Indiana better hope Carbon Motors doesn't hear about this...

...if the Senate passes the Cap and Trade Bill, it could be bad news for business!




If you remember from a previous post, Carbon Motors is considering building their factory here in Connersville. Apparently, executives from CM have been in Connersville off and on for the past three weeks. I can't find the link, but according to the Connersville News Examiner, our local officals are pretty sure the towns have been narrowed down from 5 to 2...with Connersville still in the running, along with a city in South Carolina. Bryan Coats, executive director of the Economic Development Group of Fayette County, stated he felt that the potential downfall of Gov. Mark Sanford due to the disclosure of his affair with a woman from Argentina might actually benefit our cause. (A HUGE holdup is that since Visteon declared bankruptcy, the building they wanted to use is in limbo right now.) But I sure hope they don't get wind of this...

"It's no coincidence that the liberals most invested in cap and trade -- Barbara Boxer, Henry Waxman, Ed Markey -- come from California or the Northeast.
Coal provides more than half of U.S. electricity, and 25 states get more than 50% of their electricity from conventional coal-fired generation. In Ohio, it totals 86%, according to the Energy Information Administration. Ratepayers in Indiana (94%), Missouri (85%), New Mexico (80%), Pennsylvania (56%), West Virginia (98%) and Wyoming (95%) are going to get soaked."



"...An economy-wide tax under the cover of saving the environment is the best political moneymaker since the income tax."


link also here



I know a lot of people will not agree with me on this one (oh well...what else is new? LOL) but I have said all along...so called, "global warming" is the PERFECT way to pass a GLOBAL TAX. Watch and see...



I don't care if Al Gore DID give the most amazing and articulate concession speech in the history of mankind in 2000 (which he did, by the way.) This is how I see him now...







We better hope the Senate defeats the Cap and Trade...which just got "iffier" now that SNL alum Al Franken is the newest Democratic Senator. That gives Democrats their filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate.







I guess Al Franken as Stuart Smalley ("I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!"...remember?) isn't really a fair portrayal of this country's newest Senator, is it? Hey, it could have been this one. (WARNING...GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING!!! For real. Do not let your children/grandchildren see this picture!) Let's give the guy a fair chance...How about this one instead.






I normally would have posted this on my political blog, but felt like you all needed an update to Carbon Motors. The final decision is supposed to be made by July 10th. In the meantime, call your senators and tell them to vote AGAINST the Cap and Trade Bill. I don't know about you all, but we can't afford it!!!

And the tide rushes in...and washes our castles away...

I really don't know why I chose these words from an old Moody Blues song for the name of this post. Maybe because it is late and I am extremely tired...

I know I started a new blog for "all things political", but I find myself back here posting about 2 major developments in our world today. First of all, Michael Jackson. In the end, surrounded by no cheering fans, or adoring crowds. Just a mere mortal after all. Dust to dust. (I do know how his fans must feel...the same way I felt when one of my "IDOLS", John Lennon entered eternity. Totally heartbroken and devastated.) As my friend Greg pointed out in his post, hopefully MJ found true salvation before he died.

What a sad, sad man he must have been...






Second of all, what a sad, sad day for this country. The House passes (BARELY) H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. (Do you think they read it? Um, that would be a resounding NO, IMHO.)

According to Ben Lieberman of the Heritage Foundation:

It is clear that cap-and-trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. After all, when you sweep aside all the complexities of how cap and trade operates--and make no mistake, this is the most convoluted attempt at economic central planning this nation has ever attempted--the bottom line is that cap and trade works by raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it. Inflicting economic pain is what this is all about. That is how the ever-tightening emissions targets will be met.

Of interest to you farmers out there:

Since farming is energy intensive, that sector will be particularly hard-hit. Higher gasoline and diesel fuel costs, higher electricity costs, and higher natural gas-derived fertilizer costs all erode farm profits, which are expected to drop by 28 percent in 2012 and average 57 percent lower through 2035. As with American manufacturers, Waxman-Markey also puts American farmers at a global disadvantage, as other food-exporting nations would have no comparable energy-price raising measures in place.

To read the rest of this article...and believe me, you should...go here

Thanks, Sue for the link...

Well, it's late and we have a wedding to attend tomorrow so,

A little of this and a little of that...AKA...catching up on goings on

Last week I launched my new blog, "Politics and Religion". I did this in order to separate my "political" posts from the "regular" ones.





When I started it, I was thinking, "This must be what having more than 1 kid feels like. I love my 1st blog so much...so much of me is in it...so much time and energy has been put into it...I will never be able to feel this way about another..." But you know what? The "new kid on the block" is starting to grow on me! LOL

Anyway, I have been meaning to post some things here. (There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day! Working full time or not, I am sure you all would agree with that!) OK, let's begin...





First of all, Lauren graduated from Ivy Tech and is moving to Indy next month to begin her quest for a Bachelor's Degree...I am SO PROUD of her I can't begin to tell you! She has gone to school full time and has worked and paid her own way since she graduated from high school. I have just sat back and watched in amazement. She is SO DIFFERENT from what I was at her age...(Thank God! LOL)

CONGRATULATIONS, LAUREN!!!




(1 down...others to follow)

Also, she is going to be the Maid of Honor in a wedding next Saturday...


It is going to be an outdoor wedding, so we are praying for wonderful weather. Hopefully I will get some good pictures to share later.


no news yet on this:





Last but not least...an update on Dad's garden. Here is what it looked like a few weeks ago...





Here is what it looks like now!!!






















check out this cabbage plant!









As Jim and I were driving over there the other night, we noticed EVERYBODY'S gardens seem to be doing beautifully this year. It reminded me of the house here in Connersville that Milah posted about that is growing a "Victory Garden" in their yard. (There are others, just in our neighborhood alone. I am thinking that with the ecomony being the way it is, more people are growing their own veggies this year...therefore a lot of prayer has been put into it, I am sure, hence the bountiful results!)

I am going to be taking some time off from work this summer and Ruby (my step-mom) is going to teach me how to can...something I neglected to pick up along the way. I am sure that is going to be an experience...in more ways than one.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to everyone!!! I hope you all have a great time with your Dads if you are lucky enough to still have them with you! Audra, Amy and Emily will be here tomorrow to enjoy Jim's famous "Goulash"! (Lauren has to work.) I know he is excited to see them all!

46 years ago today...

{First of all, a question: How can I remember all these things that happened YEARS ago and can't remember why I walked into a room at times???}



46 years ago today, at age 10, I had my tonsils taken out.








(sorry to be so graphic...my job makes me immune to that sort of thing. LOL)


How do I remember the exact date when that happened? Because it happened on June 14...FLAG DAY!





Here is a link to the history of Flag Day. Hope you all are waving "Old Glory" proudly at your homes...today and everyday!

Remember the price which many, many people have paid for us to be able to do so...


ETA: Forgot to say, I am REALLY excited about our new series at church...Praying that the Lord will use it to open people's eyes to God's truth and love.

30 years ago today...

...my Mother passed away.


I blogged about this one year ago today...Please go there to read my memorial to her.

Here are some pictures of my Mother that I didn't put in my post last year...


This was a picture taken of my Mom when she and my Dad were dating:




This picture was taken at my first wedding, October 7, 1978. My mother died the following June 12th...




I still miss you, Mom!


Gladys (McQueen) Dietzel
July 14, 1925
June 12, 1979

My new blog.

Folks, tonight I gave birth to a new blog. Come check it out.



(This and the fact that Jim and I are now both members of Facebook must mean the universe is shifting! LOL)

Home Bible Studies?...AKA...be ready for the knock at the door.

I was going to blog about this when I first heard about it last week from one of my news sources of choice, World Net Daily, (click here for article) but I thought, "No. Let's wait to make sure it is true." Fast forward to this morning. The pastor in question, his wife and their attorney were on Fox News (interviewed in part by the lovely Miss California, BTW) so I thought I would bring it to your attention, in case you hadn't heard about it...

From the article: {"Do you have a regular weekly meeting in your home? Do you sing? Do you say 'amen'?" the official reportedly asked. "Do you say, 'Praise the Lord'?"

The pastor's wife answered yes.

She says she was then told, however, that she must stop holding "religious assemblies" until she and her husband obtain a Major Use Permit from the county, a permit that often involves traffic and environmental studies, compliance with parking and sidewalk regulations and costs that top tens of thousands of dollars.
And if they fail to pay for the MUP, the county official reportedly warned, the couple will be charged escalating fines beginning at $100, then $200, $500, $1000 "and then it will get ugly."}


I know California is broke and needs to make some fast cash, but COME ON!!!

As California goes, so goes the nation???


Here is the video link. I couldn't get the video to embed.

Here are some random old pictures of our growth group. I sure hope this doesn't become illegal! (Not in Indiana, right? I bet that is what they said in Iowa just before they passed the Gay Marriage Rights Act there. Just saying...)























Just some food for thought...