Online story: "Farmers in the western French region of Brittany have blocked a national highway with a pile of smoldering tires to protest falling prices.  *  The farmers want more help from the government, saying they cannot pay their bills because prices have stagnated or fallen while they face higher expenses than their competitors elsewhere in the European Union." -- "want more help from the government"? Good grief.. more than likely, it's the government that's causing the problem to begin with! Like all socialist counties, sooner or later, over taxing the actual revenue producers caves in the system. As Margaret Thatcher so succinctly put it, ""The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money".

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With the blizzard shutting down Washington, DC, trivia people are crunching all sorts of numbers.. One set lists the worst snow storms.. Amazingly, though I'm not surprised, is that the 4 largest snow falls in the last 90 years have been when Democrats sit in the Oval Office.. Yesterday's 29" of "climate change"  is the worst in weather recorded history, it's not the first time NERO-bamageddon's terms have been  dumped on.. Washington, DC also got 17.8" in Feb of 2010, which topped the 17.3" Clinton got in Jan of 1996, . Oh.. the other one was under Carter in Feb of 1979 ..18.7". Yep. the biggest threat to Washington shut downs is a Democrat sitting in the White House,, as the song says, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

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While the Flint, MI water supply situation is deplorable, mainscream media and Democrats are trying to put all the blame on Michigan's Republican Governor.. Reminds me a lot on how mainscream media placed the blame of the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina on Bush43. In both the Flint, MI and NOLA, the situation festered under Democratic Mayors's rule long before the problems erupted.

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Online headline: "" -- Congressional Black Caucus member supports Oscars 'diversity' boycott" -- You know.. aren't elected representatives supposed to support all the people? Didn't MLK say we .. blacks and whites, should judge people by their character, not the color of their skin? Shouldn't the "Black Caucus" be on the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate group" list?

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Online story: "Gerald Molen, a voting member of the Academy who earned a best picture Oscar for producing Schindler's List, has some very choice words for the "spoiled brats" who are crying racism over the lack of diversity in the nominations this time around. *  * "The idea of a boycott is ridiculous," Molen said. "Are their noses bent out of shape by the award nominations? Of course. That is normal in a town of egos and red carpet desires. While there were many performances of note, not all my choices for 'best' in the various categories have been realized. * "There is no racism except for those who create an issue. That is the worst kind. Using such an ugly way of complaining," Molen told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday." -- Amen!

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I cannot make it myself this morning due to prior commitments, but State Senator Ed Harbison is going to be at the main Library at 10:00 AM today for those who want to pass on your views about the "tax freeze". Did you know that DeKalb County has passed a tax freeze and it's representatives are recommending it ?

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/support-of-tax-freeze-led-to-dekalb-reforms/nkd97/

Hmmm.. amazing how the DeKald politicos are responding to taxpayer interests while Muscogee County  "representatives" are responding to each other's greed for more tax revenues.

Mayor TomLYINGson shudders...

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L-E headline: "Columbus, Benning yet to estimate flood recovery costs" -- Boy.. Phenix City is prepared.. Mayor Lowe just mentioned how he'd grown the "fund balance" by 50% or so since he's been Mayor.. meanwhile in Columbus, Mayor TomLYINGson has stolen from our fund balance and we don't have the luxury of breathing easy about fixing the damages.

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I'm really concerned about the RNC -- why  does it seem the committee is more concerned to be attacking the one person that has the public's ear rather than learning from Trump what other Republican candidates could be saying to strengthen their message to voters. It's not just about the presidential race, but Trumps words will resonate in Senate and Congressional races. A lot of voters that won't support  the Democrats are looking for something more inspirational than a bunch of Casper Milquetoast candidates.

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Online story: "The Republican National Committee announced late Thursday that the venerable conservative magazine National Review had been dropped as a debate sponsor after it published an issue devoted to why voters should reject Donald Trump's presidential campaign." -- Well, it sounds like some of the RNC is listening to voter feedback,,let's hopethe RNC backs all the candidates equally as they present their messages to the voters for the primaries.

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I saw an ad pushing "WIC on Wheels"..believe me, I llke that there's a safety net for people who are lost momentarily in their lives, but taking the "Women's, Infants, Children" program down this path is way overboard.. Nearly 80% of the money assigned to such a program will spend  on salary/benefits/unneeded personnel&vehicles , while the people in need will only get about 20% of that money trickled down to them. Instead, let screened family menbers/friends/neighbors be allowed to volunteer to help by getting the coupons and shopping for them.

 

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L-E headline/story: "JUDGE IN CITY LAWSUITS STEPS DOWN IN ALL 3 CASES" -- Tomlinson called the actions that led to the motion for recusal “a shocking revelation to us.” *  “It was gravely disturbing,” Tomlinson said. “Contrary to a situation where the judge is just being a judge, in this case he was the trier of fact. In this case the judge is also the juror. So this is akin to a lawyer talking to a juror privately about the case, while the juror is impaneled.” -- " akin to a lawyer talking to a juror privately about the case, while the juror is impaneled"? Sorta like making an opening or closing statement?

 

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L-E headline/story: "Columbus schools reach ‘emerging’ status by Department of Education * Emerging status is the second of three recognition levels." -- Hmmm.. and why were these scholls allowed to
"submerge" to begin with?

 

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Incredulously ignorant LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Republicans don’t hate illegal immigrants as much as some say. In fact, they bend over backwards to assure that illegal immigrants can buy all the guns and ammunition they could ever want while visiting us." -- Good grief.. the DOJ armed illegal aliens before they crossed the border with it's "Fast & Furious" program!