Tiger Thoughts:

I admire Tiger Woods but if I were in attendance in Augusta, I'd turn my back on him. As it is, I just switched stations whenever he was being shown.

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Listening to CBS's lead in show to yesterday's Masters broadcast with its heavy reliance on Tiger's commentary and participation in the Master's, offer's no doubt as what controlled the Masters' decision.

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The defense the Committee is using that it made a decision while Tiger was playing on 18 lost credibility when it didn't it report to anyone at the time that it had reviewed it.

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We're going to have to really find out where Judas 00-bama was overnight. He had a guest host sit in for his Saturday AM propaganda session so where was he. Perhaps he was in Augusta issuing an Executive Order to overrule his golfing buddy from being DQ'd.

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The Masters' damage control person, Fred Ridley, must have had an earphone to get words from master spinmeisterJay Carney on what words to say in trying to spin why Tiger wasn't DQ'd. People in his position, as he demonstrated in other aspects, are much better speakers than the stuttering response he made trying to warrant the Committee's decisions.

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Not withdrawing will do nothing to build, rebuild, Tiger's image. He may never shake the image of being a cheater on his wife and family, but being even hinted at cheating in golf will stick with him forever.

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Tiger should have taken the penalty situation and voluntarily withdrawn. Even if were to shoot lights out and win by one stroke, he would never get it out of his mind that there would always an invisible asterisk by his name. If he gets the 19th major, historians would be skeptical unless he could get even a 20th major. Barry Bonds Home Run record will always looked at with a squinted eye. On the other hand, Hank Aaron beating Ruth's record will not.

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In1968, Roberto Due Vicenzo signed an incorrect Masters scorecard. The rules said if you sign a card with a higher score than you made, you had to take that score as correct. It also says if you sign a card with a score lower than you actually made, then you are disqualified .Tiger Woods just got a 2 stoke penalty added to the score for an improper ball drop. The rules say his card was properly signed with a lower score. The penalty says that is a DQ. I have read Rule 33 of the USGA, and I do not see where "the Committee" could overrule the USGA rules.

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Online story: "Senate Democrats are holding up a resolution to honor former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday at age 87, a Heritage Foundation affiliate reports. * The resolution was to pass late Wednesday in the Democratic-controlled upper chamber, said Katherine Rosario of Heritage Action for America. * Meanwhile, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution honoring Thatcher" -- Have been sitting on this a couple of days to give the DUMBERats an opportunity to progress, but I cannot find where they have. I hope the Queen returns the DVD's, and the I-pod full of Judas 00-bama speeches he sent her as a gift.

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Low-info voter's L-E "soundoff": "More children were killed at Newtown than we have actual cases of voter fraud every election." -- As Reagan would say, "Well, there you go again,"...The only truth here is that the L-E should be ashamed of selecting this outright misrepresentation of fact, and senseless analogy for publication.

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Maryland is initiating a "rain tax". You heard me, a "rain tax" by taxing so-called “impervious surfaces,” anything that prevents rain water from seeping into the earth (roofs, driveways, patios, sidewalks, etc.) thereby causing stormwater run off. *" Fees will be calculated on the surface area of properties as the theory is that roofs, driveways and carparks create more potential for drainage problems and water contamination" -- "Rain" tax? Sounds a lot more like a "Reign" tax. BTW, how are they going to assess the 'rain tax' on public/government buildings and such?

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L-E story: "ATLANTA — Georgia is moving forward with a plan to standardize annual evaluations for teachers and principals based, in part, on student performance. " -- ARRGGGHHHH!!!!! Bet the Atlanta teachers who got fired for cheating on their students performance will get consulting jobs out-the-anos to teach other teachers how to get raises.

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The Columbus L-E has a lot of figures on the housing market in the area... a lot... but mostly useless figures that indicate that the housing market is still floundering. Maybe Mayor Obamalinson will issue a 'price freeze' at 2010 levels so the 'tax freeze' prices want reduce property tax revenues.

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Dusty Nix's disdain for the boring names of public buildings/facilities is shared by me as well, but Dusty has been partially responsible as a longtime associate of the L-E. The L-E has been a joint partner of the politicians in creating the aura of political correctness on any issue that should be discussed openly.

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L-E editorial: "Georgia already has one of the most successful and widely emulated pre-kindergarten programs in the country. Funded with income from lottery sales, it regularly receives the highest possible ratings in every benchmark of quality. Amid all the distressing news about Georgia’s shortcomings in education, pre-K is something at which this state is measurably and demonstrably excellent. " -- "Successful"? By what standards? Our Bible and our logic tell us that if we build something on a solid foundation, whether our faith, our homes, or our education on a foundation of rock, rather than sand, our lives will be solid as well. What is solid about GA's pre-K progarm that gets solid results for the children as they progress up the line of education. Surely test results do not confirm this.

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L-E story: "LONDON — Hundreds of opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher partied in London’s Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death, sipping Champagne and chanting “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead.” * We’ve been waiting a long time for this,” Richard Wat-son, a 45-year-old from eastern England wearing a party hat, said. “It’s an opportunity of a lifetime.” -- Typical liberal, socialist, union "crap". The guy was 22 when Margaret Thatcher stepped down, and probably had no clue to where he'd be today if Margaret Thatcher had no saved the British economy from its downward spiral in the late 70's.

There's a possibility Tiger Woods may be DQ'd for signing an incorrect scorecard. There are elements of the 'drop' he made on #15 that are to be reviewed this morning. If it's determined that he took an improper drop, 2 shots will be added to his score, and since he signed the card at the lesser score he would be DQ'd. Can you imagine how many Masters' pool bets this would effect?

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How many of us imagined tapping in the winning putt to roaring a crowd at the Masters when we 14. Imagine what Guan Tianlang feels at making the cut at the Masters at age 14. Wow!

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Looks like Microsoft has bombed with Windows 8. Tell ypu what, I am not interested in it after acquiring Windows 7, and finding out that most of my previous software would not run under the Newest Windows 7, and there wasn't a fix from the manufacturers to make it work with Windows 7, nor a patch from Microsoft to do the same.

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HuffPost headline: "RNC Passes Unanimous Resolution Affirming GOP Is Still Against Gay Marriage" -- Is the glass half full or half empty. The RNC is not "against" gay marriage, the RNC is still "FOR" marriage between a man and a woman. This is what the RNC needs to focus on.

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Online headline: "Small Businesses Opt To Pay Obamacare Penalty Instead Of Offering Health Insurance * Rick Levi, owner of Consolidated Management, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company that runs cafeterias at schools, offices and jails in 10 states, told the Journal the penalty is all he can afford. He employs 102 workers and will be required to offer coverage to many under the new law, at a cost of more than $500,000 per year if every employee takes the insurance plan. The penalty will cost him around $144,000." -- The US Supreme Court was dead on when it ruled HELL-thScare was simply a tax in spite of Judas 00-bama plaintive objections. Next we'll probably get a Harry Reid/Diane Feinstein bill out that will declare opting for the $144,000.00 penalty instead of paying $500,000.00 in cost basically is a 'tax loophole' and the bill will add the difference as a tax penalty.

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Gun control is not Congress's job. Congress's job is to protect the rights of of law abiding citizens to own guns as provided in our Constitution. It is the Court system that has failed to in protecting law abiding citizens. Leniency in sentencing and incarceration do not deter the wrongful & deadly misuse of guns.

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Thanks to a fellow BCer:

 

Even if he doesn't run because he can't find a way to circumvent the 22nd Amendment, this gal will vote for Judas 00-bama again

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Fox News is reporting that NC college has reported that an unknown man carrying a rifle was seen on campus. No knowledge of any shots or dangers, yet the college shut down, and Fox has broken in on regular reporting to alarm us. This is not news... it's hysterical speculation... basically gossip.

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Now a further report on the NC college gun situation was reported by a student and no other confirmation has been reported. Welcome to the 21st Century way to get out of taking a test .

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Seems like the crazies in the latest mass killing splurges might have been averted if schools, and a court in one case, had reported mental health problems into the universal background check database . The Connecticut killing was different. The Sicko's mother had not secured legally obtained weapons, so the sicko had easy access to them. No background check on the Mom would have stopped any sale.

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Our military intelligence has released a report that N. Korea has advanced enough that it "could" attach a nuclear weapon on a long range missile. If so, why are we placating them? Sounds to me that N. Korea had tossed down the gauntlet, so send Dennis Rodman back in wearing a GPS gadget and fire off a couple of laser guided rockets to take out the regime.

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Baseball is already off to a dubious start. Field fracases are making MLB look more like hockey games. I don't go to those, either... for the same reason.

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L-E story: "After weeks of trying to quell opposition to its plans to build 100 apartments around the historic Liberty Theater, the Housing Authority of Columbus announced Friday that it was abandoning the plans and seeking other alternatives for redeveloping the Booker T. Washington housing complex." -- Well, well, well,... the power of the bloc vote has punched Mayor Obamalinson in the mouth. Guess we just witnessed her declaration for re-election.

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Online story: "During an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said expanded background checks are "not enough," and private gun sales cannot continue because they allow terrorists to buy guns in the United States." -- Hmmm, why would terrorists want to buy them here, when Judas 00-bama will ship them weapons free?

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Low-info voter's L-E "soundoff": " If Americans were as concerned about the environment as we say, then we would be asking for twice-a-week recycling trucks instead of twice-a-week garbage trucks. " -- Hmmm, if this guy needs the recycling truck twice a week, I'd say he eats take-out food every meal and has a horrendous obesity problem.

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Another low-info voter's "L-E "soundoff": "Congress needs to pass the transaction tax on Wall Street speculation. Speculation costs every gas purchaser 60 cents or more per gallon and results in Washing-ton street traders pocketing our millions. " -- Hmmm... and wouldn't adding a 'transaction tax' on every 'speculation' add that much more to every gallon at the pump?

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Misinformed L-E "soundoff": "No human being should be able to tell me what I can or cannot do with my own body, whether it’s wearing makeup or being (or not being) pregnant." -- Do what you wish... you're right in one thing, it's not my business... that's between God and you, but don't expect me to pay for and support your decision.

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L-E headline: "Gun measures put moderate Senate Democrats in bind" -- WRONG! The measures on the floor will make "moderates" whether Democrats or Republicans, to actually get off the fence they enjoy straddling on most issues, and show the voters what they are.

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L-E story: "Robert Anderson, chairman of the Liberty Theatre board of directors and a supporter of the project, said the theater is struggling to stay open and the housing authority’s redevelopment project could have helped revitalize the area. * “Everybody seems to be concerned about the theater, but nobody attends it,” -- And the truth finally comes out.... just as there are no graves in the recently designated Liberty District cemetery, and Ma Rainey only roomed a few months at the house named for her. Political Correctness is more blinding than helpful.

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I have just heard that when the J. Kyle Spencer Map exhibition opens on April 19th at the W.C. Bradley Company Museum on Front Avenue in Columbus, GA, it will include a copy of the Joshua Fry-Peter Jefferson 1751 Map of Virginia. This was the first surveyed map, and basically 'staked' out the Mason-Dixon Line. Colonel Joshua Fry was/is my ggggg-great grandfather.

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Senator McKoon states in a L-E article that: " I believe when you can improve a government function and save money at the same time, that’s a step worth taking, especially if that step can reduce crime with the added bonus of putting young people on a more productive path. In a few short weeks, Gov. Nathan Deal will sign into law a historic reform over Georgia’s current juvenile justice system. * What will this bill change? For one thing, instead of locking up every suspect in detention centers, the program will offer sensible alternatives to those whose crime is less serious and who can be guided into a more productive life with the right kind of intervention that addresses the root of bad behavior." -- Question... who's going to determine which juvenile delinquent deserves "sensible alternatives"? Who decides which juvenile crimes are "less serious"? Wouldn't a more cost efficient jail program be to enact death sentences within 2 or less years when a gun or other lethal weapon is used rather than housing murders for 20 or more years of appeals?

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L-E story: "A man whose girlfriend had been living with him for a month faced charges of aggravated stalking against the woman during a Friday morning Columbus Recorder’s Court hearing. * He also allegedly told police that he had a court order to stay away from his girlfriend, but that she had been living with him about a month. * According to Lexis Nexis, Georgia State Law Code 16-5-94, which covers stalking, does not specify what actions should be taken if the offender and the victim are living together voluntarily in the offending party’s home. " -- Tell you what the law should say, and that is if the complainant violates his/her complaint by moving into the abode of the person the complainant filed the complaint against, then the complainant should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for every cent taxpayers paid to process and service her complaint!

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Online quote source: "“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing - the result.”

― Vince Lombardi

Yep, you guessed it, this will never be seen in a school classroom that focuses on excuses for failure and social promotions.

Online headline: "Obama North Korea Statement: U.S. Will Take 'All Necessary Steps' To Protect Its People" -- Hmmm, well, if Judas 00-bama hadn't bowed and apologized and sympathized with terrorist leaders around the world, then a loud but simple "BOO!" would send Kim Jong Un II running back home.

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Has anyone heard anything about the illegal wire-tapping of Sen. McConnell's campaign office from any mainstream media source?

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Oh, here's one - HuffPost story: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hit with an ethics complaint after a leaked tape revealed he was discussing with aides how to take on potential opponent Ashley Judd. * The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has asked the Senate ethics committee and the FBI to investigate whether McConnell was having a discussion about potential Judd weaknesses -- including her mental health and religion -- on government time." -- If there is an ethical charge to be made, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) should be rampant about the illegal, Watergate style scandal of wiretapping. There is nothing bi-partisan about the actions nor funding of CREW. George Soros and Democracy Alliance are direct funders. IRS should be involved as well, for fraud in attaining a charitable status and using donations for political uses.

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WTVM9 story: "Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) announced Thursday the addition of 200 plus new jobs to be located at its facility in Columbus as part of a comprehensive effort to support its customers as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented." -- Hmmm, 200 new 'expense centers' just to interpret Affordable HELL-thScare. That's surely not a cost reducer.

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Online story: "The goal of Mattel's "Dolls of the World" Barbie collection might be to boost intercultural understanding -- but it seems the brand has tried the tolerance of specific communities it seeks to represent. * The latest batch of dolls in the collection was introduced last summer. Each one comes with a passport and a pet. * The accessories assigned to Mexico Barbie, however, have been the focus of considerable skepticism from commentators. * Bloggers including Laura Martinez have protested the inclusion of a passport at all, suggesting that making special reference to the doll's documentation is offensive. " -- Arrggghhhh! What Mexican national wouldn't want a passport... one who is illegally in America. I do believe we are the only country that has laws prohibiting asking for proof of citizenship to be here, and laws prohibiting proof of citizenship to vote.

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From a fellow BCer: We need signs like this at every stateline crossing -

 

Especially the bottom 2 lines.

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Online story: ""Given all the national media surrounding my statements as to my belief in traditional marriage, I believe it would be in the best interest of the students for me to voluntarily withdraw as your commencement speaker this year," he wrote in an email to Dean Paul Rothman shared with the school * (Dr. Ben) Carson compared gay marriage to bestiality and pedophilia in a recent Fox News appearance. "My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman," he said. "It’s a well-established, fundamental pillar of society, and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality -- it doesn’t matter what they are -- they don’t get to change the definition." * After Carson made his comments, a majority of graduating students signed a petition stating that he was an inappropriate choice for speaker." -- If you know parents of Johns Hopkins, please forward this to them so they can see what their 100s of thousands of dollars for their children's future is being wasted on. As for Dr Carson, I hope he has rewritten his will to cut out Johns Hopkins.

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Remember when being Judas 00-bama's brother-in-law saved Craig Robinson's head basketball coaching job at Oregon State after a disastrous 1st season? This past season Oregon State was 14-18 overall and 4 - 14 in conference play. His 5 year record is 77-88 overall, but 31-59 in conference play. That would get him canned at any SEC school.

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Online story: "The daughter of Reverend Jeremiah Wright has been indicted for her involvement in a plot to misuse more than a million dollars in state grants. * Wright is the former, controversial pastor of President Obama. * Jeri Wright faces charges of money laundering and lying to the feds." -- I'm sure there will be more to come (maybe not so much on mainstream media), but one question just blares to be asked: How much influence did now President Judas 00-bama use in helping her when he was in Chicago? During his first campaign, I still remember him 'poo-pooing' earmarks as being a measly total of about $18,000,000,000.00 so that's really not what the budget deficit was about.

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Fox News needs a make-over. Fox's efforts to present a "fair & balanced" aspect gives too many ultra-libs too much face time that distracts Fox from staying on course with the realities of the destructive nature of liberalism.

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The IRS believes it has the right and Judas 00-Obama's blessing to read your e-mail without a subpoena. Even privileged communication between you and your lawyer are fair game. Big Brother is now Big Bully Brother.

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If IRS is going to rummage through emails, let'em start with Judas 00-Obama's to/from Bill Ayers, George Soros, and Harry Reid/Nancy Pelosi.

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What is it with TV advertisers these days? They hire and pay big bucks for a celebrity spokesperson but deem it necessary to put their names on the screen so you'll recognize the celebrity.

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Adidas may as well get out of the clothing business. With the Masters off to a fast start , Garcia, Johnson, and Day were all getting primo TV time and all were wearing the same ugly green & black shirt. Even Ricky Fowler's outfit looked better.

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Low-info voter's L-E "soundoff": "President Obama is returning a portion of his pay because he wants to lead by example, something his predecessor never did." -- Hmmm.. returning 5% of his pay "after the fact", and within hours of a grandstand ploy, boarded Air Force 1 (with its $180,000.00 per hour operating costs) and flew to California (and back) for a campaign fund raiser. Yeah, that's leadership...

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Another low-info voter's L-E "soundoff": "Hooray for the Connecticut governor’s position against guns. Maybe Columbus should look at that; murder rate by guns goes up every year. " -- You can only describe these people as "stupid", but unfortunately, they are too stupid to know what 'stupid is'. The solution is to have proper penalties for possessing/using a gun in a crime.

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Another low-info voter's L-E "soundoff": "Why do conservatives believe every American should be able to carry guns for his or her own protection but don’t believe every nation should be able to develop nuclear weapons for its own protection? " -- I will pay for this persons passport and one-way bus ticket to North Korea or Cuba. (Shhh, he won't figure out the bus ticket until it's too late.)

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). -- Hmmm, bet this FDR quote isn't in the DNC playbook.

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Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL, head of the DNC thinks her staff shouldn't have to go through the inspection lines to get into the Capitol like ordinary Americans. She probably thinks she shouldn't have to go through TSA insepections at airports either. It is definitely time for the 28th Amendment to be enacted prohibiting Congress from passing any laws that they don't have to follow, too.

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This awful editorial "comic" ran in the Columbus L-E today. What exactly is the message the L-E is sending? This is worth canceling your subscriptions and ad contracts over.

 

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The DOW is soaring, but don't let that distract you. Money is pouring in as investment funds shuffle money in to stocks from bonds as the American and Japanese mints run overtime printing 'new' money. Bernanke won't stop the presses until unemployment hey 6% (though who knows how he will determine what 6% unemployment is) and the Japanese won't stop printing until their inflation rate hits 2%. It's a toss up as to whether the Japanese or American "balloon" will be the first to pop.

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Anthony Weiner says he's going to run for Mayor of NYC. Mayor Bloom-ing-idiot-berg was deciding if a ban of certain sized deli sausages would stop him.

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Apparently, 'someone' bugged Senator McConnell's campaign staff office and illegal taped a discussion of Ashley Judd after she discussed potentially running against McConnell (she changed her mind after 'googling" herself and finding out what a flake she actually is). You have wonder if McConnell-gate is an intentional distraction for Benghazi-gate. Where is the mainstream media outrage for illegal wiretapping that it exhibited over Nixon's Watergate scandal or Bush 43's Patriot Act directives? Where are the subpoenas for Mother Earth's executives and reporters?

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The student who stabbed 14 others at a college in Texas is being described by his childhood neighbors as "a nice kid". Guess Sen. Diane Fienstein will introduce a new law outlawing "nice kids".

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In anticipation of the next Congressional DUMBERat assault on weapons, art students surged into Michaels and depleted the "Exacto" stock.

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I know this is not about the Masters, but watching a former NFL player involved in a suit against the NFL, I can't let this slide. Any NFLer who can honestly say he had no idea of the relationship of body collisions and injuries is lying.

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L-E story: "McKoon also criticized Senior and other board members who are to take a trip to San Diego this weekend for the National School Boards Association conference, which he called a poor spending choice in light of other district needs." -- Whoa! Members of our school board are going to California to learn about economic and educational efficiency? Of all places to discuss such, California is obviously the worst choice, though Chicago and New York and Washington, DC would give California a good race.

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L-E headline: "Obama budget: Spending cuts, higher smokers’ taxes" -- "higher smoker's taxes" will solve the budget deficit? What's Judas 00-bama trying to do... justify his own smoking as a way he can contribute to the economy, or using a higher tax as an incentive to quit? Just "quitting" is the way to stop smoking AND spending.

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I'm mystified.. Gas around Columbus seems to be ranging from about $3.46 to $3.55 +/-, but this past weekend, I bought gas in Dothan (Shell, at that) on the way back from Florida for $3.33. I guess this is what happens when one company owns over half the gas outlets in town. Senator McKoon... surely there's an ethics question you can ask...

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Speaking of Florida, here's a trick question: What is my bride holding in her hand?

 

Wrong! It's not a chicken wing... it's a fried crab claw at Harry T's! A little pricey at 11 for $20.00 bucks, but delicious and came with an outstanding waterfront view.

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Why is Social Security under attack as a government entitlement program? If you're talking about payments made to illegals or even under the SSI programs you're talking about a totally different program than the one people pay into for their retirement years.

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I do not get this... Why are certain Congresspeople so fired up about extended background checks to keep mentally ill and felony convicted people from being able to buy guns? Let's face it, the number of incidents involving mass killers using legally acquired guns is minimal. Congress should be demanding the courts sentence people who have stolen guns, possessed stolen/illegally acquired guns, or used stolen/illegally acquired guns to "life ending" terms, whether by execution or lifetime sentences without parole or appeal.

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You know, if you took all the money used to produce and run charity ads to raise funds to feed, to heal, to raise children, there would be plenty of money to accomplish all those things without raising more.

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I can remember when $4,141.00 would buy you a brand new tricked-out 1967 GTO with a 400HO engine. Now $4,000.00 might get you into a "Cash for Clunkers" candidate.

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — The U.S. federal budget deficit grew more slowly in March than the previous month, keeping the annual spending shortfall on pace to finish below $1 trillion for the first time in five years. " -- Hmmm, 'the sequester' is working!

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I'm looking forward to seeing "42". I just hope the writers/director have not injected made-up situations like the writer/director of "Glory Road".

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Online propaganda: "A look at 2010 data reveals that the U.S. is one of the least taxed countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a study released Monday by Citizens For Tax Justice." -- The libs are hard at work... don't ever forget this. 10 slides are floating around proclaiming Americans aren't taxed as high as nearly all other countries as though that is bad. Not one slide compares the revenue and prosperity that lower taxes give to America than any other country. It also shoots holes in liberal contentions of why American companies keep cash in overseas accounts.

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Judas 00-bama has nominated two "Republican lawyers" for two of the 5 spots on the National Labor Relations Board. It only takes a majority of 3 to pass resolutions/responses so having 2 "Republican lawyers" will not change the pro-union bias, but something else bothers me... if the 2 "Republican lawyers" are truly Republican, why would they agree to being pawns for the Judas 00-bama agenda? Smoke and Mirrors to get the Senate Republicans to look like obstacles.

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Now a mass stabbing has occurred on a Texas college campus. 14 students in several buildings were stabbed by a lone knifer. Early unconfirmed reports hinted the knife was a semi-automatic dual tipped model.

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WTVM9 story: "COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - As President Obama pushes for more gun control to protect students in the wake of recent shootings, the Muscogee County School Board took steps to make Columbus schools safer. The new security plan "LATER": Lockdown…Alert...Take action...Evacuate if possible...Resist as a last resort, was presented to the school board during Monday night's meeting." -- "LATER"? What an asinine acronym... the only thing "LATER" means is that it's later than the MCSD thinks since by removing paddles from schools has eliminated the only crowd control weapon teachers had.

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From the unintended consequences' department. Hmmm, maybe all those bonds China holds of our government debt may mean China may stop North Korea from attacking its largest investment.

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DUMBERats are ever waving their fingers at conservatives and morals and shouting out "extremist" at them. Well, if you're as far to the left as DUMBERats appear, everything to their right (including the middle ground) does look rather extreme.

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Why is it that mainstream media reporters are in such a rush to report whatever Judas 00-bama says, but never are in any hurry to check his facts for the truth? There was a time when truth mattered more than urgency... I miss that.

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Why is " the sequester" so difficult for government to grasp? Recent GAO reports show that duplicate government programs already spend 3 times more than the pittance that 'the sequester' is making the government reduce in spending.

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In an interview on CBS, Michelle Obama referred to herself as"a busy single mom". I guess wives of this generation of DUMBERat presidents wives are open to non-traditional forms of marriages (Hillary, too)... While it could be described as a Freudian Slip, it's really a case of " fraud-ian slip".

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Online story: Soldiers in the U.S. military have been told in a training briefing that evangelical Christians are the No. 1 extremist threat to America – ahead of groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, KKK, Nation of Islam, al-Qaida, Hamas and others. * The briefing, which was given to an Army reserve unit in Pennsylvania, came from a U.S. Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief titled “Extremism and Extremist Organizations.” The following slide/chart was a visual aid:

Surely this did not appear without the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief. To 'dot the "i", Louis Farrakhan nor ACORN made the list.

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Did I miss it? The apology of Sean Penn's son's racial and homophobic slur barrage to a paparazzi.

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If Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, wants to become a credible voice for government accountability, she needs to snip the cords she holds with Send. Graham & McCain. Those two have so many political skeletons and positions in their closets to be given any further credibility.

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I hate it when the L-E clumps McKoon with Myers on the issue of the MCSD Board issue of the no-bid legal contract. To begin with Hatcher-Stubbs-Ea al rates charged for services would be of no interest to other large firms, and the citizens are getting a great service for their tax dollar. On the other hand, one of the lawyers would like the MCSD board to have an in-house (salaried plus expenses etc) attorney (hopefully himself) who would control legal issues. The only real problem with the current set-up is that the MCSD barrages Hatcher-Stubbs-Et al with too many trivial situations that could be solved with consistent rulings.

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L-E story: "A man allegedly damaged two police cars Monday morning after he was arrested with a small amount of marijuana, according to a Columbus police report. * Pollard was placed inside a patrol car and buckled in. Shortly after, he managed to free himself of the car restraints and began kicking the rear passenger door hard enough to separate the paneling from the frame, police said. * Officers placed Pollard in leg irons and put him in another patrol car. He allegedly said, “You want to see me break something?” He then began thrusting up against his seat belt and restraints, causing the seat to come loose from the frame. He also stripped out the restraining bolt of the lap bar, police said." -- Hmmm, perhaps the police rear seat restraints should be equipped with "taser' barbs that activate when a prisoner exerts any excessive pressure on them.

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — Even before it is unveiled, President Barack Obama’s new budget is opening to poor reviews from liberal allies entrenched in their opposition to shaving benefit programs and GOP opponents equally opposed to new tax increases." -- Of course the left is upset with a budget proposal! After all, it's been years since the DUMBERats have passed (or voted) on one, and a new budget will eliminated the "continuous resolutions" that have kept entitlement programs funded and increasing without review.

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L-E story: "MINNEAPOLIS — A worker at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been charged with stealing shotguns, revolvers and other weapons from the checked luggage of passengers who had connections through the busy Twin Cities airport. " -- well, expect Sen Diane Feinstein to propose a new law making theft of guns illegal! Oh.... there are already hundreds of laws that do that... nevermind.

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L-E editorial headline: "Georgia trying to grade schools on fairer scale" -- huh? Aren't state or federal standards the main reason that local standards have declined since 1979? (That was the year Cuzzin Jimmy installed a Department of Education) The current Secretary of Educations prior job was CEO of the Chicago School System, and we know how well that worked. What's really needed is a trip back to Grand Jury appointed school boards who's sole job is to monitor & support the needs and progress of Muscogee County schools.

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L-E story: "During routine purchase authorizations Tuesday at Columbus Council, City Manager Isaiah Hugley presented a request to buy $45,892 worth of furniture, fixtures and equipment for the new Sustainability Center near the Pine Grove Landfill off Schatulga Road. * Councilor Judy Thomas had a different idea. Pointing to the almost $900,000 that council recently approved for furnishing the new City Service Center, Thomas said that should create a surplus of furniture as employees move from the Government Center to furnished offices in the Macon Road building" -- Hmmm, wish Judy had suggested using some of the existing furniture at the new service center to begin with, but at least she's stepping up to the plate now. One other suggestion though i sthat if the Landfill office can't find enough to salvage from the City, then how about someone rummaging through furniture left on the street... it's free, and will save that much more space in the landfill. ;-)

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We're gonna hear a lot more about "growlers". Most of it will be 'growling' about how many 'growler containers" will be fished out of the Whitewater project (a capped empty growler jug would probably have perpetual motion in "CutBait" ), then the landfill will complain about them being sent there to be disposed of.

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Speaking of "growlers", why is the last thing any bar owners would want to wish on the community is send a person who has already been drinking home with a gallon of beer to tide him over?

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Our newly proposed Director of Human Resources is our current "affirmative action" officer? We still have an "affirmative action" program? well, I hope her first action as Director is to bring Human Resources into the 21st Century by eliminating her previous job position.

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L-E headline: "Attorney wants separate trials for teens charged with shooting baby in stroller " -- First, it's about time the L-E showed any real interest in this horrific racial hate crime, and under the circumstances we have been informed about, separate trials are probably a good thing, but only with the fully testimony of the younger against the older. The older, gun firing teen should be publicly executed within an hour after the trial tomorrow!

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The rest of the sports world may as well take a vacation for the rest of the week... I'm in "Masters" mode.
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Online story: "A former Hooters employee who was forced to quit after shaving her head for brain surgery is now suing the franchise in federal court for violating the Missouri Human Rights Act, according to court documents provided to The Huffington Post by the woman's lawyer. * Sandra Lupo waitressed at a Hooters in St. Peters, Mo., when she shaved her head in July 2012 so that a doctor could perform a craniotomy to remove a large mass on her brain, the lawsuit alleges." -- Bless her heart, but this girl is missing a huge opportunity... her lawyer should be trying to get her a made-for-TV movie as the only Hooter's waitress who has had a 'large mass' removed rather than added.

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Ah! The Muscogee County Schools lunch menu for the week of April 15-19:

Monday: Beef-a-roni, bread stick or turkey wrap; green peas; green salad fruit; milk. Tuesday: Nachos or burrito; corn; refried beans; fruit; milk. Wednesday: Chicken Parmesan or hot dog; green beans; steamed squash; fruit; milk. Thursday: Chicken filet sandwich or grilled cheese sandwich; okra; sweet potato fries; fruit; milk. Friday: Pizza; french fires; corn on the cob; fruit; milk. -- Can't you just see those trim and fit students graduating.

“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

First, a moment of silent respect for Margaret Thatcher.

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How convenient was it for Judas 00-bama to be a politician last night? He could pull for Louisville out of one side of his mouth and Michigan out of the left side, and the leftist Unions didn't know what was going on. Sorta like life imitating his campaign speeches.

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Bleep Veep Biden let the cat out of the bag this weekend. He's more than eager to become the next leader of the New World Order. Unfortunately, he doesn't look like he'll get by Hillary in the primaries.

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Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine offers a history major that doesn't require one course in US History. This is where liberal educational doctrine is failing current and future generations. OK, so it's one college... unfortunately, there are more. The trickle down effect is that these colleges will produce teachers that our children can be assigned all over this country.

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GNN (Georgia News Network) has picked up on the Whitewater Project. A Whitewater spokeswoman is quoted as proclaiming the Whitewater Project is about "restoring" the Chattahoochee. Where did she go to school, the "Robert Gibbs/ Jay Carney School of Spin". True, the first mention of the project was about restoration, but that ended when the first 'concrete mattresses' were inserted to alter the esthetics and water flow... and then it got worse. "wave-shapers" have been installed and dams that should have been eliminated have instead been basically altered to influence rather than free the natural flow of the Chattahoochee.

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Mouseketeer Annette also passed yesterday... age 70. Remember when Disney was so concerned with family goodness, that when Annette began to blossom fully into a young woman, rather than having a starlet gawked at and talked about because of how she filled the costume sweater, Disney made her wrap her chest with an ACE bandage to minimize her figure. Now-a-days, Disney doesn't care if they run around sexting their bodies all over the Internet.

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Didn't a recent law go into effect prohibiting networks from raising the volume to a higher level during advertisements? Guess a new law needs to address what the cable companies do when they run the ads the "Cable Girls and a Guy" sell.

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L-E story: " Today is Tax Freedom Day for Georgians . This is the date on which Georgia residents will have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. Nationwide the date for all Americans is April 18. * “This year, Americans will work five days later than in 2012 to pay all of their taxes. The total tax bill at all levels comes to approximately $4.2 trillion, or 29.4 percent of their total income,” said economist William McBride." -- What brainwashing... of the reporter.... This 'sounds" good.. even reasonable.. for government 'news', that is, but the reality is that this is the "average" and if you're actually paying taxes, your share is above.. way above... the "average. Then you have to add the continuous "consumption" (sales/LOST/SPLOST) taxes for the rest of the year.

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L-E story: "SAN FRANCISCO — A lawsuit scheduled for trial will determine whether makers of some baby foods and fruit juices that contain low amounts of lead should be forced to put warning labels on their products sold in California. * The suit filed by the Environmental Law Foundation in Oakland claims Gerber, Del Monte Foods and many other makers of baby foods and juices are selling products containing lead at levels that require warning labels under California’s Proposition 65. * The food companies say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration tested the products, and decided lead levels were below the standards that require a warning. * Both sides in the case agree on one fact: baby foods containing carrots, peaches, pears and sweet potatoes have some lead." -- What! Both sides agree that the foods "have some lead"? As a new grandfather, I'm upset that such is even sold on the shelves of Publix or Targets! Let me ask this, do the "organic" offerings of these foods contain lead as well?

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L-E headline: "Chinese officials urge calm as 7th bird flu victim dies " -- With a population in the billions, Chinese officials would probably be calm if a North Korea atomic test went awry and killed millions of Chinese as long as it wasn't near Beijing or Hong Kong.

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Make up your own caption contest:

Mine is: Kerry asks, "Did you see the size of the California DA's ta-tas that Judas 00-bama was hitting on?"

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Got a post card from a local real estate developer this past weekend hawking it's last condo's down by the Chattahoochee.. only "15 left" it says as it creates urgency. It also brags that it has the lowest tax rates in town. Some of the most expensive-per-foot properties in town have the lowest property tax rates, and you don't even have to give up your homestead exemption on another house in the county to get this rate. Property taxes on a $324,378.00 condo with Whitewater project views is $27.08. One going for $1,095,024.00 pays only $388.81. Hey, Mayor Obamalinson, how about working to rid these 'very special tax advantages' instead of our tax freeze.

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Tidbit gleaned fro the social network: Melissa Harris-Perry (Wikipedia:Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry (born October 2, 1973; formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell)^[1] is an American author, television host and far-left political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hosts the eponymously named Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news and opinion television show on MSNBC): Children Are Communal Property. She said that children are collective property — that is, they belong to the State. I saw her say, “We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to their communities.” -- You know, I'm beginning to believe that most people who hyphenate their names, hyphenate their brains as well.

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L-E headline: "NCR to employ over 800 workers by 2014 " -- You have to wonder how many more jobs NCR could put on if Synovus bought its ATMs from localNCR instead of that German company.

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L-E headline: "Man convicted of hiring hit man who killed wrong target " -- Boy did a case that happened here in Columbus years back 'flash' across my thoughts. Remember when a late lawyer got his client acquitted of murder when he killed a person riding in the car of the intended victim? A jury here actually acquitted the man on the basis that the dead person was not who the killer was aiming at, so it couldn't be 1st degree murder. Yeah, we are indeed a nation of laws.

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L-E story: "ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is considering shortening deer hunting season to respond to a decline in the state’s deer population. " -- Decline? Bet the GA DNR has never taken a count of the deer population in my intown neighborhood!

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In another L-E story, Alabama has shut down the Fall Turkey Hunting season in the 6 counties that had such. Guess politicians didn't want to be targeted as the turkeys they are during campaign season.

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L-E comic strip:

The real DUMBERat Party Base

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Copy of Letter-to-the-(L-E) editor:

Last week, a local politico posted on a social network, that the Republicans lost because they weren't as good in salesmanship as the Democrats.

I posted that I disagree.

Democrats are not good salesmen at all; they are more like the strange people that frequent our parks and offer children 'free candy".

The mistake that Republicans are making is trying to convince that "free candy" isn't good. No kid will listen to that argument while looking around to see if anybody close by has another piece of "free candy" to give them. The Republicans are just going to have to educate the kids on how much better "free candy" will taste when they earn the money to buy it themselves; and can decide for themselves when and where and what type of candy they want to buy.

The other thing Republicans will have to work on is showing these 'kids' there is actually no "free candy", and what's offered is not only not "free" but has strings and conditions attached.

Online story: "Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday at a news conference in Turkey that (the young woman diplomat killed in Afghanistan) was "vivacious, smart" and "capable." (She) had assisted Kerry during a visit to Afghanistan two weeks ago." -- Earlier, Judas 00-bama had descibed female District Attorney as "attractive". A few months ago, Hillary described our dead Libyan Ambassador as "what difference does it make?". Are we seeing a pattern here?

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Online story: "MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 escaped from a minimum-security correctional facility on Sunday, authorities said.* Eisenberg was released on probation in November 2009. His first violation occurred soon after his release, when he failed to charge his monitoring bracelet. He was incarcerated in January 2010 after failing to take mandatory alcohol breath tests.* In February 2010, he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled, a day after being given a last chance at freedom by a judge who released him despite multiple probation violations. He was found in his Dover apartment the next day. * Eisenberg's long criminal record also includes two rape convictions. * He was sentenced to 10 years for rape in Worcester, Mass., in 1985 but escaped the next year and committed another rape, prosecutors said. He was sentenced to 11 to 20 years for that. He was released from prison in March 2005." -- And we thought California had a lock on the worst judges. Here's a twice-convicted-on-rape, escape-artist, mentally-unstable habitual offender, and he gets sentenced to a minimum-security facility. Guess the DUMBERats needed his multiple personalities to all be able to get out and vote.

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Online headline: "White House Responds To Budget Criticism" -- Oh! That's what that noise was... I thought I had heard a huge "whoopee cushion" deflate.

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Online story: "Connecticut Governor Dannell Malloy appeared on CNN's 'State Of The Union' on Sunday to discuss, among other things, NRA President Wayne LaPierre. He didn't exactly praise the pro-gun lobbyist. 8* "Wayne reminds me of the clowns at the circus. They get the most attention and that's what he's paid to do," Malloy said. "This guy is so out of whack, it’s unbelievable. 92% of the American people want universal background checks. I can’t get on a plane as the governor of the state of Connecticut without somebody running a background check on me. Why should you be able to buy a gun?" -- Arrggghhh! Libs have overreacted so many times that they have no idea of the laws they have already enacted! When I bought the first handgun (GLOCK 22, 40 Caliber) in my life in 1992, I had to undergo a 7 day waiting period before I could take it home, while a background check was made. When I applied for my Concealed Carry permit, I had to undergo an FBI check plus get finger-printed. Guess what, it worked.

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Apparently there was a topless Jihad protest at the Tunisian Embassey in Paris, France. Dozens of bare breasted women protesters' pictures are published online using their bared chests as 'signs'. Apparently, English is the new official language of {Paris and Tunisia. I wouldn have thought the women would have writtenn the protests signs in French or Farsi.

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I just unsubscribed from the Tea Party e-mail. It sent me an e-mail bragging it was responsible for Romney not winning because the Tea Party stayed home because Romney wasn't conservative enough. Oh, the Tea Party policy is not to vote at all knowing that staying home pretty much guaranteed another 4 years of extreme liberalism. These folks are sick.

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Thanks to a fellow BCer for this gem:

 

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L-E headline: "Muscogee County School Board to discuss security strategic plan at tonight's meeting" -- Hmmm, and I bet that's just for the Board Meetings!

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Hmmm, seems job interviewers are asking whether you have smoked cigarettes (maybe anything except in Colorado and Washington) in the last 6 months. They won't ask your age, but feel free to ask about smoking. Political Correctness is officially 'run amok'.

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Hmmm, if the Whitewater project is as successful as some think it will be, then the beauty and serenity of the Chattahoochee will be no more. Hmmm, wasn't restoring beauty and serenity the original objective?

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