***This is the problem with liberals.  They see things as bad as possible.  Ohio sounds like a Mad Max-esque wasteland if you listen to Jesse Jackson.

Ohio, a proud and prosperous manufacturing and farming center of America, is being ravaged by a trifecta of devastation. Its families are struggling with our global crisis, our housing crisis and with entrenched structural poverty. They are looking for help.

You've got to wonder if this is how proud Ohioans feel?

***Does anyone, anywhere actually believe that Blago, Public Official A, had absolutely no knowledge of Rezko's scheme and scamming to pump hundreds of thousands into Blago's campaign fund?  Did the guy actually believe that people lined up with cash and checks stuffed in envelopes because he is clearly doing a fantastic job running Illinois?

There appears to be at least one person who is still willing to defend this fool:  Ottenhoff said the $50,000 pay-to-play allegation is the "first we've heard of this, and we have absolutely no knowledge of it."

***THIS IS A THREE ALARM ALERT FOR STARBUCK'S JUNKIES:

On Tuesday, Starbucks plans to close almost all of its 7,100 stores between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. for an unprecedented education and training session for its employees. The event, according to Transformation Agenda Communication #6, "signals the company's focus on transforming the Starbucks experience" for both its customers and workers.

During Tuesday's training session, baristas will learn updated quality standards for "pulling the perfect espresso shot, skillfully creating steamed and foamed milk for every beverage and ensuring that every beverage and every experience is right for every customer, every time," the spokeswoman said.

***Do you think the Obamarama movt. will also label the military as 'fear mongers"?

"We're very concerned about his apparent lack of understanding on the threat of radical Islam to the United States," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, who is pro-Iraq war and a Fox News analyst. "A lot of retired senior officers feel the same way."

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