On Monday, I did a post taking The Journal Gazette to task for not identifying those quoted in a story about illegal immigration:
I wonder if the JG would pull that “first names only” stunt if this were a bank robber or a burglar. As a matter of fact, would law enforcement let them get away with it, or would some reporter be hauled in front of a grand jury?
Did you know that grocery carts have more bacteria than public phones and restrooms? If you use one without at least wiping off the handle with one on the sanitary wipes the stores are starting to provide, you're taking your life in your hands. But at least, by God, we're being protected from those dastardly food pushers who are trying to kill us with their evil outdoor grills (third item):
We have good schools, and we compare well with other Indiana cities on things like crime rates, air quality, job growth and household expenditires. We have kid-friendly amenities like parks and the zoo and Science Central. So:
Business Week magazine released its list of best places to raise children, and the Summit City earned the top spot in the state of Indiana.
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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.
It's been a while since I updated my blogroll, so I just added about 20 more local blogs. That doesn't begin to cover the local blogosphere -- it's growing all the time. But I tried to include a representative sample of all that's out there among the ones that are updated on a regular basis. There are, for example, a couple of mostly food blogs. There are some good sites for local photos.
The Journal Gazette can't bring itself to endorse Mike Pence for Congress. After praising Pence's opponent for having better views on such things as health care and the economy, the JG says this:
It is the war and his position on it that should give voters concern about Pence. Pence, who has shown admirable skepticism, courage and independence on other matters, has accepted without challenge the current strategy despite the failures in Iraq and Afghanistan.
