Online headline: "Four Gay NFL Players Could Come Out 'Sooner Than You Think' -- Hmmm, well there go the bonding rituals of hand-holding in the huddle and congratulatory butt slaps. Probably about time...

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Online headline: "Obama Budget Proposal Cuts Are 'Unconscionable,' Says AFL-CIO" -- Hmmm, the unions get to read it before the Senate or Pelosi read it. Who are the DUMBERats gonna ask about what's in it?

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Online headline: "Beyonce, Jay-Z Blasted For Cuba Vacation On Fifth Anniversary " -- Oooops, my bad. Thought maybe Dennis Rodman was complaining because he only got to go to North Korea.

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Online story: "the number of Americans in the labor force — those who have a job or are looking for one — fell by nearly half a million people from February to March, the government said Friday. And the percentage of working-age adults in the labor force — what's called the participation rate — fell to 63.3 percent last month. It's the lowest such figure since May 1979." -- There's celebration in Americus, GA! Cuzzin Jimmy has rejoiced that he's officially no longer the worst President ever!

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Online headline/story: "Legendary Poet Pablo Neruda To Be Exhumed * ISLA NEGRA, Chile — The body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda is being exhumed this weekend in an effort to clear up four decades of suspicion about how he died in the days after Chile's military coup." -- Ooops, my bad again. Thought maybe Congress wanted his to testify that it was him who voted of 00-bama in 2012.

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Online story: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Friday that he will consider enacting the so-called "nuclear option," or changing Senate rules by a simple majority vote, if judicial nominations do not start moving through the Senate" -- Considering decisions being handed down already, we certainly do not need anymore judges that 00-bama and Reid agree with.

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Online headline: "Ex-Dominican Drug Chief Extradited To U.S." -- Ooops, my bad again... thought 00-bama had pulled in a new judge recruit to handle pending recreational marijuana cases in Colorado and Washington.

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Poor Judas 00-bama.... the NCAA has presented him with a political nightmare. Does he pull for the last team standing from his 2013 Bracket picks, or for the Union's favorite team, Michigan.

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Online headline: "See Who Leads Sporting News' Top 25 MLB Players" -- How depressing... I recognized only 8 of the names. I can still name the lineup of my childhood favorite Red Sox, but most of these new "stars" will be on a different team next year.

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At the beach looking out from the upstairs bar at Harry T's as boats come and go. Bet the boaters are glad our mayor isn't theirs. I could see her greedy eyes trying to figure out how to charge hourly anchoring fees and what kind of toll she could charge fpr entering or leaving the bay.

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Those fast food strikers in NYC..... I really would like to see one of their W2's. I have a hard time believing any one in NYC makes $7.25,especially after 6 months of employment.

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The White House is pushing mortgage companies to restart making high risk loans again.... that's right, Judas 00-bama is trying to refill a burst balloon with another shot of his hot air.

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New classification for government jobs. 'healthcare navigators' @ $20.00 - $48.00 an hour. This oughtta increase hospital Admittances for spontaneous heart attacks. Shoot, doctors may retire and take on "healthcare navigator" jobs to increase their income.

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Now, even airlines are trying to blame 'the sequester' for revenue losses. They are saying they aren't getting last minute sales (which go at outrageous rates) from government employees. To me, airlines hurt themselves by charging less for early bookings than by giving incentives like seat selection, no luggage fees, free movie headphones and such for advanced customers. As flight day nears, and more ticket sales are needed, then offer appropriate discounts.

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From a fellow BCer:

 

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Online story: "MSNBC Host: Is Dr. Ben Carson 'Just a Black Sarah Palin?' * there’s no adequate words to describe the lefty tools at MSNBC like Thomas Roberts who want to smear every conservative woman or black like they did to Sarah Palin." -- Like I've said before, even Judas 00-bama couldn't have gotten elected or re-elected as a Republican.

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With the 'royals' back in the headline with 'pay raises', 'pregnancy', and other incidents in the England news focus, why not make a 21st Century move and have the next "queen" elected at the ballot. What a reality show idea to have the current 'royals' thrust into the real job market and maintain their lifestyle.

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From another fellow BCer:

 

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Annika Sorenstam is indeed a living legend in the world of women's golf, but I have no idea (well, actually iI do, $$$$$$) why the current Haskins Commission would want to muddy up the focus of its beginnings. The Fred Haskins Award was established to highlight the role of teaching professionals, the club pros, in developing the game of golf. While Annika Sorenstam is no doubt a leading woman player, who are the students she's developed?

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Online headline: "Obama: “I Am Constrained by the System Our Founders Put in Place” -- You better well believe it, too! This is attributable to the insight our Founding Fathers had when they put together our Constitution in the 1780's... their vision saw the rise of Judas 00-bama.

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Online headline: "Obama in California: ‘I could get a whole lot more done if Nancy Pelosi is speaker of the House’ -- Yeah... like in 2009 & 2010? We got an unread HELL-thScare bill, and a lifetime of future ills. In 2010, America spoke loud and clear about how it feels about Queen Pelosi; we must pray that Californians come to their senses in her next election process.

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L-E headline: "$24.4 million * Whitewater course funded by blend of public, private funds, including $5M each from city, W.C. Bradley Co. * River restoration committee chairman says private money came from more than 50 donors, reasons for giving varied" -- "River restoration committee chairman"? Well, at one time it was a 'river restoration' project, but that's changed and so should the committee name. "Committee to Pave the Chattahoochee" is a lot more fitting.

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Low-info lib's L-E "soundoff": "GOP Governors Bentley and Deal will now be closing rural public schools, busing our kids long distances, firing teachers and giving our tax dollars to expensive charter schools. More trickle-down economics." -- "Trickle-down economics"? Actually, it's caused by the DUMBERats' "tumble-down necessity".

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Another low-info lib's L-E "soundoff": "Marriage is a federal issue. You can’t be married in one state, move to another state and be considered unmarried. " -- The only federal issue is that it's the federal constitution that guarantees the rights of the state as well as individuals. You cannot get married legally in any state unless that state grants such authority to a pastor or judge.

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Karl Douglass opines:"In real estate development, highest and best use is defined as the use of land that is financially feasible, legally possible, physically possible and yields maximum profit. When that definition is applied, the land that fronts Victory Drive and is bordered by Veterans Parkway, 5th Street and 6th Avenue does not pass the maximum profitability test. Traffic counts, proximity to South Commons and costs of site development suggest that the highest and best use of those 8 acres is retail development. The only way to make those blocks available for retail development is to relocate the apartments." -- Love watching liberals eat their own, but Douglasses assessment cannot be rigid. Take the traffic count on 17th St, Cherokee Ave and 18th Ave. The traffic count is terrific for retail if you're looking only at the traffic count versus what explains the traffic count. This area's traffic count is a composite of commuters, school transportation, youth sports and health enthusiasts going through or to Lakebottom Park. Does Douglass think Lakebottom park is being misused as to its "maximum profitability test"?

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L-E Commentary: "Leonard Pitts We’ve made progress, only to see it undone" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought Pitts was finally understanding what the old leadership has been doing to Martin Luther King, Jr's vision and legacy.

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Council is accepting property from Norfolk-Southern as an old cemetery memorial site.. isn't this the same site that Council spent thousands of tax dollars for a group to conduct underground x-rays to locate any activity of the property ever being used for burials, and there was absolutely nothing there to indicate any such use?

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What is Council thinking when considering the legalization of "growlers"? "Growlers" are basically 'beer to go' sold in gallon (and maybe 1/2 gallon) milk jugs. Just the beer bottles leftover from weekend "bar crawls" is bad enough , but the median and streets being littered by milk jugs strewn about will be a real eyesore. And what about what choices growler buyers will have to make before leaving if they don't finish drinking their purchase before they are ready to leave? Do they finish it off, anyway, just leave it for some else to drink it, or put the 'open container' in gtheir cars and drive home?

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Whoa! The following is up for vote by Council: "TROPHIES & OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS (ANNUAL CONTRACT) — It is requested that council approve the purchase of Trophies and other Miscellaneous Awards from Columbus Fire & Safety doing business as Columbus Trophy & Screen Print for the estimated annual contract value of $110,994. " -- $110, 994 for something that a public pat-on-the-back would have better meaning to the recipients? How about charging Government Center parking garage users a $1.00 per hour to pay for this!

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Prayers for the Warren family as they deal with their son's suicide.

Online headline: "Trayvon Martin's Family Settles Wrongful Death Suit" -- "Settles"? This will never be "settled".... Mainstream media has martyred a young thug as it did Rodney King.

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DUMBERats are NOT good salesmen. DUMBERats are the are the ones that hang out around places that children frequent and ask it they want free candy. Children will not believe you if the only argument you make is that the 'free candy' is not good for them. You have to convince the children that their future is jeopardize by what the 'strangers' want from them.

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Online headline: "Obama Apologizes To California Attorney General" -- Bet Michelle had a word or two on that. Is it coincidence that Judas 00-bama made the comment after a weekend of golfing with Tiger Woods?

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Online headline: "Nanny Charged In Murder Of Children Deemed Fit For Trial" -- That's an amazing finding... "fit for trial". In my book, she's not "fit for living"!

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WTVM9 story: "The body of a North Carolina woman was found in her crashed car days after it was towed from the scene of the accident. * The North Carolina Highway Patrol found the car in a ditch on Friday. * The trooper on scene said he didn't see a driver and had the car towed." -- And we thought Barney Fife had died...

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From a fellow BCer:

Advice from Curtis & Leroy

 

Limit all politicians to two terms.

One in office. One in prison.

Detroit and Chicago already do this.

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Rumor has it that Rutgers is trying to get approval to ask Bobby Knight to take over its open basketball coaching job based on the premise that Knight is a comparative wimp to the last coach.

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A judge has ruled that "Plan B" after sex abortion pills must be available over the counter for "women" of all ages without identification requirements. Has the judge defined 10 or 11 year old girls as "women"? Had the judge taken responsibility for the side effects such pills could cause if abused by children? What evils has this judge unleashed on innocence? BTW, Planned Parenthood is ecstatic!

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It's time.... it's time we demand that then Senator Algore's claim that out Social Security deductions would be placed in a 'lock box' be enforced, and other entitlements kept out of it. Other Social Security associated benefits that are actually "entitlements" should be renamed for what they actually are.. Government enslavement pay.

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Another fellow BCer passed this along... it's just a minute and a half and a 'don't miss'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VthkEW6aB9s

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Crack headline in the L-E: "PLAYERS TO WATCH TODAY AT GEORGIA’S G-DAY GAME" -- Drats... I was so hoping we would be able to watch the players "play" rather than 'watch'.

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L-E story: "A patrol officer arrested Zanders when he gave the officer a false name Wednesday, police said. While under arrest for giving police false information, he also was charged with murder, using a firearm to commit a crime and being a felon with a firearm, officers said. "-- Yep, here's another unnecessary death that would not have happened if we made felons and other thieves undergo background checks before they stole guns. Let's put the blame where it truly belongs... on the shoulders of liberals who blame responsible people for the ills of the country.

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L-E story: "At least 71 jobs will be impacted at Fort Benning when the post discontinues a basic training unit on Monday and reorganizes another in June as part of the Army’s plans to reduce its force by fiscal year 2020. * None of the 44 soldiers and 27 civilian employees will lose their jobs in the restructuring, said Gary A. Jones, director of public affairs at Fort Benning. Four of the civilian jobs are already vacant. *The changes are expected to save an estimated $1.6 million in fiscal year 2014" -- Wait a minute... no one of these 71 will lose a job, but each job "restructured" will save over $22,500.00? Let's 'restructure ALL government jobs today!

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The Downtown Market Days opens today. You'd think the marketing team would have checked the calendar as not to open the week of Spring Break.

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L-E headline: "OBAMA’S BUDGET SEEKS COMPROMISE " -- Hmmm, we'd all be better off if Judas 00-bama's 'budget' sought responsibility, accountability, and balance.

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Personal observation... judges shouldn't be part of public solicitations for any charity.. just a bad precedent.

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An advocate of Veterans Affairs says the benefits system is anachronistic because it does everything by hard copy forms... no phone calls, no e-mail, no wesite, just hard copy forms sent by mail... Hmmm, that's the problem.... waiting, hoping the Post Office will actually deliver the mail in a speed time frame.

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L-E headline/story: "Georgia Department of Education to grade schools * The new system will assign a grade from zero to 100 for each school and district. The grade will be based on factors such as graduation rate, performance on standardized tests, student attendance, academic growth and success in closing the performance gap between different groups of students. This eliminates No Child Left Behind’s “adequate yearly progress” measure and the “needs improvement” designation that many did not like" -- "hmmm, "many did not like".... well, educators did not like because parents were not happy with their child's school being designated 'inadequate'. Now, the schools can look at a grade of 60 and tell parents that's passing just like their kid's grades.

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In Dimon Kendrick-Holmes story, he described a member of the audience at a book reading as "a former mayor who’d served as chief counsel to officers involved in the My Lai massacre" -- bet Uncle Bob is spitting nails this AM.

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The story ESPN ran on the Auburn scandal seems as likely as the early 60's Saturday Evening Post's story claiming Wally Butts & Bear Bryant were involved in a fix.... no one benefits from questioned sensationalism.

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I find it strange that the L-E's "real Estate Transactions" feature doesn't show homes that have been sold. Seems the only info published now is about building permits, and only potential thieves benefit by finding out where they can find construction projects.

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Heads-up from another BCer for this: "

Diversity Gone Wild: Lifeguards Who Can't Swim?

Here is another case of just how messed up our country is. The left is notorious for finding a "problem" that doesn't really exist and then doing everything, fair or not, to correct the so-called problem or injustice. That's exactly what's going on in Phoenix where there is a push to hire minority lifeguards, even if the recruits can't swim!

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Thanks to a heads-up from a fellow BCer: "Angered by the proposed sale of their historic Downtown Post Office, citizens of Berkeley, California are going to San Francisco on Tuesday, December 4th. * Led by Citizens to Save the Berkeley Post Office, community members will assemble at 11:30 a.m. for a rally at 909 Montgomery in front of the offices of Blum Capital Partners. Blum Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1976 by Richard Blum, a current regent of the University of California. Commercial real estate giant Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (CBRE) is among the many investments of Blum Capital. In fact the Chairman of CBRE is Richard Blum." -- Richard Blum... where have we heard that name before..... two paragraphs further into the story come s this sentence, " Senator Feinstein's husband is Richard Blum." Further information revealed that "United States has entered into a contract with one firm to sell 56 buildings that currently house U.S. Post Offices. The government has decided that it no longer needs these buildings (many of which are located on prime land in towns and cities across the country). The sale of these properties will bring in billions of dollars and, with that, millions of dollars in commissions for the one Company that is in charge of handling the sale and negotiation of the new leases." This is also of interest. Dick Blum is the guy who brokered the sale of the port facilities at Long Beach to the Chinese Overseas Shipping Company (COSCO); That is the naval civilian arm of the Chinese National Army.

Online story: "CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A psychiatrist who treated James Holmes told campus police a month before the Colorado theater attack that Holmes had homicidal thoughts and was a danger to the public, according to documents released Thursday. * Dr. Lynne Fenton, a psychiatrist at the University of Colorado, Denver, told police in June that the shooting suspect also threatened and intimidated her." -- So much for extended background checks.... besides, the first time someone is outed by a psychiatrist, the courts will toss the case based on 'profiling' and/or you can't arrest someone until he/she actually commits a crime. From another aspect, how many women would be spared domestic abuse/death if the police could arrest an estranged/divorced spouse BEFORE he injures/kills her?

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Online story: " President Barack Obama cozied up to California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday, during a speech at a Democratic National Committee fundraising lunch in Atherton, Calif. * "She’s brilliant and she’s dedicated, she’s tough," Obama said. "She also happens to be, by far, the best-looking attorney general ... It’s true! C’mon." * The crowd reportedly laughed at Obama's effusive praise." -- Can you imagine the outrage of the mainstream Media and N.O.W if ANY Republican politician made the same remark? This is in the same category of the 'pass' Biden got when he described 00-bama as " “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” The media basically yawned then, too.

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Just hinking about Judas 00-bama converting his campaign site into "Organizing for Action" really puzzles me. It's a 501 (c) 4 charity which means it cannot donate money to political candidates or parties, so what is his agenda? I can only guess he wants to accumulate as much money as he can for post-presidential activities after 2016.

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Whatta conman.... Judas 00-bama endeared himself to the mainstream media with his token return of $20,000.00 in salary then hopped on the $180,000.00 per hour Air Force 1 jet and flew off to a political fund raiser.

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Hmmm, 1st time unemployment applicants number is back at 385,000. As Mel Allen might respond at seeing the 1st time unemployment applicant back at seasonal highs, "Well, how about that".

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Since we Republicans have a ruling majority in the House, it would behoove the Republicans to abandon Mark Sanford in the SC special election to replace now Senator Scott. Giving the mainstream media and DC such political fodder this close to the 2014 races is a page out of the DNC's political handbook.

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A school in Ohio was sued by 5 students' parents to take down a long ago hung picture of Jesus. The school took it down as to keep from pouring more resources into legal costs. Did that alter the plaintiffs lawyer actions... no way. The lawyer came on TV to say he wouldn't slow down until there's a permanent agreement. He said it didn't matter that he represented so few , and the minority needs protection. Hmmm, let's agree with him... based on that contention, the minority who voted against Judas 00-bama need our rights protected as well, and let's get the Supreme Court to overrule HELL-thScare, TARP, and the 2008 & 2012 elections on the same basis.

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What is it with Courts that they now side with fringe minority opinions against what the majority has voted on? Recognizing the needs of the minority opinions be recognized is the American way, BUT nowhere in the Constitution does it say the opinions of the minority rule over the majority interests .

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Using the ACLU's argument that no law is Constitutional if even 1 person claims it goes against his rights, then the expanded background check bills are void for checking out anybody's known criminal and/or mental disabilities. That would be profiling as well.

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Online story: ""Could a father not marry his son?" Irons asked HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps. * Jeremy Irons argued that "it's not incest between men" because "incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don't breed," and wondered whether same-sex marriage might allow fathers to pass on their estates to their sons without being taxed. * "It seems to me that now they're fighting for the name," Irons said of advocates for same-sex marriage as opposed to civil unions. "I worry that it means somehow we debase, or we change, what marriage is. I just worry about that." -- Hmmm, tax... uh, "investment" avoidance. That could sway Judas 00-bama, or at least twist his head off his neck looking back.

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From the 'it's not one world' department - Online story: "A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to be medically paralyzed unless he can raise 1 million Saudi Riyal (almost $267,000) to pay a man he stabbed in the back. * When he was 14, Ali al-Khawahir stabbed his friend in the back, paralyzing the victim. The assault earned al-Khawahir a spot in jail -- a spot he's occupied for the last 10 years, the Saudi Gazette reports. Now 24, al-Khawahir either has to pay the victim for forgiveness or have his spinal cord cut, as eye-for-an-eye justice." -- Sometimes, the blind pig finds an acorn. This sentence just took sharia law out of favor for DUMBERats as it would surely dry up all donations from the Trial Lawyers Association. There's not an American lawyer who would go to court on a personal injury case that would only get chump change as a trial result.

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Online story: "PHILADELPHIA — A former clinic worker testified Thursday that he routinely saw babies born alive and then killed with scissors at an inner-city Philadelphia clinic that catered to minorities, the poor and women with late-term pregnancies. * "I believe that Dr. Gosnell was honestly trying to help women and protect them from abuse and neglect," Stephen Massof, a prosecution witness, said on cross-examination." -- He believed the doctor "was honestly trying to help women"? Massof may claim that, but what he means is he had convinced HIMSELF of that to justify staying at work there.

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Online headline/story: "Fast Food Workers Strike In New York City * Stephen Warner works part-time at a McDonald's in New York City, earning the legal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. He hasn't seen a pay bump since he started six months ago. " -- Hmmm, I'd say he hasn't done anything at work that has impressed the manager where he works that he's made an effort to demonstrate he worth rewarding so he'll stay working for him. He obviously has no gratitude that McDonald's gave him an opportunity to show what he's capable of doing.

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Online headline: "University Of Rhode Island Lockdown Lifted After No Gunman Found On Campus" -- Now we're going to get unfounded responses like this any time the gas driven Security Guard carts backfire.

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Online headline: "Obama to Offer Budget Cuts in Latest Deal, Official Says" -- Budget cuts? What we need are "spending cuts"!

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HuffPost headline: "AOL Readers' Secret for Buying Electric Cars: Don't!" -- Don't you love it when liberals eat their own?

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Speaking of Judas 00-bama's agenda.... what's the latest on all those green energy loans to solar panel and electric car makers that have collapsed or become defunct?

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L-E headline: "1974 MURDER CASE * KILLER WANTS CONVICTION OVERTURNED" -- What convicted killer doesn't want this? The real question is why is this the lead front page story?

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L-E headline/story: "Cab program kicks off tonight downtown * “Grab a Bud, Grab a Cab,” a new program that encourages people to party responsibly in downtown Columbus. It begins tonight and runs through Dec. 31. * These cab rides aren’t free," -- Hmmm... now the big questions... How many drinkers who are still able to walk/totter are going to opt to pay for a cab ride home, have to leave their vehicles overnight, get up bright-eyed/bushy-tailed enough to want to call/pay for another cab back downtown to pick up their cars if they still remember where they parked them?

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Hey, John Turner, was building a cement pond in the Chattahoochee your original plan when you first proposed your idea of "restoring" the Chattahoochee?

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” — John Wooden, basketball Hall of Famer (1910-2010)." -- Hmmm, this is the question that should have been asked Judas 00-bama during the 2012 debate series. If it weren't for Wooden being dead and in California, I'd feel pretty good that Wooden would not have voted for 00-bama's re-election, but like I said, Wooden is dead and lived in California so all bets are off.

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Random thought: Why are coffee maker's allowed to "lie" without FDA challenges? My bride and I are lucky to get 2 cups each out of a '12 cup' coffee pot.

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With Kim Jong Un II's announcement of reopening a plutonium reactor, why is that facility still standing?

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L-E story: " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday announced an audit to ensure the state’s prisoners are serving their correct sentences, two weeks after a parolee who was mistakenly released four years early was identified as a suspect in the killing of Colorado’s prisons chief. " -- Since so many prisoners have already be released with the ecuse of budgetary problems, is this sorta like closing the barn door after the cows have left?

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L-E story: " Anderson was charged with obstruction of law enforcement officers, possession of cocaine, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, concealing license plate, driving while license is suspended, possession of marijuana and improper lane change." -- Once again, a charge of "driving while license suspended" rears up. Why aren't people who get their licenses suspended required to have their vehicles impounded (better yet, "booted" in their driveways), until the suspension is over?

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L-E story: "Consolidated Government leaders on Thursday introduced the physician who has been chosen for the city’s new Employee Health and Wellness Center." -- "The" physician? Guess City employees will be returning back to hospital emergency rooms pretty soon after the clinic opens because the 'wait time' will be shorter than at the City Clinic.

From the "only from California" depatrtment - Online story: "LOS ANGELES -- The Food and Drug Administration has fast-tracked human tests of what may be the first cure for methamphetamine addiction. The drug also may be the first non-opiate drug treatment for heroin and opiate addiction." -- Hmmm, a pill to cure a drug addiction.... next the FDA will be announcing a new beer that cures alcohol addiction, and a cigarette that cures cancer. Nothing "cures" a drug addiction accept stopping the intake,

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Online story: "MOBILE, Ala. — The crippled (Carnival) cruise ship whose sewage-filled breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico subjected thousands to horrendous conditions tore loose Wednesday from the dock where it's being repaired, lumbered downriver and crunched into a cargo ship." -- Guess Carnival will be the subject on a movie soon... "Nightmare on HELM Street".

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Online headline: "North Korea Threatens 'Merciless Attack' Against US" -- Tomorrow, I expect to hear that Peter Sellers has "arisen" and will make a sequel to "The Mouse that Roared".

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Online headline/story: "Large Food Stamp Scam Busted At Florida Convenience Store * The father-and-son team bought the cards from sellers desperate for hard cash for between 20 and 40 cents on the dollar. According to News Journal, the duo would pay $200, for example, for an EBT card loaded with $500 in credits. Then they used the cards to buy goods at Walmart and Save-A-Lot stores as a way to cheaply supply their own store. * On Monday, after a three-month investigation, the two men were arrested and state and federal agents raided the business. The Diabs allegedly made at least $88,000 through EBT transactions at the store" -- And with typical government efficiency, the investigation probably cost more than the scam. Combined with the employees probably going on unemployment, food stamps, Court appointed lawyers, and Medicaid, taxpayers were better off allowing the scam to continue.

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Online story: "Move over, Harvard. * New findings from the Princeton Review suggest that the country's oldest university has lost its top billing in modern college applicants' minds. * With a new king could come a new perception of royalty, however. Students told the Princeton Review that they are concerned about getting into their dream school, but there is another worry that burdens them even more than getting admitted: Some 9,955 college applicants responding to a Princeton Review survey said their chief concern is graduating with too much student debt." -- Well, it's nice to hear some students are actually learning something in college.... not to be duped into debt so not-necessarily-proficient professors keep their tenure and annual pay raises flowing.

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Robert Johnson of BET (Black Entertainment Television) faults American corporations for racism, but how many non-blacks does he have working for him and how many shows does he televise, not just for white audiences, but just for crossover audiences? I look at TV schedules a lot, especially for movies, and his station never has one that interests me. Racism is a two way street.

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Our Sophia is now 11 months old, has two bottom chompers and uppers are about to breath through, Sophia's mom brought us a package of baby tooth 'paste' and a fingrttip brush. The package proudly proclaimed it was 'ok' if babies swallowed some as it contains 'no fluoride'. I thought, "huh?", as I digested the fact that when we make her formula, we make it with tap water that does have fluoride in it. Is the tooth 'paste' company blowing smoke, or should we sue the Columbus Water Works?

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Online story: "A southern New Jersey man who admitted killing a teenager 23 years ago was haunted by nighttime visions of the boy's mother, according to the suspect's best friend. * Steven Goff, 41, of Ventnor, turned himself in to police Monday and confessed to the 1990 stabbing of 15-year-old Frederick "Ricky" Hart in Galloway Township. *

Superior Court Judge Michael Donio advised Goff that he had to wait until being indicted by a grand jury before he could enter a plea. The prosecutor's office said no further court appearances or grand jury proceedings had been scheduled as of Wednesday." -- A judge advised a man 'he had to wait until being indicted" before he could enter his plea? The nightmare continues for the victim's mother..

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Have you noticed Kim Jong Un II's rantings haveb taken several other news stories out of the media? Now we get next-to-nothing on the Muslim Brotherhood, Benghazi, "sequester", Judas 00-bama's NCAA picks, nor his string of vacations. Maybe Judas 00-bama told Dennis Rodman to relay to Kim Jong Un II that he could be more flexible after the election, too.

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Online headline: "College Hoops Coach Fired for Verbal and Physical Abuse" -- Oooops, my bad. Thought maybe the NCAA had lifted its ban on Bobby Knight.

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Yesterday, I took a walk along the RiverWalk from just north of the collapsed bank behind the Chase Homes to the construction going on just south of the RiverMill Event Center. To be honest, Mayor Obamalinson is going to have to start writing checks a la Judas 00-bama ot make that walk esthetically pleasing to visitors. Debris along the river banks, Phenix City across the way, and those God awful GA Power Company towers lining both sides of the Chattahoochee. GA Power has even strapped on some of the least appealing (and dangerous by themselves) devises on the tower legs to discourage people from climbing on them (seems to me strategically placed electrified varmint wire would do the trick better and prettier). Pictures of Tower appliances, and view at Phenix City with power towers as well:

 

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L-E headline: "Obama to return 5% of salary to Treasury * Difference amounts to $20,000 a year" How come I'm conjuring up the same image about this as I do about Kim Jong Un II... a flea climbing up an elephants leg? It would be significantly better for the economy and taxpayers if Judas 00-bama simply parked Air Force 1 when vacationing and fly commercial flights.

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Low-info voter;s L-E "soundoff": "Fulton Daily Report just posted hourly rates for corporate attorneys from $350-$980 per hour. Republicans carp about tort reform while average people’s attorneys average $60 per hour and wait 3-5 years to be paid." -- Well, I do not know exactly what court appointed attorneys are paid, but what's relevant is the low-info writer wouldn't know either as he isn't paying his attorneys' bills.

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L-E headline/story: "2 ARRESTED IN PROSTITUTION BUST AT HOTEL * 2 face prostitution, drug and weapons charges after arrest at Howard Johnson Express * Police observed (McGilvary) attempting to conceal something between the mattress and the box frame on one of the beds, according to the report. * Police say Britney Kaye Stuart, 20, looked scared and panicked when officers arrived. She whispered to an officer that McGilvary might have guns concealed in the mattress or the drawer between the beds. Police said they later found a pistol under the mattress, which had previously been reported as lost, according to the report." -- "found a pistol.... which had previously been reported as lost"? Lost? Perhaps reported "missing" or "stolen".t"? I don't think so. Possession of the gun puts this in my category of a minimum life sentence, and possibly a justifiable death sentence since other crimes were being committed.

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L-E comic strip:

When liberals start to eat their own, their appetite is insatiable.

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If the sequester targets only the nonessential aspect of government's wasteful spending habits, how can it hurt the US taxpayer?

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Online story: "The Texas district attorney killed in his home three days ago was shot 20 times, according to an unnamed federal source quoted by an NBC News report. " -- Hmm, with the reports of the purchase of massive amounts of ammo, you almost have to put the Department of Homeland Security on the suspects' list. Who else has that many bullets to use wastefully?

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Online story: "Pluto's Gate Discovered: The Plutonium 'Gate To Hell' Found In Ancient City Of Hierapolis (Turkey) -- Dang, I had Detroit, Chicago and San Francisco in the office pool.

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Online story: "WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain's activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer's, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries." -- That money would be better spent on analyzing DUMBERat voters' brains to see "why", but I'm sure it would be another waste as DUMBERat brain matter obviously is inert.

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McClatcy headline/story: "Connecticut lawmakers agree on wide-ranging gun-control bill

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/01/187458/connecticut-lawmakers-agree-on.html#storylink=cpy

* The firearms industry expressed dissatisfaction Monday night with the proposal. "It's unfortunate that legislators are moving forward with gun control that's not going to make Connecticut safer," said Jake McGuigan, director of government relations for the Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation. * "I think Cabela's (the sporting-goods store that sells guns) really has to think about whether they can remain in the state as a destination. Based upon this bill, even the ability to sell ammunition is going to be pretty difficult for them," McGuigan said. "The manufacturers have no reason to stay in Connecticut anymore." -- You know, Colt, a Connecticut entity for about 175 years should just pack up and move South where they will be appreciated for the safe guns they sell to dealers and non-criminal buyers. I'm sure we can accommodate Colt at one of our industrial complexes.

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With all the rules covering campaign signs at election precincts, it's rumored the FEC is favoring a certain one to be the only one allowed:

 

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You can't help but notice the work going on at the 'old iron bank' on Broadway & 11th Sts in downtown Columbus. It looks as if many layers of paint are being removed down to the metal. It also appears not to much is being done to contain dust from the process. You know there has to be lead paint in the past history, therefore 'lead paint dust' floating around to breathe in.

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Those "GripGo" phone stands you put on your windshield or dashboard need to state a caveat. If you use one and your phone sits in the sun, it'll heat up, condensation will build up inside, and the liquid will fry/short the innards.

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DUMBERats feel increasing minimum jail sentences to 20 years will stop this crap. Jail time and parole options ain't gonna do it. Sentences need to be for life if you have a stolen/ illegally attained gun in you possession, and the immediate death sentence if flashed or used a gun during the commission of another crime.

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Online headline story: "New legislation would fire sheriffs who disobey federal gun restrictions * Many state legislatures are now pushing to passing measures that would remove any sheriff found defying federal law. * In the Texas state legislature, Dallas Democratic Representative Yvonne Davis introduced a measure that would fire any law enforcement officer who disobeys state or federal orders." -- Hmmm, seems more like an arrest warrant should be taken out and enforced for stupid legislators introducing stupid laws. No wonder DUMBERats favor lenient jail sentences.

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Arrests on our southern border are up, but they are being released because there's no jail room. They are not Mexican illegals though, but from Guatamala, Honduras et al, trying to get here before amnesty cut-offs. Complicating things is that Mexico is not stopping them at its southern border because the officials know they are just passing through.

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I'm curious as to who the "Liberty Stakeholders" are? Since the Liberty area is being made-over using tax dollars, it seems every taxpayer in Columbus should be considered a "Liberty Stakeholder", and have a vote on whatever the options are. One thing for sure, decisions should be based on what's best for Columbus and the district, not on whether the fed's grant money is more important.

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Low-info L-E "soundoff": "In 2010, the top one percent made 93 percent of all wealth. Why didn’t they pay 93 percent of the taxes? And why won’t McClatchy and the Ledger-Enquirer print anything about tax inequality and evasion?" The real question here is why the L-E prints comments of liberals who have no factual support of the complaints they babble about.

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Maybe the MCSD is right about ending corporal punishment in schools. Paddling is not enough for too many students. Arming teachers will give other students more sense of security..... as well as make the teachers feel adequately prepared.

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Is it just me, or did anyone else notice the inordinate amount of unused "space at the top of each page in the L-E? Maybe its just the online version, but if you get the print edition, let me know if there was an excessive amount of wasted space.
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Do you wonder, too, at the alarming amount, at the percentages published, of autism and ADHD diagnoses in the current generation? Could it simply be that diagnosticians are simply 'willing' their results? How do the figures we hear in America compare to other advanced and third world countries?

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L-E headline: "UN adopts treaty to regulate global arms trade * Treaty will have to be ratified by 50 countries" -- Hmmm, such a treaty is a liberal's dream. The problem has been addressed, so there's no longer a problem. Trouble is that no treaty works unless every party to it agrees and signs on. 50 countries is not even a majority, much less a landslide of acceptance. Besides, when illicit weapons are outlawed, only outlaws will own illicit weapons.

Wonder what the mainstream media would have said if Bush43 had attended Easter service at St John's Episcopal? Would he have been chastised for sitting there, or if he got up and walked out, would he be demonized for being a racist?

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Google highlighted Cesar Chavez on Easter, later commenting that it's its policy to honor people of influence. Like Jesus wasn't a honorable person of influence?

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Online headline: "2,000-Year-Old Jobar Syrian Synagogue in Damascus Burned and Looted * Assad Regime and Rebels Trade Blame for Destruction" -- Assad...Rebels... to quote Hiillary, 'What difference does it make?" Either way, Judas 00-bama is getting what he wants plus the Jewish will vote for the next DUMBERat to run in 2016.

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Online headline: "Atlanta Cheating Suspects Expected To Surrender" -- And knowing the school teacher unions, they'll probably get paid while in jail and add to their future pensions. well, they pretty much do that in New York already.
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Online story: "Lego is planning to pull its Jabba The Hutt-themed set off the shelves this year, but it wants you to know that recent accusations of racism are not the reason why. * (Birol Kilic, head of the Turkish Cultural Association of Austria) told NBC News that after his group met with the toymaker last week, the company promised to pull the product from shelves by the end of this year. * Because Jabba The Hutt is a villain in the Star Wars films, the group claimed the alleged close resemblance reinforced negative stereotypes about Muslims. " -- Jabba the Hutt "reinforced negative stereotypes about Muslims"? Like Ahmandine-JIHAD, Assad, Morsi, Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah, or even Benghazi or 'honor killings, or 911 hadn't already done that? Shame on LEGO !

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Online story: " North Korea vowed Tuesday to restart all mothballed facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, adding to tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea. * The reactor was shut down in 2007 as part of international nuclear disarmament talks that have since stalled." -- Hmmm, seems like a few Reagan-esque strategically placed missiles at Kim Jong Un's residential complex (including his version of a pet goat) plus a couple of bunker breakers at the nuclear complexes would cause all the meltdown we need.

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Kim Jong Un is doing so much 'saber rattling, Judas 00-bama thinks he's dancing the Harlem Shake or going Gangnam style.

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Online story: "DENVER — Because of a paperwork error, the suspect in last month's killing of Colorado's corrections chief was freed from prison in January – four years earlier than authorities intended.* Judicial officials acknowledged Monday that Evan Spencer Ebel's previous felony conviction had been inaccurately recorded and his release was a mistake." -- Yeah, the government wants 'gun control', but can't even control the felons most likely to get illegal access to guns and do harm with them.

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Online headline: "Obama 'Limiting Press Access In Ways That Past Administrations Wouldn't Have Dared': AP" -- Well, y'all (mainstream media) got him elected, now finally expose him what you already know about him, because once hi cripples the 2nd Amendment, shutting down the 1st Amendment will be a piece of cake.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision to launch his own political organization has some Democrats wondering: Is he just in it for himself? * Obama’s new group, Organizing for Action, will focus on his policy agenda – not on electing Democratic candidates – by raising unlimited amounts of cash and accessing the president’s secret list of 20 million supporters, volunteers and donors." -- Heh heh heh. Now the DUMBERats are as worried as the mainstream media about who they elected... Welcome aboard the sinking ship with those of us that saw this all along; Judas 00-bama has always been in this for himself!.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/01/187421/democrats-fear-obama-group-will.html#storylink=cpy

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Question... 4 teams have made it to the final set of NCAA games to determine the National Championship. OK, but why were they awarded trophies for just making it to the semi-finals.

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A spokesman for Planned Parenthood was questioned by a Congressman about what happens during an abortion when the baby lives outside the mother. She hem-hawed then said that was between the doctor and patient. Excuse me, but the live baby is now the patient, and killing it becomes a murder if the doctor and mother end the baby's life. Where is the media on this?

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Someone, somewhere, just made a donation of $100,000,000.00 to a public school district. That was sensational, wasn't it. That should take care of all their problem... at least it seems so, but if that school system is as encumbered by federal programs, like Columbus, it would only take care of federal food and similar budget items for less than 2 years, and none will get to the classrooms.

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McClatchy headline: "Defense in prison guard murder fears tainted jury: -- Well, since he obviously can't get a jury to acquit him of murdering a guard in prison, appeal to let him out early, or a presidential pardon from Judas 00-bama.

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Online story: "DENVER — Because of a paperwork error, the suspect in last month's killing of Colorado's corrections chief was freed from prison in January – four years earlier than authorities intended." -- Now, close your eyes and imagine HELL-thSCare death panels in action.

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McClatchy story: "LOS ANGELES — A little more than a year ago, California began testing the GPS monitoring devices that track the movements of thousands of sex offenders. * Corrections officials found that the devices used in half the state were so inaccurate and unreliable that the public was "in imminent danger." -- Another early release failure.

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Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/03/31/187373/tests-found-major-flaws-in-calif.html#storylink=cpy

McClatch story: Nearly $900 Million in outdated Stryker vehicle parts have been discovered by the Army. Congress should purge itself of the elected members who campaigned for their states getting those unneeded contracts to make those parts.

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From the "what could be scarier' department - Hey, this is sitting just a heartbeat away from the White House:

 

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Online story: "The Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University compared pro-life students to white supremacists and denied them official club status at the school. * They were denied status because the students on the student council felt being pro-life violates their harassment policy,” said Kristan Hawkins" -- Hmmm isn't this the same Johns Hopkins which withdrew the speaking engagement offered Dr Benjamin Carson.... current most prolific alumnus of Johns Hopkins? If Johns Hopkins starts graduating doctors who do not respect all aspects of life, soon Johns Hopkins sheepskin will be as career worthless as a public high school diploma.

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HELL-thScare may be the job creating machine that no one anticipated.... Look at the number of lawyers being hired by accounting firms hired by business executives just to explain it to them, and the number of specialists doctors and hospitals are having to hire to figure out who and how to bill. And don't forget the number of people Congresspersons have had to hire to read it for them.
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So "pro-amnesty" folks are going to have a "million alien march" in Washington. What an opportunity for ICE... it can roundup and deport almost 10% of the problem in one "Fast&Furious 2" fell swoop.

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After reading comments by receivers of advanced online degrees, I think all such advanced degrees should be issued with the title of mba, or dr or phd.

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From a L-E story on the Liberty District/BTW conflict: "Douglas Bachtel, a demographer at the University of Georgia, said Columbus is struggling with an age-old problem of cities trying to balance the needs of poor people with the interests of the business community. * "It's a real dilemma, if I had the answer I wouldn't be working for the University of Georgia," he said" -- "I wouldn't be working for the University of Georgia"? Hey, he shouldn't be working at UGA, and sure as hell shouldn't be working here in Columbus!

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L-E headline: "Police suspect twin brothers in Opelika stabbing " -- I hope some witness doesn't say he's not sure of which is which because they 'look alike' (twins) and some Appeal Court overturns the case on racial stereotype prejudice, but I can see it coming.

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Afterthought: "Hey Sandra...Sandra Fluke... I'll pay for your birth control... forever... we certainly don't want to see you reproduce.

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I must have really touched a nerve on Mayor Obamalinson's deal with CVCC to rent Golden Park out at $500.00 a game date. The L-E has held back from printing two letters I submitted to get the issue more public exposure. There's no reason for Columbus tax payers to supplement a non-taxpaying Alabama institution in this manner. Having maintained Little League fields for extended periods, and knowing the costs of maintaining a rental facility, there is no way the taxpayers of Columbus are getting a fair shake with CVCC paying as little as it does to use our facility.

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From a fellow BCer via Facebook:

Obviously a government project home project..

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Random thought: I love the US flag. I love BIG flags... well, I need to qualify that; I love BIG flags that are on proper/suitable flag poles. The one at Nissan is a big beautiful flag, BUT the pole is not up to proper flag etiquette protocol. The flag pole is not of essential height to allow the flag to be flown at half-mast (when appropriate) without the flag dragging the ground. Any veterans who shop there, let Nissan know of its faux pas.

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Hey, here's a gun control law that if it's not already on the books, it should be: Anyone committing a crime while in possession of an illegally owned gun should be denied any bail for such, and their crime be moved to the top of the court priority list for trials.

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Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/03/30/2444934/taking-sides-liberty-district.html#storylink=cpy

L-E story: "NELSON, Ga. — A north Georgia city has approved an ordinance that would make gun ownership mandatory, though the measure doesn’t include a penalty for those who don’t comply. " -- Not true... the penalty of knowing you can't pass a required extended background check will alert law abiding citizens of your tendences. Let's pass one here!

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Have you noticed how quickly the racial hatred murder of the 13 month old baby in Brunswick has left the pages of the L-E (and I'm sure other liberal sources)? Remember how long Trayvon Martin was promoted for sainthood? Of course that finally dwindled once high def photos of the injuries he did to Zimmerman surfaced, and Martin's juvenile delinquency finally came to light.

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Online story: "GALAX, Va. -- Nearly 100 vehicles crashed Sunday along a mountainous, foggy stretch of interstate near the Virginia-North Carolina border, killing three people and injuring 25 others." -- Guess we can expect Senators Reid and Feinstein to introduce legislation to ban fog on Federal highways.

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Online story: "Five members of a Southern California family were killed Saturday when their van was rear-ended by an 18-year-old driver who was later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, authorities said. * The crash happened at about 3 a.m. on Interstate 15 near the Utah line." -- Guess Senator Feinstein will introduce legislation banning vans on Interstate highways, and Mayor Bloom-ing-idiot-berg of New York will limit all vehicles to 2 passengers at a time.

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Today is April 1st... no joke here as I put in my first Schick Hydra 5 blade since January 1st.

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L-E headline: "MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN CAR " -- Sorry to say this is not an April Fools Joke headline.

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Hard as I search, I cannot find the traditional 'front page "April Fools Day story onn the front page of the L-E. Oooops, must need my coffee now... the answer is right in front of me... the L-E's claim that it has the Valley's "Largest News Team". Maybe at one time.... long ago.

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Online story: "U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts in a ruling released publicly Friday rejected the arguments of American Atheists, which had sued the National September 11 Memorial & Museum's operators in 2011 on constitutional grounds, contending that the prominent display of the cross constitutes an endorsement of Christianity, diminishing the contributions of non-Christian rescuers." -- Atheists.... why don't they find something they can believe in rather than try to deny others what they believe in?

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How is it with such rampant political correctness running amok within government & mainstream media entities, can Government Motors run such obviously racially exclusive ads as the ones for its "Sonic" autos?

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Mayor Obamalinson's backroom deal to give Oropeza nearly $500K in earlier retirement is a double waste of tax dollars. That $500K would have paid for twice a week pickup of the her garbage she'll give us until Nov of 2014.

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It's bad enough that the Department of Homeland Security is hoarding upwards of 2 BILLION rounds of ammo, but now it is taking control of 2700 MRAP armored vehicles. Pretty soon Judas 00-bama will have the best armed army of any Muslim Brotherhood leader.

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Judas 00-bama's minions in the www.barackobama/organizingforaction agendarists want me to be a 'founding member (well "wanted" me to become one) by donating $5.00 (or more) by last night. Even went so far is to claim that it is not " taking any money from corporations. We're not taking any money from Washington lobbyists." Hmmm, lets see, it's well reported that if I give more than $5.00 (say $500,000.00) that I can get quarterly 'face time' with 00-bama. Hmmm, if not a corporation, wouldn't that make me a lobbyist?

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Judas 00-bama went to church yesterday. He was greeted from the pulpit by Jeremiah Wright (disguised as another preacher) saying:“It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back … for blacks to be back in the back of the bus … for women to be back in the kitchen … for immigrants to be back on their side of the border.” Martin Luther King, Jr. must be rolling over in his grave watching his dream of equality lost in hate from the pulpit of 21st Century churches.

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From the 'be careful what you wish for' department - L-E story: "Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants the state Liquor Control Board to figure out how to stop the spread of bars allowing marijuana consumption." -- Hmmm, and it's been legal for what...4 months?

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L-E story: "HUDSON, Wis. — A father has changed his pleas to guilty but insane in the killings of his three young daughters last summer in Wisconsin. * That means the defense at Aaron Schaffhausen’s trial will have to prove he had a mental disease or defect so severe that he wasn’t responsible for his actions." -- Wait a minute... if the defendant thinks he can prove he was mentally diseased, doesn't that prove he wasn't?

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L-E story: "CAIRO — A popular television satirist known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart has appeared before prosecutors after an arrest warrant was issued against him for allegedly insulting Islam and the country’s leader. " -- Hmmm, betcha the real Jon Stewart in America has started re-researching Judas 00-bama's religious background as he was, and may still be a closet Islamist.

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Online quote service: Confucius said: “Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. " -- Hmmm, maybe this should be the headline on all legislation of Congress writing laws that concern its exclusion from Social Security and ObamaCare.”