BTW, have never found any list of sealed records of Obama's...

Then you haven't looked. Here's the first hit of thousands:

"Sure, there’s (1) the original, long-form 1961 Hawaiian birth certificate. Then there’s:

2) Marriage license between Obama’s father (Barak Sr.) and mother (Stanley Ann Dunham)— not found, not released
3) Obama’s baptism records — sealed
4) Obama’s adoption records — sealed
5) Records of Obama’s and his mother’s reptriation as US citizens on return from Indonesia — not found, not released
6) Name change (Barry Sotero to Barack Hussein Obama) records — not found, not released
7) Noelani Elementary School (Hawaii)— not released
8) Punahou School financial aid or school records — not released
9) Occidental College financial aid records — not released.(These records were, however, subpoenaed but Obama lawyers succeeded in quashing the subpoena in court. No other Occi records have been released.)
10) Columbia College records — not released
11) Columbia senior thesis — not released
12) Harvard Law School records (not mentioned below, but not released)
13) Obama’s law client list — sealed
14) Obama’s files from career as an Illinois State Senator — sealed
15) Obama’s record with Illinois State Bar Association — sealed
16) Obama’s medical records — not released
17) Obama’s passport records — not released"4

re: Acton & Dystel.

Reportedly, and according to the other authors, biographies were supplied by the authors themselves; not written by "fact-checking" employees. Letting it go for a decade suggesta that Barack leveraged the story to get better deals on tuition, but those records are sealed. And for the record, I voted for Obama.

with everyone from the FBI to the GOP going over his past with a fine comb?

Citation please?

It's tough to go over someone's past with a "fine comb" when that past is sealed tight. The list of Obama's records that have been sealed is easy to find. As for your apparently unfounded assertion that he was vetted by the FBI, I found this:

"While I'm sure that Senator Obama had an FBI file open on him (as do practically all political figures in this country), there was no "vetting".

The FBI does NOT have any authority to "vet" a political figure running for elected office (vetting implies not just investigation, but approval authority). More importantly, as someone running for an elected office, the only people who have the authority to reject that person (other than for lack of standing - i.e. not a citizen) is the electorate itself. So, the FBI would have no ability to "approve" Obama as eligible to run for office. More importantly, if the FBI was exposed as doing some such thing, they would be in a huge world of trouble (and, rightly so).

For elected offices in the United States, the only real requirements are that they be a citizen (a "natural-born citizen" in the singular case of the President and Vice President), and they meet age requirements set out in the Constitution (if there are any, otherwise, they must be legal adults). There is nothing else to "vet" - we can (and do) elect convicted felons to Congress on a semi-regular basis, and persons with all sorts of unsavory personal details are likewise elected to hold a myriad of offices. The only arbiter of what is "acceptable" are the voters themselves.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_obama_vetted_by_the...

I wonder how they could have left me off their phone list.

Again, it would be nice to see how the questions were phrased.

The headline's use of "bottoms-up" reminded me of the previous Lafayette Old Town logo they just replaced.

I don't think George W. Bush's business career could be described as "successful." He had a lot of help from his daddy's wealthy friends when he was flailing around in the oil business, but made a considerable amount with baseball, thanks to a taxpayer-funded stadium. I wouldn't consider him self-made either. In fact I can't think of one thing to admire about either Bush.

Attorneys with experience in eminent domain said the formation of a municipal utility is so rare that there is very little applicable case law.

Perhaps there's a really good reason.

ALL OUR BASE ARE BELONG TO THEM.

You're not far off the mark.

Belching cows linked to global warming

"Methane produced by cows could be a major factor in global warming, scientists have claimed.
According to Dr Michael Abberton, programme leader in plant genetics and breeding at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, the diets of cattle can cause them to produce vast quantities of the greenhouse gas methane."
http://tinyurl.com/cg64o3l

...and I don't think it's just "belching" if you know what I mean.

The city added that the herd would require several full-time staff members dedicated to monitoring the buffalo.

They're buffalo for heavens sake. They graze. How in the world did buffalos survive without government-paid "monitors" one wonders? Several? Your tax dollars hard at work. Hey...they'll probably need to buy "several" new shiny white fleet vehicles as well. And maybe another helicopter.