Carnival Barker Extraodinare

Trump is a buffoon and a bully. It makes no difference if he has money, has no money, made money, lost money or eats money. A lot of people have money. Bernie Madoff had money.

He's a dim bulb with a big mouth who attracts like-minded followers. If history has taught us anything, it's that a man like this can go far.

This is not a political statement. This was my opinion before Trump started pretending to consider running for office, and nothing has changed, except my increased contempt for blowhards, bullies and liars, and their latest poster child.

The election of Obama and Trump leading some polls shows just how uninformed voters are...that said, i would vote for The Donald over Obama any and every day.

If Mitch Daniels decides to run, he has my vote so far.

I'm planning a trip across norhtern IN into Michigan--I see that the Interstate Routes there are now toll roads rather than free interstates like the have been for decades. Is this the work of Daniels?

I traveled across Indiana via I-90 in the 90's and paid a toll. Even before my journey it's been called the Indiana Toll Road and it skirts along the the northern border of The Hoosier State.
There's other interstates in Indiana that have a toll?

No, . . . and Yes.

From the Indiana Toll Road website :
"In 1951, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation creating the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) Commission. Construction was completed and the Toll Road opened to traffic in late 1956. The ITR stretches 157 miles across the northernmost part of Indiana from its border with Ohio to the Illinois State Line."

"The ITR [had] been operated by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). In 2005, Governor Mitch Daniels. proposal to lease the Toll Road was deliberated and enacted into law by the Indiana General Assembly. On January 23, 2006, Statewide Mobility Partners LLC (SMP), a limited liability company between Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte SA (Cintra) and Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG), was awarded the project with a bid of 3.8 billion US dollars."

"SMP formed the ITR Concession Company LLC (ITRCC) to operate and manage the ITR during the 75-year lease term. SMP has a 10-member board of directors that oversees ITRCC and its operations of the Indiana Toll Road. ITRCC formally assumed the responsibility for all operating and maintenance of the Indiana Toll Road on June 29, 2006."

__So, No, the ITR is not the work of Governor Mitch Daniels; it is the work of the Indiana General Assembly in 1951.
__And, Yes, Governor Mitch Daniels initiated the transfer of the operation and maintenance of the ITR to a corporation in 2005.


DonDiego had once thought that the Interstate Highway System was supposed to not include toll roads, . . . but he has occasionally encountered them himself. The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) has conveniently listed these toll roads at the FHA website .

The Indiana Toll Road (I90/80?) has always been a toll road. It takes you across the state and onto the Ohio Turnpike/Toll Road, which leads you to the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Toll Road). I drove this route to New York in the '70's, and probably earlier, as well.

Nothing new here.

Unless something has changed since I moved to Vegas, I94 is a freeway, and I believe you can take it to Michigan from Illinois. I65 in Indiana was always a freeway, too, and so was I70, which goes from Missouri through Indiana (further south than the toll road, I70 goes through Indianapolis) and into southern Ohio.

BTW, many interstates are not toll-free. The Illinois Tollway that connects with Indiana and Wisconsin (thus the "Tri-State Tollway") is I294.

Thumper says: Word thru the carrot patch indicates that the "Donald" was none too pleased at the jokes aimed his way at last night's WH correspondent's dinner. Thumper opines that perhaps Mr. Trump should grow a thicker skin (and thicker hair too). Thumper also prays that this buffoon not get a chance to lead this country, altho said spectacle of him running for office will give late night comedians plenty of new material !

I say Bull $hit. It was just a matter of time before Osama was found by Obama, after Obama searched in Hawaii, at the golf courses, on Oprah, etc.

BULLSH!T He just happened to be in office at the time. Any sitting president wouldv'e given the OK,so dont start giving praise thats not real.

JOHN