Carnival #146

Welcome to Carnival #146. This week's edition is dedicated to none other than former Indians great Candy Maldonado (1990, 1993-1994), who finished his big league career with 146 homeruns (get it, #146). The Candyman scored the first Indians run ever at Jacobs Field, on April 4, 1994. Maldonado walked in the 8th inning, and scored on Manny Ramirez's double later than inning that tied the season opener at 2, a game the Indians would go on to win in 11. Candy also played for the Dodgers, Giants, Brewers, Blue Jays, Cubs, and Rangers. Recently he has worked for ESPN.

A charter cultural diversity school? That is what Roland Hansen Commentary proposes. Roland says that most, if not all, American public schools incorporate some level of what he proposes, though in a much more limited scope. Would Ohio be bold enough to do this?

Kyle at The Chief Source congratulates Democrat Betty Sutton (13th District) for her recent appointment to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Cornell McCleary at American-Experience: "Showing a rare act of brilliance, the Ohio Legislative Republican caucus, by calling for a Constitutional Convention but not calling for a vote on the matter, pulled a fast one on both anti-convention activist and Democrat legislators." He adds that these types of conventions can be dangerous, but Congress has been the last two decades anyways. A follow up post with more information.

Harold Thomas at The Ohio Republic also reported on the Constitutional Convention and said that it is dead for now. Next up, Harold discusses what he calls an act of arrogance by the Ohio Department of Agriculture involving a Pittsfield Township organic and natural food cooperative. This post updated a couple of weeks later with more details and speculation about what could be next.

Two entries from Jill at Writes Like She Talks. First: The Plain Dealer is sued by arts critic for alleged demotion that resulted from interested parties complaining. Does this sound familiar, she wonders? Next, though most of the auto bailout discussion revolves around Michigan, Ohio is affected as well. Jill posts a little "myth buster."

Glass City Jungle sent three entries this week. T. Boone Pickens came to Toledo recently to try to promote his energy plan - but a few questioned his motives. Kill the Car, Kill the Country, the Detroit Free Press wrote. Not quite everyone agreed, as you can see in the post comments. Lastly, some local bloggers, including Lisa Renee, got some coverage in their local daily paper because of their political blogging and the contribution made to the discussion.

Also three submissions from Free Market Politics. The first is a letter that Jeff wrote to Senator Voinovich that he posted on his blog to share. Basically Jeff tells the Senator that if he supports the $15 billion auto bailout to not count on his vote in 2010. On the same subject, Jeff takes on the thoughts of a liberal Ohio blogger. The final post is a comparison of statements before 11/4/08 and after 11/4/08. I think something happened on that day.

One post from the Cincinnati Beacon. Are some people in Hamilton County getting double taxed for police protection so the sheriff can patrol areas that are more wealthy? Hmmmmm.

Thinking about investing in the upcoming year? Maybe you should hide that money in your mattress instead, opines Seneca County Blog. Money hidden around the house probably would have been better than most investment plans this past year, that is for sure.

Jason Rowsey sends two stories from the Columbus area our way. The first is a sad one - a story from the Dispatch about a teenager who shot his parents over a video game. But on the flip side, he also sent a story about Central Ohio kids doing good. Three local high schools raised approximately $48,000 to buy Christmas presents for needy children in the area, at a time when people are being laid off and the economy is not doing well. Jason helped to spearhead this effort.

Congressional thinking can be compared to Steve Martin's character in The Jerk? Indeed it can, says Tim Higgins at Just Blowing Smoke. Great movie by the way. The auto bailout, bailouts in general, and lack of oversight were big topics this week, as Tim continues on the subject in a second post.

If Chrysler and GM take the auto bailout - boycott them and buy a Ford, writes Divided We Stand, United We Fall. The reason? If Ford declines the taxpayer money, then they deserve the support of American car buyers. If GM and Chrysler take taxpayer money, then they do not deserve that same support. Also some good nostalgic car talk in there.

An update from Bearing Drift Ohio - BDO will experimenting with an all Twitter blog. Good luck!

Conservative Culture: Are the Mosques in Ohio being run by moderates or are they simply a hotbed of Jihadist idealism? CC passes on a story from Oklahoma that thanks an Oklahoma State Trooper and says that the MSM is paying in little attention. A man in Lima gets attacked in his home. Would things have been different if he was a gun owner; would a different message have been sent?

For my part at the Keeler Report, I laughed at a Columbus Dispatch article that stated the obvious about the Ohio 15th Congressional District race.

And that is all.