Comments on Advance Indiana™: Buyer Looks Gift Horse In The Mouth

I believe Ms. Carson served on the Veterans' Affai...

2007-02-10T13:34:00.000-05:00

I believe Ms. Carson served on the Veterans' Affairs Cmte. for a spell.

Last session, Rep. Buyer chaired it.

Their accomplishments on that committee could not be more opposite.

I wonder how the good ole' American Legion feels now, about their boy Buyer, after he presided over some of the largest cuts in VA benefits in history?

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FYI: Steve Buyer is hardly a combat veteran - he s...

2007-02-09T17:00:00.000-05:00

FYI: Steve Buyer is hardly a combat veteran - he served in the JAG in Kuwait - maybe he filed lawsuits against Saddam Hussein? Lawyers out in the fighting are very unusual ...

Maybe all these people who took kickbacks of disco...

2007-02-09T09:34:00.000-05:00

Maybe all these people who took kickbacks of discounted tickets (which compared to the price they were going for amounts to a $3000 kickback each) should have gotten seats where I did for Super Bowl: on the couch. At least I didn't get rained on...

Steve Buyer got his job because he was a Gulf War vet way back when we still liked fighting in Iraq. Since then, he has done nothing but abuse his fellow veterans in Congress by cutting back their benefits and entrench himself in the caucus. I'm sad to say I voted for him last year too.

As far as his recent attendance, a knee operation should not prevent him from going to work. Heck, if they can wheel in Julia's corpse every day, he ought to be able to do the same thing. I've had brothers who had knee surgery, and the most they were down was a week, and that was only because they didn't have crutches that were tall enough on hand. Dan Burton is taking all the heat for this attendance issue, but Stevie seems to be falling through the cracks.

Captain, I don't think Wilson was insulting the ch...

2007-02-09T06:14:00.000-05:00

Captain, I don't think Wilson was insulting the character of the fine IMPD officers. I highly value their service, and I'm pretty sure Wilson does too. Wilson's a goof, but I bet he's appreciative of true public servants.

What he railed against, and I concur, is the nonsense that occupies about two-thirds of the IndyU site. It's often a hateful anti-Peterson diatribe that is half true, at best.

The crazies at IndyU are the ones who would lay th...

2007-02-08T18:29:00.000-05:00

The crazies at IndyU are the ones who would lay their lives on the line to protect ALL of us, including you Wilson. Remember Officers Laird, Baker, and on and on who left their families to go to work and never came home. Is it too much to ask that they get a fair contract for the work they do? After all, if it was such a high paying, glamorous job, wouldn't everyone want to be a law enforcement officer?

Lord, their comments are embarassing and funny at ...

2007-02-08T18:21:00.000-05:00

Lord, their comments are embarassing and funny at the same time.

I could care less if Indy gets a Super Bowl! I'm concerned about educating our children, keeping our university gradutates in Indiana, making sure there are good jobs here for them, and keeping our citizens safe. NONE of these issues are helped by the NFL.

Having said that I am intensely proud of Coach Dungy and Peyton Manning. They are the glitter in all the muck.

Is there any state with a worse congressional dele...

2007-02-08T18:12:00.000-05:00

Is there any state with a worse congressional delegation than Indiana's? What an SNL comedy cast they would make.

But the crazies at IndyU and their ilk appreciated...

2007-02-08T17:07:00.000-05:00

But the crazies at IndyU and their ilk appreciated the back-handed recognition of their raison d'etre !