Online headline/story: "County Sorry for Closing Girl's Lemonade Stand * Just ask Julie Murphy. * Last week, the 7-year-old set up a lemonade stand at a local arts fair in Portland, Ore. * Just as business started picking up, two Multnomah County (Oregon) health inspectors surrounded her and asked the young entrepreneur for her $120 temporary restaurant license. * The clipboard-toting fighters of food poisoning told Julie and her mom, Maria Fife, that they would have to shut down or face a $500 fine." -- Multnomah County is not just 'sorry', its pathetic!
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Have you heard the adds of Chevrolet touting 'a thousand buyers a day switching to Chevrolet'? Think about that. Since GM has shutdown Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Hummer, Saturn, and Saab, what alternative does a loyal GM buyer have? Of course, what GM's not saying is whether all the former buyers of those defunct divisions are staying with GM products.
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L-E headline/story: "Law enforcement ticketed during crackdown on illegal parking at Columbus Government Center *
In addition to the parking for the transport van for prisoners, Wetherington said officers who are going to court don’t have a place to park.
“We just don’t have enough parking around the Government Center, not even for the people who want to do some business at the Government Center,” he said. “There is no place for them to park.” -- Proof positive the city has too many employees! The Government Center (with the exception of building another court room where Council used to meet, and moving Council to the plaza) hasn't expanded since its construction. Couple that with the City taking over the parking garage for exclusive use of government workers, and its obvious there are too many people working at the Government Center...well, there is the possibility that there are too many employees not working.
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From same story: "Allowing parking in the median along First Avenue may be an option to consider, Wetherington said. That option may free up 30 to 40 parking spaces for public safety personnel from the Muscogee marshal, police department and sheriff’s office." -- How come there's no consideration for PUBLIC parking?
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Unbelievable! I'm still shaking my head at this occurance. Yesterday, I got a robot call at my business from Dun&Bradstreet. The 'voice' said 'she' was calling to update our profile. Then there was a 5 second delay, and 'she' continued, "unfortunately, all our representatives are busy, and there's no one to speak to you. Someone will contact you later". I sure hope D&B isn't trying to get me/us to subscribe to any of their services.
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Online story: "ST. PAUL, Minn. (Aug. 6) -- The head of Target Corp. apologized Thursday over a political donation to a business group backing a conservative Republican for Minnesota governor, which angered some employees and sparked talk of a customer boycott." -- Well, if that's the case, I am now boycotting Target!
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Online headline: "2011 May Be Bad for Homeowners" -- After 2009 & 2010, you'd think something might rebound, BUT, then again, why would we expect any improvement?
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Online headline: "For First Time, US Joins Hiroshima Ceremonies" -- The 'apology tour' continues......
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L-E headline: "Schwarzenegger, Brown call for same-sex weddings " -- I'm almost willing to allow them to get married; they deserve each other.
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From Bill O'Reilly commentary: "If Obama was being worked over the way President Bush was by the establishment media, his job approval rating would probably be in the 20 percent range. Remember the brutal media beating Bush took? " -- Even without the general media slamming potUS Nero-bama, if Nero-bama loyalists didn't believe it when potUS Nero-bama points his finger at Bush as the reason he's so overwhelmed at his job, potUS's rating probably be in the teens.
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Also from O'Reilly: "In reply (to David Letterman), here’s a Top 1 list for Letterman and his uber-liberal guest: The American people don’t need to be “riled” up by phony race baiting. They are already riled up by reality. And the polls prove it." -- If you hadn't read O'Reilly's full column today, make it a priority to do so. Them make copies and send to any/every liberal you know.
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Another commentary: "In December at West Point, the president pledged that “after 18 months, our troops (in Afghanistan) will begin to come home.” * He never spelled out the pace at which they’d leave, and he talked of a “responsible transition.” But Afghans took him to mean we were heading for the exits. * This made the Taliban bolder and less likely to agree to a negotiated settlement." -- O'Reilly again? NOT! This is from TRUDY RUBIN of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Who says the truth is not out there in liberal conversations once you get by MSNBC & CNN?
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
The Breakfast Club - August 6, 2010
Online story: "WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who are receiving food stamps rose to a record 40.8 million in May as the jobless rate hovered near a 27-year high, the government reported yesterday. * Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 19 percent from a year earlier and increased 0.9 percent from April " -- Though it's not, isn't it 'cute' that the acronym is called "SNAP"? It's not cute in that now 1-in-8, that's 12+% of our nation, is eating off the labors of others.
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Isn't our MCSD compassionate....NOT! Because of the heat, students will be allowed to drink water (under limited circumstances) on the school buses, and divers will be allowed to open the windows as they plod along from stop-to-stop. Bet next year the MCSD board will be retro fitting the buses with air conditioning (I can't imagine that much money being spent of buying buses that aren't air conditioned, but that may just be me) instead of going back to basics of starting school after the old traditional date of Labor Day.
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L-E headline: "Columbus extends pool season on weekends only" -- Imagine that! If not for the "record high temperatures", the city was going to close the pools this week. DOH! Welcome to August! When student aged citizens should be out swimming and playing, our school system wants to bunch them up in un-air conditioned buses, and cram them into classrooms. No wonder obesity has become such a factor!
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From a fellow BCer: "I called my stockbroker this morning and asked him what I
should be buying. He said, "Canned goods and ammunition." -- The truth shall set you laughing.
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Last year, the Wall Street Journal had an article redefining the American concept we all know by heart. From the journalist's 'pen' comes, "The land of the sorta free and the home of the heavily indebted " as a replacement option for our National Anthem. Wonder what the writer thinks today, one year later?
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The government announces that a job increase in the service industry is a signal the economy is recovering... don't listen to those DIM/DUMBs; what an increase in jobs in the service industry really signals is that small businesses are working longer, harder hours and that the small business owners are not having enough time to go home for a leisurely meal, so they are having to use drive-thru fast food restaurants more.
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Online story: "(Christina) Romer, the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, announced her resignation Thursday, effective Sept. 3. She becomes the second high-level Obama aid to leave this summer, following the resignation of White House Budget Director Peter Orszag. * She will return to her job as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. -- Undoubtedly with a "Mission Accomplished" banner waiting for her at Berkeley.
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Online headline: " Mayor of Trenton, NJ Faces Foreclosure" -- Shades of Diogenes! Has an honest politician finally been found?
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L-E headline: "Alabama hopes sales tax holiday this weekend stimulates economy" --
Hey, why doesn't GA think of something like this....oh...GA used to do this, but canceled this year....what little gain in sales tax revenue GA/Cities with LOST/SPLOST will get will be 'lost' when business profit taxes are due.
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “A successful lie is doubly a lie; an error which has to be corrected is a heavier burden than the truth.” — Dag Hammarskjold, U.N. Secretary-General (1905-1961). -- No wonder our grandchildren will still be paying for the promises of potUS Nero-bama, Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, Frank, and CNN long after we pass on.
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From L-E's "Today in History": "In 1890, convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person to be executed in the electric chair as he was put to death in New York." -- How about a 120 birthday gala! Let's put everyone on death row in electric chairs all at once and watch the fireworks show! Bet death row might see a decline in prospective residents. When is the next milestone birthday for hanging and firing squads deaths?
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L-E headline: "R E A LLY ? * Colorado hailstone sets records" -- Hmmm, cam brimstones be far behind?
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Isn't our MCSD compassionate....NOT! Because of the heat, students will be allowed to drink water (under limited circumstances) on the school buses, and divers will be allowed to open the windows as they plod along from stop-to-stop. Bet next year the MCSD board will be retro fitting the buses with air conditioning (I can't imagine that much money being spent of buying buses that aren't air conditioned, but that may just be me) instead of going back to basics of starting school after the old traditional date of Labor Day.
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L-E headline: "Columbus extends pool season on weekends only" -- Imagine that! If not for the "record high temperatures", the city was going to close the pools this week. DOH! Welcome to August! When student aged citizens should be out swimming and playing, our school system wants to bunch them up in un-air conditioned buses, and cram them into classrooms. No wonder obesity has become such a factor!
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From a fellow BCer: "I called my stockbroker this morning and asked him what I
should be buying. He said, "Canned goods and ammunition." -- The truth shall set you laughing.
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Last year, the Wall Street Journal had an article redefining the American concept we all know by heart. From the journalist's 'pen' comes, "The land of the sorta free and the home of the heavily indebted " as a replacement option for our National Anthem. Wonder what the writer thinks today, one year later?
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The government announces that a job increase in the service industry is a signal the economy is recovering... don't listen to those DIM/DUMBs; what an increase in jobs in the service industry really signals is that small businesses are working longer, harder hours and that the small business owners are not having enough time to go home for a leisurely meal, so they are having to use drive-thru fast food restaurants more.
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Online story: "(Christina) Romer, the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, announced her resignation Thursday, effective Sept. 3. She becomes the second high-level Obama aid to leave this summer, following the resignation of White House Budget Director Peter Orszag. * She will return to her job as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. -- Undoubtedly with a "Mission Accomplished" banner waiting for her at Berkeley.
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Online headline: " Mayor of Trenton, NJ Faces Foreclosure" -- Shades of Diogenes! Has an honest politician finally been found?
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L-E headline: "Alabama hopes sales tax holiday this weekend stimulates economy" --
Hey, why doesn't GA think of something like this....oh...GA used to do this, but canceled this year....what little gain in sales tax revenue GA/Cities with LOST/SPLOST will get will be 'lost' when business profit taxes are due.
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “A successful lie is doubly a lie; an error which has to be corrected is a heavier burden than the truth.” — Dag Hammarskjold, U.N. Secretary-General (1905-1961). -- No wonder our grandchildren will still be paying for the promises of potUS Nero-bama, Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, Frank, and CNN long after we pass on.
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From L-E's "Today in History": "In 1890, convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person to be executed in the electric chair as he was put to death in New York." -- How about a 120 birthday gala! Let's put everyone on death row in electric chairs all at once and watch the fireworks show! Bet death row might see a decline in prospective residents. When is the next milestone birthday for hanging and firing squads deaths?
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L-E headline: "R E A LLY ? * Colorado hailstone sets records" -- Hmmm, cam brimstones be far behind?
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
The Breakfast Club - August 5, 2010
Online headline: "Prop. 8: California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional" -- You know, with the judge in question being 1 of 2 openly gay federal judges, and the venue being San Francisco, was there any question about his decision? So much for the theory that judges can rise above their prejudices in making decisions.
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With potUS Nero-bama's approval rating hovering @ 41%, can you imagine how low it would be if his followers didn't believe most of the current debt problems are Bush's fault?
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Since he split with Hannity and now does his own show, does anyone know what network carries the Alan Colmes Show? I've never seen it, and don't want to accidentally get counted if I'm channel surfing.
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Pray for the families of the people murdered in a hate crime in Connecticut. Can you believe anyone's claim of racist persecution caused him to be fired when video cameras caught him stealing beer from his employer's company? Now, for his relatives to pass along that the man claimed racism is racism itself.
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Can't you picture Roberto Duran leading a protest over the Ground Zero Mosque? Can't you hear him leadin a chant, "No Mosque, No Mosque"?
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You know...the MCSD says it will report tuition fraud to the IRS, yet "government" has covered itself by not requiring non local resident teachers who get full or partial tuition for their children to report the same as income. That's a 'little' self-serving, don't you think?
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L-E headline: "Petraeus renews limits on airstrikes * Soldiers fighting Taliban can only call in help if no civilians are present " -- What a "catch-22"! Like the Taliban wear uniforms that announce their presence, and aren't likely to have unwilling civilian men/women/children to hide behind.
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L-E story: "Georgia Power, several weeks ago, said it is seeking a ratehikeof$10.88permonth, an 8.2 percent increase, for the average residential customer." -- GA Power is seeking an 8.2% increase. Considering that the US government forewent Social Security cost-of-living increases due to lack of inflation, what even gives the right for GA Power to ask for an inflation flaming increase?
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L-E story: "A woman netted by Columbus police in an online prostitution sting pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Columbus Recorder’s Court. " -- Here we go again. When a person pleads 'not guilty' in Recorders Court, but is convicted later in State/Municipal/Superior Court, shouldn't lying to the judge in Recorder's Court be added to the charges?
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The disappearance of the oil spill residue demonstrates one glaring flaw in Global Warming and wacko environmentalists claims. Earth can/does/will take care of itself DESPITE man. Why don't such wackos donate their time/energy/money to areas of need that can be positively affected by man.
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L-E headline/story: "FTC says computer buyers to benefit from Intel deal * The FTC’s case is built on the argument that those prices haven’t fallen as fast as they could have. * Intel has long denied the charges and has pointed to the industry’s falling prices as evidence that the market is functioning normally." -- Seeing as I can buy top performing laptop for under $1000.00 today versus the $4,200.00 I paid for my first (a 486 chip) in 1994, I tend to agree with Intel; especially when you consider the FTC probably has never reduced it's costs from a previous years' budget.
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With potUS Nero-bama's approval rating hovering @ 41%, can you imagine how low it would be if his followers didn't believe most of the current debt problems are Bush's fault?
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Since he split with Hannity and now does his own show, does anyone know what network carries the Alan Colmes Show? I've never seen it, and don't want to accidentally get counted if I'm channel surfing.
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Pray for the families of the people murdered in a hate crime in Connecticut. Can you believe anyone's claim of racist persecution caused him to be fired when video cameras caught him stealing beer from his employer's company? Now, for his relatives to pass along that the man claimed racism is racism itself.
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Can't you picture Roberto Duran leading a protest over the Ground Zero Mosque? Can't you hear him leadin a chant, "No Mosque, No Mosque"?
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You know...the MCSD says it will report tuition fraud to the IRS, yet "government" has covered itself by not requiring non local resident teachers who get full or partial tuition for their children to report the same as income. That's a 'little' self-serving, don't you think?
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L-E headline: "Petraeus renews limits on airstrikes * Soldiers fighting Taliban can only call in help if no civilians are present " -- What a "catch-22"! Like the Taliban wear uniforms that announce their presence, and aren't likely to have unwilling civilian men/women/children to hide behind.
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L-E story: "Georgia Power, several weeks ago, said it is seeking a ratehikeof$10.88permonth, an 8.2 percent increase, for the average residential customer." -- GA Power is seeking an 8.2% increase. Considering that the US government forewent Social Security cost-of-living increases due to lack of inflation, what even gives the right for GA Power to ask for an inflation flaming increase?
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L-E story: "A woman netted by Columbus police in an online prostitution sting pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Columbus Recorder’s Court. " -- Here we go again. When a person pleads 'not guilty' in Recorders Court, but is convicted later in State/Municipal/Superior Court, shouldn't lying to the judge in Recorder's Court be added to the charges?
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The disappearance of the oil spill residue demonstrates one glaring flaw in Global Warming and wacko environmentalists claims. Earth can/does/will take care of itself DESPITE man. Why don't such wackos donate their time/energy/money to areas of need that can be positively affected by man.
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L-E headline/story: "FTC says computer buyers to benefit from Intel deal * The FTC’s case is built on the argument that those prices haven’t fallen as fast as they could have. * Intel has long denied the charges and has pointed to the industry’s falling prices as evidence that the market is functioning normally." -- Seeing as I can buy top performing laptop for under $1000.00 today versus the $4,200.00 I paid for my first (a 486 chip) in 1994, I tend to agree with Intel; especially when you consider the FTC probably has never reduced it's costs from a previous years' budget.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Breakfast Club - August 4, 2010
Online headline/story:"Target Hit With Boycott by Gay-Rights Activists Over Political Donation * Gay-rights activists are cutting up their Target credit cards and demonstrating outside the retail giant's stores to protest the company's donation to a political group backing Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who is against same-sex marriage. * Target, (CEO) Steinhafel said, " It is also important to note that we rarely endorse all advocated positions of organizations or candidates we support, and we do not have a political or social agenda." -- Liberals! As long as you agree 100% with them, they consider you diverse and tolerant; obviously they don't practice diversity or tolerance for other views of anyone else.
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Unbelievable! A federal judge has given Latino voters in Port Chester, NY the right to vote 6 times for a candidate in an election. Thankfully, we have a US Supreme Court to correct the judge's error. Unfortunately, it will be only a 5-4 decision. God help us.
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Politicians who campaign on being able to create thousands of jobs IF ELECTED would be better campaigners IF they shared how they can create jobs their opponents/incumbents haven't been successful in doing.
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An illegal alien was in jail awaiting a deportation following his 3rd DUI arrest (why was he still here after the first one?), but released for the weekend, He got drunk, got back behind the wheel of a car, and killed a nun. The judge(s) that have enabled him to still ben in this country should be deported!
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L-E headline: "Ga. Tech gets $20M grant to study origins of life" -- Hmmm, that'll buy a whole lot of Bibles.
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L-E headline: "ROCKFORD, Mich. -- A Michigan man says he's grateful his dog ate most of his toe while he was passed out drunk." -- Hmmm, the man would be better off if the dog had chewed off both his hands,
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So Ahmendine-JIHAD is feeling his oats and wants to meet with potUS Nero-bama. It's amazing how snakes in the grass know when to strike.
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potUS Nero-bama's resume should include that while he was a president, for the most part, he just played one on YV.
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Sorry for the 'short' editions the last couple of days, but have been at the beach, and the online E-edition of the L-E has been acting up. Back to normal tomorrow.
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Unbelievable! A federal judge has given Latino voters in Port Chester, NY the right to vote 6 times for a candidate in an election. Thankfully, we have a US Supreme Court to correct the judge's error. Unfortunately, it will be only a 5-4 decision. God help us.
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Politicians who campaign on being able to create thousands of jobs IF ELECTED would be better campaigners IF they shared how they can create jobs their opponents/incumbents haven't been successful in doing.
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An illegal alien was in jail awaiting a deportation following his 3rd DUI arrest (why was he still here after the first one?), but released for the weekend, He got drunk, got back behind the wheel of a car, and killed a nun. The judge(s) that have enabled him to still ben in this country should be deported!
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L-E headline: "Ga. Tech gets $20M grant to study origins of life" -- Hmmm, that'll buy a whole lot of Bibles.
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L-E headline: "ROCKFORD, Mich. -- A Michigan man says he's grateful his dog ate most of his toe while he was passed out drunk." -- Hmmm, the man would be better off if the dog had chewed off both his hands,
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So Ahmendine-JIHAD is feeling his oats and wants to meet with potUS Nero-bama. It's amazing how snakes in the grass know when to strike.
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potUS Nero-bama's resume should include that while he was a president, for the most part, he just played one on YV.
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Sorry for the 'short' editions the last couple of days, but have been at the beach, and the online E-edition of the L-E has been acting up. Back to normal tomorrow.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The Breakfast Club - August 3, 2010
In Virginia, an illegal alien awaiting deporation was released for the weekend. While DUI, he killed a nun. Why is it so hard for our government to be responsible for safeguarding American citizens?
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Deja vu? Did I hear potUS Nero-bama copy Bush 43 by saying "mission accomplished" RE: Iraq?
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Neil Cavuto of Fox News Channel should be given the job of conducting live interviews in each Congressional district of every incumbent seeking re-election to Congress. He ate Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah, DIMorat, alive on the Congressman's attempt to justify removing the Bush tax cuts. If every Congressman/Senator had to be prepared to answer Cavuto's questions, you can bet none would ever vote again on a bill they hadn't read cover-to-cover.
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Online story: "No, Oprah wasn't there but plenty of other famous faces attended Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky's weekend wedding. * Actors Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and producer Steve Bing were among 400-500 guests. " -- Excuse me? I do believe Oprah being there would have overtrumped the rest of the celebrities combined.
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Listening to potUS Nero-bama address the DAV in Atlanta, you have to wonder whether there were many people in the audience; every time the potUS mentioned his personal accolades, there was only a smattering of clapping.
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Guess potUS Nero-bama had to go to Atlanta to address the DAV. Can you imagine him sending Joe Biden back to an event where Biden might ask another person in a wheelchair to stand up and take a bow?
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If you wonder what's wrong with the economy, especially the auto industry, you must consider the sales tax as a major problem. If I spend $50K on a new car, the 6% GA/City salestax is $3,000.00. I can remember when $3,000.00 would buy a respectable new car (or 2 in some cases).
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WTVM9 headline/story: "$8 leads to fatal shooting$8 leads to fatal shooting * Police say the victim and a 28-year old male suspect were fighting but later parted ways. * When the suspect came back this morning to apologize, police say Brown attempted to attack him with an aluminum bat. That's when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot Brown in the chest. * Police are treating this as a death investigation and not a murder case." -- DOH! You know, when I go somewhere to apologize for something, I always carry my gun with me...NOT!
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Online headline: "Department of Justice Accuses Oracle of Fraud" -- Man, that's a pot trying to call a kettle a politically incorrect color.
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Online headline: "What's the Volts MPG? There's no easy answer." -- Lets see.. according to the story, the Volt gets 40 miles on the battery, and can get 300 miles on 10 gallons of gas, it looks like the range of a Volt is 340 miles before filling up with another 10 gallons, so 340 miles divided by 10 equals 34 MPG, but goes down from there if you have to add more gas before you recharge the batteries. That's what's wrong with government control; no one running government businesses seems to know basic math solutions!
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From online story: "The actress was released from jail after serving 13 full days of her 90-day sentence for violating her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI. Lohan was freed early due to good behavior and overcrowding at the jail." -- The 'overcrowding' I can believe; the 'good behavior' is probably a joke...isn't it?
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This may be moot by today/tomorrow, but if BP is banking only on plugging the oil well by drilling in lower and filling with cement, what will be the back-up plan if the existing oil pipe gets screwed up by the attempt and becomes unsolvable? Why aren't they tackling a way to put a 'hose-type' pipe on the new surface plug, then opening the valves and just retrieve the oil?
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From a local website catering to "moms": "The first day of school is just a week away. If you haven't purchased school supplies yet, save your money and head to Alabama this weekend. * Once again, Alabama will hold its annual sales tax holiday giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, and clothing free of state sales or use tax. * Georgia, unfortunately, will not have a tax free weekend this year. -- Once again, GA legislators confuse facts with fiction. I'll bet most of them think that by eliminating the 'no sales tax weekend', there will be more tax revenue for them to spend. WRONG! What will happen is that more shoppers will head to states/internet sites that have no sales taxes. Georgia retailers will lose business, and the state of Georgia will also lose from lower business/income tax revenues.
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One other legislator error is that by not having the tax-free weekend, GA retailers will have to promote lower sales prices, which in turn, means lower sales tax revenues, and the likelihood less people will be hired for sales positions.
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From a fellow BCer: India is set to have a car that runs on compressed air by next summer. I'll bet with all the politicians we have, some entrepreneur could have a car that runs on hot air, and that would leave the Indian car gasping for air!
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The attempt to build a 13 story mosque at Ground Zero highlights how inefficient the political process is at getting things done. It's almost 9 years sine 911, and it's still a hole in the ground.
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From the "it's not one world" department - L-E headline: "6 guards poisoned, beheaded in Afghan bank heist" -- Now, what would be wrong with waterboarding the perpetrators?
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L-E headline/story: "Fidel Castro leads ceremony unveiling his new book * The new book runs nearly 800 pages * Castro has said he is already working on a follow-up book. -- What's going to be the title of this one, "Obama, Chavez & Me"?
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In a letter in the L-E today, Robert Sharpe, Policy Analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy, Washington, D.C. applauds Dusty Nix's stance that reducing the penalty of one drug to the similar penalty of another form of that drug is a solution to a problem is warped. If any adjustments should be made, it should be to toughen the weaker penalty.
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Deja vu? Did I hear potUS Nero-bama copy Bush 43 by saying "mission accomplished" RE: Iraq?
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Neil Cavuto of Fox News Channel should be given the job of conducting live interviews in each Congressional district of every incumbent seeking re-election to Congress. He ate Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah, DIMorat, alive on the Congressman's attempt to justify removing the Bush tax cuts. If every Congressman/Senator had to be prepared to answer Cavuto's questions, you can bet none would ever vote again on a bill they hadn't read cover-to-cover.
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Online story: "No, Oprah wasn't there but plenty of other famous faces attended Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky's weekend wedding. * Actors Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and producer Steve Bing were among 400-500 guests. " -- Excuse me? I do believe Oprah being there would have overtrumped the rest of the celebrities combined.
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Listening to potUS Nero-bama address the DAV in Atlanta, you have to wonder whether there were many people in the audience; every time the potUS mentioned his personal accolades, there was only a smattering of clapping.
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Guess potUS Nero-bama had to go to Atlanta to address the DAV. Can you imagine him sending Joe Biden back to an event where Biden might ask another person in a wheelchair to stand up and take a bow?
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If you wonder what's wrong with the economy, especially the auto industry, you must consider the sales tax as a major problem. If I spend $50K on a new car, the 6% GA/City salestax is $3,000.00. I can remember when $3,000.00 would buy a respectable new car (or 2 in some cases).
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WTVM9 headline/story: "$8 leads to fatal shooting$8 leads to fatal shooting * Police say the victim and a 28-year old male suspect were fighting but later parted ways. * When the suspect came back this morning to apologize, police say Brown attempted to attack him with an aluminum bat. That's when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot Brown in the chest. * Police are treating this as a death investigation and not a murder case." -- DOH! You know, when I go somewhere to apologize for something, I always carry my gun with me...NOT!
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Online headline: "Department of Justice Accuses Oracle of Fraud" -- Man, that's a pot trying to call a kettle a politically incorrect color.
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Online headline: "What's the Volts MPG? There's no easy answer." -- Lets see.. according to the story, the Volt gets 40 miles on the battery, and can get 300 miles on 10 gallons of gas, it looks like the range of a Volt is 340 miles before filling up with another 10 gallons, so 340 miles divided by 10 equals 34 MPG, but goes down from there if you have to add more gas before you recharge the batteries. That's what's wrong with government control; no one running government businesses seems to know basic math solutions!
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From online story: "The actress was released from jail after serving 13 full days of her 90-day sentence for violating her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI. Lohan was freed early due to good behavior and overcrowding at the jail." -- The 'overcrowding' I can believe; the 'good behavior' is probably a joke...isn't it?
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This may be moot by today/tomorrow, but if BP is banking only on plugging the oil well by drilling in lower and filling with cement, what will be the back-up plan if the existing oil pipe gets screwed up by the attempt and becomes unsolvable? Why aren't they tackling a way to put a 'hose-type' pipe on the new surface plug, then opening the valves and just retrieve the oil?
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From a local website catering to "moms": "The first day of school is just a week away. If you haven't purchased school supplies yet, save your money and head to Alabama this weekend. * Once again, Alabama will hold its annual sales tax holiday giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, and clothing free of state sales or use tax. * Georgia, unfortunately, will not have a tax free weekend this year. -- Once again, GA legislators confuse facts with fiction. I'll bet most of them think that by eliminating the 'no sales tax weekend', there will be more tax revenue for them to spend. WRONG! What will happen is that more shoppers will head to states/internet sites that have no sales taxes. Georgia retailers will lose business, and the state of Georgia will also lose from lower business/income tax revenues.
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One other legislator error is that by not having the tax-free weekend, GA retailers will have to promote lower sales prices, which in turn, means lower sales tax revenues, and the likelihood less people will be hired for sales positions.
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From a fellow BCer: India is set to have a car that runs on compressed air by next summer. I'll bet with all the politicians we have, some entrepreneur could have a car that runs on hot air, and that would leave the Indian car gasping for air!
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The attempt to build a 13 story mosque at Ground Zero highlights how inefficient the political process is at getting things done. It's almost 9 years sine 911, and it's still a hole in the ground.
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From the "it's not one world" department - L-E headline: "6 guards poisoned, beheaded in Afghan bank heist" -- Now, what would be wrong with waterboarding the perpetrators?
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L-E headline/story: "Fidel Castro leads ceremony unveiling his new book * The new book runs nearly 800 pages * Castro has said he is already working on a follow-up book. -- What's going to be the title of this one, "Obama, Chavez & Me"?
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In a letter in the L-E today, Robert Sharpe, Policy Analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy, Washington, D.C. applauds Dusty Nix's stance that reducing the penalty of one drug to the similar penalty of another form of that drug is a solution to a problem is warped. If any adjustments should be made, it should be to toughen the weaker penalty.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
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Another of the failed "stim-YOU-LIE"/job creation program of the DIM/DUMBorats:
How can teachers who live out-of-county/state complain about having to pay for their children to attend MCSD schools? Most of Columbus households do not even have children attending public schools, but they have to pay MCSD property taxes 'forever'. Personally, the taxpayers should stop paying their school property taxes until the MCSD adopts a policy requiring its teachers/administrators to live within the county or be fired.
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L-E headline/story: "Local leaders say AYP reports don't paint a complete picture of school's achievement * Twelve schools in Muscogee County need improvement, according to state standards." -- Well, the MCSD should be using LOCAL STANDARDS, and there are very few schools meeting those standards!
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From above story: "Susan Walker, the director of policy and research at the Georgia Partnership for Excellence and Education, said if one subgroup doesn’t make AYP, the whole school can fail to make AYP. * “High schools are at a disadvantage because they are usually larger, and there is the issue of subgroups. A high school is more likely to have subgroups,” Walker said. -- "Subgroups"? Can she not speak English?
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Reading the above article showed me one thing for sure...the MCSD has a lot of excuses, and even has people designated to be 'excuse distributors', and things won't improve if the first response of the MCSD administration is to think of more things to blame things on.
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You know, unless there are set standards, even 100% graduation doesn't mean a school is making AYP.
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L-E headline/story (from AJC): "Bond set for Georgia man in officer shooting * Frye is charged with aggravated battery in the shooting. He's also charged with two counts of aggravated assault in connection with bullets fired into two occupied vehicles nearby.
* He also faces charges of forgery, theft by taking involving a stolen truck and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. * Frye's lawyer, Careton Matthews, says he intends to seek a reduction in bond" -- What's wrong with this scenario? I'll tell yo3u! The judge who set bail, and the lawyer wanting to reduce that bail should both be put in an adjoining cell, and when the prisoner makes bail, give him back his gun, and make him exit through the cell containing the judge and lawyer!!!
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L-E story: "
ATLANTA -- State lawmakers are gathering in Atlanta to begin hammering out a plan to save the programs that get money from the Georgia Lottery from going broke. *Leaders from the state's university system, prekindergarten program, technical college system and others will testify before a joint meeting of the House and Senate Higher Education Committees on Monday. Demand for the programs - particularly the HOPE scholarship - have far outpaced lottery ticket sales." -- You know, the original plan was to fund only "HOPE" scholarships for inspired high school graduates; it's been the politicians drooling over the political power of spending money from, basically, a slush fund on other aspects to get themselves re-elected that have stretched any good of the program to exhaution. Another prime drain on the funds is school systems that make sure every graduate is 'hope eligible', and the state colleges having to go into the remedial education business.
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A worthy L-E "soundoff": The ideal location for the mosque should be next to the White House, not Ground Zero. -- Amen, but with a 'sunset clause' for 2012.
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L-E headline/story: "R E A LLY ? * Family puts 378-year-old farm on market * On Tuesday, the Tuttle Farm (in Dover, NH) went on the market. Asking price: $3.35 million. Under a deed restriction that came with its 2006 designation as conservation land, it can’t be developed into strip malls or condos. * “The farm is operating until we find a buyer who loves this land almost as much as we do,” said Will Tuttle, 63." -- Liberals! They cannot make a go at it being a farm, so they are trying to sell it, but have limited the uses left to interest any buyers ((and eliminated most!) into wanting to developing it.
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From the increase in early morning shootings, the Crime Prevention Committee might entertain one of two new programs: "Midnight Curfew" or "Midnight Target Practice".
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L-E story: "Fox News Channel has been granted a much-coveted frontrow seat in the White House briefing room." -- Aha! The Rahm Emanuel practice of keeping your friends close, but keeping your enemy even closer is more important.
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From Dana Milbank's commentary: " As lawmakers engaged in this wikidebate, the only solid conclusion to emerge was that President Obama had lost whatever limited control he had over congressional Democrats." -- "Had lost"? potUS Nero-bama has had about as much control over the DIM/DUMB majorities in Congress as Jimmy Carter did.
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L-E story: "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates outlined plans Sunday to block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web browsing services in a crackdown that could jeopardize efforts to establish the country as an international business hub." -- Excuse me, but isn't that what Congress has done by giving potUS Nero-bama the power to shut down the internet? Must be a socialist-Muslim thing; I don't understand.
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Remember hitting wiffle golf balls around your house as a kid, and dreaming that you were having the round of your life, and you needed to sink one last put to win the golf tournament? Stuart Appleby just did that! It was probably a better round than the priest's in "Caddyshack"!
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
The Breakfast Club - August 1, 2010
Saw a pickup truck yesterday AM (w/AL plates) that had the rear window smashed out, and both side mirrors and the windshield cracked. Wonder if a new country song about somebody done somebody wrong is about to hit the air waves.
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What's the problem with bicyclists? They want equal rights on the road, but when you see most of them, they are breaking the laws that control them. Saw 8 cyclists in UPtown Saturday AM. 4 of them were illegally riding on the sidewalks, and 4 others hardly slowed down before blowing through a red light. All this, and they pay nothing towards the development or upkeep of the roads. Maybe it's time they buy licenses and tags, and take license/biking exams. (FTR, I used to be an avid bicyclist, and have many road trips to my credit)
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Congress accedes the hotness of August, and goes on a month-long plus vacation, but our schools re-open and take the best swimming and family vacation time month away from our children .. What's wrong with this picture?
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Online headline: "Massachusetts Beach Closed After Shark Sightings" -- Ooops, my bad! Thought someone had spotted Kerry parking his yacht.
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Online headline: "PLO Official Says Obama Sent Warning to Abbas" -- What'd he say...that he would not bow to him the next time they met?
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Online headline/story: "House votes to lift oil spill liability cap * The final vote was 209- 193" -- Huh? I recall it taking 218 votes to pass a law in the House.
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Congrats, Northern LL Major Boys!
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L-E headline/story: "Chelsea Clinton weds at New York estate * Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday." -- Quick! What is 'his' name? (Half credit if you said anything 'Clintonish')
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For a few weeks, everyone in Rhinebeck was employed; Monday will have probably most of them filing 'first time unemployment'.
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L-E "soundoff" : "For everyone saying they want to take their country back, I don’t. I want to take my country forward." -- Amen, but form where the Founding Fathers started, not where the DIM/DUMBs have diverted it!
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Another L-E "soundoff": " I guess the laws of the land don’t apply to Charlie Rangel, John Kerry, Tim Geithner or illegal aliens. They just apply to me. " -- Another, "Amen". please! Fortunately, there are enough "me's" to make a difference in November & the future. All us 'me's" just need to remember to vote everytime we get a chance, even if it means taking time out of our work day!
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Another worthy "soundoff": "Isn’t it interesting how Fox is repeatedly blamed for the Shirley Sherrod debacle, when Fox didn’t report a word about it until after the Department of Agriculture had fired her and the NAACP condemned her? " -- Another "Amen", but, unfortunately, it doesn't change a liberal mind (that's a pretty good oxymoron) to confuse him/her with facts.
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L-E headline/story: "Rangel prepares 3-way ethics defense * Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., may also face ethics trial * Waters came under scrutiny after former Treasury Department officials said she helped arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at Boston-based OneUnited Bank without mentioning her husband’s financial ties to the institution. " -- When it comes to not revealing "financial ties". Pelosi and her husband benefited tremendously when certain 'minimum pay' laws excluded territorial islands where Dole has pineapple plantations.
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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this threeway defense: I didn’t do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty." -- You know, in his own words, Rangel has become the poster child for term limits!
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L-E headline/story: "Perdue to greet Obama on Monday * ATLANTA — Gov. Sonny Perdue will greet President Barack Obama planeside when the Democrat arrives in Georgia on Monday. * Obama will be in Atlanta to address a convention of disabled American veterans and to headline a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. " - Though prioroties are not necessarily in that order.
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Instant headline repeat/story: "Perdue to greet Obama on Monday * Obama will be in Atlanta to address a convention of disabled American veterans and to headline a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. * Meanwhile, Roy Barnes, the Democratic nominee for governor, won’t be anywhere in sight. Barnes will be in south Georgia campaigning. His campaign manager said that by the time they learned of Obama’s trip, Barnes’ schedule was already locked in. " -- Like potUS Nero-bama was invited to join Barnes at any of the locations Barnes will be...... yeah, sure!
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L-E story: "Jamaica has one of the highest rates of police killings in the Western Hemisphere, according to Amnesty International. It also has one of the world’s highest murder rates. " -- Wow! That sort of changes the perceptions Bob Marley tries to sell.
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Heard a rumor that the next Republican national campaign slogan will be "Hope & Change". Guess they "hope" independents and some DIM/DUMBs "change" there cotes in the next several Novembers.
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L-E headline/story: "Police: 2 men tried to sell wood blocks as laptops * JACKSON, Miss. — Investigators in Mississippi say two men wrapped blocks of wood in duct tape and bubble wrap, attached Toshiba labels and tried to pass them off as laptops. " -- Don't you have to wonder how many FEMA bought, and whether they reordered more?
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L-E headline/story: "Paintball course attracts unwanted guests: bears * BILLINGS, Mont.
Big Sky Marketing Director Dax Schieffer says the resort tried to find an environmentally friendly paintball. But it turned out that the one selected contains a vegetable oil that can attract grizzly and black bears that commonly roam the region." -- This is what happens when business tries to work with environmental liberals!
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Today's Walter Williams' column should be mandatory reading at every meeting of the NAACP, and he and Bill Cosby should be made permanent members of its Board of Directors, each with complete veto power of any overall Board decision.
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With few on the road, GM and NISSAN are already having to make concessions to interest drivers in the "Volt" and "Leaf". The car industry will not be fully recovered until the industry is able to hype/promote bigger cars, and ones that accelerate 0-60 in under 4 seconds. Even the meat industry knows a slab of red sirloin steak does not sell well until you "sell the sizzle" by showing it on the grill.
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If the above battery driven vehicles take 4 - 8 hours to recharge on a 220 volt outlet, how long will they take to charge on a 120 volt outlet that most people have?
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I could be wrong, but Karen Handel's 34% of the primary vote doesn't mean she will win the runoff. Clearly 2/3 of Republican voters wanted someone else.
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What's the problem with bicyclists? They want equal rights on the road, but when you see most of them, they are breaking the laws that control them. Saw 8 cyclists in UPtown Saturday AM. 4 of them were illegally riding on the sidewalks, and 4 others hardly slowed down before blowing through a red light. All this, and they pay nothing towards the development or upkeep of the roads. Maybe it's time they buy licenses and tags, and take license/biking exams. (FTR, I used to be an avid bicyclist, and have many road trips to my credit)
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Congress accedes the hotness of August, and goes on a month-long plus vacation, but our schools re-open and take the best swimming and family vacation time month away from our children .. What's wrong with this picture?
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Online headline: "Massachusetts Beach Closed After Shark Sightings" -- Ooops, my bad! Thought someone had spotted Kerry parking his yacht.
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Online headline: "PLO Official Says Obama Sent Warning to Abbas" -- What'd he say...that he would not bow to him the next time they met?
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Online headline/story: "House votes to lift oil spill liability cap * The final vote was 209- 193" -- Huh? I recall it taking 218 votes to pass a law in the House.
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Congrats, Northern LL Major Boys!
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L-E headline/story: "Chelsea Clinton weds at New York estate * Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday." -- Quick! What is 'his' name? (Half credit if you said anything 'Clintonish')
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For a few weeks, everyone in Rhinebeck was employed; Monday will have probably most of them filing 'first time unemployment'.
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L-E "soundoff" : "For everyone saying they want to take their country back, I don’t. I want to take my country forward." -- Amen, but form where the Founding Fathers started, not where the DIM/DUMBs have diverted it!
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Another L-E "soundoff": " I guess the laws of the land don’t apply to Charlie Rangel, John Kerry, Tim Geithner or illegal aliens. They just apply to me. " -- Another, "Amen". please! Fortunately, there are enough "me's" to make a difference in November & the future. All us 'me's" just need to remember to vote everytime we get a chance, even if it means taking time out of our work day!
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Another worthy "soundoff": "Isn’t it interesting how Fox is repeatedly blamed for the Shirley Sherrod debacle, when Fox didn’t report a word about it until after the Department of Agriculture had fired her and the NAACP condemned her? " -- Another "Amen", but, unfortunately, it doesn't change a liberal mind (that's a pretty good oxymoron) to confuse him/her with facts.
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L-E headline/story: "Rangel prepares 3-way ethics defense * Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., may also face ethics trial * Waters came under scrutiny after former Treasury Department officials said she helped arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at Boston-based OneUnited Bank without mentioning her husband’s financial ties to the institution. " -- When it comes to not revealing "financial ties". Pelosi and her husband benefited tremendously when certain 'minimum pay' laws excluded territorial islands where Dole has pineapple plantations.
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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this threeway defense: I didn’t do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty." -- You know, in his own words, Rangel has become the poster child for term limits!
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L-E headline/story: "Perdue to greet Obama on Monday * ATLANTA — Gov. Sonny Perdue will greet President Barack Obama planeside when the Democrat arrives in Georgia on Monday. * Obama will be in Atlanta to address a convention of disabled American veterans and to headline a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. " - Though prioroties are not necessarily in that order.
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Instant headline repeat/story: "Perdue to greet Obama on Monday * Obama will be in Atlanta to address a convention of disabled American veterans and to headline a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. * Meanwhile, Roy Barnes, the Democratic nominee for governor, won’t be anywhere in sight. Barnes will be in south Georgia campaigning. His campaign manager said that by the time they learned of Obama’s trip, Barnes’ schedule was already locked in. " -- Like potUS Nero-bama was invited to join Barnes at any of the locations Barnes will be...... yeah, sure!
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L-E story: "Jamaica has one of the highest rates of police killings in the Western Hemisphere, according to Amnesty International. It also has one of the world’s highest murder rates. " -- Wow! That sort of changes the perceptions Bob Marley tries to sell.
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Heard a rumor that the next Republican national campaign slogan will be "Hope & Change". Guess they "hope" independents and some DIM/DUMBs "change" there cotes in the next several Novembers.
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L-E headline/story: "Police: 2 men tried to sell wood blocks as laptops * JACKSON, Miss. — Investigators in Mississippi say two men wrapped blocks of wood in duct tape and bubble wrap, attached Toshiba labels and tried to pass them off as laptops. " -- Don't you have to wonder how many FEMA bought, and whether they reordered more?
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L-E headline/story: "Paintball course attracts unwanted guests: bears * BILLINGS, Mont.
Big Sky Marketing Director Dax Schieffer says the resort tried to find an environmentally friendly paintball. But it turned out that the one selected contains a vegetable oil that can attract grizzly and black bears that commonly roam the region." -- This is what happens when business tries to work with environmental liberals!
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Today's Walter Williams' column should be mandatory reading at every meeting of the NAACP, and he and Bill Cosby should be made permanent members of its Board of Directors, each with complete veto power of any overall Board decision.
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With few on the road, GM and NISSAN are already having to make concessions to interest drivers in the "Volt" and "Leaf". The car industry will not be fully recovered until the industry is able to hype/promote bigger cars, and ones that accelerate 0-60 in under 4 seconds. Even the meat industry knows a slab of red sirloin steak does not sell well until you "sell the sizzle" by showing it on the grill.
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If the above battery driven vehicles take 4 - 8 hours to recharge on a 220 volt outlet, how long will they take to charge on a 120 volt outlet that most people have?
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I could be wrong, but Karen Handel's 34% of the primary vote doesn't mean she will win the runoff. Clearly 2/3 of Republican voters wanted someone else.
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