I hope we can survive "silly season" til Friday. We can take a breather from some real "stumpers" for a time...til reality sets in?
Here's some of my favorites:
- Can't text and drive in Indiana, but you can some"pack some heat": no problem!
- No worries, it's "take your gun to work day", every day, if you like. It gives a whole new meaning to "I'm going out to my car for a minute, be back in a jiff"...supervisors everywhere are wondering who is going to go postal next (if they have any sense). The only people who should be taking their gun to work are law enforcement officers and hunters. Everyone else really shouldn't...just sayin'
- I, for one, am THRILLED that our representatives spent a great deal of time on changing the ID requirements for vendors of alcohol. It was simply to, to challenging for adults to get their id out when buying their Jack. 'Certainly wouldn't want to waste a moment providing id, even though you do it for all kind of other things! Yep, this one makes a lot of sense, now we are asking cashiers to estimate if Hoosiers look to be about 40 or over...this is gonna be interesting! BOTOX stock, I'm yours!
- LOVE the idea of holding teachers responsible for EVERY aspect of a child's life. For example: even if the child's parents aren't around, aren't feeding or clothing them or disciplining them at home, NO MATTER...let's hold the appropriate adult responsible: the TEACHER NOT THE PARENT...this one is SURE to succeed.
- Consistently, the data and information about charter performance shows they do no better than public schools, SO: LET'S FUND THEM COMPLETELY!!!! YAY! By the way, I'm so NOT against charter schools, I just think we are avoiding the hard work of revitalizing public schools
- Looks like we are getting rid of Planned Parenthood funding... That's certainly going to help out with the access issues we already have in a state that is VERY FAR BEHIND in basic healthcare provision. I'm NOT pro-abortion, but let's get real. Where else are women getting healthcare in low income and challenging communities? I don't see a lot of folks out their lining up to provide cervical cancer and breast cancer screening, or contraceptives. Baffling...just baffling...
- Immigration: this one has been fun to watch. I guess I'm kind of bummed that the BIRTHER provisions have been taken out. That one was so meaningful and certainly helpful in a myriad of ways. Thanks for focusing on WHAT's REALLY important.
- Speaking of immigration: I guess it would be cool for Indiana to have another distinction: our sister state could be Arizonia! We could become Ariana or Indizonia if we merge. That would be a first, and IMPRESSIVE! This one just plain befuddles me. I wish I could say befuddle in another language: oh wait, I probably shouldn't cause that's not this state's official language (as if we Hoosiers speak English well anyway!)
- We are all up in arms that if the gas tax is suspended to help with the cost of gas for the summer, we might not get our stimulus dollars. I thought Indiana was AGAINST federal stimulus dollars. Didn't we initially refuse them on our high moral grounds? OHhhhhh, I guess that changed. The political phrase is "flip flop" but I hate to denigrate flip flops in that manner.
- Lastly, I just want to say that in the middle of two very important debates (education and planned parenthood) I was impressed that the Speaker took time to remind the legislators that tomorrow is picture day and to "dress pretty"
Silly Season...coming to a close soon: happy hunting til Friday!
