Posted on 11/19/2004 5:53:55 AM PST by End Times Sentinel
Hostettler mounting campaign to change the name of Interstate 69
By August Wayne, THG News
John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.
There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all the way through Texas into Mexico in the coming years. While most believe this highway will be good for the states economy, religious conservatives believe I-69 sounds too risqué and want to change the interstates number.
Hostettler, a proponent of the interstate extension, agrees. Every time I have been out in the public with an I-69 button on my lapel, teenagers point and snicker at it. I have had many ask me if they can have my button. I believe it is time to change the name of the highway. It is the moral thing to do.
As a matter of fact, naming the highways extension I-69 is a violation of the Interstate Highway Systems rules for numbering roads. Interstates numbers are to increase from west to east. If the extension through southern Indiana is named I-69, then 69 will be west of I-65, a direct violation.
Naming the road I-63 not only follows numbering guidelines, it doesnt have the sexual undertones that I-69 has, says Hostettler, It is a win-win situation.
The change will more than likely be introduced in committee when Congress convenes after the first of the year.
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
ok this is just plain dumb
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
That is just the funniest damn thing I've heard all week.
It's good to see that Rep. Hostettler is working on a life-and-death issue. ::eye roll::
The main reason to change it is that it would save a fortune in signs. They keep getting stolen.
Always make sure you have a knee-jerk reaction to anything, even a number, that might have a dual meaning to people with dirty minds.
there is a 69 hwy here in kansas, and no one has EVER talkeda bout it. i drive on it every day. geez..stupid
Thank was my first thought. How do they keep the signs up?
the number should be changed to save the taxpayer's money! The kids are going to stealing the signs constantly.
It's a parody.
But I do wonder if the I 69 buttons are legit. I could get a lot of Christmas shopping done early.
I am originally from Oklahoma (now in TN) and there is a Highway 69 that runs North-South through the entire state.
I would hate to think that they would try to change the name of it for some stupid reason.
Oh....good...grief.
Oh come on, one of the best stickers on my helmet is the "I69" sticker.... don't change the name... then it will merely be a sexuaully suggestive advertisment....
Ok, go ahead and change it to Route 666 lol.
Viagra?
Heh... gays don't own that particular number lol....
Viagra?
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