Wednesday, January 7, 2015


Finally! That "time capsule" from the Massachusetts Statehouse cornerstone has been opened. Fab stuff.. BUT.. officials want to reinsert it so it can "be discovered by a future generation of Bay State residents." Good grief.. government officials are stupid.. why not make a permanent public display of what was 'found", and put in another "time capsule" with 21st Century items in well sealed containers for a future generation to have to examine later?
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John Smoltz... Hall of Fame.. you really smoked'em, Smoltz.. Congrats!
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Online story: "Authorities are looking for a man who may have information about a homemade explosive that someone set off near the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP." -- Good grief.. this from the same mainstream media and government officials who claim that the Ft Hood jihad was only "workplace violence" and the beheading in Oklahoma City was not an act of an individual Islamic terrorist. I guess there's no need for caution when they can stir up racial tones....
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Online story....The future of California's high speed rails:
1 - "If this train manages to deliver passengers on time, it could beat a direct flight between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which takes an hour and 20 minutes but involves airport travel hassles. * 1A - "The first stretch linking the Central Valley to the Burbank airport should open in seven years. Then it will reach north to San Jose, and south to Palmdale and the San Fernando Valley. By 2029 - 14 years from now " -- Good grief..using airport depots will not only add chaos to airport traffic and parking, but increase the car rental hassle multiple times... if you're able to get one. On a local comparison.. Mayor TomLYINGson first claimed she could get ours to Atlanta done by 2020.. now its 2030.. same time frame as California.. except..except..she hasn't done anything but talk about it and give $350,000.00 to her friends to "study" the plausibility...
2 - - "Current estimates are between $81 and $89 one-way from San Francisco to Los Angeles, similar to a discount airline fare and about twice what gasoline would cost to drive there in a typical car." -- Hmmm.. and once you get there a taxi/car retal will exceed that into "town".
3 - "The current (2011) price tag is $68 billion." * Voters approved nearly $10 billion in bonds for rail construction and improvements to existing lines. The Obama administration added $3.3 billion in federal financing. Authorities hope private development around stations will help pay for the rest." -- Hmmm.. so the public is getting stuck with $13.3 BILLION so far, and that leaves another $54.7 BILLION (at today's value) to be randomly picked up by private partners? Yeah.. but if private partners thought this was a good, a viable idea, train companies would already have such a system up and running.
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Comparison: - Remember when the River Center was first proposed and was going to be handled by local investment? Well the projected costs were about $38 Million.. then state tax money got involved.. and the projected costs leaped to $65-to-$68 MILLION.. wonder what the actually finally build out costs us..
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Online headline..."headlie"?: "By 2017, under 50% of new cars will use conventional gas engines" -- Well. that will happen to Ferguson, MO drivers as no gas stations will reopen.. or maybe Obamageddon's 'dream" of a low emission vehicle will come true.. ala the Fred Flinstonemobile..
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Online headline: "Harry Reid emerges from accident with horrific injuries in new video to constituents" -- Still think Reid would have more credibility just saying he "ran into a door".. Plus. it's probably TRUE.. he probably was shoved into the exit door by the 9 former Democrat Senators lost their seats after supporting Reid for the last 6 years!
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HuffPOO headline: " 7 Important Life Skills They Won't Teach You In High School" -- How to cook, manage money, self-defense, manage stress, self-esteem lead this list, but it doesn't include the most obvious need of today's students.. how to eliminate government control of your everyday life.
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You have to wonder about the real future of GPS guided driver-less cars.. Let's face it, even North Korea could wipe out a huge segment of the American population by hacking into and crashing the GPS satellites during rush hour.
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Online quote source: "“Some people may have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly, by 'doing what comes naturally'; and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.” - John William Gardner " -- Hmmm.. sounds like we have seen Obamageddon's game plan for America, and his epitaph...
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Another online quote: " “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
-Thomas Jefferson" -- Hmmm, or in Obamageddon's instance.. swim like a rock...
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Caught a few minutes of the Ole Miss vs Kentucky b-ball game..Why does Ole Miss still use "Rebels" as its nickname since they changed it to "Black Bears" a five years ago?
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L-E headline: "Tomlinson, five councilors, sworn in to offices Tuesday night" -- Hmm.. sworn in or sworn at? Guess it's whether or not you're on the City health plan or not..
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There's a Top Ten list of states people are moving "into". Only one is a state (Oregon) that has Demoractic Party "rule". One thing not expanded on is that after the 2014 elections, only 7 of our 50 states (Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Delaware) have Democratic Party Rule. Another interesting fact is that Illinois.. land of Obamageddon... is number one in people leaving for other states. Infact, only two Democratic Party controlled are having growth in citizens.. Orgegon, and Washington, DC. People are not only voting at the ballot box, they are voting with their feet..
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L-E headline: "Mercedes moving headquarters from New Jersey to Atlanta" -- Hmmm.. and businesses are voting with their wheels...
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Have you heard the name..Jeffrey Epstein? Well, Epstein is a registered sex offender who particularly liked under aged girls.. Epstein is also being exposed for his relationships with Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz.. Both of them are embroiled in denials of claims associated with Epstein's sickness. It doesn't stop their.. Bill Clinton was a "friend" of Epstein.. Clinton was a frequent flight guest in Epstein's private jet in the early 2000's. After Hillewinsky's loss in the 2008 primaries. Bill suddenly saw Hillewinsky wasn't the "shoo-in" he expected, and since has removed himself from Epstein.. but what went on before is now under scrutiny.
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Good grief! I made a purchase at a fast food place yesterday, and handed the young girl a $20.00. She then said the total was $16.04, so I reached in my pocket and found a nickel and handed it to her. She went into panic mode and said she couldn't take it because she'd already entered the $20.00 and it would throw off her drawer. I said, "What?" Take it and just give me back a penny and 4 $1's. She said she couldn't. I said, "no, you won't." I then said , "OK, give me the change, but keep the drawer open, and I'll give you a dollars worth of coins for a dollar bill. She still doesn't realize how that worked..great job, MCSD....NOT!
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Online story: "The status of 53 Cuban political prisoners who were supposed to be freed as part of the historic deal thawing U.S.-Cuba relations remains a mystery nearly three weeks after the announcement, prompting criticism from rights groups and lawmakers that the Castro regime is stringing along the White House." -- Guess Castro is waiting for the final Gitmo terrorists to be returned to society so he will have a place to "free" the political prisoners...
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Those "brunch" invasions in NYC and Oakland are just what we need to sway more voters to abandon the Democrats. Protestors know that those liberal areas have the fewest gun owners, and even fewer with carry permits. That could change...
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Online story: "If you waited until this week to apply for a private school scholarship for your child, you waited too long. * The Georgia Department of Revenue has announced that the program hit its $58 million cap for the year on Jan. 1., about three weeks earlier than the money ran out last year. * The General Assembly created the program in 2008 to give Georgia parents who can't afford private school on their own an alternative other than sending their kids to a public school in a state beset with low test scores and a high dropout rate." -- You know, if this is not "the reason" for "school vouchers", what else is there? The public school system is wrought with failure, and nothing led by an elected school board or staffed by union personnel will initiate the changes that are needed for course correction.
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The Republicans need to post the voting records of Senate Democrats and Republicans alike who are running for reelection in 2016. Daily.. with constant updates..
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YES! Just checked my TV guide app, and "Major Crimes" is having a double showtime on Monday, Jan 12, 2015..we have something worthwhile to watch instead of the O vs O, the Big Zeroes, football game.
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L-E story: "The Muscogee County School District Board of Education has been recognized for its status — 2014 Georgia School Board Association (GSBA) Distinguished Board — one of only 52 out of 180 school boards in Georgia to exceed and achieve the honor. Distinguished Board status is the second highest level of recognition. The highest status is Exemplary Board." -- "the highest status is Exemplary Board"? In other words.. the MCSD Board finished toed for last...
Instant repeat: "L-E story: "The Muscogee County School District Board of Education has been recognized for its status — 2014 Georgia School Board Association (GSBA) Distinguished Board — one of only 52 out of 180 school boards in Georgia to exceed and achieve the honor. Distinguished Board status is the second highest level of recognition. The highest status is Exemplary Board." -- Hmmm.. wonder how many GA School Boards are wasting classroom dollars joining.... 52 maybe?
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You know.. if what we've seen from our School Board over the past 20 years rates it as "Distinguished", public education is much, much worse that we have thought.
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L-E headline: "Astronomers report newly found near-twins for Earth" -- Hey... why not send all the liberals and socialist there so they can prove how their theories will work if you keep Conservatives out of the picture?
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You know.. the MCSD will play down what a 1% new SPLOST tax is, but what it is is $35,000.000.00 staying in the pockets of local taxpayers to be used in supporting the local econmy. Vote "NO WAY!" on a new one..

Tuesday, January 6, 2015


Online story: "New York officials blasted the "selfishness" of cops who turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he eulogized slain officers during a press conference discussing reduced crime numbers. * De Blasio, flanked by NYPD officials including Commissioner Bill Bratton, called the NYPD the "world's greatest" but both men condemned the lack of decorum shown by thousands of officers. * "I am very disappointed in those who did not comply with my request," to not turn their backs on de Blasio, said Bratton. "You don't put on a uniform and go to a funeral and perform a political act." * De Blasio added: "They were disrespectful to the people of this city." -- Huh?.. a political organ grinder and his appointed "monkey" say, "You don't put on a uniform and go to a funeral and perform a political act"? Good grief.. Mayor de Bl(_*_)io's presence at the funerals was "a political ACT"! His campaign for election was "a political ACT"! His concern fo police officers is "a political ACT", and now his concern for New Yorkers in general is "a politcal ACT"! Yeah, "a politiocal ACT" that deserves the "Raspberries Awards" and a loud Bronx Cheer.
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Now that it has "sunk in". has anyone seen any mainstream media commentary on Where'sWaldObama's $1000.00 meal at a club that requires a $500,000.00 initiation fee? Guess Obamageddon's comfortable with this.. it seems to be the figures for a meal and admission to any of his fundraiser dinners as well.
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Louis Gohmert says he will challenge Boehner as House Speaker.. He said something needed to be done because Warren Buffet doesn't pay the same tax rate as his secretary. Good grief! Gohmert's an idiot! Of course Buffet doesn't pay the same rate as his Secretary..her salary level is much higher than his, and if Gohmert thinks taxing capital gains and dividends at 39% will boost the economy, we need to help his constituents get a recall petition on him!
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From the "media bias in reporting" department - Online story: "Michael Brown, who was black, was unarmed when he was fatally shot after an Aug. 9 confrontation with Darren Wilson, who is white." -- Hmmm.. now, if we rewrite this accurately, this is how that sentence should have been worded: "Michael Brown, who was a suspect in a robbery, was unarmed when he was fatally shot after an Aug. 9 confrontation with Wilson, who was a Police Officer who had been attacked by Brown moments earlier and failed to comply with police orders."
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A fellow BCer passed this along, and I want to share it with you...do not..repeat .. do not skip this.. it's short.. and this is about a life well spent.
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Online story I ran across: "A public school in Maryland thought it was a good idea to expose 11-year-old kids to the hate, anti-semitism, anti-Americanism, and violence of Louis Farrakhan by taking them to see him give one of his hatemongering speeches. * A public school in Maryland thought it was a good idea to expose 11-year-old kids to the hate, anti-semitism, anti-Americanism, and violence of Louis Farrakhan by taking them to see him give one of his hatemongering speeches. * Farrakhan’sspeech was the keynote of an event at historically black Morgan State University that focused on fostering grievances with the theme “Re-Claim, Re-Pair, Re-Form, Re-Produce, – REPARATIONS NOW! * Coming after months of national protests over the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Farrakhan’s words were – as always – calculated to inflame audience, including about 40 students from Baltimore’s Booker T. Washington Middle School. * A school administrator said the program was aimed at reaching young people to “help develop them to become our future.”" -- Hmmm.. is there another school administrator who would like to comment on this? Are there any Muslims who would like to comment of Farrakhan's profiling of Muslims? Is there a US Attorney General who would like to declare war on Farrakhan's profiling?
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "A friendly reminder to our Republican friends: When Bush left office, gas was on the north side of $3.50 a gallon, and unemployment pushing 8 percent." -- Hmm http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx shows that gas average cost on 12-12-2008 was $1.59.. and in November of 2008 the unemployment rate was 6.8 % but quickly escalted whenObamageddon was declared the winner, and when the public felt that Republicans were going to regain control of the Senate in 2014, the unemployment trends has headed downward. http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
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A Jonathan Gruber magna Cum laude graduate in stupidity LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The problem was not with the cable company. The problem was with the people who put a football game above spending time with their family on New Year’s." -- Hmmm.. it was family and friends events gathered around to watch the games that were disrupted.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV with MBA (Mindless Babbling (_*_)sshole) degree's L-E "soundoff": "Most policemen are decent people, but before you call those people killed by policemen thugs and thieves, remember, you were not there." -- Guess this LIV still feels compassion for the Menendez Brothers because once they killed their parents.. THEY WERE ORPHANS!
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From L-E editorial comment: "The Columbus Police Department has already purchased 20 body cameras, now used by motorcycle officers because police cars are equipped with dashboard cameras. But Police Chief Ricky Boren wants the whole department of nearly 500 officers to be equipped with body cams * The technology won’t come cheap. Boren wants quality equipment, and he’s right to insist on that despite the expense." -- You know.. good quality cameras are not determined by price alone, and there should be open comparison tests to determine what level of "quality" is necessary/adequate to capture interaction; and just because we have 500 police officers does not mean the City needs to buy 500+ cameras. Enough for the largest shift of uniformed street officers should be enough, and each shift "check them out/return them". It also looks like a "project" for the Crime Prevention Committee".. the Committee could use the we already know it dispenses $700.000.00+ on less than (and definitely not provable) effective "programs" .. cameras is a definite qualifier for the Committee largess.
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Mainstream media is fickle as well as biased.. Mainstream media and PETA have had a field day ripping Sarah Palin for publishing pictures of her 6 year-old Down's Syndrome son using the family dog to reach the sink. Where was mainstream media and PETA when Ellen Degeneress's (a PETA Award winner) daughter did the same thing with their family dog, and when Bill de Bl(_*_)io killed a groundhog? What has really happened is that mainstream media and PETA have attacked a Down's Syndrome child.
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L-E headline: "Columbus chamber hires Waverly Partners for CEO search" -- Excuse me, shouldn't Waverly Partners limit it's search parameters to people who actually live in Columbus? Surely, we have a qualified and interested person who already knows Columbus.
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Curiosity question: Other than a coach. player or player family member, can anyone tell me the results of the city-wide basketball "event" held last week? Unless all the players got a Littl- League type participation trophy.. no one has a clue that anything happened but the MCSD ran up it's electricity bill by opening gyms.

Monday, January 5, 2015


AP headline: "Two portraits of suspect emerge as trial nears * Was "Bomeber Brother 2" on a retaliation mission for U.S. actions in Muslim countries -- or was he the pawn of an older brother?" -- "retaliation"? "pawn"? IT DOESN"T MATTER!!! Even Hillewinsky would have gotten it close to right if she said :what diiference does it make"! Good grief...I'm going to mention this "reporter's name" intentionally.. DENISE L(_*_)VOIE .. because every decent American should know to shun her, and any decent news source will ban her from working there.. That's DENISE LAVOIE with a CAPITAL (_*_)!
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Online headline: "Cops turn their backs during mayor's eulogy * Thousands of officers who came to pay tribute to Officer Liu Sunday repeated the gesture of disrespect during Mayor de Blasio's speech." -- And well they did.. you know.. even moderates aren't accepting the "liberal's excuse" (oh, forgive me, I had good intentions) from Mayot de Bl(_*_)io.. The NYPD should recruit candidates for every NYC Council post and for the Mayor's seat in the next 2 election cycles.
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L-E "headlie": "NYC mayor eulogizes officer; cops turn backs in disrespect" -- WRONG! The NYPD officers turned their backs on de Bl(_*_)io out of RESPECT for the families of two of their own. Mayor de Bl(_*_)io was the disrespectful one by taking a self-serving center stage during the mourning period.
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Online headline: "Delaware-sized methane cloud hovers over New Mexico" -- Campsite beans?
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Online story: "FBI Director James Comey on Sunday honored murdered New York City Police Officer Wenjian Liu and remarked that he was shocked and bewildered by the increased number of police officer deaths in 2014. * “One hundred and fifteen were killed last year,” he said. “That’s a shocking increase from 2013. I don’t understand evil and I cannot try.” -- the answer: mSatanic community organizer....
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Online story: "Chicago Mayor and gun-control advocate Rahm Emanuel is protected in his home at all hours of the day and night by armed policemen, and a sign outside his house warns would-be burglars that armed Secret Service agents are standing guard. * After Emanuel’s son was robbed outside the mayor’s home last weekend, a Fox 32 news report stated that Emanuel, a member of Michael Bloomberg’s gun-control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has 24/7 protection from the Chicago Police Department." -- Forget the hypocrisy.. that's a given for libs, but how does a mayor of a city get Secret Service Agents for protection? Mayors don't get Secret Service coverage.
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MCSD 2015 SPLOST "wish LUST" update: The "wish LUST" has between $34.000,000.00 and $38,300,000.00 plugged in for some kind of computer/technology maintenance/upgrades. First, these are not qualified per state restrictions on SPLOST revenue usage, BUT.. yeah, there's a BUT.. a very BIG BUT, here.. You know, all that lottery money collected from a self-imposed tax on the Jonathan Gruber brigade? Well, it seems that the "HOPE" lottery funds are not just for college Scholarships and Pre-K programs.. there's a ton of money set aside for school systems to get to buy/upgrade computers/technology in our schools. The MCSD is just trying to "double-dip" us taxpayers! Vote "NO!"
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Random tidbits: I just learned that there were as many pre-civil war black slave owners in Louisiana and South Carolina as there were white slave owners. Anyone got an idea about who Al-Sharlatan wants to sue?
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Online story: "Planned Parenthood clinics did 327,653 abortions in its fiscal year 2014 (which ran from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014), according to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s newly released annual report. * That works out to an average of 37 abortions per hour or nearly 1 every 90 seconds. * Planned Parenthood also received $528.4 million from government grants and reimbursements, which equaled 41 percent of its revenue." -- Hmmm... makes black deaths by police officers a very minor problem. Hey, Al-Sharlatan, Obamageddon, and Pric Holder.. where are the #BlackLivesMatter signs protesting this?
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Obama gets blamed if unemployment is high, the Dow was low and the GDP is not progressing. But when gas prices are low and the Dow is setting records, he doesn’t get any credit." -- well.. in spite of Obamageddon, gas IS lower, and the DOW is HIGHER.. but imagine how low gas and the DOW COULD be if Obamageddon knew anything about helping an economy grow.
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Obama gets blamed if unemployment is high, the Dow was low and the GDP is not progressing. But when gas prices are low and the Dow is setting records, he doesn’t get any credit." -- well.. in spite of Obamageddon, gas IS lower, and the DOW is HIGHER.. but imagine how low gas and the DOW COULD be if Obamageddon knew anything about helping an economy grow.
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L-E's " Thought for Today": “It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, English author (1892-1973)." -- Hmmm.. sorta explains the border security fence, the IRS prosecution, the "fast&furious" prosecution, the Benghazi prosecution, and the Al Sharpton income tax prosecution.
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L-E headline: "N. Korea blasts U.S. for sanctions" -- Ooops, my bad.... is that what I heard..and I blamed my cat..
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Eufaula, AL should hire Harvey Updyke to visit the governor's mansion and the private homes of the AL DOT Commissioners and executives, and drop them a hint at how ugly dead trees are in their own front yards.
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It's nice to see the words of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address poignantly supporting the dream of Martin Luther King..now.. if we could see some liberal commentary exposing Obamageddon's 'redress" of Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech conclusion..."“that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” - Obamageddon is working hard to undo Lincoln's dream, too.
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It's sorta cryptic and sad at the same time.. those "10 reserved parking spaces" on the 1st Floor of the Government Service Center on Macon Road. Councilperson Thomas ran her re-election based on her being the lead in getting the 1st Floor open to the public rather than being reserved for employees, but before she gets re-sworn in, her campaign promise is kaput.
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L-E story: "The two (college football playoff) semifinal games produced record TV ratings, packed stadiums, plenty of social media chatter and a bit of controversy. There’s no reason to think Oregon and Ohio State won’t give us another thrilling contest to finish off a memorable season when the national championship is decided Jan. 12 at Arlington, Texas" -- Liberals... they always think.. well, "feel" statistics/figures are static.. No variables are ever injected .. now..the final game will be between Oregon & Ohio State.. 0 vs 0.. hey.. neither of those Big Zeroes will attract the southern football fan, which, i'm sure, constituted the largest audience of the semi-final games. Bowl season is over until the SuperBowl.

Sunday, January 4, 2015


Online story: " 39-year-old Jason Duval was charged with illegal possession of a controlled substance and driving to endanger in 2012. He agreed to pay $450 in court costs to have the charges dismissed. The warrant was issued when he failed to pay any money and he was picked up on New Year’s Day. * The Massachusetts man convinced a judge he wouldn’t be a flight risk by offering to post his new Nike sneakers as bail. * “OK, we’ll take them,” Framingham District Court judge Douglas Stoddard said in response." -- Good grief.. a man who bailed out on his word and restitutional requirements got hauled back into court and a judge takes a pair of used sneakers as an asset for the criminal to keep his word this time.. is there anyway we can require judges to take a drug test before putting on his/her robe?

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Parsing the MCSD 2015 SPLOST "wish LUST":

Item 23 - Playground equipment at elementary schools: $250,000.00 -- Talk about a :hey, we got something for you" for the Board members if a constituent asks "what's in it for my child's school" slush fund. We have 33 elementary schools... that $7,500.00+ for each and every school. When I went to Wynnton, there was equipment there that my Dad used when he went to Wynnton.. $7,500.00+ is "needed" at every school.. when was the last time you drove past any elementary school that didn't already have fairly new equipment already installed.

Item 24 - (Actually this was #2 on the "wish LUST", but I was hoping there would be more "detail" available before I commented...there's nit..) -- District-wide technology and infrastructure upgrades: "$34,000,000.00... $34 MILLION slush fund for unqualified maintenance is a more fitting description! If the school system cannot.. probably more like "will not" spell out what it is trying to milk out of the local economy, then the MCSD system should get zilch! Vote "NO".. resoundingly!

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You know.. finding the wreckage of the Asian airplane crash so quickly just leads us to rethinking about the first one that "disappeared". It still may be out there in some secludes area waiting to be used against the world in some terroristic manner.

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HuffPOO headline: "Palin criticized for controversial photo of her son" -- The left criticizes Palin for breathing..
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Seeing stories about changes in how Fed-Ex and UPS will charge for land delivery, and that the USPS may benefit because it will still charge by weight rather than cubic dimensions bothers me. In a way, the fact that UPS & Fed-Ex must operate at a profit to stay in business is further undermined by the USPS's ability to lose money and be supplemented by BILLIONS in tax dollars is not a fair business practice. If Congress wants the USPS to remain viable, it must demand the USPS clean up its act and cut back jobs/expenses to show a positive cash flow.. or shut down.
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HuffPOO headline: "Iran, U.S. Reportedly Closer To Nuclear Deal" -- "closer to Nuclear deal"? Will someone from the left please explain how the US benefits in any capacity?
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HuffPOO headline: "Bratton Asks NYPD Not To Turn Backs During Wenjian Liu's Funeral" -- Hmmm.. The NYC Police Commissioner is appointed by the Mayor, and serves at the Mayor's pleasure... Wonder if Bratton's job is on the line.. Mayor de Bl(_*_)io should simply back down from trying to horn-in on the NYPD's members period of mourning. Trying to salve the wound with salt is not going to heal the wound.
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Looking towards 2016 -- Republican candidates for the nomination need to prioritize their positions early on.. gay and abortion issues, in fact no morals issues, should not be combined with Constitutional issues. The smartest answer/position on morals issues is for candidates to state they believe that those are personal issue with individuals and God, and God is the one that will determine everyone's fate.
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Online quote source: " “Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.” - Brian Tracy" -- Hmmm... guess Jameis Winston and FSU would be a great example for this...
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Hmmm... In spite of the top 5 SEC West teams losing, the SEC still managed to have a 7-5 record in the bowl games. That's a better record than a lot of the individual bowl-eligible teams.
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Oregon vs Ohio State..in other words.. O vs O..hmmm ...two big ZEROs will be playing for the National Championship.
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Went to the new Government Center Friday to get the tag renewal sticker for my daughter's car. What is going on with security? I felt like Mayor TomLYINGson must have brought in some TSA goons to manage the check in station. I was required to remove my belt because it had a metal buckle.. just glad I wasn't wearing penny-loafers..or lead-lined underwear...
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Why is it that the more conservative you are, the more you want to kill somebody? Texas and Oklahoma just love executions." -- Hmmm.. I think the question is presented in the reverse of reality.. It should read, "Why is it liberals 'feel' a violent criminal will be remorseful if we let him/her go and have a second/third/fourthchance to prove him/herself?
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L-E headline: "Republicans in Congress prepare assault on Obama policies" -- Hmmm.. more like newly reconstituted Congress to do the voters' wishes to straighten out failed policies of a narcissistic pretender to the throne"
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I.2 million Georgians do not have a high school diploma or GED... sad... real sad.., but it also fillets the public school system failure to adjust to student needs. Extreme at-risk students need to be removed from general public high schools and middle schools and put in an environment that focuses on home-life issues, and.. at the same time.. removes such students from disrupting the educational system so that borderline students aren't further influenced by the attitudes of the extreme problems.

Saturday, January 3, 2015


HuffPOO headline: "Obama Announces New Sanctions On North Korea In Response To Sony Hack" -- What? maybe a two-stroke penalty and loss of honor on the next hole? Hey, if Where'sWaldObama really wants to punish Kim Jong Un, send Rodman, Clinton, Kerry, and Al-Sharlatan to him, the revoke their diplomatic status and Visas so they can't leave again.
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You know, we are hearing all sorts of reasons that McDonald's is having revenue problems.. most of the "solutions" seem to be based on menu problems/mistakes. The real problem is that McDonald's strategy use to be focusing on attracting kids so their parents would stop to buy food stuff for the whole family. Now, it seems, that the current strategy is to remodel all the child-appealing aspects into a Starbucks coffee house mentality, but, by doing so.. no children are attracted to them.
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Speaking of McDonald's, I stopped in the one on Bradley Park yesterday. Before I ordered, I asked the order person how much tax they were ringing up..8% or 7% (the 2009 MCSD SPLOST tax expired on December 31st at midnight). She went and asked, and her sipervisor said "8%, but we're changing tomorrow". I then left without ordering.. had the same thing happen at Zaxby's, Dunkin Donuts, and IHOP. Technically, retail outlets who have not adjusted their registers to new tax rate are "committing a crime". They are collecting an unauthorized tax. In fact, who's pocket is that tax going into? Legally, neither the state nor the MCSD can accept such revenues. On the other hand, Sam's Club/Walmart and Publix had their registers already reprogrammed.
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The Bowl Playoff concept took it on the chin. With Alabama & FSU out, ESPN has lost the football savvy South from the ratings.
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Happy New Year.. again.. just had a thought.. where's Anthony "let me show you my" Weiner? Is his wife, Huma Abedin, still working for Hillewinsky? Will they be part of her campaign staff?
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You know.. it's fitting Huma Abedin is Hillewinsky's deputy chief-of-staff.. neither one wants to be seen with either of their husbands..
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You know, some businesses will take the tax change and make a windfall profit on it. Places that have a per unit price that includes all taxes for things.. gas stations.. and say, movie houses. Gas should have dropped 2+-cents on January 1st.. but movie houses will be the biggest bandits. Two tickets for $21.00.. add a couples popcorn/drink special for another $20.00, and you're up to $41.00 (tax included).. but on January 1st, there was a 41-cent tax reduction.. think you'll get any of that back?
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Online headline: "Murder rate falls in impoverished New Jersey city" -- Hmmm.. of course.. things like people moving out, and those killed cannot kill others have reduced the potential murder rate expotentially for comparisons.
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Online story: "The Obamas are closing out their Hawaii vacation at one of the ritziest joints on Oahu. * President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dined Thursday night for nearly three hours at Vintage Cave, an exclusive restaurant that charges up to $500,000 for membership. * According to the restaurant's website, guests are whisked into a "cave-like environment" and encouraged to "escape the ordinary." The Waikiki restaurant's interior is composed of granite "quarried in the mountains of India" and custom-crafted furniture in a space that evokes the "underground architecture of ancient Rome." * And the meal? About as fine dining as it gets. According to Honolulu magazine, the bill for two can approach $1,000. * The restaurant offers two tiers of memberships: $500,000 for a "charter member,' and $50,000 for a "special member." * it's unclear whether anybody sponsored the president and first lady as their guests. " -- Hmmm -- sounds like "a meal fit for an emperor".... at about $500.00 bucks a plate, how much did feeding the Secret Service staff cost? Hmwonder if Where'sWaldObama got "kids' meals to go for his children.. bet those would be a bargain at $299.00 apiece or so.
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Random question: Why isn't the history of Madam C. J. Walker the first lesson to be presented to school children during Black History Month? http://www.biography.com/people/madam-cj-walker-9522174#synopsis
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Online story: "Senator Harry Reid injured himself Thursday while exercising, his office announced Friday in a statement. * "A piece of equipment Senator Reid was using to exercise broke, causing him to fall and break a number of ribs and bones in his face," the statement said. * Reid was exercising at his home in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas, when the accident occurred. It is not clear which piece of equipment broke under the Senator's strenuous workout regimen." -- There'd be more credibility to what happened if his chief-of-staff just said Reid "ran into a door". Wonder what the best Las Vegas odds are on which "piece of equipment" caused the damages: 1 -- his wife (or her attorneys); 2 - Hillewinsky's or Obamageddon's spinmeisters; or 3 - any of 9 deposed Democrat Senators?
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California Governor Moonbeam Brown says California has redefined what an American is. Besides California not being qualified or authorized to do so, there is one thing pretty obvious.. Governor Brown has raised to definition of government stupidity to new heights..His latest 104 Gubernatorial Pardons include felons who committed crimes with guns.. now, a lot of those will have their conviction blocked from background searches when they go to buy a new gun, or.. if caught with even an illegal one, it won't show up as another gun offense.
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The latest stupid protest signs: "Police Put Your Guns Down".. Good grief..the solution is "black teenage males..put down your guns".
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Yesterday, I brought up a law in Maryland in which out-of-state vehicles are targeted (Hey Holder.. isn't this "profiling", and are you attacking Maryland with the same disdain you presented concerning other police actions?). the law in Maryland allowing unwarranted searches of out of state cars if a trooper stops you for any reason, asks you if you have a legal gun, and you're honest about it...why is it constitutional? Courts have no problem saying one state must honor another state's same sex marriage laws, yet the same state is not bound to honor the other state's laws on legal possession and transport of guns.
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Yesterday, illegal aliens could start applying for driver's licenses in California. You know, I had to provide a certified birth certificate and proof of residence just to renew my GA license which I have had for more than 50 years. How does that work for American citizens in CA? Oh.. and proof of insurance BEFORE I got it renewed!
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L-E story concerning Charter cable being out on January 1st for the bowl games: "“Charter is very empathetic to the fans who missed the bowl games, especially the games involving Alabama teams, due to the damage,” (Patti) Michel (director of communications for Charter's south region) said. “We’re very, very sorry.” -- Good grief... talk about a Freudian slip.. "empathetic" ... I do believe she was searching for "sympathetic" but came across as apathetic... which is probably a lot closer to the truth.
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Ironic? Mario Cuomo and Donna Douglas died on the same day.. I cannot believe she was in her 30s when she was Ellie May...
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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Hey Columbus, it could be worse — de Blasio could be your mayor" -- Obviously.. a newcomer to town...
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You know.. if Hawaii wasn't given statehood, our flag would have 7 rows of 7 stars, and Obamageddon wouldn't be president.. Hey Spielberg.. how about "back to the Future 4"!
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You know.. the violent crime figures should not only include the number of murders in a year.. but also include the number of people saved by our emergency room med teams, and the number of attempts when targets were missed.
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L-E headline/story: "Georgia man convicted of killing sheriff’s deputy to be executed * A Georgia man convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in 1998 is set to be executed later this month, state corrections officials said Friday." -- 17 years have passed.. 16 too many!

Friday, January 2, 2015


In the South, the bowl season is over til next year; hunting season resumes today.

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Guess next football season's battle cry will be "The South Shall Rise Again!"

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From the way it looked in the first half, I think Ohio State recruited Moses as its quarterback. At least it looked like the "Red Sea" parted whenever he ran the ball.
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Hmmm.. Alabama and Mississippi SEC teams went 0-4 this week. Florida has already lost with FSU and Miami and has its hopes on the Gators to keep from being skunked as well.
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The SEC West top 5 teams have gone down in bowl defeats yet the Texas A&M and Arkansas won.. as Red Allen would probably say, "How about that"...

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NYC Mayor de Bl(_*_)io just keeps stepping in "it". An interim judge who put two men who had threatened more police officers two days after the assassination of two NYC patrolmen back on the street without any bail was re-appointed yesterday by de Bl(_*_)io. Democrat voters are their own worse enemy.

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With all the fumbles by FSU in the 3rd quarter, I'm almost convinced that the footballs Florida State was using must have been rubbed down with cannabis oil.

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You know..what goes around, comes around...after 29 straight wins and a Heisman trophy, Jameis Winston will be remembered for stealing crab legs, getting away with assault, and the Oregon massacre.
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Did you see the soccer style kicker for Wisconsin? I don't think I've ever seen a soccer style kicker who Michele Obama would put on a diet. Must be something in the cheese.

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What is Ford thinkin'...that Bubba will be happy with aluminum trucks that match his bride's cookware? And a remote automatic lift gate...didn't the Lincoln Mark1 truck teach Ford a lesson?

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Online story: "According to a new report from The Washington Times, Maryland police officers have been stopping out-of-state motorists to thoroughly search their vehicles to see if these out-of-staters brought a gun into the anti-Second Amendment state. * Attorney Paul Kramer represented a Pennsylvania security officer who was pulled over in the state for speeding. The Maryland officer asked Mr. Kramer’s client whether he had a gun in the car, and once the man acknowledged he did, the officer arrested him for having the gun and the cartridge in the same locked container — not separated, as per Maryland law." -- You know, a felon would say he/she had no gun , and no search would be made. Makes you feel real safe, doesn't it?
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Online story: "A professor of conflict resolution at Portland State University has written a blistering editorial calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment. * The professor is Tom H. H(_*_)stings. His op-ed was published last week in the Wisconsin Gazette, which describes itself as “progressive” and “alternative” (and available “in over 600 statewide locations!”). * “It is long past time to repeal the stupid Second Amendment,” the taxpayer-funded professor argues, because the “pandemic of sick violence, punctuated by mass killings of children, has gone on far, far too long.” -- Hmmm... better yet, let's repeal teacher tenure!
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"Back to the Future"..remember..in the sequel, Marty McFly went "back" to 2015.. Happy New Year, 2015! Hey, Spielberg.. I want my money back..your predictions were way off!
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Parsing the MCSD SPLOST "wish LUST":
Item 21 - Construct virtual e-library in north Columbus (an automated 24-hour facility, like a large RedBox): $400,000.00 -- Good grief.. with as many needs as our school system has for classrooms, who came up with wasting $400,000.00 plus ongoing maintenance/upkeep on this! What could this add that is not already available in homes via I-net 24/7?
Item 22 - Transportation facilities and alternative energy sources study: "$250,000.00 -- What's this for.. to get Mayor TomLYINGson to vote for and support the SPLOST "wish LUST"? Maybe the MCSD system envisions highspeed bus routes.
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L-E headline: "Council faces decision on Claflin School" -- How about Council just taking any dollar amount thought of that would be wasted tax dollars and add that much to public safety/law enforcement needs instead?
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HuffPOO headline: "Maryland Governor Commutes State's Remaining Death Penalties" -- Good grief.. outgoing Democrats will do anything to get more voters so a Republican won't win next election.

Thursday, January 1, 2015


Happy New Year!
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Please join me in a short moment of reflection.. at this time one year ago I got a phone call my older brother passed...
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I like what January brings.. changes in our local school board make-up, and more Republicans in both Houses in Washington.
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On a local note: The previous MCSD SPLOST tax has ended as of Midnight last night. We get a 12.5% increase in sales tax savings.. Let's not be stupid and put it back on. Vote "NO!" on any new MCSD SPLOST issues that don't list all the projects individually so the public can choose what the MCSD system "wants".

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Online story: "Activists in Boston staged a peaceful "die-in" during First Night, Boston's popular New Year's Eve celebration. Dozens of people participated in the brief protest in front of the Boston Public Library Wednesday evening while others held signs saying "black lives matter" and "a young black man is two times more likely to be shot dead by police than a white young man." -- "black lives matter"? "a young black man is two times more likely to be shot dead by police than a white young man"? Yes! but young black male is, what, 5 or 10 times more likely to have a gun and point one at a police officer. Bet this statistic would drop precipitously if an officer first heard, "Yes, Sir!" and first saw hands going up with nothing in them. It's basic math.
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L-E headline: "Cancer, heart disease, stroke deaths down, life span stays put" -- You know.. major causes of death down, but no rise in the life span expectations.. Hmmm...either this is an oxymoron blip, or we have reached maximum life expectancy.....
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Hmm.. the stretch of the RiverWalk under the 14th Street Bridge is now open.. the $244K bathroom isn't.. you know, you'd think for $244K, you could get a bathroom completed real quick..
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HuffPOO story: "In one of his final acts as governor of the state of Maryland, Martin O'Malley has commuted the sentences of four death row inmates to life without parole. * The likely 2016 Democratic presidential candidate helped shepherd in the abolition of the death penalty in his state in 2013, arguing that it wasn't a deterrent for criminals, could end up being applied to innocent people, and was far more costly to the state than other punishments." -- "arguing that it wasn't a deterrent for criminals, could end up being applied to innocent people, and was far more costly to the state than other punishments"? Huh? Name me a dead convict that has committed another crime, and show me how housing a prisoner for 'life" is cheaper than an injection or bullet...
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HuffPOO story: "A longtime adviser to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke donated money to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Federal Election Commission records show." -- Hmmm.. and how many HuffPOO stories were related to campaign donations made to the late Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops and US Senator Robert Byrd, D-WV.. who was the only Senator to vote against both African American U.S. Supreme Court nominees (liberal Thurgood Marshall and conservative Clarence Thomas) and filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1964, .. Hey..I believe the HuffPOO should report both sides of an issue if it continues to purport itself to be a news source.
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As a football announcer, with a choice between Howard Cosell and Brent Mushburger...I'd pick Cosell. Cosell... I'd even prefer Al-Sharlatan to Mushburger.
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Skipping over a couple of questionable (and should have been reviewed but weren't) calls, Mississippi State was outscored by GA Tech..Two Mississippi State people had particularly bad nights.. Josh Robinson announced he was going into the NFL draft..(bad.. BAD timing), and the coach who got his shot at a promotion to Defensive Co-ordinator...
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Attention! Your TV was not acting up yesterday during the Fiesta Bowl..those yucky colors were actually the Boise State & Arizona uniforms.
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Loved the look of disgust on Arizona's coach's face as time ran out. Arizona was the only team in regular season to beat Oregon, and he lost the game in his own neighborhood. Well, what did he expect..he picked those ugly uniforms he made the team wear.
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Ole Miss's coach must have trained under Pitino... Behind 42-0, he opted for a chipshot field goal rather than risk being shut out. Pathetic.
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I'm still wondering how Ole Miss still has 'spirit wear' emblazoned with "Rebels". The SEC & NCAA shouldn't allow non official names/symbols to be licensed. Of course, Ole Miss looked more like "bares" than Bears yesterday.
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You know..there was a time when university goals were to prod and nurture minds so students would leave and solve the problems of the world..then...liberalism happened
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I tell you what..thugs Ndamukong Suh and AU's Nick Fairly couldn't have ended up on a better NFL team than the Detroit Lions.. no one notices them when they are on the streets of Detroit.
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Online story: "A statewide sales tax increase and a hike in Georgia's gasoline tax are among transportation funding options laid before the General Assembly in a report released Tuesday." -- Good grief! Why is it so obvious that legislators do not know how to jumpstart an economy.. doesn't matter if they are Democrats or Republicans, but you cannot raise the taxes on the ground floor aspects of life and expect traction.
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Online story: "We’re halfway into the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act. And new numbers on Obamacare are out. In the first month of open enrollment, Nov. 15 through Dec. 15, more than 187,000 people in Georgia signed up for health care coverage. More than half bought insurance from the health insurance marketplace for the first time * So far, 89 percent of people who have signed up are getting financial assistance." -- Excuse me, but how is this helping? Einstein would have trouble connecting the relativity of government assisted healthcare and indigent healthcare at reducing the costs of healthcare.
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Online story: "Ferguson Police Respond to Burglary Call at Beauty Shop and End Up Dodging Bullets" -- A 911 ambush call.. there is going to a war soon...
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Parsing the MCSD SPLOST "wish LUST":
Item 19 - South Columbus Library addition: $600,000.00 - don't even know how this even fits in other than as a vote buying item.
Item 20 - Northside High School cafeteria expansion : $$500,000.00 -- "Expansion"? Excuse me? Northside was just constructed 12 years ago.. there no increases in students, so what is this about?
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Online quote source: "“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” - Edward Everett Hale" -- This is everyone's opportunity to to do what each of us can to stop government abuse of the working taxpayers. Voting "NO" on the next SPLOST will not be enough.. we must try to reform the process.. the best way is to make each proposed project the MCSD wants to be voted on individually.
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L-E story: " If you happen to be in Times Square during the next month, you can see them — depicted larger than life on North America’s biggest billboard. Or if you watched on TV as the New Year’s Eve Ball dropped there last night, the cameras might have given you a glimpse. * An image of Eric Crouch in his first-grade classroom at Double Churches Elementary School is among the five featured in the advertisement for DonorsChoose.org  , a website that helps teachers raise money for educational projects. In the past four years, the website has enabled Crouch’s classroom to receive items totaling at least $20,000, he said, including 20 iPads, 20 iPods, a 3D printer and hundreds of books" -- Don't get me wrong.. I am not against technology, but isn't this a little much for 1st graders when Common Core is eliminating them learning to write in cursive?
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Marshal Countryman has just wasted more money on brochures of what the public should do if pulled over by on of his employees. How about eliminating the cost and need for such a brochure by just having the Marshal's Office employees do what their jobs are.. delivering court documents instead of playing police officers.
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On the other hand.. I do what my parents and grandparents "suggested" I do when in the presence of a law enforcement official.. thank them for being there even if you're stopped for breaking a law. Believe it or not.. this usually works every time...