Hoosiers Helping Hindus
We passionate populist types can get carried away. We've even been known to accuse politicians of being bought by the international bankers, of being agents of foreign governments, and of being carpetbaggers. In Dan Coat's case, these are all true, except for the carpetbagger thing. To be a carpetbagger, you have to actually move to the area in question. Since you didn't really move back to Indiana, you're not a carpetbagger, Dan.
Dan Coats is terrible on immigration.
Dan Coats is terrible on big government.
Dan Coats is terrible on neocon foreign policy.
Dan Coats is assuming that the same suckers who settled for Bayh and Lugar for year after year will come back for more abuse. Bayh had the good instincts to know what's coming for Washington insiders and dove for cover, but Dan's been too lost in lobbying land to realize what he's up against. He's been too busy lobbying to send American money and jobs to India to know which way the wind blows in Indiana.
(500) Days of Summer
Nick at Nite played Gilligan's Island reruns in the early morning while I was growing up. My siblings and I got in the habit of watching it as we prepared for school. While the show typically framed Ginger as the idol to ogle, I had a thing for Mary Ann. I was sure that I was alone in this, that I saw something in her sweetness and approachability that others didn't see.
It turns out that everybody except closeted homosexuals state a preference for Mary Ann. Being incapable of actual straightness, the queer bets all his chips on the obvious choice - compelled toward that very drag queen glam effect which repulses straight men. With the exception of a few felons and Alaskan fishermen who are so manly that only a big bold broad will do, all men who prefer Ginger are gay.
Transracialization
Prior to World War II, interracial adoptions were rare. As a matter of fact, until the 1960’s adoption policies reflected a common sense approach. Namely, adoptive families and children were matched based on race and religion. In the case of biracial children, the policy was to match the adoptive child with the family that he or she physically resembled. For example, a child whose biological mother was white and whose biological father was black would most resemble a black family. Therefore, he or she would be placed with a black family.
As logical as that seems, it was destined for modification with the advent of Civil Rights. When there was an outcry for all things “equal.” In 1968, there were 733 recorded cases of interracial adoption. In 1971, that number jumped to 2,574. Today there is an average of 6,500 cases annually.
