Comments by Iamfirst

Written on Gun-toting, foul-mouthed police chief from Pennsylvania won't back down:

in response to letsallgetalong:

C'mon did anyone else think this headline was about Bolin at first? HAHA CP editors, good one!

No. Bolin is here in Indiana. The headline says Pennsylvania.

Written on Warrick commissioners decline to intervene in Chandler-Newburgh dispute:

in response to altekameraden:

If they annex, they out grow their Town status, opening the door for new districts, and new citizens becoming candidates for Newburgh government who are not a part of the town's inner circle. All the animosity of the Ohio Township residents towards Newburgh will come out in the voting booth.

That was my point. Bodkin and his cronies don't want any change so they are not going to annex and risk new voters that could vote them out of power.


Bodkin owns the town of Newburgh. Why hasn't Newburgh just annexed the area? Simple. If the town grows bigger than the current area they will surely bring in more Republican votes from the Ohio Twp area. Bodkin being Democrat, does not want any chance of changing the politics of the town and losing power.

Written on INDOT making changes to dangerous Spencer Co. intersection:

This is a waste of money. The numbers just don't support changes. While tragic, one person's mistake does not warrant changing the whole intersection.

Written on Century Aluminum receives state approval to buy power on open market:

"Half of Culley's Power Plant was devoted or is devoted to ALCOA still."

Wrong. Warrick Power Plant was built when Alcoa was built. Culley is not near big enough to supply Alcoa. Culley never has supplied Alcoa. It is the other way around. Some of Warrick's power is sold on the grid. Alcoa is self reliant and buys no external power on a normal day.

Written on ELDRIDGE: Mac or Windows: Which is better?:

"While Macs no longer are virus-free, malware remains far less prevalent in them. Windows users are plagued with driver updates, security patches and a need for regular antivirus/anti-malware scanning, which can lead to clutter within the system and speed issues because of higher memory consumption. But because Windows is experienced with combating malware, it is better suited to quickly address new security issues. Apple tends to struggle with rapid response to new attacks."

Owning Mac is living in the country with your doors unlocked while owning a PC is like living in the ghetto with bars on your windows.

Apple enjoys a false sense of security through obscurity....

Written on UPDATE: Fate of Indiana school grading system uncertain:

Everyone is going to really be upset when he is back in Indiana working again. People should be careful what they wish for.....

Written on UPDATE: 36-year-old missing Evansville man found safe:

"He did not a shirt on when he was last seen, according to police." Oops typo....


Really? You think a 2 billion dollar company has to raise rates to pay a $75,000 fine?

Written on Yogi Ferrell learning college game fast with Hoosiers :

The two schools could not agree on where to play. IU wanted home/away and UK wanted neutral. IU tried to meet half way and have 2 each but Calipari said no. The blame falls on UK and Coach Cal.

Written on Republicans sweep in Warrick County:

in response to Astro:

Warrick County lost one of the good guys, Tim Mosbey.

He's not lost. He just has more time to be a farmer now. No more annoying meetings.

I would assume this spells the end of the current highway superintendent though.

Written on 5 things to know about Indiana's election Tuesday :

Pence would win without good ole Rupert splitting votes. Gregg ran a crappy campaign IMO. He dogged Pence all the time and attacked over things he won't live up to. For instance, he made issue of how much money Pence made as a Congressman. Does Gregg think that making $174,000 in Congress is somehow grossly overpaid and the job he is running for that pays around $100,000 isn't? Whatever Mr Gregg. That's a bit hypocritical me thinks....

Written on Iranian news agency picks up Onion article as fact :

in response to BusyBeinBorn:

Normal people would be insulted by Bibi's bomb drawing and the talking down to, but as with Republicans, I guess his audience enjoys being talked to like they're toddlers.

I think when Achmanutjob gets put on the security council of the UN people need talked down to, there are obviously stupid in the true since of the word.

Written on Vectren agrees to settlement in Floyd County, Ind. gas explosion :

First Comment! I wanted to get in before all the Vectren hating starts. LOL

Written on Bill Nye warns: Creation views threaten U.S. science:

in response to RottenPeaches:

Note the following line:

"America is home to the world's biggest creationist following"

Most other developed countries have moved on. In no European country will you find politicians spouting off about their faith in god.

When someone can look me in the eye and say they believe the earth was created a few thousand years ago, it's hard to take that person seriously or respect them at all. If I told you that I honestly believed the Tooth Fairy collected teeth at night, how would you put any trust into anything I said?

Yes, because Europe and it's politicians are such a shining example to the world. WOW. I am still having a good laugh that you would use Europe as a good example. God was cited when Declaration of Independence was written. It is where we came from. Sorry, maybe you should move to Europe since it is so awesome there.

Written on FACT CHECK: Dems embellish some of Obama's record :

I do not need to see tax returns to know Romney made lots of money. Good for him. I would like to know more about our current President's education and background. I think they should compromise. College records for tax returns. I won't happen though. Obama is hiding something, why else would you seal college transcripts? Bush and others released theirs.

Written on UPDATE: Authorities identify pedestrian killed in Thursday's crash:

in response to FIP:

This area has two big problems when it comes to pedestrians. Lack of sidewalks and lack of sense.

I almost ran over two people last night. Walking on the highway, wearing dark clothes, well over the white line, and walking on the wrong side of the road. Luckily, I saw them at the last second and no one else was approaching on the opposite side as I swerved to miss them.

Get a clue people, avoid walking on roads with no sidewalk. If you must, at least don't actually walk in the traffic lane. Wear light clothes, reflectors, or carry a light. And you are supposed to walk against the traffic, that way at least you can see the cars coming and get the hell out of the way, because they can miss seeing you far more easily than you can miss seeing them.

I think you may be confused about where this accident took place. There are sidewalks on both sides of the street for blocks in every direction at this location.

Written on FACT CHECK: Ryan takes factual shortcuts in speech :

C&P need to stop regurgitating AP stories. This story is crap. Think and write your own material.

Written on Crooks releases first TV ad of campaign:

Well I guess his name is right for politics. Crooks.... Enough said.

I want to state this is an attempt at satire, relax trolls.

Written on UPDATE: EVSC board member Branson reports residency mistake, can't seek re-election:

Irony. I love it. You want to be on the board running a school corporation and all education under it, and you can't read a map.

Written on Church puts faith in pro wrestlers to raise funds :

Sounds like Nacho Libre in real life.

Written on Indiana private schools with vouchers saw test scores fall :

No shock here. Public schools have a lower standard than private schools in general. When these kids go to a private school they are going to score lower at first. Their low scores bring down the schools average. No worry though, they will catch up.


in response to Jesus_Loves_Violent_Resistance:

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Where did you see assault weapon? I read rifle and pistol. Guns don't kill people, People do. If guns kill people, then pencils misspell words.

Written on Downtown Evansville getting new Chick-fil-A:

in response to WorkingForTheWeekend:

It is always great to see hate mongering companies expanding.

The Huffington Post tagged that article as homophobia..... Laughable. There is nothing homophobic or hate mongering about not supporting the gay lifestyle. I know gay people, have a few that are friends but I don't hate them just because I don't support their lifestyle. Conversely my being civil or friendly to them does not endorse their lifestyle either. The only person that mentioned hate is you. Learn what hate is. Hate is wishing ill will or hurt on others, not simply being unsupportive of their lifestyle.

Written on Officers say Indiana man staged his own shooting at state park:

No jail time needed here. The pellets, embarrassment, and a fine are enough I would think.

Written on Warrick Fair making for some long hot days:

A six year old on the high school football team! He is a prodigy LOL.

Written on Asian carp remain threat to Wabash River's health :

They are tons of fun to shoot with a bow!

Written on U.S. jobless claims fall to lowest level in four years:

in response to etaxpayer:

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RTW is not even in effect yet. Please make claims that make sense. You made a very unintelligent comment.

Written on Evansville company must pay $1 million for federal violations:

in response to myturn:

The company figured out that committing fraud was the wrong way to go so they changed their procedure?

No the company had long thought that they only needed a licensed person on staff. They did not realize that person had to actually do the work, but only oversee it. They found out this was not the case and changed. It was not a case of forgery, they simply believed they were following what was allowed. When became aware they were not they changed the practice. I think it is low to be part of the solution and happy with it, then after you get fired go paint the story in a different light and say you just found out and are shocked. Lies.


I hope the former employee that reported this is happy now and can rest well. It is funny that the company discovered on their own they were doing it wrong and changed the procedure willingly, and the little coward went and ratted them out only after he got fired. Stand up guy.

Written on Vectren customers could see lower winter heating bills:

in response to Mario:

Way to go Vectren.....If you don't screw us one way, you find another!
Fracking pollutes ground water used for drinking and can cause earthquakes! For each frack, 80-300 tons of chemicals may be used. Presently, the natural gas industry does not have to disclose the chemicals used, but scientists have identified volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. Anyone ever watch the movie documentary Gasland??

See the movie Erin Brockovich?

How can fracking pollute ground water when it is sometimes miles deeper? No ground water that far down. This post is nothing more than regurgitated liberal propaganda. You can't have more regulation causing companies to spend more and then in return get a cheaper product. If you want cheap energy than stop advocating more rules. Erin Brockovich is also a terrible analogy.

Written on UPDATED: Ohio River bridge at Louisville to take six months to fix:

in response to wingman:

founded on the belief in God and dont forget slavery also.

While I agree slavery did exist and because so lends to the "belief" in it, there is no mention or approval of it in the Constitution. It was abolished later though in the 13th amendment.


in response to darkstar:


2) Please provide examples from the Constitution's text that clearly demonstrate where these principles are located and executed.


I require numerous sources and the proper citations within your analysis.


"As the government of the United States of America is not on any sense founded on the Christian Religion..." - from the Treaty of Tripoli, signed into law by John Adams

Your request is far too long to fulfill in these comments. However I can give you links to a few places where you can read about our founders and their beliefs. You will find that these can be verified from multiple sources if you wish to take the time.

Founders as believers.

Treaty of Tripoli...

Also, I never said Christianity, I said belief in God. You can not argue that since it is part of something as simple as taking an oath for court and it is printed on our currency.


in response to mercyisfortheweak:

Don't worry about fixing the bridge, with Kentucky and Indiana both issuing "In God We Trust" plates, god's power to support the bridge on his own should be plenty. I say take your cars with your "In God We Trust" plates and leave yourselves in god's hands as you drive across the bridge.

Sorry but you live in a nation that was founded on the belief in God. If you don't like it, exercise your freedom to move elsewhere. Your post is a fantastic display of ignorance.

Written on Vectren seeks rate hike to upgrade Posey County power plant:

in response to hellochildren:

The municipality forces (eminant domain?) investors to sell their stocks back to a non-profit municipal holding company. See it wasn't that hard to understand after all.

Your other comments. So we should just do nothing right? Just sit here and do nothing, change nothing.

Man that is a great plan! Good thinking!

You still didn't answer. You merely said the municipality "forces" investors to sell stock. So you want the government to have the power to force a privately owned business to buy back their public stock?! That sounds like a freedom to me. I also never said to do nothing. I merely pointed out what you said to do what moronic.


in response to hellochildren:

Today I was told by her office that Gail Reiken had an amendment to disband the IURC and or make it elected officials. Please for the love of god... SATURATE your state representatives, state senators, the IURC (for what little that is worth) and the Governers office directly.


How do you revoke someone's investor owned status? This makes no sense whatsoever. De-regulating utilities does not lower prices. It merely adds a middle man to the equation.

Also making the IURC elected would change nothing. It would just add the waste of running a campaign to the job.


in response to Fudd1:

I heard last week that Duke Energy was trying to get into this area. Can anyone verify that or have you heard similar? This would be great.

Nope not true. Only could happen if Duke bought Vectren's electric business.

Written on Barr-Reeve's Graber, Perkins set pace at Run at the Mounds:

Where can we get the full results?

Written on Pacifist Indiana college picks national anthem replacement :

They can do what they want it is a free country, but they should think about why that is. If there were no war this article wouldn't be in english. No one likes war, but sometimes people have to wear the man pants and defend the U.S. from enemies.

Written on LETTER: Don't elect Texas governor :

in response to xxskip20xx:

I posted a video that shows how Rick Perry is bought by a corrupt banking system that has ruined america and people will still dismiss this? Wow!! that is why they FEAR Ron Paul he wants sound money not paper manipulated Fiat currency!!

I am all for the gold standard, but come on. A clip of some random guy saying BoA and we will help you out isn't enough for me.

Written on LETTER: Don't elect Texas governor :

in response to whywhywhy:

The writer makes a clear, and simple, statement that should be a concern of most informed voters. We tried the approach Perry advocates for 8 years and what did it get us? Good Letter!

Who is we? Why were you trying to approach Perry advocates for 8 years? Are you psychic? How did you know he was going to be running for President 8 years ago?

If the logic in this article is good, as you claim, then we should fear Obama, the last two Governors of Illinois are in prison.

Written on The last hours and emotional toll of Integra's takeover:

in response to PocketCity:

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"A commanding officer sent out the message: Who was interested in making some money on an off-duty assignment the weekend of July 29? Altogether, 64 officers were needed."

It was an off duty assignment, meaning someone else was paying them. Relax there skippy. I Do not think police make $30 an hour straight time either. That seems too high.

Written on Vectren's residential customers pay state's highest electric rates :

in response to moderatelyprofane:

Why do I sense an "off-grid" power sourcing boom coming to this city?

Jokes aside, they build a taxpayer subsidized Modren waterfront office building, have us pay a significant portion of their upgrades then bend us over for the privilege. When I can finally afford to go house shopping you can bet I'll be looking into solar/wind generators as well.

I can't disagree with the pain of energy bills, but calling their building tax payer subsidized is dumb. Electric customers are not synonymous to tax payers. No one has to buy electricity. There is no law mandating it like taxes.

Written on UPDATE: Police release name of man killed in wreck near Dale, Ind.:

in response to HoosierHilltopper:

and for those of you keeping score, It's I.D.O.T. Idiots 5, public safety for Indiana citizens 0, just in the last year. The citizens must be the ones making these mistakes, because I.D.O.T. doesn't make any. Right?

It is actually INDOT not IDOT. IDOT is Iowa and Illinois I believe.

Written on Vouchers will cost EVSC 94 students and thousands of dollars :

in response to whywhywhy:

I'm waiting to see how the republicans feel when Muslim students start using tax dollars to attend Madrassas' complete with radical Imams.

Way to make a good comment partisan! I would imagine both sides of the aisle would feel the same way about terrorists. Oh and it is nice to see you saw fit to capitalize the word muslim and not Republicans. Nice job inferring respect to a group that has a large sect that wants to kill us, and doing the opposite for our leaders because you don't agree with them. Real patriotic.

Written on LETTER: Get rid of GOP bean-counters :

Keynes was wrong. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid and read up on Hayek. Road to Serfdom is a good book. Read and learn.

Written on Money or house? Easter Seals winner has to decide :

in response to TLC:

Don't make the mistake in thinking ( I will just sale the house you could end up with less the a $100,000. Sorry just take the money and buy a cheaper house unless you work for mead johnson , alcoa, g.e, bwx or the robber's at

Really? An article about someone winning a prize from being charitable, and some how a Vectren jab gets included. I wish people would just disconnect their electric or stop whining about it. No one is forced to buy it. It is not a required element to survive like food and water is.

Written on Boehner: House will compromise on debt limit:

in response to TruGrit:

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Here is current data on 'debt' I think you can easily do the math to see who has spent what. Bush increased the debt by 5 trillion in 8 years. Obama has increased it by almost 4 in 3 years. You can argue if what was spent was right or not all night long, but you can't argue who is spending it faster.

Written on Consortium doesn't foresee default on Indiana Toll Road deal:

in response to jb399:

"One of those is the 142-mile Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis to Evansville. Major Moves set aside $700 for the highway's construction"

Boy, a whole $700! We got a sweet deal there.

I believe it should say $700 Million.