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 | Electric Cars are Free - Zach on 5/23/13 at 2:55 pm [link=(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323982704578453123010639156.html)]WSJ[/link]
"It's like a 2 year test drive, free."
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 | How did your parish's schools do? - Zach on 5/23/13 at 9:59 am La. released the percentages of students in each parish who are working at or above grade level.
Bossier... 74%, above state avg.
Caddo ... 60%, below state avg....
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 | Fair Tax = no more IRS problems - Zach on 5/23/13 at 9:54 am [link=(http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2013/05/22/irs-scandal-is-the-latest-evidence-that-we-need-a-fair-tax/)]Forbes[/link]
It would force IRS employees to go out and find honest work....
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 | My latest OFA email.. join the marathon - Zach on 5/22/13 at 12:30 pm Elected officials and celebrities -- like New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, hip-hop legend Russell Simmons, and more -- [b]will be passing the baton to one another online.[/b] OFA Executive Director Jon Carson will be joining ...
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 | Flashback.... 13 months ago re: scandals - Zach on 5/22/13 at 10:41 am [link=(http://theweek.com/article/index/227008/5-scandals-that-could-undo-obamas-re-election-bid)]LINK[/link]
So, the IRS scandal was going on when this article was written and nobody knew....
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 | What percentage of the public would like to live in a dictatorship? - Zach on 5/22/13 at 10:19 am We don't like the word dictatorship or communism. So, we can use other names. When I was in college debate the argument was sometimes called Aristocracy, Rights Malthus or Toto (short for Benevolent Totalitarianism).
Went like this...
Democracy is messy. Nothing gets done. Always fighting....
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 | You be the judge...Freud and HS - Zach on 5/21/13 at 4:28 pm This one is weird. I learned about Freud's theories in Jr. HS but only from independent reading. It never came up in class.
[link=(http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/05/22/06/17/us-teacher-suspended-for-touching-student-with-banana)]3 day suspension [/link]
Touching a girl with a banana. ...
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 | re: thread on Obama v. Biden choice - Zach on 5/21/13 at 12:28 pm Hypo... what if the choice was Obama or Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?
Who gets your vote?...
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 | IRS targets a real terrorist... - Zach on 5/20/13 at 4:18 pm [link=(http://watchdog.org/85591/heres-the-83-year-old-wwii-internment-camp-survivor-the-irs-asked-about/)]we gotta watch these people[/link]...
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 | Milbank: GOP should continue wasting time on Obamacare - Zach on 5/20/13 at 12:00 pm It will prevent them from doing more harm to the country...
[link=(http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/washposts-milbank-gop-should-waste-time-so-theyll-be-less-harm-country)]like cutting food stamps[/link]...
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 | To IRS: "Good dog...here's a treat." - Zach on 5/20/13 at 10:03 am [link=(http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/morganbrittany/2013/05/20/obama-highfives-irs-with-92-million-in-bonuses-n1600938)]$92 Million in bonuses[/link]...
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 | ? for Civil War buffs ... La. Tigers - Zach on 5/18/13 at 2:17 pm We all know that LSU took it's name from the Louisiana Tigers in the Civil War.
Today I was reading an article about art exhibits in the WSJ re: CW. I found this:
[img]http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8627/70711991.jpg[/img]
Apparently, it's the La. Tigers losing. Does anyone know the La...
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 | IT'S FRIDAY!!!! - Zach on 5/17/13 at 4:40 pm And now for some distraction from the Obama scandals. We've got a pretty decent number of miscreant names arrested this week.
[b]First/Middle names:[/b]
Carlgarret... Mom knew that dad was either Carl or Garret.
Fetus ... yes, at one time he was.
Valanaski .. Russian composer.
Rickenski .....
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 | Dogs 1, Mayor Glover 0 - Zach on 5/16/13 at 12:05 pm [link=(http://www.ktbs.com/news/first-ruling-in-favor-of-the-dog-park/-/144844/20174768/-/kyqnumz/-/index.html)]just announced[/link]
It was a case of the City council over riding his veto and he just said 'I don't care.'...
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 | For those who missed the Carter years... - Zach on 5/16/13 at 12:02 pm [link=(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/16/venezuela-toilet-paper-shortage-50m)]go to Venezuela now[/link]
I remember all kinds of shortages. Toilet paper was one. But the weirdest was onions. Couldn't get onion rings at Murrell's for two weeks.
Also remember the black flags at gas ...
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 | 1,000 special ed employees in Caddo Schools??? - Zach on 5/15/13 at 3:23 pm [link=(http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS0401/305150027/Caddo-cuts-hit-classrooms)]cuts article[/link]
OK, I was reading The Inquisitor 3 months ago when they listed the salaries of people in the Caddo Parish School System. I was shocked to see 10 pages of 'special ed'. Combin...
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 | Wassup with Manness for Senate? - Zach on 5/14/13 at 1:02 pm [link=(http://www.wafb.com/story/22247447/retired-air-force-colonel-challenges-landrieu-for-us-senate-seat)]anybody here ever heard of him?[/link]...
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Help Board
 | Can I get some help with Dr. Joyce avatar? - Zach on 5/13/13 at 5:39 pm [img]http://quotesandotherthings.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dr-joyce-brothers.jpg[/img]
This should be small enough. Thanks....
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 | Give it up for Tawanna Brawley... - Zach on 5/13/13 at 4:23 pm [link=(http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/it_tawana_fe_z178pEfXuhZ2VlacVTvaQO)]send 50 bucks or whatever you can[/link]
It's been a long time since I've read about Leonard Jeffries, the prof who says white people are evil because they come from the cold. Black people are nice because they come f...
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 | Ever wondered what happened to those young hippie chicks... - Zach on 5/13/13 at 10:29 am ...from the 60s.
Here they are today...
[link=(http://www.kval.com/news/local/Million-Mom-March-We-need-to-work-toward-world-disarmament-207138771.html)]world peace[/link]
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Food and Drink Board
 | Pay people to cook at home - Zach on 5/12/13 at 9:53 am [link=(http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/opinion/pay-people-to-cook-at-home.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0)]New York Times[/link]
Where's my check?...
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Political Talk
 | Compliance Cars - Zach on 5/12/13 at 9:44 am Have ya'll heard of this? The new mileage standards imposed by Obama are AVERAGES. IE, if the new standard is 35 mpg, that doesn't mean all cars have to get 35. It means if you want to build one that gets 15 mpg, ya gotta build one that gets 55 mpg. The one that gets 55 keeps you in compliance w...
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 | Ayn Rand v. CS Lewis - Zach on 5/11/13 at 4:10 pm [link=(http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/03/27/ayn-rand-really-really-hated-c-s-lewis/)]LINK[/link]
This is really fascinating to me because I'm a fan of both and have read both. But it was a different time.
The quotes on the left are from Lewis and comments rebutting them on ...
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 | WH tweet promoting immigration draws responses - Zach on 5/10/13 at 3:13 pm [link=(http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/05/10/wh-sends-ridiculous-immigration-tweet-responses-hilarious-68326)]I like the one about asteroids[/link]...
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 | IT'S FRIDAY!!! - Zach on 5/10/13 at 2:51 pm Cover story is prostitution sting. Among four arrested are La'Shay and Shon'Tay. No price but from the pics I would say they were asking about 10 bucks.
[b]First/Middle Names:[/b]
Shirterria ... self-serve clothing shop.
Meryah ... a guy
Zommand ...this is a comic book super hero.
Shakeys...
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Political Talk
 | When apolgies are worthless - Zach on 5/10/13 at 11:01 am I just heard on the news the mother of Castro of Cleveland apologized to the 3 girls and their families. It reminded me of an oft made comment by jurors in murder trials. "Well, the reason I voted for the death penalty was because he didn't show any remorse."
So, if the murderer says 'Sorry...
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 | FDA looking at caffeine - Zach on 5/8/13 at 3:28 pm [link=(http://constitutionschool.com/2013/05/08/fda-looks-to-begin-regulating-caffeine/)]can you say 'nanny state'[/link]
So, when did you guys start drinking coffee? For me it was age 5. And look how I turned out....
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 | Disability..the hits just keep on coming - Zach on 5/8/13 at 11:58 am [link=(http://cnsnews.com/news/article/10962532-us-disability-beneficiaries-exceed-population-greece)]Now equal to population of Greece[/link]...
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Political Talk
 | Cruz Missile - Zach on 5/7/13 at 3:33 pm [link=(http://www.mrc.org/media-reality-check/honeymoon-hell-top-10-most-obnoxious-anti-ted-cruz-quotes)]top 10 haters[/link]
If he drives the left nuts, I like him....
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Food and Drink Board
 | Settle a gumbo argument - Zach on 5/7/13 at 9:25 am So, I'm on the treadmill with a friend in the gym and we're discussing favorite foods. I mention chicken and sausage gumbo.
Him: "I used to love gumbo but I'm on a low salt diet and can't eat it anymore."
Me: "If you don't add salt out of the shaker gumbo is not a high salt dish."
Him: "Oh, yes ...
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