http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzAp79jcYLo

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/slideshow?id=9763032
With Iran threatening some sort of terrorist incident on Feb 11 and with the warning of an act of terror happening sometime in the the next 3-6 months, thought this might be a reminder and a very good reason to give extra hugs and kisses all around to those in your life who are precious and loved by you and you them.

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13 never before seen aerial photos of 9/11. Seems more chilling now.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/slideshow?id=9763032

Fox News has generously placed the full, unedited conversation between Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart online, so we can see precisely how unfairly and deviously Fox edited the interview in order to weaken Stewart's case: A lot!
http://gawker.com/5465299/im-not-saying-your-mothers-a-whore-how-fox-new...

The most ethical Congress is turning into the worst Congress on many levels. Even Jack Cafferty is tired of it (listen to the very end).

We need to pay attention to this brewing issue at BP. Toledo is supposed to be one of the main, mainland processors of oil sand crude and if there already is shareholder concern, what will happen to the future of the refinery in Oregon especially after they spend lots of money to convert it to process oil sand crude? If the Oregon plant is converted and BP pulls out, will it be rendered useless and close down? We will have to watch this.
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The Mayor and City Council will continue to address the 2010 City Budget at a series of working meetings that will also include members of the Mayor's Transition Team, the Citizens Special Investigation team, union leaders and department directors.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 10 at 9:30 a.m. in the Courtyard at Cousino's Navy Bistro. Subsequent meetings are scheduled for February 17; February 24 and March 3. All meetings will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held at the Bistro.

Back in December, when the Fire Marshal was called to the Lucas County Republican Party headquarters, they actually filled out a fire inspection report and there were building violations which had to be fixed. On the report, the follow-up inspection date was written down, but in a recent informal conversation with the Toledo Fire Inspectors, the building was locked up on the day they were supposed to do a follow-up inspection and attempts to contact Jon have been unsuccessful. So why was no one there on 1/28 and why has Jon not re-scheduled a follow-up inspection? Who knows. But you would think he would want to not have this hanging around. It is probably not a good idea to avoid a follow-up report. The report is attached below.

Toyota's once-golden resale value gets dented
By DAVE CARPENTER, AP Personal Finance Writer Dave Carpenter, Ap Personal Finance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_used_car_value
CHICAGO – Toyota owners looking to trade in their cars have little reason to sing the carmaker's old ad slogan, "I love what you do for me — Toyota!"

New Bulk Pick Up Rules
Beginning Monday, Feb. 8th, you will need to call 48 business hours in advance of your regular refuse pick up if you have oversized or overloaded refuse. In other words, if it doesn't fit in the automated container, please call 419-936-2511 and call 48 business hours prior to your scheduled pick up.

New School in Old Foodtown?

Mayor Bell wants to increase taxes. TPS wants more taxes. Ohio wants to raise taxes.
You can't park downtown without getting a parking ticket. I don't know what the attraction is
going downtown anyway. I can't fit in the seats in the Lucas County Arena. You better pay your red light tickets, though I don't know what Toledo will do when they will have to refund everyones money after the Supreme Court rules on the cameras. Did I miss anything?

Thankfully the Atlanta Journal Constitution has a habit of printing votes on major issues that come up before Congress. Well, we now know Kaptur voted yes to raise the debt limit. That would not be notable if Marcy was not going around complaining foreign entities own too much American debt. Truly a hypocrite.
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Roll Call: House agrees to $1.9 trillion more debt
Democrats — Boccieri, N; Driehaus, N; Fudge, Y; Kaptur, Y; Kilroy, Y; Kucinich, Y; Ryan, Y; Space, N; Sutton, Y; Wilson, Y.

Even Marcy Kaptur wonders why bother with the train route Ohio just received. Kaptur comments to the Plain Dealer:
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"Why are we bothering with something that's low-tech?" asked congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Democrat of Toledo, in an interview with The Plain Dealer.

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/02/ohioans_wonder_whether_n...

Of course Marcy wants to spend more money to have a bullet train, but still, her lack of enthusiasm is noted.

Ann Cherry's daughters are alleged to have fraudulently voted for their mom. That is not good and there is some interesting evidence - Linkedin. Toledo Free Press has the rest:
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Lowe contested the registrations of Ruthann Cherry and Lisa Cherry, claiming evidence demonstrates that neither live in Waterville and neither are eligible to vote in Waterville. She also requested an investigation into “their possible fraudulent voter registration and actions to commit voter fraud in past elections.”

We will finally hear the end of the forgery situation. There is a witness to the event and it only involved Jon and one of the Manson girls. Someone will have problems. Something will come out of it, either criminally or through the Ohio Elections Commission.
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A decision on whether to move forward with the Lucas County Republican Party
signature fraud case will take place in the next 30 days, according to
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor James Gutierrez.

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office is investigating the alleged

Zachary Roth | February 3, 2010
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/mcconnell_raised_big_b...
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02052010/watch2.html

PADDY COMYN and MICHAEL McALEER
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0206/1224263887379.html
TOYOTA OWNERS with noticeably faulty cars who are aware their car is part of the recall by Toyota could be charged under the Road Traffic Act if involved in a traffic incident, it has emerged.
A solicitor specialising in road traffic law has raised concerns of whether Toyota owners would be liable in the event of an incident, if they had been made aware their car was part of a recall and noticed a problem with the accelerator.(MORE)

I wonder if all the conservatives who bashed Nelson will be up in arms over this? I wonder if Beck will call Shelby a whore? Well of course not, that’s not how it works…

Report: Shelby Blocks All Obama Nominations In The Senate Over AL Earmarks

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/report-shelby-blocks-all-obam...