tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075959523399279742024-03-14T04:00:08.382-04:00Indy's Political Stock ExchangeTracking the winners and losers in the Hoosier marketplace of ideas.
ispe00@yahoo.comipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-59726522467934596632011-05-02T11:13:00.001-04:002011-05-02T13:04:05.722-04:00Osama Bin Laden Dead! Cause of death? Justice.OBSERVATION: There is a lot that could be said about last night's announcement concerning the latest development in the war of terror, however one of our witty facebook friends said it best..
"...Osama Bin Laden- A man currently in a face-to-face dialogue with his Maker. Meeting arranged courtesy of the U.S. Military Special Forces!"
ANALYSIS:
ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-83056044500233580202011-05-01T07:12:00.000-04:002011-05-01T07:12:57.945-04:00Weekend Musing...Promise Made?ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-14301858788805367652011-04-29T11:09:00.001-04:002011-04-29T14:46:22.085-04:00Has Abdul the Arms-Dealer Become Abdul the Suicide Bomb(thrower)?OBSERVATION: Well apparently Abdul Hakim Shabazz's (INBR) mockingbirds are finally coming home to roost in the form of an open letter of rebuke from the Indianapolis Bar Association. The letter was in response to Abdul's latest compost composited allegations on Judge Lou Rosenberg's handling of the Charlie White recount case.
Indy Student (ISTUD), Indy Times (ITEM), ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-13136861015441811662011-04-28T13:29:00.000-04:002011-04-28T13:29:33.364-04:00Indy Democrat Rivals Abdul Hakim Shabazz's Stand-Up RoutineOBSERVATION: In a post that rivals the best of April Fool's Day jokes and if fact almost had us hooked, Indy Democrat (IDEM) writes a post that rivals Abdul Hakim Shabazz's (INBR) periodic patchworked-sourced posts of alleged conversations inside the local Democratic Party.
Indy Dem we admit it, you almost had us there. They say good satire always has an element of truth andipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-74397031173315762952011-04-26T06:09:00.000-04:002011-04-26T06:09:00.703-04:00Twenty Questions for 2011: (16-20)OBSERVATION: Here's the final 5!:
16) Will the GOP retain leadership of the council?
17) If Mayor Greg Ballard loses his re-election who is to blame?
18) Assuming Melina Kennedy is the nominee and loses the general election, who is to blame?
19) What will be the total amount of funds raised and spent for the 2011 mayoral campaign?
20) Do the House Democrats have ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-60671448411420349152011-04-25T09:07:00.006-04:002011-04-25T09:07:00.662-04:00Who Will Admit To Hiring Tim Koponen?OBSERVATIONS: Many of you are asking yourselves right now 'who the heck in Tim Koponen'? Well prior to receiving about a dozen or so emails concerning Mitch Daniels' newest appointee's bizarre behavior we were asking the same thing. For those of you who many not know, Tim Koponen was recently hired as Director of Quality, Metrics and Statistics with the ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-82358894960186702472011-04-24T06:37:00.025-04:002011-04-24T06:37:00.266-04:00Twenty Questions for 2011: (11-15)OBSERVATIONS: Here's the next 5 (better late than never).
11) Will Sam Carson stay in the mayoral race if he loses the primary?
12) Will Jocelyn Tande Adante get more than 100 votes in the primary?
13) How long (in months) will Emmis president Jeff Semulyan stomach Carl Brizzi's on-air antics?
14) Who will be the first GOP candidate to throw their hat in the ring for the CD7 in 2012?
15)ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-53736537717118402382011-02-21T12:27:00.000-05:002011-02-21T12:27:38.811-05:00Twenty Questions for 2011: (6-10)OBSERVATIONS: Here's the next five:
6) Will a deal be struck to keep CD 7 boundaries the same and if so, who were the deal makers who will make it happen?
7) Will Secretary of State Charlie White be indicted?
8) How many times will Mayor Ballard say "No Question About It" in his first debate?
9) Who will be former Prosecutor Carl Brizzi's first "political makeover" client?
10) How ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-1779950446129265282011-02-20T16:23:00.000-05:002011-02-20T16:23:43.790-05:00Twenty Questions for 2011: (1-5)OBSERVATIONS: Taking a suggestion from one of our readers we're asking the first five of the top twenty provocative (and a bit irreverent) questions for 2011.
1) What percentage of the GOP decision-makers wish they had a mulligan on their 2010 Secretary of State pick?
2) Will the Democratic Party accept "Sherron Franklin II" the sequel?
3) Is Indy ready for a female ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-2512517623783092662011-02-19T12:50:00.000-05:002011-02-19T12:50:22.493-05:00I'm Back...And Cancer Free!Sorry for the long absence readers it has been a long time since I (we) have posted. As you may have figured out by now, I had some health issues that took all of my attention and energy to overcome. The rest of the the team didn't want to continue without me so we decided to temporarily suspend postings. We also decided that it was best not to offer a reason so that if things didn't go as ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-81260827326886316192010-10-02T16:41:00.002-04:002010-10-02T16:48:53.462-04:00Ballard Administration Feels Wrath of the ICJI's Grant NaziOBSERVATIONS: In the previous posts we promised to discuss the latest behind-the-scenes stunts of the Ballard administration. We're a few days late because of job obligations however the information we have it right on time.
While there has been a lot of attention paid to the ACS parking deal (legitimately so), Ballard and Co. are desperately trying to fill an ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-40699258300676287992010-09-24T07:26:00.000-04:002010-09-24T07:26:14.258-04:00Dr. Ogden Makes Diagnosis On the Ballard Adminstration. IPSE Asks - What's the Cure?OBSERVATIONS: We have very little to add to Paul Ogden's (OGPL) post calling out the button men in the Ballard administration. Paul has succeeded in finding the their Achilles heal, an aversion to public disclosure of their activities and worse attaching a face to them. It's pretty obvious that Joe Loftus (JLOF) , Bob Grand (BGRN) and Tom Johnipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-8562905991291081282010-09-17T08:42:00.001-04:002010-09-17T11:08:14.050-04:00Is GOP County Chairman Tom John Hijacking Ex-Offender Program To Install Wife As Director?OBSERVATIONS: Some believe that being the wife of a public figure is tough, others like Christina Trexler, wife of Marion County GOP Chairman Tom John (TOJO) would say it pays pretty good. Thanks to her husband's political wheeling and dealing Christina is only a heartbeat away from a nice position in a local not-for-profit supported in part by taxpayer dollars.&ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-22840716698154421142010-09-16T07:30:00.004-04:002010-09-16T17:36:19.378-04:00Fresh Out of Options Mayor Greg Ballard Knocks On Heaven's DoorOBSERVATIONS: Lacking any new ideas, saddled with an incompetent staff and self-interested advisers Mayor Greg Ballard (GBAL) has decided to turn to divine intervention to help him find a palatable message for his 2011 re-election bid. Below is the announcement of the event sent to us by one of our readers.
An Open Discussion with Mayor Ballard
City of Indianapolis Mayor Greg ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-27759624549667906402010-09-11T11:55:00.000-04:002010-09-11T11:55:03.603-04:00IPSE Will Never Forgetipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-179107760709994582010-09-04T09:21:00.002-04:002010-09-04T10:33:28.504-04:00Ballard Seems Comfortable With Chaos In His AdministrationOBSERVATIONS: A physician, an engineer and a lawyer were arguing about whose profession was the oldest.
The surgeon announced, "Remember how God removed a rib from Adam to create Eve? Obviously, medicine is the oldest profession."
The engineer replied, "But before that, God created the heavens and the earth from chaos, in less than a week. You have to admit that was a ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-91154365527940839172010-09-03T08:56:00.001-04:002010-09-03T21:36:57.757-04:00IPSE Asks: What Caused the Rise and Fall of Obamamania?We found this article particularly interesting as it focused almost singularly on the Hoosier state which as we all know is normally red state that went blue for the first time in more than 40 years.
As TIME Magazine is no Heritage Foundation we're asking what do you think happened to change Obamamania to Obamaphobia? We will publish our analysis of the POTUS later ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-61094337953968388102010-09-02T12:38:00.001-04:002010-09-02T12:43:51.107-04:00Is the Majestic Ballard Building Schedule for Implosion?OBSERVATIONS: Not since the demolition of the Market Square Arena have Indianapolis residents been able to see the step-by-step preparation for a public demolition of a well recognized structure, in this case the massive but hardly functional Ballard Building. It's most recognized guest Mayor Greg Ballard resides quite comfortably apparently totally oblivious to his ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-40930484120080301382010-09-02T08:49:00.000-04:002010-09-02T08:49:07.414-04:00When It Comes To Frank Straub And Mayor Ballard, This Song Says It All....
Even if you substitute "woman" for "mayor" the lyrics will still carry the same meaning...Based on this interview we believe that before the end of the year political reality will start paging Ole' Doc Straub to report to the unemployment line. Which just goes to prove that there really is such a thing as "bad press".ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-74688307461544553302010-08-31T06:33:00.000-04:002010-08-31T06:33:48.847-04:00IPSE's: Caption Thisipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-2322028512112402282010-08-30T16:29:00.004-04:002010-08-30T22:07:43.799-04:00IPSE Provides Clues for the Clueless In IndyOBSERVATIONS: Clueless. That's all we could say after this political nightmare of a broadcast from WXIN's Russ McQuaid. In less than a year Mayor Ballard has went from a benign affable political naive nice guy to a bungling political light weigh within a of razor's edge of being the first one-term mayor in more than 40 years.
Barring a significant failure on hizzoner's part he ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-75885635729124970542010-08-26T10:16:00.002-04:002010-08-26T10:16:00.051-04:00IPSE Asks: Is Blogger Abdul Hakim Shabazz A Double Agent?OBSERVATION: If it wasn't for the fact that Abdul Hakim Shabazz (INBR) is a sitting member of the Public Safety Advisory Board we would simple write Gary's Welsh's (ADIN) recent post off as part of an ongoing skirmish between friends-now-rival bloggers. However in light of what is happening with the issue of public safety in our city we think Gary ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-78754132556341728942010-08-26T05:30:00.018-04:002010-09-02T12:42:36.562-04:00Marion County Dems Council Meeting "Step Show" Trips, Slips And FallsOBSERVATIONS: According to Jon Easter (IDEM) and Abdul Hakim Shabazz (INBR) the walkout (Abdul's post referenced the author of the idea)from Monday night council meeting was the brain-child of Vern Brown (VBWN). Wow. Where do we start?
First Mr. Brown, when you grandstand it helps when it is done as a caucus, not a sub-committee. If you ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-51376602493840400602010-08-23T11:57:00.004-04:002010-08-25T22:28:04.975-04:00Is Joe Loftus the Rahm Emanuel of the Ballard Administration?
OBSERVATIONS: Is Joe Loftus Ballard's Rahm Emanuel? We asked this question after noticing Paul Ogden (OGPL) has raised another potential issue with the Ballard administration, this time with special counsel to the mayor Joe Loftus. Now according to a few of the emails we've received over the last few months, Joe and Bob Grand are the real power behind the throne.&ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107595952339927974.post-40930941084049922612010-08-22T13:51:00.001-04:002010-08-23T06:26:31.832-04:00The Bisard Boondoggle Will Be Around A While. Ballard Should Be WorriedOBSERVATIONS: We've been waiting for the dust to settle before we offer our take on the Bisard issue and based on this morning's headline and we're glad we did. Of all the media sites we've reviewed over the last few days WTHR's Kevin Rader had the best summary of what is truly at stake for the City of Indianapolis and Mayor Ballard (GBAL).
We found it interesting and perhaps a sign ipsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573868479507904485noreply@blogger.com3