The GAPOWCO "grinch" tried to steal Christmas here in Columbus...a.k.a. The Southern Whoville...GA last night. Tried... but failed.. T'was the Christmas Choir Night at First Baptist Church.. the event got started and 10 minutes in. darkness beset the whole block... a packed house of bell ringers, flautist, electronic masters,  andsingers..from 3-to-(politely I will not mention the top of the scale) were submerged in total dark.. no one despaired .. no one panicked.. cell phones emerged and flashlight apps lit the scene.. Our youth converged on our bell ringers and held lights so they could read the music, it was beautiful.. our 3-to-5 cherubs took to the risers without hesitation, and cell flashlights lit up their faces as they lit up the faces of parents, grandparents and other church family..a 5th grader stood tall and sang her heart out as her friends walked orderly through the darkness to join her. Then the GAPOWCO "grinch" had a heart moment and he lights sprung back to life. Whoville had nothing on First Baptist. as the spirit of Christmas was undaunted.

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Weekend catch-up:

Jonathan Gruber incredibly stupid LIV's Sunday L-E "soundoff": "The gun lobby and their puppets in Congress just proved they would rather arm terrorists than do anything that their warped ideology might misconstrue as a dent in their Second Amendment right to hoard WMDs." -- Reagan was so on target when he said, "liberals just know so much that isn't so"... It was Pric Holder's team that sent automatic weapons to Mexican drug cartels, and Obamageddon's exit strategy in Iraq that enabled our military weapons and equipment to get in the hands of ISIS as the Iraqi "guard" abandoned them when retreating from ISIS advances.

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L-E headline: "THE CHANGING FACE OF TITLE I * Federal program for impoverished schools moving north into traditionally middle class Columbus neighborhoods" --

Yep.. but what is the criteria now used.. We just read about a 14 year old (8th or 9th grader) being robbed of his school books in Shirley Winston Park.. Somewhat "overlooked" was the fact that the 14 -year-old also was relieved of his $500.00 cellphone and $28.00 in cash.. There are no schools in that area that aren't Title 1 schools. How about checking with the Columbus Police Department and get the student's name and check whether he's getting free or reduced meals. Carrying a $500.00 phone (and I assume he's on his parent(s) bill) should trigger an investigation of whether the student should get taxpayer paid meals.

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From the "I've always thought this and this just proves it" department - Online story: "An ACLU leader has resigned after posting on Facebook that supporters of leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump be shot before Election Day, according to multiple news sources. * The post by Loring Wirbel, co-chairman of the Colorado Springs, Colo., chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union also made a reference to Nazism. * “We have to really reach out to those who might consider voting for Trump and say, ‘This is (Nazi propaganda minister Joseph) Goebbels. This is the final solution. If you are voting for him, I will have to shoot you before Election Day,' " Wirbel wrote Monday." --Some people thought ACLU stood for the American Civil Liberties Union.. I thought of it standing for Abominable Crappy Liberals United.. one thing for sure is that since it was in Colorado.. we KNOW what he was smoking....

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Online story: "Texas authorities are on high alert after Border Patrol agents caught an alleged smuggler trying to disguise its SUV as one of the agency's vehicles, officials said Friday. *  Border Patrol in Laredo found 12 people stuffed in the back of the imposter vehicle." -- Ah! Now we know the sequel to Pric Holder's "Fast & Furious" program!

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From the "deja vu all over again" department - Online story: "Since Donald Trump proposed his plan to temporarily put a stop to all Muslims coming into this country, both Democrats and Republicans have denounced the plan as un-American.  *  Yes, legal scholars say a plan to ban people from entering this nation legally based on religion is unconstitutional. But what about based on country of origin? Well, President Jimmy Carter did just that back in 1979.  *  Carter issued a number of orders to put pressure on Iran during the hostage crisis; including imposing restrictions on the issuance of visas and permanent resident alien ID cards. And here’s what the U.S. Court of Appeals said in giving the go ahead to Carter to crack down on Iranian students who were here in the United States.  *  "... The present controversy involving Iranian students in the United States lies in the field of our country’s foreign affairs and implicates matters over which the President has direct Constitutional authority. Judges are not expert in that field and they lack the information necessary for the formation of opinion …"  * So, Carter ordered 50,000 Iranian students here in the U.S. to report to immigration offices and if they were in violation of their visas – they were deported. " --

Executive order #12172      http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=31732
Executive order #12206      http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=33237

The second EO actually strengthen the 1st one by removing the specifics of the 1st one It removed the limitations by" deleting "holding nonimmigrant visas,".

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In regards to liberals reacting one way to Trump's thoughts versus Carter's actions is mystifying.. since when do liberals ever hold their choice of candidates to keeping their promises?

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HuffPOOPOO headline/"story": " Work Starts Tomorrow, But For Today, Congratulations  *  by Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General, United Nations  *  I have visited the climate front lines, from the Arctic to Antarctica and to the Amazon, from the Sahel to the Aral Sea.  * I have been to Pacific Islands that are sinking under the waves." -- " been to Pacific Islands that are sinking under the waves"? Don't tell me.. Ban Ki-moon  must moonlight as an "inside leak/mole/informant" for Congressman Hank Johnson, D-GA4 who feels that Guam will tip over with too much American military equipment stored on our base there.

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You know.. the Climate Change argument is one that is too ambiguous to have merit.. climate does change.. what Algore wanted the world to believe was "global warming" but even school children could look at temperature charts and see through his claims because actual numbers are graphable.  "Climate Change" is whatever the alarmist feels it is..

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "One Man's Extremist Is Another Man's Presidential Candidate"  -- and in G.I. JILLary's case..he's both..

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Online story: "Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has called Donald Trump a disgrace to the United States following his call for a ban on Muslims entering the country, and demanded the Republican front-runner withdraw from the U.S. presidential race. *  "You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America," Prince Alwaleed, the chairman of Kingdom Holding , said on his Twitter account, addressing Trump and referring to the Republican Party." -- You know.. America should reject any presidential hopeful who does not support Trump... Prince All-weed wants another wimp like Obamageddon in the White House.

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Online headline: "Nations agree on major plan to slow global warming" -- Good grief... politicians are just too full of themselves and don't know what to just leave to God.

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I just heard something on Fox News that would have given Redd Foxx that heart attack he always claimed he was about to.have when he heard good news. On Saturday morning, Eric Bolling actually challenged a liberal contributors' claim that Trump's call for blocking Muslim immigrants was causing Muslims already here to be attacked. She said a cab driver in NYC was an example. Good grief...you do not have to be a Muslim cab driver to get attacked in NYC!

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The whole premise of property assessment in Columbus is unfair. Granted, the actual property can be assessed for its basic physical value based on size and location, but houses and/or buildings should be valued purely on square footage. It should not matter how much "plus" value that an owner adds in as it doesn't necessarily add resale value. Case in point..my next door neighbors just bought their house this year, but have decided to move to Florida. They added a lot of value through improvements, but that doesn't mean the property is any more valuable that it was when they bought it.

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Online headline/story: "Edward Norton, Humans of New York start a campaign for Syrian refugees; President Obama approves  *  Whopping Amount he's raised so far  * So far, $278,500 has been raised" -- "whopping amount"? "$278,000"? As Bleep Veep Biden would say.. BFD!,, For 10,000 "refugees" that's $278.00 each. For the 100,000 Obamageddon wants to let in, that's $27.80 each while the costs to taxpayers will be in the BILLIONs of dollaers , and in the loss of our security as a nation!

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Online story: "A police officer at the University of North Texas shot and killed an axe-wielding student suspected of knocking out car windows early on Sunday morning, the school's president said.
A university police officer responded to reports of the vandalism and encountered a white male suspect, who advanced toward him with the axe and was shot, " -- Hmmm...no "White Lives Matter" protest.. no "Black Lives Matter" support?  "Go Big Blue". Keep us safe!

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Online headline: "Trump: We can't worry about being politically correct" -- Yes!

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You know.. Trump IS the one. When the GOP looks forward to a CNN debate, it's imperative that America get a leader that doesn't kowtow to mainscream media nor socialist world leaders. At least we can count on Trump being there to defend himself and show America that other than Trump and Cruz.. the rest of the Republicans are no different than the Democrats.

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L-E story: " The Muscogee County School Board will discuss the hiring of a law firm and an increase in price for a new gym at Fort Middle School at a meeting today.  * The original SPLOST budget indicated $2.9 million for the project but, since the SPLOST projects were presented, it has been determined by the school district administration that the program as originally envisioned would be inadequate.  * The new budget is approximately $5.1 million which the board will be asked to approve." -- Good grief! No private citizen would award a construction contract for what the MCSB is willing...seemingly seeks out.. to pay on a square foot basis. Any increase in costs is purely contractor greed! FORENSIC AUDIT is the answer!

 

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From above story: "Carlos Williams of WRBL and Michael King of Columbus Consolidated Government Television will be presented the Georgia School Boards Association Beacon Award that is presented to media representatives/organizations whose coverage over time has created understanding of public education issues by informing the general public about programs, policies and issues affecting the public schools, students and communities." -- Whew.. thank goodness it isn't beuing awarded to the Columbus L-E.. Mark Rice specifically.. I'd hate for the public to think that the "pab" the L-E and Rice present actually helps the public to get a grasp of what actually goes on at the MCSD/MCSB.

 

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From above story as well: " •Students from Eagle Ridge Academy will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and students from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Britt David Elementary Magnet and Columbus High School will give holiday presentations." -- I hate to have to ask.. but the "Pledge of Allegiance" to what? Oh, and could the "holiday presentations" be about CHRISTMAS?!

 

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Jonathan Gruber triple-double, incredibly stupid LIV's L-0E "soundoff": " If Trump’s Muslim ban idea is creating tremendous chaos already, imagine the separation he would bring to this country as president. We need a president who brings peace and unity." -- "a president that brings peace and unity"?  Good grief.. does this lib believe that Obamageddon  has done so, or that G.I. JILLary has this in mind? The unity of this country is more fractured than it was 50 years ago, because liberals and mainscream media have no grasp of reality.

 

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L-E headline: "Obama aims to allay concerns about strategy for fighting terror" -- How. by telling the jihadists that he's going to endorse Trump? As it is, I don't think the jihadists give much credence to Obamageddon's pointing/shaking his finger at them.

 

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From above story: "“Terrorists like ISIL are trying to divide us along lines of religion and background,” Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address," -- Well.. I guess ISIS feels that Obamageddon already has the races and classes pretty divided already so they can concentrate on "religion and background".

 

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L-E headline: "Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for first time" -- Hmmm

 

 

How can they tell?

 

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L-E's "Quotable": “Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.” - Frank Zappa American musician (1940-1993)" -- Good grief.. you mean Obamageddon's Nobel Peace Prize and ObamaCRAP were just plain old BS?