Gov. Mitch Daniels was on Fox News Sunday yesterday, and, in the course of explaining why public-sector unions should be abolished, succinctly spelled out the problem with them:
"I think the message is that, first of all, voters are seeing the fundamental unfairness of government becoming its own special interest group, sitting on both sides of the table," he said.
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Oh, Mike, no, please, please, no:
INDIANAPOLIS — The team of policy advisers assembled by Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence reflects his efforts to assuage social and religious conservatives who have built him into a national brand while catering to business-minded conservatives who have ruled under outgoing Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
A lot of young people today seem reluctant to face the adult world. More and more failure-to-launch slackers are living longer and longer in Mom and Dad's basement -- I know, 'cause I saw it on Dr. Phil. And when public policy makers have a chance, they seemed determined to contribute to the problem -- consider Obamacare's decree that children can stay on their parents' insurance until they're 25. No Empty Nest for you, you weary urchin spawners.
So, members of Congress are talking to TSA witnesses, and, as hard as it might be to believe, the common sense is coming from Congress:
Good to know we haven't dropped our "tough on terrorism" posture:
You remember how reality TV star Amber Postwood of "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" was arrested when one of the episodes showed here slapping, choking and kicking the rather of her daughter while the child was present. Now she has violated probation and is in jail, and she says it was on purpose:
A former reality TV star from Indiana who is now in prison said in a jailhouse interview with ABC News that she chose to go to jail in hopes that it will straighten out her life.
Love my Casual Fridays. But I think work would be even better with Slutty Wednesdays:
Nearly 100 smarties at the city’s top-performing high school bared their bodies in “risque” outfits yesterday to denounce their school’s conservative dress code — which bans the exposure of shoulders, midriffs, lower backs, bras and undies.
Lovely tributes to Ray Bradbury. Sarah Hoyt:
Bradbury spoke directly to my poetic soul. The first book I read in English was Dandelion Wine. I still have it, that same copy, all underlined, with notations on the meaning of words on the side. It took me months to read, but it was worth it. And the richness of the words leached into my vocabulary and my own writing.
Ray Bradbury, the author of classics such as “Fahrenheit 451,” “Something Wicked this Way Comes” and “The Martian Chronicles,” died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles at the age of 91.
Owing no fealty to the hobgoblin of little minds, Obama has shifted from criticizing opponent, Mitt Romney, as a say-anything candidate to attacking him as a principled small-government advocate who believes "all regulations are bad; that government has no role to play." If only it were true.
Too bad, Hoosiers. Michigan showed some common sense for a change by joining the parade we started in allowing residents to shoot off more types of fireworks:
No thick-headed cluelessness here, no siree:
An Indiana teenager who had sex with her high school volleyball coach knew what she was doing and assumed all risk, according to court documents the school district filed this week in response to an $18.7 million lawsuit filed by the girl’s family.
Hysterical, anti-gun bunk from Bloomberg columnist Mark Niquette:
Every time police Sgt. Joseph Hubbard stops a speeder or serves a search warrant, he says he worries that suspects assume they can open fire - without breaking the law.
Yes, by God, get 'em when they're young, and you'll have them forever:
Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 28, which will enact sweeping changes in California's term-limits law. But the fate of Proposition 29, which would boost tobacco taxes, remained uncertain Tuesday morning.
Proposition 28 would cut the number of years legislators could serve from 14 years to 12, though they could serve all those years in a single house.
First lady Michelle Obama tells the Associated Press that she wouldn't want a federal ban on big sugary drink, but applauds Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to fight obesity:
Some Repbulicans are apparently giving Lt. Gov. nominee Sue Ellsperman grief because she voted in the 2008 Democratic primary when Hillary and Barack were duking it out:
The headline on this story says "dire" CBO report -- can't we find a stronger word than that?
U.S. debt is on track to be nearly twice the size of the U.S. economy by 2037, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned Tuesday.
Any snarky comment here would be superfluous:
The daughter of Cuba's president supports the re-election bid of U.S. President Barack Obama, but believes he could do more were it not for the pressures he is facing, she said in an interview broadcast Monday on "CNNi's Amanpour."
Bit of an overreaction, wouldn't you say?
