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My friends, crime is out of control in Indianapolis.

Over the past two and a half weeks, there have been more than a dozen homicides in the city.
A police officer was shot in the head. And the alleged shooter is not only accused of killing three other people, but his mother is accused of driving the getaway car.

Things are out of control and with the temps expected to be in the 90’s this weekend, I don’t think it will get any better. So with tough times, I’m calling for tough measures.

Here’s my suggestion. Give every police officer in Marion County a butt kicking card.

The card would give every officer the right to kick one criminal’s butt per week. Now the card could only be used when someone is in the process of committing a crime and the cops couldn’t seriously hurt someone. But other than that, let them have at it. Sometimes a good butt kicking is what people need to straighten up and fly right.

And think about this, there are about 2000 police officers and deputies in Marion County. Thats 2,000 butt kickings a week , 8,000 a month and 104,000 butt kickings a year. And since only about 5% of the population is responsible for 80% of crime, every criminal in Indianapolis should have their butt kicked by November.

And for those of you whose bleeding hearts are about to go into cardiac arrest, think about this. Had someone kicked some of these criminals butts a long time ago, maybe a few more people would still be alive in this city.

My friends, to quote my lovely 65-year-old mother, it is high time for Jesse Jackson to go somewhere and sit his tired rear end down.

By now, you’ve probably heard jackson saying how he would like to emasculate barack obama for talking down to black people. (That’s fancy talk for cut off his private parts.)
Which, by the way, is odd talk for someone who was in Indianapolis talking about non-violence.

Jesse jackson did apologize, but why make the remarks if you didn’t already believe them.

Jackson is just jealous because Barack has a real shot at becoming president and Jackson ran for the job twice and never made it.

This isn’t the first time jackson’s gone after the nominee, early in the primary season, Jackson questioned whether Obama was really black.
I think he did because his mother is white and he went to Harvard.

Jackson is typical of the old, out-dated civil rights estalishment that has overstayed its welcome.
These guys resent new leadership that is emerging in the black community that doesn’t sit around whining about white people and expoliting corporations so they can line their own pockets.

Jackson and his crowd have been driving the civil rights bus for 40 years and it’s time for them to go the back and let someone else take over.
Because for all the talk about being black, this week Jackson showed his true colors and they are green.

Kermit the Frog used to sing that it’s not easy being green.

Actually, it is.

And looking out for the environment is no longer just a cause for the hippie liberal kids to embrace.

When we moved into our house, my husband replaced all the regular outdoor lightbulbs with energy efficient ones. They were a little more expensive on the front end, but we haven’t had to replace one yet, and we’ve been in the house for a year.

That’s nice, you might say, but what difference does it make?

In our house, maybe not much, but my husband works in commercial real estate, and his company is doing the same thing on a worldwide basis because it reduces operating costs and makes the real estate he manages more valuable.

Being green, it turns out, is great for business. And it’s as simple as changing a few lightbulbs.

So I don’t want to hear any more griping from the right about Al Gore or global warming or crazy treehuggers. The fact is the green efforts that help the environment can lead to the green dollar bills that line your wallet. And that’s good news for everyone.

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As someone who makes a living talking and writing, anytime a case comes up involving the First Amendment, I pay close attention.

That’s why I was elated when U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker threw out a state law that would have required businesses who sell adult or sexually explicit material pay $250 and register with their local government.

Judge Barker said the law was too broad and vague. She forgot to add it was stupid.

While governments have a legitimate interest in regulating adult-oriented business, under this law any bookstore that had “Book on Sex” could have had to register with the locals. .

Any video store that sold R-rated movies would have had to register as well as any Playboys you sold at a garage sale.

I wish lawmakers would get as excited over reducing the size and scope of government as they do about sex.

And to be honest with you, I really don’t know what it is about sex that gets so many people uptight, but I honestly think if they had more of it, maybe they wouldn’t be.

Now go celebrate the 4th of July and make some fireworks. Wait, that doesn’t sound right.

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If you look up change in the dictionary, the first definition is to make different.

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is about making washington different, getting away from the politics of yesteryear and uniting the country with hope and a vision for all of America.
It’s a message that’s resonating with voters across this nation.

What I find curious is that incumbent republican Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is also trying to define himself as a candidate of change.
Daniels, who spent a large chunk of career in Washington, including working as George W. Bush’s budget director.
Daniels, who spent the first three years of his term listening to no one, selling off state assets and pitting different parts of the state against each other.
Daniels, who now finds himself in a heated battle for re-election because his party long ago threw out concepts like fiscal responsibility and smaller government.

Mitch Daniels, I know change candidates, and you, sir, are no change candidate.
You’re a political wolf trying on the latest trends in wool to see if you can trick voters into believing you’re something you’re not.

It may be a shrewd move, but that’s not change anyone can believe in.