Nipplegate ends up being a bust:
A federal appeals court has ruled that the FCC acted improperly when it imposed a half-million dollar fine on CBS for broadcasting an image of Janet Jackson's exposed nipple for a fraction of a second during the 2004 Super Bowl. The court ruled that the broadcast was legal under the FCC's then-current policy of allowing "fleeting" indecency on the airwaves, and that it was unfair of the FCC to change the policy retroactively.
The Washington Post has wandered into rural Indiana in search of an explanation for the partisan bitterness and fridlock in the nation's capital. And it found the answer -- it's all the voters' fault!
Stop the presses! Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels is endorsing Republican mayoral candidate Paula Hughes!
Actually, the more interesting tidbit doesn't come till the fifth paragraph:
Two sources close to Henry told NewsChannel 15 this week that the mayor's most recent internal poll -a scientific poll of 400 registered voters- shows Henry up 15 points in the race.
Hey, big spender, gonna be patriotic and give the country an economic boost with a nice, big Christmas?
The holiday shopping season is almost here, and for some it's already begun. Will you spend more this year than last? Economists are optimistic about the State's financial outlook.
Indiana's constitution requires the legislature to provide "a uniform system of public education," which has come to mean "free public education." What that means exactly has been a matter of debate, and now the issue is likely to heat up.
I know some of you have followed the media's bias, ignorance and downright incompetence when it comes to gun issues. Hot Air here covers MSNBC's spectacularly stupid questioning of Sheriff Chuck Wright, the lawman who made news recently by urging law-abiding citizens in general and women in particular to arm themselves. Could anyone possibly be as clueless about self-defense as this question seems to indicate?
Ready for another party?
Favorable views of the Democratic Party have fallen to their lowest since the Reagan landslide of 1984. Even fewer Americans see the Republican Party positively, and Americans by 2-1 say they'd welcome an independent alternative for president.
Just how bad have the mayoral campaign attack ads and mailers been? So bad that News-Sentinel conservative columnist Kevin Leininger criticized Republicans for going over the top about Mayor Tom Henry:
And the loser is ... the Allen County Republican Party's claim that Democratic Mayor Tom Henry is “the father of the County Option Income Tax (COIT) ... (that) since 2001 has cost taxpayers over $128 million.”
My problem with the Herman Cain sexual harassment story is that even if it turns out to be a vile hit piece of the lowest sort designed to bring down a candidate with false accusations, I'm still bothered by his response to it. Jennifer Rubin gets it right:
The White House under President Obama has sent decidedly mixed signals on marijuana.
Kind readers:
I know a problem has developed with the blog. Only five or six posts are visible, the link to "previous posts" is gone, and the sidebar has disappeared. As far as I can tell, this is only happening in Internet Explorer. Things appear as they should be in either Firefox or Google Chrome. I'm having tech support here investigate, and I hope we can get a fix going.
Glenn Beck asked Penn Gillette, one of my favorite libertarians, to come up with a list of moral dictates for non-believers. The result is this, 10 Commandments for Atheists. The whole list is pretty good. I especially like No. 5
5. Be there for your family. Love your parents, your partner, and your children. (Love is deeper than honor, and parents matter, but so do spouse and children.)
George Will on Mitt Romney, 2011:
Who expects difficult reforms from Romney, whose twists on ethanol make a policy pretzel?
A straddle is not a political philosophy; it is what you do when you do not have one.
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Please forgive me ahead of time. I know it's wrong to inflict you with this, but I just can't help myself:
Know any guys in the Indianapolis area who like to wear girl's swimsuits? If so, maybe you can help police find a man who broke into a day care center last week.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police on Friday released surveillance video from after 10 p.m. Oct. 20 showing a man inside the Kidscape Learning Center in southwest Indianapolis.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the world's largest retailer, is selectively trimming 24-hour service at stores, closing them from midnight to 6 a.m., the Indianapolis Star reported Sunday.
I believe I've mentioned getting caught up in the Conrad Murray trial a little. It's a fascinating workshop on the concepts of blame and responsibility:
Dr. Paul White said he believes after Michael Jackson was given a dose of propofol by Conrad Murray in the early morning hours of the day he died that the pop star took lorazepam pills on his own later that morning.
A judge makes a common-sense ruling in a case that should never have been brought:
A judge found a Martinsville man not guilty of littering after he left a copy of a Ku Klux Klan newspaper at a local business.
