President Donald Trump fired the federal government's top lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House. Just wish Holder and Lynch had been fired as well  for the same thing.. putting personal agenda ahead of the Constitution..

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Breaking news.. Sally Yates is wanting to run for Attorney General in GA next election.. Good grief.. who wants an Attorney General who puts her personal agenda ahead of the Constitution!

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WTVM 9 Story: "COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – The crime rate has been the lowest in Columbus in over a decade, according to the city of Columbus. * In 2016, Columbus reported 10,571 crimes part-one crimes down 15 percent, or 1,821 crimes, from 2015." --  Wait a minute.. the violent crime of "robbery" is up.. doesn't make sense in this "report" .....I'd also like to know how many people are shot & wounded. We hear of so many incidents where "something was going on" and somebody was shot in the leg...other cities have associated such activity happening as a result of a bad drug deal/gang retaliation..yet we don't hear about anybody who gets wounded in the lower body being charged with drug or gang activities. This probably shows why crime activity is being reported as declining

Now if this chart is accurate, then there has been a 21% DECREASE in auto-thefts, and our car insurance for this year should reflect a considerable premium decrease as well. What figures do any of you insurance agents have that either confirm the cagrt or counter the information? 

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Online story: "Hundreds of civil rights and education groups released a letter to Senate lawmakers Monday opposing President Donald Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos for education secretary, calling into question her ability to enforce federal education laws for low-income students and students of color. * "When compared with secretaries of education throughout the history of the department, DeVos' lack of experience stands out," says the letter, signed by nearly 250 national, state and local civil rights and education groups. "She has never been an educator or worked directly with children and families in public schools. She has never led a school, district or state agency tasked with educating students. She has never been a public school parent or a public school student. This lack of experience makes her uniquely unfamiliar with the challenges and opportunities facing the nation's students, families, educators and schools."Hundreds of civil rights and education groups released a letter to Senate lawmakers Monday opposing President Donald Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos for education secretary, calling into question her ability to enforce federal education laws for low-income students and students of color."  -- You know.. actually, combined with her business success history, it's Devos's "lack of being molded in the ongoing educational failure shape" that makes her an exemplary choice to make a difference in the education system.. What mainscream media SHOULD ask is the representatives of education unions and civil rights groups is can they name any successes in education since Carter created the Department of Education.

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Online headline: "Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys" -- Good grief..I guess the Boy Scouts will hire Obama to rewrite the Boy Scouts' pledge as well.. "On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight." will not be appropriate any longer.

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From the "liberals' point of view" department - Online headline/story: "The price reduction for the latest batch of F-35's has been in the works prior to Trump's presidency *  And though it would appear that Trump — after publicly criticizing the crown jewel in the defense giant's portfolio — is the reason for the savings, the price reduction was in the works. * Rewinding the tape back to a December 19 briefing, Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, said the price for LRIP-10 contract would be reduced "significantly." -- In the works prior"? "a December 19 briefing"? Let's see, the Election was November 8th, and Obama had 8 years to negotiate a better pricing for taxpayers .... but didn't, and mainsceam media is trying to imply that anybody but Trump had anything to do with getting Lockheed Martin looking at it's costing of the F-35.. Doesn't mainscream media realize it is no longer relevant?

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Online headline: "Jenner flaunts bikini body on vacation".. Whew! Relax.. it wasn't Caitlyn....

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From the "liberals pat themselves on the back over fake news" department -- HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "Hitting the snooze button may mean you're more intelligent * According to a study published in the The Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, people who hit the snooze button are more intelligent, creative and happier than those who don't." -- Since when is procrastination a sign of intelligence? To me, hitting the "snooze button" probably means you are suffering from to much wine or beer the night before.. and that ain't intelligence.

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 Online headline: "Here's who wins with Trump's order to slash regulations" -- In a word, "America!".

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Online headline: "Trump ignites battle with media using just 2 words" -- Ooooops, my bad.. the 2 words weren't "You're FIRED".. FTR.. "opposition party".. and he's right on target!

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Mainscream media is so use to presidents "floating balloons" that it has forgotten what a decisive leader is when it comes to decision making.. Go Trump.. stay 8 years!

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New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio said in an interview Monday that he would categorize drunk driving “that doesn’t lead to any other negative outcome” a minor offense.

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From the "lawyers are wringing heir hands in excitement" department -- Seattle has become the first (well, until there is a 2nd, the ONLY) city to open "safe spaces" for druggies to "shoot up".. Fresh needles will be provided as well as on site medical advisers. Can you not see the "cha-ching" when the first user ODs after shooting up there?

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Sen Chuck Shmoozer, D-NY, says it's "unAmerican" to keep Islamist terrorists out of our country...Hmmm..hey, Shmoozer...most Americans agree that it's MORE unAmerican to allow Islamic jihadists in without vetting them!

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Do the libs understand that when Hollywooders speak out at awards, that no one actually hears them ..or actually cares what they say/believe? Me, I just look for stories about which ones ranted what, and put those names on my "no see" list.

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You know, if Obama had an "extreme vetting" program in effect, those 14 Americans killed in San Bernandino, CA would probably be alive today. The (_*_) would probably have been jailed or deported when vetting would have revealed the Hamas connection of his sham wife's family.

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What was the purpose of the GA DOT meeting for 2 days of work last week, and today, it looks like the GA DOT has pulled out of the roundabout project at River Road/Bradley Park?  Has Council looked closer at the costs versus value and called it off?

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L-E headline/story: "Sen. Josh McKoon announces he will not seek re-election in 2018 * McKoon has been a lightning rod in the General Assembly for the last six years. Bills with his name on them have not moved when they reached the House. He has had a running feud with Speaker David Ralston. He has also been at odds with Gov. Nathan Deal. For the last three years, McKoon has been a champion of religious freedom legislation. Last year, a version passed the General Assembly but was vetoed by Deal." -- the L-E feels McKoon has been "a lightning rod "? A "torch lighting the path of truth" is more like it.. If a politician is not supported by the L-E, then that's who we need in office.. the L-E supported Tom-LYING-son, Hellary, and the ongoing school board members in their last elections.. shows you how out-of-touch the L-E is when picking people to run the City, America, and our students education.

 

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L-E headline: "Longtime Ledger Sports Editor Cecil Darby dies" -- RIP, Cecil! Not having to read the L-E anymore will be your just reward... Know that was torturous for someone who got out on the streets to find the stories rather than hang around the office waiting for something to drop in their laps.
 

Obit: http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/LedgerEnquirer/default.aspx

Senator McCain is blasting Trump for his 90 day ban of persons from 7 countries to enter the US while America's security family can formulate a better plan of vetting. Doesn't McCain realize that not only did Trump campaign on this issue in Arizona, Trump garnered 20% more voter suppprt in Arizona than McCain did in his re-election? Trump won the votes of 1,252,401 Arizonians, while McCain struggles to get 1, 089, 324 of his own state voters.

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Donald Trump stocks White House kitchen with Lay's potato chips" -- Good grief.. next will be mainscream media calling Trump a subliminal misogynist be cause he likes "lays".

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HuffPOOPOO story: "Hillary Clinton has spoken out in support of protesters demonstrating against President Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries.
*  She wrote in a message posted to Twitter late Saturday, "I stand with the people gathered across the country tonight defending our values & our Constitution. This is not who we are." -- "this is not who we are"? Hellary campaigned on the is, and America voted on her and decided she was "not who we wanted".

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Online headline/story: "US judge allows travelers who landed with visas to stay in country * Judge Ann Donnelly, a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a U.S. airport with valid visas." -- Judge Donnelly... hmmmm.. a Brooklyn based judge, nominated and confirmed in 2009.. by Obama, a personal friend of NY Senator Chuck Schumer, and she was nominated on Schumer's  advice..during the first term of Obama when the Senate had a huge majority of Democrats. Look like the ACLU went "judge shopping" to get Donnelly...

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Online headline: "Ben Affleck's new gangster movie is a mega-flop that's set to lose $75 million for Warner Bros." -- Well that's consistent with his political support of Hellary... another mega-flop.. only the Clintons are going to lose a lot more money. I know, my bride and I... and obviously a lot of  other patriotic Americans, rejected the option, the notion, to see Ben Affleck in a new movie..

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You know, Mel Gibson showed Hollywood by producing "The Passion of the Christ", and Hollywood saw the huge bucks a Christian audience could bring to the theaters. Now, why does Hollywood's A-List have such a hard time recognizing the same Christian audience rejects the liberal aspect of politics?

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What an incredible story of American patriotism and exceptionalism..A military couple, between bouts of cancer, produced a pregnancy of quadruplets, and Fox News picked up the story and highlighted the Guytans. Their "GoFundMe" page had a goal of $5,000.00, yet when people watching Fox saw this family, the funding topped $1 000,000.00 Saturday AM.

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You know...I really wouldn't have a problem if a person exercised his Freedom of Speech Right to burn our flag in my presence...if... IF, my right to express my freedom of speech to be offended and kick his ass was also recognized by the courts.

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L-E headline/story: "COLUMBUS 2025 * Study reveals the best and worst of Bi-City area * Columbus is a place where people choose to retire, but attracting young talent remains a challenge. * It’s a place where high school drop-out rates are decreasing, but college graduates are in short supply *  The Columbus region has a relatively low percentage of residents age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher compared to peer cities, about 21 percent compared to the national average of 29.6 percent. The region’s bachelor attainment rate was lower than that of all peer communities, including in-state cities such as Augusta and Savannah. And the gap between bachelor’s degree attainment between greater Columbus and peer cities is getting wider." -- Has anyone correlated the connection? Could it be that without a standard of graduation tests, and with handing out diplomas as "participation trophies". the likelihood of producing college graduates takes a dive each year.

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Instant repeat - L-E headline/story: "COLUMBUS 2025 * Study reveals the best and worst of Bi-City area * Despite faring better than many cities during the recession, Columbus has had a slower comeback. * A greater proportion of local income was derived from investment income and government benefits." -- Again.. has anyone correlated these facts.. high government "benefits" kept revenue levels higher than other cities during the recession.. .. which means too many weren't pulling their weight BEFORE the recession started nor changed their status during the recession.

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Instant repeat - L-E headline/story: "COLUMBUS 2025 * Study reveals the best and worst of Bi-City area * Despite faring better than many cities during the recession, Columbus has had a slower comeback * A Twenty percent of the overall population — and one in three children — lives in poverty. And the region’s rate pre-dates the Great Recession. * Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, who also sits on the steering committee, was among those who attended the press conference. She said the Columbus 2025 initiative is a much-needed project that will transform the community." -- Has anyone correlated the Ton-LYING-son connection? Well, she's been behind the "steering" wheel since early IN THE RECESSION.. maybe it's time to "suspend her license".

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Instant repeat - L-E headline/story: "COLUMBUS 2025 * Study reveals the best and worst of Bi-City area * Despite faring better than many cities during the recession, Columbus has had a slower comeback * A summary of the study’s findings stated this: “Stakeholders were near unanimous in their praise for the transformation of Uptown Columbus to a thriving, mixed-use district in recent decades and expressed a desire to see this type of activity occur in other parts of the community.” -- Excuse me.. has anyone really analyzed the downtown "transformation"? It's spirited by CSU expansion that cannot be duplicated around town... nor should it.. the CSU growth also has it's pitfalls.. like adding more costs to taxpayers services  yet it reduces tax revenues non-CSU expansion would provide.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " I am impressed with the fact that Walmart in South Columbus has reported no robberies to date. Maybe there is hope for developing South Columbus." -- Oh... armed shoplifters aren't "robberies"?

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From L-E's "Today in History" feature: "In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX." -- Hmmm-- how does this correlate with San Francisco becoming a "sanctuary city"? We can tie it in with the representation of Pelosi (since 1987) and Feinstein (since 1992). and furthermore, we can see that the 49er management doesn't care about "winning" anymore since it played KaeperPRICK all 2-14 season.

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L-E headline: "STATE LEGISLATURE * Democratic lawmakers say they hope to expand voters’ rights" -- Wait a minute.. how do you expand "voters rights" without violating the US and State Constitutions? To vote in the US/GA, one must be a citizen, a non-felon, at least 18 years of age, ALIVE, and any race/gender/religion of one's birth or choice.. What other rights have our Constitutions left unaddressed? How do you "expand" such qualifications without violating the rights of every US citizen?

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L-E story: "President Donald Trump is imposing a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for foreign governments, and a five-year ban for other lobbying." -- Once again, Trump is showing leadership by making good, common sense decisions/solutions to ongoing problems.. It's particularly important as long as we don't have "term limits" for Congressional politicians.

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L-E guest commentary headline/: "SUNDAY FORUM SPECIAL * Repeal and compete (OObamaCRAP) * BY ROSS DOUTHAT New York Times News Service" -- Since OObamaCRAP was enacted, healthcare's portion of the GDP has risen from 14% to 20%.. This points out two things.. increased costs for healthcare, and the increased costs of healthcare have depleted the consumers' "disposable Income" so other businesses are suffering from lower sales. 


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Democrats are "boasting" that no Democrats in the Senate will vote to confirm Devos as Secretary of Education...this basically confirms the Democrat master plan to continue to dumb-down public education.

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Good grief .. Students...mind you students, either on their parents' dollars (or loans they don't understand how much debt they are responsible for to pay back) "feel" more illegal aliens should be admitted to Georgetown U. First, when did students become decision makers? Secondly, are they even aware how much more their parents (or how much more in loans they would become responsible for) would have to pay in tuition/fees to pay for free tuition for illegal aliens?

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Jimmy Hoffa is ecstatic about Trump pulling out of the TPP, saying the unions were not/are not happy that their jobs were/are going to Mexico/Viet Nam ..and mainscream media approves of the union stance ..On the other hand, when Trump says he wants to return jobs from Mexico/Viet Nam, mainscream media says Trump is a phobic racist.

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You know, after the post-inauguration violent protests by Democrats..in office and in public, we almost can say there is no more peaceful transfer of power we've always prided ourselves on.

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L-E headline: "Scores rally against refugee ban at White House, airports" -- At least the L-E isn't exaggerating the numbers.... but what about the 100's of Millions of Americans who support making America safer and who were at home with their families, out shopping, and or working to make America GREAT again.. guess that's not as easy a story to report on by mainscream media

I tell you what..it boils down to this.... it's nice.. no, GREAT, to have a president who isn't concerned about offending people, especially establishment politicians and mainscream media, who don't have the best interests of America's future in their hearts.

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Online story: "Several journalists who were arrested while covering the unrest during President Donald Trump's inauguration now face felony charges. * at least six members of the media have been charged with felony rioting. If convicted, they could be sentenced to up to 10 years behind bars and face a $25,000 fine. * none of the journalists' arrest warrants have specific allegations of individual wrongdoing. * Instead, the documents refer to a large crowd "observed enticing a riot by organizing, promoting, encouraging and participating in acts of violence." -- "Freedom of the Press"... it's not only a tradition, it's an integral aspect of America's past and future.. BUT.. such freedom... and protection of such freedom, has responsibilities.. and too much of the "press" seems to have forgotten that they are to report the story.. report/record history.. not shape it to fit their personal agenda...

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Online headline: "GM to cut 625 auto jobs in Canada, move to Mexico" -- Hmmm.. guess Canada's Justin Trudeau will ask Trump for some negotiating advice, and join Trump on reworking NAFTA... now, I hope Trump tells GM that they can't use US highways to transport those vehicles back to Canada without paying a "toll".

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For the inauguration, a friend of ours took her tween-aged daughter to Washington to experience the Trump inauguration.. as they worked their way back towards their hotel, hey came close to one of the pro-Hellary protests.. one of the protesters came at them.. first seeing that "mom" could probably take care of herself, the protester did a "Teaberry Shuffle" to avoid her and spit on her daughter, and ran off. Even though her daughter was "dampened", their spirits were not. Thank God Hellary didn't WIN!

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Whatta show.. whatta boost to the civil rights.. of the unborn.. White House support!

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From the "who?" department - Online headline: "Dave Cl(_*_)rke will not play in the U.S. while Donald Trump is president" -- Good grief.. first I thought this was the Dave Clark of the 60's group, "The Dave Clark 5".. and that if he wasn't dead yet, he'd probably die before Trump leaves office in 8 years.. then I found out this "Dave Cl(_*_)rke" is some rinky English DJ, and no one out side a pro-Hellary protest group would hire him to come to the US. I hope Trump just adds Cl(_*_)rke's name to the "no Visa" list.

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Trump is really turning Washington around, and a lot politicians aren't happy..Fortunately, "we" are going to get a chance every two years to weed those politicians out.

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Online story: "On Friday President Donald Trump called the media's reporting, or lack thereof, on the annual March for Life, an antiabortion rally, "not fair." Trump argued that the coverage of the pro-life event pales in comparison to what the Women's March received during inauguration weekend. Well, it seems Trump and his administration is going to do something about that. Trump's White House is set to have quite the presence at Friday's March for Life rally in Washington D.C., with both the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence and Kellyanne Conway, Trump's senior counselor, delivering speeches at the pro-life rally." -- What a difference leadership makes!

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Online headline: "President Trump says military more important than balanced budget" -- Amen.. and it's Trump's Constitutional duty to make sure America is safe from all terrorists.. foreign and domestic!

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What is it about mainscream media that they cannot understand that a wall between the US and Mexico is not all about stopping illegal aliens, but also about stopping the free flow of drugs crossing from Mexico? The illegal drugs also killing Americans

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Hmmm..you know..if a "border tax" is imposed, it doesn't mean Americans would pay more as consumers. Companies in Mexico and stores in America would have to weigh consumer response, and probably have to reduce their wholesale prices to compensate for the added tax costs in order to compete for American consumer dollars. What it will do is make companies weigh whether they may have to return to (or enter) America and start making their products (thus creating American jobs) here.

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From the "who'da believed it" department - Jason Day, Tiger Woods, and Dustin Johnson were playing partners for the 1st and 2nd rounds of The Farmers Insurance Open  at Torrey Pines. None of them made the cut. Las Vegas musta cleaned up!

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From a fellow BCer - From the "a picture says a 1000.. 10,000 words" department - I call this "Trumped... AGAIN!"

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L-E headline: "COLUMBUS 2025 _ Leaders unveil 5-step plan to curb poverty, grow economy" -- Hmm... smart group..smart enough to plan on Tom-LYING-son being GONE soon so things can actually get done.

 

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L-E headline: "VICTORY DRIVE * State lawmaker Gerald Greene shot behind Columbus adult cinema * BY MIKE OWEN" -- You know, when the L-E first reported this story online on Thursday,  and said Greene had been shot at a gas station, I commented to my bride that the reporter was :Ben Wright.. and that Ben Wright has "never been right".. he's still 100 for 100

 

From this above story: " (Greene) was carrying several thousand dollars in cash meant for storm victims in his south Georgia district during the shooting. Greene’s district was ravaged by tornadoes last weekend. President Donald Trump has granted assistance for six counties that were severely damaged by the storms, Gov. Nathan Deal said." -- Wait a minute.. since when does government aid get paid in cash, and politicians "hand deliver" it?

 

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Wanna bet State Rep Greene was one of those glad to see Josh McKoon removed from the Ethics Committee?

 

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "President Trump’s staff and family are registered to vote in more than one state. I guess this proves Trump’s pronouncements about voter fraud." -- Just another case of a lib making up facts.. Now there is obvious "fraud" here.. Why would the L-E publish this ...

 

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L-E headline/story: "COLUMBUS * Police release details of Macon Road wreck that killed 22-year-old woman * Columbus police said a truck driver failed to yield in the Thursday afternoon crash where his tractor-trailer collided with a motorcycle on Macon Road, killing 22-year-old Cindy Tran Huynh." -- Yu know.. tragic is as tragic happens.. having been an avide bicycle rider in younger days, my first responsibility was to myself.. knowing trucks and cars were bigger and harder than me, I pretty much conceded that I would ride defensively and be more observant because bicycles (motorcycles, too) are smaller, less noticeable that other motorized vehicles. I also remember a ditty by maternal grandfather, Papa Armentrout used to sing to us when we were in Goldsboro, NC.. He'd belt out.. "This is the story of Johnny B. Ray, who died observing his right of way.. he was right, dead right, as he drove along, but he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong". I cannot tell you how many times his advice has saved me from a wreck. I wish Ms Huynh had had the opportunity to listen to him sing.

Online story: "Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the county will comply with Trump's executive order forcing all so-called "sanctuary cities" to turn over undocumented immigrants who are arrested. * It refuses to indefinitely hold undocumented immigrants simply because the federal government doesn't foot enough of the bill for keeping them locked up. * cost the county $52,000 to detain every inmate the federal government wanted to deport in 2016. Gimenez said that wasn't worth the risk, considering Miami-Dade will get $355 million in federal funds this year." -- Miami gets $355 MILLION of other Americans' money? And NYC gets $701 Million...Chicago/Cook Cty gets $526 Million...and LA gets $466 Million.. I think I see why Hellary won "the popular vote'.. Hellary took NYC by 1.5 Million.. Miami/Dade Cty by 300 Thousand.. and Chicago/Cook Cty by 1.1 Million.. These three cities got Federal Funding of nearly $1.6 BILLION (other people's) tax dollars, and these three cities produced 2.9 MILLION more votes for Hellary than Trump. Basically, working Americans paid the excessive Democratic voters in these 3 Democratic Party ratholes $551.00 EACH for their "loyalty".


Oh, another thing.. Hellary's vote margin in Chicago/Cook Cty provided her margin to claim the whole state of Illinois's Electoral College votes.. in other words.. one county in Illinois overrode the wishes of the other 101 counties in Illinois..

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You know, major cities that adopt "sanctuary city" status for illegal aliens should be penalized by having all residents be banned from voting in state wide and national office elections. By placating liberals and  illegal aliens, whether refugees or criminals, all law abiding American citizens are at risk.

Tell you what.. I bet it would take too long for voters in these "sanctuary" cities to get out en masse and throw their liberal politicians out on their butts!

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Trump is "dead on" demanding the overall voter databases be purged of duplicate, dead, and falsified names. He has to do this, otherwise the general public will eventually believe mainscream propaganda that the legitimacy of his presidency is questionable because Hellary had more "popular" votes.


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From the "there must be a different definition of the word 'nice' for non-liberals" department - Online story: "Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested early Thursday after he allegedly grabbed and pushed a man outside a museum in New York * LaBeouf has stationed himself outside the Museum of the Moving Image, in Queens, since Trump's inauguration last Friday, chanting "He will not divide us" as part of a participatory public-art project that he and two partners intend to run continuously throughout Trump's presidency. *  LaBeouf told the Associated Press earlier this week that the project was not anti-Trump but rather "anti-division." "I'm just saying, 'Be nice to each other,'" -- "be nice to each other"? LaBeouf... well.. how about LaBarf... I tell you what.. if a 5' 9", 158 pound mental minion grabbed me to express his definition of "nice", I think I'd give his a Kiss" in return.. In LaBarf's case,  I define "kiss" as a left-right combination to his face.

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Progressive Insurance has an ad where a motorcycle guy brags that if his new bike is totaled, Progressive will replace it. Hmmm, I imagine that if you're riding your bike and you total it, you probably totaled yourself as well.

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After traffic being rerouted all day Wednesday by construction work at River Road and Bradley Park, no body showed up for work today..guess it was too sunny. Tell you what, though, I'm hoping Council called the GA DOT and told them that Council had come to its senses, and were canceling the fiasco before it became true. On the other hand.. this follows the work pattern we observed on the Whittlesey Road expansion.. "work a day. take a day off"... no wonder it took nearly 5 years to complete.

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Golf welcomed back Tiger Woods yesterday, but he was put on notice that "things have changed". He was paired with Jason Day and Dustin Johnson and Tiger was the short knocker off the tee and had to hit first on about every second shot.

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I believe Taylormade has made a big mistake in signing up Tiger to play its "M" series driver.. after 18 holes with Day and Johnson, it's obvious that the "M" series driver they all used was not equally long for Tiger. Lots of amateurs saw this...lesson learned.. it's not the driver you use. it's you as the driver that matters.

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Well,  I guess if you poke/tickle someone in the ribs long enough, you will get his or her attention.. Finally.. the MCSD has updated the Board of Directors so we can get all their e-mail addresses

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Mexican president cancels meeting with President Donald Trump" -- Hmm.. looks like Nieto saw he is drawing to an inside straight in a game of "Texas Border Holdem" and sees Trump has a Royal Straight Flush!

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Did you hear Nieto say that Mexico doesn't believe in walls? Do you reckon he's ever been to Mexico's southern border?

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Good grief...why does mainscream media get its collective gender-neutral panties in a wad whenever Trump mentions waterboarding? Trump has said from the beginning that he will not telegraph his plans to his enemy.. It's not important what Trump says or means when he mentions watetboarding..it's only important that our enemies don't know what he'll do!

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This "item" is being written BEFORE Trump boards Air Force 1..so humor my speculative humor...Who wants to bet against a mainscream media reporter asking either Trump or Sean Spicer how Trump weathered the inconvenience/trauma of having to ride in business class vs his own luxury jet?

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Have you noticed the huge influx.of personal injury lawyers advertising in the Columbus area recently? Seems like all of them are advertising that clients will hit the lottery if they have an accident, so hire them. We know not all cases are such..shouldn't the FCC investigate all those firms for "bait and switch" advertising?

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So Madeleine Albright wants to make a point by becoming a Muslim. Well, how about we get up a GoFundMe account to pay for her a one-way ticket to Syria for her to do that.. we could even throw in a sign for her to hang around her neck saying she is of Jewish heritage..wanna bet how long she'd have a neck to hang it around?

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This line-up of commission appointees to study replacing the current government center hardly reflects viewpoints of all Columbus.. obvious people not included are Tollie Strode, Mary Sue Polleys, and Charmaine Crabb. These three organized and coordinated the effective campaign to defeat Mayor Tom-LYING-son's assault on the property tax freeze by a 63-37 landslide . These three have their pulse on the community going forward. All three deserve to have an active voice in such a commission.


Mayor Tom-LYING-son's exclusion of community leaders like Tollie Strode, Mary Sue Polleys, and Charmaine Crabb from her "replace the government center commission" comes straight from the Democratic Party operating playbook.... President Obama would not consider Republicans in his discussions, and now Mayor Tom-LYING-son is following suit by not including people who's input reflects ideas other than her own.

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From the "corner of the end zone seats game plan and Mainscream Media armchair Quarterbacking" department - Online headline: "Democrats introduce bill to take nuclear football out of Trump's hands" -- Yeah.. like this "play" will get sent into the "huddle"...

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Online story: "A Texas high school art teacher has been placed on administrative leave after video surfaced showing her “shooting” President Donald Trump inside a classroom while screaming, “Die!” * Video of the inauguration was being broadcast inside the classroom on a whiteboard. The video shows the teacher lunging at President Trump and firing the squirt gun numerous times while shouting, “Die!”" -- Excuse me.. but what happened to the "no exception/no guns rules" in schools, We have read where students have been expelled/suspended for shaping a cookie into the rough shape of a gun, and another for forming a "gun" with his hand/fingers, and this teacher brought an actual "squirt gun" into her classroom.

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Remember that "kid" that  started the fire outside the "Deplorables' Ball" at Trump's inauguration? The "tween" that also said, "Screw our president"?  Well, it seems he was the son of Drew Carey's ex-fiancee.. I usually support former Marines without exception.. but with Carey.. I must say "Whimper... Bye"!

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Online story: "A proposal in California has been submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday campaigning for the state to secede from the United States." -- Hmm.. where can we send support donations?  Gosh.. just think.. in one fell swoop, we would save over 10 percent of all Federal spendings, get rid of Feinstein and Pelosi, and 55 Electoral College votes that Democrats get every 4 years! To boot, WE could make it so no Californians could enter OUR country by shutting off all Visa applications! WE Win!

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L-E headline/story: "Lewis speaks in wake of Trump controversy * Lewis never mentioned Trump or his boycott of the inauguration. " -- I guess we'll never understand why Lewis opted to snub Trump. Trump has been an advocate for changes in inner city quagmires that have been basically drowning in their own "blood", yet when Trump was out looking for allies to help with planning and ideas, Lewis failed to answer the call.

 

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Good grief.. a GA State Representative was robbed and shot at a Victory Drive gas/convenience station, and the L-E doesn't mention it on the front page..Oh.. he was a Republican! Guess the L-E feels the assault was warranted. 

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From the L-E's "Today in History" feature: "In 1998, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, on NBC’s “Today” show, charged the sexual misconduct allegations against her husband, President Bill Clinton, were the work of a “vast right-wing conspiracy.” -- Hmm.. I guess Hellary defined ""vast right-wing conspiracy" as being "a philandering s.o.b."

 

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L-E story: "Metro Columbus’ unemployment rate in December was 6.3 percent, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 6 percent in November, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday." -- Columbus may be in for a rough period until 2018 when we elect a new mayor.. Looks like the nation's enthusiasm for Trump cannot "trump" the negativism of Tom-LYING-son as our mayor.

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L-E story: "A group called Females in Technology has formed in Columbus with the goal of bringing together local women in the technology arena for networking, educational activities and sharing new technology and news. * The group, also called FIT Minds!, recently held its first event at the Delta Data offices near downtown Columbus, " -- Excuse me... but why does a group seeking equality insist on creating an exclusionary organization?
  

From the "mainscream media can't be.. doesn't want to be truthful" department - Huff POOPOO "headLIE/story": "Owner of limo set on fire during anti-Trump protests in Washington, DC amid inauguration speaks out * Muhammad Ashraf owns Nationwide Chauffeured Services, which operated the limo that was set ablaze. He also happens to be a Muslim immigrant, a group anti-Trump protesters claimed to support." -- You know.. protests groups are not "anti".. they are "pro-something/someone else. These terrorists are not "anti-Trump", they either "pro-Hellary" ...or worse, maybe they are "anti-something".. ANTI-AMERICAN, and should be treated like the terrorists they are..

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You know.. while Hellary did say she was "with them" to women in the march last Saturday, she was not "with them" in person.. I guess since they didn't get her elected, she no longer has a real need to keep them dangling on 'her "fishing line" for the future.

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From the "mainscream media needs to go back to school" department - Online headline: "US no longer a 'full democracy,' but it's not Trump's fault: Report" -- "US no longer a 'full democracy':? Good grief.. the US has NEVER been a 'full democracy'.. for that matter, ANY kind of democracy.. the Founding Father's set up the US, via the US Constitution no less, as a LIMITED REPUBLIC! Thank God that they did.. NO democracy has ever lasted as long as the US's continuous form of government.

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Chicago's "kill zone" is off to another roaring start.. January of 2016 record number for the 21st Century is pale compared to the start of January 2017.. 45 have already been killed through the 24th so there's still a week more to be accounted for. Part,, a BIG part of the problem is the closed-mouth mentality of the affected communities.. 45 have been killed yet only 5 "assailants" have been identified in any capacity.. 40.. that's right 40 of the victims's 'assailants" are listed as "unknown"... and "we" know better .

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Rahm Emanuel is as stupid as Obama about gun control...no wonder they liked to work together...Without any legal ownership of guns or being able to legally buy them in Chicago, there is no infrastructure to back up the police. When guns can be legally bought and sold, shop operators offer support as the black market for illegal guns have "competition" in a sense, and the police have more eyes interested in getting street sellers off the street. Oh, and not to mention street thugs not knowing if law abiding citizens may be armed and ready to fight back.

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Whatta shame.. Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his Olympic Gold Medals.. but not for something he did.. one of his 4 X 100 Relay teammates failed a drug test, so the whole team lost their medals. Like his other victories, Bolt took it all in stride. You gotta like him.

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Hey... remember those two Orlando police officers who died during a shooting and response situation earlier this month? Remember Loretta Lynch's grandstand declaration to unrelentingly bringing the (_*_) to justice? Well, she's gone and no arrest was made, and mainstream media has obviously lost interest. Guess Trump's hair is still too distracting for mainscream media.

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In a nutshell..in 2008, Obama promised "HOPE", but his '"change" left a lot to be desired..Hellary promised more of the same. Trump promised "change" and has given America real "HOPE"!

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Trump nailed it yesterday at his speech at DHS...In his inimitable way, he neutered the mainscream media and liberals' arguments about separating Mexican families by deportation. Trump pointed out that liberals and mainscream media never talk about how illegal alien criminals have separated American families when they kill American children/parents/spouses.

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Saw 5 Sheriff's Department vehicles and as many Deputies cordoning off through traffic on River Road from Mobley Rd south. Tons of traffic is being rerouted down Green Island Drive..can't wait to hear how many of her Green Island area supporters get tired of extra traffic, and start calling on her "to do something". Oh.. and who's paying for this.. I mean at least 5 deputies/vehicles are "out-of-service" to the needs of the community which is under siege with crime. Hey, tax dollars all originate from our pockets.. wonder if Mayor Tom-LYING-son would have approved of former Sheriff Darr's budget for paying these assigned deputies?

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I've always wondered what the "most educated city" in GA was, and now we know:
Georgia
Most educated city: Athens-Clarke County
Pct. with bachelor’s degree: 38.0%
Number of postsecondary institutions: 3
Median household income: $38,643

You know.. this sorta "pop's the bubble" about what CSU is doing for Columbus... other than removing high valued downtown properties from the tax digest.

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From the "suspicions confirmed" department - Online story: "A U.S. Secret Service agent is being called to resign after implying that she would rather go to jail than take a bullet for Donald Trump. * The Washington Examiner reports that in October, Kerry O'Grady allegedly wrote a Facebook post supporting Hillary Clinton. * O'Grady reportedly goes on to say, "I would take jail time over a bullet or an endorsement for what I believe to be disaster to this country and the strong and amazing women and minorities who reside here." -- This is the attitude of an organization that has weak leadership at the top..

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Online headline: "Trump to seek 'major investigation' on voter fraud in 2016 election" -- Good grief.. after watching Holder and Lynch go after states wanting to have proper photo voter ID requirements, and California  saying it would allow non-citizens to vote, America needs a cleansing of it's voter registration databases.

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The Dow...20,000! Business, the American working people, and the world love Trump. Now, if mainscream media will gets its head out of its own body cavity.

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L-E headline: "Mayor forms commission to study replacing 10th Street government center"{ -- Hmm.. I think it's time for "Citizens form commission to study replacing the Mayor"!  You know, I actually agree the government center should be razed,, but it's because, the City has been negligent in properly maintaining the building from the gitgo, but this mayor has been the worst of all of them. I also believe Council should shut down any commission suggested by Mayor Tom-LYING-son as her motives are always selfish.. Let this be an issue for the new mayor in 2018.

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One of the pitfalls Columbus.. and the next mayor will have to deal with is how bad the City's finances are being left by Mayor Tom-LYING-son.. moving unused payroll monies into the "Fund Balance" to cover the under-60-day deficit is merely a Band-Aid which will come off if an emergency arises. Building a new government center will require a bond issue, and cities' with financial issues like Tom-LYING-son has created put an extra burden on taxpayers.

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The MCSD needs to co-ordinate the "School Zone" flashing lights clocks. Yesterday, at 4:28 by my wife's car clock, we came up on the north side flashing lights at River Road School. Just before we got to it, the lights shut off.. My wife had already slowed down, but resumed her speed to 40. When we got to the end of the School Zone, the southern set of flashing lights were still flashing. Had there been a police officer at the southern end. my wife would probably have been pulled over for doing "40 in a 25 MPH School Zone", and she'd have had a tough time fighting the ticket.

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L-E headline/story: "Annual count initially finds slight change in homeless population * The early numbers of this year’s count show that 197 of the homeless slept in shelters Tuesday night and 65 were unsheltered. *
The volunteers went into Trinity House, Grace House, House of Mercy and the Salvation Army. " -- This has to be a farce.. we just got a letter from Safe House Ministries (note: not on list of shelters in story as have been visited/surveyed) which state more people helped at that location than all the surveyors claim is the number for the area as a whole.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The childish bad behavior of the sore-loser Democrats can only be excused by their stupidity." -- "excused by their stupidity"? Well, I sorta agree in principle, but we have laws covering this.. "ignorance of a law is no defense".

 

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Trump says the media lied about attendance at his “biggest ever inauguration.” My eyes don’t lie and the subway count doesn’t lie." -- Good grief.. mainscream media has no faith in it's own.. well, "media". Neilsen's said 32,000,000 watched network TV, and CNN reported 16,000,000 per it's viewer rating systems, so it looks like close to, and probably more, 50,000,000 were watching via TV (as were my bride and I via Fox). I mean, not everybody has to actually go out into the street to celebrate.

 

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From the L-E's "Today in History" feature: "In 1784, in a letter to his daughter Sarah, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the choice of the bald eagle as the symbol of America, and stated his own preference: the turkey." -- Hmmm.. I guess Obama was a misinformed fan of Ben Franklin.. Obama tried to turn America INTO a TURKEY! Fortunately, Trump will have the Eagle back soaring soon!

 

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You know, America will be better off when mainscream media stops rewarding and martyring dissident liberals, and start supporting the positive things Trump is initiating.

 

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From the "stacking the deck" department - The L-E listed the "appointees" of the Mayor's study commission today.. there are 23 people named.. 15 of them currently work in the existing building or who are compensated by tax dollars... and 6 of those could be held responsible for the building being in such a neglected state.  Excuse me.. no judge would allow people with such special interests sit on a jury to make a decision. 

Hey... a challenge for you: Forget the guys in the pic.. they are pretty equal.., but come up with a caption that tops this:

My entry is : "Frump and Trump"

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Online headline: "Obama ranked as worst modern POTUS in one area" -- Oooops.. my bad, I guessed Earth... but actually, it's worse.. "President Obama's track record in the Supreme Court is one of the worst among modern presidents. That's according to a new study out of the University of Chicago. * Obama had plenty of high profile wins on issues like health care, gay rights and abortion. But, his overall win rate was "lower than any President of this century.".. and even worse is that Obama use to teach at the U of Chicago ...

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From above story: "His critics say it was the court's reaction to his use of executive power." -- You know..I interpret this as the US Supreme Court saying that Obama broke his oath to support and defend the US Constitution.. and since some of Obama's Executive Orders can be related to "aiding and abetting"  deaths of police officers as well as street criminals, there is no statute of limitations on "murder".

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You know.. with all the "hacking" that's been going on, maybe Trump should hire the IT team from the University of Columbia to handle National Security issues...seems no one has "hacked" into Obama's transcripts or his application information....

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Online headline: "Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour accused of terrorist ties" -- Oooops again! I guessed she was headed up Hellary's protest riots at Trump events.. but.. it's worse.. much worse..According to The Daily Caller, Sarsour was recently spotted posing with an accused financier for the terrorist group Hamas at a large Muslim convention in Chicago. * It is unclear if the two are related even though they have the same last name. * Linda Sarsour has acknowledged in past interviews that she has cousins serving time in Israel due to their work for Hamas.
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From the "how mainscream media twists the facts" department - Soapbox Moment: You know, we see a lot of headlines about "anti-Trump" protesters/looters/violence. Let's face it.. the facts.. the truth.. is that they aren't "anti-Trump" protesters, they are "pro-Hellary" supporters.

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You know.. if Democrats in Congress support the vision of Trump, then they will actually be able to run for re-elections on their own records rather than just against American prosperity.. they could even make promises they can keep. How novel would that be?

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Online headline/story: "Georgia Senate bill aimed at maximizing lottery funds to HOPE * The bill would raise the requirement to 28 percent in fiscal 2019 and to 30 percent in fiscal 2020. In any year, if ticket sales drop by 5 percent or more, the percent return would be frozen and no further increase would be required. * Current law requires the lottery to deliver “as nearly as practical” 35 percent of gross sales to the state. However, the lottery has not hit that number since 1997, and actual performance has long hovered near 25 percent." -- You know.. I'll bet that outside of the Lottery Administration, few people had any idea of how little of the lottery revenue actually gets to the education system, and even less knowledge of how the revenue that does come in has driven the overall costs of college so high that students/families are paying more, percentage wise, than even the expected inflation charts.

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Palestine officials are up in arms about the US moving it's Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem. Palestine says it will be a detriment to negotiating peace in the area.. Good grief...there's never been peace in the area because Palestine doesn't really want peace in the are unless all the Jewish population has been eradicated.

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I feel good about having Trump negotiating for America's future..in the last 28 years, all the negotiating between Republicans and Democrats has been over moral issues, and there's no winning for anybody long term when good morals are chipped away.

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Why is the mainscream media asking questions about policy of various departments when Democrats are holding up the confirmations so the Trump appointees can start running those departments. Shouldn't mainscream media be parked out at Schumer's office asking him why he bogging down the process.

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There is rumor/speculation/fake news that the Mexican Drug lord Obama extradited into America last week may have donated millions .. perhaps $15 million, of dollars to the Clinton Foundations.. true or not.. it does seem plausible.. Obama brings him into America, and President Hellary gives him a "presidential pardon".. Ooops.. this time, El Chapo's Tunnel collapsed before he could leave...

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Online story: "Officials said Monday that the Obama administration-- in its waning hours-- defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking." -- Hmmm.. wonder if it was in cash like the Iraqi ransom payment? Hope it was a check, and Trump stops payment on it.

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The River Road/Bradley Park roundabout will probably take even longer than the Whittlesey Road widening between Whitesville and Veterans. I say this because "the plan" is to not start work until 9:00 AM. and to be finished/cleaned up-for-the-day by 4:00 to avoid messing up "rush hour". When you add up the hour for lunch, and the 60+ combined minutes it'll take each day to get equipment into position then put it back out of the way, the available daily work time will amount to only 5 hours per day.

 

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L-E editorial headline/content: "EDITORIAL * Nunn’s politics of pragmatism * BY DUSTY NIX * “We have a lot less checks and balances in the foreign policy and security arena than we do on the domestic side,” Nunn told the AJC, " --  You know.. without a strong domestic growth plan, it won't matter about America's foreign plans.. Neither Nunn nor Nix has a clue about this. Trump will return America to a strong domestic growth plan.. and that, more or less, dictates the perception of power the world sees America.

 

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L-E headline: "Senate Democrats propose $1 trillion infrastructure plan" -- Good grief.. sorta like a typical Democrat "wag the dog" campaign promise.. it ain't the Democrats in power.. This reminds me of a situation back in the 70's when there had been a tsunami in South east Asia.. America piped up that it was sending 6 tanker ships of rice to help.. Russia, taking advantage of the time it would take to get those tanker ships there, sent a smaller ship with rice in ahead of the American ships, and told the people that "more was coming soon". Southeast Asia then assumed the rice from America was from the Riussians. Nice try. DemocRATS.
 

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L-E headline: "PHENIX CITY * $4M Central High expansion opens * School district leaders, faculty and students gathered Jan. 17 on the artificial turf at the 34,000-square-foot building off Dobbs Drive for a ribbon-cutting ceremony." -- Hmmm.. $4 Million for a 34,000 sq ft athletic practice/wrestling/weight room with two class rooms as well.. that's about $117.00 a square ft. On the other hand, MCSD has projects they padded the SPLOST with for similar constructed metal buildings for $312.00 a square ft. Glad Phenix City built theirs as if the MCSD gave a contractor the contract, it would have cost us Columbus taxpayers over $10,600,000.00 .

Online story: "On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that put a freeze on federal hiring, except for national security employees, specifically those working with the "military, public safety, and public health. * Although the previous administration accelerated hiring in an attempt to get employees settled in before Trump's administration began, some employees who were hired but have not yet started work may be affected by the freeze as well." -- Good grief.. why would any in coming president want to accept hirees made by the outgoing administration during its final "lame duck" days?

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Online headline: "Kellyanne Conway 'didn't see the point' of the Women's March" -- "didn't see the point"?  Well, has anyone ever seen "the point" of any liberal "point"?

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Online story: "An Indiana state senator is drawing heat after apparently sharing a derogatory Facebook post about this weekend's Women's March. * Indiana Sen. Jack E. Sandlin shared a post that said, "In one day, Trump got more fat women out walking than Michelle Obama did in eight years." -- Senator Sandlin may or may not be able to weather the assault he'll get from mainscream media, but see what we've missed because of "political correctness". "Political Correctness" has created an atmosphere that we cannot laugh at ourselves as well as others. It is a funny .. pretty true (though "insensitive" for liberals) analogy.. and it probably will inspire a lot of people, women AND men, to get back out on a walking regimen which will be beneficial for our/their health.

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From the "is there nothing that pleases liberals" department - Online headline: "Anti-Trump protesters eyeing Tax Day march" -- Good grief.. Trump just pledged to lower their taxes, and stop IRS's punitive OObamaCRAP tax, and liberals.. (you know.. those people who want to spend other people's money..only) are going to march against this, too?

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You know.. if liberals went to work on the days they plan marches, they'd earn enough to be content and not want to march.

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HuffPOOPOO  headline: "'SNL' writer gets brutal punishment for Barron tweet" -- .. An indefinite suspension is "brutal".. Good grief.. all this means is SNL hasn't thought of a skit to highlight bashing Trump's 9 year old child in a way it feels it can get away with it. In my book, "brutal" would have been not only to have a clip of Donald saying "You're Fired", but also to ban her from returning to the show.. Of course, neither of my thoughts will happen.

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Now we hear that Hellary supporters were harassing and spitting on Gold Star family members as they tried to enter the Armed Forces hosted Inaugural Ball. What hypocrites! These are Hellary's personal "deplorables" basket.

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I heard a Fox News anchor say that President Trump has gotten off to a rough start with the media. Huh? Mainscream media has been.on Trump on every issue .. real and the ones mainscream media has manufactured since Trump first announced his candidacy.

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Why do Sen. Schumer and Queen Pelosi think they are in control of Trump..Trump won without either Schumer's state of NY, nor Pelosi's state of California. My advice to not only those two, but to every other Democrat fortunate enough to still be in Washington, is to remember who the American public supports.

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You know...without California and New York which account for 84 Electoral Votes, Hellary only got 148 other states Electoral College votes, and if Schumer and Pelosi don't cooperate better with Trump, Democrats may have trouble getting back in the White House again.

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What a difference...Bernard Spicer vs any of the 3 Obama picks as Press Officer. After 8 years of listening to people twist words and thoughts trying to cover Obama's butt, hearing Spicer answer press questions with facts is wonderful.

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Trump had great day...especially with working Americans...the Unions are not eager to go back to being Democrat lap dogs.

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I heard more hatred, trash, and phobia coming out of Madonna's mouth that was worse than anything that she was trying to paint Trump with.

 

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L-E story: "“The economic forecast for Columbus calls for job growth to accelerate,” said (Billy) Blanchard, recently retired president of Columbus Bank and Trust and now a partner in Jordan-Blanchard Capital. “The economy will do significantly better in 2017 than it did in 2016 and tremendously better than it did in 2015." -- Hmmm.. I guess now that Tom-LYING-son is in her "lame duck" period, facts become evident as to who's fault the local economy has been...Now that Trump has been elected, and Columbus sees the end of the Tom-LYING-son fiasco, local businesses are excited about the future.

 

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L-E headline/story: "Volunteers to count Columbus-PC homeless population this week * The survey of shelters, camps and programs that assist the homeless was conducted Jan. 24-25 in 2016. * There were 303 homeless residents — 217 who slept in shelters and another 86 who slept outside. The numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. * In January 2015, there were 371 homeless people reported to HUD. Those records show that 206 slept in shelters and 165 slept outside.

 -- Just curious, but wouldn't records kept by the Homeless Resources Network, Valley Rescue, Salvation Army, Damascus Way, Open Door, HUD, and SafeHouse Ministries et al be a good/better source to cross reference and get a pretty accurate number versus a one-shot canvassing?

 

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "If there’s one thing people learned from Republicans the past eight years, it’s how to disrespect the office of the President. Now it’s time to turn this illegitimate clown’s orange hair white." -- Good grief.. it took only two years before the nation kicked most Democrats out of Congress.. if there has been any "disrespect", it was by Obama who would not work with the Republican majority Congress for his last 6 years that America elected to speak for us.

 

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L-E story: "The Georgia Supreme Court has corrected the sentencing but upheld the latest of Jerome Upshaw’s two Columbus murder convictions, this one the Dec. 7, 1996, death of Joanne Walton, whom he shot in the head and left to die alongside South Lump-kin Road. *  Upshaw already was serving a life sentence for another murder (2007 - Anthony King)  when cold-case investigators charged him with Walton’s homicide." --  Good grief.. why did the GA Supreme Court even hear this.. what difference did make other than  wasting the court's time, and wasting tax dollars while some lawyers got a few extra "paydays". Judge McBride should have also sentenced Upshaw for "existing".

 

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L-E headline: "Judge asks GBI to investigate Muscogee County School District" -- While it wasn't for the reason I hoped the MCSB should be investigated, it shows an awful lot of civil cases involving MCSD employees/contract workers.. What we taxpayers need to worry about is the liability coverage provider, GSBA (Georgia School Boards Association) dropping the MCSD for excessive claims.

 

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From the "if you're not for us, then you're agin us" department - L-E headline/story: "Trump may find it hard to make American economy greater * to come anywhere near his goals, economists say Trump would have to surmount at least a handful of major hurdles that have long defied solutions." -- You know.. it's only the liberals who aren't excited at the positive spin Trump and working America envisions.. I can only guess that the reason libs are "doom and gloom" is that if previous Democrat voters actually get "hope" and it comes true, they will abandon the libs/Democrats altogether.

From the "liberals' "fish story"  school of irrelevant  facts" department - HuffPOOPOO story: "Women took to the streets in unexpectedly large numbers in major U.S. cities on Saturday in mass protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early indication of the strong opposition the newly inaugurated Republican may face in office. * The Women's March on Washington appeared to be larger than the crowds that turned a day earlier to witness Trump's swearing-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. No official estimates of the crowd size were available, but the demonstrators appeared to easily exceed the 200,000 organizers had expected." -- "appeared to be larger"? .. "appeared to easily exceed"? "no official estimate..were available"? Good grief.. the only REAL facts are that 1- Trump won, 2- America's excited again, and 3 - 150+ MILLION US women DID NOT protest Trump!

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Online story: "On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton hoped that her supporters would be proud to say I'm With Her. * Now, with women across the country (and the world) marching to protest her former opponent, now-President Donald Trump, she's saying she's with them." -- Good grief.. "Hellary said "she's with them".. yeah right.. from the comfort of her home..  Ironically, the story also mentioned this "tidbit" -- "Clinton's support of the March comes in the wake of some pre-protest drama. The event's organizers stirred up controversy when they LEFT HER NAME OFF A LIST OF 27 WOMEN whose advocacy for women's rights "paved the way for us to march."  - heh heh heh..

The list:
#WHYWEMARCH
We are empowered by the legions of revolutionary leaders who paved the way for us to march, and acknowledge those around the globe who fight for our freedoms. We honor these women and so many more. They are #WHYWEMARCH.
Bella Abzug • Corazon Aquino • Ella Baker • Grace Lee Boggs Berta Cáceres • Rachel Carson • Shirley Chisholm • Angela Davis Miss Major Griffin Gracy • LaDonna Harris • Dorothy I. Height
bell hooks • Judith Heumann • Dolores Huerta • Marsha P. Johnson Barbara Jordan • Yuri Kochiyama • Winona LaDuke Audre Lorde • Wilma Mankiller • Diane Nash • Sylvia Rivera
Barbara Smith • Gloria Steinem • Hannah G. Solomon Harriet Tubman • Edith Windsor • Malala Yousafzai


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From the "fake news rebuked" department - Online headline/story; 'Trump's press secretary slams media over Inauguration coverage * Spicer also took issue with a report on Friday that Trump had a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. removed from the Oval Office. Several reporters tweeted it out, based on a pool report. But the pool reporter, Zeke Miller, initially didn't see the bust as he was in the Oval Office on Friday, and later sent out a correction." -- And this is what America can expect.. Obama is out, Hellary was rejected, , but mainscream will continue to carry the liberal's plan to destroy America.. it's time to "vote mainscream media out of power".. boycott ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN.. not just there news stories, but their commercial fares as well. If you have "must see" sitcoms.. add HuluPlus to your smart TVs.. you can watch most of ABC's, NBC's, and CBS's shows the next day.. and commercial FREE!

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Online headline/story: "Trump's inaugural ball cake looked suspiciously like Obama's from 2013 * Turns out, the resemblance wasn't a coincidence. According to Tiffany MacIsaac of Buttercream Bakeshop, the order she received from Trump's team requested an exact replica of Goldman's 2013 creation." -- And, ironically symbolic.. the exact replica of Obama's cake was then sliced up by Trump and Pence to demonstrate how the two would start slicing up EVERY Obama order, Executive Order or not, and from DAY 1! And you have to wonder if the "sword" Trump and Pence used was the one Obama used to "draw a red line in the sand"....

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Donald Trump just deleted a tweet and now that he's president, that might not be legal" -- Good grief.. NOW the maonscream media is concerned about a government official deleting  electronic transmissions! Hey, Trump.. really P-off mainsceam media... issue your first presidential pardon.. yourself!

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Online headline: "Pope: I'll judge Trump after we see what he does" -- Poop Francis will "judge" Trump.. Seems to me, Poop Francis has elevated himself beyond his pay grade.. give us a sign, God!

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You know, with a the concern about security and hacking leaks when Obama's appointee was leading the CIA, you'd think the Democrats would be anxious to get Clapper out and Pompeo in.

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Wanna bet Democrats and mainscream media will be dumping on Trump for countering Obama's "Executive Orders" to silently keep OObamaCRAP afloat using tax dollars Congress has never..nor likely would, approved?

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Between the looters, protesters, anarchists, and Women marchers I saw, I think we have discovered the "basket of deplorables" that Hellary was really talking about.

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I guess the reason the Obama's flew to California was to get into a sanctuary city safer than Washington, DC or Chicago.

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L-E headline/story: "City leaders turn attention to blighted Winterfield area * In 2014, it seemed the Winterfield neighborhood was being abandoned by city leaders." -- Wait a minute.. aren't  neighborhood improvements the responsibility of the PROPERTY OWNERS! What the City can do is enforce (or add new) standards of living conditions that rental properties must be maintained. What the L-E can do is show pictures of substandard properties and PUBLISH the owners/slumlords names!

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From L-E story: The picture of the sign, "We will fight to protect reproductive rights our mothers won -
  #1supportplannedparenthood"  just illustrates the stupidity// idiocy of the sign holder.. If her mother had chosen an abortion, this woman would not be in the crowd holding up her sign! --

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Uber-LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The Larsen ice shelf, Antarctica, is about to crack off an iceberg the size of Rhode Island. The Antarctic is melting, and morons continue to pay no attention. Rush Limbaugh is your scientist." -- As Reagan would say, "“It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.”

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L-E headline: "WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON * One area marcher says ‘The pendulum is ready to swing back’" -- Well.. something true by a liberal.. this is so rare, we better mark that down to remember.. Yes, the pendulum is ready to swing back.. swing back to normalcy as America rejects the last 24 years of uber-liberalism.. America is going to be GREAT again!

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From Columbus Council Agenda:
"TRAIL SYSTEM NAME AND BRAND DESIGNATION: Approval is requested to adopt the name and brand for the trail system as Dragonfly Trails, Columbus Ga. The Friends of the Riverlink represented by the Community Foundation Inc. made a presentation to council on Jan. 10, 2017 to submit a proposal to name and brand the trail system in Columbus, Ga. A Facebook contest was issued to seek names that would indelibly brand the trail system. The submissions were evaluated by the Friends of Riverlink and the finalize was presented to council. The Dragonfly Trails was selected based on the following:

All of the trails will connect to or lead to the Chattahoochee River; Dragonflies are indicator species for clean water; Dragonflies flourish where clean water is available; Dragonfly has the level of memorability that is needed to attach local residents and visitors far and wide to our Dragonfly Trails; The existing segments of the trail system will maintain their existing names of Riverwalk, Fall Line Trace, and Follow Me Trail and will be a part of the Dragonfly Trails." -- Hmmm...one thing the libs left off about dragonflies is that they congregate where there is an ample supply of MOSQUITOES since mosquitoes are the main diet staple of dragonflies!

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From Columbus Council Agenda:
PROPERTY ACQUISITION - 1490 CUSSETA ROAD: Approval is requested to acquire 1490 Cusseta Road in the amount of $140,000, plus closing costs," -- Here we go again.. paying $140K for property assessed at $86K... You know, Mayor Tom-LYING-son's assault on homeowners was triggered by her drive that all taxes be assessed on Fair Market Value, yet case after case of City purchases of property disclose Tom-LYING-son has NOT kept the Tax Assessments of non-exempt properties up-to-date.. low revenue receipts are HER fault!

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From Council Agenda:
DECLARATION OF SURPLUS AND DONATION OF RADIOS - It is requested that council declare eight MaxTrac 300 radios, Model No. D33MJA7DA5CK, and five Motorola radios, Model No. D33LRA7PA5BK as surplus, in accordance with section 7-501 of the charter of Columbus Consolidated Government; and authorize the donation of the surplus equipment to the Fort Perry Volunteer Fire Department." -- Wait a minute.. our Police force is not up to par with the number of officers we need, so how can there be any "surplus" to give away?

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L-E story: "The Muscogee County School Board received mixed news about the district’s finances during the board’s annual planning retreat Saturday." -- "MIXED"? Hey, if it's not ALL good.. or at least there's an attainable path to "ALL good", then it's BAD! Anytime the fund balance dips below 60 days, and you are either issuing or plan to issue more bonds, then it is BAD!

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January 23, 2017 - Mark this day on your calendar.. the GA DOT is going to start building the roundabout at the intersection of River Road, Bradley Park Drive, Green Island Drive and Cascade Road. Also, do not forget that this project was scheduled to begin in July of 2014, and that the original costs projected by Council were between $1M-$1.2M, and have been modified since then to nearly $2.7M. Heaven knows how much it will end up costing. Let's pin Council down on a FINISH date!

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Online headline: "FBI Director Comey, who angered Democrats, gets hug from Trump" -- Hmmm... and the Michael Corleone kissed his brother Fredo in the Godfather Part II.... and Trump welcomed Romney post-election, too.

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I hear that SuperBowl 51 will between the Patriots and Falcons. Good luck.. guess I'll read about who won in the newspaper in 2 weeks. Yes, I'm having a perfect season.. after the SB, I'll have a 20 vs 0 season against the NFL

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From the "how to get mainscream media to whimper" department - Online story: "Speaking at an event swearing in new White House staff, Trump thanked Obama for writing what was presumably the customary letter presidents leave their successor in the Oval Office before departing. * "We just went to the Oval Office and found this beautiful letter from President Obama. It was really very nice of him to do that. We will cherish that, we will keep that, and we won't even tell the press what's in that letter," Trump said." -- Unfortunately, unless you watched as I did, you probably won't hear how special Trump made the swearing in ceremony to his staff and their families.

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From the "you really want to see how the public feels about OObamaCRAP" department - Online story: "WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration may no longer enforce a rule requiring individual Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty if they do not, a senior White House official said on Sunday * Speaking on ABC's "This Week" program, Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, said President Donald Trump "may stop enforcing the individual mandate." -- "may" is not the word.. it will be done... and it will be the best thing Trump can do to expose the public's "feeling" about OObamaCRAP... and by doing so, insurance companies will lose that :I know you have to buy it" attitude, and will become more competitive..

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Speaking of property tax myths Mayor Tom-LYING-son spews.. a house across the street from me (parcel 180 001 029) that does not have any Homestead Exemption, is valued at $280K today as it was in 2005 when it was purchased.. the owners moved a few years ago, but haven't sold it yet. Current taxes on the same assessed value are $4,600. Based on the value and taxes, the annual tax rate is 1.65 percent.. While the state of GA is ranked 25th .(96%)in it's property tax position nationally. only 9 states have a higher percentage property tax rate than the hose across the street from me. In fact, if the house across the street were taxed at the GA rate, the owners would save about $2,000.00.

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Random thought: The only way Trump is "unqualifed" to be president is if you compare him to our past president..because Obama wasn't qualified in any capacity. Trump is is a elevation to what mainscream media is unable to digest. Question: How countries can say their president came from the citizenry without any previous political conditioning and also built an International personal business valued at $10 BILLION dollars? Man.. that is the qualification we should hold ALL our future presidents to.. to have a successful business venture in their lives.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "President Obama, I've often disagreed with and complained about your agenda. But you're a far greater person than many give you credit for. Thank you for your service and best wishes for your future." -- "you're a far better person than many give you credit for"? Hmm .. I guess the LIV is talking about the folks that actually voted for him, because I know of no one else that feels this way... and a lot of folks who did vote for him no longer feel this way.

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You know.. I miss the L-E's "Thought for today" feature.. the L-E discontinued it a few weeks ago.. I feel partly to blame, as I often highlighted "quotes" which generally poked fun at liberals. .. and especially at liberal media.

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In a L-E crime report, the L-E reported that he criminal "has been charged with armed robbery, possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime" -- Good grief.. Why are guns being devalued to the level of a knife? Rule one of a street confrontation is "never bring a knife to a gun fight.

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L-E headline: "Some question push for tougher penalties for attacking cops" -- Hmmm the L-E's "point"? In my book, the questioners are either street thugs or Democrats.. probably both..

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Hey.. make sure you make a date-night with your spouse to see "The Resurrection of Gavin Stone".. it's a movie you will leave the theater feeling good about the world... your world, too.

It wasn't a dream Dorothy, Trump won, and the wizard and witch are gone and you're in America again!

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HuffPOOPOO story: "While addressing the boisterous crowd from the stage, Sheriff David Clarke, who is a registered Democrat and has run as a Democrat in each of his elections as Milwaukee County sheriff, said the only way he'd reach across the aisle to work with liberal politicians would be "to grab one of them by the throat." * Following his speech, Clarke was asked by Business Insider why he so viciously slammed Democrats when he runs as one. * Democrats, he said, do "nothing for black people and I'm tired of that." * "I play smash mouth politics," Clarke said. "To this day the left does not know what to do with me. * Clarke was also asked by reporters after his speech if he was offered a job with Trump. * "I have a job and it is as sheriff of Milwaukee County," he replied." -- Well, if I was Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, I'd offer Sheriff Clarke a lifetime job as Crime Czar of  Southside Chicago and give him a permanent "Get Out of Jail FREE" card.

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From the "mainscream media is not going to stop whining" department - HuffPOOPOO headline: "The best anti-Trump protest signs from Inauguration Day" -- Good grief.. history was being made as mainscream media stood in the middle of it, and all it could find were malcontents to talk about.

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You know what is the saddest analysis of the left is.. that after 8 years of Obama, all they saw/remember was Obama was black, and all they could see about Hellary was that she is a woman. None saw either as competent or a visionary.

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Online headline: "About 700 Microsoft employees will be laid off next week, sources say" -- You know.. 700 jobs are 700 hundred families' that have to deal with change.. but most are probably already empty slots.. .. BUT, wht doesn't Gates set up a new company focused on only solving the international hacking problems, and hire these people to do it.. It's not like Gates ever dips into his $84,000,000,000.00 worth of principle.

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Michael Moore unsuccessfully tried to crash the Trump inaugural parade...today he'll march with malcontent females.. This should tell you a lot about his actually manhood..

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Online headline: "Major US issues vanish from White House website" -- Hmmm... looks like mainscream media just woke up and realized the Obamas no longer reside there.

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I was surprised at a moment when General Mattis appeared at Trump's parade review stand.. He had just been confirmed/sworn in as our new Secretary of Defense shortly before this. What caught me off guard is how adaptable Mattis proved himself.. when a military element of the parade appeared, Trump, our Commander-in Chief, snapped out a strong military salute to the troops, and General Mattis, though fuly entitled in my book to do the same, properly placed his right hand over his heart. His new job is one on a civilian. Like I said, I was impressed.. I guess it's because my neighborhood has a number of retired military officers..including two generals, and one of them doesn't understand that when he retired to civilian life, he no longer has the right to "play general" within the neighborhood.

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A Louisiana man who shot a police officer and his ex-girlfriend, killed himself in a standoff. Speaking of men who kill policemen, what did Loretta Lynch do to  get the one in Orlando she boasted so loudly about not resting until justice was served?

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You know.. little was said/thought about yesterday as the Obamas left, but Loretta Lynch is gone as well! Can I get a Hallelujah and an Amen!

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The 50+ Democrats not attending the inauguration must not remember the 2010 elections when the American people turned the Democrat majority out on its jackass. Remember the jack(_*_)s when they run again in 2018.

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For the first time in 8 years , I, and the majority of Americans are proud of our country.

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Biden's departure to Delaware yesterday reminded us of what we're throwing out of Washington. Biden is taking AMTRAK as usual..and his and his wife's  tickets are supplemented by tax dollars.

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One thing for sure, and we all can be thankful for, is that Melania Trump did not wear anything designed by Michelle Obama's designer.

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I may have to moderate my opinion of Congressman Bishop..Not only did he do the "BisKit BoyS" thing by doing the right thing by showing up for the inauguration, and he wore a red hat and tie  that matched Trump's tie.

Speaking of the "BisKit BoyS", one member was participating in the swearing in ceremony.. Justice Clarence Thomas were awarded our "BisKit BoyS Inspirational Attitude Award" and given a lifetime membership, and if George H. W. Bush had been able to be there, the "BisKit BoyS" would have had TWO members involved.

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Loved Trump's speech confirming his campaign promises. I especially liked the camera cut to Obama as he sat there without any opportunity to respond. Sorta reminded me of the 2011 White House Correspondence Dinner when Obama belittled Trump unmercifully.

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My bride and I shared the transition holding hands and participating in the ceremonies as if we were there. We, America, are blessed. I felt sorry for Obama and Hellary having to sit there listening to Trump reinforce his commitment to Making America Great Again.. Hellary, because she officially became irrelevant for the remainder of her life, and Obama, because he had to sit there see his legacy flash by him into the sewer.

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We know Obama's presidential legacy is gone, but one bit of it will be recorded so that neither mainscream media nor liberal historians can ever erase it.. Obama was the reason Trump ran and won. Following the ceremony, Britt Hume nailed Obama's legacy...Obama's legacy in reality is...Donald Trump.

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Wait a minute..Did I see Obama getting on a taxpayer paid jet to leave Andrews AFB? It was my understanding the Obamas would be helicoptered to Andrews where they would get on a private jet to leave town.. Send them the bill!

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You know, there was a lot of mainscream media attention to Barron Trump's presence/lack of presence and his playing with his 9-month-old nephew.. but did you see any mention of wher Obama's children were? Even when the Obama's left by helicopter.. no children. and when they boarded the taxpayer paid jet, no children.. Of course they may have already been "secured" on board, but why wasn't mainscream media even interested?

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Betcha Obama was cussing Hellary under his breath yesterday. With all her supporters "protesting" by staying home to "ruin Trump's ratings" and by 50+ Democrats boycotting the inauguration When Obama was introduced, no body was there to clap.

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Those protesters in Washington..simply leftist ...and mainscream media tried to label them anti-Trump protesters, but what they were was anti-cop anarchists. Fires, looting, rock assaults on the men/women in blue. These are the real Hellary supporters.

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Hellary's protesters must have been recruited by her campaign team..not very many showed up in Washington or the polling places.

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With the parade of national religious leaders offering prayers and words of encouragement, Trump left no doubt that America is a Judeo-Christian nation, and that God is welcomed and will be present in the Oval Office! Wanna bet God will be back in our classrooms, too?

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From the "liberals' "basket of good intentions" department - L-E headline/story: "New orchard in Bibb City will provide free fruit * What was once home to trash, broken-down vehicles and feral animals and a place for cars to turn around on a dead end street, is now a fruit garden. * The Anthony Street Orchard features two pear trees, a persimmon tree and fig tree, all of which should be producing fruit within a year. * There are eight blackberry bushes. * It is something from which the entire Bibb City community will benefit. * “There will be just three rules,” Brad Barnes said. * Those rules: only take the fruit you need; do not sell anything you take; leave something for the next person. * Though it is on Anthony Street, it can be seen from Second Avenue." -- Good grief.. unless the fences are electrically wired. and there will be 24/7 armed security, the orchard will be stripped by the homeless that have dual pathways (the River Walk and 2nd Ave) for access.

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L-E headline/story: "Two stores preparing to close at Peachtree Mall in Columbus" -- Hmmm.. wonder if At Home is rethinking its decision to continue building based on the concessions the city gave it not to stop construction?

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HuffPOOPOO "headLIE: "Anti-Trump protests turn violent, 2 cops hospitalized, more than 200 arrested" -- "Anti-Trump"? Wrong... anti-AMERICAN, and America knows these were Hellary/Democrat supporters, and it will cost Democrats heavily in 2018.. Yes, Trump supporters, especially those who have been emblazoned with knowledge that they "aren't deplorable, they aren't irredeemable, and they weren't wrong to feel/think America deserves better than Obama/Hellary" are going to be joined by more and more Americans over the next 2 years who KNOW that Democratic candidates' entitlement campaign promises are not going to be kept.

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Online story: "A classroom conversation about President Donald Trump’s inauguration took a very ugly turn when a California high school teacher drew a caricature of the president as Adolf Hitler." -- Hmmm.. you know, last week, a school employ trying to make a teachable moment from a student's text which spelled "tomorrow" as "tamarrow" was promptly fired. Wanna bet what will happen .. well, even more likely, what WON'T happen to the California teacher?

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Online headline: "Immediately following President Donald Trump's inaugural address, MSNBC and ABC pundits and hosts slammed the newly-sworn in president's speech for it's "militant" and "dark" anti-Semitic overtones." -- Did anyone hear that Rabbi ij the ceremony objecting to Trump?

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Soapbox moment: Has there been a new, unannounced hire at the L-E? I ask because the front page was totally dedicated to Trump, and not one word about Obama. Hellary, of the anti-America protesters looting stores, burning cars/flags or throwing stones at the police.

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L-E headline: "Springsteen gives farewell concert for Obama staffers" -- Hmm.. little does Springsteen realize but it was also a farewell concert to all the babyboomers who made him was he became...

 

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L-E headline/story: "Columbus High students send diary * 2:24 p.m. — Jessica: “The best part of the day was definitely seeing Marine One as we were leaving the mall. That was really cool to see that and know Obama was in there for the last time. " -- Though there were two students "reporting" their movements, it wasn't until her last text that I agreed on anything "Jessica" expressed.. I totally agreed with her assessment that it was " really cool to see that and know Obama was in there for the last time".

 

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16 minutes.. Trump's speech of assurance was captured in 16 minutes.. can you imagine Hellary limiting herself to 16 minutes if she had won?

 

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L-E headline: "Steelers hoping pressure blueprint can slow down Brady" -- Good grief.. didn't the Pittsburgh coaches learn anything during the last election? Even the Pennsylvania voters who are devout Steeler fans understood Trump's message of not telling your opponent what you have in store for them..  

From the "the sky is falling" department --HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "Report says Trump might cut arts agencies *  As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take the oath of office, his transition team has reportedly been considering massive budget cuts to significantly reduce federal spending. * According to a report published by The Hill on Thursday, the goal is to slash federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade. * It reports many departments, including Energy and Justice, would face cuts. But two agencies reportedly on the chopping block got quite a bit of attention. * Those agencies are the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. They fund arts and humanities programs across the country, including at museums and educational institutions" -- Good grief.. the LEFT just doesn't get it.. really, it's more like the LEFT just doesn't WANT to get it. Trump campaigned and won on making our government more prudent with wasting/spending tax dollars, and that means every area of spending will get scrutiny.. Of course, the only area that alarms the LEFT is cuts to the Arts and Humanities. THis current fiscal year, almost $296,000,000.0 TAX dollars were distributed to such. That's about what Columbus, GA's annual budget is.. but why should taxpayers be funding such "free expressions" (including some pretty vile and disgusting projects that most Americans do not consider "valuable")? You know, surely the Hollywood A-List alone could fund the Arts and Humanities projects themselves, but they'd rather have government spend "other people's money", so the A-Listers can spend their own how they see fit.

Now, Trump has shown how serious he is at watching how tax dollars are spent.. He just returned $1,400,000.00 .. that's 20%, of the tax dollars he was given to make the transition into power.  Hey Libs,, get use to it!

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Online headline: "President Obama pens farewell letter to Americans: 'You made me a better man'" -- Hmmm.. "a better man"? Well, that was the easy part.. too bad Americans couldn't have made him a more humble man.

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Made an error yesterday.. though not earth-shattering, I do want to correct it.. I reported Justice Thomas was doing so, but the ceremony will be carried out by Chief Justice Roberts using Lincoln's and the Trump's Bibles. Justice Thomas will be swearing in VP Pence using Reagan's Bible. May all my mistakes in the future be so easy to digest. As I write.. just 6 hours remain before America gets back on track!

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Clinton supporters plan to boycott Trump's inauguration to ruin his ratings" -- What egos!  What ignorance, too! Does the LEFT really feel America is going to care? Does the LEFT really feel any of the Clintons "matter" anymore? Besides, the ratings will be up as Trump supporters complete the journey.. the mission we committed to last year!

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From the "Reagan's "well, there he goes again" department... HuffPOOPOO headline: "Obama commutes prison sentences for 330 before leaving office" -- Hmmm and that brings the total up to at least 1,715 that we know about.. I guess Obama wants to create a crowd of people he can hide amidst as he slinks out of the White House today.

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Justice Department: Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' extradited to US" -- Hmm.. looks like Obama is definitely involved with the Mexican government as another despicable illegal alien is aided across our border. Why didn't Mexico just execute him, and all this would over.

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HuffPOOPOO "headLIE": "Obama leaves Trump in muddled Taliban situation" -- WRONG.. Obama left America in a muddled Taliban situation.. fortunately, Trump will take care of it!

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Online headline/story: "'Deploraball' guests met by protesters in chaotic scene * Trump supporters arriving for the “Deploraball” inauguration celebration in Washington on Thursday night were greeted by screaming profanities and threats as they entered the National Press Club Building." -- Hmmm... maybe Hellary was right.. but she credited the "basket of deplorables" to the wrong person.. the "deplorables" were her supporters on the outside last night.

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Online headline: "COMMUTATION COSTS Manning could reportedly lose transgender benefits" -- "could lose transgender benefits"? You dang right.. and "she-it" should be sued for reimbursement for all tax dollars spent on "she-it".

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VP-elect Mike Pence must have embarrassed all the liberal/Democrat protesters when he effusively thanked Obama and Biden for their cooperation during the transition.

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Pence totally undermined the political environment of the past. He announced that the Trump-Pence was returning 20% of the funds provided by law to the presidential transition..Just shows what business leadership and efficiency will do compared to general politicians handling OUR money.

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My dad did not get to take the "Honor Flight" to Washington..He really wanted to do so, but more important family events took precedence when flight dates were announced. A few years ago, his ( mine, too) good friend Billy Morgan got to go. His son, his travel companion, Don, called me to share the good news. I asked if his dad could carry my dad's WWII dog tags with him. He did..I felt like dad would be there with Billy. Today, friends of mine are in Washington to be there when Trump takes his oath of office.. They are wearing hats of mine ..my "warrior" cap, "Trump - Make America Great Again", and my "victory" cap, the red "USA/45/Trump". I will feel like I am there, too.

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From the "why is it" department..did you notice how private sector working people respect Trump, and non-working, and public sector people swarmed to Hellary?

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The Senate confirmation hearings are really discouraging..especially the Democrats...I watch (for as long as I can stand it) waiting for any of the Senators ask a question that's pertinent to the future of America versus asking questions that are only focused on embarrassing the interviewee or Trump, or making statements just to make themselves seem like good guys.

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Unbelievable! Congressional Democrats think they owe it to America to hit Trump between the eyes with a 2-by-4. Hurry 2018! Let's send the Democr(_*_)ts packing!

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Oh! Happy birthday Kellyanne Conway ! Turning 50 today is a truly a milestone event!

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Democrats love political correctness..they use it to avoid having to discuss/defend their opinions.

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L-E headline: "MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD * Board, state group defend lack of vote on law firm choice" -- A paraphrase of a Shakespearean classic seems appropriate,  "Something is rotten in the state of Confusion.

 

You know, I really would also like for an explanation of how it was decided that only a up/down vote was taken on Pat Hugley Green for MCSB chair when there was a second nomination on the floor. In a private corporation, the president does present a "slate" of officers, but open nominations are taken. If none are proffered, then the "slate" is voted on, but should one or more nominations be made and seconded, all such nominations are on the ballot. Shakespeare's paraphrased quote is appropriate here as well. 

 

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You know.. history does repeat itself in unusual ways.. there could easily be a "reality show" made here in Columbus ... a good working title suggestion would be "The Good, the Bad, and the Hugleys"  cast, in order would be Josh McKoon, Mayor Tom-LYING-son, and of course, "the  Hugleys".

 

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L-E headline: "PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION * Black Americans sad to see end of the Obama era" -- Good grief.. the L-E and mainscream media thinks all blacks think/feel alike..what a racist concept.. Of course, ask again in 4 years, and a lot will say, "Obama who?"

 

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L-E headline/story: "WHITE HOUSE * Will Trump’s phone come with him? * But as Trump prepares to take the oath of office Friday, the future of his ever-present Android smartphone is now a matter of national security." -- Yes.. Trump uses an Android smartphone.. no wonder the libs detest him!

 

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Good grief! Obama is now slamming the Republican Congress for not closing Gitmo... Excuse me, wasn't that Obama's promise? Dd anyone hear any Republicans promise the same? And,, Obama didn't even clear out the jihadist population yesterday.. what was his plan.. to blame Republicans

 

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With the way liberals have handled the end of the Obama's and Clintons, America is grateful they can no longer destroy more of America behind closed doors.

 

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From the "original beginning/end of political correctness" department: