Gov Pence you should wait for the next Governor

"INDIANAPOLIS -
Gov. Mike Pence will be making his first appointment to Indiana's highest court sometime this spring.
  
Indiana's Judicial Nominating Commission sent the Republican governor a letter March 11 with the names of three finalists to replace Justice Brent Dickson, who retires from the high court April 29 before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75.
  
Pence must name one of those three to the five-member court within 60 days of receiving the letter. Spokesman Matt Lloyd says "the governor has no timeline for making his selection" other than within that timeframe.
  
The finalists are St. Joseph Superior Judge Steven L. Hostetler, Boone Superior Judge Matthew C. Kincaid and Indianapolis attorney Geoffrey G. Slaughter.
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Governor Pence since you fellow party members are demanding the President can't name a new Supreme Court Judge you should follow that same demand and not appoint someone to the states highest court but allow the next elected Governor to appoint the Judge.

Meaningful quotes - so we don't forget.

 The following are quotes from one person. The last line should give you a hint as to who made them but don't look yet. Read these first and think about what they say in this political season. I will leave about 10 lines between the next to last to the last one.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.

Great liars are also great magicians.

How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.

It is not truth that matters, but victory.

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.

Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.

Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.

The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

I don't see much future for the Americans ... it's a decayed country. And they have their racial problem, and the problem of social inequalities ... my feelings against Americanism are feelings of hatred and deep repugnance ... everything about the behaviour of American society reveals that it's half Judaised, and the other half negrified. How can one expect a State like that to hold together?

But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success.

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people.

I know that fewer people are won over by the written word than by the spoken word and that every great movement on this earth owes its growth to great speakers and not to great writers.

I use emotion for the many, and reserve reason for the few.

To study history means to search for and discover the forces that are the causes of those results which appear before our eyes as historical events. The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.

Generally, readers of the Press can be classified into three groups: First, those who believe everything they read; Second, those who no longer believe anything; Third, those who critically examine what they read and form their judgments accordingly.

Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.

The odds are you guessed correctly. 

Trader Joe's / Jungle Jim's

Another note on IKEA. OK two years ago I asked for an IKEA and by magic it is coming so it is time for me to make another timely request. We are being flooded by organic supermarkets but they are all about the same so as I drive by the parking lots they never too full.  Well only two in Fishers but just outside the border others and since they are very close I count them in the mix.  Now in case you don’t read the WSJ--- we have Kroger that is looking to buy out one of the chains and that means the one on 116^th right across from Kroger the odds are will close.

So city leaders what I want next is one of two chains to move into Fishers. I expect you to get working on this right away. My first choice is Jungle Jim’s from Cincinnati but if you tell them Fishers they might break down laughing so approach them about IKEA and not Fishers. Then if they turn you down go after Trader Joe’s. It’s a hassle to have to drive down to the only one around for the $2.99 AKA used to be known as two dollar Chuck.

So instead of wasting money on getting more car dealerships or dumb ugly office buildings downtown get moving on Jungle Jim’s or Trader Joe’s.

Donald Burn the Books, Mike buy a $5 card.

Ok so now the Donald wants to re-write the laws to make it easier to sue the media, what is going to do next, burn the books?

The campaign is going to get even more nasty as time goes on, why do people like this nut job because he yells at people? Because he says anything he wants even if it is not true just to get a headline.

I heard he is going to build walls around all Taco Bells, there Mexican aren’t they.

Things are not much better here in Indiana where the Republicans are running wild in the state house. Thank goodness many of the very dump laws are being defeated but why are they even seeing the light of day. A bill to allow payday loan companies to become legal loan sharks.  That’s right 180 percent, of course the Republican Sen. Travis Holdman said "We are talking about providing access to credit to folks in our state that don’t have any other way to borrow money because they don’t qualify for credit cards, or conventional bank or credit union loans.” Well after this they will not have even a roof over their heads. 180%.

Then our great Governor is adding 1.1 million dollars for the care of the elderly and at the same time he wants to spend 53 million for the states 200^th birthday. How about 1.1 million for the birthday and 53 million for the children and old folks who don’t need a birthday party.  Actually how about $5 for a nice card.

Also we are back at it again on deer hunting in a cage and to add injury to insult they are passing a bill to allow high powered rifles for deer hunting. Just what we need AK47 and M16 for deer hunting. But they did turn down a bill to allow state employees entering the state house from being allowed to carry guns into the state house.  Maybe they were afraid of the employees.

Just another day in Indiana.

IKEA

Yea an IKEA is coming to Fishers. I remember telling one City Council member almost two years ago they instead of strip malls should be going after something major like IKEA. Now my wife thinks I should apply to work as an assembly person at the store. This past week I put together an office chair, laundry triple section basket, Wednesday a table is coming I will have to put together. And over the years lots of IKEA stuff. I look at putting them together as fun and the less I have too look at instructions the power I have over the kits.

So if I don't get the job because they don't want to pay rocket scientist wages I will go to area homes and do it for a nice meal. Who knows maybe we could start a business like the Nerd Squad but call it the IKEA no extra screw Squad. When we put your IKEA furniture together no extra parts or screws. Have power screwdriver will travel.

Letter to editor in Indy Star 1/9/2016

Future of Fishers isn’t as rosy as IndyStar article showed

IndyStar’s Jan. 3 story on the future of Fishers painted a very rosy picture of the city.

But I do not share the same idyllic vision.

We can argue for months about the beneficiaries of all this development.

I would like us to ask why so much happened over the last few years?

I suspect it was not at the request of either residents, or those who wanted to move in. I submit it was a plan by the architects, the engineers, the property developers and their business partners to cash in on the boom. Abundant evidence comes from the campaign finance reports of the previous Town Council and the current mayor.

For example, in the 2014 campaign, Mayor Scott Fadness accepted over $240,000 in donations. Of that, less than 10 percent ($19,000) was from residents of Fishers. The rest? Political action committees: $15,000. Corporations: $16,000. Individuals with a mailing address not in Fishers: $93,000. And the biggest donor category was “other organizations” (law, engineering and construction firms): $99,000.

Is it any wonder that the future of Fishers looks like it does, when it’s been carefully planned by those same engineering, construction and architecture firms that will benefit from the millions of dollars in contracts to be won? And which, by the way, cannot vote but can clearly influence the election.

This is no way to look to the future. Instead, it’s a recipe for failure just waiting to happen.

Steve Mathys

Fishers

Could not have said this any better. Steve you hit the nail on the head. 

New Book - Field Guide to Hallmarks of US Military Insignia - review

I just released a new book that only took me four years to research and write. Below is the first book review, when you read this you will see a very happy author. Why did I do this when I expect to sell only 100 copies and now with this type of a review maybe 200. But why? We need to record as much of this as possible before it is lost to time. For example finding the WWI information was very hard, even WWII or current. So if you have a favorite topic and know a lot how about writing a book. Actually in today's print on demand it is even easier than you realize. You can write and publish at zero cost and then pay just for the books you want. Have a book in mind, history of your family, history of a company, history of a town or anything else. Get writing. Want more information on how to do this e-mail me at mrmac@aol.com. I will be happy to aim you in the right direction.

FM 82-102 Field Guide to Hallmarks of US Military Insignia, by Joe Weingarten (ISBN 978-1519118882, 1903 Press, www.1903.com. Softcover, 2016, 6” x 9”, 252 pages, hundreds of color and b/w illustrations, $39.00)

The most useful “maps” for collectors to follow are the result of hundreds of hours of research, compilation, and finally, publication. Author, artist, and collector Joe Weingarten has advanced the US military insignia hobby by doing all of that when he finally released his new Field Guide to Hallmarks of U.S. Military Insigina. 

Don’t be fooled by the military technical manual-appearing cover—this book is a landmark of research that collectors will refer to time and again. This is the most comprehensive listing of hallmarks used on US military metal insignia that has ever been available. 

While a number of books have been written on hallmarks used by jewelry manufacturers, Weingarten recognized the cross-over: Medals and insignia are the “jewelry” of the military. Building on that, he scoured old listings, archives, and business records to compile this listing. Whenever possible, company profiles are provided as well. But most importantly, Weingarten endeavored to illustrate the company logos and markings with clear photographs of actual military insignia. In some cases only the company name is shown with a hope that in the future readers will supply additional information and hallmarks for future editions.

Added bonuses in this book are details about dating pinback catch types, clutches, Institute of Heraldry List of Concerns Authorized to Manufacture Insignia, and most importantly, a good index. Codes found on German WWII-era insignia and medals are included as appendices.

As with Weingarten’s other book, Field Guide to US Paratrooper Badges, this current offering is a “work in progress.”   The author welcomes corrections and additions that he will include in future editions. 

While the book is available through Amazon, Weingarten has made it available to Military Trader readers through his web site for the reduced price of $30. Simply log into www.1903.com and search for “BK-6”.

When passion and research finally result in a book, our hobby advances. Joe Weingarten has moved US metal insignia collecting forward with this newest offering. Don’t miss the opportunity to continue your collecting journey with this new map!—JAG