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the question read over the air...

2006-02-16T11:34:00.000-05:00

A couple of weeks ago the radio station said to email in questions to as the governor. The interview I don't think went as planed as there were hardly any questions asked. But this morning I woke to this letter being read ...

The question to ask: Do you have the nickname 'blade' from the President?

I am a republican who did not vote for the governor because I saw who he really is. I have lost all pride in my once beloved state of Indiana. I will be making my cuts this coming election especially when Ulmer and Riegsecker who sided with their party leader and failed to listen to their people. Sorry, Ulmer, but I will not stand for the governor's strong tactics.

For the name calling I do not appreciate being called fat (his health incentive) nor stupid (time issue) nor business dumb (toll road). (Who does business with a 75 year give away? How do you keep tabs on how we are being taken care of?)

I believe that the best characteristic for any person is compassion. Traveling in an RV does not mean compassion. Have you ever wondered why you did not see much of his family? I have .... a way to test for the compassion factor.

radio call in ...

2006-01-27T07:24:00.000-05:00

A local country station invited the governor to call in and talk about the toll road lease which is a big deal around here as the toll road runs straight through the upper part of Indiana. Around here there are frayed nerves still over the time issue. The radio station opened up the lines for questions.

What you got as you listened was a governor whining like a baby that 'oh, this is the best deal ... more money ... more jobs ... come on can't you see that this will work?' It was sickening to hear a grown man whine! There needs to be more discussion but no he pushes his agenda. He pushed the time issue through the first year. Now he is pushing Major Moves (toll road lease) his second year.This government is not of the people. A republican based state is quickly moving to the other side. People are fed up and the only way to stop it is to put into office the democrats to make him stop or at the very least slow down.

We must be heard!

taking God out of Indiana

2006-01-04T23:00:00.000-05:00

It is a ironic to find out that before the minors would go into the Sago Mine, they would gather as a group and say a prayer before entering the mine for their shift.

Today the prayer was skipped before the session began at the Indiana State House because it was found unlawful by the court to use reference to Jesus Christ last month.

This nation was built on God principles. When it is wrong to invite God in this place, you take away the soul's basic right to freedom.

Indiana has chosen to play god with time and now she says God isn't allowed in her business.

cut throat tactics...

2005-11-29T19:19:00.000-05:00

Today governor blade sent a letter to the DOT asking for them to revoke St Joe County's plee for central time in order to keep the metro area of South Bend to Goshen on one time. This area needs to be on one time.

St Joe is mad and is calling governor blade crazy for his flip flop behavior as he said he would keep out of this debate between the counties. His behavior was showing itself when he was running for office last year but Indiana turned a blind eye. He went full tilt on the time issue promising that all of Indiana should be central time. Now that he is in office he dropped the case for central time showing he was only using it to get the democrats in St Joe to back him.

When he found his own party not supporting him because our elected officials where doing as the voters requested, he started making phone calls strong arming those he felt where weak. In the wee hours of the night Ulmer backed out of his word to those who put him in office. The reply that Ulmer sent out was that he was supporting his party. What? He is suppose to be our voice to keep those who what to murder our state at bay!

The time issue has been total chaos for full year. You cannot conduct business this way and yet governor blade continues to bring chaos and bitterment to this once beloved state I just to love.

So no matter what it is a loss ...

dot meetings ...

2005-11-26T16:00:00.000-05:00

Dept of Transportation set up meetings in four locations around Indiana. I found it disturbing that the government officials still are allowed their voices to be heard. The time issue was taken away from the people by our state govenerment. The citizens of Indiana never got to vote. Our state rep Ulmer went against his own survey and voted against his own people who didn't want to go on daylight savings. We have had a year of disagreement. With this much chaos moving to daylight savings should be scraped.

Logansport, IN
Indiana officials want Indiana to be on one time. DOT said that would be nice but IN cannot seem to make up its mind.

Terra Haute, IN
Indiana should be Central Time.

Jasper, IN
All of Indiana should be Central Time or just stay Standard Time.

South Bend, IN
Basically IN should be on one time. However, here South Bend is trying to pull their weight claiming Elkhart County needs to be Central Time along with South Bend.

South Bend just wants to line up with Chicago who isn't even effected by South Bend. Elkhart County is big on the RV industry and farming. They pull workers from Lagrange and Kosciusko Counties even from MI. Elkhart County is not stupid. Sure we don't want the line between Elkhart and St Joseph Counties but Elkhart County is pretty self sufficiant now with our own resturants and shopping malls. We don't need your Grape Road.

St. Joe County

2005-11-06T22:10:00.000-05:00

It is now November and the time debate rages on. The govenor says that it is wrong to put the time zone line between St. Joseph and Elkhart counties and then he says that he isn't going to do anything about it. In his little speech he says it would be great if St. Joseph could get Elkhart county to be central time with them. Come on!

Take a little trip on the west side of St. Joseph. There is a nice buffer zone of farm country. Now go east and you have four major cities running into each other from South Bend to Mishawaka (St. Joe) to Elkhart and to Goshen (Elkhart county).

St. Joe County Commissioners have called Elkhart County 'BABIES' just because they had the guts to tell the bully to just reconsider the idea of choosing Eastern Time.

the education factor ...

2005-09-04T14:49:00.000-05:00

Here in Indiana we are teaching our kids that business is much more important than education and it comes from the top with the governor.

For some reason the school lines overlap county lines causing schools to be on different time zones. Plus, the different counties are in the same conference so the sports and arts competition so more time zone issues will arise. The best possible way to solve this educational issue is to keep the time zone on the state border.

Why are we inviting this nightmare into our daily living? Think about your life now and compound it with your work schudule being on one time zone and your kids education on another. Think about the nightmare getting to their games it the competiting school is on another time zone.

St. Joseph County has Notre Dame, IUSB, and Bethal College. With St. Joseph County desperately holding onto the Central Time Zone, they will be surrounded by Eastern Time with Michigan to their north, Elkhart County to their east, and Marshall County to their south. Again we are making the statement that education is secondary to their supposed connection to Chicago rather then to their backdoor neighbors.

Are you going to remember this when it is time to vote? What is more important to you living in daily chaos? or making money? According to the governor we will be better in business. With this mess more money has been wasted than saved.

Elkhart County, IN

2005-08-23T22:55:00.000-05:00

Elkhart County is very valuable to the economy of Indiana. Being huge in the RV business and the farming community, she is a important to Lagrange, Kosciusko, and St. Joseph Counties as well as those driving from Michigan to work here.

The big cities of South Bend and Mishawaka feel that they can bully Elkhart County to into coming on board with the Central Time Zone. How can Elkhart County do this to their other neighbors?

In my work place the workers that come from Lagrange and Kosciusko Counties out number those coming from St. Joe County.

Indiana Massacre

2005-08-01T23:33:00.000-05:00

With pushing Indiana into daylight savings, the communities have been devouring one another trying to choose which time zone to be in. What is better for business (so they say) is pushing out personal perference.

So if we are going to do what is better for business, why are we cutting up Indiana right down the jagged middle? Where is the wisdom in this?

"Personally, I think it's not any way to run a time zone debate," says Yoder. "We've encouraged our citizens to contact their state legislators and tell them we need to move as a state, not just county by county and create this ugly line down through the state of Indiana that splits us into two time zones."

Finally, one very small bit of wisdom here.

Standard Time has a value system...

2005-07-23T12:17:00.000-05:00

Why would you trick yourself by moving the clock around all to save money? It is like putting a $100 bucks from one savings account to another every 6 months or so. How crazy is that? Especially trying to earn a bit of interest!

Repeal the move to daylight savings in Indiana

2005-07-20T07:19:00.000-05:00

The very last and very weak foundation for the push to daylight savings fell as the Federal Trade Commission says it cannot get involved settling which counties should be Central or Eastern for the intire state of Indiana.

The main focus for Indiana is to stay together. Daylight savings was pushing communities further and further apart.

Put Standard Time back in the state of Indiana. You must fight together. Contact your mayors and your state officials.

To get you started: mdaniels@gov.in.gov

in a hurry & don't know why...

2005-07-14T22:48:00.000-05:00

"I'm in a hurry to get things done.
I rush & rush until life's no fun.
All I really got to do is live & die.
I'm in a hurry & don't know why..."
a country song by Alabama

Why must we live a New York moment? Life is much more than restrictions to the time that is ours. Stop the spinning and truly get something completed. Live already!!!

the Russell Crowe Factor

2005-07-12T23:42:00.000-05:00

Lets go back to June 2005 in New York where Russell Crowe threw a phone at a hotel clerk because he could not get through to his wife downunder in Australia. I am not condoning uncontrollable rage, but I am asking you to wear Russell's watch.

New York Time in June is Eastern Daylight Time. Sydney Time in June because it is winter is Standard Time. Now lets go through a typical day if you are in the US and your loved one is in Australia. When you are waking up on the east coast of the US. The Australians are putting the finishing touches on the day you are just beginning and off to bed they go as you are hurrying off to work or school. They are sleeping as you are working. When you go home from work, the Australians are beginning a new day. As you are finishing your day, they are eating their noon meal. The cycle continues. Finding time to connect with your loved one means there are going to be sacrifices made.

Sure now days are other means of checking in with your loved one like txt or emailing. Not the same though if you are really wanting to connect. Nothing like hearing your loved one's voice or your child's loving squeal of delight to chatter with you over some matter of the day. So try wearing Russell's watch before making a judgement.

Russell's watch runs mainly from the Southern Hemisphere. His work in the Movies mainly runs on Northern Hemisphere time. The Southern Hemisphere's seasons are opposite of the Northern Hemisphere. Putting this to Time, means that it runs from a 15 hour time difference to a 17 hour time difference when you are talking from Australia to the US . So when the time changes you are calculating from one hour to two hours depending which season you are in from one hemisphere to the other.

Confused? Well, all I hear is how good daylight savings is for business, but when you put on another's watch and really live in that time struggle, you see how crazy a notion daylight savings is. Nothing is saved but more chaos in family life as well as business life.

the 'blade' factor - mdaniels@gov.in.gov

2005-07-12T23:41:00.000-05:00

Indiana's governor has a nickname given to him by Pres. Bush. A nickname one should not treasure. 'Blade' worked for Pres. Bush on the budget. Then he ran for governor in 2004. His canpaign covered up the his blade-like tactics. Now Indiana is left bleeding from all the in-fighting from the republicans and democrats all the way down to the towns and communities.

This is an expose on Mitch Daniels and his canpaign. May your eyes be open. May you find fire in the pit of your stomach. May you learn from Indiana's mistakes.

'Blade' paraded around in a painted up RV going around to all counties of Indiana to talk to the locals and get their prespective of the governor's job. He called it his job interview. Sounds all good, right? You never got a sence of who he was on a personal level. You never saw his kids or his wife. One has got to see what kind of man you are and how does one know without getting to know the man personally. The only time you saw his wife was upon his winning. Imagine all that time on the road.

How you run a state is personal. The decisions made in the capitol is going to effect the citizen's way of life. One cannot vote on a man who cloaks his personal life. Yet Indiana did. You should hear the squealing now.

Now lets talk about the time. 'Blade' softly spoke of his issue with Indiana's standard time year round. He was ademently opposed and often stated that it would be top on his agenda to push through. Yet as you brought up the topic of standard time many Indiana citizens did not know this adament push for daylight savings.

You should have seen the chaos at the end of every month from February to May 2005. There were major in-fighting between democrats and republicans in both the house of representives and senate. Major push of party agenda. Democrats and republicans both turned a deaf ear to their citizens back home. There was 'blade' behind the scences pushing his new found power to have his way. End of May the vote was half and half until Ulmer went against his word and push the majorty to daylight.

Now the time issue is pushed to the counties deciding if they want to observe Eastern or Central time.

the List where Standard Time ROCKS year round:

2005-06-20T22:50:00.000-05:00

* Hawaii, USA
* Arizona, USA
* Queensland, Australia
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Afghanistan
* Aruba

So it is a lie or nicely said a stretched truth about their agruement of getting on board with the rest of the world. The rest of the world does NOT keep daylight savings because their is nothing to save in summer.

If something is good, why do you keep fixing it?

2005-06-20T22:36:00.000-05:00

Sen. John Upton from Michigan purposed moving the observance of Daylight Savings in the States. It would begin in March and end in November. This change is in the Energy Bill that is in the process of getting passed.

The arguement for pushing Indiana to observe Daylight Savings was that Indiana was behind the times and out of step with the country as well as the world. Opps, problem. Every country that observe Daylight Savings does not change when the USA decides to change. The second part of the arguement was for better business. Tell me how do you do business well when you are trying to remember when each country is changing and which country is jumping forwards or backwards depending on the hemisphere.

Pure chaos! But what do you expect when you allow governments to play god and move the sun? If this Daylight Savings is so good for business, why do we keep making changes to it?

a riddle from the Hobbit .....

2005-06-16T21:37:00.000-05:00

This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins towns;
And beats high mountains down.

(can you guess this riddle before you read further?)

Time!! Time!!

- Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien (from the chapter entitled Riddles in the Dark)

Indiana has most recently watched as the government officials took their basic freedom of time away. Observing Standard Time was mocked and called a crazy notion. Beaten and left to die, no one dared to notice how precious and good a constant time was for every day life and for business.

Indiana being on the edge of the time zone line has the little town governments gathering to make a mighty plan to stick together as a united front when the Dept. of Transportation comes in to decide where the fault line should be laid out . It is greedy little misers trying to control the destiny of the sun. '' We want Eastern Daylight Savings - We want Central Daylight Savings,'' are the shady mutterings of those gathered. They have no care in the world if the line should bite the north western part of the state off from the rest.

The idea of keeping the entire state on one time zone has never burst forth on their small minds. United communities means keeping the time zone line to the outer borders of our state to ensure a better quality of life and business.

Amazing that man thinks he can hold Time his hands and manipulate it into any shape he desires. Careful Time spares no one.

Time is a basic freedom....

2005-06-14T22:07:00.000-05:00

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." Carl Sandburg

Time is a basic freedom. Tear it down. Stealing an hour from Winter poor in sunlight to give to Summer rich and overflowing in hot sun. Stealing away our mental health as we spend our working hours indoors and when we go home the Vitamin D is already going to bed. Stealing away our natural sleeping & eating patterns to changing our clocks to trick out the sun.

Time is a basic freedom. We have allowed the governments to enslave us to our work for the sake of business. So where is the money? ... not in my pocket & not in yours. Tear it down. The earth in made up of two hemispheres. While the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying Winter, the Southern Hemisphere is playing in Summer. Guess what? While one hemisphere is jumping forward, the other hemisphere is falling back. Huge chaos when it comes to global business especially when there is not a set global day to change clocks. ie: Australia falls back a week before America springs forward in April.

Our world has gotten smaller and we need to think more global. Why choose chaos? Choose to observe standard time year round in all countries.