, but no one would have to relive those horrible events at a trial the media has permission to televise," the parents wrote." -- You know.. I do understand the James Holmes' parents..but I do not support their plea to have parents and children and friends of the victims have to live their lives wondering if some future activist judge will order him released on some technical crap.
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Online story: "An independent panel appointed to investigate the Secret Service after a series of security breaches around the White House released a report Thursday that said the agency tasked with protecting the president of the United States is “starved for leadership.” -- Hmmm... "starved for leadership"? and why wouldn't the government agency closest to Obamageddon be starved from the same lack of leadership the rest of the country suffers under him?
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Online story: "President Obama got whiff of Havana when a guest at a White House Hanukkah reception handed him a Cuban cigar." -- Hmmm " a guest".... hope it wasn't a Clinton showing off one of those shared with you-know-who...
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The Belk Bowl... wonder if the Charlotte Belk's stores have started having their "fragrance strollers" hand out free tickets?
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Speaking of the Belk Bowl.. does anyone know how to get to the Belk Bowl? My guess is ...lose to GA Tech in the season finale.
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Ah! College graduation...the pomp..the ceremony...We attended our daughter's graduation yesterday. My spirits lifted when the president's announcement that the presentation of colors, followed by our National Anthem, then by the invocation really pleased me. Almost everything. That flag presentation was snappy.. the National Anthem was beautiful, and the invocation was sincere..poignant. .but...there had to be a "but".. no Pledge is one, but the another bothered me..it bothered me 45-50 years ago, too. The president nor faculty nor male students removed their caps for the National Anthem/invocation.
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UGA's Commencement speaker reminded us of a poignant moment at the end if our first moon walk. Buzz Aldrin tossed a packet to the surface of the moon. The packet contained a patch from Apollo 1 which exploded and killed the crew 2 years before. The significance is that our generation persevered and rededicated its mission. Today, if that happened, Democrats and mainstream media would protest the continuance of the program as too dangerous.
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Oh! An update to a comment made a few days ago about CSU naming its gym floor after my long time friend Herbert Greene, and my wondering what was instore for his predecessor, Sonny Clements.. I was informed that the Lumkin Center athletic office complex is named and dedicated in his honor.
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NY has just outlawed retail sales of toy guns that don't have an orange tip/marking on the barrel. Now we know what the hottest toy category will be on EBay.
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Wow..the St Louis "Racially Activist Minions" players who "dissed" police officers everywhere donated $10,000.00 to Ferguson. Good grief, $10K won't put a dent into the losses of one store that got looted. I hope the media calls those players out as not only being uninformed, but bigoted and cheap.
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You know.. police presence in black communities would probably be much better if parents taught their children early on that the police officers are their friend, not their antagonists. Seems it's a worse crime in some neighborhoods to be friendly to the police than it is to shoot a neighbor.
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L-E headline: "Oil’s slump didn’t just hit the stock market, it’s shaken up the junk-bond market, too." -- Hmmm.. just when Columbus is going to issue junk bonds to finance that TAD project that Mayor TomLYINGson promises won't cast us taxpayers a thing...

Thursday, December 18, 2014


American Alan Gross had been released from a Cuban prison after 5 years. It's being said it was for Cuba's humanitarianism . What BS! It's either already or going to cost us a ton!

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Obamageddon is not entitled to offset either the 1959 Cuban Embargo Act nor its reinforcement support of these six statutes: the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Cuba Assets Control Regulations of 1963, the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, the Helms–Burton Act of 1996, and the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.

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Open enrolment for OObamaCRAP ended Dec 15th. You know, even the conservative news sources haven't been informative about this years OObamaCRAP enrollees. Why?
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Online quote source: "“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha" -- Hmmm, of course, Obamageddon's translation of this is "Thousands of votes can be bought with a single welfare program, and the program will never cease, nor misery decreased."
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The GA election racial numbers were just released by the Secretary of State.. about half of the registered black votes went to the polls (743,414), and 58% of the registered white voters cast their ballots (1,650,000). The AJC is trying to make something racist out of the numbers, but what it shows is that more white voters voted for Democrats than black voters voted for Republicans. Of course, the AJC pretty much wrote off the impact/importance of the Asian/Hispanic/Native American voters. Looks like another "fail" by mainstream media to explain why voters no longer support Obamageddon on an issue.
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Online story: "A transgender inmate serving a life sentence in Massachusetts is not entitled to sex change surgery paid for from pubic funds, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. * "After carefully considering the community standard of medical care, the adequacy of the provided treatment, and the valid security concerns articulated by the DOC (Department of Corrections), we conclude that the district court erred and that the care provided to Kosilek by the DOC does not violate the Eighth Amendment," Judge Juan R. Torruella wrote for the majority. * The court also found that Kosilek's past history could cause problems if she was incarcerated with women." -- You know, it's sad that the court system accepted such a case; sadder still that part of the rejection was based on costs and moving this (_*_) to a woman's facility, but saddest of all is that I "feel" the court should have granted "her" wish, and then had "her" assigned to a cell in the rapist wing of the prison.
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L-E story: "The Mayor’s Commission on Unity, Diversity and Prosperity will hold its second annual MLK: The Dream Lives commemoration on Saturday, Jan. 17 at noon at the historic Liberty Theater, the mayor’s office announced this week." -- Is there anyone who will attend that actually remembers what MLK's dream was? It was about character mattering more more than skin color, but you sure can't tell by what al Sharlatan, Jackson, Obama, and Holder rant about.
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WTVM 9 story: "A non-profit organization "The People's Revolution" will be holding a "die in" protest in Columbus, Ga. * to protest the killings of Eric Garner, John Crawford and Mike Brown." -- Aren't there enough killings of blacks by blacks here in Columbus this group could protest to find a solution rather than exacerbating the problem?
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L-E headline: "Proposed SPLOST renewal: Superintendent presents $192M preliminary list of projects" -- In a word, "NO"..
Let's start with specific requests: $56,000,000.00 for a new Spencer High.. the current Spencer is one of the newer rebuilds in Columbus.. The MCSD system never maintained it and now want to scrap it based on a "soil condition" that existed then but was ignored.. to boot, we've seen how throwing close to $40,000,000.00 into a new Carver has been an absolute waste. Either last year or the year before, the most technologically rich school could not produce a single qualified student to participate in the S.T.A.R. program which was just scoring a less than stellar SAT score number.
Next.. the list wants $5,000,000.00 for new buses.. the MCSD has over 500 in its inventory yet only 207 drivers.. how about the MCSD selling off surplus units, and/or scavenge parts from some to update others. In addition, the bus maintenance facility sits on some of the most valuable property in Columbus which could be sold and the facility moved to other MCDSD owned property.. Forget the $250,000.00 for a study, I suggest the old Brown Avenue School (a.k.a. Columbus Roberts Center)..
Next.. why does a school built for a certain amount of students need an expansion of the lunch facility...Northside High.. one of the newer schools at that.
Next is $4,000,000.00 financing of bond issue. Solution.. don't issue any bonds (I know that will lessen support of the banks, but we're in this together) . The MCSD should basically prioritize all projects and don't start one until that much revenue is in the bank to pay for it.
Now, as a suggestion, I think the MCSD should just put individual projects on the ballot, and let all of Columbus decide which issues are worthwhile to extend such a tax.
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I usually don't want "inmates of an asylum" ruling the roost, but I think in the case of the School Board, students from all the schools Student Governments should have to vote approval before any of them run for re-election. Perhaps if the School Board concentrated on student needs rather than trying to gain support of the School Administration and other politically concern adults, we might actually see better results.
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L-E headline: "Local Cubans welcome historic renewal of U.S. relations" -- Good grief.. who did this "reporter" talk to... one person, and claims Local Cubans (plural) welcome renewal? Obamageddon is not entitled to offset either the 1959 Cubna Embargo Act nor its reinforcement support of these six statutes: the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Cuba Assets Control Regulations of 1963, the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, the Helms–Burton Act of 1996, and the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
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You know.. the protests against the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner make you almost think the protest is against arresting criminals if they are black...
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L-E headline: "New York to ban fracking" -- Well, we know NY thinks taxes of $58.50 on a carton of cigarettes helps its economy, so why wouldn't NY Democrats associate curtailing other forms of business that can jump starting its economy?

Wednesday, December 17, 2014


You know, with incidences .. no, holocaustic type travesties, inhumane indecencies, like the Taliban brought down on that Pakistani school, and ISIS has wreaked wherever it infiltrates, in the name of Allah, how can decent people still want to associate with Islam?
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You know..the CIA is upset at the Senate report. Hey, it's not the Senate that's abandoning the CIA, it's localized with Democrats.

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Online headline: "Torture report reveals secret CIA prison site" -- I think the CIA should reveal.. publish, no, permanently mark on Google maps, Dianne Feinstein's home and vacation home addresses, and include every off-the-record-comment the NSA has recorded demeaning any Islamic jihadist leader, and not remove them until she resigns from government work.
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Online story: "A multimillion-dollar judgment has been awarded to a former Boy Scout who was sexually abused by his scout leader. * A Connecticut Superior Court jury said last week that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will pay $7 million to the accuser, according to the Hartford Courant. The allegations date as far back as the 1970s." -- I'm not going to parse the amount of damages inflicted on the child (at the time) nor to the Boy Scouts of America yesterday, but how can the courts penalize an organization for the acts of a pedophile/homosexual leader on one hand, and with the other hand chastise and demand that the same organization consider/allow pedophile/homosexual adults to be considered in a leadership role?
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Online story: "New information has revealed that Sandra McElroy, 45, a witness who supported Officer Darren Wilson's version of the events that led to the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, has a criminal history and has been known to make racist remarks, according to grand jury documents." --
Cannot mainstream media let go? I understand how mainstream media "feels" because it went "all in" on publicly lynching Officer Wilson, and mainstream media was public embarrassed and humiliated by "the facts", but is mainstream media not going to apologize and let go?
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Bill Clinton interview quote: "“He was doing something he should not have been doing. That was illegal,” Clinton said during the interview. “ He was selling untaxed cigarettes on the street in small volumes, trying to make a little extra money. But he didn’t deserve to die because of that.” -- You know, the real culprit in this case is not the police.. it's the politicians who have chosen to enact $5.85 worth of state and city taxes on a PACK of cigarettes (that's $58.50 on a carton) and that doesn't include the cost of the cigarettes themselves. The politicians' greed is the reason Eric Garner is dead. State and local leaders formed cigarette gestapo squad to enforce tax collections from retailers and street vendors. It was a zero-tolerance policy that politicians imposed that killed Eric Garner. The rioters vengeance should be focused on Cuomo and de Blasio. Either reduce the tax or ban the products.
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Online story: "Elton John and Rush Limbaugh have been friends for a number of years and the the piano great performed at the conservative media personality's fourth wedding in 2011. * John sat down with Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation this week to discuss a range of topics, including race and sexuality. At one point in the interview, John's controversial relationship with the anti-gay talk show host became a point of conversation. * "I’ve been sober for 24 years now, and one of the best lessons it taught me is to listen," John told The New York Times. "When it comes to people like Rush Limbaugh, or people who might enrage you sometimes, dialogue is the only way. You have to reach out... Whether you make an impact in one year or 30 years, it doesn’t matter. You have to put your foot in the water and start the process." -- Hmm... in other words, both men threw out "political correctness" and talked and listened to each other.. hmmm, that's a great lesson that al Sharlatan, Jesse Jackson, mainstream, and Obamageddon should incorporate in their discussions on racial issues.
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L-E story: "A judge has set bonds totaling $525,000 for the Columbus man accused of killing his girlfriend and their 6-month-old son before setting the woman's 1324 Winifred Lane home afire Aug. 21" -- What a travesty of "the system"... granting bond simply because the gruesome murder and arson cover-up have delayed the autopsies. What happened to denial of bond based of flight risk and who thinks such an (_*_) will stick around until a grand jury gets this? Anyway, I will pray that whomever signed for the bond will be bankrupted and the bonding company not be allowed to post bail in our courts until the (_*_) is back in custody of the courts.
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Online story: "If you were on Capitol Hill midday Thursday you probably saw something unusual; a donkey, two camels and a procession of people dressed in Biblical attire." -- Why would anyone notice this? We are constantly bombarded with Islamists and Democrats parading up and down the Capitol steps.
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You know. ..there's an absence of gratitude in today's world.. A "security" person who's job is simply to escort adults (and their families) across the street from a parking area to our church grounds was talking to another person and complaining about her $7.29 per hour wage. I thought, what's with this person..she's being paid for a job that's not even necessary, and complaining about the hourly rate rather than being grateful someone has hired her at all.
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Hmmmm...Seems American "frackers" have brought Russia/Putin to its knees. Does that not show how much environmentalist wackos/Democrats supported Russia by fighting the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Soapbox moment: Online story: "When former Gov. Sonny Perdue needed legal help representing an agricultural firm he owns, he turned to a seemingly unlikely choice: Roy Barnes, the Democrat he ousted in 2002." -- Is this not exactly why we do not need lawyers as politicians-in-general, but especially not as Congressional members or presidents! They are amoral and will side with whomever flashes the most money in their eyes. Lawyers' political involvement in the government should be restricted to court related issues..... YEAH!
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Jonathan Gruber Stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " It’s time to remove some Democraps and replace them with Democrats." -- DOH! and how do you tell the difference?
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I've known Herbert Greene for 50 years.. I like Herbert Greene... I cannot see naming a floor as a deserving honor for Herbert Greene. I feel pretty sure the Lumpkin family would not mind sharing the basketball facility name with Herbert Greene-- Lumpkin-Greene Center sounds pretty good.
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L-E headline: "ACUTE CARE EXPRESS * Calif. firm buys urgent care center" -- Hmmm.. I'm pretty sure that what ACE charged for a band-aid sounded mighty attractive to a California medical company.
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L-E headline/story: "ATLANTA * Homeless slayings suspect charged with 4th killing * ATLANTA — A man accused of gunning down two homeless men in their sleep and fatally shooting a hairstylist as she walked to her car has been charged in the death of a fourth person, police said Tuesday." -- Hmmm... now were the victims unarmed black people or unarmed white people... Hey al Sharlatan.. where are you? Hey Obamageddon, did the shooter look like you 20 years ago?
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L-E story: "ATHENS, GA. — A total of 2,355 students are eligible to walk in the University of Georgia's fall commencement ceremonies this week." -- Hey! My daughter is one of these! We are so proud!
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L-E story: "LOS ANGELES — Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel its planned showings of "The Interview" in the wake of threats against theatergoers by the Sony hackers." -- Good grief! I'm thinking about burning my popcorn bucket in a Carmike lobby in protest! Just announce you're adopting an open-carry policy for handguns, and let the chips fall where they may.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014


Yesterday morning, I got tired of Fox News blanket covering a jihadist situation in Australia, so I changed channels. Went to CNBC, and good grief..and what CNBC was interested in was the downward move of oil. ... and not in a positive manner..those guys must be margined to the hilt on oil futures. You would think a liberal owned media would be happy that consumers are getting a break at the pump, and have extra funds to pay bills and buy presents.. You know, all the elements will combine to move the economy.
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Online headline/story: "Republicans blame Cruz for year-end confirmations * Particularly galling to one Republican was that Reid was now in position to win confirmation even for judicial nominees who had been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee since the midterm elections in which Democrats lost power. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Saturday evening that was a violation of precedent "and of course, I object." -- You know.. beginning in January, the Republicans can make rule changes.. one of such should be that their be no post-election appointments CONFIRMED by either "the committee" nor the Senate as a whole until the new Senate has met in January.
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Online headline: "'Star Wars Episode 8' plot details included in hacked Sony emails" -- "8"? Did I miss Episode 7?
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Online story: "A Texas officer is under investigation after allegedly using excessive force and tasing a 76-year-old (unarmed) man." -- Hey Ferguson.. look no looting, no arson! The law will take care of an improper police action or clear him.
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HuffPost headline: "Dozens Of School Children Killed In Taliban Attack" -- Hey, Dianne Feinstein... the Taliban... waterboard them, talk'em to death, excuse them, or decapitate them?
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From the "suspicions confirmed" department - Online story: "Dr. Vivek Murthy is a Harvard- and Yale-educated physician, and has identified obesity and chronic disease as areas of focus for his tenure. He will be the first Indian American to hold the position of Surgeon General. * The Senate voted, 51-43, to confirm Murthy for the nation's top public health post, which has been vacant since July 2013. * Sen. Mark Kirk (Ill.) was the lone Republican to vote for Murthy, while three Democrats voted against him: Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.)." -- Hmmm, see, there are no Republicans in Illinois... just a few RINOs.. One good thing is 3 Democrats "got the message" in November and are preparing for 2018 re-election campaigns.
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Online story: "HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The families of nine people killed in the Newtown school massacre filed a lawsuit against the maker and sellers of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the shooting," -- Versus suing the estate of Nancy Lanza? Obviously she didn't keep her guns secure from her psycho son.
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HuffPost headline: "US Asks The Vatican For Help With Guantanamo Inmates" -- Hmm.. not a bad thought.. the Pope seems to side with them, and the Vatican's walls are higher than Gitmo's.
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L-E headline: "Cadillac Williams 'blessed and fortunate' on graduation day 10 years in the making" -- A man with a plan! This is a better example of role modeling than any touchdown in his past!
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Online quote source: "“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.” - Henri Nouwen -- Hmmm...Obamageddon is not our friend..he can't be quiet on anything, and leaves for the golf course after the news cameras stop rolling.
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Online headline/story: "Liberal black governor asks if disruption is the goal of protests * Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick chastised the latest demonstrators to tie up the city in defense of two unarmed black men killed by police as being "disruptive. * "And I think it does beg some questions: What is it we're trying to accomplish beyond disruption?" Patrick said." -- Hmmm too bright lights ...one, even liberals are finding out you can't negotiate with other liberals and malcontents.. also, even shows that libs in government are getting tired of protests they used to encourage.
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A few days ago, an UGA football player was granted a 6th year of eligibility. Good grief..this is precedent setting, especially in a world where lawsuits are open to unionize and pay college players. With the NCAA now saying colleges can get 6 years from a player, colleges will now compete with the NFL on whether the players "go pro" or stay in college ( not to be confused with staying in classes). The NCAA needs to enforce a 4 year time period players can play. No "red shirting", and exceptions based only on players going into the military service straight from high school, and students going to schools like Brigham Young which requires students to complete a two-year missionary project.
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One of our BCer expounded on the Jakell Mitchell murder and the manner the mainstream media has anesthetized the racial aspect. Here is one poignant excerpt. I hope he will post the story and his response on his FB timeline for "the Public".
"So why isn't Obama making a speech about how Jakell Mitchell could have been his son? People want to say that black lives matter, but evidently some matter more than others. Do black people feel that the lives of blacks only have value if they are killed by a white person? if so, that is truly sad."
The only comment I'm adding is "does mainstream media also feel that the lives of blacks only have value if they are killed by a white person or white police officer.

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From the "I hate even having to bring this up again" department - Online story: "While many of the allegations against Cosby are blocked from court by statutes of limitations, a Southern California woman has sued the comedian claiming he molested her in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion around 1974 when she was 15 years old. * A lawyer for the woman, Judy Huth, wrote in a court filing Friday that he has interviewed two witnesses who corroborate her story * Attorney M*** S******** also states he has photographs of Huth and Cosby that were shot at the Playboy Mansion when she was underage.." -- You know..this Huth person.. says she was in the Playboy Mansion at age 15, and has two witnesses that can "corroborate" her story... hmmm.. well, if she was there, then she had a case against Hefner and the Playboy Club,, and those "two witnessess".. how old, and was she partying with them at Hefner's place as well? And those claimed photos.. Photoshop? Cellphone selfies? Hey, she says it was 1974, but if such pics did exist, Hefner himself would have had more interest in paying for them. This sucks of extortion gone bad.
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Jonathan Gruber Stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The CIA torture report showed how horribly we treated prisoners. One way we can begin to scrub away the shame is by showing Bush, Darth Cheney and Rumsfeld taking perp walks." -- Good grief.. in my book, decapitation is treating prisoners horribly...
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A knows-what's-going-on L-E "soundoff": "Went to the Bi-City Christmas Parade. There were eight trucks pulling big bass boats (good, free publicity), and one band, Central High School. It should have been just the opposite. Every year it’s disappointing." -- MCSD band leaders will spout budget problems, but the real culprit is the MCSD take on spending money celebrating a Christian observance.. Guess we're fortunate there's no Ramadan parade..
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L-E "Quotable": "Nothing will work unless you do." - Maya Angelou, American poet (1928-2014) -- Hmm wanna bet al Sharlatan, Jackson, Obamageddon nor Pric Holder have this comment autographed and framed and hanging on their office walls?
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In the L-E "letters" feature.. proverbial liberal timebomb (and Muscogee Democratic Party officer) Judy F. Brouilette declares :"Those of you who blindly followed the lemmings off the cliff and voted Republicans into control will reap the disastrous consequences along with the rest of us in the coming years. Republicans are demanding now, to prevent their shutting down our government again, that Congress take the axe to provisions of the Dodd-Frank Bill, which prohibits banks from gambling our taxpayer-insured depositor funds in risky ventures. * Wall Street very nearly bankrupted our country in 2008, and we had to rush mindlessly to their aid, because “they were too big to fail.” -- Hmmm, as I recall it, Dodd and Frank basically CAUSED the 2008 catastrophe! It was their bills that caused banks/mortgage companies to abandon good banking practices of requiring ample and proof of income before getting a mortgage..
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Good grief.. it's bad enough that we have venues that were built with no concept on how it would produce revenues to simply cover operating expense (i.e, ice rink, natatorium, dog rns, bike trails), but now one of the sites.. the ice rink is offering 50% discounts in the newspaper thinking it will attract new users. What is is going to do is give current users more time for less money in the City tills.
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The NFL has made a statement.. it's OK to bash your significant other in public, and wrong to discipline your child. What's wrong with this picture?