Here’s a copy of the FBI’s report on the mishandling of the second vial of blood in the David Bisard case. In a nutshell, they say there was no criminal intent on anyone’s part, but IMPD was sloppy, and that’s putting it mildly, in how things were handled.
Well, it’s official. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is part of the New World Order of global elites who are setting up an oligarchy which will hasten the collapse of the global economy, cause chaos which will result in martial law and the nation state system as we know will be dissolved in favor of regional governments administered by prefects and their praetorian guards.
How do I know all this? I saw the Governor’s name on a list of invites to the 60th annual Bildeberg Meeting, taking place this weekend in Chantilly, Virginia. Although the news release say it’s a small, flexible, informal and off-the-record international forum in which different viewpoints can be expressed and mutual understanding enhanced, we all know what’s really going on, the blue prints are being drawn to usher in the one-world government.
If you look at the list of current and past participants, this thing has black helicopters and posse comitatus written all over it. Why else would the head of the Deustche Bank, CEO of BP, the National Security Advisor, President and CEO of the Washington Post, just to name a few, all get together and talk “off the record”. What are they discussing? Space aliens, internment camps in Alaska, the truth behind the Kennedy-King-Lennon-Lincoln Assassinations, President Barack Obama’s birth certificate? Inquiring minds want to know, as soon as we put the tin foil on our heads to block out the radio waves.
I want to know how the Governor got on the list. Was it the leasing of the toll road, which some say was a conspiracy? Was it promoting school choice and vouchers, which some say was a conspiracy against public schools? Was it his property tax caps? Which some say was a conspiracy against local government. Let’s face it; Mitch Daniels has conspiracy written all over him.
Not that I am a big believer in conspiracy theories, well maybe just a little. Just walk down the aisle at the grocery store and you will see the conspiracies (against black people) are as clear as day. The green olives are in jar, the black olives are in can. White rice is call “enriched” and brown rice is called “wild”. And I have to coo-coo for Co Co Puffs, but Frosted Flakes are great. But I’m getting way off base here.
I’m telling you folks, there is some major stuff going down this weekend in Chantilly, Virginia and Governor Mitch Daniels is in the middle of it. Forget the Council of Foreign Relations and Trilateral Commission. If Mitch Daniels accepted an invitation to the Bilderberg Conference, that’s the group I want to keep an eye on. And when the Governor gets back, I’m going to press him on this, because at the end of the day, I really only have one question for him, “How do I get on the invitation list for next year?”
*Please note this is just a joke. We all know these conspiracies do not exist. At least that’s what the conspirators want you to believe. (Play X-Files music here).
Stuff like this make me glad I’m agnostic.
by Brian Jessen
I don’t think that were many people who expected to see Susan Brooks come out as the top vote getter in the 5th District Crowded Primary earlier this month. And to be honest, I was one who thought she’d finish a distant third.
Think about it. Zero name ID in many parts of the new district. A first-time candidate. She didn’t do well in early candidate nights and debates across the District. And let’s face it; American voters do not really like sending women to Congress. Women hold 73 seats (16.8%) of the 435 seats in Congress. In addition, three women also serve as Delegates to the House from Guam, the Virgin Islands and Washington, DC.
Susan Brooks did not appear to be a formidable candidate.
And I think that’s the way she wanted it. Most polling data several weeks out showed Brooks in the third of fourth place, with McIntosh in the lead. Dr. John McGoff was catching up. And Wayne Seybold was hoping for a May surprise.
Let me add some background here. I served as John McGoff Communications Director so I was privy to some polling data collected by several reputable campaign groups from throughout the county. Some hired by McIntosh, some hired by McGoff. Data all showing Brooks as a non-factor.
So a ground game started. Both McIntosh and McGoff hit the ground with volunteers going door to door. Brooks continued having small “mixers” and coffees while starting well late in the door to door game.
Then the mail came. Brooks and McGoff took shots at McIntosh about his record in Congress and let’s not forget about the residency issue he continued to ignore. It seemed like Brooks was sending out a card a day within the last two weeks. Then Election Day came. Both McGoff and McIntosh felt confident.
I didn’t think much was wrong until at about 10 a.m., my wife called. She was working a polling location in Whitestown for Richard Mourdock. She told me there were three women working the poll for Susan Brooks. Whitestown? All of our data showed all the top precincts. They included Zionsville, but none in Whitestown. Let alone this particular precinct was not one that called for three volunteers?
As the day moved along, these women connected with the people that came and voted. Neighbors, friends, people from around the area. Surprisingly as the people left, they confirmed that they had showed up to vote for Susan.
From the information I have been able to gather from conversations, Susan Brooks built a network. Her friends spoke highly of her. And they did to everyone that they could find. Brooks built a core group of support that came out to vote; 900 more supporters than McIntosh had with all the name ID he seemed to be able to bring.
McIntosh had multiple commercials running, along with a direct mail campaign. McGoff did the same, along with PAC support. But all that didn’t matter. Susan Brooks was able to do the one thing that all candidates struggle to do: connect in a personal way with voters. She overcame low name ID and an onslaught of negative campaigning to win the GOP nomination. We all could learn a lesson from her style.
Jessen is the Vice President of Front Porch Strategies located in Brownsburg.
If you are a hookah bar or cigar bar in Indianapolis, you have until Friday to file with the city to keep your exemption from the stricter smoking ban that goes into effect June 1.
Under an ordinance passed by the city, smoking will be banned in nearly all bars and taverns at 6:00 a.m. on Friday. Cigar bars and hookah bars are exempt, however they must file with city.
According to code enforcement, a tobacco bar is defined as…
(1) Is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages pursuant to a permit issued by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission for on-premise consumption and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages and the sale of cigars or Hookah tobacco;
(2) Is engaged in the business of selling cigars or Hookah tobaccos and where at least twenty percent (20%) or more of its total annual gross income over the preceding calendar year was derived from the on-site sale of cigars or Hookah tobaccos;
(3) That is not physically located within a business otherwise required to be smoke free and
(4) That does not sell cigarettes or allow smoking of cigarettes on the premises.
Necessary forms can be found here.
As you celebrate this Memorial Day weekend, please take a few minutes to remember those men and women who gave their lives in service and defense to our great nation. If it weren’t for them, we would have the freedom to argue and bicker with each other.
A Marion County Sheriff’s affiliated with the McGruff the Crime Dog program has been charged with felony theft, burglary and possession of a controlled substance for reportedly breaking into a friend’s home to steal prescription pain killers.
According to the probable cause affidavit released by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Douglas Tibbs broke into the home of Arden Redding in the 900 Block of Brevard Drive and stole Redding’s Hydrocodone.
Redding told police she noticed several of her drugs missing after a function that Tibbs attended. She says she set her camera phone near the drugs on a later visit by Tibbs and recorded him taking the Hydrocodone.
Police also say Tibbs broke into the Redding’s home on two occasions to steal drugs as well.
Tibbs reportedly has already resigned from the department. This is not the first rime a sheriff’s department employee associated with the McGruff program has gotten in trouble. In July 2010, 59-year old Richard Rawley was charged with driving a vehicle while intoxicated after his pick-up truck struck an IMPD Officer. Rawley’s job was to coordinate McGruff visits to community events.
A copy of the affidavit can be found here.
The likely Democratic nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction could find herself in an odd position of helping defend the same teachers who are in the middle of a major ISTEP cheating scandal in Washington Township Schools.
Both WTHR-TV and Fox 59 News have reported that the Indiana Department of Education is investigating what could be a pattern of systemic cheating that has gone back years in Washington Township Schools. The cheating came to the attention of the state from whistle blowers.
What complicates the matter is that the likely Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Glenda Ritz, is also the head of the Washington Township Teacher’s Union, which would have to help represent a teacher accused of wrongdoing. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the Indiana State Teachers Association.
This puts Ritz in the precarious position of defending individuals accused of breaking the rules enforced by an office that she plans to run for. In my most recent interview with Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker, he said he was not worried about the allegations.
Democrats will nominate their candidate for the spot on June 15 in Ft. Wayne. The only candidate in the race is Martisnsville teacher Justin Oakley. However, Ritz has been considered the favorite because of her ties to ISTA and the fact the organization reportedly plans to spend $1 million to defeat Republican incumbent Dr. Tony Bennett.
The whining by individuals who feel a need to be on unemployment in perpetuity gets real old real quick. So in an effort to help promote job growth, I am using this blog space to help promote U.S. Senator Dan Coats’ job fair next week.
It’s Lafayette, but worth the drive. There will be more than 100 employers looking to fill nearly 3,800 positions. The list includes CSX Railroad, Community Health Network, the Indiana State Police, Frito-Lay, Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies, Oerlikon Fairfield, Purdue University, RR Donnelly, Rolls-Royce, the State of Indiana, Valeo and Wabash National.
A full list of employers participating in the Job Fair is available here: http://www.coats.senate.gov/employersat2012hoosierjobfair.
Here are the details…
Wednesday, May 30, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds West Pavilion, 1401 Teal Road, Lafayette
For more information about the Hoosier Job Fair, go to http://www.coats.senate.gov/jobfair.
Don’t tell me there’s no work out there, there is. The question is do people have the skills and the work ethic necessary to get the job done?
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