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Written on Feds say Bloomington MPO can't stop construction of I-69 | POLL:

in response to LeftEvansville:

I agree. Make the bypass just beyond city limits, and NO ENTRY/EXIT RAMPS!

And use the need to save money to make up for the inability to use federal funds as the reason for eliminating all interchanges around Bloomington.

Written on Local residents discuss ways to keep area sustainable:

in response to reardensteel:

"Sustainable" is a code word. "Green" is the new "red". It's all about controlling the people. A study done of the 2000 census revealed that 94.6% of land in the U.S. is rural open space. Conservation is a good thing but forcing everyone to live in a government controlled environment/apartment in the city is not a good thing.

I am on one of the technical committees for this effort, but was out of town yesterday and unable to attend the first of the two meetings to be held in Henderson. I'm curious as to exactly what portion of identifying this community's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. you felt was so Communistic ("Green" is the new "red"). Of course, I assume that you attended this first meeting since you are so outspoken about it. If I'm wrong, I invite you to attend the second meeting this afternoon at 1:00 at the HCC Fine Arts Center so you can hear for yourself what some of your neighbors think about this subject and so you will better know what you are complaining about.

Written on We're finally shaking off winter; Kentucky loses one of its finest:

It's a melancholy lesson, the perspective gained through seasoned eyes.

Written on I-69 backers get project updates: Kentucky to study parkway improvements:

We have the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Why can't we have the Lorencito Coal Bridge over the Ohio River near Evansville? We could save the taxpayers a bundle and, I am guessing, we would wind up with a much less ugly finished product.

Written on Steve Austin column: Government's decisions on money just plain crazy! :

in response to highlander:

And didn’t I just read recently that some of the State grant monies are now being diverted to build a new raw water pump station instead of the downtown sewer/stormwater separation project? Since we have ignored this problem for the last twenty years we are now facing a deadline that is becoming unrealistic. Leadership in this town amounts to no more than a social club.

Not that I am the type to lead cheers for the "party line" (even my pastor calls me a contrarian), but I have to defend the redirecting of grant funds away from the downtown project to the raw water intake. Both of these projects are absolutely necessary. Both are on the front burner. The funds were redirected to the raw water intake project simply because the nature of that project leaves it less bogged down in the red tape that is always associated with federal funding. In fact, the primary reason this project wasn't part of the original riverfront grant fund distribution is because it didn't even exist as a project when the grant was initially announced.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

Sheesh! I take time away to go to a graduation ceremony and this thing goes incendiary! No hope for any reasoned discourse here.

To arethasebree, I know how you feel about being misquoted. I never said you are pro-abortion, just that you presented one of the classic pro-abortion arguments. And I didn't imply that you said anything about children being better off dead (at least not to anyone willing to actually read the two posters I identified - can't help those too lazy to do something that simple). That dishonor belongs to mercyisfortheweak.

To the rest of you, see you all in the funny papers. I'm out of here before this place erupts into a raging inferno.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

Blacklabel, The Republican party has in fact taken some very politically damaging positions. That is true. And they have paid the price. And, undoubtedly, some of the leadership of that party allowed or encouraged these positions solely for political gain. They are the double losers. What, if any Phoenix is able to rise up out of the ashes of the current mess that is the Republican Party is only of idle interest to me.

The fact that our nation or the rest of the world finds abortion tolerable is of even less interest to me. They once thought the same of slavery until there was a little religious enlightenment by Wilberforce in England and Harriet Beecher Stowe in the US.

As for whether "woman should be able to control their bodies," were it only so! There would be no abortion debate.

"I haven't seen any pro-abortion arguments here." You might want to go back and re-read some of the posts by arethasebree and mercyisfortheweak. They specifically mention the mother not being able to handle another child and the baby being better off dead than live a life of crime or suffering. To restate my question, wouldn't it be easier, less expensive, safer for the mother, and more likely to get the troublemaker or suffering child if you aborted one (or more) of the other children of such a mother? I doubt that even most pro-choice people would tolerate this. But, from the pro-life perspective, there is no discernible difference between that and what our less-than-Supreme Court has legislated.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

To man_with_common_sense:

If only the government wasn't involved in the abortion issue! But, once you've got hold of a rattle snake, you'd better be careful how you put it down.

And I agree with you about "the totally left wing comments," but would have to say the same thing about the right wing. Fact is, nobody on the fringes of either side of this debate is trying to make sense anymore. On this point I might have to agree with Blacklabel that there is more interest in keeping the pot stirred than in reaching any reason-based conclusion. Looking from the pro-life side, the pro-aborts surely don't want to sit down and talk things through. The last thing they want is a fact/reason based consensus.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

Blacklabel, Politics could indeed be that dark and interest groups with no real life could be that desperate. But, without names and dates, it is still only interesting conjecture. And, to claim that any person with less than an impeccable past (and we've all made mistakes and have been caught being inconsistent) who stands on his or her convictions on either side of the abortion debate is merely using the issue for political or personal gain is quite a bit below "interesting conjecture."

Any thoughts on my confusion about certain pro-abortion arguments?

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

Blacklabel, you make a valid point. The south was re-assimilated into the Union after the Civil War only with enormous political grappling. How much more so this issue that has so completely divided us? But, to claim that either side of this divisive issue wants to perpetuate it for their own gain is, at best, an interesting conjecture.

To any of you pro-aborts, there has always been confusion in my mind about some of the most often mentioned pro-abortionist positions. If you are so concerned about the welfare of the mother and so concerned about what the unborn child may become, why not select one of the mother's other children to abort? They would be much more accessible and aborting them would be zero threat to the mother's health. Best of all, you would have a much better sense of where that child might be headed. Pick the troublemaker and spare the mom some real heartache.

Or does the concept become somehow less tasteful?

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

arethasebree, I sincerely apologize for appearing to put words in your mouth. that was not my intent. Rather, I was trying with that comment to address the larger group in this discussion. And, whether or not they used that exact phrase, it was certainly implied in the language some of them did use.

I am glad you were willing and able to use the services of the ECLC. That is why it exists. And, hopefully, you can attest that no service was denied solely based on your own religious leanings. If so, I am sure the director would want to know about it.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

Blacklabel, I've never held much hope for a political solution to what ails this nation and world. As for whether or not college text books have changed since Roe v Wade, I don't know. Anybody out there know of a biology text book used at a state university that still describes fetal development in a way that so damns the pro-abortion movement?

Warden, a "free progressive dinner" is a dinner for which each course is served at a different location and which costs the recipient no money. In the case of the ECLC, they serve each course at a different service location (e.g. food pantry and free lunch area, clothing bank and professional attire area, parental training and assistance with items for small children, etc.).

Oh, and I apologize for going off half cocked about the 9 services thing. They may offer more.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

arethasebree, you can visit the Evansville Christian (yes, Christian) Life Center if you are truly interested in learning whether we "religions fanatics" even care about anything besides abortion. In fact, the ECLC offers a free progressive dinner (very good food, too) just to highlight the 9 different services they offer.

Written on Obama delves into abortion debate at Notre Dame:

Thank you, mercyisfortheweak, for finally bringing the true motivation for abortion to the forefront. Starting in the 1920's with Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, when Nazism was still faddish, abortion was seen as a tool for social engineering and the advancement of the white supremest movement. No wonder that PP has focused so heavily on the "poor and downtrodden" blacks. Better dead than bred.

81VETT, I base my decision to side against abortion not on my religion, but on my pre-Roe-v-Wade college biology text book that describes fetal development in such a way that he or she is a fully developed human being needing only time to grow by the time most women even suspect they might be pregnant. The only role my religion plays is in helping me decide how to respond to this disturbing (to the abortionist) fact.

Written on I-69 extension cost balloons past $3 billion:

If INDOT is looking for someplace to eliminate interchanges, they need to start at Bloomington. They didn't want the highway anyway, so they wouldn't be able to complain about being left out without sounding like the spoiled brats they are.

Written on Palin meets Down syndrome parents:

Blacklable, Steele wasn't at this event. He was at yesterday's event. THAT was a political event! This was a meeting of parents of Downs children.

Terrible Lie, the press wasn't invited or encouraged to attend this event. That's why they tried to keep its location a secret. But, knowing that the local Paparazzi would swarm around the likes of Sarah Palin, the press was accommodated and controlled outside of the meeting place.

I didn't mean to imply that Governor Palin flew all the way to Kentuckianna just to get a little encouragement. She was already here for a political event. Why not take advantage of the opportunity to get together with a group who has the outspoken support from the likes of Albert Pujols (also a parent of a Downs child and a contributor to the book written by SMILE's founder)?

But, think what you want. Just know that marching lock-step will severely limit your perspective.

Written on Palin meets Down syndrome parents:

I find it hilarious that my son just posted a comment on Facebook that the good weather has brought out the "Stop the Violence" guy at his university campus. Do you liberals ever take a step back to listen to yourselves? Has it occurred to you that even the Governor of Alaska might need the encouragement of those who have been where she is right now with her special needs child? Why else would a high-profile political figure want a private, no-press meeting?

Written on Politicians' tales touch Centre crowd:

Now, while we're asking about inconsistency, how is it that you pro-abortionists insist that a convicted murder be "healed" in a "correctional institution" rather than face the death penalty while at the same time an unborn baby be subject to death by mutilation at the whims of its mother for no other reason that being inconvenient or the wrong gender or whatever?

Written on Politicians' tales touch Centre crowd:

k-rosey, Ever heard of the Evansville Christian (that's right, CHRISTIAN) Life Center? Educating parents on how to, among other things, control childish behavior without using physical force is one of the many things done there for which we damn religious types get no credit.

Written on Politicians' tales touch Centre crowd:

To Sker: For the record, capital punishment is a last resort to the true "right-to-lifer," and one to be used with tears in our eyes. We are as appalled as anyone at the ability of some to turn such a grievous event into some sort of celebration or carnival.

Grievous, but necessary in our imperfect world in which a small few have abandoned their capacity for compassion and concern for their fellow man. Necessary because nothing else we have tried works.

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