HuffPOOPOO headline: "Obama Wants To End The Era Of Sequestration" -- Hmmm.. that would be a first.. to finish something he started...

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www.blackpeoplemeet.com ..   hmmm..obviously...Martin Luther King's dream does not matter..

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Online story: "President Obama has touted job growth under his administration during much of his presidency. In his recent State of the Union address, he talked about the 11 million jobs that have been created over the last six years. While it should be noted that Obama’s claim is inflated because it doesn’t consider the net job loss endured during his first year in office, let’s take a look at “the rest of the story.” * As researched and reported by the American Enterprise Institute, 100% of net job growth in America over the last eight years is attributable to Texas alone * It’s a pretty impressive story of how job creation in just one state – Texas – is solely responsible for the 1.169 million net increase in total US employment (+1,444,290 Texas jobs minus the 275,290 non-Texas job loss) in the seven year period between the start of the Great Recession in December 2007 and December 2014. * The other 49 states and the District of Columbia together employ about 275,000 fewer Americans than at the start of the recession seven years ago, while the Lone Star State has added more than 1.25 million payroll jobs and more than 190,000 non-payroll jobs (primarily self-employed and farm workers)." -- Hmmm, it appears that Obamageddon's spinmeisters are minor leaguers in lying compared to their master.

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I hope the confirmation hearing on Lynch for the next Atty General are over by today. Getting Holder out as soon as possible is more urgent than any flaws the Republicans could unearth about Lynch. Getting Holder out is the priority..there's nothing worse for our country than a rogue AG as a lame duck.

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Question...why haven't Islamic groups/countries stepped forward and supported the military effort to eradicate the radical Islamic groups?

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Before our GA Governor/Legislature continues looking for ways to raise gasoline taxes to pay for transportation projects, there needs to be a forensic audit done on all GA DOT projects started and finished in the last 4 years? We have a great ongoing example of "need" right here in River City.. the Whittlesey Road widening between Whitesville Rd and Veterans Parkway.. Not long ago, "we" were informed "we would have to endure the inconvenience an extra 6 months and cough up an extra Million plus dollars before it will be finished. Why does the GA DOT even put out jobs for bids when the winner is not responsible for finishing a job on time or on budget?

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WTVM9 story: "A convicted murderer who lawyers claimed was intellectually disabled has been put to death at a prison in Jackson Georgia. * On the streets of Columbus, demonstrators held a vigil to protest the death of Warren Lee Hill. Hill was executed by lethal injection Tuesday, January 27 at 7:55 PM. He was convicted of murdering a fellow prisoner in 1990. This is his 2nd murder conviction. * The vigil was organized by the Columbus NAACP and held at the organization's headquarters on 1st Avenue." -- The NAACP of Columbus should have its feet held to the fire.. did we hear of an alternative plan that the NAACP would be willing to take responsibility of housing and securing Hill? No! Hell, no! Just because a lawyer makes a claim of "intellectually disabled: doesn't mean that it's true. The man was convicted of killing a woman in 1985 and killing a fellow prisoner in 1990. It's been 30 years since Hill's first murder, and not executing him then caused the death of another person in 1990. For 25 years, "we" have footed the bill for his day-to=-day existence and funds for the lawyers that could have been spent on educating our children. Hey, NAACP, get a life you can be proud of!

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L-E headline: "Superintendent, chairman respond to board member's SPLOST debate challenge" -- Frank Myer's challenge reveals the MCSD Board's desire to ram this SPLOST through without the voters knowing that most of what's in it are illegal maintenance projects under the GA laws governing SPLOST revenue usages. This has been demonstrated by the MCSD by its lack of information as to how much money will be spent where in its proposal. In my experiences, you can not get a bottom line figure unless you have a list of numbers to add up.. as it is, it seems that several items have figures pulled out of thin air..As an example, look at Item 2 on the list the MCSD published: "District-wide technology and infrastructure upgrades*: $34,000.000". You know not one indication is revealed as to what will be done where. To top it off.. how many lists of projects that you ever compiled come up to a convenient rounded-off, even figure. To top that, I have filed an information request via the MCSD website under the GA Freedom of Information Act as well as a direct e-mail and have gotten no response.. not even an acknowledgement that they received them and are working on getting this info.

"*infrastructure upgardes" -- hmmm a $5.00 phrase for "maintenance"

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How can the school system come up with budgets for projects, yet not be willing to show us what the money will actually be spent on?

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How come a judge in Texas say former Governor Perry cannot throw out veto threats, yet the same judge has said nothing about Obamageddon throwing out veto threats?

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Random question.. Remember when the IRS went after Willie Nelson for back taxes? IRS tore Willie "a new one"... now, where is the IRS on Al Sharpton?

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L-E headline: "SOA protesters face charges in court today" -- Good grief.. if the L-E stopped running stories.. stopped covering the SOA, the SOA would just go away...

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L-E "fractured headline: "California: e-cigarettes a health threat" -- Hmm.. how about "E-cigarettes: California a health and wealth threat"

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L-E editorial headline: "Pools contractor performance has been appalling" -- Good grief..Council nor P&R could make a break even budget that was acceptable do what did Council expect from a 3rd party..that they would run it at a loss and be happy?

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L-E story: "During last week’s Muscogee County School Board meeting, superintendent David Lewis said, “One of the things that I feel like is important is for adults to model the behavior we want from our students. ”
“A lot of people talk the talk,” Lewis said, “but she walked the talk.” She sure did. (Julia) Brown donated $500 to reward the MCSD school with the largest percentage of its staff having voted in the general election. Lewis notified the schools of the MCSD Election Challenge in November. * Then at last week’s meeting, he presented the $500 check to Clara Davis, principal of Britt David Magnet Academy, which won the contest with 94 percent of its staff exercising its right to vote" -- You know.. it's more than clear why the MCSD schedules SPLOST elections as far away from any general election date it can.. It gfigures it will get a high turn out of teachers, past teachers and their friends and family to vote for it regardless. This is not good for the community, though. The MCSD should try to embrace the community by having open discussions about needs and present them so that if a TAX passes, it has a wide community support versus the vote of only a small smattering of Columbusites.

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Just for the record, the Atlanta Hawks have won 17 straight NBA basketball games.. impressive at any level. Of course, I'll probably bet that the Hawks have a Braves/Falcon-type finish..

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Hmm.. so Carnival Cruise is going to have a SuperBowl ad.. with its luck, some unknown virus will hit the stadium, and the players will have to be carted off at halftime.