NY RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR A PILOT WHO WENT MISSING AFTER AN ANGEL FLIGHT CRASH ON FRI *

AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH IN EPHRATAH, ABOUT 50 MILES NW OF ALBANY *

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH *

ANGEL FLIGHT IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT ARRANGES FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR SICK PATIENTS FROM VOLUNTEER PILOTS *

PRES OBAMA CALLING ON THE NATION TO DO MORE FOR VETERANS ON MEMORIAL DAY *

IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, THE PRES SAYS THE COUNTRY MUST MAKE SURE ALL FALLEN HEROES RECEIVE THE CARE AND BENEFITS THEY EARNED *

MEANWHILE, IN THE GOP ADDRESS, SEN JAMES INHOFE (R-OK) THANKED THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING MONDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IN MOORE, OK *

UK AUTHORITIES ARREST A FRIEND OF ONE OF THE TWO SUSPECTS IN THE BRUTAL MURDER OF A BRITISH SOLDIER EARLIER THIS WEEK *

THE ATTACK LEFT 25-YR-OLD SOLIDER LEE RIGBY DEAD NEAR AN ARMY BARRACKS IN THE SE LONDON NEIGHBORHOOD OF WOOLWICH *

THE TWO MUSLIM ATTACKERS WERE SHOT BY POLICE AND TAKEN TO CUSTODY *

PRIME MIN DAVID CAMERON SAYS THERE ARE "STRONG INDICATIONS" THE ATTACK IS RELATED TO TERROR WHILE LONDON MAYOR BORIS JOHNSON SAYS IT WAS "OVERWHELMINGLY LIKELY'' A TERRORIST ATTACK *

ATTYS FOR MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO SAY THEY'LL APPEAL A JUDGE'S RULING THAT HIS OFFICE RACIALLY PROFILED LATINOS *

ACTION COMES AFTER A JUDGE SAID ON FRI ARPAIO'S OFFICE PROFILED LATINOS DURING IMMIGRATION PATROLS AND DETAINED THEM FOR UNREASONABLY LONG PERIODS *

ATTYS ARGUE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS "NEVER USED RACE" IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS *

AUTO CLUB AAA PREDICTING 34.8 MIL PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL MORE THAN 50 MILES THIS MEMORIAL DAY WKND *

THAT'S DOWN 0.9% FROM A YEAR AGO *

31.2 MIL ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL BY CAR WHILE 2.3 MIL WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES *

HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS JOINING VICTIMS OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS TO FINISH THE LAST MILE OF THE RACE *

MORE THAN 3,000 RUNNERS AND VICTIMS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT THIS MORNING THAT STARTED AT KENMORE SQ AND CONCLUDED AT THE OFFICIAL FINISH LINE *

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 260 WERE WOUNDED IN THE MARATHON BOMBINGS LAST MONTH *

DEFENSE SECY CHUCK HAGEL CALLING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY TO BE STAMPED OUT *

SPEAKING TO GRADUATES AT THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, HAGEL SAYS THE ASSAULTS ARE A "PROFOUND BETRAYAL OF SACRED TRUST" AND THE LATEST GENERATION OF WEST POINT CADETS MUST HELP STAMP OUT THE PROBLEM *

COMMENTS COME A DAY AFTER PRES OBAMA MADE SIMILAR REMARKS TO U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES *

NE GOV DAVE HEINEMAN (R) ANNOUNCES HE WON'T RUN FOR THE SENATE *

HEINEMAN SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP "BEING THE BEST GOVERNOR" FOR THE CITIZENS OF NEBRASKA *

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER SEN MIKE JOHANNS (R-NE) SAID HE WOULD NOT SEEK A SECOND TERM IN 2014 *

LEADER OF LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH SAYS HIS SHIITE MILITANT GROUP WON'T STAND IDLY BY WHILE ITS CHIEF ALLY SYRIA IS UNDER ATTACK *

SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH SAYS HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS ARE FIGHTING IN SYRIA AGAINST ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO POSE A DANGER TO LEBANON *

IT'S THE FIRST PUBLIC CONFIRMATION THAT HIS MEN ARE FIGHTING AMID SYRIA'S DEADLY TWO-YEAR CIVIL WAR *

FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THE THROAT OUTSIDE OF PARIS *

MILITARY SPOX SAYS THE STABBING OCCURRED ON SAT IN THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF LA DEFENSE *

THE SOLDIER'S INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING *

STABBING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A LONDON STREET DURING A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK *

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE LINK TO THAT ATTACK *

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Whatever happened to common sense?

Both candidates, their campaigns and their supporting SuperPacs are engaged in dirty political warfare.  That is all they do.  Negative ad after negative ad….and insults and accusations (anonymous!) endlessly flying back and forth.  You would think the nation’s two worst scoundrels were running for President and you would think that for good reason with all that we hear about them.  Both candidates, both sides of the political contest, seem to spend all their time just trying to think up snappy insults about the other – or how to smudge the facts so as to appear honest, but  malign the other.  The media jumps in with both feet looking to isolate that clever phrase, that clever insult.  Trying to destroy is not a way forward.

I sure don’t see any fresh ideas, do you?

Meanwhile…the American people wait….and wait…and wait…and wait….to find out WHAT the candidates plan to do?   Anything new?  Are we just going to wade through days and days of  hearing the same cross insults and the political platitudes?  Where is the inspiration from the candidates?  Where are the new ideas?  

Don’t tell me that taxes, up or down or even staying the same, is the answer.  Raising taxes or even leaving them like they are for some or all is not the answer.  Taxes are political ammunition for both parties (and have been for a century) and no matter what is done – up, down or stay the same – it only means we tread water at best.  We need a structural change….we need new ideas.    

Even small ideas can develop into an important trend — a trend that puts us on a path to success….not a path to more failure.

Here is an idea:  why doesn’t one candidate or campaign or SuperPac go through our government.  Identify the gross waste and come up with a solution.   There is so much waste in our government that it makes our heads spin.  It is billions and billions and billions and billions….

Here is an idea to get started:  we (the government) have 14,000 empty buildings.  14,000!!!  If the buildings are empty, it is obvious we don’t need them.  Let’s sell them….now.  Donald Trump last night ON THE RECORD at 10pm suggested we just auction them.  That seems like a good idea (it is fast)  even if we don’t get what we want for the buildings – at least we will have some cash and we won’t have to pay for upkeep.   We can also stop doing stupid things like the government (taxpayers) paying $16 to sell a hamburger on Amtrak for which it charges only $9.   Or how about Solyndra?  That was stupid. We guaranteed a loan to Solyndra to build solar panels that cost more for them to make than we could buy from China.  I am in favor of helping business grow — but being just plain stupid? 

The foregoing are not novel ideas.  It is just common sense  – and it is fresh because no one is doing it.   Why don’t we just pursue common sense?  Let’s clean up  – really clean up — our federal government, restructure and then see what we really need to make this a strong and prosperous government and country.  It isn’t enough to hold a few hearings here and there – the problem is much too big.  We need to develop a trend to put us on the right path and we need a leader to lead us.









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