Politics and other nightmares

USA TODAY trots out the "quaint Hoosiers" attitude we all know and love so much:

Isn't this the kind of thing they say in all those disaster movies to lull the population and prevent a panic?

"There is no chance that this object will collide with the Earth or moon," Yeomans said.

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Something to mull over:

Thank goodness we don't have to put him on the injured reserve list:

Governor Mitch Daniels returned home after undergoing surgery to his right knee Friday morning.

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New from the Cato Institute, Libertarianism.org, a resource on the theory and history of liberty. From the opening page introduction:

John Stossel on why "Buy American" is a dumb idea:

It would not only not create prosperity, it would cost jobs and make us all poorer. David R. Henderson, an economist at the Hoover Institution, explained why.

"Almost all economists say it's nonsense," he said. "And the reason is: We should buy things where they're cheapest. That frees up more of our resources to buy other things, and other Americans get jobs producing those things."

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.

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.