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.

http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/Nov2004/news003.htm
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AND THEY WONDER WHY WE LAUGH AT THEM!

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THis is absolutle crazy. It is just a number. How many times have people traveled down that interstate, including religious people, without a thought of the number.

Let the witch hunts begin.

I just really want an "`I-69`" lapel pin ;-)

Well my dear mother is age 69...I better call her and tell her to not mention her age outloud... due to the fact some people may feel it imoral. lol
kowing her, she would tell me she doesnt mention her age no more than she has to...LOL

69 is one of my favorite numbers..........if you know what I mean! LOL

What an absurd world we now live in ! :wink: :wink:

This country has gone mad. This is unbelievable.

I don't know if we've gone mad or just lost common sense. That has as much of a chance as a snowball in the oven.

Well, you can be sure of one thing....somehow they are gonna blame the Liberal Elites for this...and Bill Clinton will be at fault in some way, too, I bet.

If they were THAT moral, the number wouldn't mean anything to them.
Good grief, awaiting the 'Scarlet Letter.'

[quote=ncMindy]If they were THAT moral, the number wouldn't mean anything to them.
Good grief, awaiting the 'Scarlet Letter.'[/quote]

Exactly. Even claiming to associate this number with something other than a "number"...doesn't that say more about the person than the number? That witch hunt is gettin' warmed up...