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If it walks like an earmark and quacks like an earmark

April 24, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

Last night, Politico posted a story about a letter from freshman GOP legislators asking the GOP leadership to allow them to insert earmarks into a tariff bill. The Politico story follows a piece that ran Friday in The Hill, which…

Mitch Daniels loses track of half a billion dollars in 4 months

April 7, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

In just 4 months, the state of Indiana has discovered $526 million in taxpayer funds that had been mishandled by the Daniels administration. On Thursday, news broke that Indiana had discovered more than $206 million dollars that should have been…

Where were you when they crucified the poor?

Juxtaposition: Catholics vs Bishops

April 7, 2012 · by Brian · in Faith, Politics

Offered without comment: Occupy Catholics & Catholics United protest the Ryan budget: “Were you there when they crucified the poor?” Bishops don’t have time to discuss poverty “Archbishop Charles Chaput told me in early November, along with an audience at…

Hoosier Republicans Voted to Kill Medicare

September 6, 2009 · by Brian · in Politics

Starting in August, the GOP apparently – and suddenly – became stalwart defenders of Medicare. Republican chairman Michael Steele unveiled a new “Seniors Bill of Rights”, vowing to protect Medicare from cuts during the health reform debate. Indiana’s Mike Pence…

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