Archive for the 'General' Category
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
A complaint has been filed against the Barack Obama campaign by Harrison County GOP Chairman and blogger Scott Fluhr. Fluhr alleges that when the Obama campaign gave out free tickets to this past weekend’s Dave Matthew’s concert that it was violating Indiana law by “giving something of value” in exchange for someone voting or registering to […]
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I’ve been spending the past few days trying to see how the Presidential primary will impact the 7th District race. With so many new voters coming to the table, no true “incumbent” in the race and no candidate having hitched their wagon to either Hillary or Barack – the political class is wondering where the new voters will […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Democratic precinct committeemen will choose a candidate tomorrow night to take the place of Andre Carson who is now serving in Congress. The nominees to fill the District 15 seat are Doris Minton McNeill, a member of the Wayne Township Board, Eddie Littlejohn who ran last year for the seat in a special caucus and […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
I took that line from the book “Parliament of Whores”. It’s about 17 years old, but it’s still relevant today. It was written by political satirist P.J. O’Rourke. In his book he argues (tongue and cheek) that there is no poverty in America. I agree. I bring this up because Hillary Clinton has called for […]
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
There’s no one major story to write about this morning, but there are a few smaller items of interest. FIRE, FIRE BURNING BRIGHT Expect an announcement tomorrow that IFD Chief James Greeson is leaving his post to take over as State Fire Marshall. Sources say he will take the place of current fire marshal […]
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
There may be some good news for the Jill Long Thompson camp. A poll to be unveiled tonight by WISH-TV is expected to show JLT is leading her challenger Jim Schellinger in the Democratic primary race for Governor. This would be interesting because Schellinger has been on television longer than JLT and Schellinger has been […]
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
There are a few things to report to you this morning. A lawsuit has been filed by inmates at the Marion County Jail II over it’s conditions. They say they didn’t get proper medical care, safety conditions at the jail and the grievance procedure. I’m willing to bet that this is just the tip of […]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
The latest news out of the Hillary Clinton camp is that she has been referring to herself as “Rocky” (the boxer, not the flying squirrel nor the guy created by Dr. Frankenfurter) in her quest for the Presidency. She’s trying to remind voters that she doesn’t give up. Someone should also tell her that Rocky […]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
There is a new poll out on Survey USA concerning the Democratic primary for the race for the Presidency as well as the race for Governor. The Schellinger camp and Long Thompson camp are spinning this puppy more than the guy at the yo-yo factory, so I will give you the basic facts and you […]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
A new study out today shows that Indianapolis has one of the worst graduation rates in the nation. If I had a business that got these kinds of results, I would either be fired or run out of town. Who still has a problem with school choice after reading this story?
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