Should we fund Pathways Drug Treatment?

$1 million dollars in county tax money is being requested by "for-profit" Pathways Family Center to open a teen drug treatment center.

Over at Porter County Politics I ask some questions and hope to engage some debate.

Update: thnx to all my widecircles visitors, not sure what they want, but they've sure left a lot of comments

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International Run Down for Sunday January 21

At Least 24 Americans Died in Iraq Sat.
Today, January 21, 2007, 1 hour ago
At Least 24 Americans Died in Iraq Saturday - 3rd Deadliest Day for U.S. Troops Since 2003


Exclusive: Richardson Enters 2008 Presidential Race
Today, January 21, 2007, 42 minutes ago
New Mexico Governor Would Be Nation's First Hispanic President
Note: As an aside, I think Richardson would make a fine President, and if McCain stumbles I'm sure not voting for a boring governor just because they are Republican. McCain v. Richardson would be a match-up worthy of our nation.


Al-Sadr ends parliamentary boycott
Today, January 21, 2007, 1 hour ago
Talk of "new beginning" as Shia leader's move signals easing of factional tensions.
Note: Just posturing or a real change that signals a beginning to crack down on tensions?

Serbs voting for new parliament
Today, January 21, 2007, 8 minutes ago
Serbia is holding its first general election since becoming an independent state last year.


China Ups Ante in Space
Friday, January 19, 2007, 2:34:18 PM Council on Foreign Relations
January 19, 2007
The successful test of a Chinese anti-satellite weapon brought cries of foul from Washington and others.

Supreme Court to Revisit McCain-Feingold
Yesterday, January 20, 2007, 4:06:31 PM Andrew Roth
This will be interesting to watch.
Note: I for one would like to see it struck down entirely. It is an infringement on free speech. The fact that politics is mean, and requires cash to get out a message, doesn't give the government the right to abridge our freedoms. By the way, right now my endorsement for President is for McCain. See a blog featuring McCain news. His official site. And Explore McCain site.

by Benny Morris for the Jerusalem Post (picked up on www.pajamasmedia.com )
[At PJM the editors review thousands of articles per month. In recent memory we cannot think of a more alarming, prescient essay that this one published today by Benny Morris.
Morris is one of the most respected intellectuals in Israel and his conversion dove to hawk was widely heralded and criticized at the time. Morris, one of the "New Historians," wrote about this 'transformation' for the Guardian in 2002, saying, "I imagine that I feel a bit like one of those western fellow travelers rudely awakened by the trundle of Russian tanks crashing through Budapest in 1956." Today Morris goes even deeper into the darkening future of the Middle East as he looks at what is coming there, and to the rest of the world.]

THE SECOND HOLOCAUST will not be like the first. The Nazis, of course, industrialized mass murder. But still, the perpetrators had one-on-one contact with the victims. They may have dehumanized them over months and years of appalling debasement and in their minds, before the actual killing. But, still, they were in eye and ear contact, sometimes in tactile contact, with their victims.

The Germans, along with their non-German helpers, had to round up the men, women and children from their houses and drag and beat them through the streets and mow them down in nearby woods or push and pack them into cattle cars and transport them to the camps, where "Work makes free," separate the able-bodied from the completely useless and lure them into "shower" halls and pour in the gas and then take out, or oversee the extraction of, the bodies and prepare the "showers" for the next batch.

The second holocaust will be quite different. One bright morning, in five or 10 years, perhaps during a regional crisis, perhaps out of the blue, a day or a year or five years after Iran's acquisition of the Bomb, the mullahs in Qom will convene in secret session, under a portrait of the steely-eyed Ayatollah Khomeini, and give President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, by then in his second or third term, the go-ahead.

Want to see what REALTORS say?

Over at Synergy Thoughts I posted a series of 7 months' worth of blogs on builders. Most are written by REALTORs who don't have a lot nice to say about builders. You may have to join Active Rain to read some of the "Members Only" posts which tend to be the best ones. I can send you an invite if you email me

I borrowed this post from Active Rain blogger Christine Forgione, it's a compilation of other posts from House Values Carnival. I post on this site mostly so those of you looking at the whole blogging thing can get your arms around some of the value of reading and linking.

After a long two week break from the Carnival.. Its BACK. I actually forgot about it to tell you the truth.

This week the Carnival was hosted by Housevalues. (I had no idea they even had a blog).

HouseValues highlighted Bloggers who closed out 2006 and predicted 2007. I wanted to just touch on the articles that I found were interesting, but to view the entire list of features head over to Housevalues.com where they have all the goods.

The 14 Coolest Real Estate Stories of 2006 - by Joshua Dorkin
Real estate renaissance - By Micheal Michael Simonsen
Biggest stories in 2006 on the Zillow Blog - by Spencer Rascoff
Theresa Boardman wrote an article on The Tomato, which deserves to be pointed out and highlighted. Does your broker hate your blog?
Role of real estate agents will be in a Web 2.0 world - by Cliff Jacobson
Compensation vs. performance on ActiveRain - By Broker Byrant

To view the rest of the Carnival's featured posts head over to Housevalues.com (did you know they had a blog?)

January 15, 2007 will be hosted by the ever loving Elvis Fan - Marlow at her 360Digest blog. Until then, have a great week and like Matt Heaton says "Breathe, Step back and take it all in"

What happening today - Global

ABC News Feed Today, I don't normally just pull the RSS, but other blogs took a bunch of my time today and there were so many international issues that this was quickest.

Somalis, Ethiopians Battle Islamic Foes
Today, January 04, 2007, 1 hour ago
Somali Troops, Ethiopian Soldiers Fight 600 Islamic Militiamen in South; Kenya Closes Border
(Isn't it interesting that so few Muslim countries are rising up to defend the Islamics in this country? Why is that?)

Scientists Say 2007 May Be Warmest Yet
Today, January 04, 2007, 2 hours ago
2007 Could Be World's Warmest Year on Record, British Climate Scientists Predict


U.S. Sailor Spotted Off Chilean Coast
Today, January 04, 2007, 2 hours ago
Chilean Navy Search Plane Spots American Sailor Adrift Off Coast, Trawler Headed for Rescue

Chilean Navy Seeks Solo American Sailor
Today, January 04, 2007, 5 hours ago
Chilean Navy Searching for American Solo Sailor Adrift on Disabled Yacht

220 Pounds of Explosives Found in Spain
Today, January 04, 2007, 5 hours ago
Police Find Nearly 220 Pounds of Explosives Near Abandoned Car in Spain
(Sure seems like all the anti-terror police are doing a much better job)

3,500 Islamists Said Hiding in Mogadishu
Today, January 04, 2007, 7 hours ago
About 3,500 Islamists Hiding in Somali Capital, Interior Minister Says; Kenya's Border Closes

Kenya Said to Close Border With Somalia
Today, January 04, 2007, 8 hours ago
Kenya Closes Border With Somalia, Says Minister; Extra Troops Sent to Northern Frontier

Taiwan High-Speed Rail System to Debut
Today, January 04, 2007, 9 hours ago
New Taiwanese High-Speed Rail System Set to Debut After Long Delay
(Long Delay? We haven't even started ours yet)

Gunmen Target Three Hamas Officials
Today, January 04, 2007, 9 hours ago
Gunmen Target Three Hamas Officials in Apparent Revenge Attacks Blamed on Fatah

Saddam Execution Video Leads to Arrests
Today, January 04, 2007, 10 hours ago
Arrests Reported in Saddam Execution Video, U.S. Says Former Leader Dignified to the End
(Good, it's time to teach the "rule of law" the real basis of democracy)

Jerusalem Mourners Pay Tribute to Kollek
Today, January 04, 2007, 10 hours ago
Mourners Pay Tribute to Former Jerusalem Mayor Theodor "Teddy" Kollek

Somalis Not Ready to Turn Over Weapons
Yesterday, January 03, 2007, 10:23:57 PM
Everyone in Somalia's Violent Capital Has a Gun, Everyone, That Is, but the Police

Austrian Held Captive Describes Ordeal
Yesterday, January 03, 2007, 4:31:10 PM
Young Austrian Woman Held Captive Describes Life Since Escape in TV Documentary

North Korea Foreign Minister Dies at 78
Yesterday, January 03, 2007, 3:35:26 PM
North Korea Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun Dies After Reportedly Suffering From Kidney Disease

Olmert, Mubarak Seek Restart Peace Talks
Yesterday, January 03, 2007, 3:32:17 PM
Ehud Olmert, Hosni Mubarak to Look for Ways to Restart Mideast Peace Talks at Upcoming Meeting