Because the State Fair is a "family oriented event," should children there still be shielded from demon rum?
Visitors to the Indiana State Fair will be able to drink a cold beer or sip Indiana wine as they chow down on fried food if one lawmaker gets his way.
Rep. Robert Cherry, R-Greenfield, has filed a bill to lift a longtime ban on alcohol at the annual fair.
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One piece of "this gun violence sprang from the climate of hate, so conservatives should shut up now" drivel sounds pretty much like another, so let's quote former Mayor Paul Helmke of the Brady campaign just to give a nod to a hometown boy trying to make his mark:
We also are deeply concerned about the heated political rhetoric that escalates debates and controversies, and sometimes makes it seem as if violence is an acceptable response to honest disagreements.
Sunday car sales aren't just proscribed by state legislation, they're criminalized. It's a Class B misdemeanor to buy or sell a car on Sunday:
State Sen. Phil Boots, R-Crawfordsville, is pushing legislation to eliminate the regulation, which he considers antiquated. Boots is also sponsoring a bill that would lift the ban on Sunday alcohol sales.
Big Brother is alive and well, and he will be surveiling in Lafayette:
By month's end, small, dome-covered cameras mounted on light posts could begin monitoring activity along three blocks of Second Street in downtown Lafayette.
Here's a real "which would you do?" dilemma:
A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free — if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree Jr. refused to do so, doggedly maintaining his innocence in a 1979 rape and robbery, in the process serving more time for a crime he didn't commit than any other Texas inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.
A relative of Billy Ray Adams pleads for sympathy:
"Billy Ray made one stupid mistake, and it cost him his life."
Granted, Gary's murder rate has always been high, but police detective James Bond lets hyperbole get the better of him:
"People of Gary should ask themselves why the communities around them don't have this level of criminal activity," Bond said. "Urban genocide will continue until those who are brave enough actually stand up and do the right thing," he said.
The Indianapolis Star gets on the gun-control bandwagon, or at least waves encouragingly at it, in editorializing about Don's Guns, identified as the No. 3 spot in the nation for sales of guns later used in crimes:
It's extremely difficult to catch stores abetting straw purchases in any case, an expert told The Star. And the argument would be less relevant if Indiana restricted quantities sold at one time.
Sonia Sotomayor the nominee:
Wishful thinking do-gooders love gun buybacks, deluding themselves into thinking the cause of public safety is somwhow being served when good people turn in their guns and bad people keep theirs. Now they've gone to the next logical step of indoctrinating our children with their delusion:
