On today's show, I caught the end of a phone call with a resident of the city of Bloomington in my state, Indiana. Thom mentioned that our former Democratic senator, Evan Bayh, has just accepted a position with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and that Thom always thought of Evan Bayh as a corporatist, which this new job demonstrates. Thom referred to Bayh's new position with the chamber as that of a lobbyist. As I understand, however, Bayh is not going to do any lobbying but rather is going to be an analyst who will try and find ways to cut back on or eliminate government regulation of business. Thom went on to ask, what is wrong with the people of Indiana for having voting him in as U.S. senator? I don't remember the details of the primary when Bayh first ran for the senate, but it may have been that he was the only Democrat running. In Indiana, candidates for the senate often don't seem to have an opponent within their own party. When Bayh first ran for governor as a Democrat, likewise, he may have been the only Democrat who was interesting in running in that election. The last time the Indiana governership was up for election, there were two Democratic candidates who ran in the primary. Senator Lugar will probably have a Tea Party challenger in the primary. For the upcoming 2012 election, so far, there is only one Democratic candidate for governor wo has announced, the former House speaker John Gregg, and as far as I know, only one Republican, Congressman Mike Pence. In the case of Bayh, if the voters wanted a Democrat first for governor, and then, eight years later, for senator, Evan Bayh was likely the only available or at least viable choice. I would have to go back and review the history books to be sure, but Bayh's name was known because many people remembered his father, Senator Birch Bayh, a progressive Democrat. As governor, I think Evan Bayh mostly did a lot of budget cutting, to insure that Indiana had a balanced budget, and then some.

Not a day hardly goes by when I don't ask myself the same question Thom asked: what is wrong with the people of this state? I know that public school teachers are prohibited from stating their political opinions in class in Indiana, but I have to wonder if our school system is failing to teach students to put aside some of the prejudices they have sometimes learned from home and to teach them more about history, civics, and society in a way that would allow them to think critically, examine the facts, and withstand right-wing conservative propaganda. There are a lot of rural, intellectually isolated people in the Midwest. Education seemingly has become so vocationally oriented that it is too provincical in its effect to open vistas to many. Even Mitch Daniels himself has commented on the fact that Indiana lags behind other states in terms of the numbers of college graduates who live here.

We once had a Democratic New Deal governor by the name of Paul V. McNutt who initially opposed Roosevelt and was even rude to him in the 1932 Democratic National Convention. But McNutt adopted Roosevelt's program and was an exponent of taking action to alleviate the poverty and unemployment that existed during that time. McNutt who like Obama was a graduate of Harvard Law School reorganized Indiana's state government and through patronage under the Works Progress Administration became a powerful machine politician of his time. He wanted to become the Democratic nominee for president after Roosevelt, but after FDR decided to run for a second term, McNutt's presidential ambitions were thwarted. He then wanted to be vice-president, but FDR, having been rebuked by McNutt, wouldn't consider him. Eventually, Roosevelt appointed him High Commissioner to the Philippines. FDR's third run for the presidency once again stopped McNutt from running. Before becoming governor, he served as a law professor and then the youngest dean in history of the Indiana University School of Law. A dormitory quadrangle at the university is named after him.

The Indiana Democratic Party could stand to learn a thing or two from Paul McNutt. WIth Republicans in charge, it might be difficult to improve our educational system to give students a broader education than they may be getting now.

Indiana had a conservative Christian congressman who had to resign due to an extramarital relationship with a part-time aide. That didn't change anyone's mind in this state about voting Republican.

Most would be considered sex offenders for this lewd act and get put on a "Sex Offenders" list. Hopefully our congressional critters are not above the law.

I don't know about all those other people whom Repubicult mentioned, but I can tell you what Clarence Thomas has done while on the Supreme court. He has read magazines. While the Supreme court was in session. And if Thomas was reading magazines during sessions, you might wonder how he got the information he needed in order to vote on the issues he voted on? Very simple: before each session he is told how to vote, which is why he doesn't need to listen to any of the arguments, read any of the legal briefs, or ask any questions of the lawyers who present cases before the Court: he already knows how to vote.

Kool-aid hysteria. Reduce Fox and Beck intake.

One more thing, Anthony while you are on the House Floor naming names of government officials past and present, it is also fair and appropriate to call out members of the news media who are also hipocrites on this yet are keeping their jobs.

Mahatma Gandhi

It is important to take some time to reflect on the words of Mahatma Gandhi. “Live simply that others may simply live.” We tend to complicate our lives by pursuing possessions, money, status, power, etc.

Live simply! Why enter the rat race? Do a day’s work and have a life after work! The key to happiness is in six words. “Have less, do less, say no!”

The Florida video was recorded by many bystanders, including a television crew, at the end of a police chase, in which the driver was shot to death by numerous officers who fired as many as 100 rounds into his car. Officers then tried to confiscate all recording equipment from the crowd. One witness removed the memory from his cell phone and hid it in his mouth before turning over his phone.

Please reflect on one hundred rounds to kill a human being! These policemen are insane. Yes, police do have a tough job but they will receive push back from sane human beings. What truly concerns me is that we are a certifiably psychotic nation.

Who is the answer for our psychotic country??? JESUS SPEAKS SANITY TO A NATION OF LUNATICS! - G.K. Chesterton

@oneworldatpeace, let us use the Anti-Life Party's strategy! If we call the GOP sociopaths enough times, maybe the TRUTH will sink into the minds of Americans AS TO HOW PSYCHOTIC THE REPUBLICANS ARE. It is my perceptual opinion that the Republicans are evil, vile, and wicked. They are Satan's disciples!!!

Too bad about the power glitches today. I ran across an article that pushes my police state button these days: the seizure of audio or audio/video recording equipment by police when they are performing their duties IN PUBLIC. This is usually called illegal wiretapping or eavesdropping, and can be punished in 12. In Illinois the maximum penalty is a Class 1 felony with 15 years imprisonment. Aggravated Sexual Assault is a Class 2 felony with a seven year imprisonment.

The Florida video was recorded by many bystanders, including a television crew, at the end of a police chase, in which the driver was shot to death by numerous officers who fired as many as 100 rounds into his car. Officers then tried to confiscate all recording equipment from the crowd. One witness removed the memory from his cell phone and hid it in his mouth before turning over his phone.

Story at: http://www.wpbf.com/news/28152527/detail.html

A case in Illinois is in progress. Chris Drew is a street artist who tried to challenge a Chicago ordinance requiring a permit to sell art in public. When police discovered that he made an audio recording of his own arrest, the police weren't interested in the misdemeanor charge any more, and went with the Class 1 felony eavesdropping charge. The ACLU has taken up the case, and so far the Federal Courts have found that there "is no right to audio record in The First Amendment" of the Constitution. There is also no right to take photographs or movies in publlic in the First Amendment under Free Press.

40 states allow one party recording, 12 states require all party permission. www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13492

I had a talk with Robert Prichard, my State Rep. after writing to him, and he said that there was "too much push-back" from the State Police when he looked into changing the law. I surmise that he forgot who works for whom.

I hope this is not too long a post; it is a very important topic. File under "Steps to Police State"

Everybody has to realize that "our friends in the Republican Party" as Bernie so satirically refers to them are all people who have no care or compassion to the damage, misery, sickness and even DEATH that the maintenance of their ideaology creates and inflicts on the American People and the World. They are all SOCIOPATHS and we should stop being afraid to call them out as such and defy them to disprove the charge. THEY CAN'T!

They are so infused with their pychopathic narcissism that Little Anthony's juvenile tweaky voyeurism gets projected as the usual false equivalence to the status of more horrible then all the Republican atrocities of late. Vitter is small change when you consider the Neo Con crimes of torture,recission, black ops and prisons, extra-legal imprisonment, suspension of due process Habeus Corpus for American Citizens, lieing us into War and the treason of outing a NOC CIA Agent for "political reason"!

I just wish Wiener had admitted his culpability for what it was so we could have gotten a laugh about his stupid human trick and kept on kicking sociopath Repugnican ass, and all the weenie hand wringer chicken-poop Democrats wouldn't have had the time to form the usual circular firing squad!

Sign my petition backing Antony Weiner!! The country needs his voice! Hi,

Support against all odds

So I signed a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate and President Barack Obama, which says:

"With all the buzz about Anthony Weiner's indiscretions.

Here's a headline Fox & CNN can run with. "Republicans want to destroy Medicare!!!! and even privatize SS"!

Here's another "Republican's want to cut aid for the poor, children and students but gives big tax cuts to the very rich"!

Here's another "Republicans want to keep subsidizing Big Oil after they have made billions in profits!!"

Wake up people! Tell America and the people in government we need voices like Anthony Weiner!!!"

Will you sign the petition too? Click here to add your name:

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Thanks!

And as long as Senator David Vitter – who was a client of the DC Madame – keeps his job – then Republicans should probably keep their mouths shut about Anthony Weiner. I will say Amen to sister, Louise!!!