Happy Bill of Rights Day!
On Dec. 15, 1791, the ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights were ratified.
The National Archives this year held a contest via Twitter, asking followers to distill the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights down to 140 characters each.
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Mayor Tom Henry is batting .500 this week. His hit: Originating the bid proposal that landed the 2012 Democratic State Convention for downtown Fort Wayne, marking the first time for the convention to be held outside Indianapolis:
It is expected to bring in 2,000-2,500 conventioneers and their families and friends. At the convention, the Democratic Party will elect its national delegates for the 2012 general election.
They're still trying to fool all the people all the time:
The spending barons on Capitol Hill, long used to muscling past opponents of bills larded with pet projects, are seeking one last victory before tea party-backed GOP insurgents storm Congress intent on ending the good old days of pork-barrel politics.
You might call it the last running of the old bulls in Congress.
Courts have already stretched the Commerce Clause beyond all reason. In a 1942 case, the Supreme Court ruled that growing wheat for personal consumption affected interstate commerce because, you see, withholding it from the market created a ripple effect. In a more recent case, it said growing maijuana on personal property for personal use could be regulated under the clause even if it was never sold or moved across state lines.
Is there a Mike Pence-Mitch Daniels slugfest in the future?
Rep. Mike Pence (R., Indiana), who appears to be considering a 2012 presidential run, made it clear in a recent interview that he won't be calling for a “truce” on social issues, like fellow Hoosier (and possible 2012 contender) Gov. Mitch Daniels has advocated.
It figures. Evan Bayh, who wears the moderation tag like a shiny lapel flag pin, is a part of the No Labels movement:
Elected officials and activists from around the country gathered Monday to bemoan the excesses of political partisanship and seek ways to restore civility and practical solutions to government.
I always worry about people who cry too easily over the smallest thing. What will they have left when something really awful happens?
John Boehner, the incoming Speaker of the House, the most powerful Republican in Washington, and a man who in a matter of days will be second in line for the presidency, has twice had an opportunity to introduce himself to the American people.
And on both occasions, he cried
Local advocates for high-speed rail want state legislators and other state officials to press ahead with the resurrection of passenger rail service here.
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The rail group emphasizes it's not asking for new money to be raised; it wants 2 percent of the state's transportation budget to be spent on rail planning.
Evan Bayh just broke a lot of Democratic hearts:
Hand over that sippy cup, you thieving scoundrel!
The owner of a northern Indiana movie theater says an attendant who confiscated a toddler's sippy cup was protecting the theater's profits.
