Fort Wayne News

I saw this on a comment at the Star Tribune:

I Value Substance Over Talk
Obama Reminds Of the Old Lady In The TV Commercial, Who Opens Her Bun And Sees A Tiny Meat Patty And Asks “Where’s The Beef?”. Obama: Outstanding Orator When Using A Teleprompter, Other Then That….”Where’s The Beef”.

So here ’tis..

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From the NObama campaign..

Dear Friends,

The Campaign For Change is back in Fort Wayne and readying for the November 4th General Election! Now that we’re officially under way, we wanted to make sure YOU were invited to this weekend’s voter registration event! This campaign has always been about respecting, empowering, and including every single person and that’s exactly why we are hitting the streets today, talking to every person we can about Barack Obama’s message of Hope and Change.

Please join us TODAY as we sign up new volunteers, talk to fellow Hoosiers about Barack Obama, and register new voters!
TODAY!!!

We’ll be canvassing the surrounding neighborhoods and signing up people to volunteer, as well as registering new voters!

Starting at 1pm
Fire Station 12
6901 S Anthony Blvd, Fort Wayne
Stay up to four hours, or stay a half hour—any amount of time you have to help is amazing!

If you can’t make it out today, don’t worry! There will be PLENTY of opportunities in the next four months to volunteer and help this Campaign For Change.
Thank you for all you do for this campaign, and I hope we can chat down the road!
Francis

This was also posted on FWOb earlier today.

Fire Station 12 is in the hood, see here. So, the question I have to ask is the Fort Wayne Fire Chief Pete Kelly openly supporting Obama AND, is it legal to use city-owned facilities for campaign purposes?

I seem to recall someone pitching a fit during last years’ primary about the same thing. I’m busy enjoying the holiday, so I’ll look later and update this if I find out an answer.

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I grew up with Bozo, and Larry Harmon made my day as a kid more times than I can remember.

Larry Harmon, who played the beloved character Bozo the Clown, has died at the age of 83, the Associated Press reports.

The actor died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his home, said his publicist, Jerry Digney.

 

“Bozo is a combination of the wonderful wisdom of the adult and the childlike ways in all of us,” Harmon said in a 1996 interview of the character he was so famous for.

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The headline:

‘Pregnant Man WOMAN’ Gives Birth to GirlThe Transgender Man Born a Woman Was Impregnated by a Sperm Donor

IT’S A FREAKIN’ WOMAN. Yes, a freak, and a woman.

Thomas Beatie, the transgender man woman with a bear who made headlines as the so-called “pregnant man WOMAN WITH A BEARD pretending to be a man” gave birth today to a healthy baby girl, ABC News has learned.

I pity the poor kid she delivered.

She’s a lesbian that had a baby. E.O.D.

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A reader found this on the Gun Owners of America Web Site and had this to say.

I had never heard this and the more I think of it, the more troubling it becomes. First, Obama wants to nationalize health care, probably home mortgages too, then gay marriage and now gun control. Obama is really way out there much farther than I think most people really understand.

In spite of what he said two weeks ago, Obama didn’t see the 2nd Amendment as a personal right as a state legislator, he saw it (and one must assume the 2nd amendment freedoms Hoosier’s enjoy) as a menace which the Federal Government should eradicate!

Obama wants a national ban of state Concealed Carry laws.

Obama’s gun record is just simply atrocious.

Oh sure, Obama told Iowa radio listeners last year that he is a “strong believer” in the rights of hunters and sportsmen, and that homeowners should have a firearm “to protect their home and their family.” But then in the next breath, he says, “It’s hard for me to find a rationale for having a 17-clip semiautomatic [sic].”3

Good thing the ban on magazines that Obama supports was not in effect during the Los Angeles riots of 1992. That’s when Korean merchants successfully used their semi-autos — with large magazines containing multiple rounds — to keep looters away from their stores. Their businesses remained standing, even while many others (which were left unprotected) burned to the ground.

Obama supports the existing gun control laws on the books. Nowhere in his literature or in his campaign speeches does he stake out a position in favor of repealing any gun control measure that has passed into law.

Not surprisingly, Obama supports the gun ban in the nation’s capital, saying the “DC handgun law is constitutional.”4 And he is opposed to people using guns for self-defense, when those guns are owned in localities like Washington, DC and Chicago where firearms are banned.

Illinois resident Hale DeMar was prosecuted by the town of Wilmette for using a handgun in his home to defend his family in 2003. Because Wilmette had imposed a ban on the possession of handguns, several Illinois state legislators introduced SB 2165 to protect the right of self-defense for residents like DeMar.

True to form, Obama voted against the pro-gun legislation.5

It is very telling that Obama moved further to the left than most of the liberal legislators in his state. The self-defense bill protecting gun owners like DeMar passed the state senate 41-16 and was later enacted into law over the governor’s veto (and over Obama’s opposition).

The concealed carry of firearms is another important issue for gun owners, and yet Obama is not only opposed to citizens carrying guns, he supports using federal laws to override those states which currently allow the practice.

In 2004, Obama said he supports a national ban on concealed carry because the states that allow it are “threatening the safety of Illinois residents.”6 Never mind the fact that concealed carry laws have improved the safety of citizens in the states that have enacted such laws.7

Full article is here.

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From WRAL.com

Durham, N.C. — A Durham couple charged with kidnapping, rape and assault was involved with a satanic cult, a prosecutor said on Monday.

Joy Johnson and Joseph Craig appeared at a bond hearing Monday. A judge set Craig’s bond at $590,000, but refused a prosecution request to increase Johnson’s bond from $270,000 to $500,000.

Prosecutors said a man and a woman met Craig through a shared interest in Satan worship, but the pair never consented to physical abuse.

Craig shackled his victims to beds, kept them in dog cages and starved them inside his Albany Street home, prosecutors said. He was charged with beating the man with a cane and a cord and with raping the woman.

“This goes well above what they were interested in doing,” Assistant Durham County District Attorney Mark McCullough said.

Johnson, who was third vice-chair of the Durham County Democratic Party and vice-chair for the Young Democrats, was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting. Prosecutors said she knew her husband planned the crime and watched as they were committed.

The Durham Democrats took down their web site, but a cached version is still available.

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SOUDER SUPPORTS BIPARTISAN BILL TO
FUND BULLETPROOF VEST INITIATIVE
LAST YEAR, ALLEN COUNTY RECEIVED $29,677 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Souder announced today that he is cosponsoring the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act (H.R. 6045), bipartisan legislation that would authorize funding for law enforcement agencies to help them purchase bulletproof vests.

“Bulletproof vests are extremely effective protection for the men and women in law enforcement serving our community and the nation,” Souder said.  “I am pleased to cosponsor this bill, which was introduced by my Hoosier colleague Pete Visclosky.  Last year, Allen County received more than $29,000 through this program to help purchase 347 additional bulletproof vests.  While this kind of protection is extremely effective, it cannot protect a police officer who isn’t wearing one.  This bill will help ensure that such tragedies don’t occur.”

In Fiscal Year 2007 alone, the program provided $28.6 million to state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the United States for the purchase of around 180,173 new bulletproof vests.

H.R. 6045 was authored and introduced U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN).  It has been referred for further action to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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From Blow-hard NewsCenter …. com

Today a ceremonial landmark in the construction of the new baseball stadium will take place.

Just about a half hour ago, residents and fans joined Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, former Mayor Graham Richard, previous and current city council members along with many others officials involved in the multi-million dollar project.

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Hundreds of people came out to take part in today’s ceremony….

Yeah whatever. Why does Hinton and NewsCenter have to lie about anything related to Harrison Square?

There were not “hundreds there”. For once Lanka got it right, he said “Dozens of dignitaries, contractors and fans lined up to autograph the final 20-foot steel beam Tuesday morning before it was raised and locked in place”.

Based on these pictures from the Spaulding Brothers, maybe 5 or 6 dozen.

Photo credit: Scott Spaulding under Creative Commons License

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