Giving a voice to the hopeful
It’s shameful.
But I must admit that for way too many years, I didn’t care about any of it.
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Election Day brings good news to both sides
I can still hear the fireworks outside my apartment, accompanied by shouts like “Obama all day, son!” and other nonsensical phrases you’d expect in a college town.
It’s official – Barack Obama is our next president.
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Top 10 things I’m doing to get ready for an Obama regime
10. Take comfort in knowing that Bruce Springsteen concerts will be standard at all political rallies from here on.
9. Find a place that sells Spaghetti-O’s by the case.
8. Dig out my old Che t-shirt and join the crowd.
7. Rejoice in the knowledge that he’ll be looking aross the table at Joe Biden for four years.
6. Wait for all those people to realize George Bush wasn’t even on the ballot.
5. Roll up the Sarah Palin poster and get ready for four years of Oprah.
4. Trade in the truck for a Radio Flyer.
3. Find a safe hiding place to store my Rush Limbaugh books.
2. Switch over to 35-watt light bulbs.
1. Figure out how to can 86 octane unleaded.
Readers’ Views: Time for “Real Change”
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On Oct. 3, 2008, Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi stated, “That was then, this is now, this is the future,” in reference to passage of the $835 billion investment bank bail-out bill. This is just one of many bailouts approved over the last few years, along with other abuses of our tax dollar with no regard for public opinion.
This town isn’t big enough for the both of us
I’ve been thinking about some of the interaction I’ve had with cops over the years – almost all of it good, although I didn’t always know it at the time.
Take my first (and only) speeding ticket. I got that in 1972, when LaGrange County Sheriff Robert Floring caught me doing my customary 63 miles per hour in the 30-miles-per-hour zone about a half-mile from our home in Brighton, Ind.
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Skipping Halloween
I don’t understand why so many people like scary stuff. I have never been drawn to Dracula teeth and fake blood.
I will totally freak out about guys with chain saws.
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Stay on the Colts wagon
Over the past few weeks, the weather in Indiana has taken a turn for the worse.
So has the Colts’ season.
With a 3-4 record after Monday night’s loss and seemingly 95 games behind Tennessee in the division, the Colts – and their fans – are in unfamiliar territory.
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All that bother and they don’t even taste it
And now, let us turn our attention to Joey Chestnut, who recently downed 45 slices of pizza in 10 minutes to win the first Famous Famiglia World Pizza Eating Championship in New York.
I believe this calls for the traditional 21-burp salute. All, together now …
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We can’t hide from trying moments
Funny how God sprinkles trying little moments on daily life.
Frequently, those moments tend to happen when we least expect them.
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Please, don’t pay it forward
I hate e-mail forwards, and I’ve had it up to here (my inbox quota) with them.
It seems a bit extreme, but I believe forwards can join the likes of gas prices, home foreclosures and Lindsay Lohan on the list of “What’s ruining America.”
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