In An Indiana Minute: September 2012

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Foundation For Social Justice, Spirit Of Progressivism, Humanitarianism, And Social Criticism

There some things that just make ya sick. I am for an historic place to stay in good shape for history sake. There some thing eerie to me about this.

Keeping ‘Debsian’ Ideals Alive: The Eugene V. Debs Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary by Mark Bennett, The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — The concept of starting a foundation honoring American history’s most famous radical didn’t exactly warm every heart in his Midwestern hometown.

After all, 1962 “was almost the height of the Cold War,” said Charles King, a retired Indiana State University sociology professor.

The Eugene V. Debs Foundation formed anyway, behind “an alliance of Indiana State University faculty members, organized labor representatives, and a mixed group of men and women who shared ‘Debsian’ ideals,” according to a historical account by Robert Constantine, one of the co-founders, reprinted in the organization’s 2012 newsletter.

A half-century later, the home Debs and his wife, Kate, occupied on North Eighth Street in Terre Haute remains a National Historic Landmark and museum, detailing the life of a native son who became a pioneer of labor unionism, social justice crusader and five-time candidate for president atop the Socialist Party ticket. The Debs Foundation, created in 1962, has grown to 830 members “from everywhere,” said King, the organization’s secretary for the past 27 years.

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Patriotism Hasn’t Died

Don’t let anybody tell you patriotism has died. When our fallen come home there are people to welcome them with flags waving and showing respect as they watch for our fallen come home to be buried. It is a show that brings tears to the eyes.

Community show patriotism at its finest by Mike Fletcher, Kokomo Tribune

The overwhelming support from the community for fallen soldier Sgt. Bradley Atwell continued Saturday during the funeral service and procession.

“I think it’s very respectful,” said Sherry Brinson, a member of the Chapel Hill Christian Church, where the services were held.

“We need to honor our fallen soldiers and pay a lot of respect to the men and women now serving,” she said as she took pictures of the Indiana Patriot Guard Riders motorcycles.

The Patriot Guard, along with the Marine Corps Honor Guard, gathered in the parking lot of the church to assemble prior to the services. The members with flags in hand lined the entrance to the church to greet Atwell’s family and friends and to show their unwavering support.

“It’s too bad we can’t show this kind of honor for people serving now,” Brinson said. “I had a brother who died in the Army and it meant a lot to our family when they came and showed us that respect.”

Herman Combs and his wife, Debbie, also stepped out of the church to check out the more than 200 Patriot Guard members’ motorcycles. The couple are volunteering in the kitchen at the church to provide food for the family and friends of Atwell.

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Sgt. Bradley Atwell and Sgt. Kyle Osborn show patriotism isn’t dead.

Lafayette Honor Flight In D.C. (Video)

You can read the story at: Honor Flight: A video and photo essay package
Here is the video of Lafayette Honor Flight

What’s Happening Around Indiana (9-29-2012)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Sgt. Atwell Returns Home

You can see the photos at the addy below.

PHOTO GALLERY: Sgt. Atwell returns home

As A Matter Of Curiosity

What is the first thought that comes to your head when you see a title like this in your local newspaper. Rabbi Gedalyah Engel dies at age 93, remembered as champion of social justice

My thoughts weren’t on that this poor Rabbi Gedalyah Engel dying at which it should of been. My thought were on the latter part of the title. He was remember for championing social justice. To me social justice is of Socialism, Communism, and Nazism. I know it was terrible of me to think of this Gentleman as like George Soros. Nothing else I read in the article made me think bad of him except the social justice part about him. I am sorry I thought bad about him in that respect.

Of course, I did wonder was my local newspaper was showing their colors in even mentioning social justice.

What is your take about this?

I Think This Dude Needs To Stay In Jail

This Dustin Mullins needs to stay in jail he is a hazard to people in society. He has Police chase him. He tries to run over officer. He stolen two cars. Not to mention, the citizens of Anderson, IN could of got hurt during the high speed chase because this person decided do a stupid and run from police.

Man arrested after evading police again by Sam Brattain The Herald Bulletin

ANDERSON, Ind. — An Anderson man who allegedly tried to run over an Anderson police officer Wednesday night was arrested Friday after leading police on a high-speed chase through five counties.

According to police, the chase began in Anderson about 11:30 a.m. and reached speeds of 120 mph.

Police spokesman Detective Joel Sandefur confirmed the man’s identity as Dustin Mullins, 28, who evaded arrest Wednesday night in a stolen 2002 Chevy Tahoe and allegedly attempted to run over Anderson police officer Warren Warren.

The vehicle was discovered later that night, abandoned in the 2700 block of Arrow Avenue. Police believe Mullins fled south on foot along nearby railroad tracks.

Police set up a perimeter in the area but were unable to make an arrest.
On Friday morning, Sandefur said, police received a tip from Crime Watchers that Mullins was near Community Hospital driving a 1999 Chevy Cavalier, which was also stolen.

Sandefur said that once Mullins realized police were after him, he got into the car and fled. Police gave chase, but due to Mullins’ high rate of speed and the potential threat to other people, police suspended the chase.

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What’s Happening Around Indiana (9-28-2012)

Friday, September 28, 2012

I Missed This Indiana Marine Lance Cpl. Zach Nelson. He Is Recovering From His Injuries

Local Marine recovering from injuries by By Lindsey Ziliak, Kokomo Tribune

On July 5, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Zach Nelson was searching for improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan when the mine detection vehicle he was in hit a boulder in the road and flipped “violently.”

“They had been down this path many, many times,” his mother, Melinda Nelson of Kokomo said on a recent afternoon. “There were never any boulders there before.”

Family friend Jim Irwin said insurgents had put the rock there. It was flanked by IEDs on either side.

The vehicle’s driver had no choice but to go over the boulder.
Irwin said Lance Cpl. Nelson was in the most vulnerable spot in the vehicle. He was the gunner. He was standing up outside the vehicle and facing backward.

“He couldn’t even see it coming,” Irwin said.

When the vehicle started to roll, Nelson’s fellow Marines tried to pull him inside to protect him, but he still took the brunt of the impact, his mother said.

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Marine Sgt. Atwell's Body Has Arrived At Grissom

Marine Sgt. Atwell's body has arrived at Grissom by Kokomo Tribune

Kokomo — Marine Sgt. Bradley Atwell's body has arrived at Grissom Air Reserve Base. The procession to Kokomo will begin soon.

The official route of the funeral procession was released earlier today. It is as follows: It will leave Grissom Air Reserve Base between 10:30 and 10:45 a.m. and head south on U.S. 31. It will proceed to Center Road, where it will head east to Taylor High School, where it will take a brief pause. It will then head south on 400 East to Ind. 26, where it will then head west to Dixon Road. From there, it will turn onto Alto Road and end at Chapel Hill Church.

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New Poll-Joe Donnelly And Mike Pence On Top

Joe Donnelly, Mike Pence on top in new poll by Jon Murray and Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star

A new poll shows a tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Richard Mourdock among likely voters, but it also confirms a wide lead by U.S. Rep. Mike Pence in the contest for Indiana governor.

U.S. Rep. Donnelly led State Treasurer Mourdock 40 percent to 38 percent in the Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll, conducted in the past week by a bipartisan polling team for Howey Politics Indiana, a political newsletter.

Libertarian Andrew Horning posted 7 percent support, high for a third-party candidate.

Along with Donnelly’s slim lead — which is within the poll’s margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points — the results provide further evidence that some supporters of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, whom Mourdock defeated in the primary, still are reluctant to back the Republican nominee.

“Mourdock defeated an incumbent from his own party, and that likely has put him in a bad light among some members of his party,” said Andy Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics. “Donnelly’s generally moderate image is giving some of those unhappy Republicans a place to go. Additionally, the strong showing from Andrew Horning suggests that he is picking up Republican support.”

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Indiana's Gayle Cook Tops Oprah Among Richest Self-Made Women In America

Indiana woman tops Oprah on richest list -- by $1 billion by Associated Press, Indianapolis Star

Women have helped build some of the biggest companies in America, and they have the bank accounts to show for it.

Notable in this look at some of the nation's female self-made billionaires on this year's Forbes 400 list: Indiana's Gayle Cook, wife of the late Bill Cook, is worth $1 billion more than Oprah Winfrey.

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Something I Don’t Understand Is Why Would Anyone Be Happy that A Tax Arrive Early

Not too many people I know like paying taxes period. Do you?

West Lafayette glad cigarette tax money arrives early

Mourdock Campaign Launches GOP Slogan

Mourdock campaign launches GOP slogan, Donnelly criticisms by Brian Francisco, Journal Gazette

The Indiana Republican Party’s “Right Track Tour” was thrown off schedule Wednesday by a wreck on Interstate 69 and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

Senate candidate Richard Mourdock and Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., were a half-hour late for a rally at Allen County Republican Party Headquarters. They said their vehicle got stuck in traffic backed up by a crash along northbound I-69 between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.

Mourdock and Coats were to have been joined by GOP Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio and John Cornyn of Texas. But party officials said Portman stayed in Ohio to campaign for Romney. Cornyn, who had traveled with Mourdock and Coats, went straight to a private fundraising reception for Mourdock at a Fort Wayne home. Portman was expected to attend the fundraiser at some point.

State Treasurer Mourdock, Coats and state Republican Chairman Eric Holcomb launched the “Right Track Tour” with the slogan “More Jobs, Less Debt, Lower Taxes” printed on a mock interstate highway sign. Holcomb said the slogan will be used by Republican candidates for the last 40 days of the campaign.

As usual, Mourdock criticized his Democratic opponent, 2nd District Rep. Joe Donnelly, for supporting President Obama’s health care law and economic stimulus spending. Mourdock mentioned that Donnelly describes himself as a moderate but had confirmed in a published report Wednesday that he plans to vote for Obama.

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What’s Happening Around Indiana (9-27-2012)

Sgt. Kyle Osborne Gets A Warm Welcome Home

Sgt. Kyle Osborn’s remains welcomed home by family, community by Chris Morisse Vizza, Journal And Courier

The thunder of motorcycles signaled the arrival of the hearse carrying U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Osborn.

The 26-year old native of Stockwell died Sept. 13 as the result of injuries in Muqer, Afghanistan, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment.

“I’ll be honored if I get to see him go by,” Brooke Wamsley said. “It’s the least we can do for someone who died for us.”

Osborn’s remains arrived by plane at Purdue Airport about 9:40 a.m. Thursday.

Under cool, gray skies, community members stood along the hearse’s route from the airport to Hippensteel Funeral Home at 822 N. Ninth St. in Lafayette.

People who never met Osborn took time to stop and show their gratitude.

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