Online story: "Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta - the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that he will soon unveil long-planned Justice Department guidance aimed at ending racial profiling. * This will institute rigorous new standards - and robust safeguards - to help end racial profiling, once and for all, " -- YES! Or as Robin might say to Batman, "Holy Batcrap!" Holder will have to arrest himself, Obamageddon, Sharpton and Jackson TODAY as the worst profilers of white people, and all "hate crime" charges will have to be eliminated on all crimes because, as it stands, only whites are profiled as "haters".

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Oh.. maybe Holder will attend the next Rams home game, and arrest any players who support the "hate profiling" of Officer Darren Wilson... the betting window opens in 10 minutes at 100-1 that this ain't gonna happen.

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Online headline: "Embattled comedian Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University board of trustees" -- Hey, Holder.. talk about "profiling" I haven't seen you intervene on this....

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While Holder is at it, will he also go after Muslim terrorists for "religious profiling"?

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You know.. while Holder says he's gonna wage an all-out-war of "racial profiling", what he's actually doing would wipe out the police departments' best weapon against crime.. the criminal database.

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Online story: "NYC ready to decide on horse carriage ban
Mayor Bill de Blasio finally moved forward with a bill to phase out the iconic industry, which he called an inhumane practice." -- Hmmm, maybe Holder should get there and stop this "race-horse profiling".

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Online story: "Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday made a second bid to move his trial outside Massachusetts, arguing that "emotionally charged" media coverage and the widespread impact of the attacks have made it impossible for him to get a fair trial in the state" -- Hmmm.. if the police had done their job, Bomber Brother 2 never should have arrested and arraigned. Otherwise, his trial should be held on the starting line of the Boston Marathon, and a firing squad burst of bullets be the official starting action for the next race to begin!

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You know... do you wonder if any of the NFL teams that are considering to sign Ray Rice to a contract realize that they also get his wife, and all of her "baggage" in the deal?

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Online headline: "Californians prep for wet and powerful storm" -- Hmmm.. maybe some liberals will place "snail darters" all around California, then ban rain storms that might disrupt their habitat?

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You know..character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking..stupidity is looting a store when cameras are running and the National Guard is on duty.

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Listening to Bill O'Reilly's conversation with the Brown family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, should have ended Crump's career in high profile cases. He was too uninformed about Brown's mother's boyfriend's criminal record to be considered a competent attorney.

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L-E headline: "Leonard Pitts: All Americans should wake up to racial injustice" -- Hmmm..The first person who needs to look into the mirror is Leonard Pitts. BTW, the headline was all I read...

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L-E headline: "CSU to host community-wide reception for retiring president" -- Poor Dr Mescon... most of the folks who will attend will be there just to make sure he's leaving!

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MIT offers free online courses on circuits and electronics.. 160,000 people from 150+ countries. Great...now terrorists can learn intricate circuit designs for suicide vests in their PJs while lolling in bed.

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L-E headline: "7 MCSD teachers being sent to study at Harvard University" -- Huh? Good grief, Harvard and other lib colleges just announced you can take their online course for free..why send send anyone up there? Hmmm, I guess those Northern libs just want examples of Southern folk to study and compare to their stereotypical images they already have.

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After seeing the new mini-garbage trucks the City is buying, I sorta understand why the Mayor wants to end twice-a-week pick ups. Those trucks will have to travel to the dump twice as often as the older ones.

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Yesterday is a good example of why we need to fight Mayor TomLYINGson & Council on trying to eliminate out twice a week garbage pick ups. Having skipped one last week, the garbage trucks didn't get to my neighborhood until after 4:10 . Usually, my garbage gets picked up in the AMs. No tell

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WTVM9 story: "CPD needs help searching for alleged Synovus burglar" -- Good grief.. the CPD is what.. 7-8 blocks away, and there were probably, City police, CSU police, off duty law enforcement officersm and MP's strolling Broadway at that time.. no alarm sound?

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I'm not one that deals with undocumented facts/ rumors (unless, of course, there's a humorous touch and it'"feasible" yet not damaging .. even to Democrats).. but I have seen some interest in reports of Hillewinsky abusing her alcohol consumption. Rehab stints may be looming in the near future.

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Public education has been in an anti-natural-parents mode for the past 50 years, but it's gotten worse in colleges lately. It was bad enough when colleges started requiring signed child-permission forms before they would even talk with parents, but yesterday demonstrated how far CSU has gone. Following my daughter's plaintive plea that her tuition was due (yesterday). In spite of all the info provided by my daughter, the CSU website did not want to deal with me, so I drove over to the Bursar's office to take a check. There were 3 parking lots whenin about 200 yards of University Hall.. I drove around for 25 minutes trying to find a parking spot. Trouble is that only 5 spaces were reserved for "visitor" use. The rest were for faculty (except for two which were reserved for "Zipcars" - whatever they are) and all were filled. I then ventured around campus looking for alternative parking options for parents.. there were none. I finally found an empty faculty spot near the Bursar's Office. In case the Parking Ticket Zealots came, I wrote a note to put in my window that read, "This is the car of a parent who is in the Bursar's Office paying his daughter's tuition (and probably your salary)".

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You know.. St Francis generates about $300 Million in revenue by offering consumer desired services. On the other hand, taxpayers are forced to pay in about $300 Million.. each.. to the City and MCSD to spend on whatever they determine they want to spend it on. If there was ever a time to get ngaged in a full audit of the City and MCSD financial records, it is now!

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Jonathan Gruber Stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The longest miracle. The GOP hasn’t done anything since 2008 except create a dysfunctional government, but they still receive an automatic annual five percent pay raise." -- Hmmm who do people like this get their "facts" from....the L-E? The voters have stated three times, since 2008, that they want Republicans back in control because of Democratic Party socialism.

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Once again, why is mainstream media so wrapped up in destroying Bill Cosby for sexual improprieties yet blew off Bill Clinton's because he had a "sexual addiction"?

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L-E headline/story: "Amazon’s new robot army is ready for the holidays * Now the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency — and given workers’ legs a break — by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees" -- Hmmm.. wonder how many people jobs this eliminated, and Amazon won't be badgered by complaints about working conditions, wages, or have to take out OObamaCRAP on them?

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From the "I must have touched a nerve" department - www.booking.com is still trying to CYA on the mishandling of my complaint. This is the newest exchange:

From www.booking.com:
Dear Hal,

Thank you for choosing Booking.com.

I am writing to you regarding your reservation 801045704 at Savannah Marriott Riverfront, check-in date 2014-11-21, and check-out date 2014-11-23.

I attempted to contact you by phone, but was not able to reach you.

While Booking.com requires a valid credit card to make a booking, unless clearly indicated prior to booking, Booking.com does not charge guests. All details are forwarded to the hotel, who will process the payment within the terms of the booking, as selected by the guest. Because of this, all refunds are the sole discretion of the property.

Additionally, all hotels that choose to advertise on Booking.com set the rate/policy of the rooms that are advertised, as well as manage availability. As stated during the booking process, all special requests are subject to availability. 

Should a guest want to confirm a special request, they need to phone or email Booking.com. An agent will then contact the hotel and ask if the request can be confirmed, then advise the guest.

I contacted Savannah Marriott Riverfront to find out what room you were provided, as well as inquire why you were not provided a room with two beds, as requested. 

According to Elizabeth, manager on duty, the hotel did not have any King or Double Room with two beds available. Because of this, you were provided a free upgrade to a Junior suite. Because of the free upgrade, Savannah Marriott Riverfront is not willing to provide any additional compensation.

As I previously advised, Booking.com offer of a goodwill gesture in the amount of $39.92 is still available to you, should you choose to accept it.

Should you have any further questions, please feel free to view Booking.com terms and conditions: http://bit.ly/1yxwIKB 

Please feel free to contact us with any additional questions. 

Kind regards,

-- 
Kristen Gladney
Customer Relations Associate
Booking.com Customer Service Team
Fax : +44 208 612 8005 (Cambridge, UK)
Fax : +31(0) 207 153 073 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)


My response:

In a message dated 11/30/2014 1:51:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, customer.relations@booking.com writes:
All details are forwarded to the hotel, who will process the payment within the terms of the booking, as selected by the guest. Because of this, all refunds are the sole discretion of the property.

Additionally, all hotels that choose to advertise on Booking.com set the rate/policy of the rooms that are advertised, as well as manage availability.
Kristen - You must be drinking too much corporate Kool-Aid or learned PR skills from Jay Carney. As a Marriott Rewards account, Marriott would gladly have done so if I booked it direct, but my contract was through www.booking.com. It is your site where I booked at the prices you said were the 'guaranteed lowest'. An "upgrade" is not even the issue.. it did not meet the contract I had with www.booking.com, and www.booking.com was luring additional sales that same afternoon when no such rooms were available. That, my friend, at a minimum, is 'false advertising' advertising.
Hal Kirven