Politics and other nightmares

Here's an idea: Let's replace Chicago thug politics with Chinese thug politics!

More than a little scary, this:

My prognostication skills don't seem to be improving. When Evan Bayh announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate, there was a lot of speculation that he might be interested in being governor again. I pooh-poohed the idea and expressed doubt that Bayh would take a "been there, done that" route. Apparently, I was a little hasty:

Expect Sen. Evan Bayh to announce a run for governor after the first of the year, a supporter says.

If this is really true, good for them:

If they take over the Indiana House, Republicans will launch a major campaign for competitive-oriented education reform in next year's General Assembly.

Look for a big push for grants to low-income families so they can have school choice, and a big boost for charter schools in Indianapolis.

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Another milestone in the annals of government "job creation":

WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.

The remaining 200 workers at the plant here will lose their jobs.

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President Obama says the intended Quran burning by that freak and his nutjob followers in Florida would be a recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida:

"This could increase the recruitment of individuals who'd be willing to blow themselves up in American cities or European cities."

If you're an older adult planning on emulating the lieutenant govenor and going back to college for that degree, good luck on getting help from the state:

After two decades of consistent growth, adult students -- defined by most educators as those 25 and up -- are now the majority in Indiana.

This story lost me at the very first sentence:

Richard M. Daley's 21-year run as mayor will end next spring with the city broadly reshaped by his vision and unprecedented grip on power, but with his image as Chicago's sure-handed leader increasingly challenged.

Yes, Bush got the ball rolling, but his deficit crimes were mere misdemeanors, and Obama is the felon:

Amen: