Yep, it appears that Mike “Mr. Ed” Montagano is really a just a democrat in name only, (DINO).
In one of Montagano’s TV commercials he asks viewers: “Can you believe some folks are calling me a typical Democrat? I’m pro-life, pro-gun, pro-farm and pro-prayer. So I wouldn’t say I’m a typical Democrat.”
From a local newspaper..
“The problem,” said (Andy) Downs, who informally advises Democratic candidates, “is that the base might be disappointed and not show the sort of support they might otherwise show. This can mean a reduction in contributions and volunteers.”
Leonard Helfrich, a Fort Wayne attorney who’s an active supporter of Democratic candidates and who has donated $1,500 to Montagano’s campaign, said he was offended by the ad and received many calls from other Democrats who were also upset.
In an hour-long conversation with Montagano after the commercial started airing, Helfrich said: “I said I was insulted, that you’re running against the Democrats instead of with us. … That ‘typical Democrat’ remark irritated me the most.”
Smooth move, Mikey. Better start saying your prayers.
Simon Rios is dead. The convicted murderer was found dead inside his cell at Pendleton Correctional Facility about 12:40 a.m. Thursday from an apparent suicide by hanging. A prison doctor pronounced him dead at 1:20 a.m.
He was serving four life terms for killing his wife and three young daughters inside their Fort Wayne home in December 2005. He was serving another life sentence, plus 100 years, from Delaware County for the abduction, rape and murder of 10-year-old Alejandra Gutierrez, a classmate of one of his daughters.
An autopsy will be conducted at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, and Rios’ death remains under investigation by the Indiana State Police and the internal affairs department at the prison, prison officials said.
Why waste the money? I suppose we’ll have to pay to ship his dead-ass illegal Mexican body back home, too.
The Ron Paul wingnuts are at it again folks. One of the looniest wingnuts is Jim Martindale. Today he sent this to several local and state officials, and one of those elected officials found it funny enough to forward to yours truly. It tells how the Bush administration is secretly planning to “Suspend the US Constitution”.
Believe it or not, this Martindale is also an appointed precinct committeeman. Now that’s scary.
From: Jim Martindale [mailto:genesis821jim@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: Fw: Secret Plan to Suspend US Constitution. CRG E-Newsletter
Gentlemen:
I pray that you have not deleted this yet or that you have found it in your spam folder, and will please read every syllable of this recounting of the militarization of our police forces. I well-remember, Bill, your words in this regards during a phone conversation several months ago. This well-documented piece substantially puts the pieces together so that anyone can see the plan. So often, you as public servants, are so busy with the daily routines there isn’t time to put a perspective to the day in which we are living.
Please, please, please is all I can say. I have made acquaintance with a retired 30 year veteran sheriff from Iowa (cc’d here) who understands the thrust of this article and I believe is uniquely prepared and qualified to speak to the issues of public safety in our county and city. I have asked him to consider coming to our fair city to speak and be prepared to answer questions as regards this encroachment of (para) military force into our everyday lives. Once again please, get acquainted with this man and the rapidly deteriorating situation.
These comments are from Jim in an email I received recently after I had forwarded his editorial comments on News With Views to numerous friends:
thank you for most sincerely for sharing my writings with others. You have my profound thanks for doing so.
Many people have an uneasy feeling that things are in fact very wrong and have picked up on many matters that do not add up and have every appearance of being very inimical to a sound and healthy society and nation. They are afraid to express their uneasiness and suspicions out of fear of being labeled a nutcase and being ridiculed. The fact is that it is they who are sound of mind and perception and those who ridicule them are the real crackpots.
So what I try to do is step up and speak for the many very levelheaded and well-informed people in this country. It really does not bother me if some call me a fruitcake since I know that I am not, and I am not going to let those who try to hide their villainous, self-serving and greedy activities intimidate me.
I try to write logically and with common sense, many of those good people whom I addressed above are capable of doing the same, they just do not realize it. All that is necessary is to be absolutely truthful, honest and unafraid. That is all we can do in the face of tyranny, if enough people step up maybe we will see a beginning of a turnaround, but if we remain silent we can expect that we will continue to be ruled over by despots. Even so come soon, Lord Jesus.
Again, I am most grateful for your support, and pray God’s blessings upon you.
Subject: Secret Plan to Suspend US Constitution. CRG E-Newsletter
Secret Bush Administration Plan to Suspend US Constitution
“Continuity of Government” (COG) Provisions activated in 2001
By Tom Burghardt
Global Research, October 6, 2008
Antifascist Calling…
Ten months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld approved an updated version of the U.S. Army’s secret operational Continuity of Government (COG) plans.
A draft document published by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks entitled, “Army Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources. Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program,” dated 19 January 2001, spells out changes in Army doctrine.
Issued by Headquarters, Department of the Army and signed off by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the Secretary of the Army, the document is affixed with a warning: “Destruction Notice: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.” The restricted document as published by Wikileaks states:
History. This regulation is a revision of the original regulation that was effective on 10 July 1989. Since that time, no changes have been published to amend the original.
Summary. This regulation on the Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program has been revised to update Army COOP policy and extend the requirement for all-hazards COOP planning to all Army organizations. Classified information contained in the 1989 version of this AR has been removed and placed in a classified HQDA Operations Plan (OPLAN).
Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), and when federalized to the Army National Guard (ARNG). In the event of conflict between this regulation and approved OSD or JCS publications, the provisions of the latter will apply. (”Army Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources. Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program,” 19 January 2001, p. 3) [emphasis added]
“All-hazards COOP planning” is described as the means by which “the Army remains capable of continuing mission-essential operations during any situation, including military attack, terrorist activities, and natural or man-made disasters.” While the Army stresses the updates described in AR 500-3 relate to chemical, biological, nuclear attacks, “natural disasters” and “technical or man-made disasters or accidents,” current Army doctrine is also heavily weighted towards contingency planning for “civil disturbances.”
Two national “civil disturbance” plans, Garden Plot and Cable Splicer have been operational since the 1960s.
“This is not a man who sees America as you and I do – as the greatest force for good in the world.” “This is someone who sees American as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country.”
Update: Okay, I was all wet. Yes, I’m admitting it here, I was wrong. Chad’s actually a nice guy and just moments ago, he sent me a very nice email.
My apologies for the unintended ommision AWB. An honest oversight on my part. Although, the statement that I don’t “like you” is innacurate. I don’t know you beyond your blog. As far as your disdain for baseball, the name, Harrison Square; it doesn’t really matter to me. We’re all entitled to our opinions and it’s your right to have yours, and not my right to judge. Thanks for the link BTW. Best wishes. - Chad
I guess Chad Gramling doesn’t like me because I think Harrison Square is freakin’ farce. I suppose since he’s a baseball wing nut, (he wrote the book Baseball in Fort Wayne) it’s perfectly fine to feel that way.
Today he has a list of *all* of the discussions surrounding the absolutely stupid name of Tin Caps for the Fort Wayne Wizards. Well, all of them of course except yours truly, who back in September broke the story on the name (here).
Considering more of the HS/Hardball pundits hang their hats here, I’ve decided to swipe part of his post and recreate it here (with spelling corrected).
Gramling writes: I cannot believe the number of headlines and opinions that have been circulating about the renaming of the Fort Wayne Wizards to the Fort Wayne Tin Caps.
Discussion on Reaction to the Fort Wayne TinCaps Name:
With the defeat Monday of the plan to reward mortgage lenders and their often well-paid leaders with $700 billion for making numerous loans that should have never been made, I’ve got a different idea, one that would help tens of millions of Americans:
Apply $700 billion directly to borrowers’ mortgage payments, helping everyday citizens along with the mortgage companies.
I suppose that’s why Tracy is a member of the biased liberal media. Let’s just give more handouts to those that are financially distressed because they couldn’t afford the mortgage in the first place.
About 50 million homes have mortgages, a recent Census Bureau reports estimates. That $700 billion could go toward the next $14,000 in payments on each of those homes.
Does he really think they’ll give the money to the banks? And where’s the payback? There is none. I wonder what he was drinking when he wrote this.
Why is it most writer’s seem to take glee in trashing places they’ve left behind? Edgar Allen Poe trashed his hometown of Boston, and to this day you won’t find hardly a mention of the famous writer. You won’t even find a statue.
The writer Amy Welborn lived here for 8 years. Now that she’s packed her literary bags trash and moved to Birmingham, Alabama, she thinks it’s safe to trash Fort Wayne.
But we are happy to be here for other reasons, too. I’ve no doubt that enumerating them will offend Fort Wayne loyalists, but so be it. It was, in short, one of the oddest places I’ve ever lived. I still cannot figure it out. For the life of me, I can’t.
When Fort Wayne first loomed in my future, I looked it up, and noted, “Second Largest City in Indiana.” Well, I reasoned, that’s got to be good news. Nashville, after all, is the second-largest city in Tennessee, and that’s a great town. So, it must translate. Right?
Wrong.
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We lived in one of the older parts of the city, in a real neighborhood with sidewalks and a neighborhood church and school and a fantastic park one block away from my house. It was safe (at least it felt safe) - it was…a neighborhood. (A part of the city, though, I feel moved to point out though, that we were warned against. Oh, you don’t want to live in the South Side. My Translation: Black people live there. Hispanics, too. The horror.)
I guess she never met Phil Marx or Bob G. Or maybe she didn’t know what the “south side” really was.
Most of the daily tasks (except for Michael driving to work) occurred within a 2-mile radius of the house. There were lots of things to do with children, even if those things were relatively small in scale and repeated themselves every year. Children don’t remember. They don’t care. Everything is new to them, every day. The Fort Wayne Zoo was small, but really excellent, and a fantastic place to take my boys and just let them run and race and practically pet the kangaroos. Great library.
And I’m going to tell you people that honestly - that’s it. I’m not intending to be snobbish, but in our experience, that was the only selling point of Fort Wayne.
I guess she’s just a ignorant dolt. She never experienced the Fort Wayne Museum of Art? How about the History Museum, Botanical Gardens, the myriad of city and county parks, Three Rivers Festival, the Greek Festival, the Grabill Fair, Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum, Science Central, Komets Hockey, Wizards Baseball, the Fort Wayne Ballet, Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Artlink Gallery, events at Memorial Coliseum, The History Center, the Allen County Fair, Arcola Tractor Pull (naw, too redneck, that’s below her), the Ribfest, Hilger’s Fall Festival, the Muddy River Run? How about driving a short distance to enjoy some of the attractions within a hour or two of Fort Wayne Amy?
I think I’ve made my point. For Welborn to insinuate we have only two selling points is nothing more than a pile of rubbish. She goes on..
In the area in which we lived, there was a school. A couple of schools with which we were acquainted, to which we were connected. Most of the adults connected to these schools had actually attended the schools as children and teens, and some of their parents had done the same.
The resultant culture was rather inbred and closed to the newcomer.
Inbred? Wait a minute, didn’t she say she just moved to Greenbow Birmingham, Alabama!?
Then the royal ass-ness Nancy Nall chimes in with her typical “Hate Fort Wayne” bullshit.
No argument from me. I think you nailed it, or part of it.
[…]
But let’s wallow in the smelly trough of stereotype for a moment, too: FW is a place with a wide ruling class of Germans, specifically German Lutherans, specifically Missouri Synod German Lutherans, and never in my life have I dealt with a more stubborn, smug, dismissive-of-outsiders group of people. I mean, in my life. Of course there were wonderful exceptions, but to paint with a broad brush, these folks not only think they have it figured out, they have it nailed. They believe trying a different way is not only unnecessary, but wrong. And even dangerous. And they’ve defined the face of the city for generations.
Well, as a transplant from Detroit via Scottsdale, they can both kiss my pearly white ass. In spite of my rantings about HS, I’m proud to call Fort Wayne home.
We have heard a lot about the Republican convention this week and congratulations to our friends on the other side of the aisle for a nice event.
But what did we NOT hear? We did NOT hear about what the Republicans plan to do for working families and to get the American economy back on track. That is too bad, because that is what this election should be about. In a democracy, politican campaigns should be about ideas. Both sides present theirs, and the voters can decide which they like better.
By the way, it’s spelled politician Karen.
If you take note, in this post she links to Obama’s web site instead of the Obamassiah’s DNC speech. What the hell did Obama have to say? Apparently nothing in his speech she cares to quote.
That’s par for the course. Just throw barbs and don’t back it up with the facts, it’s the leftard way.
From McCain’s RNC speech:
Keeping taxes low helps small businesses grow and create new jobs. Cutting the second-highest business tax rate in the world will help American companies compete and keep jobs from moving overseas. Doubling the child tax exemption from $3,500 to $7,000 will improve the lives of millions of American families. Reducing government spending and getting rid of failed programs will let you keep more of your own money to save, spend and invest as you see fit. Opening new markets and preparing workers to compete in the world economy is essential to our future prosperity.
[...]
My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy. We’re going to help workers who’ve lost a job that won’t come back find a new one that won’t go away.
We will prepare them for the jobs of today. We will use our community colleges to help train people for new opportunities in their communities. For workers in industries that have been hard hit, we’ll help make up part of the difference in wages between their old job and a temporary, lower-paid one while they receive retraining that will help them find secure new employment at a decent wage.
[...]
Sen. Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power. But Americans know better than that. We must use all resources and develop all technologies necessary to rescue our economy from the damage caused by rising oil prices and to restore the health of our planet. It’s an ambitious plan, but Americans are ambitious by nature, and we have faced greater challenges. It’s time for us to show the world again how Americans lead.
[...]
We need to change the way government does almost everything: from the way we protect our security to the way we compete in the world economy; from the way we respond to disasters to the way we fuel our transportation network; from the way we train our workers to the way we educate our children. All these functions of government were designed before the rise of the global economy, the information technology revolution and the end of the Cold War. We have to catch up to history, and we have to change the way we do business in Washington.
Case closed. Quit telling lies Goldner, and backup your comments with facts, your credibility is on shaky ground (you’re welcome).
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows Sarah Palin has more support than either presidential candidate.
You can read the report here. Meanwhile, back at the Fort, you have a local hippie liberal traitor leftist that can only come up with a one-word commentary by calling her a “bitch” because she’s cute, smart, not fat, intelligent, pro-life, pro-2nd amendment, etc, etc. Actually, I think it’s also because she’s not one of “them”.
Yep, it appears that Mike “Mr. Ed” Montagano is really a just a democrat in name only, (DINO).
The Ron Paul wingnuts are at it again folks. One of the looniest wingnuts is Jim Martindale. Today he sent this to several local and state officials, and one of those elected officials found it funny enough to forward to yours truly. It tells how the Bush administration is secretly planning to “Suspend the US Constitution”.
– AWB
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