Online headline/story: "Obama: Here's what surprised me most about being president * "I was surprised and continue to be surprised by the severity of partisanship in this town," Obama said of Washington, D.C.." -- "Surprised... by the severity of partisanship"? Good grief.. Obama reeked of partisanship.. he campaigned on and was elected on severe partisanship! He sought not to assure all citizens were treated equally, but to grant societal segments "special rights"...depending on race. gender, sexual choices, and/or  lack of citizenship status.

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HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "Bruce Springsteen cover band pulls out of Donald Trump inauguration * the B Street Band is withdrawing from performing at this year's inauguration Gala. * Our decision is based SOLELY on the respect and gratitude we have for Bruce and the E Street Band." -- "solely on respect and gratitude for Bruce"? Yeah right.. Bruce must have promised them they'd never work again...you know.. respect is a two way street... sounds more likely it was a case of "bullying", and the B Street Band has no respect for itself.

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From the "cruelest cut of all" department - Online headline/story: "Trump 'won't be worse than Obama,' says Venezuela's president * Venezuela's government initially welcomed Obama's presidency but later soured on him, criticizing his "imperialist" foreign policy and accusing Washington of meddling to change governments in Brazil, Honduras and Paraguay." -- "meddling to change governments in Brazil, Honduras, and Paraguay"? Whoa! We already knew about Obama "meddling" in Israel's election, but three more? Makes mainscream media and Obama seem hypocritical.. no, makes them VERY hypocritical to claim Russia meddled in our election.

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Online story: "GM CEO Mary Barra said the company has more in common with Trump's goals on trade and jobs than differences." -- Hmm.. another CEO pumped up by Trump's plans. I guess we can now go back to calling it GENERAL Motors vs Government Motors.

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From the "some folks show their respect a little different than I do" department - Online headline: "3 shot, 5 others injured at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in Miami on MLK Day" -- Hmm.. makes you a little anxious in expectation of what the report out of Chicago will be...

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You know, the first move in getting healthcare affordable will be to eliminate the mandatory/tax penalty clause of OObamaCRAP. What incentive have insurance companies had when they know people MUST have it.

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YES!         Kellyanne Conway was on Fox yesterday and specifically mentioned Trump's plan to knock out the tax penalty of OObamaCRAP.. What a difference to have an elected official that understands what good legislation is versus penalty based coercion.

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I'm somewhat hesitant to mention this as I do not want to jinx us, but have you noticed the pleasant absence of Alan Colmes from the Fox list of ultra-liberal "contributors".

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Good grief.. as soon as I was brave enough to mention Alan Colmes, Fox's "The 5" brings back BLOB Beckel out of the woodshed.

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You know, Trump filled rallies with 1,000s of people who came to see/hear Trump, and show their support of him. On the other hand, Hellary rallies without Hollywood (_*_)-listers were pretty much void of supporters. Those were the real polls that mattered.

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Why does mainscream media try to hitch Donald Trump's wagon to Hollywood (_*_)-listers? Hellary tried that, and we saw how much that did for her. Besides, does Hellary even know whether her (_*_)-listers even went out and voted for her?

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A Fox anchor said Trump was receiving criticism on his stance on Russia...big deal, mainscream media criticizes Trump's stance at urinals, too.

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You know, Trump's idea to move the White House Press Room out of the West Wing is an idea to be applauded just on the basis of safety and security. The West Wing is the working area of the president and his administration, and having fewer media wonks and terrorist sympathizers streaming in will be good for America!

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Mainscream media is already whining about changes in the press release process. One even said that if cameras were removed, many wouldn't bother to show up. Good grief, the mainscream press is concerned about not seeing themselves recorded, but had no problem not questioning Comey about the FBI not recording Hellary's questioning?

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You know, Congressional Democrats who claim to represent all their constituents are lying if they say they represent them all as part.of the reason they are not attending the transition of power during Trump's inauguration. And any of those naysayers can justify their presence simply by saying they are going to.pay their respects to Obama...damn hypocrites!

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You know, if I didn't know better, I'd have guessed it was Bill Clinton who named the Congressional Black Caucus.. It makes sense when you try to define what the CBC really represents.. It's more like Non-White Segregated Democrats.. Now, does the CBC/N-WSD really follow Martin Luther's dream of a fully integrated society where no one is judged by the color of their skin?

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Obviously, Loretta Lynch has no shyness in front of a camera, so why hasn't she updated us on her promised "tireless" investigation into the deaths of the two most recent Orlando police deaths?

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Despite pointedly race conscious inflaming questions thrown at Martin Luther King, III, following his meeting with Trump, King handled them with grace and diplomacy.. no doubt his father was proud of him.

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L-E headline/story: "City purchases former Club Majestic 4 years after fatal New Year’s shooting * The city spent about $365,800 for the property located at 2,100, 2102, 2200 and 2210 Cusseta Road and 2111 North Andrews Circle. * The parcels have a combined assessed value of about $211,700, but Hugley said the city never pays more than fair market value." -- Good grief.. wasn't Mayor Tom-LYING-son's whole tax assault based on some homes being taxed on Fair Market Value versus other being taxed on their "freeze" assessment? Why is what the City is paying for these properties not based on what the tax assessment value is? What it tells me is that the Mayor, and the Tax Assessor's department have been inefficient is collecting taxes on the FAIR MARKET VALUE they are responsible in keeping up-to-date. You know, if properties WERE fairly assessed, there would be no revenue shortage in the City coffers!

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From the "liberals.. you can't understand them, you can't live with them, and you can't shoot'em" department - Online headline/story: "California just received enough fresh rainwater to entirely end the drought and still set some aside for later, but they still continue to dump water in the ocean for a bait fish. * Liberals have a tendency to do more harm than good, especially when it comes to micromanaging the environment. Every year, California sends full amounts of rainwater out into the ocean. * A giant swath of what used to be called, “the breadbasket of the world” is a desert because Sacramento with the help of Washington refuses to divert water to the farmland." -- Governor Moonbeam Brown is the modern day equivalent of Marie Antoinette.. "No bread/let'em eat cake" - "water the fish/not the crops" mentality.

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Online headline: "BLACK LIVES MATTER FOUNDER: WE SHOULD REMOVE POLICE FROM THE INNER-CITY" -- Hmmm... I thought Chicago was the experiment for this.. how's that working?

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Online headline: "Black Lives Matter activists aim to 'reclaim' MLK as radical" -- Good grief.. the DOE has destroyed the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr... is this what modern black leaders learned in school .. and now believe.... that King was a militant radical?

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Online headline: "Clinton Global Initiative to lay off employees, shut down amid dwindling donations" -- This is PROOF that all the money that the Clinton's received from foreign despots before the 2016 elections were "pay for play".. but Hellary could not produce the Oval Office.. In addition, NY authorities have stated that none of the Clinton Foundations are in compliance with reporting their revenues/expenses.. ever. The new DOJ needs to dig out the hiding places the Clintons have stashed their :ill gotten booty".

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In the L-E is another ad for the liberal "feel-fest" scheduled at Green Island on March 11th ..including a near 50% discount to students. -- Good grief.. no hard working businessperson wants to pay to listen to liberals... and can you blame them.. the subjects is : "What Do Economists Really Know". "Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle", "America's Two Party System: Is it Broken? Can we fix it?", and "The Psychology of Good and Evil"?... Good grief.. the only time liberals want to fix things is after THE AMERICAN VOTERS have already "fixed things"!

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr Day.. may there be reflection and renewal within the nation's  population, and especially among our black leadership to re-read Dr King's messages and dream, and strive to get back on the  course Dr King advocated.

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Online story: President-elect Donald Trump has warned the United States will impose a border tax of 35 percent on cars that German carmaker BMW plans to build at a new plant in Mexico and export to the U.S. market." -- You know, I believe Mexico is about to realize it better volunteer quickly to start paying DIRECTLY for "the wall".

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Online headline: "Ringling Bros. circus folding its tent after nearly 150 years" -- Say it ain't so! Hey Ringling Brothers, Hold on.. Trump is on his way, and he may let you  get your elephants back by canceling so many regulations imposed by Demos and RINOs.

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Online story: "The Talladega College Marching Tornadoes now have plenty of money to play at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. * The small, historically black college was struggling to raise the $75,000 needed to fund the trip to Washington, D.C., for the band's 230 members. * That was, until Talladega College President Billy C. Hawkins went on Fox News' top-rated show, "The O'Reilly Factor," which averages over 3 million viewers. *  Within a day, the band's GoFundMe page went from $50,000 to more than $300,000." -- Hey, John Lewis.. Trump just help a Historically Black College more in his transition period than you have in 30 Congressional years spewing your racist rhetoric.

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From the "hit the nail on the head" department - Online headline: "Trump responds to John Lewis: Fix your 'horrible' Atlanta district" -- John Lewis has been representing Atlanta for 30 years.. under Reagan, Bush41, Clinton, Bush43, and Obama and has nothing for his district to show for his time there in Washington.. What's evident is that Lewis cannot work progressively with anybody.. Trump is right.. what do blacks have to lose by working with him?

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Rep. John Lewis is....PATHETIC as a representative of the Atlanta area. Trump has campaigned..and followed through with working to improve our inner cities, and Lewis has spit in Trump's eye AND his DISTRICT's face rather than joining in on the planning conversations

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We went to "Rogue One" over the weekend...Sure, the graphics were A-1 but too much was missing..for one, it wasn't "fun" like the original trilogy, nor did it have an ending. We've seen all the old and new movies so far, but I believe we just saw our our last one..We hate leaving a movie not knowing what went on because there wasn't an ending.

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During that press conference when Trump castrated CNN's Acosta, another liberal mainscream media wonk tweeted that Trump was trying to discredit CNN.. Wow, I thought CNN had pretty much discredited itself years ago.

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Union support for raising the minimum wage is a joke...Most union contracts are pegged to the minimum wage and a minimum wage raise bumps up their base. Since the average union contract  wage is about $22.00 per hour, of course unions are in favor of almost doubling it.

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You know, mainscream media feeling it is bigger than history or the daily news is just like sports writers thinking they are the reason sports are important.

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We use Whitesville Road occasionally to visit some of our family..With so many streets in worst shape than Whitesville Road north of Hubbard, why is it being resurfaced now? A portion of it was repaved earlier following a construction project of building 3 "spec" houses by John Wells facing the  road, and now it's been repaved further. You know, most of the heavy rush hour traffic that uses that portion of the road is from Harris County. Nice to have friends in the CCG. Of course, roads like 54th Street from River Road to Veterans, or Cloverdale from Mobley to Whitesville )i.e. roads Columbus drivers use,  are in pitiful shape

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Online headline/story: "The internet just can't believe what this Mississippi city calls MLK Day * A Mississippi city was at the center of Twitter rage Friday after calling Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by another name. * While announcing municipal offices would be closed Monday, the city of Biloxi's official Twitter and Facebook accounts said the absence was due to "Great Americans Day." -- You know, while I disagree with anyone arbitrarily changing the name, it is no denigration to call it "Great Americans Day". Remember when we had both Lincoln AND Washington Birthday holidays, and all of a sudden we had a single holiday  celebration honoring "Presidents Day"? I didn't like it, but it wasn't a fighting issue, and now honors all 44, and soon to be 45, presidents. Now, I do ask is why political activists are going to get their panties in a wad over this.. most of them have abandoned the ideals of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, as they have parleyed King's message into something that puts bread on their own tables.

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Online story: A man in Michigan went outside on a cold snowy morning, cranked up his car to warm it up, and went back inside.. When he came back out, there was a ticket for $128.00 stuck under his windshield wiper. Police Chief James Berlin wasn't backing down, saying you can't leave vehicles running. * "This is purely a public safety issue," --  "purely a public safety issue"?  Good grief.. no, it's a "Big Brother Issue! A public safety issue would have been if the patrolman had knocked on the man's door and reminded him that it made his car a target for thieves. Writing a $128.00 ticket for a non-moving made it a money-grubbing revenue issue.

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L-E headline: "Columbus residents say MLK’s dream remains elusive" -- You know.. it would be a smoother transition if Dr King's message were the road map for all to follow.. unfortunately, there are too many "leaders" who want to fill their on pockets by exploiting the past for their own financial and political benefits.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Even the bigots who voted for Trump know that there’s something inherently wrong with him but are too self-absorbed to admit it." -- You know, there's more bigotry in pointing to someone else and calling him/her a bigot.. All it means is the name-caller has no tolerance for another's opinion, and has no courage to sit down and discuss the merits of their own opinion.

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L-E story: "A school system employee in Maryland who had a lighthearted quarrel with a student on Twitter over the student’s spelling has been fired. * Katie Nash told The Frederick News-Post that she was fired Friday afternoon from her $44,000-a-year job. Nash ran the school district’s Twitter account. On Jan. 5, a student tweeted to the account, asking that schools be closed “tammarow.” * Nash responded from the district’s account, “But then how would you learn how to spell ‘tomorrow?’ ” -- Good grief.. no wonder kids have such horrible learning skills! Teachers/leaders  can be fired for taking advantage of a "teachable moment". I guess next time Ms Nash will respond to a similar situation by submitting the students name for an academic scholarship.. or  maybe an "akadimic skollarship" to Printstown or Yell.

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L-E headline: "HEALTH CARE LAW * 6 surprising items that could disappear with ACA repeal" -- "could disappear"? Good grief. why don't the liberals WAIT AND SEE... and actually READ the Republican proposals BEFORE speculating on what's in it.. Besides, none of the mainscream media even knew what was in the OObamaCRAP to begin with until AFTER is was passed,

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L-E COMMENTARY * Godspeed, Mr. President, and thank you * BY DUSTY NIX" --
You know, there is one man responsible for Trump's decision to sacrifice his personal like and step up to "Make America Great Again"... Barack Hussein Obama.. it was at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner when Obama exploited the power of his bully pulpit to embarrass Trump, who had no access for a response. I guess I am thankful to Obama for Trump's patriotism.

You know, I wish the L-E was still printed here in Columbus so late ending stories could be included the next morning.. In particular, I wish Dusty Nix had been at the L-E waiting to write the headline and run the results of the NCAA National Championship Game after Clemson beat Bama.

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I have a better name for the movie, "Patriots' Day".... How about, "Man, our Obama appointed FBI and Homeland Security really screwed up"

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Hey, Jennifer Holliday and her agent..what you've done is turn off the majority of voters in 30 plus states, and put yourselves in jeopardy of a breach of contract suit. Additionally, her agent has lost credibility in negotiating contracts for all his/her other talents he/she represents.

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Oh..apparently, the White House "comments" line has been shut down for weeks, even though the "message" claims " your comments are important to the president". What did you expect, that after 8 years of not listening to us, Obama was going to finish his days in office "listening" to Americans?

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Good grief..Al Sharlatan is back..he even wore a hat to "cover his hair" (for what reason?), but will someone give him a scarf so he can cover his mouth!

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From the "and Feinstein wants Trump to divest himself of his family business" department - Online story: "To the surprise of absolutely no one familiar with the ways of Corruptifornia, the one-party state completely in the hands of the Democrats, a consortium whose lead firm is controlled by Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, was awarded a nearly billion-dollar contract for the construction of the first phase of the so-called high-speed rail line to link San Francisco and Los Angeles. Those paying attention to the project call it the “half-fast” rail line because it will share trackage with conventional commuter rail trains in the sprawling Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, lowering its average speed to levels achieved by American railways a century ago." -- "Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, was awarded a nearly billion-dollar contract"? Good grief...and this is not the first such government contract of over a BILLION dollars awarded to Blum.. he was give exclusive real estate listings of over a BILLION dollars to sell off excess US Post Office properties.. must be nice to be a California hypocrite!

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Passed along by a fellow BCer - Online commentary by David French, a staff writer for National Review: "There’s nothing quite like a change of power to expose hypocrisy. Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a long and flattering discussion of fashion designers who are just in anguish that their artistic talents could be abused in the service of a cause they despise. In other words, they don’t want to “dress” Melania or Ivanka Trump. In an open letter rejecting the idea of working with the Trumps, designer Sophie Theallet said, “We value our artistic freedom, and always humbly seek to contribute to a more humane, conscious, and ethical way to create in this world.” She said, “As an independent fashion brand, we consider our voice an expression of our artistic and philosophical ideas.”  -- Good grief.. Hollywood and the Fashion Industry is so full of its own hypocrisy and self-worth..If Hollywood "(_*_)"-listers and fashion designers can refuse service to the Trumps based on principle, why can’t bakers and florists follow their own principles?

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L-E story: "WASHINGTON Despite rain and cold weather, marchers filled several blocks in * Washington on Saturday as they rallied in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march that was at times also a rally against President-elect Donald Trump." -- "filled several blocks"? Hmmm a term/description when no one would believe any big number the mainscream media would fraudulently promote.

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You know, if I was going to watch one NFL game this year, it would have been one involving Dallas.. I've  admired Dak Prescott from the first time I saw him playing for Mississippi State. .. but.. I haven't watched one this year, and now all temptation to "break down" has been removed.. hope you Falcon Fans enjoy next weekend IN Atlanta vs Green Bay..

From the "liberal business as usual" department - Online headline/story: "House oversight chair sends threatening letter to government ethics office * The letter stems from a series of tweets Walter Shaub Jr sent from its official Twitter account in November urging President-elect Donald Trump to divest his businesses * House Oversight Committee Jason Chaffetz, R--UT, said the office's mission "is to provide clear ethics guidance, not engage in public relations. *  Shaub criticized Trump's plan to distance himself from his businesses. * "Stepping back from running his business is meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective. ... The idea of setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust — it's not even close,"  * The letter sent Thursday follows one Chaffetz sent to Shaub in December 2015. * The subject of that letter centered around a statement the office released when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under fire. She hadn't disclosed donations paid to the Clinton Foundation in exchange for speeches given by her and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, during her tenure as secretary of state. The office said Clinton was not required to disclose those speaking fees." -- Demanding divesture by Trump that isn't even required, yet Shaub dismissed information that the Clinton's MUST file on their personal tax forms or their Foundations' 990 forms. Shaub is a political Democrat puppet! Fire him!

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Trump takes aim at Elizabeth Warren's brainchild" -- Well, Trump, never wanting to waste tax dollars, should be able to take our Warren's 'brainchild" with a pea-shooter.

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Trump invited Steve Harvey to Trump Tower to discuss what could be done to help in inner city areas. Afterward, Harvey talked about how interested and concerned Trump was about actually getting something started/done. Harvey even commented on getting a "Family Feud" contest between the Obama and Clinton families. That'd be interesting...it would have to end in a tie, because political correctness would dictate every answer be worth the same amount of points since there could be no wrong answers.

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Now Obama is saying that in order go get things done, people need to sit down together and talk. Funny...he surely didn't want to sit down and talk with Republicans..especially following his election

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Democrat logic must come from the Common CRAP Curriculum . Democrats are saying it will be a disaster to repeal OObamaCRAP...Excuse me, but how is repealing a disaster ..a disaster?

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Now Obama is blaming public perception of his presidency on bad public relations...well, what did he expect when he sent out his press agents and spinmeisters to spread lies about his inabilities to solve the problems he campaigned on to fix.

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Obama blames his failure on bad PR, but being successful is not about PR, it's about LEADERSHIP, and Obama was woefully short of that...so is/was Hellary.

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You know, it's tough to blame the American people for not understanding you when you make a statement about your concerns for the victims of terrorism between swings of a golf club.

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Obama really is going out in a flaming ball of "self glory" ...Yesterday, he ended the "wet foot/dry foot" law pertaining to Cuban citizens making it to American land on their on accord. The Cuban government celebrated. Now, how come Obama adopted the same "wet foot/dry foot" policy towards minors crossing the Rio Grande to get into the US illegally, but isn't stopping this, too?

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Isn't it pathetic that the US Attorney General's/FBI's  offices are under investigation by the Inspector General?

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You know, the real issue the Inspector General needs to investigate is why during Hellary's investigation that she wasn't sworn in nor recorded.

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In Chicago for 2016, there were a total of nearly 4,400 people shot, and over 700 of those were killed. Of those numbers, only 25 of those shot were shot by police officers, and 'only' 11 of those were killed. Chicago doesn't have a police problem ... well, other than law abiding Chicago citizens cannot buy or carry a gun.

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When the US Attorney General announces he/she is going to implement a "thorough & fair" investigation into police practices, who actually believes that the US Attorney General believes "fair" is the Webster Dictionary definition.

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You know, why didn't Loretta Lynch give us an update on her promise to work tirelessly in bringing the Orlando cop killer to justice?

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You know, if either of Obama's Attorney Generals had stood up and stated that nearly all police conflicts could be avoided if criminals/alleged criminals would immediately comply with police orders, such conflicts would probably pretty much end.

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You know, the report yesterday concerning the increasing gap between those with college degrees (assuming grads can get jobs in their fields) and those with only high school diplomas was really scary..one of the reasons in GA is that high schools focus on directing the bulk of their students to pursue college prep courses, versus trade skills, in order that they qualify for HOPE scholarships which flood our universities with excessive professorial staffs to teach remedial courses.

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From the "looking on the bright side" department - You know, during Obama's "Farewell Parting Shots Speech", Obama used the word "I" 51 times. Well, looking on the bright side, maybe he was trying to save the government printing office money... just think of how much ink could be saved on all the speech copies by printing "I" rather "we" 51 times.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Obama just exited the stage in Chicago, after making his final speech. I'm afraid we will not see this caliber of a president again, any time soon." -- We certainly hope not, and are praying  for this to have been an aberration/glitch in history.

 

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From the "liberal ignorance is beyond comprehension" department - L-E guest commentary headline/story: "Pity the winners, now in charge * BY REG HENRY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *  Just to be clear, I am not talking about the losers in the election. I am talking about the winners.  *  Mark my words. The winners are the ones who deserve our sympathy." -- Rush Limbaugh can now retire knowing that his message will be perpetually carried on by the liberals themselves! Liberals are now calling, rightfully so, themselves "LOSERS"! They are actually  acknowledging  that the rest of us are the winners....

Online story: "Vice President Joe Biden has revealed that U.S. intelligence officials had informed him and President Obama about the existence of an unsubstantiated dossier on Donald Trump. * And he eventually said, "It surprised me in that it made it to the point where the agency, the FBI thought they had to pursue it.""-- "FBI thought they had to pursue it."? Good grief.. the FBI felt compelled to pursue unsubstantiated tabloid trash, but didn't feel it needed to follow up on Hellary even though she was holding a "smoking gun"? Hurry January 20TH Trump's first tow words should be directed to Comey, "YOU'RE FIRED!"

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Online story: "Obama administration has alarmed privacy advocates by significantly weakening rules that prevent the troves of raw data collected about American citizens by the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs from being shared by other U.S. agencies. * The changes will allow the incoming Trump administration to more easily use the spy agency's unfiltered foreign intelligence data against American citizens, encouraging intelligence analysts to send anything thought to be evidence of a domestic crime to the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, and others." -- Mainscream media is worried about Trump? Good grief, Obama has done this and has one week to glean all the info he can. Hey Congress, there's still time for impeachment of Obama!

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Online story: "It's not that his current fleet of limousines aren't particularly up to par, but as president-elect, the Department of Homeland Security says Trump will be due for an upgrade come Inauguration Day. * The "Cadillac One," his future limousine, will debut on Jan. 20, replacing a string of limos that President Obama has had since 2009 * the presidential limousine, also dubbed "The Beast," is estimated to ring in at up to $1.5 million." -- Hmmm.. wanna bet the next one comes in at half that price or lower?

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From the "how does he know... really know" department - HuffPOOPOO story: "Obama, during his tenure commuted the sentences of more than 1,000 inmates serving sentences for nonviolent drug crimes. " -- You know, unless Obama spent an inappropriate amount of time that he should have been looking out for the BEST interest of America, how does he know the sentences he commuted were really for non-violent drug crimes. DA's consistently drop parts of investigations in order to get a plea bargain for lesser aspects of the crimes criminals they are convicted of, and the violent aspect, especially if it's not "concrete" which of several criminals did what, is the one that gets dropped the most.

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Online story: "Senator Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican nominated for attorney general, came under sharp attack from black leaders Wednesday over his record on minorities, as Representative John Lewis of Georgia, a luminary of the civil rights movement, charged that he could set back racial progress by decades.
*  “We need someone as attorney general who’s going to look out for all of us, and not just some of us,” Mr. Lewis, a Democrat, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second and final day of testimony for Mr. Sessions’s nomination." -- "going to look out for us all"? Good grief.. the two Attorney Generals appointed by Obama were the picks of a man who brought his racist attitude to the forefront when he chastised white Boston police officers for doing their duty in investigating a call at a black Harvard professor's home, and altered the death of Trayvon Martin by referencing George Zimmerman as "white" when he was Latino. Oh, and how did Loretta Lynch "look after us all" by meeting Bill Clinton privately during the investigation of Hellary? And, how did James Comey "look after us all" by conducting Hellary's interview with out her being sworn in or recorded? Oh, maybe Representative Lewis has his own "shaded" glasses when he's looking at who he considers "us all".

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Not only were Booker's, Lewis's et al's "testimony" at the Senate confirmation hearings for AG to be Jeff Sessions hearsay/opinion, and none were cross-examined. Absolute injustice, and the Senate/House should charge them with actions unbecoming a US Senator. and brought before the Ethics Committee.

 

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Oh, by the way, Representative Lewis was not fully truthful of Sessions.. Just as Mr. Lewis was about to testify, Trump transition team members circulated photographs showing Mr. Sessions and Mr. Lewis marching together over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a confrontation there between civil rights marchers and the police.

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You know, if the US Attorney General does his/her job to uphold the US Constitution,  the job requires vigilance to insure that ONLY verified citizens of the US cast a vote.

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Online headline: "George Soros lost nearly $1B in weeks after Trump election" -- Couldn't be more appropriate for such a prick.

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Online headline: "Obama's dog Sunny reportedly bites White House guest" -- What's not said is that the "guest" was white and whether Sunny would be charged with a racist hate crime.

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Online headline/story: "Georgia cop says 'Black Lives Matter' was scrawled across doughnut box * Authorities in Georgia, along with Krispy Kreme officials, said Thursday they were investigating a blog report that police officer found the words “Black Lives Matter” written on his doughnut box when he went to pick them up." -- Hmmm... wonder if it was a Krispy Kreme tore owned by Hank Aaron...

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There's need for Republicans to repeal OObamaCRAP on day 1..even the first 100 days. The bill to present to Trump is one to repeal the punitive tax .. that way, we would really see whether working people are buying OObamaCRAP  because it's a "good deal" or whether they felt coerced by the mandatory penalty tax.

 

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Talk about extraordinary greed in education, my middle daughter e-mailed me that she owed $60.00 on her CSU tuition account. ..a Graduation Fee..I tell you what, I think CSU ought to be sending a Limo to pick up her mother and me as a courtesy for paying the other $1,000.00ish "fees" each semester instead of billing us for her completing her requirements for graduating.

 

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From the "why there are problems in the MCSB" department..today is Friday.. Friday the 13th, too,  and I went on the MCSD web page to get the e-mail addresses for the newly sworn in members of the Board. Naturally, the web site still has the old board members still there. Is this the best we can get from a budget that exceeds the City's?

 

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From the "Liberals are proud of their ignorance" department - HuffPOOPOO "headline/story": "Alabama Wins Electoral College, Declared National Champion *  In accordance with its constitution, the College Football Playoff Foundation declared Alabama the National Champions late last night, after the team led Clemson at the end of three of the four quarters, thus winning the electoral votes of those quarters." -- Good grief.. liberals are the victims of the education system they created.. it's not just an issue of them not reading the rules of events to know them, but whether they even know how to read at all. History is full of examples of how a government or despot kept its subject in line by not allowing them to learn to read, making it easier for such tyrannical entities to make up "rules" as they went along based on what suited then at the moment. 

 

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From the "Worth every second of the minute and 14 seconds to watch modern conservatism defined" department: " http://www.angrypatriotmovement.com/senator-defines-conservatism/ "

 

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You know, with Democrats getting their balloon burst in November, you'd think there would be only one direction they could go...up..but no, Democrats in the Senate confirmations hearings for Sessions has shown that even in a hole, Democrats are digging down even deeper.. and I'm OK with them doing so, and am looking forward to the 2018 elections.

 

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Online story: "Legalizing casino gambling in Georgia would have significant negative consequences the General Assembly should consider before putting the issue on the statewide ballot, according to a new study. * The study, a followup to a report downtown Atlanta business organization Central Atlanta Progress published last summer, concluded that proceeds from casinos would give the state an additional source of tax revenue. * However, most gambling income would come from local residents – not tourists – and would reduce the amount both locals and visitors spend at existing entertainment and retail businesses, the study found." -- and what was not said was that $1.00 slots would cannibalize $1.00 Lottery ticket purchases...and even if the Casinos "donated a portion of their winnings TO the lottery, the lottery would have a tremendous shortfall..and nothing was even mentioned about crime increase

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/01/12/study-warns-of-downsides-of-casino-gambling.html

 

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L-E story: "Heckler & Koch, a manufacturer of firearms and accessories, will invest $28.5 million to expand its existing operations in Columbus, the company announced Thursday." -- Wow! Guess the election of Trump, and Tom-LYING-son leaving in 2 years really has businesses pumped up!

 

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L-E editorial headline: "EDITORIAL * Deal focuses on right priorities" -- Yes.. and education is a big priority.. but I don't understand how the L-E can support statewide improvement but supported the existing board members in the past elections.

 

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L-E headline/story: "Pay gap between college grads and others at a record * WASHINGTON * Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college grads and everyone else has reached its widest point on record." -- What a condemnation of GA eliminating the "graduation test", and our local board allowing previously unqualified to graduate students to get a diploma post-graduation. It's an absolute shame.. no an full blooded atrocity that our school system sends "graduates" out with lack of basic understanding of the tools they need to not only get jobs, but to be able to advance in them.

 

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Mrs. NATALIA NAMAN TEMESGEN is an absolute star.. a breath of fresh air in writings published by the L-E. I'm also thrilled to learn she is a professor at CSU.. my daughter had her for a class, and I found that Mrs. Temsegen was as balanced in her teachings as she is in her commentaries in the L-E.

One more thing Obama said in his speech is that he didn't complete his work.. true... America rose up and stopped him before Hellary could administer the coup d'etat.

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Tillerson's opening statement had to send a celebratory message to our allies and the world. I think our friends in the world will applaud January 20th more so for it being the last day for Kerry as well as Obama.

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Tillerson , out of the chute, commanded the presence of Superman's creed of fighting for "truth, justice, an the American way" when he stated that Russia has backtracked from it's goals of being a democracy.

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Two things became apparently clear during Rubio's questioning of Tillerson..Tillerson knows more about cyber security of his company, Exxon, than Rubio knows about cyber security of our nation, and Rubio is one of those gnats that needs to be swatted away. The questions Rubio asked Tillerson to answer would be removed from the transcript in any trial as improper and without proper foundation.

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After hearing confirmation questions thrown at Tillerson, I want to know how Hellary and Kerry ever passed Senate confirmations? Neither had any direct knowledge of how sanctions would affect American industries.

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Good grief..Trump's scheduled press conference had a hijack attempt by ludicrous undocumented insinuations about some sexual perversion. I tell you what, any reporter who even hints at the validity of such in question should be escorted out and permanently banned from any first hand press conferences in the future. JIm Acosta, CNN's (_*_) , should join the ranks of CBS's Dan Rather and NBC's Brian Williams. I don't know where the Acosta can go from CNN.. as it was Rather ended up working for Mark Cuban (aha.. now we know why Cuban was such an ill-informed (_*_)  ....), and Williams was sent out to pasture at MSNBC.. There is nowhere  lower to send Acosta

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Speaking of CNN.. remember 2003 when it was uncovered that CNN preferred staying on Saddam Hussein's party A-List rather than report the truth? CNN’s chief news executive Eason Jordan  admitted that for the past decade the network has systematically covered up stories of Iraqi atrocities. Reports of murder, torture, and planned assassinations were suppressed in order to maintain CNN’s Baghdad bureau.... Perhaps CNN needs a new... more appropriate name... "C-"NN.

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Tell you what.. I'm all for Trump pledging to vet pricing drug companies charge.. I started taking Benicar in 2005 .. the first bottle I bought was about $57.00... when it went generic at the end of 2016, Benicar cost me $254.00 for that same bottle.. there is no inflation index that can justify the company's soaring 445 percent increase in 11 years.

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I find it amazing that such Civil Rights icons that coattail on Dr Martin Luther King, Jr's mission are now Democrats.. Loke Abraham Lincoln, Dr King was a Republican... for a reason.

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You know, there is a huge difference between a contributor and over opinionated party spinmeister.. party spinmeisters do not need to be part of a news show or panel discussion.Fox just needs to cut Juan Williams, Geraldo, and Jemu Green loose. Let them try to get on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, or ABC. Of course, none of those media outlets need them, so good luck for their opinions.

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Anybody seen mainscream media covering the recent deaths of the policemen in Orlando? Loretta Lynch said she wasn't gonna rest until justice is served. How are we going to know if Lynch is even lifting a finger if mainscream doesn't stay on HER case?

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L-E headline: "STATE GOVERNMENT * Deal’s State of the State address focuses on military, education" --

I'm amazed at how the Governor and the Republican "fish house gang" are trying to knock Senator Josh McKoon out of office.. McKoon has been such an ardent supporter of the focus programs of the Governor, yet the Governor and Republican "fish house gang" feel McKoon is too ethical and dedicated to such to be chair of the ethics committee.

 

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L-E headline/story: "COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL * City gets reserve funds back over 60-day level" * Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said she wanted to commend Hugley and his staff for coming up with the “fiscally responsible” plan and Columbus Council for wisely " -- Good grief.. She should be kissing his rather than him kissing hers! The fund balance erosion was purely Tom-LYING-son's issue to ram through negative revenue producing personal projects during her first 6 years.

 

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L-E headline/story: "PRESIDENT’S LEGACY * Poll: Obama won nation’s approval, didn’t unite it *

Did he keep his promises? He did not, in the minds of 2 of 3 Americans, though 44 percent say he tried." -- Good grief.. the road to hell is paved with Liberal's "good intentions".. will someone give me "the".. well, "any" GOOD in partial birth abortions?

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Super LIV's L-E "soundoff": "I cannot quite agree with Dusty Nix that former Sheriff Darr lost for no other reason than the lawsuit. Some of us were bothered that Darr accumulated a one million dollar deficit each year." -- How is it a department deficit when the budget shortfalls were from Tom-LYING-son not working the Sheriff's Department budget in accordance with state laws, nor in providing funds to cover federal and court mandates for prisoner care?

 

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Columbus.. do not let Tom-LYING-son let the audit of the Sheriff's Department prior to the election to be allowed to "disappear".. Columbus needs to know the truth about the situation.. Thank good =ness we have a principled person charged with conducting such.

 

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This may have changes but if you travel a lot, this site gives you passwords for WiFi at 100 + airports around the world.. may be your lifeline during a delay:

http://bit.ly/airportwifimap

 

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L-E headline/story: "TRANSPORTATION * Whittlesey Road project ‘99.99%’ done, state says *  Whittlesey widening project is almost complete after being started in 2012, the DOT says." -- Nearly 5 years to rebuild a 3/4ths mile road.. It would probably been cheaper, faster, and less inconveniencing if the entire road had been shut down during week days and treated like new road construction. Wonder if the L-E will list the number of businesses that closed due to the length of disruption.. I can think of a coffee house, a guitar studio, a non-profit office, and an insurance company that closed shop..

 

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L-E story: "Texas is flirting with losing sporting events as North Carolina did, Dallas civic leaders warned Wednesday as they urged Republican lawmakers to stand down on a proposal that would require trans-gender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their sex at birth." -- Tell you what.. pro-sports organizations and the NCAA will eventually be the big losers in this match up of logic.. soon, all the states and cities that are currently sought to hold such events will be "off limits". and such events will be relegated to cities/state where a lot of people actually have no interest in attending athletic events.

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From the "oooops" department - L-E headline/story: "WITNESS: ARREOLA STRUGGLED WITH POLICE * Photos of man in hospital are released * Defense attorney Stacey Jackson released hospital photos Wednesday morning showing Hector Arreola, the 30-year-old Columbus man who died a day after he was involved in a struggle with police during early Monday’s arrest on Moss Drive. * We want, obviously, to find the cause (of death). From my understanding, the family was told he was suffering from cerebral edema, which is the lack of blood or oxygen to the brain,” Jackson said. * The attorney said Arreola told the officers he couldn’t breathe several times as they were taking him into custody." -- "attorney said Arreola told the officers he couldn’t breathe several times "? Ooooops.. there goes the case.. as I recall, it takes the ability to breath to speak.. especially "several times".

 

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Calling K-12 School 1 would be preferable to the vacuous and generic "Midtown" moniker.. 

On a personal basis, I sent in the name of my Aunt Ella Elizabeth Kirven as a nomination..
My late aunt, Ella Elizabeth Kirven would be an excellent choice to name the new Arts Academy. My Aunt Ella is from a family present in Columbus BEFORE the City was chartered, a direct descendant of three of the founders of the First Baptist Church of Columbus, a founding board member and lifetime servant to Trinity/Brookstone School, won the Silver and Gold Medals from the Fashion Institute of New York for fashion design in successive years, was an active an devoted supporter of The Springer, and upon her death, left multiple millions to the Columbus Museum of Art for acquisitions. In addition, my Aunt Ella was a neighborhood/childhood friend with Carson McCullers and continued that friendship until McCullers' death

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L-E editorial headline/story: "A break veterans have earned *  (Representative Richard Smith's) idea, as you are no doubt aware, is to make military pensions exempt from Georgia’s income tax." -- I support our military.. and our own law enforcement, fire department  neighbors.. but I have reservations about open the doors to other public areas of tax exemption.. My concern is that retirement can come after only 20 years (which for some is indeed a LIFETIME), but I can easily support such an exemption from income taxes once hey reach the same retirement ages people qualify to begin collecting their Social Security.. In fact, I can support the exemption.. of SS income as well. it was deducted from individuals pay checks.. even MATCHED by their employer.. the government has  already kept that money stagnant too long.

 

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From the "liberals have no racism shame" L-E Letter-to-the-Editor department: "Here’s a fun fact for white supremacists: The first Europeans were black. About 30,000 years ago everyone on the planet was. Two groups got “bleached out” due to northern migrations. This happened independently in Europe and in Asia, hence the pale-skinned Swede and northern Chinese." -- Good grief.. where is this source of documentation and collaboration! And if it's true, then Obama's "tanning tax" is more discriminatory and racist than we thought.. 

The next "jobs report" will have a huge upward spike in it... last night, "Fact Checker" had to hire 1000's of new workers to keep up with Obama's tirade.

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Obama finally said something TRUE! He said Joe Biden was his first and best decision of the last 8 years..true...but pathetically so.

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When Obama turned his attention to Michelle, she wasn't real thrilled.. especially when he announced to the world that her middle name was Laverne.

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Obama is going to have a hard time adjusting to not having other people's money to spend..he showed that last night when he turned a 25 minute window into 52 minutes..he just had to go out spending/wasting other people's TIME!

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You know, when past presidents left office, they actually thanked Americans for giving them an opportunity to make a difference.

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Obama billed it as his "Farewell Speech"... we were hoping for an "Apology"

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Obama said democracy is only threatened when people take it for granted...I say it is threatened more when politicians believe Americans serve them. I also believe that Americans will eventually rise above such tyranny as long as the 1st and 2nd Amendments remain intact.

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For 50 plus minutes, I heard an angry man rant about what is going on in America that he had 8 years and the national platform to do something about.

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Farewell speech? What I heard was a desperate Obama looking for a reset button to carry him back to his 2008 campaign.

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Healthcare has risen at it's lowest rates? I swear Obama said that..good grief...10 years ago, healthcare was a massive 14%, 1 seventh of our GDP, now, as Obama leaves, healthcare eats up 20%...that's one-fifth of our economy! One out of every 5 dollars spent is on healthcare..that means Americans..well .. working Americans, have lost 30 percent of their real disposable income.. that's why our economy has stunk for the past 8 years, and why Trump brings real hope.

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Obama says in his 8 years, he rebooted the American car industry..hmmm then how come it's taken Trump to get American car manufacturers to return to America.

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Well, after 8 years, we finally find out that Obama finally READ our Constitution.

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It's cryptic that Obama chose Chicago to deliver his farewell speech..it's not only his home town, it's also one of the few places he could find enough liberals willing to fill an arena for the cameras.

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The costs of Obama speaking in Chicago must be huge.. The Secret Agents all had to be paid "combat and hazardous duty pay" just for going with him.

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It was only fitting Obama chose Illinois for his final speech.. not just because it's his current "home state".. but because Illinois' financial woes are worse than what Obama has left for Trump to solve. According to "24/7 Wall Street": "Due to ongoing political gridlock, Illinois lawmakers have not agreed on annual budget for its next fiscal year. With a growing tab of unpaid bills and debt, Illinois has the worst credit rating of all states. The state’s outstanding bills totaled nearly $9 billion in October, up from less than $6 billion in October of last year and the highest since February 2013. * In addition to fiscal management problems, the state’s housing market and economy are struggling. Approximately 1 in every 80 housing units are in some stage of foreclosure in Illinois, nearly the worst foreclosure rate of all states. The state’s labor force has also declined over the past five years, and the unemployment rate of 5.5% as of October was among the highest in the nation. -- Hmmm.. sorta like how Obama has run his administration.. he always finds worse conditions and people to surround himself so he can shine above the crowd..Illinois is ranked the 49th worst run state in the nation, with only New Mexico keeping it out of the cellar.

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From the "when are pollsters going to remember they have no idea of how to poll people about Trump" department - Online story: "President-elect Donald Trump is starting out his political career with a 37 percent approval rating, according to new polling data released on Tuesday. * The latest numbers come from a Quinnipiac poll which shows the majority -- 51 percent -- of Americans currently disapprove of the job the billionaire businessman is doing during his transition to the White House." -- "51 percent -- of Americans currently disapprove of the job the billionaire businessman is doing during his transition to the White House"?  You know, I could run a poll that would show that 95% of Americans have no clue as to what Trump is doing at all in preparation to become our next president...

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Obama ran on a campaign of hope & change..now he's leaving, and America is excited about the hope and change he's finally delivering

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From Obama's speech: ""I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago regardless of what some people say," said Obama." -- "regardless of what some people say"? I, too, believe race relations are better now than 30 years ago... but it's in spite of Obama.

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I'm almost 70, and in the past week or so I've discovered a new "medical" term..fodmaps...fodmap...what an incredibly stupid sounding word..it means something that contributes to "irritable bowel syndrome" but it also has destroyed one of the foundations of life. My generation was raised to revere..."an apple a day keeps the doctor away"..yes apples are fodmaps.

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How can Obama even think he improved race relations..one of his first acts was to tax white people for wanting year round tans.

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Did you listen to the multiple "protest" outbreaks during the Senate confirmation of Jeff Sessions? It must be embarrassing to be a Democrat politician and have to appeal to nutcases for their votes.

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8... that's the number of "Code Pink" (_*_)s that received tickets to be in the Senate Chamber during Sessions' confirmation hearing.. I want to know which Senator gave 8 tickets to "Code Pink". He/she should be excoriated for behavior unbecoming to a Senator.

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 How can the same Democrats who approved Pric Holder and Loretta Lynch for US Attorney General have any consternation about a man with Jeff Sessions' record.

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Passed along by a fellow BCer.. a Marine.. you cannot call a Marine and ex-Marine, they are ready to serve when the nation needs them. You will love this:
http://jwvsw.org/carriers.pdf

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Online headline: "Jury condemns Dylann Roof to death for South Carolina church massacre" -- Well.. take him out to the nearest tree and string him up! Let's not mess up a chance to influence would be copycats!

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Online story: "On Tuesday, Ira Madison III tweeted a photo taken at Sessions' confirmation hearing that shows the nominee seated, holding his Asian-American granddaughter on his lap, reports The Hill. * Business Insider notes that Madison, who works for MTV News as a culture writer, said of the image, "Sessions, sir, kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys 'R' Us you stole her from. * He also wrote, "There is no reason for that child to be in his lap in a hearing other than to send an 'I'm not racist message,'" and, "Why is she a prop? Sessions argued for policy that in the 1880s was used to discriminate against Asian Americans." * MTV has since clarified that Madison's tweets are in no way connected to the company." --  "MTV has since clarified that Madison's tweets are in no way connected to the company"?  As in the "the (_*_) has been FIRED? If not.. already.. then Ira M(_*_)dison  the "turd" is officially the "poster bigot" for MTV.

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Online headline/story: "Trump's Homeland Security pick opposes some of his controversial plans * General John Kelly, a retired four-star general, spent years in Iraq and said the military should never come close to doing anything that would violate the Geneva Conventions." -- And this is why our military morale will flourish,, Trump has picked folks who will stand up for and against him on issue; Obama, on the other hand, just fired military advisers until he found one who agreed with him.

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From the "figures don't lie, but liars figure a lot" department - Online headline: "Kerry Washington insists 'less than a quarter of the country voted for our next President' -- Hmmm.. The real.. and only.. figure that matters is that Hellary won less than 20 states...

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L-E headline: "CONFIRMATION HEARINGS * Sessions: I could stand up to Trump" -- And he will,..unlike Obama's picks for Attorney General, Trump has picked a person who will follow/uphold the Constitution as it is written rather than the whims of the president.

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L-E headline/story: "Judge refuses lower bond in brutal Upatoi triple homicide * A Superior Court judge on Tuesday refused to lower the $1 million bond for one of three suspects charged in the brutal Jan. 4, 2016, homicides of a grandmother, son and granddaughter in Columbus’ Upatoi area." -- Whatta (_*_) attorney! Wanting to make it easier for this animal to roam the streets again.. I think if I were the judge, I would have ordered said attorney to move into the cell with his client for the duration of of the discovery, trial, and any appeals.. Let's see how "safe: the attorney feels about that.. Well, if I were the judge, i'd have thought this even if I restrained myself from doing so. What's even more spit inthe taxpayers' eyes is that this (_*_) attorney knew the judge would not entertain such a request, but the (_*_) attorney knew it was a way to get more billing hours for taxpayers to pay.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Poor Josh McKoon. You reap what you sow. You’ve let many Georgians down during your tenure as senator. Now get going." -- You know.. what does this say about the governor and Republican "fish house gang" when they connive to strip the most ethical of it's membership from the Ethics Committee. Stand proud Josh McKoon.. you may be the sequel to Jimmy Stewart's "Mr Smith Goes to Washington"..Oh, and what does it tell you when the L-E and Democrats agree with the governor and Republican "fish house gang"?

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L-E headline/story: "New sheriff, Superior Court clerk seek personnel changes * Tompkins said she also plans to hire someone to deal specifically with the budget process. * “I think it’s something council has asked for many times and funds are available,” she said. * And she wants to bring in a part-time, temporary accountant to help with contract compliance and other issues." -- I do not disagree with Tompkins on her requests, but.. and a very big BUT, since Tom-LYING-son/Council have ordered an audit, should all other requests in accounting be held back until the audit is complete?

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L-E headline: "Auburn fans roll Toomer’s Corner to celebrate Alabama’s loss" -- Well, I guess any Tiger beating Bama would warrant such...

It was 8:13 last night, and I  decided to pull for Clemson instead. The National Anthem was blaring.. cameras spottily panned the field. Every shot of the Clemson players showed them with hand over heart and respectful. None of he shots showed any Bama player doing the same. I couldn't believe Saban allowed his players to be nonchalantly disrespectful during the National Anthem. I thought, Bama doesn't deserve to win the year Trump and Make America Great Again roars into life. I prayed.  Football, like America, is a team, a family concept, and all players need to be pulling for each  other.. Clemson seemed "focused", versus the "let's get this over and give me the trophy" non-chalantness attitude of the Bama players. A prayer was answered.

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Remember last July, when Chick fil a said it was going to drop it's cow ads? Couldn't tell it last night... maybe Chick fil a decided it didn't want a "New Coke" catastrophy .

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HuffPOOPOO headline:"Dems demands delay for Trump nominee hearing" -- "demand"?  Good grief. when have the Dems listened to the "demand" of the people to run a balanced budget, protect our borders, or be the unwavering friend to our allies?

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How will Casino revenues be taxed? Who is going to either pay an extra 8% on their earnings, and the Casino certainly isn't going to pay 8% off the top.

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Hmmm.. interesting.. can you see a slot machine flash up a $100.00 "WIN", and only $92.00 comes out... gotta pay those 8% taxes.

Or how about dice with "8s" on them, and whenever one appears, the croupier yells, "CRAP"  pay your taxes"

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Another interesting discussion subject is what will the Hope Scholarship do when lottery players stop buying tickets and putting those dollars into the slot machines?

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Loretta Lynch says she won't rest until justice is served against the cop-killer in Orlando..Well, she surely has rested up for long enough, and, thankfully will get a permanent rest in 12 days.

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You know, if you held any off-the-record conversation with most Democrats in Congress, very few would defend OObamaCRAP.. what they fear is for Trump/Republicans to put out a better working, cheaper healthcare program they'll have to run against in 2018/2020.

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The Silver Brokers are out in force selling.... you know, if I was as enthusiatic about silver soaring, I'd be buying and holding, not selling.

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You know, we cannot expect the FBI/DOJ/DHS to stop every lone wolf Islamic terrorism attack, but we should have been able to depend on them not to give a known mental issue case  his gun back or a ticket on an airline.

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If the Patriots make it back to the Super Bowl, the only "inflation" issue will be the over-inflated egos of the NFL administrative executives.

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Names of all Electoral College voters who did not cast their votes for the people who elected them should be banned forever from being on any future election ballot.

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In her own way, Meryl Streep found a way to denounce mainstream Americans as her "basket of deplorables", "irredeemables". She threw stones at the people who have provided her a luxury lifestyle and now also want America to be Great Again.

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Meryl Streep was at the Golden Globes as a "Honorary Winner",  when she left the stage, she was a "Genuine Loser".

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I do not tell my bride she has to support all..any..of my positions (fortunately, she pretty much does), but I just told her that if she wants to see any more Meryl Streep "chick flicks", she'll have to call her sister to go with her..Streep is now dead to me.

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Joke of the day: Democrat Senators are asking for a ethics investigation about Jeff Sessions' ability to vote on cabinet members. You know, I do expect Sessions to recuse himself for his confirmation, but hearing any Democrat being concerned about political ethics is hysterical.

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There's no doubt a new and better healthcare plan will be forthcoming soon, but the fact that there's not one ready on Jan 20th is due to Ryan and McConnell not being prepared for Hellary's loss. Neither supported Trump, and neither felt any of the other 16 Republican/RINO choices had a chance. Now, what Trump can do on day one in his acceptance speech is to renounce the income tax penalty retroactively.

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Have you seen/heard about the ISIS video showing a elementary school aged child being forced to shoot a prisoner who's chained to a fence..It's not one world..and Obama will not call the Islamic terrorists out for what they are.

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Democrats are going on witch hunts beginning this week..What makes them think Mainstream America cares what they think about the Trump picks to Make America Great Again. We saw who they liked for Obama..

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America IS on it's way to be great again! The Palmetto Ridge Marching Band overwhelmingly accepted the invitation to march in Trump's Inauguration Parade and America responded by eclipsing it's GoFundMe campaign goal of $135,000,000.00 by over $10,000.00 before the end of Fox & Friends Monday morning show!

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Miss Universe 2016 was on Fox and relating all the rigors she has having getting prepared for the 2017 Pageant..she even has a "Walking Coach".. I was hoping someone on the Fox panel would also ask her if she had a "Chewing Gum Coach"..

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Ford, then GM, and now FIAT-Chrysler have changed their direction and want to be part of Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. FIAT-Chrysler just announced $1 BILLION in plant renovations amd 2,000 more jobs in America.. Leadership is being celebrated!

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Yesterday, 47 of the original 48 mainland states were touched by snow...all but Florida..guess Trump is the Golden One.

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Online headline/story: "FBI Dumps Another 300 Clinton Email Investigation Documents Without Warning * The latest release contains information regarding computer hardware collected from Clinton’s legal team as the lengthy investigation unfolded.  At first, Clinton was unwilling to surrender her private server, but hacked emails appear to show her team advised her to let the FBI take control of the materials. * Additional materials released on Sunday include email exchanges between FBI officials prior to of the official opening of the investigation.  Some emails also included arguments between State Department personnel and law enforcement officials, along with members of other government agencies.  The fights mostly appear to center on whether a document contains personal or classified information." --  and according to early news reports, outside hacking by Hellary "friends" who also donated to her Foundation are conclusive. Hey, Comey, how about another interview with Hellary, under oath this time, so you can leave on the 20th with a clearer conscious

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L-E headline: "GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY * Sen. Josh McKoon loses chairmanship on first day of session" -- You know.. what does this say about the governor and Republican "fish house gang" when the connive to strip the most ethical of it's membership from the Ethics Committee. Stand proud Josh McKoon.. you may be the sequel to Jimmy Stewart's "Mr Smith Goes to Washington"..Oh, and what does it tell you when the L-E and Democrats agree with the governor and Republican "fish house gang"?
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There's poll out today showing 61% of blacks believed "Race Relations" were good in 2009, but now only 49% do.. THAT is Obama's  REAL historical mark.

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Online headline: "AJC poll: Barack Obama is going out on a high note in Georgia" -- I reckon so...it's the first move he's made as president that even Republicans are looking forward to.

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Online headline/story: "Former Nevada high school football players target coach in lawsuit over bullying * The lawsuit says Coach Steve Struzyk stripped the team captains of their leadership roles in front of the rest of the varsity players after the school discovered the three athletes had used an over-the-counter, testosterone-boosting supplement." -- Good grief...America has elected Trump just in the nick of time..sports cannot survive, much less excel, under the political correctness doctrine!

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Online headline/story: "Some Georgia companies are pouring cash into Trump inaugural * Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines and Southern Co. are among the Georgia-based Fortune 500 firms ponying up for the inauguration or one of the many galas or other events revolving around Trump’s swearing-in ceremony." -- Wait a minute.. I understand Coca Cola and Delta "ponying up".. they are private businesses and seek positive aspects to pron=mote their businesses... BUT, why... how... can The Southern Company be allowed to do so? The Southern Company is a bunch of state utilities operating under a monopoly, and The Southern Company not only expenses this, BUT.. uses the expenses as a reason to petition for rate increases!

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Secretary of State John Kerry makes formal apology for past LGBTQ discrimination in the US" -- Good grief.. when's the Obama administration going to stop issuing "death bed confessions"! If Kerry wants to make amends with any one. then he should apologize for breathing the same air as our real Vietnam vets!

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L-E headline: "MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT * MCSD doubles its honored schools, reduces failing ones" -- Progress IS to be celebrated.. but is it measurable progress when new tests are not as penetrating as the previous one.. it's an "apple and orange" thing.. 

 

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I'm getting use to Trump's "tweets".. they almost castrate mainscream media's propaganda plans.. Mainscream media puts out an issue about him, and Trump "trump's" it before the mainscream media's plans become ingrained.. both George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush tried to ignore mainscream media, but when mainscream media made such propaganda statements that weren't addressed quickly, LIV Americans actually believed such innuendos were "facts". Trump is making mainscream media produce real facts to defend it's idiocy.

 

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LYING LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Under Obamacare, my premium dropped 33% and I was freed up to choose between multiple providers. The GOP wants to obliterate Obamacare and replace it with no care at all. Welcome to Trump-care." -- Good grief.. please let us know where you live... my guess is one of the other 7 non-existent states Obama claims he campaigned in during the 2008 election... remember, he said he's campaigned in all 57 states..