We're Doing Better Than Michigan?

Apparently not. Indianapolis lost more jobs in the last two years than any city on the planet other than Johannesburg, S.A. Even Detroit is doing better on the jobs front. Looks like Mitch Daniels is going to need a new lie.

Thanks to the Not My Man Facebook page for the link.

More Lies from the Governor

Mitch Daniels is lying and half-truthing so much that his short pants ought to have spontaneously combusted by now. Lesley Stedman Wiedenbener explains in her recent Courier-Journal article. Unfortunately, Typically Ignorant and Uninformed Hoosier Comments (TIUHC) follow the article.

Liar, Liar

Are Gov. Mitch Daniels' pants on fire yet? HT to the Not My Man Facebook page.

Not My Man

Blue Indiana catches Gov. Mitch Daniels voicing "concern" about the national debt. The same one Daniels had no concern about, apparently, when he was the OMB Director in the Bush administration. Thomas at Blue Indiana says that Mitch thinks we're dumb. Daniels may be right, at least if the comments at the Palladium-Item are any reflection of the "thoughts" of a majority of Hoosiers. Maybe we're not dumb so much as woefully ignorant of the mess Mitch Daniels and his merry minions have made of state government.

How many children under the supervision of Daniels' CPS agency have to die before we Hoosiers will have had enough?

How many state agencies have had to replace experienced employees with unqualified, overpaid friends of Mitch, many of them in newly minted supervisory and management positions that "justify" them making high salaries?

How long will Mitch be allowed to withhold public information and lie about jobs creation numbers before Hoosiers will hold him accountable?

How long will Daniels be allowed to withhold information about specific budget cuts while he trumpets his record of "fiscal responsibility?"

Oh, and all that "island of prosperity" rhetoric is just that. Empty words.
Tip o' the hat to Blue Indiana for the link to these latest BEA figures.

When, oh when, will Mitch "The __ Blade" Daniels actually suffer any repercussions for his lies and mismanagement?

More Evidence of an ESPN Jinx?

Guess who was profiled on ESPN Radio this weekend. Mariano Rivera, perhaps the best MLB closer ever, handsome, humble, and not one to seek the spotlight. Alas, he (or his handlers) made the mistake of agreeing to do an interview with ESPN Radio that aired yesterday (05/15) morning. The result: Rivera gave up a grand slam homerun that gave a win to the Twins, ending that team's twelve-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium. Mariano, Mariano, please stay far, far away from ESPN. These are the folks that jinxed Big Brown, the Cavaliers, the Patriots (not that I care about that one) and who knows how many other sure things.

Read all about it here. Sigh.

Great Scot! Sadie Wins Westminster!

Sadie the Scottish Terrier just won the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! She was the favorite going in, won the Terrier Group, and then pulled out a win in the final group of seven beautiful dogs. Link here. Looks like the AP stole my headline--an obvious one, to be sure. :) Sadie was adorable: as her handler did an interview with USA Network, she went up on her hind feet as if to say, "Pick me up! I just won!" If I can find a picture of that, I will post.