Comments on: Wednesday Wire http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html Indiana Barrister is the source for local Indianapolis and Indiana news, politics and commentary. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shug http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17220 shug Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:42:58 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17220 the chevy malibu is a piece of junk. i know of 2 people that have them. nothing but constant problems. the chevy malibu is a piece of junk. i know of 2 people that have them. nothing but constant problems.

]]> By: Really http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17205 Really Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:26:38 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17205 Abbie, You missed this one. Apparently, someone qualified needs to run the animal control. But not community corrections. You would have thunk that Ballard and the GOP would have learned from the Peterson Administration. But they are repeating history. Goal: Experienced animal care director Applicants being interviewed to overhaul shelter plagued by neglect http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812040421 New director expected to restore confidence at Community Corrections http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812010340 Abbie, You missed this one. Apparently, someone qualified needs to run the animal control. But not community corrections. You would have thunk that Ballard and the GOP would have learned from the Peterson Administration. But they are repeating history.

Goal: Experienced animal care director
Applicants being interviewed to overhaul shelter plagued by neglect

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812040421

New director expected to restore confidence at Community Corrections

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812010340

]]> By: David Myers http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17198 David Myers Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:06:20 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17198 Daw-g A Ford F150 uses to much gas. Next time try a Ford Ranger. I have a 1996 and just did my first repair on it. Daw-g A Ford F150 uses to much gas. Next time try a Ford Ranger. I have a 1996 and just did my first repair on it.

]]> By: Dave http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17149 Dave Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:38 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17149 Stimulus is fewer refs & more players. Lights out is flipping off anti property rights fascists. Car wars is the winning battle waged by serious, free market producers over phony, time & quality killing, Marxists. Stimulus is fewer refs & more players. Lights out is flipping off anti property rights fascists. Car wars is the winning battle waged by serious, free market producers over phony, time & quality killing, Marxists.

]]> By: Think Again http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17147 Think Again Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:32:45 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17147 Somehow, Dawg, I had you pegged as an F-150 guy. Somehow, Dawg, I had you pegged as an F-150 guy.

]]> By: Daw-g http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17144 Daw-g Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:16:21 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17144 The city should buy a fleet of Ford F150 pickups. I'm still rolling strong on my '97 F150 with over 200,000 miles on it. Sure, I've personally replaced some items like the clutch, u-joints, and various front-end parts but with this luck (and Ford Toughness) I'll be rolling another 10 years!! The city should buy a fleet of Ford F150 pickups. I’m still rolling strong on my ‘97 F150 with over 200,000 miles on it. Sure, I’ve personally replaced some items like the clutch, u-joints, and various front-end parts but with this luck (and Ford Toughness) I’ll be rolling another 10 years!!

]]> By: Silent Bob http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17143 Silent Bob Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:05:53 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17143 Why would the city want to buy a fleet of cars that will require constant repair? Thus the decision to buy foreign. Why would the city want to buy a fleet of cars that will require constant repair? Thus the decision to buy foreign.

]]> By: Taxpayer 834512 http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17142 Taxpayer 834512 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:56:50 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17142 We have (or had) a co-op of sorts. Merchants, farmers, tradesmen, etc., interdependant on each other. Like mother nature, if somebody was too flakey, sick, or whatever, sometimes they got left behind. There weren't soft landings for everything and everybody. Yeah, slavery and the Indians are chapters of barbarianism we don't want to repeat. But, overall, this side of massive warfare, famine, disease, etc., history says a non-totalitarian country has a shot at prosperity with an expectation of responsibility and a lot of luck. . Now we're suppossed to prosper as a whole with putting our dollars into foreign manufacturing and services? How? When more and more goods and services are provided by foreign labor, workers, technicians, grass cutters, brake assemblers, surgeons or whomever- to whom do the profits go? For a lot of foreign labor in the U.S., many profits go back to Mexico. For a lot of foreign goods purchased here, profits go back to China. Our medical surgical infrastructure is now diffusing overseas. You think all this is a good thing? I have three cars in the driveway, two domestic and one foreign. I pondered whether to get beat-up by buying American or foreign for every one of them. I think I'm suppossed to buy American goods and services when I can. We have (or had) a co-op of sorts. Merchants, farmers, tradesmen, etc., interdependant on each other. Like mother nature, if somebody was too flakey, sick, or whatever, sometimes they got left behind. There weren’t soft landings for everything and everybody. Yeah, slavery and the Indians are chapters of barbarianism we don’t want to repeat. But, overall, this side of massive warfare, famine, disease, etc., history says a non-totalitarian country has a shot at prosperity with an expectation of responsibility and a lot of luck.
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Now we’re suppossed to prosper as a whole with putting our dollars into foreign manufacturing and services? How? When more and more goods and services are provided by foreign labor, workers, technicians, grass cutters, brake assemblers, surgeons or whomever- to whom do the profits go? For a lot of foreign labor in the U.S., many profits go back to Mexico. For a lot of foreign goods purchased here, profits go back to China. Our medical surgical infrastructure is now diffusing overseas. You think all this is a good thing? I have three cars in the driveway, two domestic and one foreign. I pondered whether to get beat-up by buying American or foreign for every one of them. I think I’m suppossed to buy American goods and services when I can.

]]> By: Retired http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17139 Retired Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:32:59 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17139 The city has an obligation to purchase the most cost effective way possible, they are required by law to go through a bidding process for purchases over a specific amount. It appears that the city did this, and now a losing vendor is upset about a purchase. I believe that the city should also support the dealerships in Marion County versus through out the state, but if it is more cost effective to purchase outside the city, state, country the city needs to stretch the tax dollars. The city has an obligation to purchase the most cost effective way possible, they are required by law to go through a bidding process for purchases over a specific amount. It appears that the city did this, and now a losing vendor is upset about a purchase. I believe that the city should also support the dealerships in Marion County versus through out the state, but if it is more cost effective to purchase outside the city, state, country the city needs to stretch the tax dollars.

]]> By: Think Again http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/12/wednesday_wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-17137 Think Again Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:33:32 +0000 http://www.indianabarrister.com/?p=1534#comment-17137 I don't think the City has an outrigiht obligation to buy American. If a good product fits the specs, it ought to be their top priority. And in this case, a good American product does fit the specs. As for workplace smmoking: few employers allow it any more anyway. It is a disgusting habit and it does contribute to health issues for nonsmokers. But I believe the current law outlaws smoking in all public common spaces, too. Which brings me to my biggest bugaboo about smokers: why do many of you treat our sidewalks and streets as your ashtrays? I don’t think the City has an outrigiht obligation to buy American. If a good product fits the specs, it ought to be their top priority. And in this case, a good American product does fit the specs.

As for workplace smmoking: few employers allow it any more anyway. It is a disgusting habit and it does contribute to health issues for nonsmokers. But I believe the current law outlaws smoking in all public common spaces, too.

Which brings me to my biggest bugaboo about smokers: why do many of you treat our sidewalks and streets as your ashtrays?

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