Tag Archives: Indiana

DANIELS MANIPULATES WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE TO PUSH PRESIDENTIAL BID

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

One has to hand it to the Guv – he has figured out a way to sign the bill defunding Planned Parenthood while knowing that enforcement of the bill may very well be enjoined.  His actions are pure and straightforward … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Indiana, Mitch Daniels, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Women's Interests | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

DANIELS DALLIES OVER DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Over the past seven years, Mitch Daniels has attempted to paint his Indiana reign as one of an orderly haven of wondrous progress in our Midwest sea of woes.  But Daniels has failed on numerous occasions.  Who can forget his … Continue reading →

Posted in Indiana, Indiana General Assembly, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Republicans, Women's Interests | Tagged , , , | 28 Comments

COATS WHINES ABOUT LAME-DUCK CONGRESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Posted on December 26, 2010 by

Dan Coats is a whiner.  We pay our elected officials to complete a job which includes up to the day they leave office.  But that seems to be too much for Coats to bear, and, instead, he would rather have … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Government, Politics, Republican Party, Republicans, Taxes, U.S. Senate | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

AN ACRID AIR – 2,000,000 CHICKENS HEADED FOR JAY COUNTY

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Imagine living beside a factory farm with 2,000,000 plus chickens.  That is what neighbors in Jay County are facing if an Ohio man has his way.  Keith Boeckman of Hoosier Pride Farms has applied for a permit through the Indiana … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cruelty to Animals, Environment, Farming | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

THEY WANT WHAT! JUST FOR MY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION!

Posted on April 10, 2010 by

As we morph into a society increasingly obsessed with tracking its members and assembling as much personal private data as possible in mega-databases, I would never have dreamed that my Homestead Exemption would become a vehicle to gather personal data. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Government, Indiana | Tagged , | 2 Comments

DAN COATS – “BORN-AGAIN HOOSIER” CRAWLS OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA WOODWORK

Posted on February 21, 2010 by

The following clip says it all: Dan “I’m no Hoosier Anymore” Coats has decided that he will now be a Hoosier again for the sake of his own self-interest party.  This will be an interesting primary on the Republican side … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Indiana, Republican Party, Republicans, Supreme Court | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

INDIANA – HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

As the winter deepens, as the cold chills to the bone, as the wind bites the exposed skin, as the sky drops measures of snow, sleet, and ice, and as gray clouds block the sun day after day, I pause … Continue reading →

Posted in Fort Wayne, Indiana | Tagged , | 2 Comments

HAYHURST FOCUSES WHILE SOUDER SPUTTERS

Posted on November 8, 2009 by

Mark Souder has decided the best way to deal with the issues of the Third District is, well, to just ignore them for what he mistakenly believes are better pickins.  Souder, with his little pea-pickin’ right-wing conservative heart, is dodging … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Third District, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 13 Comments

THE INTERSTATES – LOSING OUT ON AMERICANA

Posted on July 9, 2009 by

The interstate system – championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the automobile manufacturers – was created by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.   The system today consists of 46,876 miles of multi-lane highways criscrossing our country.  Fort Wayne has … Continue reading →

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SIGN, SIGN, EVERYWHERE A SIGN – AHH, MY FAVORITE SIGN

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

I love traveling, but lately, I haven’t traveled the way I used to travel.  I have been to 40 of the 50 states with virtually all of my travels on my own, playing the radio or the CD player, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thieme Drive, West Central Neighborhood | Tagged , , | 2 Comments