OK for this part, though it sounds a trifle ambitious:
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation's challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps.
But, good lord, no, on this part:
On the way back from lunch one day this week, I caught Rush Limbaugh saying this:
It's just like I said. I hope you people in Ohio, I hope you Democrats, I hope you lose your coal business. I hope he does bankrupt the coal business. I do. I hope you learn what you've done here.
The folks at the National Toy Hall of Fame ran out of ideas back in 2005 when they inducted the cardboard box. They did it again this year:
A magic wand, a fishing rod or a royal scepter?
The lowly stick, a universal plaything powered by a child's imagination, landed in the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with the Baby Doll and the skateboard.
Our front page last night featured two ideas that we're probably going to hear a lot about in the coming months. The first, in a Kevin Leininger column, is the notion that Barack Obama's election to the presidency will take race off the national table:
Just plain sick:
Bailey was wanted for the abduction and sexual assault of a 29-year-old Amish man that occurred before midnight April 26 near Topeka, about 35 miles northwest of Fort Wayne. He's accused of tackling the victim and taking him at knifepoint to a secluded area, where he attacked the victim.
The victim told investigators that Bailey told him he had been looking for an Amish girl, but the man “would have to do.”
There's saying no to reporters, then there' saying no to the president:
Still being talked about for secretary of state, Indiana Senator Dick Lugar continues to say "no thanks" and would tell Barack Obama that if he calls.
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"I feel that I can do the most for my state for my country by serving in the United States Senate," said Indiana's senior senator.
I have absolutely nothing to say about this:
A Lafayette man was arrested today on suspicion of battery after an alleged incident at PUSH.
Jeffrey A. Manny, 46, 7804 E. County Road 700 S., is being held at Tippecanoe County Jail on 2,500 bond after he was arrested by police at approximately 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Sarah Palin still has a "what might come" to look forward to. Hillary Clinton is now stuck with "what might have been":
This is a bad year in a bad decade for newspapers, but at least we're having a good week:
It was a good day to be in the newspaper business. The historic November 5 editions proclaiming Barack Obama's White House victory flew off the newsstands and major newspapers struggled to keep up with the demand for copies.
So much attention was focused on what the presidential election tells us about America that we gave scant attention to a bunch of state ballot initiatives. Those can tell us where we are -- or aren't -- even better. Apparently, we're not ready to be led down the (green) garden path just yet, for example:
Apparently, a lot of people have been so obsessed with politics that they're suffering from post-election blues:
One of President-elect Obama's first acts is something we can all get behind:
Along with picking his Cabinet, finding just the right people for his White House staff and deciding what to do about two wars, President-elect Barack Obama has one other decision to make: which dog to get for daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
The Indianapolis Star should be more careful with its headlines. Indiana did not turn blue on Tuesday. It voted blue, barely: The story gets it better when it says that Barack Obama "eked out a arrow win":
At least 2.7 million Hoosiers cast ballots, according to a conservative, preliminary calculation by The Associated Press, topping Indiana's previous record of 2.5 million voters set in 2004.
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Did you ever wonder about your neighbors? What does that scary looking guy do behind closed doors, and why does he keep the lights on all night? Why do so many people come and go from that house on the corner? Do all those kids really live in the house across the street, or are some just visiting?
What about those two women in the house next door? Oh, them -- they're fine. They're sisters. And they're both special-education teachers. That's nice. What good neighbors to have:
Those who've visited here over the last three-and-a-half years or who've read our editorial page will not be shocked to hear that I did not vote for Barack Obama. He represents the antithesis of the restrained-government approach I've always sought in candidates. But, come Jan. 20, he will be my president, too. I wish him well, because I wish the country well. If there is to be Obama Derangement Syndrome, I will try (and fail occasionally, probably) not to be a participant.
Hoosiers, as predicted, did a lot of ticket-splitting yesterday. They gave Barack Obama a razor-thin win over John McCain, then re-elected Mitch Daniels by a comfortable margin. Then there was this, in a race the polls said would be a lot closer:
Issue 6 was defeated in Ohio, which means no casino for them! Now, Buckeyes will have to keep coming here to foolishly throw away their hard-earned money. If you've been watching TV lately, you've seen the pro- and anti- Issue 6 ads that spilled over into our market, so this will come as no surprise:
Those of us who fear what a totally Democratic Washington might do must take our small comforts where we can:
Democrats broadened their control of Congress in Tuesday's elections, though in the Senate they fell short of the 60 votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority that would have given them almost unbridled power over legislation.
I knew Robert E. Armstrong. Long before he was mayor, he was my gym teacher in high school. Nice fella.
But you know what? He's DEAD! If you don't believe me, here's the Wikipedia entry on him. All you people who keep voting for Robert A. Armstrong, including the ones who gave him a term on the FWCS board and the ones who just put him on County Council, are MORONS! Please promise not to vote in any more elections, or else I'm going to change my name to Ronald Reagan and run for governor.
Most of posts today will be about the election yesterday, so if you're burned out on politics, maybe you can watch Turner Classic Movies instead.
