Indy's Conservative Hardball

• A new direction for ICH

  So, as you may be aware, Indiana’s Conservative Hardball has taken a bit of change in it’s content over the past several weeks. Some of you really enjoy it; others… well, not so much.
  
  I have noticed increased traffic and the number of subscribers has increased… hhhmmmm.
  
  One [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  

• Ben Hunter's Crusade Against Property Rights and Freedom Dies an Ignominious Death! (For Now)

  
  Even Ben Hunter can't deny that his smoking ban is dead for now. Congratulations to Save Indianapolis Bars, and all of you who wrote your Councillor to express your disgust at this blatant attack against anyone who dares try to make decisions for their' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:57am EST
  

• BoSox going after Halladay

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Advance Indiana Doesn't Love Us Anymore...

  Just noticed that Gary Welch at Advance Indiana has removed the link to this site from his blog... Sniff.
  
  Gary, does this mean we've broken up? We here at Indiana's Conservative Hardball are brokenhearted!
  
  Let this be a lesson to anyone who dares to [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:51am EST
  

• Principle over ego: an open letter to John McGoff & Brose McVey

  So Dan Burton’s been in Congress for some time now. And along the way, apparently he has let down a good deal of people back in his District (and Indiana) about his leadership in Washington DC.
  
  Back in 2008, John… you did a great job at running a positive [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  

• You Give Bloggers... A Bad Name: Paul Ogden Is a Pig, And Should Be Embarrassed.

  Tim Durham is in trouble. There is no disputing that. There is plenty of news to report surrounding the FBI's raid on his businesses, at least one of which had Carl Brizzi as a board member. But gloating over the legal troubles of his [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:05pm EST
  

• Would You Like Some Cheese With That Whine?: Ballard Gives Gary Welch at Advance Indiana Exactly What He Wants... Shockingly, Welch Still Complains!

  For the last two years, Gary Welch at Advance Indiana has been trashing Mayor Ballard's appointment of Bob Grand as the president of the Capital Improvement Board, citing conflict of interest (Grand's law firm represented the Indiana Pacers while the CIB board was negotiating [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  

• Hypocrisy Alert Part 1: Brose McVey Pledges Not To Take PAC Money... After Accepting $378,448 in PAC Money.

  The newest edition of Brose McVey's "The Brose Beat" just landed in my inbox.
  
  Surprisingly, there was no mention of McVey losing the Beverly Gard endorsement. However, it did give me a link to his website where I found these words, apparently one' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:56pm EST
  

• Desperate Burton Launches TV Ad Campaign!

  Tuesday, Dan Burton began running television re-election ads in Indiana's 5th Congressional district. A FULL SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION... A sign of strength you say? Not hardly. Burton's cash on hand number of around $440,000 on September 30 was only $200,000 more than his [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:28am EST
  

• POLITICO: Sarah & Mitch or Sarah & Pence?

  Andy Barr from POLITICO was in Noblesville last night? Really?
  
  Here's a link to his article by the way...
  
  I love some of his journalistic fancy terms...
  
  "Just over a year after drawing a crowd of roughly 20,000 to a campaign event" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:28am EST
  

• Global Warming = AIDS. Maybe I'd Better Buy That Prius After All...

  Um, What??? Oh wait, well if the UN says it's true...
  
  That's what Good Morning America News is reporting...
  
  I'll save you the read, Suneeta Mukherjee, representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), gives us a very simple eight step sequence:
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:15pm EST
  

• Senator's Wife Arrested for DUI

  Senator Dick Lugar's wife, Charlene "Char" Lugar, has been charged with driving under the influence following an automobile collision.
  
  Apparently Lugar's wife struck a parked car in McLean, Virginia last night near the couple's suburban D.C. home. Nobody was injured in the accident.
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

• PAC's, hypocrisy and the 5th

  Some interesting information has been brought to the attention of this blog about PAC's, PAC money, hypocrisy and a 5th Congressional challenger.
  
  Details are forthcoming... and should be very interesting and informative.
  
  Stay tuned.' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:26am EST
  

• Drip… Drip… Mike Murphy Denies Leaking MCRCC Bounced Check Story to the Democrats. Do You Believe Him?

  

  So today, Hoosier Access has finally picked up on the three week old story of a National Bank of Indianapolis screw up that resulted in the Marion County Republican Central Committee (MCRCC) bouncing a check. If you want to read their tangent-laden, poorly written [...]

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:48pm EST
  

• Has Anyone Seen My Contact Lens?

  From The Political Commentator
  
  Yet Another Example Of Portrayed American Weakness Under The Obama Administration
  Bows to the Emperor of Japan at a perfect 90 degree angle
  
  Bows to the King Of Saudi Arabia at slightly less than 90 degrees
  Metaphorically Bowing To Russia [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:03am EST
  

• Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9

  From The Political Commentator
  
  Remember The Beatles Revolution 9? Very Strange.
  Sorry, That Was Penny Lane
  
  President Obama Could Potentially Hold The Ninth Meeting On Afghanistan This Week
  
  
  President Obama is off on his trip to the Far East, ready to come [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:02am EST
  

• Thoughts on a Monday morning...

  A couple of observations...
  
  First, anyone who does not believe in the value of a professional sports franchise to a community obviously wasn't at the intersection of South and Illinois streets last night about Midnight. Look around your office, at the folks walking down the street, listen to the' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:55am EST
  

• Iran: What Credibility Do The Words Of This Man Have?

  From The Political Commentator
  
  Not Ahmadinejad But Barack Obama
  
  I don't know about the rest of you, but the fact that Iran is running this show, making the international community look like fools on the subject of the nuclear armament of this rogue country is extremely troubling.' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:26am EST
  

• I Told You... It is Political Suicide to Support the Smoking Ban.

  Confirmation of our earlier post...
  
  Indiana has the second highest percentage of people in the country who will hate your guts if you vote for the smoking ban.
  
  I just hope our first term Republican Councillors are listening... [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:46am EST
  

• From The Picture Archive and A Rhetorical Masterpiece, Now What?

  From The Political Commentator
  
  
  From The Archives: Pakistan Airline Ad Circa 1979
  
  
  (Gothamist) "This ad for Pakistan Airlines is real. And in the history of advertising, it really takes the creepy cake. Even worse than babies endorsing cigarettes! Seriously, if Nostradamus" [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:02am EST
  

• Ben Hunter and Kent Smith's support of the Smoking Ban is a rookie political mistake...

  We need you in the Council fellas, DON'T DO IT!
  
  Ben Hunter, Kent Smith, and others are making a rookie political mistake by supporting the Smoke Free Indy’s draconian smoking ban. Thankfully, Mayor Ballard announced this morning that he’s not going to make the same mistake, and pledged' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:50pm EST
  

• Fort Hood: How Safe Are The Rest Of Us?

  From The Political Commentator
  
  Fort Hood Shooter
  
  At Fort Hood, the largest military base in the country, it would be assumed that it would have a superior level of security, at least when compared to the streets of New York City, Chicago or some [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:42am EST
  

• McVey caught off Gard?

  So this 5th Congresssional District Race is going to be a barn burner. With five candidates in the race, each of them is fighting for votes and endorsements early and often. Each of the challengers brag about the money they have raised and who is supporting them.
  
  In a [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:18am EST
  

• Afghanistan: Overseas Healthcare Operations

  From The Political Commentator
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Author's Note: Although I understand that a great deal of focus is spent by me on foreign affairs and national security issues, the events at Fort' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

• Changes in Milwaukee

  The Mike Cameron era in center field for the Milwaukee Brewers ended Monday when the 15-year veteran filed for free agency.
  
  Cameron's spot will be taken by Carlos Gomez, who was acquired Friday from Minnesota for shortstop J.J. Hardy.
  
  Four other Brewers filed for' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  

• Burd's no longer the word

  Update: At the request of readers and respect to the family, we regret the choice of words used in the title of the post yesterday. It has since been changed.
  
  The Indianapolis Star is reporting that well known car dealership owner Richard Burd was found dead in his dealership [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:50am EST
  

• Varitek's days are done in Beantown

  As reported by ESPNBoston...
  
  The Red Sox were busy Monday, picking up catcher/first baseman Victor Martinez's $7.1 million team option, declining catcher Jason Varitek's $5 million team option, and tearing up pitcher Tim Wakefield's team option and replacing it with a' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:09am EST
  

• Malik Nadal Hasan and Jews and Blacks In World War II: Racism and Anti-Semitism

  From The Political Commentator
  
  Did They Shoot Up Their Bases And Kill Their Tormentors?
  
  Is Hasan A Victim Or A Perpetrator?
  
  During World War II, as well as most other times in recent history, both blacks and Jews faced a degree of [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:39am EST
  

• Isiah Thomas starting over

  Hey Pacer Fans!!
  Anyone remember Isiah Thomas??
  
  Now please... stop throwing things at me and keep your boo's down.
  Isiah Thomas is trying to start over... rebuild his life and more importantly, his reputation.
  
  Check out this blog post from Dan Wetzel from Yahoo Sports:
  

  The' [...]

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  

• Indiana roll call on HR 3962

  No real surprises here...
  Let's just remember how each of them voted.
  
  Voted Yes on HR 3962
  André Carson
  Joe Donnelly
  Brad Ellsworth
  Baron Hill
  Peter J. Visclosky
  
  Voted No on HR 3962
  Dan Burton
  Steve Buyer
  Mike Pence
  Mark Souder' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  

• Congressman Buyer's response to Pelosi's late night health care vote

  HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASS GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF NATION’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
  Republicans Offered Common Sense Alternative
  
  Washington, D.C. — Democrat Leaders in Washington have called health care reform a national priority requiring the best minds to solve, but on Saturday the U.S. House of Representatives [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:03pm EST
  

• Mike Sodrel’s Big Weekend

  I blogged late last week about an email that was sent out by Dee Dee Benkie, Indiana’s national committeewoman on the Republican National Committee, and Larry Shickles, the former 9th District chairman, for a lunch for Congressman Mike Sodrel.
  
  First of all, to put [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:10am EST
  

• Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Unlikely Terrorist?

  From The Political Commentator
  
  Problem For Society
  
  Educated psychiatrist. Articulate and vocal defender of his religion. Protester of the United States participation in the war in Iraq as a war on his religion and not on the people. Disgruntled soldier who wanted out. Internet [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:52am EST
  

• Fallen Soldiers Take Second Fiddle To A Department of the Interior Conference

  From The Political Commentator
  
  12 Murdered, 31 Injured, Not The Presidents Priority
  
  If you thought that President Obama was negligent in his lack of attention to national security issues due to his overwhelming concentration on jamming healthcare reform down our throats, his first response to the tragedy [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:16pm EST
  

• Instead of eloquence, Obama offers a "shout-out"

  Many of you know, my wife Ronna, is a US Army vet. I know how high she holds her time of service in the Army.
  
  Because of her connection, we both are staying up to date with the details of yesterday's shootings at Fort Hood, Texas. It's a grave [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:34am EST
  

• Obama Interim Grade: F

  
  Unemployment, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, International Stature All Rate A Failing Grade
  
  
  The employment report released this morning inspired a look at exactly what it is that President Obama has accomplished, or not accomplished over the course of almost one year in office. Although [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:31am EST
  

• An Inglorious 30th Anniversary In Iran

  From The Political Commentator
  
  
  The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Where Were You When...
  Where were you when the Iranian hostage crisis began? I was a junior in college, and in the '70's the mind was on things other [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:51am EST
  

• Huh? Pelosi adds her own spin

  "From our standpoint, we picked up votes last night," a cheerful Pelosi said, "one in California and one in New York." Ok, I could see how you'd get that opinion.
  
  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke with POLITICO this afternoon to give her own spin to last' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  

• GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ

  News story reprinted.
  By LIZ SIDOTI,
  AP National Political Writer
  
  WASHINGTON – Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:34am EST
  

• Iran: Tail Wagging The Dog

  
  So What Is Going On?
  The IAEA is looking for a response while nations take a rhetorical hard line regarding the fact that the proposed deal on the table is the only deal and not open to negotiation. It is a rock and a [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:00am EST
  

• LET'S DO THIS FOR THE GIPPER!!!!

  The new Conservative chant and motto ought to be “We are sick and tired of change and we’re not going to take it anymore”!! Only the “change” I am referring to is not the New Obama “change” that is wreaking havoc on America as we speak, it is the change [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:10am EST
  

• A loss Packer fans didn't deserve

  Ok, so the world knows I am a Packers fan... and I am abit upset at being swept by the Vikes. Upset too with Packer Mgt about the whole Favre fiasco.
  
  Here's a great blog about the game Sunday...
  

  By MJD
  I didn't [...]

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:55am EST
  

• The Afghan Election Is A Fait Accompli: Make A Damn Decision

  From The Political Commentator
  What Will Be The Next Reason To Avoid A Decision?(TheHill.com) "Gibbs said Monday that the election was only one factor in Obama's decision making process. "This decision was not dependent upon when a leader was determined," Gibbs said.'" [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:02am EST
  

• Sandusky Border Patrol removes passengers from Elyria bus Brad Dicken

  [chronicle.northcoastnow.com]
  
  ELYRIA — Two suspected illegal aliens were taken off a Chicago-bound Greyhound bus at the bus stop on Third Street in Elyria.
  
  Although one of those arrested eventually was released after a paperwork review determined she was in the country legally, the other was a Mexican [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 7:22am EST