Comments on Advance Indiana™: Bayh Takes Job With D.C. Lobbying Firm

Me too, dcrutch. Me too!

2011-02-01T13:01:29.275-05:00

Me too, dcrutch. Me too!

"...supporting policies that have brought our...

2011-02-01T12:38:12.756-05:00

"...supporting policies that have brought our nation to complete economic ruin while they enrich themselves and their true masters."

This is the message I try to relay to many of my associates, but they continue to try (as they try to prevent their minds from opening) to rationalize this behavior, drink the koolaid and ride along the partisan divide, believing their heroes will lead them to glory, despite the obvious cliff ahead.

This is why I'm a fan of the Tea Party. It...

2011-02-01T01:21:19.114-05:00

This is why I'm a fan of the Tea Party. It's not that they're any more or less moral, intelligent, honest, benevolent, or perfect than the rest of humanity. But, I like their disenchantment with political parties and the virtues of limited government.

It's not that Tea Partiers can't be as compromised and corrupt as Senators Bayh and Coats or Mayors Ballard and soon-to-be Emanuel. However, their ideological simplicity, the tether of their origin in grass roots, and most of all continued vigilance will hopefully not permit many charlatans.

You want to say some of the Tea Party candidates aren't any more polished than the issues they can't agree upon beyond limited government? That's true. That's part of the trade-off in not yet going through the revolving door between government official and smoozmeister lobbyist.

Despite disappoints like Mayor Ballard, given our success in having "professionals"run government, that's trade-off I'll continue to make.

There's so much talk about bein fair and equit...

2011-01-31T19:28:43.714-05:00

There's so much talk about bein fair and equitable -- particularly when taxation is the subject -- I wish the income of politicians was held to the same degree of scrutiny.

A politician who earns +/- a small percentage deviation of what his/her constituency earns on average -- now there's an idea I could support fully.