While the land issue is real, all the opposition talk about foreign operators, environmental concerns and the fact that the road would be a toll-way is little more than window dressing. It's like piling on once the tackle has been made.I don't really care who runs the road. And there wasn't a peep when foreign firms bought Mittal and Amoco.

A disturbing recent phenomenon in Washington is that laws that strike to the heart of American democracy have been passed in the dead of night. So it was with a provision quietly tucked into the enormous defense budget bill at the Bush administration’s behest that makes it easier for a president to override local control of law enforcement and declare martial law.

An intermodal facility is a large-scale center, usually of 2,000 or so acres, where cargo is transferred from one mode of transportation to another, such as from rail to truck. A handout released at a recent meeting of the Porter County Economic Development Alliance suggests three intermodal sites in LaPorte County at Union Mills, Kingsbury and at State Road 2.

I received a letter this morning from Jennifer Daniel Collins, an attorney at Faegre & Benson that represents The National Pork Board. It stated, for the most part, that my use of the phrase "the other white milk" violates their trademark on the phrase "the other white meat."

"In addition, your use of this slogan also tarnishes the good reputation of the National Pork Board's mark in light of your apparent attempt to promote the use of breastmilk beyond merely for infant consumption, ..."

MyBlogLog allows me to “embed” their social network on my blog. That’s the cool part. Doesn’t seem like that big a deal, but it was the wow thing that tipped a point.