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Hostettler mounting campaign to change the name of Interstate 69
Hoosier Gazette ^ | Nov. 19, 2004 | Austin Wayne

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 state’s economy, religious conservatives believe “I-69” sounds too risqué and want to change the interstate’s 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 highway’s extension I-69 is a violation of the Interstate Highway System’s 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 doesn’t 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.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: bogus; cockandbullstory; hoax; hogwash; hokum; hooey; hostettler; i69; malarkey; parody; puton; spoof; whopper
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We had a Route 69 in Centeral PA, but when it was widened, we renamed it to "The Hershey Highway".

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”


1 posted on 11/19/2004 5:53:55 AM PST by End Times Sentinel
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To: Owl_Eagle

ok this is just plain dumb


2 posted on 11/19/2004 5:55:05 AM PST by DM1
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To: HenryLeeII; TheBigB; Constitution Day; martin_fierro
I know how you guys are into highways, interstates, thoroughfares, etc.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”


3 posted on 11/19/2004 5:56:22 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (France, because the moral compass of humanity needs a butt end.)
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To: DM1

That is just the funniest damn thing I've heard all week.


4 posted on 11/19/2004 5:56:35 AM PST by Armedanddangerous (I'm not sorry)
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To: Owl_Eagle

It's good to see that Rep. Hostettler is working on a life-and-death issue. ::eye roll::


5 posted on 11/19/2004 5:56:43 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Owl_Eagle

The main reason to change it is that it would save a fortune in signs. They keep getting stolen.


6 posted on 11/19/2004 5:57:14 AM PST by John Jorsett (Kerry-Edwards: FORGING AHEAD)
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To: Owl_Eagle
Let's let the gays own the language, shall we?

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.

7 posted on 11/19/2004 5:57:31 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

there is a 69 hwy here in kansas, and no one has EVER talkeda bout it. i drive on it every day. geez..stupid


8 posted on 11/19/2004 5:58:03 AM PST by RightMike
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To: John Jorsett

Thank was my first thought. How do they keep the signs up?


9 posted on 11/19/2004 5:58:26 AM PST by Crusher138 (Support capitalism. Check out www.USAPoliTees.com)
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To: Owl_Eagle

the number should be changed to save the taxpayer's money! The kids are going to stealing the signs constantly.


10 posted on 11/19/2004 5:58:46 AM PST by steplock (http://www.outoftimeradio.org)
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To: Constitution Day
It's good to see that Rep. Hostettler is working on a life-and-death issue. ::eye roll::

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.

11 posted on 11/19/2004 5:58:46 AM PST by NeoCaveman ("I expressed myself rather forcefully, felt better after I had done it," -- VP Cheney)
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To: Owl_Eagle

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.


12 posted on 11/19/2004 5:58:55 AM PST by OUSoonerFreeper
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“Every time I have been out in the public with an ‘I-69’ button on my lapel, teenagers point and snicker at it."

Oh....good...grief.

13 posted on 11/19/2004 5:59:03 AM PST by TheBigB (Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me....)
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To: Owl_Eagle
Sounds like the proverbial Route of All Evil.
14 posted on 11/19/2004 5:59:23 AM PST by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

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....


15 posted on 11/19/2004 5:59:35 AM PST by HamiltonJay ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
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To: Owl_Eagle

Ok, go ahead and change it to Route 666 lol.


16 posted on 11/19/2004 5:59:57 AM PST by KoRn
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To: Crusher138

Viagra?


17 posted on 11/19/2004 6:00:03 AM PST by dmz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Heh... gays don't own that particular number lol....


18 posted on 11/19/2004 6:00:13 AM PST by Terabitten (Live as a bastion of freedom and democracy in the midst of the heart of darkness.)
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To: Owl_Eagle; Constitution Day
Hoosier Gazette articles are drawn from different sources and some are fictitious or satirical. The Hoosier Gazette uses invented names in some stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. The reader should suspend belief for the sake of enjoyment.
19 posted on 11/19/2004 6:00:18 AM PST by TheBigB (Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me....)
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To: Crusher138
How do they keep the signs up?

Viagra?

20 posted on 11/19/2004 6:01:04 AM PST by cardinal4 (W's 3.5 million pop vote isnt a mandate, but algores .5 million is??)
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