[Emphasis added] This year was my first year to contribute a cash donation to Meals on Wheels. I stopped in to drop off my check at the Hamiltonian Restaurant last Tuesday night in honor of my aunt Eleanor. She receives meals and it is a comfort for me to know that she, like many, enjoy a nutritious meal five days a week. Taking care of our own is a valuable community service. We collectively appreciate all those who give generously of their time and treasure to support this very worthwhile cause.

Since I’m thanking people, I want to personally thank Brian Stidham of Westfield for taking the time to write his Letter to the Editor, and point out an absolute truth. If you missed reading it, I recommend going online for the full article, it is well worth your time if you, like me, have been a little down.

Brian talks about the “gloom and doomers” who predict our demise, while becoming financially secure spreading the lies. It is just a tad self-serving when “what you preach lines your pockets with gold.” And all the while you fool the world into thinking you are some kind of prophet predicting the end times and attaining folk hero status. I am speaking of our ex-vice president who is the pied-piper of the global warming group.

I remember the “times” that Brian writes of, when the headlines were all a-twitter with global “cooling” warnings. The extreme arrogance of the “false scientists” who regurgitated each other’s pre-digested garbage science for their egos, and their posturing, and their grants, and their sponsorships by different industries, all benefited from the great lie. It is true. Follow the money. You can buy all kinds of truth these days, except absolute truth. Absolute truth is “PRICELESS.”

Because of extreme environmentalism, we don’t build refineries, we don’t drill for oil, and we don’t build nuclear power plants. Remember when one computer (with minimal speed) required a 10- by 12-foot room and cooling fans to prevent the over-heating of processors? Well, as they say, we’ve come a long way baby. Let’s start using some of this cutting edge technology to strengthen the American economy which runs on our productivity. We don’t support the government so that the government can support us. That just doesn’t work very well. Let your senators and congressmen know if you are ready to quit appeasing those who have no tolerance for the working man and what it takes to keep him employed and productive.

If I sound a little despondent, it is because not enough people are making noise. You know what they say about the squeaky wheel. You know who the squeaky wheel has been the last two decades and you know where it has gotten us in the world markets. If you thought these policies wouldn’t affect you, I think you are finding out otherwise.

We don’t drill for oil, because of polar bears. We use food for fueling cars and then can’t afford increasing costs for groceries. We don’t build refineries, but create more fuel demand for cars and transportation. But, there is good news on the horizon. Entrepreneurs respond to profit. At the recent price per gallon there are going to be more players in the game, the world’s largest refinery will come online within the next 24 months. America may not be in the game, but there are going to be other players who will profit. This will defeat the lock that OPEC has on the marketplace.

We will need to develop different habits. Our love affair with the car needs a chaperone. If we cannot self-discipline then we will have forced discipline.

The upside is, it is doubtful that an abundance of parking places downtown will be as necessary, as once thought. Since according to the recent study taking us out to the year 2040, I doubt they took into account the new face that transportation is likely to have after $7 a gallon gas. Showing again how statistics carried forward can be wrong.

If things are going to get a little more challenging, I can’t think of a better place to be than here in Noblesville where we take care of our own and care about each other. Stay positive and keep praying for America.  Source

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