OMG - It didn't happen in Indiana this time.

Would you even consider suggestion that the US Military overthrow the US Government?

I didn't think so, but a Republican office holder in the Great State of Missouri did just that.

Republican Debbie Dunnegan Waters, Jefferson County, Missouri Recorder of Deeds did just that, here is what she posted on facebook:

"I have a question for all my friends who have served or are currently serving in our military ... having not put on a uniform nor taken any type military oath, there has to be something that I am just not aware of. But I cannot and do not understand why no action is being taken against our domestic enemy. I know he is supposedly the commander in chief, but the constitution gives you the authority. What am I missing? Thank you for your bravery and may God keep you safe."

Well  Ms. Dunnegan for your information here are the three military oaths, first is the 

Enlistment Oath.— Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following oath:
"I, (state name of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

Second is the oath taken by all Commissioned Officers who are commissioned under the authority of the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate:

I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

Third is that of Officers of the National Guard of the various States, however, take an additional oath:

I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State (Commonwealth, District, Territory) of ___ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of the State (Commonwealth, District, Territory) of ___, that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of [grade] in the Army/Air National Guard of the State (Commonwealth, District, Territory) of ___ upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.

Fishers Town/City Council wants a 400% raise.

Sunday October 5, 2014 the Indianapolis Star on page 8 had an article “Council considers salary increases.

The current Town Council members make $12,000 a year and considering how much work they do, they are already overpaid. After all dragging the town downhill by creating an ugly downtown, and now using an excuse they need to raise pay because the Town is becoming a City. Of course others are higher and Fishers should not be lower, we have an image to uphold. The average total compensation for a city in Ham County is $49,589 according to the article. Of course Carmel is highest with $50,358. Based on Fishers Carmel envy I can see the Council voting themselves a raise to $50,357 and claiming we are not as high as Carmel.

Indy’s Council is paid $11,000 and has a total compensation of $12,565.  I think Fishers should cut their pay to $11,000 a year and throw in the benefits just like Indy for a total of $12,565 anything else is a shame.

BTW- I can’t believe this but for the first time in my life I agree with Stuart Easley who is opposed to the pay hike.

Now I know 70% of the citizens of Fishers are Republicans and to a great extent vote straight R. But are you sure you want to do this again and again. So far the R members on the Council have not been true R’s. They have been giving out large sums of taxpayer money to private companies, such as all the downtown development with a negative payback over 20 years. They give tax breaks to business left and right. Why? They created Fishers Launch at the Library and the real result has been a massive cut back to the citizens of the area in Library services.  Should a Republican government take on the development of business at the expense of the citizens it serves and again using tax dollars? Remember the Library was build with your tax dollars. I guess so. Oh if the Launch was such a great idea wouldn’t a commercial company rent out space. Don’t we have enough empty commercial space for Launch Fishers?

It seems that you Republicans should elect a few if not all the Democrats to the Fishers Council. If nothing else many of these games the current Council is playing would stop, the hidden deals will no longer be hidden. Tax breaks to business would not be announced after the fact but be out in the open before they happen so you can say something. 

This proposed salary increase shows that total lack of respect for the citizens and voters of Fishers. It is time to another change. Now is the time to bring a few people to the Council that care about you. Please think before you just vote for the incumbents.

Sometimes Technology forgets the customer

My wife and I upgraded our iPhones to the new OS8 software and it has been nothing but a pain in the rear end. This has got to be the worst upgrade I have ever seen with Apple. Just read many of the comments on many of the various web sites. BTW- when I shut off Wi-Fi many of the problems went away. So if you have an iPhone and have upgraded it and it is doing very strange things shut off your Wi-Fi. But having to spend hours re-configuring sounds etc is out and out dumb. It is almost as if you lost your phone and have to start over with a new one and in many cases your old data, well you forgot to back it up.

But then if you have an iPad beware they do even stranger things. Just read all the postings on various web sites and not the Apple ones. What may be the real problem is that Apple never tested the new software against all the various applications under the old operating system and new conflicts have popped up causing all of these problems.

This is a clear case of where a few engineers and designers at Apple believe that they know what you the customer wants and they know what is best for you. Under Apple vale of secret they don’t ask anyone. They live in their glass box with one-way glass the plot on what you want, even if you don’t want it.

Sort of like the politicians here in Indiana.

Sorry I wish I could continue but I have to go and see why Siri keeps calling out my name.

Two new SCAMS

Just another day but with two scams, the first some of you will think it is very real. But, to me it is another scam. Our talking head Indiana Governor was the subject of a headline newspaper article that he is testing the national waters. No chance whatsoever, but he must think he has. Actually I think he is running for Vice President but making believe he wants to be the big boss. Maybe instead he should come out to Geist and test our toxic water. Maybe he should test the water of rivers and streams hear his coal fired power plants before he wants to test the national waters. So far he has shown no leadership, rather a do nothing so he can’t screw up style of government. Based on the record of the Indiana House and Senate maybe that is a good idea.

The second scam came via the old fashion landline. “This is an important message from the IRS…”  You owe taxes and unless you pay immediately you will be arrested and taken before a US Magistrate and fined triple the amount you owe… Call 215-… right now to get instructions on payment. “Do not ignore this important call, you will go to jail.”

I was laughing so hard at the Pakistan accent my wife was looking at me in wonderment. Next step was to report the call to the FTC. Hopefully they catch these people soon. Don’t forget the IRS never calls they just sent nasty letters via snail mail.

Fishers Town Council Ture to Form Once Again

I am glad to see that the Fishers Town Council has not waivered from its policy not to listen to the Citizens of the Town of Fishers.  I was fearfully for a moment that the Council might change, but thank god they didn’t.

Recently they asked citizens to name a new park that they are building at a cost of $3.5 million. They got 72 suggested names and you would think they might have listened and maybe just maybe picked one. But true to form the Council once again didn’t listen and came up with there own one.  Thank goodness I was worried for a while. This continues a proud tradition of ignoring the citizens of the Town soon to become a City and only a City because the town folk were allowed to vote otherwise the town government would still be around.  So the ugly apartments and garage replace the beautiful treed entrance to Town Hall, the train station is being torn down to make way for more ugly structures, etc.

What can you do, this fall vote for every non-incumbent no matter what party they are, no matter what their policies are. It is time to shake up the ruling class that always knows what is best for everyone and therefore never listens; oh I forgot they do listen if you are a developer with big bucks.

Fishers you have got to be kidding? Givng away $34 milllion.

The Fishers Town Council and Mayor elect Scott Fadness has become a pot of gold for area developers. According to the Star on Sunday June 29 a list of Fishers developments also had how much money the Council is giving away to various developers for each project. One of the items didn’t have a dollar sign next to it yet but assuming it will be over two hundred thousand, it would bring the total Christmas gifts to 34 million dollars. That’s right 34 million dollars. You read correctly 34 million dollars or almost ½ of the entire year budget.

Have these people gone crazy? Are they trying to outdo Carmel? Of course they always have had Carmel envy. But it is money of the citizens of the town soon to be a city. This is what happens when you have one party in total control of government. They stop listening or for that matter caring.

If you live in Fishers it has become even more important to elect a member of the opposition to office. That way all these secret deals wouldn’t happen. I know this is hard for many of you die hard Republicans to do or think about. But thinking that your elected officials are following the Regan concepts is far form real. When it comes to giving away money to developers Democrats ask why? Then they say no.

Instead of following blindly think about it this fall.

Mourdock refuses to let facts get in the way of ideology

On Abortion: Pregnancy From Rape Is “it is something that God intended to happen."

Warns America Heading Way of Nazi Germany in Dramatic Farewell Speech:
"The people of Germany in a free election selected the Nazi party because they made great promises that appealed to them because they were desperate and destitute. And why is that? Because Germany was bankrupt,"

"First they went after their political opponents. Then they went after the aristocrats. Then they went after the trade unionists. And ultimately of course they went after the Jews. They deprived them of their property, their rights, their citizenship, and for millions their humanity. Because they were bankrupt!"

On bipartisanship: "bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view."

Richard Mourdock is leaving his position as Treasurer of the State of Indian due to term limits, but he has hand picked his replacement. It is time for the people of this state to reject his ideology and his hand picked replacement.

It is time for new leadership in the office of Treasurer - Vote for Mike Boland for Indiana Treasurer in November 2014.