From the "America's BACK, babeeeeeeeeeee" department - Online story: "The United States and its allies waged more than 100 strikes on Syria on Friday in a "one time shot" that the Pentagon said followed conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack using at least chlorine gas." -- The "United States and its allies"? Typical leftist mainscream media bias... it was the "United States and OUR ALLIES" in a "reunion" after an 8-year hiatus under Obama.

 

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Online story: "CANCUN, Mexico (WPIX) – Violence rocked Mexico's most popular tourist town, leaving 14 dead and five more injured in a 36-hour span, Noticaribe reports. * The deaths and injuries were the results of six separate incidents between the morning of April 4 and the evening of April 5. * The killings are thought to be linked to organized crime." -- Hmmm... guess we can start calling Cancun, "L'll Shicago"...

 

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Here's another list..only this is a list that makes Trump's promise even more valid than before.. It's a list of the "15 countries with the worst crime in the world".. Guess what.. the US DID NOT make this list... but the worst 7.. in order.. are 7-Colombia, 6 - Jamaica, 5 - Guatemala, 4 - MEXICO, 3 - Venezuela, 2 - Honduras, and 1 - El Salvador. Now, if you have DIMocrats representing you in Washington, ask them WHY they AREN'T on-board in supporting "the WALL".

 

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You know... as desperate as DIMocrats are for finding straws of hope to grasp onto leading into the November elections, why do they "feel" Paul Ryan's retirement is something that will help them? I guess, when you're desperate and hungry and hallucinating, like Biden, poop looks attractive, too.

 

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Online headline: "Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that firing Comey will go down as one of Trump's greatest achievements" -- I DISAGREE... Vehemently! It was brave.. it was necessary, decisive, and needed... but in reality, compared to what Trump is doing for America's "economic engine", firing Comey will be remembered, basically, about as memorable as "popping a pimple on an elephants arse".

 

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Online headline/story: "DOJ inspector general report cites FBI's McCabe for misconduct * The U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general disclosed a report on Friday that concluded that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had repeatedly misled investigators about his role in giving information to a reporter. * The report, authored by inspector general Michael Horowitz, says McCabe "lacked candor" in conversations with then FBI Director James Comey and other officials about his role in providing information to a Wall Street Journal reporter about a probe into Hillary Clinton." -- "lacked candor"? Talk about tiptoeing around a fact.. the fact is the McCabe lied.. Thank goodness Trump did fire McCabe, but the real crime is why didn't Obama do so when he was still in office...of course, we KNOW why he didn't..

 

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You know.. there's one truth that overrides any investigation into the influence Russia could have had in the 2016 election...The truth... the pure and simple truth is that no one who voted for Trump would have voted for Hellary under any condition, and no one who voted for Hellary would have voted for Trump under any condition.. case closed...

There's also one other undeniable "truth" .... none of the last quarter, 2016 polls showing Hellary winning were "the truth"... just manipulated data...

 

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Scooter Libby was pardoned by Trump on Friday... you know, Bush43 had already commuted his sentence so Libby was technically "free" already.. well "free" except for the stigma James Comey "slimed" him with.. Trump did the right thing.. Libby was already cleared of accusations that he was the one who released Valerie Plame's name as a CIA operative, but Comey just stayed after Libby for some other reason. .. lying to the FBI.. Let me tell you, if lying TO the FBI is a crime, then lying FROM the FBI should incur the death sentence!

 

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From the "truth will set you free.... but not in this case" department - Online headline: "Cynthia Nixon blasts Cuomo as 'corporate Democrat' -- Good grief.. ALL DIMocrats ate CORPORATE! Of course.. this doesn't matter to DIMocrat voters because they do not care where the money comes from...

You know, I'm almost tempted to send money to Cynthia Nixon's campaign... but I'd be more afraid of her winning.. I remember sending money to Hank Johnson when he ran against Cynthia McKinney... now we have a GA Representative who's more embarrassing to our state than McKinney could ever achieve.. good grief.. Johnson thinks islands can tip over!

 

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From the "this is why we elected Trump" department - Online story: "- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the creation of a task force to study the U.S. Postal Service and its financial difficulties, after recently claiming without evidence that deliveries for Amazon.com Inc were costing the service money. * "The USPS is on an unsustainable financial path and must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout," said the order, signed by Trump. It said the Postal Service had lost $65 billion since the 2007-2009 recession. * Details of Amazon's payments to USPS are not publicly known. Wall Street analysts have estimated it pays USPS roughly half what it would to United Parcel Service Inc or FedEx Corp to deliver a package." -- You know..if I had Amazon stock, I'd start unloading this.. if Amazon's shipping costs "double", buying through Amazon will not be attractive anymore.. but regardless.. the USPS needs to be on a revenue-neutral course at a minimum, and it should be "consumer cost competitive" with the private sector ..because the private sector doesn't have tax-exempt status.

 

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I has a great face-to-face conversation with one of our mayoral candidates on Friday.. one of the things that I like about this candidate is that the candidate thinks a forensic audit would be good for our community morale.. Current politicians have balked at having one performed because of feared costs of doing so. Well, as I see it, what's more costly to the community... paying for a forensic audit.. or having the community skeptical of the spending practices of the City government?

 

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From the "all wrapped up in a nutshell" department - Online story: "A billionaire activist is coming to Atlanta next week with a provocative and unambiguous message: President Donald Trump is unfit for the nation’s highest office and should be impeached. * Former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, one of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors, is planning to headline a town hall-style event in downtown Atlanta on Monday, the latest stop in a 30-city nationwide tour aimed at building grassroots support for booting Trump." -- "billionaire activist".... "Donald Trump is unfit"..."one of Democratic Party's BIGGEST donors"? There you have it.. this DIMocrat donor doesn't like Trump because he's cutting into hedgefund manager's economic strategy of betting AGAINST America becoming GREAT Again.

 

https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/liberal-megadonor-coming-atlanta-with-impeach-trump-message/1j8VhMbZCj4LlQVUrQetYI/

 

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From the "happy days are here again" department - Online story: "District 13 U.S. Rep. David Scott, D-Atlanta, will host his 15th Annual Jobs Fair on Friday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park. * Georgia’s top employers will be recruiting job seekers to fill 5,988 openings and include: Aflac, Chime Solutions, Clayton County, DeKalb County Police, Fayette County Fire Department, FBI, FEMA, FedEx, Gate Gourmet, Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Power, Gordon Food Service, Lowe’s, Mack, II, MARTA, Medline Industries, RaceTrac, Regions Bank, Six Flags Over Georgia and more." -- Well, I guess the story I reported last week about GA having 11 of the 100 counties nationwide in economic growth is very true.. of course, none of the 11 are anywhere near Columbus/Muscogee County, GA..Of course, over 60% of Columbus voters voted for Hellary... what can we expect...if Columbus voters want Columbus to be a bigger. better, and growing community.. the DIMocrat base has got to stop voting by party.

 

http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/west_georgia/news/douglas-congressman-s-th-annual-jobs-fair-seeking-to-fill/article_f93b41b8-3dd1-11e8-80a6-bb8b0224adc0.html

 

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L-E headline: "Jury reaches confusing verdict in Wilson Homes murder trial" -- "confusing verdict"? No, simple another "jury fail"! These are killing the growth and safety of our community.

 

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From the "fair is fair" department - The following excerpt, with my response.. is circulating on Facebook..

 

"It is listed at the muscogee County Tax office that Mr (Zeph) Baker Just last September paid over $25,000 on his property taxes on the three pieces property years
2012-2017 " ---

The fact is that EVERYBODY's tax payments paid under the old software is listed as being paid on 9-05-2017... if you look out to the right, you will see the ACTUAL dates taxes were paid.......

 

Hopefully the gossip-mongers will apologize, correct their errors, and remove the false information..

 

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From the "more questions need to be asked" department - Online headline/story: "Michigan teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions * B****** W*****, 14, woke up late Thursday morning and missed his bus to Rochester High School. The teen, without a phone after his mother took it away, decided to knock on a person’s door in Rochester Hills for help * "I got to the house, and I knocked on the lady's door. Then she started yelling at me and she was like, 'Why are you trying to break into my house?' I was trying to explain to her that I was trying to get directions to Rochester High. And she kept yelling at me. Then the guy came downstairs, and he grabbed the gun, I saw it and started to run. And that's when I heard the gunshot,"" -- You know.. this is a tragic situation on a couple of counts.. 1st - a civilian homeowner does not NEED to shoot at a fleeing person who has not visibly been seen committing a violent crime, but 2nd, look at the failure of busing... how do students.. and families of students.. get anything out of education when they have no idea of where their local public school is located? I had a situation like this happen to me in 1977 when I substitute taught at Columbus Jr High... I called a mother and asked her to set up a meeting with the principal and her son's teacher regarding the teacher's low expectation of the young man... she said she would try.. but could I tell her how to get to the school...

Writer's note: When busing was selected as THE tool to speed up integration in our school systems, I spoke out why it wouldn't work.. Better yet would have been allowing any/all students to attend the school of their choice (and most would choose a neighborhood school, and the school system be bound to staff each school with an appropriate mix of teachers and support staff that fulfilled the guidelines set forth by court decisions.. I do believe .. then and today.. that students observing educated adults working together for a common cause would be the best step to start. Families NEED neighborhood schools.. Families NEED to BE part of their children's education.. families NEED to know their children's teachers. Busing, nearly 50 years later, is still not doing what its "intent" was...well, unless "the real, the secret intent" was to do what it has done..

 

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It's getting more and more apparent that the one Columbus needs to put in Council Post 10 is Tollie Strode. Tollie Strode is already engaged at getting Columbus's street issues addressed and potholes repaired... his opponents are running for the office.. Strode is running for Columbus.

 

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After years of America... Columbus, too, struggling under the attitude of "political correctness" over function, America is recovering under renewed interest on personal/government accountability. We can bring this to Columbus if we shake the concept of "political correctness", and adopt the attitude that we should focus on "Columbus Correctness" political leadership... we need leaders that focus on developing and respecting our resources, not currying "favor" with segments of us. Ask yourself if a candidate is interested in working for you/Columbus... or simply working on getting your vote.

 

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Online headline: "Apple memo warning employees about leaking gets leaked" -- 'Looks like Tim Cook is just as "leaked" on as he is "pissed off"

 

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Online headline: "GM cuts several hundred jobs at Ohio plant as car sales continue to slide" -- Hmmmm... maybe if Government Motors repaid the American taxpayers he complete debt of "the loan", taxpayers might consider them again as their major car source. Of course, Government Motors is also suffering from paying too much homage to "political correctness", and is learning that it cannot force smaller vehicles on a public that feels the renewed energy of the future as shown by President Trump.

 

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Online headline: "Comey hints at damaging material involving ex-AG Lynch 'still unknown to the American public'" -- Hmmm.. and the big question is why Comey had the files hidden in other files, and didn't expose the criminality of the meeting when it occurred..

 

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Online headline/story: "US to audit grants awarded to California bullet train * It comes as the plan to bring travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours faces growing scrutiny. * A business plan released in March shows the state does not have the roughly $30 billion needed to complete the first phase of the project between the Central Valley and San Francisco. The entire project, meanwhile, is expected to cost $77 billion. State auditors are also conducting a review." -- Hmmm .. the distance between LA and San Francisco is a 5 hour and 28 minute, 382 mile drive and a high speed rail is envisioned to make it a 3-hour trip... yet the "trip" involves 5 intermediate "stops" in-between.. Let's allow 30 minutes for a "stop"..hat adds another 2 and a half hours.. about 5 hours and 30 minutes.. where's the "high speed"? Funny thing is that Mayor Tom-LYING-son's "Folly" .. her high speed rail to Atlanta via Newnan, and the LA-San Fran rails are both scheduled to be completed in 2029/30.. The California system is already pegged at $77 Billion (but that's today's dollars) and final costs won't be close, and the Mayor's "Folly" is pegged at $3.9 Billion, and we know that won't be close.. but still using today's figures of dollars-per-mile, the California System is pegged at about $19 Billion per 100 miles, and Mayor Tom-LYING-son's "Folly" is pegged at about $4 Billion per 100 miles.. Anyone else see a calculating problem? Or just Tom-LYING-son figuring a lot?

 

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I've about had with SC Senator Lindsay Graham.. in the future, Graham will be referred to as Sen g-RINO.

 

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A lawyer in NY set himself afire in Central Park... and died. He left a note: “Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result,” Buckel wrote in his note, which he also sent to the New York Times. * “My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves.” -- You know, this reminds me of a joke I heard at least 40/50 years ago.. a man bursts into his bedroom and finds his wife in the arms of another man.. the husband whips out a gun and puts it to his head... the "still in shock" wife nervously titters.. the husbands glares at her and shouts, "what are you laughing at.. you're next!"

 

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Online headline/story: "New York school superintendent busted for voting twice in 2016 presidential election * Spiro Colaitis, 57, of Manhasset, N.Y., an assistant superintendent for district operations for Malverne School District, located in Long Island, voted in Nassau County on Election Day and sent a mail-in-ballot to Escambia County, Florida, the State Attorney’s office in Pensacola said. * Colaitis lived in Pensacola until 2005 and sold his property in 2010, the office said. However, the man “requested, voted and returned an Escambia County vote-by-mail ballot that was processed on Oct. 25, 2016,” the arrest affidavit stated." -- Once again.. real life reveals the necessity for a National database, by Social Security numbers, of all voters' registration... when 1 vote can make the difference in an election, every voter needs to be scrutinized as to his/her validity.

 

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From the "whatta CROCK!" department - Online headline/story: "Accused Parkland shooter wants to donate six-figure inheritance to victims' families * The Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that defense attorney Melisa McNeill told a judge that Cruz wishes to donate his $800,000 inheritance to an organization of the families' choice. * He would like that money donated to an organization that the victims’ families believe could facilitate healing in our community,” McNeill said. Cruz attended the Wednesday hearing but did not speak" -- Good grief.. the lawyers just want to get rid of his funds so a judge will appoint them rather than the judge say they are limited to the funds of their client ... ..scumbags...

 

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I get tickled seeing snowflakes carrying protest signs saying they "are coming to take our guns away"...especially when I see they aren't carrying guns themselves.

 

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Had a fun moment with my granddaughter yesterday...my bride and I ran into her with her mother at the grocery store, and she wanted to shop with us instead. One of the items we bought was a 5 pound bag of flour. She brought it to the cart I was pushing, and after she gave it to me, I handed it back to her, saying "hold this....you weighed less than this when you were born"...you could see her mind digesting the whole aspect of life's circle as she held the 5 pound bag.....

 

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From the "looking at the man in the mirror" department - HuffPOOPOO headline: "In searing interview, James Comey unleashes against 'morally unfit' Trump" -- Comey... judging any other man on morals... after Comey himself ignored the moral decay of his boss and basically sacrificed the integrity of America's most trusted organization? I mean, America has had so many disappointments in happenings in our White House, our Congress.. and the US Post Office, and Comey has deflated our trust in the F B Lie as no other... We've always "believed" that vampires cannot see their reflections in a mirror.. now it appears that DIMocrats cannot either.. but then again.. there is a close connection between them... both are, basically, "bloodsuckers".

 

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Online headline/story: "Ex-Vice President Joe Biden not ruling out 2020 presidential run * Biden, in an interview aired Sunday on MSNBC’s “Politics Nation,” told host Rev. Al Sharpton he has to decide by the end of the year. * “You’re not telling me no,” Sharpton said to the former Vice President. * “No, no, I’m not,” Biden, 75, replied. “I’ve been honest about this. If the Lord Almighty, Al, came down and said, ‘The nomination is yours now, you have to accept it now,’ I would not.” * “But you say, ‘Lord check with me before the year’s up,’ ” Sharpton said. * “That’s exactly right,” Biden replied." -- So Biden would only listen to the Lord if he agrees with the Lord;s "plan for him"... well, I guess that's why Biden decided that our schools and military were off limits to the Lord... knowing it's Biden doing the talking.. I cannot put this down as his arrogance... it's his ignorance that's at issue..

 

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College tuition continues to rise at way over the inflationary figures in the mix... You know.. this only happens in government.. that fees rise in deference to value added.. private businesses who fail consumer expectations like this fail... and go away... but not colleges...

 

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L-E headline/story: "BEST RANGER COMPETITION * ‘Devastated’ team last year to ‘amazing’ now * When they came into view in the Buddy Run — the last among these ceaseless events of extreme exhaustion — Team 23 members Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Allen and Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Rolfes ran side by side with their fellow competitors from the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade: Team 20 members Sgt. 1st Class David Gil and Staff Sgt. Kevin Morrison and Team 22 members Staff Sgt. Michael Browne and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Roggero." -- Yes.. Not only are we "Army Strong" but our Army IS Strong.. Great... Again.. Standing "O" for our military... from the bottom up!

 

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From the "no wonder our kids are getting confused vs educated in our school system" department - L-E headline/story: "ALL-BI-CITY SMALL SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR * Hill breaks record en route to winning All-Bi-City award * Manchester point guard Jah’Nile Hill * Thanks to Hill’s impressive sendoff as a high school player, he has been selected the 2017-2018 All-Bi-City Small School Boys Basketball Player of the Year." -- L-E ... please define "Bi-City"... "Bi" is a prefix meaning "2".. at least it was when I was in school, and have seen nothing that should change it...