Thursday, February 14, 2008

Worst Roads in Indiana

Apparently paved roads have not been invented in East Central Indiana. I'm talking about Muncie. I know Muncie has had some economic woes over the past decade with the closing of a General Motors transmission plant, Borg Warner transmission plant and Ball Canning leaving town, but enough is enough.

I believe to get businesses into a town such as Muncie you need to have roads that are suitable for business. How would you feel if you were looking at East Central Indiana as a new home for your business and the roads were all potholes. I wouldn't want to build it here.

This isn't just Muncie, but Muncie is the pothole heaven. Anderson and Marion both do not have the best of roads. And, again, it's East Central Indiana.

People in Muncie do not want progress, just look at all the liquor and tobacco stores in this town. I'd say the majority of Munciites drink to forget their sorry lives in Muncie.

Just nearby are Kokomo, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. These cities have pretty good roads with some exceptions to some Indy streets, but most are a hundred times better than East Central Indiana. In Kokomo, the city doesn't like to just patch the holes, they actually repave the entire block. Why can't Muncie do that? In Kokomo they actually have sidewalks for people to walk and have REAL crosswalks. In Muncie, the locals have to paint their own crosswalks. [story]

If it wasn't for Ball State University, Muncie would no longer exist, it would be a ghost town.

The City of Muncie doesn't care about its responsibilities and only wants money. Where does the money go? Apparently not to its city streets.

Get with it! Pave your streets!

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Sad Day in Sports

Roger Clemens, Brian McNamee, Andy Pettitte and Kelvin Sampson all have something in common. They all found themselves in the news for something bad on this Wednesday, Feb. 13.

It's too bad the greatest pitcher of all time may be going to jail for perjury. And, I don't believe he will be going to jail alone. McNamee was called a "drug dealer" today by the congressman on the committee. He may be telling the truth about Clemens, but he's no perfect angel. Then we have Clemens' best friend Andy Pettitte. Clemens says Pettitte is truthful and a good friend, but his friend may have made a big mistake last night when he said that Clemens spoke of steroids and HGH seven years ago. Clemens said Pettitte misunderstood the conversation, but that may have ruined this amazing pitcher's life. But time will tell. Clemens may be innocent, but it looks very difficult to prove at this time.

Then we have the most corrupt NCAA basketball coach in the last 10 years. He is at it again. Or, in all reality, he's still at it. He never stopped. Indiana University hired a crook and they paid him well. Too well. Kelvin Sampson and recruiting violations, they always seem to go together.

The University of Oklahoma was right to get rid of Sampson. But, IU made the second biggest mistake in its basketball history by hiring him. The biggest mistake, of course, was firing Bobby Knight. There were never any violations during Knight's reign and he had the highest graduation rate in the BigTen Conference. Much has changed at IU. Thanks Miles Brand.

It's ironic that Brand fired Knight and now Brand's organization, the NCAA, is now sanctioning against Indiana University. Might I add, Miles Brand knew practically nothing about athletics prior to joining the NCAA. But he did appreciate the "STUDENT-athlete," as he had those television commercials.

IU Basketball is in trouble, Major League Baseball is in trouble. Baseball is about to face some hard times, the Mitchell Report was just the beginning.

Time will tell. Tomorrow brings a new day.

On This Date

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008

1809- Abraham Lincoln was born
1879- First artificial ice rink opens in North America (Madison Square Garden)
1924- Calvin Coolidge is first president to deliver political speech on radio
1934- Austrian Civil War begins
1973- Ohio is first state to post Kilometer signs on roads...didn't last long
1999- President Bill Clinton is acquitted by U.S. Senate in Impeachment Trial