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Evan Bayh; Taxes are For Killing People

…..and Blowing Stuff Up

Writing about Evan Bayh’s complete lack of principle is like shooting a whale in a thimble – it is far to easy, he doesn’t even try very hard anymore. He seems to know that he is seen as a weasel on both sides of the political divide and is happy to have fun with it.

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Tamyra D’Ippolito; Primary Challenge for Evan Bayh

Tamyra d’Ippolito is currently gathering the 4,500 signatures she needs for a primary run against Senator Evan Bayh (Wellpoint-Indiana)

Here is her Web site:

D’ippolito is running to the left of Bayh (not difficult) attacking his performance especially on health care reform and consistently refers to him as a Blue Dog.

Technically speaking the Blue Dogs are a specific group in the US House of Representatives, the equivalent in the senate are the Conservadems. If I recall correctly Bayh may have coined this name himself on one of his frequent ego trips during Obama’s first couple of months as President. I see no reason not to use this terminology against him. Blue Dog sounds almost heroic, certainly when put up against the weasely sounding Conservadem tag.

I would like to see Bayh toppled as our senator not so much for his stand on particular issues but rather his lack of a stand on the issues. Bayh’s grandstanding is always politically motivated, always about positioning himself.

I really do wish Tamyra luck but cannot in all honesty see her toppling the Bayh political machine.

Stop Proposed Arts Funding Cut in NW Indiana

An email sent out to the mailing list of the Chicago Street Theatre reproduced in full. Redux: Daniels, Indiana Governer, is trying to cut or at least drastically funding for the arts, please do what you can to stop this from happening.

Budget Cuts, Cut Art – Stop It!

Chicago Street Theatre June 2, 2009

Dear Steve,

I’m not one to hop on a soapbox without provocation, so please indulge me on this one:

In April, Governor Daniels proposed a 50% budget cut for the Indiana Arts Commission and an average 8% cut for other agencies and organizations. In both the House and Senate versions of the budget, the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) was treated fairly, with an 8% cut like other state agencies. Governor Daniels rejected these budgets.

Today, Governor Daniels released a new budget for the special session of the Legislature that will be called for later this month. His budget AGAIN calls for a 50% reduction of the IAC, from approximately $4M to $2M a year for the next biennium. This loss of support for our state’s arts infrastructure will put community and regional arts organizations of all sizes and types at risk of going out of business.

Chicago Street Theatre is supported in part by the Indiana Arts Commission directly and indirectly via South Shore Arts. We’ve already tightened our belts extraordinarily for the upcoming year and this cut will force us to consider more drastic reductions that will negatively impact us all.

I could go on and on, telling you why I think art is important in our lives and in our communities, but let me bring this into fiscal perspective for you. This is an analysis of your Chicago Street Theatre’s contribution to Northwest Indiana, beyond our fabulous productions, classes and free community events:

The total number of full-time equivalent jobs in our community that are supported by the expenditures made by CST and its audiences – 14

The total dollars paid to our community residents as a result of the expenditures made by CST and its audiences – $270,000

The total dollars received by our local and state governments as a result of the expenditures made by CST and its audiences – $280,000

“Cultural activities attract tourists and spur the creation of ancillary facilities such as restaurants, hotels and the services needed to support them. Cultural facilities and events enhance property values, tax resources, and overall profitability for communities. In doing so, the arts become a direct contributor to urban and rural revitalization.”

National Governors Association
“The role of the arts in Economic Development”
Source: Americans for the Arts at:
www.americansforthearts.org

Please take a moment to help support CST and Art in our world by clicking on this link and letting our elected representatives know how you feel about this lopsided budget cut. Your letters, sent through this web portal will make a difference.

http://capwiz.com

Thanks for listening and don’t forget to make your reservations to see “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me.” The show is amazing and will make you feel grateful to live in a country in which your voice will be heard.

See you soon!

Donna Blanchard
Managing Director

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Apparently Bayh was responsible for Obama’s success

Yup who knew? Surely Birch, pictured below, cannot be happy with his spawn’s lack of principle.

He has sent us an email (reproduced in full here). Explaining how they did it together.

Dear Hoosier Democrat:

Last November, Indiana made history by voting to put a Democrat in the White House for the first time in nearly a half century.

In choosing Barack Obama to lead our country during a time of extraordinary economic upheaval, Hoosiers sent a clear message: America is ready for a leader committed to taking bold action to protect American jobs and restore our middle class.

Today is Barack Obama’s 100th day in office. As someone who campaigned across our state for his election, I have been proud to work with President Obama to support middle class families. Together, we have made encouraging progress in the opening months of the new administration:

- We passed the most ambitious economic recovery package since the Great Depression, which will save or create millions of private sector jobs and put tens of thousands of Hoosiers back to work.

- We provided long-overdue relief for the middle class: enacting tax breaks for 95 percent of working Americans, passing measures to make college more affordable, extending health care coverage to millions more uninsured children of working families, making critical investments in renewable energy and K-12 education, and enacting a law guaranteeing equal pay for equal work for America’s working women.

- We have taken bold action to deal with the crisis in our credit markets with programs to get credit flowing again to small businesses, homeowners and students.

- And we have set in motion a process to address the legacy of the reckless speculation on Wall Street that has crippled lending, including badly needed financial regulatory reforms.

President Obama was elected to lead in challenging times. The last time our country faced a crisis of this magnitude was 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sent to Washington with a broad mandate to pull our country out of the Depression. Within 100 days, he passed a series of economic reforms to restore faith in our markets and confidence in our country. Every president since has been evaluated against him for what they’ve been able to accomplish in their “first hundred days.”

There are many miles to go. But in 100 days, President Obama has charted a bold new direction for our country that holds promise for a more prosperous future. I will continue to work with him on behalf of middle-class Hoosier families to restore the American dream.

Sincerely,

Evan Bayh

Paid for and authorized by the
Evan Bayh Committee
One North Capitol, Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46204
www.evanbayh.com

Now this is absolutely hilarious. does Bayh think that people have already forgotten his pathetic little power grab?

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Porter County Admin building Valparaiso

This is another pic of the Porter County Admin building. This one has been edited in Photoshop:

lens correction to remove barrel effect common with cheaper lenses at wide angles. The focal length for this shot was around 30mm efl.

Color channels adjusted to give BW image (much more control than just hitting the greyscale button. This enabled the contrast between the building and the sky to be really jacked up.

Converging verticals. Really easy using Photoshop’s crop tool.