Make sure if you live in GA that you get your gas tank filled up today .. come Tuesday or Wednesday the GA tax on gasoline (about .30 a gallon) will go back on.

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Let's talk National Debt perspectively... Forbes story: "War, pandemic and sluggish markets hit the world’s billionaires this year. There are 2,668 of them on Forbes’ 36th-annual ranking of the planet’s richest people—87 fewer than a year ago. They’re worth a collective $12.7 trillion—$400 billion less than in 2021." -- The wealthiest 2,668 people in the world are worth a combined $12.7 TRILLION Dollars... If they all donated every cent of their wealth to our US Treasury, and it was used to pay off our National Debt, our National Debt would still be $18.8 TRILLION DOLLARS... and that's $56,300.00 of debt per every man, woman, and child in the US. Even more devastating is that at the rate of increase in our National Debt under Resident Biden, the US will owe $25 Trillion before his current term is over..

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Another National Debt fact: In the 10 years Biden has been VP and President, his administrations have added $15.6 TRILLION .. almost HALF of the current National Debt accumulated over the entire 246 year history of our country!

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While looking up info on our National Debt, I found this tidbit: "Andrew Jackson is the President who decreased National Debt the most, nearly eradicating it completely between 1829 - 1837 by reducing the total by -99.42%" -- Naturally Obama/Biden have worked hard to "cancel" Jackson off our future $20.00 Bills... The Democrats want no reminders of a financially responsible Democrat president to stay in evidence.

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Opinion piece by a YAHOO columnist: "HeadLIE"/content: "Lucky we don’t need Congress right now * By Rick Newman.. a YAHOO * Congress can finally get down to business, now that House Republicans elected Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House after six days of chaotic voting. But McCarthy may have given up so much power to secure a handful of votes from far-right Republicans that the House remains dysfunctional for the next two years." -- "six days of chaotic voting"? Actually 4 days plus a little carry-over into the wee hours of the 5th calendar day.. but like all liberals, math is not their strong point (remember 2+2=5) but his evaluation of what actually was accomplished reflects the absence of logic which defines Liberalism's grasp of a working for the people government. Though it was like "watching sausage getting made", voters needed to see/experience this process again.. this was how our Constitution was constructed by our forefathers which has made America the LONGEST continuous form of government in the world's history"! Though the last two Speaker votes did damage to 6 Republicans, Congress's rules of operation will regain the positive direction that will serve THE PEOPLE in a better way... Gone is the "darkness" of Queen PeLOUSY-led backroom perk deals..

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One thing for sure, new Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy nailed his first address to the full House.. It was so positive about the future he wants for America... You could tell by the absolute silence of the Democrats.

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You know, nobody reported on how @lec B@ldwin celebrated the New Year's Day partying... Guess nobody wanted to be near his "fireworks" display.

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That shooting at a Newport News, VA elementary school was shocking.. a 6-year old.. a 1st grader ... intentionally shot his teacher during an "altercation". "Altercation"? There shouldn't be "altercations" between 1st grade teachers and students.... We have to assume the catalyst was lack of discipline at home.. probably even the advocation in the child's home for disrespect for authority.

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From the "yes,, this deserves attention and scrutiny" department - Online headline/story: "AOC is Worth $200,000 * She earns at least $174,000 per year for her Congressional salary and has a net worth of $200,000, according to Celebrity Net Worth." -- Hmmm ... now "worth $200,000.00"? Let's parse that a bit.. she moved from a NYC bartenders gig to a Congressperson and in 4 years at a salary of $174,000.00 (gross) per ($696.000.00 (gross) in 4 years) and maintaining homes in NYC and Washington, DC, she's accumulated/saved $200,000.00 for herself... You know.. I don't think Warren Buffet could turn the "net after taxes and living expenses in two of the most expensive cities in THE WORLD" into a $200,000.00 "nest egg".

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From the "futility of liberals" department - Online story: " During the past two years, California has spent $14 billion to combat homelessness — most of it on Housing First programs — but the number of people living on the street has continued to rise" --$14 BILLION? You know, with $14,000,000,000.00,California could have given 140,000 homeless people $100,000.00 each to move elsewhere...

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Even with disagreeing with Tom Hanks over his political views, I still like most of his movies, so If have been checking our local AMC Theater app for showtimes for "A man Called Otto" ..It was released on December 30... yet as of January 7th, our local AMC Theaters have not listed one showtime date through the end of January.... What gives?

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Online headline: "McCarthy thanks Trump after House speaker vote: 'He was with me from the beginning'" -- Yes.. Former President Trump is still a force... which is why MSM and the Democrats try so desperately to bash him even two plus years later....

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Here's another one... another Resident Biden Gaffe Spree: "Online headline: "Biden says wrong day at January 6 ceremony honoring officers, remembers 'what happened on July 6'"

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Online "headLIE": "Adam Kinzinger joins CNN days after leaving Congress, sparking viral mockery: 'Nobody saw this coming'" -- WRONG! EVERYBODY saw this coming!

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Finally...we have he 118th Congress seated .. and running... but 6 Republicans entrenched themselves in the "damaged goods department" for their last votes of "Present" in the 15th round voting session.. especially Boebert and Gaetz... either could have changed their 14th round votes and ended the stalemate... but they didn't, and all 6 of the "Present" voters could have changed their votes in the 15th to make it a "Unanimous" decision.. which America needed ...

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Speaking of "damaged goods.. Trace Gallagher and Brett Baier both displayed their lack of professionalism Friday night... Baier with his comment about Congresspersons being late for or missing House vote sessions because of flight connections,, and mentioning Southwest Airline in a snide remark, and Gallagher.. he could not keep up with the math on the voting results, and in 3 different comments... bungled the results... neither of these two are ready to be Prime Time Players.

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From the "BIAS? What bias?" department - Online YAHOO "headLIE": "McCarthy may be leading the most dysfunctional Congress ever" -- "most dysfunctional Congress ever"? Good Grief! The 117th Congress under Queen PeLOUSY is the "Poster Child of Dysfunction"! In fact, The magnitude of dysfunction of the PeLOUSY-led 117th Congress won't be fully realized until the next 10 years have passed!

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You know... MSM isn't going to say it... nor apologize for denying it all along, but Resident Biden cannot get away with not believing the border situation is an ongoing crisis because his advance teams were in El Paso clearing out the illegal alien homeless community encampments.

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I'm through with listening to anything JoKKKe Biden reads off his Teleprompter! He doesn't know what he reading until he does it, and then he has no clue whether any of it is actually the truth.

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I tell you what.. As Speaker, Kevin McCarthy could really do America a big favor.. he could stand firm against any form of Teleprompter or electronic communication devices being used in the House Chamber when Resident Biden gives his "State of the Union" address... America needs... deserves... to see Resident Biden as he truly is...

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Online headline/story: "Jan. 6 committee releases Social Security numbers of Trump officials and allies * Private information of at least three GOP governors, members of Trump's cabinet and people who testified to the Jan. 6 committee was released * When the House Jan. 6 committee released hundreds of documents from its investigation online at the end of the year, it inadvertently made public nearly 2,000 Social Security numbers belonging to high-profile individuals who visited the White House in December 2020, according to a report. * information was included in a spreadsheet buried within the "massive cache" of records from the committee's work" -- "inadvertently"? No way! This was not an accident... and the Jan 6 Pelosi appointed Committee members need to be held financially and ethically accountable!

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This is from an E-mail from Sen Pocahontas Warren on the "2nd Anniversary" of the so-called Jan 6 event in Washington: Warren "writes": "I’m thinking of the families who lost loved ones defending the Capitol"... SHE LIES! The only person who died from the event activities was the unarmed woman veteran who was shot to death by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd! Warren has never given Ashli Babbitt or her grieving family and apology or second thought.

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Online headline: "Dems celebrate largest Black Congressional Caucus ever while excluding GOP Rep.-elect Byron Donalds" -- Hmmmm....sounds like Congressional Black Caucus has bought into JoKKKe Biden's definition of "who's Black"... and are accepting of Biden's concept of "who's your daddy,".. It also seems that the CBC has bought into being racist by excluding Black Republican Congressmen, John James and Byron Donalds.

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Online headline/story: "Racially charged attack on Byron Donalds continues left-wing pattern against minority conservatives * Figures at MSNBC, 'The View,' Los Angeles Times have made racially charged remarks about minority conservatives * Liberal Rep-elect Cori Bush, D-Mo., prompted outrage when she dismissed colleague Byron Donalds, R-Fla., as a "prop" who is intent on "on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy." " -- Wow! Even Black Democrats are now believing Biden bin Lying, and are adopting Biden's definition of "who's Black & who's not"!

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Online headline: "Heads up, farmers: Biden is coming for your water * Biden pushes government control over water used on ranches and farms" -- Hmmm... Hey, GA District 2 farmers... Congress Sanford BS-hop didn't tell you about this plan did he?

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Online headline: "Herschel Walker staffer shares horrific allegations * Former Georgia Bulldogs star Herschel Walker failed in spectacular fashion against Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock in the runoff election last month, eventually conceding the race when he trailed by more than 100,000 votes on election night, a staggering amount given the Republican standing of the state and performance of other Republican candidates in Georgia.

With the 100s of millions of dollars "pastor" Warnock spent belittling a Christian and only won by less than 3 points, Warnock is the big time loser. Tying a "he said/he said" character assassination to Walker is Yellow... Yellow Dog... Journalism! Shame on the publisher!

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Online headline/story: "Ashli Babbitt's mother arrested during protest outside Capitol on 2nd anniversary of deadly insurrection * Micki Witthoeft, Ashli Babbitt’s 58-year-old mother, was among a group of demonstrators illegally blocking traffic on Independence Avenue, outside the Capitol." -- Good for her! MSM and the Democrats do not WANT to address.. or remember.... that the worst crime of that day was a Capitol Police Lieutenant shooting an unarmed woman in the Capitol Building itself!...

Oh!.. and when has a BLM or Antifa protester been arrested for "blocking traffic"?

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Another thing.. with as much emphasis Dems and MSM make to point out that there are more guns in America than people, then if the event was an "insurrection", the "mob" would have had more guns than the Capitol Police did...obviously this was not the case...

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From the "Going out on a limb" department - Today.. Monday, January 9th, 2023.. I'm going with Georgia for the outright win and beating the line... Georgia by at least 17.. and probably more...

FTR: Last year, I predicted Alabama beating GA in the Sec Championship and.. AND... Georgia beating Alabama in the CFP Championship Game.. during Thanksgiving Day weekend!

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Online headline: "Suzanne Malveaux, CNN anchor and former White House correspondent, is leaving network after 20 years" -- Hmmm... could it simply be that after listening to her "life partner", Karine Jean-Pierre, Ms Malveaux could no longer listen to and report Karine's Press Conference responses as truthful or factual?

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From the "figures never lie.. but liars figure a lot" department - Online YAHOO "headLIE": "President Biden hails jobs report: 'It’s a good time to be a worker in America'" -- Hmmm.. you know, when there are more job offerings than job seekers, you have to look and see that employers are having to compete against the government welfare programs.. It's tough to get people to take a job when they can stay home and get as much or more than even good jobs pay... there are welfare recipients receiving in excess of $100,000.00 in government programs for not working..

Writer's note: This item was "blocked" by AOL/HuffPOOPOO censors.. seems "welfare" is a "verboten" word

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Federal "rebates" of $7,500.00 for purchasing an Electric Vehicle basically allow the manufacturers to. basically, just add $7,500,00 to their "sticker price". And unlike owners of fossil fuel run vehicles, EV owners will never see spells of reduced "fuel costs" caused by "excess supply/lower demand"... Utility companies do not ask regulators to adjust their rates down, so their customers will pay less...

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Online "headLIE": "Supply chain woes caused US auto sales to fall 8% last year" -- Hmmmm ... heaven forbid that MSM mention Inflation or higher interest rates CAUSED by inflation are the real factors... same with home sales declines in units and prices....

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Did you hear about the "insurrection"... "attempted coup", "assault on democracy"... in Brazil... when citizens "armed" with "sticks and poles" "attacked various government facilities? Of course the descriptive "phrases I've designated in quotation marks are penned by American MSM sources who also described the protest in DC with the same phrases... Two things need to be remembered... the Brazilian citizens used "sticks and poles" because the y don't have guns, and the American citizens who have plenty of guns did not bring them by choice...

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Online headline: "New Jersey middle school teacher arrested after allegedly overdosing on fentanyl in classroom * Drugs and paraphernalia were found in teacher's closet, according to police" -- Hmm... and I'm betting our Muscogee County School Board feels this couldn't happen here in Columbus, GA.... hmmm.. well, Columbus, GA school parents probably never thought any of our school system run public libraries would ever have a Drag Queen Story Reading event for their kids either...

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From the "reality in action" department - Online headline: "California facing $24B budget shortfall amid economic uncertainty * California's tax revenues are forecasted to be $41 billion less than expected." -- Wow! The loss of california working citizens and businesses vacating the state hits home... betcha even the california Democrat voter base would have cleaned "HOUSE" if this was aired before the 2022 "recall Newsom" and Mid-term elections.

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Well here we are.. in 2023.. and the 25 acres sold by Wynnbrook Baptist Church have no been recorded in Columbus, GA's Tax Database.. no record of the new tax revenue has been posted, and no Councilor or Tax Office employee have responded to personal inquiries about such.. ZERO TRANSPARENCY.... ZERO Answers as to how or when a tax-exempt church
property was given a "RO" zoning...

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Online headline: "Tailgate Tradition Banished: No Grills or Coolers Allowed at College Football Playoff National Championship" -- Hmmm... guess it wouldn't be fair if people who spent Thousands of dollars on tickets got a little break on pre-game food and beverages ... either than or Governor Newsom doesn't want millions of viewers seeing on National TV how bad and aggressive the homeless problem is in california.. either way.. "that's california for you".

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Online headline: "British Company Develops First Tractor in the World to be Completely Powered by Cow Dung" - Wheeewww! Can you imagine the smell if that tractor "backfires"?

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Online headline: "White House Told Mayor Adams No to His Billion Dollar Request - He was Not Their Priority" -- Hmmm wonder what "quid pro Joe" wants from Mayor Adams? Remember when VP JoKKKe Biden told Ukraine's president "NO" to a billion dollar loan agreement unless he fired the Attorney General who was investigating his son, Hunter?

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Online headline: "Lawrence Johnson, former 5-year Purdue veteran, announces SEC commitment" -- Good grief! This will make his 6th season! Most NFLers don't have a career that lasts this long!

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As Robin might exclaim to Batman.. Holy Bat***, shades of the record breaking Columbus, GA's 2021 are upon us with the shooting injuries/deaths so far in 2023.

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WTVM-TV9 story: "COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Georgia Department of Community, with more than 100 state, federal and local partners, including the Columbus Police Department (CPD) and Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), conducted a joint operation targeting gang activity. * Columbus police say warrant service, 4th Amendment searches, parole searches and field interviews with verified gang members associated with known street gangs were done across the state between Dec. 5 - 9, 2022. The results of those actions are as follows:

358 searches
175 arrests
98 seized firearms
Recovery of several narcotic and gang paraphernalia

Hmmm.. so 100 law enforcement officers accomplished this in 5 days... You know.. if Council honored it's promises mad to get the voters to pass the 2008 Public Safety LOST, and got the 100 more police officers the voters wanted, we could have 100 officers working on local gang activity DAILY, and our crime rate would probably drop DRAMATICALLY!

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Online headline: "Biden told Supreme Court he didn't need permission from Congress to cancel student loans, it was his executive authority" -- Hmmm... will somebody tell Resident Biden's Teleprompter writer to read our Constitution before making illegitimate claims for JoKKKe Biden to read out loud?

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WTVM-TV9 story: "COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - On Saturday January 7, around 10:26p.m, the Columbus Police Department’s Patrol Unit was dispatched to the 8000 block of Veterans Parkway, in reference to a shooting. * law enforcement observed a Hispanic male lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound, * the teen was identified as Giancarlos Rivera, 17. * EMS could not resuscitate Rivera, therefore Coroner Buddy Bryan arrived on the scene and pronounced Rivera deceased, at 11:15p.m." -- This is at least the 3rd.. probably the 4th shooting homicide in Columbus. GA during the 1st week of 2023.. Looks like Columbus is trying to best the record homicide year of 2021.

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Hmmm... didn't we just read about millions of TAX dollars being spent on "gussying up" Columbus. GA's Airport? Yesterday we learned that American Airlines is dropping it's flight to/from Charlotte, NC as of April this year.. Is there any way taxpayer can sue American Airlines to reimburse the money spent to appease them....

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Online headline: "What did releasing Trump’s tax returns accomplish?" -- It accomplished four things.. First, it scares the public to death any one of us could be targeted by the Biden administration, and secondly, that it sets a precedence that will haunt every conservative candidate in the future..thirdly, it basically exonerates Trump and gives him public sympathy, but lastly, it opens the door to go after the Biden family as soon as Republicans get the Senate and White House.... turn about is Fair Play...

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Finally... GO DAWGS!