Common Folk Using Common Sense

From CNN:

For the first time since he took over in the White House, Americans don’t see eye to eye with President Barack Obama on the important issues, according to a new national poll.
According to the poll, which was released Tuesday, 48 percent of people questioned say that they agree with Obama on the issues that [...]

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From the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner, by Ed Stone, Atlanta attorney and President of Georgia Carry, a citizens advocacy group working toward the reform of Georgia’s poorly written, overly restrictive, ignored by the courts gun laws:

Atlanta’s gun free zones are not free of guns or violent crime.
Georgia has one of the toughest laws in the [...]

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From CNN:

Brittany Zimmerman, a 21-year-old college student who wanted to be a doctor, called 911 as she was being attacked by a stranger, police say.
But the police did not come for 48 minutes. By that time, Zimmerman was dead. Her fiance found her body.
Although the dispatcher claimed later to have heard nothing, the 911 tape [...]

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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease affecting the exocrine (mucus) glands of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines, causing progressive disability due to multisystem failure.
Thick mucus production results in frequent lung infections. Diminished secretion of pancreatic enzymes is the main cause of poor growth, greasy stools, and deficiency in fat-soluble vitamins.
There is no cure for [...]

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ITEM 1: On 09/18/2008 at approximately 11:50pm a Georgia Tech Student was robbed in the Student Center Parking Lot area by a white male using pepper spray and displaying a silver revolver. The suspect took the victim’s wallet and cellular phone before fleeing the area on foot. A short time later, two more students [...]

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Saturday, August 30, the University of Georgia football team begins its new season.

While I’m not a complete fanatic, I do try and keep up with sports from my alma mater. Yep, I’m a BullDawg, Class of 1985.
I’m not sure why we have to go through all this physical punishment every year. They should [...]

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Hat tip to John Hardin:
From the East Tennessean:

It has become harder for students to imagine themselves completely safe on their college campuses because of the recent school shootings across the country. The one-year anniversary of the shooting at Virginia Tech is at hand and images of the Northern Illinois shooting still fresh in our minds, [...]

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First let’s read an article by The Associated Press:

The hunt for a serial rapist spread fear around a college campus Sunday after police linked a 19-year-old woman’s death to at least two other attacks in the area.
The woman’s body was found in a field on Friday, nearly a month after she vanished from a home [...]

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From WSB-TV:

A $10,000 reward has been offered for information about the murder of a Walton High School graduate Tuesday near Auburn University.
Lauren Burk was found shot to death on a road a few miles north of the Alabama university. Officials said Burk’s boyfriend, identified as Sean McQuade by other students, and other friends have been [...]

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From CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEOTAPE:

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL–Illinois politicians gave Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley what he wanted. They made it a felony crime for a law abiding citizen even those holding valid Firearm Owner Identification Cards to carry a handgun for simple self-protection.
They’ve known for a long time that violent criminals and the [...]

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From VillageSoup/Knox County Times:

The Merriam Webster Dictionary definition for flatulence is brief: “flatus expelled through the anus.” And while it’s a natural bodily function, it seems some Camden-Rockport Middle School eighth-grade boys are taking it to new heights and making a game of seeing who can expel the loudest and grossest flatus.
According to this week’s [...]

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From 11Alive.com:

A student was shot in a cafeteria Monday [Feb. 11] during a high school gym class, and the suspected shooter was in custody, police said.
The injured student, a male in the senior class, had at least two gunshot wounds and was believed to be in critical condition, police spokeswoman Monique Martin said.
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From 11Alive.com:

A 19-year-old man was shot outside of McNair High School in Dekalb County on Friday [Feb. 8] night, while a high school basketball game was going on inside.
Hundreds of kids were pouring out of the school just after the basketball game when the shooting occurred.
DeKalb police are looking for the shooter and trying to [...]

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