The message here seems to be somewhere between "no thanks, mind your own business" and "we're mad as hell and we aren't going to take it anymore":
Within hours of Sen. Evan Bayh's (D-Ind.) retirement announcement last week, establishment Democrats in Indiana and Washington were signaling that Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.) was their preferred favorite to succeed him. And by Friday, the last day to file for office, Ellsworth had announced his intention to run for the Senate seat.
Looks like no land-based casinos in Indiana, at least for now. The argument for letting "riverboat" casinos move to dry land was that it would protect the revenue stream we already have, projected to decline by about 35 percent from increased competition in adjacent states. But the argument that won the day was that allowing the moves would amount to continuing the "slippery slope of gaming expansion."
Evan Bayh says maybe what Washington needs are more lawmakers like Scott Brown:
Brown's upset victory over a Democrat who held a double-digit lead a week before Massachusetts' special Senate election last month signaled that voters wanted “more practical problem solving,” Bayh said in an interview Monday on ABC-TV's “The View.”
WANE-TV had an interesting piece last night on the 700 or so new GM employees who will be starting at the plant. Some of the people who have been working for GM elsewhere in Indiana are taking a wait-and-see attitude about moving here:
"This is my first day so I'm trying to get a feel of it to see what its going to be like" Mike Eley said.
These are heady days for 2nd Amendment fans. Under a new federal law that took effect yesterday, when you're packing for a trip to a national park, you can include heat:
Visitors now can pack heat in any national park from Gates of the Arctic to Everglades, provided they comply with the firearms laws of the park's home state, according to the new law that was passed as an amendment to credit-card legislation.
Goshen College, a "pacifist" school with ties to the Menonite Church, isn't the sort of place I would have gone or recommended my children go to. Its long history of not playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" (for some, because it's a "martial" song, for others because it puts country above God) is not a posture I would embrace. But now that the college is going to institute a compromise by playing an instrumental version of the national anthem before some sporting events, I have more sympathy for the protesters than I do for the school. The reason for the compromise is sadly familiar:
Republicans in recent years have gotten a reputation for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- if there was a way to screw up an election, they could be trusted to find it. Seems like Democrats might be heading into that territory now. Evan Bay'hs abrupt retirement announcement turned the U.S. Senate race from a probable Democratic win to a probable Republican win.
This guy doesn't strike me as someone women would be falling all over themselves over, but he must have something, since he's allegedly slept with hundreds of them, and apparently with evil intent:
Another teacher dallies with another student:
A female Pike High School assistant teacher was being held Thursday, accused of engaging in sex acts with a 17-year-old male student.
Taine Abdullah, 40, was in the Marion County Jail on Thursday on a preliminary charge of child seduction. Bond was set at $300,000.
It's been reported that former South Bend Mayor and Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan has ruled out seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Evan Bayh. Perhaps this explains why:
Clarke Air Force Base was Joe's first stop after 11 months as a prisoner in Vietnam. While in prison, he could only take cold showers. He learned those showers opened his pores, making him feel better. Making the best out of the difficult is what Joe took with him when he left Vietnam.
