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Armed Man Stopped Oregon Mall Shooting

Man, armed, confronts mall shooter

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As Shooting Story Unfolds, Media Struggle With Facts

TV, and other media, fell prey to reporting “facts” that were often wrong.

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Central Lee downs W.B., 49-34

Photo by Dan HockettCentral Lee’s Reed Shockley (left) and West Burlington’s Keven Ching (right) fight for ball control Friday night in West Burlington. Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 49-34.
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Central Lee’s Reed Shockley (left) and West Burlington’s Keven Ching (right) fight for ball control Friday night in West Burlington. Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 49-34.
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Lady Hawks Soar Over Falcons, 69-26

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington’s Aubrey Schmitt looks to the basket against Central Lee Friday night in West Burlington.  Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 69-26.
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West Burlington’s Aubrey Schmitt looks to the basket against Central Lee Friday night in West Burlington. Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 69-26.
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Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon Political West Burlington

Iowa Government Worker Pay Too High

Falcon:

Readers should go to the below site to find a table explaining State of Iowa Base Pay Compared to Market Base Pay Details.  In other words what the over paid state workers get while preforming the same jobs private sector workers do.

There’s a workforce advisor position which the state pays 50% more than does the private sector while most of the 47 jobs the state workers are grossly overpaid compared to the private sector person doing the same job.  There’s also one job getting 55% and another 46%; so readers should basically read the entire article by the Public Interest Institute.

http://www.iowatransparency.org/nov12newsletter.html

No wonder our taxes are grossly high and totally unnecessary just so state employees can live good life off the backs of Iowa’s private employees.

OD

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Four people set on fire during robbery in Denver

Click Here: Four people set on fire during assault in North Denver

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NASA is so sure the world won’t come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, they released a video early.

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Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges

Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges

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Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon West Burlington

Military Handbook Concerns

Falcon:

Here’s just one paragraph explaining what a new troop proposed handbook will contain for the troops in Afghanistan.

A proposed new handbook for Americans serving in Afghanistan warns them not to speak ill about the Taliban, advocate women’s rights or criticize pedophilia, and the general in charge is not happy with it.

Now the left is trying to brainwash the soldiers as they have the school children with their politically correct hogwash.

This sounds like one of the Hawk Eye’s editorial rants right out of Obama’s playbook.  This politically correct life is nothing more than a loser proposal and in return will the Taliban treat our troops likewise or continue to behead, shoot and torture them if captured?

What a crock of crap this has to be and sounds like an attempt to make our military a bunch of people with both arms tied behind their backs rather than the current one arm.  A year or two ago they were supposed to restrict their shooting when shot at and be proper and trim liberal dunces while the Taliban were shooting at them.

I wonder if this new proposal means they are not to criticize pedophilia here in America when they come back.  What kind of a warped mind wrote this disgusting junk?  Is it just another Washington liberal bureaucrat needing to justify his or her gross salary and benefit package?

QS

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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

Larry Duane Brunk, 77, Burlington, died Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Alvin “Al” Classen, 69, Burlington, died Thursday, December 13, 2012