The Indiana General Assembly has called off any action for a second straight day because of the ice storm that hit central
Indiana.
Leaders of the House and Senate both postponed committee meetings that were scheduled at the Statehouse for Wednesday after
doing the same on Tuesday. Those sessions will be rescheduled later.
Most state offices closed early Tuesday as the winter storm arrived in the state, but the governor's office says those
offices will be open for normal operations Wednesday.
State officials say a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow and sleet on northern Indiana has prompted 17 counties
to declare snow emergencies calling for residents not to travel unless necessary.
State officials are urging residents in areas hard-hit by the storm to stay at home, but Gov. Mitch Daniels has directed
state offices to be open for normal operations Wednesday, if possible.
Snow continued falling Wednesday morning over the northern third of the state. Freezing rain that cut power to tens of thousands
of homes and businesses in central and southern Indiana has ended, but high winds buffeting the state could bring more outages.
Duke Energy reports about 49,000 of its customers in central and southern Indiana were without power at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
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February 2, 2011
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Well, we could blame ABC because they haven't advertised the INDY 500....not during the HUGE TV rating shows like Dancing with the Stars (of which IICS driver Helio Castroneves is a former champion). He never won a CART championship, did he?
We could blame the new car...because it's ugly and has a V6 that has less horsepower than the pace car. CART (to my knowledge) never had that problem with cars they presented at the speedway years 1979 through 1995.
We could blame the fencepost, but that would be crass. Or maybe Danica? Or maybe Jean Alesi....or boost increases from constant rules tampering. Maybe we could blame Penske who still is winning everything as usual.
Maybe we can blame the world for not understanding the the great Indy gods who regularly twist things in such ways that we mere mortals must only accept, but never question.
So, it does beg the question....who is responsible if the series and Indy continues to flounder? Are the responsibilities so diffuse and complicated that no one really is to blame for it's fall from grace?
I urge the speedway to sign on for 7 more years of ABC coverage and 7 more years of NBC Sports Network coverage. It been win-win so far....*cough* *cough* -
"They're problem was thinking they were bigger than the institution that made their existence possible. That turned out to be a mistake."
The above quote made by Disciple shows his continued inability to grasp a simple concept: CART is dead. Twice. It provided a brilliant stage for some of the best open wheel racing in all the past century of racing. It's gone DOOD, get over it.
PLEASE explain, Mr. Disciple of INDYCAR, why you continually hammer home, even on the eve of the 2012 Indy 500, this same point...over and over? Seriously, why does the legacy of CART haunt you so much?
The same problems that affected the sport for over a century of AOW racing STILL affect it now. Your answers (or lack thereof) belittle the very sport you claim to love. Indy rots in your hands yet you request status quo. You negate salient points with drivel...always.
Indy is not going to die. But, it is dying...are you willing to accept that? "Indy is a hot mess"....it's true. Yet you want it that way? What is wrong with you? -
I just want to make sure I am reading this right - Wellpoint is eliminating 112 employees. Wellpoint is a customer of Repucare. Repucare is creating 82 jobs. I sure hope they are hiring Wellpoint employees. Does not make sense!
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Triscuts...love um!
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Of course the fair will go on. Don't you big city reporters understand county fairs? Get outside the beltway and see what life is really like!
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Whatever would we do without the praying and the posturing, the preening and the posing? How could we survive without the deeply informed guidance of these Supreme Beings? How would civilization endure?
Of course, when they're gone I also miss the sheer entertainment value of their assorted hangers-on. Could we find any joy in a day that didn't involve forcing passage through packed Statehouse corridors thronged by hordes of earnest, impeccably dressed young men, each oblivious to all but their own terribly important conversations and the tantalizing possibility that one of the Great Ones will acknowledge their existence?
And the pretty young things who appear as if by magic at the launch of every session - teetering precariously on fantastically-spiked heels, bodies encased in the tightest of costumes, topped with impossibly thick, chemical-laden hair, bosoms lifted, shaped, positioned, and amply augmented by all manner of ingenious contrivances.
Please, oh please - come back! We can't last long without you!