Online story: "BEIRUT -- The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones." -- The U.N. "demands"? Yeah... Syria takes those folks running around in blue helmets about as seriously as the NCAA thinks the UNC Tarheels in their blue helmets will be in next years BCS Bowl. --- Online headline: "Worst Fathers In The Animal Kingdom" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought the HuffPost was doing an expose' of NBA players. --- Online headline: "Cruise's 'Rock Of Ages' Stumbles At Box Office" -- Guess it was just "Cruisin' along and had an ego 'trip'. Justice can be sweet at times. --- Rodney King.... dead at 47. Seems like he shoulda been 147. It's been the longest 20 years. May we rest in peace. --- What an ironic happening.... the 40th anniversary of "Watergate" in Washington. Now we have "Holder-gate" as in 'hold da gate' open until we can kick'em all out. --- Riding a bicycle will not get safer until bicyclers learn and obey the laws, and police start ticketing bicycle law violators. About the only way the first is going to happen is that the state requiring bicycle driving tests/licensing, and requiring bicycle owners to purchase tags with the revenue going for road/trail maintenance, and for more police to monitor/ticket them. --- Comments on other letters in the L-E today: The Reverend Flakes should take to heart his concerns, and the IRS should monitor him for compliance; Mr Hobbs should go to the bathroom and wash his nose at once! --- There's a sicko out there who has hijacked the late T Sam Rawls' yahoo.com e-mail account! I have received 2 e-mails from Sam this week. If you have received some, please go to www.yahoo.com, scroll to the bottom, and click on the 'feedback' link, and report the irreverence to Yahoo. --- L-E story: "ATLANTA — The battle over how the region would spend $6.14 billion to fix metro Atlanta’s transportation quagmire is in full roar. * Little noticed in the din: $1.08 billion in tax revenue that would go directly to local government, part of the $7.2 billion expected from the proposed 1 percent sales tax. * Each of the region’s counties, cities and towns would get a share of the $1 billion to spend on transportation. But unlike the regional $6 billion fund, there is no requirement to list a single project for the $1 billion local fund. In many cases, voters at the polls July 31 will have no way of knowing where the projects are that the local money would build" -- If the permanent T-SPLOST passes, you'll be spending an additional 25% in state sales taxes for everything you buy anywhere in GA, and our Columbus will never receive its fair share. Make sure the first thing you do when you vote July 31, 2012 is to vote "NO" on the T-SPLOST. --- An ExxonMobil TV ad concerning the state of math in the USA says we must 'raise our standards'. Standards are nice to focus on, but the reality is that we need to raise our performance... on both sides of the desk.

Sam Donaldson sought to contradict Tucker Carlson's comparison of him to the reporter that interjected potUS Arpege. Not me he claimed ( I disagree with Donaldson). Sayeth Donaldson: "These people and perhaps even certain news organizations (certainly the right wing talkers like Limbaugh) encourage disrespect for this president." I disagree with Donaldson on this as well. Rush Limbaugh does not disrespect the office of the President, but does demand that our presidents honor the office. Donaldson was one of the worst bashers of any Republican president..period, --- The latest from barackobama.com: "Thanks to our president, this nation's immigration policy just became more fair and more just." -- Unfortunately, he cannot make the same claim about the nation being safer. --- After Reading Dimon Kendrick-Holmes column yesterday, this truism needs to be aired: Rule of thumb for husbands is that no, repeat, NO mechanical, gas or electric driven labor saving device ever be presented to a wife with a bow/wrapping paper attached under any circumstance! --- L-E headline: "Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock" -- Of course he only calls Republican lawmakers, while it could be donemore easily if he just asked his DIM&DUMBERat buddies to do it. --- L-E story followup: "Let's be clear, this is not amnesty, this is not immunity, this is not a path to citizenship, this is not a permanent fix. This is the right thing to do." - President Barack Obama after he eased enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of illegal..." -- No, potUS Arpege, it is NOT the RIGHT thing to do...it's the LEFT thing to do. --- Online headline/story: "Jamie Dimon's Presidential Cufflinks A Gift From A White House Resident * Several sources have now reported that the prominent cufflinks Dimon wore during the hearing bore the seal of the President of the United States, with John Carney reporting them to be "a gift from a resident of the White House," though just who specifically remains unknown." -- Incredible! Transparency...NOT! Oh, maybe it was a gift from Michelle? Carney would have been better off if he could have said he was not sure whether the ciff links were the ones potUS Arpege gave him or from a former POTUS or potUS. --- Speaking of the $2 BILLION dollar trading loss by Dimon, have we heard the names of those who profited from that trade? --- Online headline/story: "Warren Buffett Fires CEO For Taking Island Vacation On Company's Dime * After Denis Abrams, CEO of Benjamin Moore -- a company owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway -- used company money to take his corporate staff on a getaway to Bermuda to celebrate the company’s first quarterly sales increase in years, Buffett fired Abrams, the New York Post reports. The island getaway allegedly included a dinner cruise aboard a yacht that some vacation attendees believed was owned by singer Jimmy Buffett" -- Now here's the "Buffet Rule" potUS Arpege needs to initiate...starting with the whole GSA upper management team! Next would be Pelosi, and Reid. Amazing.. you just can't make this stuff up. --- Online headline/story: "Rhode Island Passes 'Homeless Bill Of Rights' * The legislation, which won final approval by the state Senate on Wednesday, bucks a national trend among municipalities toward outlawing behaviors associated with homelessness such as eating, sleeping and panhandling in public spaces. * Among other steps, the Rhode Island law would guarantee homeless people the right to use public sidewalks, parks and transportation as well as public buildings, like anyone else "without discrimination on the basis of his or her housing status." -- Hope Mayor Obamalinson and Council read this. They could save the City boo-koodles of money by eliminating the current "10 Year Homeless" plan by sending all the homeless to Rhode Island. --- Online headline: "Roberto Unger, Obama's Former Harvard Law School Professor, Says The President 'Must Be Defeated'" -- You would think, 'WOW", but don't think for a minute that you agree with the Harvard professor. While we probably agree with him {that the President 'must be defeated'', his reasons are not the same as ours. The professor thinks potUS Arpege hasn't done enough fast enough to destroy America. --- L-E story: "Home Depot partnered with Troup County’s Rosemont Elementary School kindergarten parents for an end of the year party with a cookout and carnival. The school’s Partner in Education created craft items for the children to have a “workshop” where they made a plaque on which to display their graduation tassels. " -- Kindergarten "graduation tassels"? Why not just give every kid who completes 1 season of youth sports a trophy? Ooops, 'they' already do.... No wonder today's children do not appreciate personal effort needed to accomplish anything; the kids are brainwashed by the time they are teens into believing all they have to do is 'show up' and people will think they've actually done something worthy of reward. ---

Online story: "VANCOUVER, British Columbia — British Columbia's top health official says taking pure ecstasy can be safe when consumed responsibly by adults,: -- No wonder the DIM&DUMBERats want to model their HELL-thScare Bull after the Canadian one... Yeah, right! --- Online headline/story: "Obama Immigration Speech: Reporter Neil Munro Interrupts, Heckles President During Remarks * "And the answer to your question is sir, and the next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question, is this is the right thing to do for the American people...I didn't ask for an argument. I'm answering your question," he said, speaking over the man's protests. "It is the right thing to do for the American people." -- "right thing to do for the American people"? In what way? Jobs for Americans is tough enough with potUS Arpege's toxic economic policy, but why does he think it's the "right thing to do" to allow illegal people to mix and mingle with those of us who have either been born here or, especially, those who have earned their citizenship by following the course of action to become an American citizen. Joe Wilson, R- SC representative was right, potUS Arpege, "YOU LIE!". --- Online headline/story: "Obama Administration To Stop Deporting Younger Undocumented Immigrants And Grant Work Permits * The policy change, described to The Associated Press by two senior administration officials, will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. It also bypasses Congress" -- Can we say 'treason"? How about "impeachment"? Under the administration plan, undocumented immigrants will be immune from deportation if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history -- What an oxymoron! Living illegally in this country IS a crime, therefore all are criminals. "The policy will not lead toward citizenship but will remove the threat of deportation and grant the ability to work legally," -- I'm sure Americans looking for jobs will be thrilled. One other thing, if a 16 year old who was brought here illegally by his parents 5 years prior, is found out, and his/her parents are caught and deported, what's potUS Arpege gonna do with the 16 year old who can stay because of his policy? --- The latest from barackobama.com: "I'm about to sit down for lunch with a few grassroots supporters who are being flown in from Arizona, Maryland, Michigan, and Ohio. * It'll just be me and these four supporters, with enough time to relax and have a real conversation." -- "Real conversation"? Yeah, right. I'm sure potUS Arpege is really going to allow four $3.00 donors to ask any real questions, even if they are DIM&DUMBERats, too. --- L-E headline: "Coroner appeals oust from primary * Attorney says bounced check is irrelevant because party paid fee " -- Lets see...I do believe this point has been raised .. twice .. in prior Breakfast Club editions, and it is right. Since the DIM&DUMBERat Party paid the fee, the fee is/was paid properly and on time for Thrower to have successfully qualified. The returned check is between Thrower and the D&Ds. --- L-E headline/story: "TOOMER’S CORNER OAK TREES * Updyke may miss part of his trial for health exam * The trial is scheduled to start next week, but attorneys for Up-dyke, 63, claim their client’s health problems may affect his ability to participate in the trial. * The defense filed a notice with the court late Thursday that stated the doctor treating Updyke for diabetes recommended the he receive a neurological exam next week after suffer (sic) passing out spells." -- All the neurological tests in the world will show Updyke to be 'stupid', but why is one scheduled on during the trial time frame? --- Liberal's L-E "soundoff": "I am a law-abiding citizen and when I get off work I prefer some marijuana as opposed to alcohol to relax and unwind. That is my personal choice and being 62, I should have that right. " -- Typical liberal with typical liberal mentality! This D&D claims to be a "law-abiding citizen" but trumps that by saying he/she knowingly breaks the law... That's the beauty of being a liberal.. if you don't like a law, just ignore it. If you then get caught, complain you are a victim, and if another liberal gets caught breaking another morals issue, join hands in supporting breaking that law, too. --- Another liberal's L-E "soundoff": "Why should a woman be forced to have a baby when she doesn’t want it, can’t afford it, it threatens her life, or the baby isn’t viable?" -- Simply, in most cases, the woman could have just said, "No.", or at a minimum. required use of protection. If she can't afford it, there are other couples standing in lines waiting, wanting, a baby to love and care for. Liberals just want the unfettered ability to break the laws they don't like, and why should the laws of God be any different in breaking the laws of man. --- Politicians are always thinking of ways to sugar coat their source of power... taxes. Locally, most SPLOSTs have been successful because the campaigns stress that they are temporary, specific, and outsiders will help us pay for our 'goodies'. The T-SLOST is a misnomer. There is nothing temporary about it, there are no specific 'goodies' that limit its use, and we end up paying more sales taxes than we will get returned to us... forever. This is just another, though directed to certain use, sales tax. --- I always had a problem with the extended NBA season, but tomorrow is Father's Day, and Wednesday is the first day of summer, and there still won't be a NBA champion decided, and it looks like the playoffs may extend into next season's schedule. --- L-E headline: "Coaches honoring late friend with ‘Drive for Dinger’ * Foundation gives healthy meals to cancer survivors " -- Why would a Foundation have giving a healthy meal to someone who has shown the ability to win the struggle with cancer? Whatta waste of time and money. Now, if that Foundation really wanted to do something meaningful, it would focus on helping either patients with cancer or help surviving family members cope with their losses. ---

Online headline: "Lighting Company Allegedly Turned Down Job Applicant For Not Being Christian Enough" -- Now, this is a test for the ACLU to defend the Lighting Company on the basis that with all the assessment about the church & state remaining separated, then the state has an obligation not to pass judgement on a private business' policies on religion. --- Online headline/story: "U.S. military insignia no longer allowed on Bibles * The publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention says its Bibles can no longer be emblazoned with the official insignia of branches of the U.S. military." -- My, oh, my... Even FDR is turning over in his grave. I have father's Army Air Corp issued WWII New Testament, complete gold imprinted insignia, and message from President Roosevelt encouraging all US soldiers to seek solace and guidance within the pages. --- L-E headline: "AUBURN TRIPLE HOMICIDE * DEFENSE ATTORNEY WANTS CASE ‘OUT OF LEE COUNTY’ " -- I reckon so... and I'll bet the families of the victims wish Leonard had been out of Lee County at the time their sons were needlessly murdered. --- L-E's "Thought for Today": “Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college.” — Lillian Smith, U.S. author (1897-1966). -- And never has this been truer than in today's educational environment. The dumbing down of the SATs; the politically correctness of not holding individuals responsible for their overcoming obstacles; taking over parental involvement for getting their children to-and-from school and taking over the children's dietary needs; teachers cheating 'for' the students on standardized tests, and social promotions and diplomas. Where... no, when will it stop? --- I'm curious... if the GED program is so vital, so important, why are those seeking such nickled and dimed over a testing/graduation fee? --- L-E letter: "I wanted to send a big thanks to Greg Countryman for trying to help my family with getting the air conditioner fixed. * I did apply for a grant to get the air and other things fixed, but the grant may take a while" -- First, this is obviously meant to paint Countryman in a good light prior to election time, but if he was acting in an official capacity, why was he fooling around with someone's AC on duty, and, also, where in the US or GA Constitution are taxpayers charged with providing AC's or grants for AC's? --- L-E story: "WASHINGTON — Last summer, gays in the military dared not admit their sexual orientation. This summer, the Pentagon will salute them, marking June as gay pride month just as it has marked other celebrations honoring racial or ethnic groups. " -- Salute someone for being gay, racial or ethnic? This is just WRONG! Saluting someone because of their meritous service is always the correct thing to do, but it should be based only on the individual's accomplishments as a soldier doing his duty or more. --- I'm real curious as to why Richard Hyatt's column today on politics doesn't even mention the Senate 15 race between Ed Harbison and Reginald Pugh. Harbison, of course, is the incumbent, but Pugh is the head of the local Urban League, husband of Councilor Evelyn Turner-Pugh, and she is also working on the staff of Congressman Sanford Bishop. Politics indeed to create strange bedfellows. --- L-E headline: "OBAMA PROPOSES NEW AIR QUALITY STANDARDS" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought potUS Arpege was apologizing for the hate ads he's running on TV & radio. --- There are always surprises in the "Real Estate Transactions" feature of the L-E, but I think this one takes the cake: "Wells Fargo Bank to Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 3633 McKee Road, Upatoi; $251,171; residential ". What is the Secretary of Veterans Affairs doing buying a residential property? --- There's a story in the L-E today concerning a computer and safe being stolen from a Woodruff Farm Rd apartment on Sunday. Today is Friday. This is not news; it's "s-new-z". ---

Raise high and proud, BCers, today is Flag Day! --- Online headline: "Harry Reid, John McCain Agree On Pacquiao Fight, Push Boxing Bill" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought both were 'boxing' up their things and clearing out of Washington. --- Online headline: "John Edwards Trial: Justice Department Drops Case Against Ex-Senator" -- In other words, there be no justice against DIM&DUMBERats as long as Holder is in office. Hence, no special prosecutor where Holder is involved, either. --- Holder says he will actively pursue the protection of American voting rights as per the 1965 Voting Rights bill. DOH! That's what the states Holder is suing are trying to do...guarantee that only rightful Americans vote so their vote will actually count! --- Online headline: "'John King USA' Canceled: CNN Ends 6 PM Show " -- News show? I thought that was some Martian movie flop from Disney. --- Online story: "WASHINGTON -- A critical document from President Barack Obama's free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises. * The leaked document has been posted on the website of Public Citizen, a long-time critic of the administration's trade objectives. The new leak follows substantial controversy surrounding the secrecy of the talks, in which some members of Congress have complained they are not being given the same access to trade documents that corporate officials receive. * The terms run contrary to campaign promises issued by Obama and the Democratic Party during the 2008 campaign." -- A broken campaign promise is usually just winked at, and reloaded for the next campaign, but this sounds like it might be leaked by a Clinton interest in order to get Hillary positioned for 2016. Don't you just love it when liberals flame the fire of their own meltdown? --- The latest from barackobama.com: Michele writes:"From coaching basketball to knowing how many Jonas brothers there are, Barack is a pretty cool dad. * But more importantly, Barack is a wonderful father and partner. No matter what's on his plate, he puts the kids first, and they know how much he loves them. * This Father's Day, I want Barack to know how much we love and appreciate him, so I hope you'll join me in wishing him a happy Father's Day." -- Wish she'd been able to say potUS Arpege was a pretty cool President, and America knew how much he cared and loved her... especially here on Flag Day. --- From a fellow BCer, Bumpersticker of the day: --- WTVM9 story: "With school out, many parents are spending time with their kids at our local mall. However, a Columbus mother is furious after she says she was asked to leave Peachtree Mall because of a word on her daughter's t-shirt. * She said last week a security guard at Peachtree Mall asked her and her 12-year-old daughter Sarah to leave because of word ASS on her daughter's shirt. * "I was very humiliated. I honestly have never been as humiliated like that in my life," said Sarah." -- Well, it's about time she felt humiliated. Perhaps this will save her from being humiliated in the future over some bad personal behavior that ruins the rest of her life. I'd have been humiliated just knowing my mother would be seen in public with me wearing such a t-shirt. --- L-E story: "The Alabama attorney who brokered the surrender of accused Auburn gunman Desmonte D. Leonard said her more than 50-mile drive with the fugitive was “fairly stressful because he was on every billboard” in the area. " -- Stressful because his picture was on 'every billboard'? Stressful... compared to riding in the same car with him? --- From the same L-E story: "(Attorney) James said snipers watched from the rooftop as Leonard entered the courthouse. Marshals in “military SWAT gear” greeted them in the lobby, a sight James said she was unaccustomed to in a federal courthouse. * Once inside, Leonard met with police and briefly visited with his mother before being taken to jail. Leonard’s mother had sought to persuade him to surrender, and was “absolutely relieved” at the arrest, James said. * “She’d rather have him in jail than dead,” she said." -- Oh, his mother said she'd 'rather have him in jail than dead'. Like the rest of us, I do hope his lawyer and mother are smart enough to figure out that we are all better off that he stay in jail UNTIL he's dead! --- L-E story: "ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A basketball that was washed away in last year’s tsunami has been reunited with students at a middle school in Japan. " -- Hmmm, wonder if it was checked for radioactivity? --- From L-E editorial commentary: "Fifty years ago this week, a bill was before Congress that would prohibit wage and salary discrimination between men and women doing the same jobs. * Now a study reported in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that women physicians and medical scientists are still paid substantially less for the same work than men. * The study, which tried to eliminate variables that could skew the findings, showed that women in comparable medical school research positions, at comparable ages and stages of their careers, made on average $12,000 a year less than men — roughly $350,000 over a 30-year career. * Fifty years after 1962, gender equity is still a myth. What’s really sad is how unsurprising that is." -- Only media elitist and career DIM&DUMBERats feel free enterprise can be legislated! Businesses hire and pay for services based on market conditions, and employees are free to market their skills at other places whenever they see fit. Take the L-E 'lifers' such as Nix and Chitwood.. it is hard to believe that they could earn more if they checked out other opportunities, but they don't explore that, so they need to be content with what the L-E deems is appropriate to keep them on the staff. They trade upward mobility for staying put where they are. If they were lured to other cities, then the L-E would probably hire someone to replace them at a higher salary than either made here. That's life; that's life choices. Deal with it! --- Since the Board of Elections received a valid form of payment for current Coronor Bill Thrower's qualifying fee, it makes no sense that the B of E would have any jurisdiction over the transaction with the local DIM&DUMBERat Party...UNLESS the D&D's filed a complaint with the B of E to make it an inside political issue. --- Congress is probably patting itself on the back for getting JPMorgan Chase to say it was going to make CEO Dimon et al involved in the $2 Billion hedge fund loss to pay back their bonuses. What Congress has done is to reduce the taxes paid to IRS. The bonus money will be returned to the profit line of the corporation which is taxed at a lesser rate than the executive bonuses which were taxed at the highest personal rates. We have some really stupid Congressperson, and other states will re-elect them this November. We can't win for winning! ---

Casey Anthony now says, "I didn't kill my daughter". Guess when you lie to everyone about something for so long. you can even start to believe it yourself. Ask OJ. --- Online headline/story: "Postal Service Could Go Way Of Greece, But Won't Need Bailout, Chief Patrick Donahoe Says * The service lost $3.2 billion in the first three months of 2012 and recently began offering buyouts to thousands of employees in order to reduce its workforce. The agency has borrowed heavily from the government to meet its obligations. * Officials say drastic changes are needed to head off annual losses as high costs eat up shrinking revenue due to Americans' increasing online communications. The agency does not receive taxpayer money to pay for operations." -- "has borrowed heavily from the government to meet its obligations"... "does not receive taxpayer money to pay for operations"... I guess the USPS lives in one of potUS Aepege's seven extra states he campaigned in.... the State of Denial! --- L-E story: "NEW YORK — New York City’s Board of Health signaled strong support Tuesday for the mayor’s plan to fight obesity by banning the sale of large, sugary beverages at local restaurants. * The proposal by Mayor Michael Bloomberg would require most licensed food service establishments in the city to limit serving high-calorie drinks like colas, lemonade and punch to containers no larger than 16 ounces. * People would be free to buy another round, but restaurants couldn’t serve the 20-ounce cups now so popular at fast food eateries, movie theaters, and food courts." -- Oh, people will be able to buy a second or third 16 ounce drink... are they kidding me! I also guess McDonald's will also continue offering FREE refills on all the 16 ounce sodas and tea and coffee their in-house customers order... I can't wait for the first lawsuit.. probably from "7-11" for banning its "Big Gulp" cups on the basis of discrimination against Indian business owners. --- L-E headline/story: "Republicans want outside prosecutor to probe leaks * (Republicans) want the attorney general to appoint a special counsel to look into the leaks, rather than Holder’s choices, U.S. Attorneys Ron Machen and Rod Rosenstein, who hold political appointments." -- I would HOPE that even potUS Arpege would want to CHANGE the appointment process. With his appointment of Eric Holder, and if Holder's appointees come up with 'nothing', then it looks even worse for potUS Arpege as being in the know about the leaks. Hmmm, can anyone say "missing 18 minutes of tape"? --- L-E story: "MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON — Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke. " -- Whatta blow to the elitist and their bio-diesel luxury cars. --- Two states have reported embarrassing misspelled words on some high school diplomas recently. Maryland, first, then Nevada. It's ironic that Nevada is the home of Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, and Maryland is the home of VpotUS Biden-Biden, who is also the president of the Senate. Is there any question why the Senate is so mismanaged? --- A Brooklyn, NY principal banned "God Bless the USA" from her kindergarten graduation ceremony. She could have avoided this if she had simply banned the absurd graduation ceremony for kindergarten classes to begin with. --- Looks like the Braves were victimized by someone impersonating a former player at this year's annual alumni weekend. Of course, the Braves should be able to handle a single imposter with ease compared to the seeming imposters that show up in Braves uniforms for the playoffs. --- L-E headline/story: "More than seven in 10 U.S. teens jobless * WASHINGTON — Once a rite of passage to adulthood, summer jobs for teens are disappearing. * Fewer than three in 10 American teenagers will hold jobs such as running cash registers, mowing lawns or busing restaurant tables from June to August. The decline has been particularly sharp since 2000, with employment for 16-to-19-year olds falling to the lowest level since World War II." -- The reason? Take your pick... X-boxing, ill-prepared for business needs, don't know what a lawn mower is, or just in training for a government job as a welfare recipient when they drop out. --- Tell you what... the L-E needs to look in house as to what it deems 'reasonable and necessary"... The L-E stopped running John House's column because he is running against Congressman Bishop, yet it picked up a column written by Karl Douglass who is paid by Bishop as a Campaign Strategist/Consultant", and it runs the absurd letters of Judy F Brouillette without identifying her as the Treasurer of the local Democrat Party.

Sen Diane Feinstein D&D, CA, says she 'takes the president at face value".... Well, which one, his left, his right, or his about face? --- L-E headline: "Axelrod says voters will judge Obama on actions" -- DOH! Of course potUS Arpege will be judged on his actions, and for his lack of action. I expect David Axelrod is about to abandon potUS Arpege soon, and rejoin the Clinton campaign for 2016. --- Online headline: "Commerce Sec. Bryson cited for felony hit-and-run" -- Oooops, my bad. Thought for a moment potUS Arpege had thrown the Commerce Secretary under the (economy) bus. --- Update on above: "A separate White House statement said that Bryson, who aides said suffered an apparent seizure on Saturday while driving near his Los Angeles-area home, will undergo medical tests and evaluations." -- The only 'seizing' going on is potUS Arpege 'seizing' the opportunity to blame someone else. There was nothing in the police report that confirmed a seizure occur as Bryson hit a vehicle from the rear, then after losing an argument about whether to call police or not, Bryson got back in his car and tore off, and eventually ran into another car which rendered him unconscious. --- From the 'only in California' department - Online headline/story: "Planned Parenthood sets up clinic on high school campus * A California doctor says one school district's union (Los Angeles Unified School District) with Planned Parenthood illustrates how deceptive the group is when it comes to marketing to teens." -- Now here is a situation where I'd be supportive of a Sharia Law Club, a Catholic study group, and a Judeo-Christian Coalition being situated right next it, but that won't happen. --- Online story: "SPRING CREEK, Nev. -- Students at a northeastern Nevada high school were surprised when they received their diplomas: the word "graduation" was misspelled as "graduataion." -- Lightning strikes again! There was a recently reported 'diploma-gate' in Maryland over a misspelled word, and now this. Don't these guys have 'spell checker' software? Surely these companies are relying on recent high school/college grads to catch spelling errors. --- Online headline/story: "Chicago Public Schools: Highest Graduation Rate On Record For Five-Year Grads in 2012, District Predicts * With more than 18,500 students graduating from CPS this year, the district predicts its graduation rate will hit 60.6 percent this year for students who were freshmen in the 2007-2008 school year, the highest it's been since at least 1999 * CPS Chief Jean-Claude Brizard attributed the improved rate in this year's class to graduation rate initiatives that targeted several schools, like Phoenix Military Academy, where teachers and principals collaborated to raise their graduation rate from 42 percent in 2008 to nearly 75 percent last year" -- 5 year curriculums for high school? Wonder if athlete's get red-shirted for eligibility? Also, we have to wonder whether the CPS has hired all the Atlanta teachers who were fired for cheating on student testing.... --- Related story to above: "90 percent of Chicago teachers authorize strike * Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announced the result of last week's balloting - nearly 90 percent of its 26,502 members voted to authorize a strike -and called it "an indictment of the state of the relationship between the management of CPS and its largest labor force members." State law requires 75 percent approval. * Teachers are upset that Mayor Rahm Emanuel canceled last year's raise and that they're being asked to work longer days without what they consider to be an adequate pay increase. * Chicago public school students have the shortest school day - 5 hours and 45 minutes - among the nation's 50 largest districts, according to a 2007 report from the National Council on Teacher Quality * (Mayor Emanuel) still was able to lengthen the school day for children to 7 hours, starting this fall, without the union's approval." -- Chicago teachers are complaining about working a 7 hour day while private business owners put in 10 - 14 hour days to net enough money after they pay taxes to live. Chicago needs Scott Walker for its Mayor! --- Online story: "Lindsay Lohan is now blaming faulty brakes as the cause of her recent accident after blaming the truck driver cutting her off was debunked" -- As hard as I try, there are some Lohan sightings/citings that have to be addressed. Lohan was driving a Porsche. Blaming the truck driver versus the Porsche brakes was a much better avoidance of the truth. --- L-E story: "The Muscogee school board’s failing to appoint an administrator has placed in jeopardy a $1.2 million adult education program serving 1,700 students in five counties. * The school district annually puts about $300,000 into adult education; the rest comes from federal and state grants that for the 2013 fiscal year total $932,000. The school district administers that grant money for Muscogee, Harris, Chattahoochee, Stewart and Quit-man counties. " -- Excuse me? Our local property taxes are being used to pay for students from other counties? It was bad enough when the MCSD was allowing teachers who were capitalizing on other states/counties lower tax rates to live there, but let those teachers' children attend Muscogee County schools without paying the non-county tuition charges. Unless there is more state and federal dollars coming in to make this program 'revenue positive', this is worse. --- Addendum comment to above: "These programs that bring in less revenue than expenses are the very reason we should wean ourselves from federal program involvement. The average federal program takes $100.00 dollars out of the community for every $20.00 they send back for a specific program that requires us to spend even more local tax dollars to sustain. --- Judy F. Brouillette should follow her own advice. The L-E should report that she is the treasurer of the Muscogee DIM&DUMBERat Party. --- Excuse me, but in the world of tennis, having a mediocre 50/50 +/- record should not merit an All-Bi-City award. Call me old fashioned, but a performance award should have performance standards. --- L-E headline/story: "FBI: violent crime down for fifth straight year * The number of violent crimes reported to police across the country fell 4 percent last year when compared to 2010, the fifth straight year of declines." -- Obviously, Columbus has been left out of these statistics. ---