Online headline: "John McAfee Makes 'Crazy' Admission" -- Hmmm, McAfee finally admits he can't stop all virus intrusions.

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"WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an undocumented immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP." -- This sounds an awful lot like a huge DUMBERat cover-up which had to start with the White House advising the proceedings. NJ voters should initiate a recall election on Menendez, and a special prosecutor be installed to circumvent White House/DOJ interference.

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One media source reported that potUS Obluster wasn't meeting Republicans half-way... "Half-way"? potUS Obluster won't even meet most Republicans at the door.
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The Oregon shooting... "authorities"say they are investigating what the shooter's 'motive' was. Who really cares. The SOB is dead (and we should thank him for that so we don't pay for a lifetime of lawyer fees)!
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HuffPost headline: "Time Readers Choose Their Person Of The Year" -- Kim Jong Un and picked himself and the other reader voted for none of the above.

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Online story: "Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is likely to be nominated as the Secretary of Defense, Bloomberg reports. * If nominated and confirmed, Hagel would be Obama's second Republican defense secretary. The first, Bob Gates, stayed on with Obama after serving as President George W. Bush's Defense Secretary." -- Hagel would be smart to decline... potUS Obluster would only name a Republican if he knows he's going to need a whipping boy before he leaves office.

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HuffPost headline: "Edward Orenchuk III, Boy Scout Leader In Long Island, Arrested On Child Porn Charges" -- Oh, does that mean MERCK and UPS will start sending checks again?

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Let's pray for Kyle Carter... he's been arrested twice, doesn't won't to accept the consequences so he's taking his 'bawl' to a junior college until the next MLB draft, but I want to know why he doesn't just market himself to MLB today; with 2 arrests before he's 21, he's proved he's already ready for MLB baseball.

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WRBL3 news story: "AUBURN, Ala. --Soon Auburn citizens may have to vote on a property tax increase. The school board is proposing the hike, saying it's necessary to avoid over-crowding in the schools. * Superintendent DeLaneo is asking for support from everyone in the community, including people without children. "We all depend on an educated citizenry. You know, Thomas Jefferson said that the key to democracy was an educated populous." -- Maybe we oughta hire Superintendent DeLaneo... I think Thomas Jefferson quotes have been banned in our school district... either that or the school system is purposely educating our students on socialism rather than democracy.

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Now we learn that potUS Obluster signed orders to make every dealing with the government by a citizen available to DOJ. Where's the mainstream media's indignation like they had for Bush's "Patriot Act'?

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Baba Wawa just named David Petraeus her "most fascinating person"... again. The first time for his military prowess; this year for his CIA undercover prowess of camouflaging as a faithful husband.

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Susan Rice withdrew her name as Secretary of State. Huh? When was she nominated? Floating a balloon is not a nomination.
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Voters who note for for new taxes don't fully understand how it effects them. They obviously must think the new taxes will be distributed directly to them as politically promised.
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Government could save a lot of money by declaring all death sentence appeals to be moot, and carry out the sentences at once. The residual effects of ridding taxpayers of unnecessary boarding expenses would be multiplied by the number of future death sentence crimes that wouldn't happen.

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The "right-to-work" laws are not anti-union, the "r-t-w" laws just say that a company can have union and non-union members, but workers can choose whether to pay union dues or not. That is the reason union management gets upset.

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So Hillary has "agreed" to testify at the Benghazi-gate investigation. Hmmm, bet we get the same answers she gave at the "Whitewater" investigation, "I don't recall" or "I was baking cookies".
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It's an absolute shame the local Whitewater powers-that-be brought in two outside equipment companies when we already had a capable company already invested in the community, but, at this point, what's another bad decision...

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The music industry gathered to raise funds for Hurricane Sandy relief. I hope two things will be followed up on: 1 is that the funds raised will be closely scrutinized as to how, when, where they are spent/distributed, and 2, none of the celebrity performers will try to deduct their personal travel expenses from their taxes. It should be their donation, not one other taxpayers supplement as the performers were certainly receiving major PR exposure.

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Online headline: "Hillary Clinton: 'I Really Don't Believe' I'll Run For President Again" -- Don't you believe it! Unless some other issue, like health, rears its ugly head, the Clintons were running for 2016 as they pushed for potUS Obluster's re-election. If Romney had won, he'd have won re-election in 2016, Ryan would have won in 2020 and 2024, and Rubio would have won in 2028 and 2032.

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L-E headline/story: "Local kid buys paver in honor of fallen Marine * Gabe (Jones) learned that each paver costs $250, he began saving his $5-a-week allowance. When he reached $100, he thought it would take too long to save up the $150 he needed to buy a paver. “I talked to my parents about it, and I made an appointment to talk to my principal,” Gabe said. He’s a sixth grader at Calvary Christian School, and Darlene Turner is the principal. * She agreed to let him sell snacks during a break every day." -- Thank goodness young Mr. Jones was going to a private Christian school and not a public school! Standing "O" for Gabe Jones, his family and his school!

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Liberal's L-E "soundoff": " This is just getting pathetic now. If Obama had been at the Army-Navy game, you’d have complained that he was ignoring the fiscal cliff crisis. " -- Hey, usually libs claim potUS Obluster can do both of those at the same time while tying his shoelaces with one-hand.

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.” — Stanislaw J. Lec, Polish author (1909-1966). -- What a great epitaph for potUS Obluster!

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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has changed her mind about the total acceptance of Obamacare.. guess we can call her a 1/64th Indian-giver.

Online headline: "Sandy Aftermath: FEMA Trailers Sitting Unused, Despite Thousands Still Powerless In New York" -- Well, well, well.... Katrina disaster... Sandy disaster... Hey media... is the problem Bush 43 AND potUS Obluster, or is it like Romney said... FEMA is a disaster in itself?

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Online headline/story: "Calif. liberals say tax-hiking Prop. 30 could be model for U.S. *

Groups like Mobilize the Immigrant Vote, the California Teacher’s Assn. and the Courage Campaign coordinated closely, dividing up the electorate so they did not duplicate efforts and targeting minority groups and students, among others. * They explained how raising the sales tax a quarter-cent for four years and increasing levies on top income earners by 1 to 3 percentage points for seven years would forestall another year of huge budget slashing in Sacramento." -Hmmm, so the results over 7 years will pay for 1 year of not slashing the budget.....what about the following 6 years? Maybe we do need to give illegal aliens "amnesty" if they live in/move to California, AND transfer Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) to represent California. Under his representation, we could hope California would break off under the surge of illegal aliens moving there, and break off and sink into the ocean.

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Online headline: "Nike Threatens To Take Its Talents Elsewhere Without Tax Break Guarantee" -- Well, we can be sure Nike won't move to California... but if NIKE wants a tax break, it will have to move outside the realm of potUS Obluster.

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What Boehner should counter potUS Obluster with is a wage cut and freeze for all non-military government salaries as of January 1, 2012, and a hiring/growth freeze until government employees attrition to 2009 levels effective until the National Debt reverses to below the $10 trillion level when potUS Obluste took office. Throw all 'grants' (earmarks) in there, too!

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WRBL3 headline: "Sheriff to inspect games for Victoryland casino restart" -- Hmmm, better check the campaign contributions received by this every future Sheriff of Macon County.

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From a fellow BCer:

The new symbol of the HELL-thScare bill

 

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You would think network TV would have to have a law forbidding ambulance chasers from coattail ads of venerable TV lawyers like Matlock of Perry Mason... but they don't.

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An anonymous donor has contributed $1 million for scholarships to California colleges..... for illegal aliens! As un-American as this is, we will actually be paying a big hunk of this as the anonymous (_@_) will deduct "the gift" from his taxes!

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Thanks to a fellow BCer for the reminder: It's Christmas time. Don't forget the ACLU when you're sending out your Christmas cards. Also suggest the ACLU file a civil fights case against the US government for discrimination against taxing Americans who earn higher incomes higher rates than others. Mail to the ACLU at 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York NY 10004.
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Why hasn't potUS Obluster made an apology for the actions of union thugs at a rally for Michigan's right-to-work law? Obluster fired up the union thugs into a frenzy, and the results were violent.

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Bob Beckel, DUMBERat commentator on Fox News's "The Five", commented that the 23 states that have right-to-work laws (with Michigan becoming the 24th) referred to voters of those states as "yahoos" and that those states basically were the states that voted for Romney. Where is the mainstream media indignation at such a broad stereotyping of voters? What would the mainstream media be doing if Romney called voters for potUS Obluster "stupid ignoramus slackers"? Oh, the media has already jumped on him for implying that.

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Liberal's L-E "soundoff": "As I rush out to grab up bargains made in other countries by child and slave labor in despicable working conditions, let me wish you Happy Holidays. Maybe Christ wants out. " -- The writer is obviously NOT a Christian....Christians are not the ones who have lost sight of the 'reason for the season'. Merry Christmas to all!

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L-E story: "NEW YORK — TV viewing could soon sound a little calmer. The CALM Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect today. * CALM stands for Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation. The act is designed to prevent TV commercials from blaring at louder volumes than the program content they accompany. The rules govern broadcasters as well as cable and satellite operators." -- Yes!

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Having recently paid my child's college tuition, I looked up college costs for 1960-61. The most expensive college tuition that year was at Harvard (natch) and a full year's tuition was a staggering $2,370.00. Duke cost $1,475.00 annually. My daughter's UGA 'student fees' for 2013 alone are going to cost $2,200.00 whether she attends classes or not.

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CSU football?... that'll blow Title 9 out of the water! Hmmm, maybe a new name will be in the CSU future... say The CSU "Whitewater Tide"?

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From L-E editorial: "Human Resources Director Tom Barron said the clinic will save money for city employees, save money for taxpayers, and provide better and more affordable health maintenance for its patients." -- Who's feet do we hold to the fire 5, 10, 15 years from now if this isn't the case?

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Liberal's L-E letter: "This January, core government functions such as scientific research, education, public safety, and environmental protection will face deep cuts under budget sequestration" -- And from which Constitution is this writer citing? Those categories of expenses are surely not included in the responsibilities of government as penned by our Founding Fathers.

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L-E story: "Mayor Teresa Tomlinson posted on her Facebook page that the city is looking for an artist to design and take charge of a "community painting" of a large mural on the renovated Boxwood Recreation Center. * Interested? You can send the mayor a FB message or email Crime Prevention Director Seth Brown at sbrown@columbusga.org." -- In 500 words or less, would someone please explain how vandalism, whether authorized or not, qualifies as a project for LOST "public safety" funds?

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Online headline/story: "Merck Foundation Severs Boy Scouts Funding Over Anti-Gay Policy * Following in the footsteps of Intel and UPS, the Merck Foundation announced it would suspend all funding to the Boy Scouts until the ban on gay scouts and scout leaders is lifted." -- Christmas season is upon us. Please let the BSA know its not alone nor an evil organization. Cite Merck/UPS et al as inspiring your support. I have dropped UPS from my personal choice of shippers, and will look closer at AMD powered computers in the future.

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My eldest has just become a UGA Dawg! Paid her tuition for the Spring semester. Tuition wasn't too bad, but the fees.... wow, an additional 29%! If she has time to use the things the fees cover, she wouldn't have time to go to class! The only reasonable fee was one called "Green Fee - $3.00". Tried to tell them that she doesn't play golf so could I use it instead? Academia has no sense of humor. Total fees for the semester were $1098.00. That would have paid my tuition and books when I went to college.

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The more scrutiny you give to the variable rates of income taxes, the more unconstitutional they become when the US Constitution was written to protect the individual from the government.

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From the how come department: How come the mainstream media is now reporting the "pre-existing condition" tax in Obamacare now? Why wasn't this an election issue? How come Fox News and Republicans didn't know about it prior to the election?

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HuffPost headline: "Michigan Right-To-Work Bill Approved By Republican-Dominated House" -- Only a liberal or liberal organization could have such vitriol over giving every one the right-to-work.

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Online headline: "Illinois Concealed Carry Ban Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Appellate Court" -- Now we just need some Federal Appellate Court to rule the same for dead people voting.

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Dueling headlines: "Masked Man Opens Fire at Oregon Mall" & "Masked Gunmen Attack Egyptian Protesters" -- It's like al Qaida has potUS Obluster and Morsi voo-doo dolls and stick the same pins into each at the same time... or maybe they're both al Qaida puppets sharing the same strings.

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Online headline: "Obama: Syria Rebels Now Recognized By U.S. Government" -- The triangle is complete. My question is how do you recognize the representative of the people of a country without specifically bestowing such legitimacy on a named/elected leader?

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Make no mistake that this is not a dig at the results or the honor for of Lisa Bell, Downtown Elementary teacher being named the "Milken Educator of the Year" for all of Georgia, but the following is part of the L-E story: "The Milken Educator Awards, called the “Oscars of teaching” by Teacher Magazine, have been given by the Milken Family Foundation since 1987 to recognize the importance of outstanding educators and to encourage talented young people to enter the teaching profession. * Unlike most awards, there is no formal nomination or application process. Teachers and principals and specialists are nominated to Milken by the state’s department of education. Georgia principals thought they were nominating teachers to serve on state advisory boards" -- Since this has been going on for 25 years, don't you think that school principals are smart enough to know what is going on when they are asked to submit teachers' name to serve on state advisory boards?

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The MCSD board should look at the results of having Phillips as the interim superintendent. Nothings changed for the good, and it couldn't be much worse, but his half pay salary is a savings for the taxpayers.

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With all the unused office space the City has (or becoming available in the near future with the completion of the City Services building at Columbus Square), it's suspect that the City Manager wants to use some other property for the new City employee clinic. Political payback?
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L-E's "Quotable" : “You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford American industrialist (1863-1947) -- Of course, if you modify this just a tad, you can come up with the root concept of the DUMBERat Party, "But you can build a voter base on what you say you are are going to do.”

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The new Falcon Stadium vote should be put on the ballot in two years when the Falcons won't have as good a record as they are having this year.

Our Constitution was written to promote the will of the majority while protecting the rights of the minority. Where is the protection of the wealthy (obviously a minority) when the majority goes after their money through specialty taxes and rates? ACLU, you have a real job waiting here!
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Online headline: "Obamacare Pre-Existing Condition Fee To Cost Companies $63 Per Person" -- And for all that voted for potUS Obluster and any DUMBERat Congressman, being stupid is a pre-existing condition (and, to paraphrase Ron White, we know... "you can't cure stupidity!).

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Repeat headline: "Obamacare Pre-Existing Condition Fee To Cost Companies $63 Per Person" -- By definition, the only people who won't be billed $63.00 will be hypochondriacs, because they aren't actually 'pre-existingly sick'.

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Three-peat headline: "Obamacare Pre-Existing Condition Fee To Cost Companies $63 Per Person" -- This will cause every American to become liars. We'll limp in to an emergency room, tell the triage technician we are feeling fine, and when the technician says 'it looks like your leg is broken (pre-existing condition)', we'll respond that the technician broke it when examining us, and that will end up in a we-said-technician-said lawsuit. What a bonanza for lawyers.. they want have to chase ambulances any more! Well, it will make our streets safer to drive/walk on.

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Seriously, whenever we call in for an appointment because we aren't feeling good at the time, technically even a flu or twisted, swollen ankle exists-at-the-time we call, so technically they are "pre-existing" conditions.

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On the other hand, if hospitals and doctors charge uninsured patients $63.00 cash up front just to 'sign in', the amount of indigent medical care will drop off substantially.

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Why are these people smiling:

They are all DUMBERats demonstrating how stupid they are as potUS Obluster signs HELL-thScare into law.

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Online story: "the health care reform law enacted in 2010 calls for Medicaid to be offered to anyone who earns up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $14,856 this year." -- Hmmm, let's see, a family of 4 X $14,856.00 = &59,454.00. In other words, if the family breadwinner is the only source of earned income, even teachers are eligible.

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Online headline: "Obama Vows No 'Compromise' On Taxes" -- Yrp, and he's proved it in the above reports...there's "no Compromise" on taxes... everybody who works is included.

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potUS Obluster is saturating e-mail addresses with his plea to stop Republicans from keeping the Bush tax cuts for everyone. He's also asking for more donations to pay off campaign debts. You know, no candidate, no political party should be allowed to spend money on campaigns which they have to get some kind of loan to do so.

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After going online to see what's been going on below the Eagle-Phenix dam, it's obvious the theme song for Whitewater has to be, "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

Link to the Eagle&Phenix dam site:

Whitewater Project « VSA Security Systems

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Until today, Michigan has automatically taken union dues out of pay checks whether or not the wage earner was a union member or not The governor signed legislation to stop that practice. potUS Obluster feels unions should have a right to do that in every state. Some job creator...
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potUS Obluster obviously feels every worker should have union dues deducted from their pay checks regardless of the worker's opinion. No wonder manufacturers' look overseas to save costs... just look at the Michigan car makers.
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On the other hand Obluster feels every worker other than union members and Washington politicians should have birth control payments deducted as well. Of course, all deductions are mute for Obluster voters.

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Wait a minute...wouldn't not being pregnant when you get birth control pills be a pre-existing condition?

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PSY is being catching HELL from some commentators because he's talked about killing our soldiers and their families, and potUS Obluster invited him to perform at his Christmas concert. Now, where was the media indignation when Chris Rock said President G. W. Bush and his family should be killed?
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Another "STIM-YOU-LIE" horror story... potUS Obluster sent $250 million to A-123 car battery maker to develop a new/better electric car battery. It's gone under and has been bought by the Chinese. Let's see... potUS Obluster sent money borrowed from China to a "green company', and now China has bought it outright for pennies on the dollar while taxpayers will be paying back the Chinese forever.

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Why are millions of dollars being spent on retrieving and restoring a FM-2 Wildcat fighter plane, when many already restored versions are readily available for purchase at much less cost?

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Morsi had revoked his claim to being above the law. Liberals are ecstatic about it because it's been addressed so therefore the problem is solved. Egypt now has sharia law but everything's fine in liberalese.

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Reports say that the snow in Minnesota is the worst in two years.. WRONG! The DUMBERat campaign of 2012 was a much worse snow job.
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The mid-west has been dumped on with records amount of global warming climate change. Hey, this is one of those potUS Obluster shovel-ready jobs!

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Good news is that Charlie Crist had gone over to the DUMBERat Party. Better news is that DUMBERats don't like him either.

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L-E story: "The (MCSD) board approved $83,000 to build a catwalk above the acoustical tile ceiling in the Northside High School auditorium. It will allow easier access to the Variable Air Volume system, which involves heating and cooling. " -- Why does private industry solve such problems by buying an appropriate ladder for a few hundred bucks?

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L-E headline/story: "Man pleads guilty to meth-binge murder * Cantelli gets life sentence for shooting Joshua Hill with Russian military rifle * (The judge) accepted his plea of guilty but mentally ill. * Now 34, Cantelli will be eligible for parole in 30 years." -- Well, there they go again... kicking the can down the road.

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Liberal's L-E "soundoff": "No union means no job security, no raises, no benefits, no pensions. Work for the man for $7.50 an hour; make him richer and richer. No wonder people prefer welfare to a job." -- Like shutting a company down is 'job security'? Does the writer even realize that a full time job at $7.50 an hour is more that the official 'poverty level per person' established by the federal government? Does the writer understand that without the federal deficit driving the inflation rate out of control, that a $7.50 per hour job would probably be a good starting wage? Blame the government and the unions, not the business owners trying to make a difference.

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L-E story: "An international manufacturer and supplier of chemical foods and beverage ingredients will close its Columbus plant and one in New Jersey and move the operations to a 150,000 square foot facility on Brickyard Road in Phenix City, the Phenix City Economic Development Department announced today." -- You have to wonder how much tax rates and incentives were the cause. (pssst... but not much wondering)

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You might think the whole country has gone to pot.... but in reality only Washington and Colorado join California.

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L-E picture and story:

Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/12/10/2307449/manufacturer-moving-from-columbus.html#storylink=cpy

"Translating to modern measurements, Huibers came up with a vessel that works out to a whopping 427 feet (130 meters) long, 95 feet (29 meters) across and 75 feet (23 meters) high." -- This is amazing... think about how amazing this was when Noah built it by hand with his sons..

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Another L-E pic:

This would have gotten these 4 women yanked out of a MCSD high school graduation ceremony.... tsk tsk

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L-E headline: "Alabama prisons make changes to complaint procedures * Inmates who file a complaint no longer to lose privileges, be separated" -- Wait a minute! I thought the whole purpose of a jail was limit prisoner privileges and separate them from society!

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L-E story: "ATLANTA — After roughly two years of discussions, a plan for the Atlanta Falcons to build a new downtown stadium took the first of many key steps toward becoming a reality. * The Georgia World Congress Center Authority approved the framework for a deal to build a stadium with a retractable roof, replacing the 20-year-old Georgia Dome." -- Why is it that government can't build a new building that has more than a 20 year life span?

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If the Falcons want a new stadium paid for by the taxpayers, ask us to vote on it during a so-so season.

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L-E headline: "NHL LOCKOUT * League cancels games scheduled through Dec. 30 * Nearly 43 percent of season has been eliminated" -- Truthfully, who amongst us has noticed or really cares, or has lost a night's sleep thinking about it?

HuffPost story: "According to longtime political observers Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, campaign coverage in 2012 was a particularly calamitous failure, almost entirely missing the single biggest story of the race: Namely, the radical right-wing, off-the-rails lurch of the Republican Party, both in terms of its agenda and its relationship to the truth. * Mann and Ornstein are two longtime centrist Washington fixtures who earlier this year dramatically rejected the strictures of false equivalency that bind so much of the capital's media elite and publicly concluded that GOP leaders have become "ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition." * "The mainstream press really has such a difficult time trying to cope with asymmetry between the two parties' agendas and connections to facts and truth," said Mann, who has spent nearly three decades as a congressional scholar at the centrist Brookings Institution." -- Hmmm...it's ironic that an opinion about the truthfulness of the Republican Party's campaign strategy is being commented on by a writer who calls Mann and Ornstein "centrists". If you believe them to be "centrist", I do believe the truth would seem to be a lie.

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Online story: "KABUL, Afghanistan — An American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban was rescued Sunday by Afghan and coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. At least six people were killed and two Taliban leaders were arrested during the rescue. * One of the rescuers, an American man, was killed during the operation, the White House said in a brief statement on Sunday night. * Dr. Dilip Joseph, was abducted along with two Afghan men on Wednesday while driving to a rural medical clinic in the Sorobi district of eastern Afghanistan * the kidnapped men were taken to a mountainous area about 50 miles from the border with Pakistan, according to a statement from the American nonprofit organization that employed the men, Morning Star Development. After days of negotiations, the two Afghan employees were released Saturday. But Dr. Joseph remained in the hands of his Taliban captors." -- I admire doctors, any medical professional who does pro bono work in third world countries, but do we really need to allow such to happen in countries the US is actually engaged in war or armed conflict? Just the presence of American civilians exposing themselves to the enemy adds additional pressure and additional danger for our military men & women.

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Online story: "WASHINGTON -- When President Barack Obama arrives in Michigan on Monday to sell his vision for addressing the so-called fiscal cliff, he will be stepping into a state that is currently witnessing a massive battle between its governor and labor community. And according to union officials, Obama will weigh in on the controversy and speak out against "right-to-work" laws." -- Hmmm, now that the election is over, potUS Obluster has wasted no time in confirming the first term suspicions that as long as he has access to printing his own money, he has no interest in creating jobs.

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Online headline/story: "Atheists, Humanists Suffer Persecution World Wide, Report * The study, from the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), showed that "unbelievers" in Islamic countries face the most severe - sometimes brutal - treatment at the hands of the state and adherents of the official religion." -- Hey, ACLU, have I got a job for you.. Pack your bags and office and get a move on.

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WRBL3 story: "Cam Newton threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns and scored on a 72-yard run as the Carolina Panthers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 30-20 on Sunday." -- Hmmm, guess he's trying to impress Malzahn so he will get recruited to finish his senior year at Auburn.

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Online story: "Federal cuts looming on the other side of the fiscal cliff forced Mickey Boyers, president of Virginia-based UHP Projects, a small business that cleans and coats surfaces for one of the largest U.S. builders of government aircraft carriers, to lay off nearly 100 workers -- including his own son." -- The son probably had an "Obama 2012" bumpersticker as well.

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L-E story: "The Chattahoochee River-Walk will be closed from the North Highlands Dam 2,300 feet south to South Gordon Boulevard as construction crews gear up to go down in the riverbed and build a “weir” or smaller dam just below North Highlands. * That smaller dam will keep enough water pooled below North Highlands’ downstream face for its turbines to function efficiently after the City Mills Dam below it is breached, draining the backwater now extending to North Highlands. " -- Now the truth becomes clear... the passioned plea about removing all the dams to restore the Chattahoochee to its natural state were BS from the git-go, not just a concept overwhelmed by the realization the Chattahoochee could be turned into a commercial waterpark.

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Liberal's L-E "soundoff" -- "The average income of Georgians making above $250,000 is $635,630. Their Bush tax cut is $28,550. Those making less than $250,000 average $51,370, and their tax cut is $1,140. Do the math. " -- There oughta be a law! No liberal newspaper should be able to print a liberal comment involving math unless the source is cited and verifiable. Figures don't lie, but liars, especially liberal ones, figure a LOT, as the truth is not in them.

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If all non-military government salaries, local, state, and federal (including Congress, the Court system, and the White House) were reduced, the taxpayers would probably feel a big enough boost in their wallets to turn the economy around.

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — A holiday concert attended Sun-day by President Barack Obama and his family included some non-traditional entertainment this year: a performance by South Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY. * PSY — wearing an all-red outfit including a sparkling, sequined top— was backed by dancers wearing reindeer antlers as he performed his popular “Gangnam Style” dance, which mimics riding a horse. * In brief remarks, Obama said the celebration was “a chance to get in the Christmas spirit, spread some joy and sing along with artists who have much better voices than we do.” -- "a chance to get in the Christmas spirit"? Wouldn't attending some nativity service be more appropriate? Ooops, forgot, potUS Obluster and friends don't want true Christmas oriented activities to be seen.

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This hasn't made it to the pages of the L-E, but I think even the L-E would actually have trouble printing what Robert F. Kennedy says. I ran it December 9, 2012, and will periodically to remind BCers worldwide how the DUMBERat Party thrives/survives on division:

Online headline: "RFK Jr: Fox News Has Divided Country In A Way Not Seen Since Civil War" -- Fox News? This coming from a DUMBERat who's party has given us affirmative action, political correctness, racist taxes on indoor tanning, the Congressional Black Caucus, historic black colleges with charity status, still allows black segregated beauty pageants and athletic events, and deems racism as a one way street. Fox News is the only TV network that discusses the such dividing factors, and from both sides.

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Did you know Hallmark will televise the "Hollywood Christmas Parade" tonight. Isn't this about as oyxmoronic as an event can be? This may top Gay "Pride" parades.

A friend of mine made an astute political analysis yesterday. He said that the reason Romney lost was that he campaigned on 'jobs for all', and 51% said they didn't want one.

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Online story: "(Venezuelan President Hugo) Chavez, who won re-election on Oct. 7, also said on Saturday night for the first time that if his health were to worsen, his successor would be Vice President Nicolas Maduro. * "We should guarantee the advance of the Bolivarian Revolution," Chavez said" -- Of course Chavez waited until after our election to see if his first choice was going to be available or not.

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online headline/story: "Mohamed Gamal Abu Ahmed, Benghazi Attack Suspect, Held In Egypt: U.S. Official * U.S. officials said Abu Ahmed's group was suspected of a role in the violence but they were not sure whether he personally was involved." -- Do we see a pattern here? potUS Obluster blamed a video maker which was proved blatantly false, but he's still in jail.

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Online headline: "RFK Jr: Fox News Has Divided Country In A Way Not Seen Since Civil War" -- Fox News? This coming from a DUMBERat who's party has given us affirmative action, political correctness, racist taxes on indoor tanning, the Congressional Black Caucus, historic black colleges with charity status, still allows black segregated beauty pageants and athletic events, and deems racism as a one way street. Fox News is the only TV network that discusses the such dividing factors, and from both sides.

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Online headline: "Hamas Leader Vows Never To Recognize Israel" -- Doh! He just did.

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Online story: "HONOLULU -- A high school on Hawaii's Big Island was temporarily closed after officials say racial tension and multiple fights this week culminated in a brawl involving 20 to 30 students, with eight arrests. * The school's principal, Wilfred Murakami, said the fights resulted from ongoing "bullying through racial and cultural taunts." * Immigrants from the Federated States of Micronesia are a small but fast-growing group in Hawaii as a result of a 1986 pact that allows citizens from three Pacific Island nations to come to the United States in exchange for allowing the U.S. to use defense sites. * Immigration from the Federated States of Micronesia, along with the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands has been a source of tension for some residents in Hawaii, the closest U.S. state to the Pacific islands. * In the 2010 fiscal year, Hawaii spent more than $52 million on health care, welfare, public housing and homeless support for more than 17,000 migrants from the compact. In addition, education costs were more than $55 million." -- Hmmm, all's not-so-well in potUS Obluster's home paradise. Maybe he can hold a "Mai-Tai Summit" and supply Micronesia with AK-47's while on vacation.

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Online story: "An analyst at Guggenheim Partners recently revived the possibility of "coin seignorage," an idea that, ahem, gained currency during 2011's debt ceiling debacle. Chris Krueger mentioned the idea as fourth in a list of ways that the U.S. could solve the debt ceiling problem, which is threatening to come up again as part of fiscal cliff negotiations. * The idea is pretty simple to understand. While there are legal limits to the amount of paper currency that can be in circulation and the amount of gold and silver than can be turned into coins, Treasury can issue coins made of platinum in any denomination. The coins would be created by the U.S. Mint and deposited at the Federal Reserve, allowing the government to meet its debt requirements and avoid the debt ceiling. * James Pethokoukis at the conservative American Enterprise Institute points out that the move might have a negative impact on inflation. Others, WaPo’s (Washington Post) Brad Plumer among them, believe it would have little effect on the value of the dollar since it is money that would not be directly injected into the economy. " -- "little effect on the value of the dollar since it is money not to be directly injected into the economy"? Has anyone on the board of the Washington Post verified Plumer's college degrees and grades? Any method of raising or 'getting around' the debt ceiling IS an injection of money into the system that effects all existing moneys in the system!

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Nine of the top ten states with out-of-control debt voted for potUS Oblunder. I guess they believe that Oblunder is not only the Messiah, he's Santa incarnate.

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Online story: "On Thursday, the Progressive Congress -- a nonprofit representing 75 liberal congressmen -- announced that it gathered 100,000 signatures for a petition urging the (Macys)department store's CEO, Terry Lundgren, to drop out of a high-profile lobbying group. It accused Lundgren of "violating the trust" of families who see the company as a "symbol of home and holidays." * Lundgren is one of 71 CEOs of public companies in the Fix The Debt coalition, which is lobbying to narrow the deficit by scaling back programs like Medicare and Social Security. " -- Will liberals stop at nothing to destroy the middle class? Lower taxes mean more money in America pockets, and more money in the American people's pockets versus the government's means a better economy can be regained.

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Union protestors were outside Macy's for a "Dump Trump" rally. Some were pictured cutting UP Macy's credit cards. Wanna bet how many of those cards were in "collections" and already cut OFF?

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Online headline: "NY Mostly Ignored Reports Warning Of Superstorm" -- Hmmm, and we were just wondering where Katrina-in-charge Mayor Ray Nagin was hiding.

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Speaking of Ray Nagin, I gleaned this tidbit out of his Wikipedia bio: "After leaving office (in 2010), Nagin founded CRN Initiatives LLC, a firm that focuses on Emergency Preparedness, Green Energy product development," -- No doubt funded by potUS Obluster's bailout money. What private money would back Nagin on disaster preparation tactics?

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TCM had a couple of classic guy movies on yesterday afternoon ("The Ballard of Cat Ballou" and "Cool Hand Luke"), but TCM outdid itself last night..."Summertime" followed by "Autumn Leaves", then "If Winter Comes" and "A Walk In The Spring Rain". Cool, but I'm not through...then came 'A Man For All Seasons".

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What the mainstream media doesn't question the DUMBERat heirarchy about is once you decimated the wealthy, the need for government revenue doesn't end. Margaret Thatcher summed it up nicely, sooner or later, you run out of wealthy people's money.
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Even if the potUS Obluster plan to tax only the top ten percent, and it's successful, then that 10% will eventually fall down to a lower category. Then the next 10% will be expected to pick up the slack... then the next 10%, and so on until everyone is food stamp eligible, but, by then, no one will be available to "contribute" to paying for the bill.

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Online story: "The political crisis and violence in Egypt deepened Friday as opponents of President Mohammed Morsi mobbed his palace" -- Hmmm, since there's so much resemblance of potUS Obluster's and Morsi's plans to attain dictatorship, maybe this is a prelude to what middle-class Americans will have to do to reclaim our country.

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In a Richard Hyatt story, MCSD Board member John Wells is quoted: "This is such an important job. The person we select will have the job of keeping this school district on track." -- WRONG! The MCSD Board is elected to 'keep this school district on track'; the superintendent is its agent to initiate and direct the school system programs.

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Same article quotes Cathy Williams: "We need someone who walks on water." -- WRONG! We've seen how someone that DUMBERats perceive the White House occupant having that ability, but what we NEED is someone with BOTH FEET on the ground.

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From Dusty Nix's column: "People who order for 20 in fast food drive-through lines, and those who take cell-phoned food orders in buffet lines, should be hanged, drawn and quartered without trial or counsel .

ESPN reports that National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is thinking about — get this, now — eliminating kickoffs from NFL games. Dude … put down the Kool-Aid. You’re showing symptoms of Bud Selig poisoning.

We’ve tried bells, beeps, buzzers, chimes, chirps, simulated nature sounds, music radio, talk radio, TV timers, tape players, CD players … and we’re left with an immutable truth: There’s just no version of an alarm clock you want to hear.

Any religion that wants government to help sustain it needs more help than any government can possibly give it.

The more shamelessly a public figure panders for cheap applause, the more certain he will be praised for his “courage.”

You have to admire the concentration of people who never let driving distract them from their phone calls.

The next filmmaker who has a Southern character using “y’all” as a singular pronoun should be forced to star in his own snuff movie.

More often than not, the real problem with people who claim to be misunderstood is that they’re understood perfectly.

The longer an unattended car alarm goes off, the more I hope somebody is actually stealing the car. -- Well, well, well... after years of effort, Dusty has finally said something the rest of us can agree with him on.

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Johnny Football... this year's Heisman Trophy winner. Glad the Heisman Committee didn't fumble the ball in its decision to name a freashman who really earned this.

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Karl Douglass writes: "The fact that (probable SC Senate appointee to replace DeMint)Tim Scott staked out a position as a principled conservative during his college years, maintained and expressed those positions consistently throughout his service in elected office at every level and now has the very real opportunity of serving in the Senate is the point. Honestly, even though I don't agree with many of his positions" -- This is the attitude that has dragged racial progress to a standstill. Congressman Scott, though black, as a Republican, as a Conservative, is not 'black enough' for the black bloc vote.

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L-E's "Late laughs": "TODAY IN Washington, President Obama met with leaders of the American Indian tribes and they honored the president by giving him his own Indian name: “Running Deficit.” — Jay Leno -- heh heh heh

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If there is any use for a federally run polygraph program, it would be for an agent to follow all politicians around and attach one whenever politicians open their mouths.

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L-E headline/story: "Same-sex weddings in Washington to begin today * OLYMPIA, WASH. — Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this week as Washing-ton state’s voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took effect." -- Hmmm, you have to wonder if they'll toss bridal bouquets of marijuana buds, too.

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From the City Manager's Agenda: "FULL-SIZE, 4-DOOR SEDANS (NON-PURSUIT) – It is requested that council approve the purchase of twenty-one full-size, 4-door sedans (non-pursuit) (2013 Chevrolet Impala) from Hardy Chevrolet (Dallas, GA), in the amount of $18,110 per unit, for a total cost of $380,310. " -- Why are such contracts given to out of town dealerships rather than letting local dealerships have a blind bidding opportunity to lower the bid?

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From the City Manager's Agenda: "MUSCOGEE COUNTY PRISON TURN-OUT SHED – It is requested that council authorize the execution of a value-engineered construction contract with Freeman & Associates, Inc., (Columbus), in the amount of $50,750 for a turn-out shed at Muscogee County Prison. " -- Does anyone know whjat a 'turn-out shed is? I'd like to know so I can evaluate if there is a need for further comment.

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I asked the MCSD board members why Harris County Middle School was playing in the Muscogee County Middle School Football playoff series, and one brave member did reply, but he just mentioned Harris County High plays some Columbus teams. I reminded him that the GHSAA has structured regions and districts for high school sports, but none such exists for middle/elementary schools. No response to that.

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From a fellow BCer - Online article: "Obama’s Dirty Little Tax Secret: He’s Already Raised Taxes on the Rich * The one glaring omission in President Obama’s fiscal cliff demands for higher rates on top earners is that he’s already raised their taxes. That’s right! When he signed Obamacare into law, he raised tax rates on families earning more than $250,000—his definition of rich. * He has done so by including in the 18 separate Obama tax hikes an increase of the tax rates on income and investment.

Obamacare raises the hospital insurance (HI) portion of the payroll tax on wage income over $250,000 from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent. And it applies that 3.8 percent rate to investment income—capital gains and dividends—for those with incomes above that level. This is a massive policy change, since it represents the first time the payroll tax will apply to investment income. And even though this investment income HI tax would apply only to top earners, it is a dangerous step down a slippery, tax-hiking slope." -- You gotta be aware every time a DUMBERat says he only wants to see what your wallet looks like.

Online headline/story: "Jerry Sandusky Seeks A Less Restrictive Prison" -- HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A lawyer for former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky said Friday his client has gotten his fighting spirit back after his child abuse conviction and sentencing and hopes prison officials will find a way to house him under less restrictive conditions than he currently experiences." -- "a less restrictive prison"? I think the victims of Sandusky should seek that Sandusky and this lawyer be thrown naked into a solitary confinement cell for the rest of the sentence.

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The US Supreme Court is hearing two cases concerning gay marriages. One, a DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) challenge, and also California's Proposition 8 law. I have 1 question my self that I would like the US Supreme Court to explain: How did Californians pass Proposition 8 AND overwhelmingly vote for potUS Obluster?

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The MCSD is at it again.. At the CRHS Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, the Clubview Elementary chorus gave us a school board approved rendition of "We Wish You a Swinging Holiday".

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The new President/CEO of Columbus Regional Hospital System is one Ryan R Chandler. Mr Chandler is in his thirties(or a very young looking 40ish). This brings to mind: Why is it that the MCSD Board cannot find candidates for the superintendent job who aren't ready to retire even before hiring them?

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It's a shame that the Columbus Regional Hospital's lighting of the Tree of Lights and the Uptown's "blizzard" couldn't have been scheduled on different nights so all could enjoy both.

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How can the Department of Labor stand up with a straight face and claim unemployment is 7.7%? Then, after the DoL announced a drop on unemployed numbers to 7.7%, the DoL announced that 350,000 more "dropped out" of the workforce. Hmmm, bet they were all potUS Obluster voters who thought the check for voting for Obluster is going to be coming the rest of their lives; or they think they hit the lottery.

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The enemies of the US in WWII were Japan, Germany, and Italy. Today's wartime enemies are just as well defined but many sit in Washington or are media voices who've adopted terrorist tactics of hiding behind schools and churches so they won't be fired at

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L-E story: "With little fanfare and a little cosmetic work left to do, the city removed the barricades and opened the roundabout at the northern end of Weracoba Park to traffic Friday. * In the roundabout, drivers simply yield to traffic to the left and proceed around to the right * Contractors still have to put down thermoplastic crosswalk markings, but “that didn’t seem enough of a reason to keep people out of it,” said Deputy City Manager David Arrington." -- Hmmm... Let me get this straight....the 'roundabout' has been built so cars don't have to stop, but crosswalks for pedestrians are being installed, and state law says cars must stop for pedestrians in crosswalks... I think the Mayor and Council should have a ribbon cutting during rush hour; maybe then they'll fire the traffic engineer who dreamed this scenario up.

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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes's column on the lottery brought up some aspects generally not delved into by the media, but one other aspect would be how many lottery players think about half of their participation is a tax funding lottery officials jobs, lottery expenses, and funds for scholarships to free day care and GA colleges?

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The L-E has run a two part article from its parent (McClatchy) company. Other than us finding out that the McClatchy writer thinks the CIA recruiting a 19 year old college freshman for an intense espionage position was credible, what was the purpose of the series? It wasted trees is all else I got out of it.

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potUS Obluster going after the least sympathetic people (highest income bracket) is the same tactic Hitler used to overcome the German people. Once Obluster has devasted the most productive, he'll go after the next level of less-sympathetic people until he's suddenly standing on the doorstep of middle-class Americans, which by then, will have no one with the ability to stand up for them. Stand up strong, REPUBLICANS!

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