Politics and other nightmares

This is disheartening:

Only a slight majority of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

The tea parties that are springing up across the country are a good sign that the spirit of protest is alive and well. March in protest, even carry a sign. But that should probably be the end of it. Don't do something silly:

Is this headline just a clever play on words, or could it be true?

House passes bill too gross to talk about

It could, indeed, be true, so click on the link if you want details other than the fact that this is "not the same thing as throwing a coke at someone."

President Obama is going for the economy-wrecking hat trick. He's already determined to give us cap-and-trade and nationalized health care. Now he's adding immigration "reform," which will include some kind of amnesty plan, into the mix:

From cracked.com, the five most popular public safety laws that don't work: speed limits, three strikes, amber alerts, zero tolerance at schools, and sex-offender registries:

Really, is it ever possible to be too safe? Especially when it's our children at stake?

Ethanol, a costly plan of the federal government:

CBO estimates that the increased use of ethanol accounted for about 10 percent to 15 percent of the rise in food prices between April 2007 and April 2008.

There must be plenty of puppets in the General Assembly and city and county councils throughout Indiana. But at least Hoosier puppet masters are smart enough to stay in the background and keep the strings hidden:

Governor to General Assembly: Please cut every state budget you can to save millions and get the state through this recession responsibly.

Senate Repblicans to governor: Nyah, nyah, nyah. We're going to use the federal stimulus money and keep spending and make everybody happy!

Republican Sen. Luke Kenley, acknowledging that the governor is "not fully on board with his own party's budget":

"While he applauds our effort, he wants us to do better," Kenley said.

Next Thursday is the home opener for the TinCaps at Harrison Square, and I might gently suggest that if you're not going to the game, you stay as far away from downtown as possible:

Another tragic consequence of the weak economy:

The city of Fort Wayne will not buy the old Omni Source land north of downtown.

The city had an option to buy the old industrial site for about 18 months hoping to help turn the real estate into a major commercial development.

But the city says it's no longer feasible to spend more than four million dollars to purchase the land because of its tight budget.