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New Year, New Resolutions

With the start of the new year comes the new year’s resolutions.   We all have goals to lose weight, quit smoking, be better people, or in my case finish that novel that’s been sitting in my laptop for three years.   I’m not sure what resolutions some of my favorite politicos in Indiana made for the year, but I can speculate …

Mitch Daniels - Fix the schools, keep the state afloat, job creation and keep the crazies in my party down to a small roar.

Brian Bosma – See Mitch’s resolution.

David Long – See Mitch’s resolution.

Pat Bauer – Pick a nice day to walk out and bring the House to a halt.

Vi Simpson – See Bauer, but make sure you do it on a day where there are only 33 Republicans in the Senate.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard – Get to 50.1.

Melina Kennedy, Jose Evans, Ron Gibson – Get to 34, and then get to 50.1.

Council Democrats and Republicans – Get to 15.

Libertarians - Get to 1.

Mike Pence -Get to 4750 North Meridian.

Dick Lugar – Get back to 306 Hart Senate Office Building.

Lugar Potential Challenger – Get some name ID an organization and a few million bucks and then try to get to 306 Hart Senate Office Building.

Tony Bennett – Learn the words to “Happy Days are Here Again”

Indiana Teachers Unions – Learn the words to ‘Tied to the Whipping Post”

Indiana Republicans – Don’t forget, this is as about as good as it will get.

Indiana Democrats -Don’t forget, this will be as about as bad as it will get.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry – Get some red paint to put a giant target on David Bisard.

Public Safety Director Frank Straub & FOP President Bill Owensby -Keep talking to each other.

Marion County Democratic Chair Ed Treacy – Watch what you say about people of color, you never know what might show up on a blog.

Marion County Republican Chair Kyle Walker – Make sure lots of people are watching when you talk to and about people of color so it can show up on a blog.

Abdul – Keep stirring the pot because you’re too old to smoke it!

Posted: 01|2|11 at 9:32 am by Abdul Hakim-Shabazz
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  • Taxpayer 834512

    I think Daniels’ “resolutions” are good, particularly having the social issue folks taking a break (some of us consider illegal immigration/hirng an economic issue- but I have a bigger point to make).

    I’ve had the occasion to socialize with friends or acquantainces from both India & China over the holidays. Those countries don’t appear to be thinking of a planet with “one-world” government or everyone in their countries having rights to everything including a check from the government. They seem to believe children need parents and that irresponsibility has consequences. They’re improving their educatonal systems and trying to expand their commerce because that betters lives and keeps their goverments stable.

    Whether Indiana or D.C., whether same-sex marriage or health care, can we stick to the basics that are affordable and better prepare to globally compete? These older civilizations have their drawbacks as well, but economic naivete through rose-colored glasses doesn’t appear to be one of them right now.

  • pascal

    Are the social costs of social issues thereby, in a label, not really costs? How about inner city classrooms dominated by functional bastards whose behaviour drives inner city school costs? There is a social cost to contraception, abortion, divorce, sodomy, adultery (even the American serial version), porn, and so forth and so on and on and on.
    The lack of Ethics in Indiana is a symptom of the non serviam attitude of a secular society living on the diminishing Christian capital-see little Joe (who knew he had a master’s in theology?). There are things that can be done by this Legislature and should be done by them to end needless social costs-costs that benefit no one in the long run.
    The regulatory State adds 30% to the cost (on average) of anything manufactured in America. One can forget about competing with that sort of cost disadvantage-not to mention the interest and principal costs wasted in trying to prop up a State trying to live up to its history without the means of so doing-thieves, borrowing from the future debts they have no intention or means of repaying.

  • http://twitter.com/IndyStudent Matthew Stone

    I find it funny that you consider Bosma’s resolution similar to Mitchs when Bosma is one of those “crazies” in the GOP. He once called the proposed amendment to ban same sex marriage (which is already banned in the state of Indiana) “the most critical piece of the people’s business”

  • Think Again

    I’m kind with you, Taxpayer. But careful with those older civilizations.

    Few economies in the world are sound. Even the Asian lending economies have deep, static internal problems.

    Like infrastructure.

    Outside major Chinese cities, just like in N. Korea, electricity is rationed.

  • PrivilegedFromBirth

    “Marion County Democratic Chair Ed Treacy – Watch what you say about people of color, you never know what might show up on a blog.”

    RESPONSE: You should check out his wife the Judge he forced upon our community as she doles out hatred toward people of color.

    “Marion County Republican Chair Kyle Walker – Make sure lots of people are watching when you talk to and about people of color so it can show up on a blog.”

    RESPONSE: His predecessor Tom John, when meeting with a group of AA Republicans exclaimed in alarm “I didn’t know it was going to be a Zoo” when more than the usual token black showed up for the meeting.

    CONCLUSION: African-Americans have no place in politics in Indianapolis except as slaves…No independent thinkers allowed, and you must be dirty so they can take you down at will and whenever you get “uppity.”

    P.S. “Keep stirring the pot because you’re too old to smoke it!”

    RESPONSE: The race wars are what both parties in Marion County like and it will, just like bigot Amos Brown, keep you popular with a certain segment of our community. Afterall, there is just not enough in America to share with those pesky minorites. Lets just keep the fights going so we can divide up the spoils between ourselves. (A horse fly’s observation of Ed Treacy and Kyle Walker conversation.)

  • Ray Spate

    OK PFB, why isn’t Amos reporting on this? http://www.bilerico.com/2010/12/scandal_brewing_in_indianapolis.php

    Either somebody is just taking nasty about this city or they should explain what “Eddie Long style scandal” they are talking about.

  • http://twitter.com/IndyStudent Matthew Stone

    To be fair, nothing has developed yet. But the holiday season is winding down, so maybe something will ocme out this week.

  • Taxpayer 834512

    Even if we agreed on the stances of 2/3 of the social issues, I think we’re both way past believing we’re going to convince many people to change their outlook or behavior. People don’t change until they’re ready. I it’s far more likely when we reduce or stop subsidizing poor behavior and choices as a part of an overall reduction in spending and return to fiscal reality.

    Again, Abdul’s hypothetical conversation on the particulars of reduced spending in government might be more mature if the first wave of cuts are across-the-board.

  • Greglee611

    I have known Tom John socially for several years and in all that time I’ve never heard him make a racial slur or tell a questionable joke about a person of color. His comment about “a zoo” could have alluded to any of several facets of the meeting other than its attendees. Please cite your source and/or provide additional conversational context before inferring that he is a racist.

  • PrivilegedFromBirth

    Because Indy is a hyprocritical bible thumping city and Amos is also a race pimp.

  • PrivilegedFromBirth

    Why do you call a press conference and defend your friend Tom John publicly, since he’s so well liked I’m sure you’ll have hundreds or even thousands of republicans standing by you. LOL You’re all just jerks and have destroyed the party. I’m sure you’re Kyle Walker, To Jo’s last friend in Indy.

  • Think Again

    God I love a good Republican catfight.

    Carry on, kids.

  • Think Again

    Bilerico is famous for stirring things up. Sometimes with nothing more than spare time.

    Likely a false alarm.

  • Wurstnitemare

    Greglee611,

    Are we talking about the same Tom John that places a Hispanic onthe CCC because he didnt want another black person in that position. By the way, a position that was vacated by a Black man?

    You may know TOJO in social circles,he can be very nice. However it is obvious that you don’t know him in a political way. Why dont you ask him how many blacks were on his staff. Better yet, Kyle, why dont you ask him how many blacks he is teliing you to put on your staff?

    Will you also direct one of your lackeys to go phtograph people voteing? Another one of TOJOs better moments.

  • Wurstnitemare

    It will be interesting to see who Dave Brooks and you decide will be slated this year.Just sayen.How many blacks will you slate?

  • PrivilegedFromBirth

    Kyle will be instructed to get 1 black on staff, either an very elderly black woman who remembers and responds to the 50′s step n fetch, hold your head down routine or a young, but intellectually challenged spineless black who is very unemployable. Their job will be to sit at the table and in all photos to prove they are not prejudice.

  • PrivilegedFromBirth

    I’ve been in some of his meetings and he has these elderly black ladies in there who wait on him like ‘they’ are sick when ‘he’s’ sick. They are in their 70-80′s and haven’t the ability to be effective. He tells them that the younger, educated blacks in the room want to “push them out”, but he won’t let it happen, he’s their “protector” (the old willie lynch divide and conquer which works on them due to their age and frailities). They, in return, start trouble for any younger black, which is darn near all of them, lol, that wants to participant.

    It’s disgusting. Dave Brooks doesn’t even live in Center Township nor care for blacks and he’s running it.