Saturday June 30, 2007

To those of us who missed The Cat Man Show on Friday night because some other act took over near his spot and distracted the Cats and his Show, please let the Westin Key West know about it.  Otherwise we may not get our dose of this world-famous purrrrrformer much longer! http://www.catmankeywest.com/

Another lady had seen him on TV in Australia and came down to see him on their first night and some bozo had to ruin it for all of us!  We almost started to heckle the other dude, but instead, went through a claustrophobic Mallory Square and missed The Cat Man Show.  Let them know how special our Cat Man Is.

[Cops and YouTube video] It just goes to show the mentality of the country today.  The kids got everything they deserved by being little shits and disregarding the rules and fighting the cops instead of complying with their lawful orders. The way I saw the video, the kids need more than to be grabbed by the throat. 

What is wrong with the north canal in Port Pine Heights? All the fish are dead and it stinks!

[Fallen troops]  It is good to know there are some wonderful people out there who care. Thank you for the post.

[Clinton/Bush bashers/boosters] I’m a slow learner, but I’ve learned that the Friends of Bill and the Bushies are each hard core and not likely to change the others’ mind.  Reason and analysis are not part of the matrix.  I do pray that each of these camps can agree that an 800 pound gorilla is gaining weight and ferocity while it hungers to devour us.

You’ve got to give the Muslim-fundamentalist-terrorist-gorilla plenty of respect.  They sure as hell aren’t sneaky; they’ve told us over and over that they intend to destroy us. Their existence and mission has been known for years, every President and many European leaders, since Nixon have experienced their wrath and fire.  They have fed and thrived on our lack of resolve to vanquish them.  They have benefited immensely by our national largess.  They rejoice in and taunt our timidity.  They are bright and analytical; they recognize our weaknesses and exploit them.  Their solidity and unity of purpose is superior to ours. Their will to prevail is superior to ours. 

Clinton and Bush have shot their national wads, each will best be judged years from now.  I hope that our way of life can continue to exist so that each of us will be able to read their true history, not the rant of a Muslim fundamentalist’s official Sharia Government historian.

[He’s back!] Dear gossip artists, It says you will print anything but attacks on individuals. So why have you printed over and over attacks on my son, Tussa?  Who are you anyway?  Write me back and explain. 

"He told me...that, as a martyr, he would have been granted 72 virgins. This didn't seem quite the moment to point out that there is a lively, ongoing debate among scholars of Islam as to whether the 72 promised virgins might, in fact, only be 72 raisins." --The New Republic's Peter Bergen, on an interview with a would-be suicide bomber

[bomb threat] If, in fact, a bomb threat was made. The Federal Key Deer Refuge will have the F.B.I. looking into It. If a cell phone was used it will be easy to look up who used what at what time. I can only say that not only was it a very dumb thing to do, but there is a very good chance that the Federal Gov. will spend whatever it takes to catch the folks or person involved. There will be jail time and a very big fine. My money is on the Feds.

To the lady defending Mr. Milo, he was 19 when he committed the heinous crimes, not 17.  He has pleaded guilty to a third degree felony, so he is a felon now, no matter what kind of punishment the judge gives him.  If his entire future is destroyed, it is his own doings and no one else's.

My young ones have done dumb things; this is beyond dumb.  Not all young people learn from their mistakes; that is why the prisons are full of people that never did learn.  One of my sons was on the wrong path and kept getting into more and more trouble.  He finally spent one year in jail and it totally turned him around.  There is no telling what he might have become if he hadn't gone to jail.

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[Everyone should vote] Jane Balogh of Seattle signed up her dog in protest of a 2005 state voter-registration law she thinks makes it too easy for non-citizens to vote. She used a paw print to mark ballots on Duncan's behalf. Now she’s in trouble.

[you and your mercenary ilk un-American] Wow, do people miss a point or what? Feedback like this person’s will let the Rag Heads cut throats and kill kids as they feel like it. Dropping to one's knees will only help them. Get real!

[Venus and Saturn Converge] Look to the skies this weekend to see Venus and Saturn converge. Easily visible, they will reach their closest proximity at 5:33AM EST on Sunday. The two planets will slowly pull away from each other during the rest of July.

A camping park on Xmas Tree Island?  Are you kidding?

I am a little confused. I read on a constant basics, of animals being killed here in the Keys; from iguanas being put onto freezers to kill them (Their crime, eating plants, their natural food) Feral Cats being killed because some people don’t like them, to Marsh Rabbits being killed for why?

Remember the game where we sit around in a circle and one person starts a story going around and by the time it comes back to them it is a whole new story?  Everyone remember that? Well, that is just what happens when someone starts something on this internet, it just keeps growing and growing, even when it means young peoples lives are at stake.

What those boys did to the alligator maybe wasn’t right, but  when did we start putting human life above the life of wild animals? There are people out there who have lived all these years as perfect human beings, so, okay, they have the right to throw stones I guess.  (Just so we never find out their past mistakes and blow them up.)  I just do mot understand why some people want to wreck the rest of two boys lives for a mistake they made when they were 17 years old.  All I can think of is  that you have no life of your own or you are perfect people, in which case I want to see you walk on water.

Be punished? Yes, they should be.  Be marked as felons and have no future? Big mistake for society.

[Sea lice] What is the chemical that sea lice secrete that must be neutralized? Do acids like vinegar neutralize it?

The Moondogs are going to be playing at Boondocks this Saturday for the full moon party. C'mon out, dance until you drop and and howl along with the 'Dogs.

I’d like to write in to support our local service workers because I know many of them and I know their good nature.  And I know that we agreed not to humor the cop hater.  But I know who he is and thought I would shed some light on him.  I will not specifically mention his name.

This man attempted to start a dive business in Key West but failed miserably.  Ocean Key House impounded his boat because he owed them a lot of money.  His house on Privateer in Cudjoe was just foreclosed on by the bank.  Now he sits in Columbus, OH writing endless diatribes about cops, big businesses, and other government entities because he blames them for his failed life.  To make things worse, he has a boat half-sunk at the Cudjoe house, polluting the whole canal.  He has no respect for laws, environment, or any of his neighbors.  By the way, the canal-front stilt house is advertised for $299,000!

[dog poop Ramrod] You must be kidding!  I lived on Ramrod too, and saw the local kids trash the place.  There is also one guy, a long time resident of the island, who walks his dog and carries a plastic bag, but when I was there, the dog was allowed to poop in everyone's yard and the bag never got used.  Fortunately for us, unfortunately for others, he moved further down West Indies, away from our area.

[Bickering Neighbors] I suspect there are several sets of bickering neighbors, all adding fuel to the fire; thinking they are the exclusive target.  There's probably also a person being referred to in the feud that knows nothing about the entire exchange and is going happily about his life.

About what time will the Stray Dogs be playing at Picnic Island on the fourth?

The population of the Keys has dropped from 82,413 in 2000 to 73,747 today. We’re just about the only county losing people and I thing they are mostly service people. The Keys are truly becoming a playground for the rich. Island Information

Hybrid car battery’s can be recycled just as we’ve recycled all kinds of batteries for decades.  I don’t know of any way to recycle a Hummer’s exhaust.

[think like a human who has crawled his way to the top of the food chain] Does being at the top of the food chain mean we shit where we eat? kill everything around us? war with every body and destroy our own planet? And you expect respect?

Now that the County Commission has approved the condo-ization of Lucky’s Landing and just about every other trailer park in the Keys they are going to try to stop any new land use conversions. I guess they’ve done all the favors they promised.

Breezeswept Beach has had a series of calls to code enforcement for stupid things over the last two weeks.  I have also noticed that same couple who lives on Indies Road about 1/2 way down driving around in the big white pick up with the diesel engine or in the white Jeep Cherokee driving around a lot over the last two weeks.  The guy is driving and the lady is writing things down on a pad of paper.  What a coincidence? They are back driving around and code enforcement calls go up. 

Let's take all the dogs from Picnic Island in to make a deposit on their lawn.  The canal into Breezeswept is very close to Picnic Island.  I'll volunteer to shuttle them all in for a quick deposit.  I'm going to make my new project to follow them home so I can post their address on here.  I know they live on Indies Road, but I’m not sure exactly where.  Ed, if I post the address will you print it? (Ed: Yes, if we print yours too.)

[Cure for sea lice]  Urine will instantly take the itch and burn away from sea lice bites and man o war stings.  Its the natural way and the quickest way.

[alligator killers] It matters not how “good” everyone says they are. What matters is the character they displayed out of sight of those who think they’re good.  Too many people are easily fooled.  For Ms. Gross, wanton killing is a lot more than "dumb things".

[All other animals are lower than us] So you think you have crawled your way to the top of the food chain? My parrot has said more intelligent things than you just wrote. Using your logic I guess that gators are the most highly evolved species in Florida since they enjoy eating humans.

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Saturday June 30, 2007

Saturday June 30, 2007

To those of us who missed The Cat Man Show on Friday night because some other act took over near his spot and distracted the Cats and his Show, please let the Westin Key West know about it.  Otherwise we may not get our dose of this world-famous purrrrrformer much longer! http://www.catmankeywest.com/

Another lady had seen him on TV in Australia and came down to see him on their first night and some bozo had to ruin it for all of us!  We almost started to heckle the other dude, but instead, went through a claustrophobic Mallory Square and missed The Cat Man Show.  Let them know how special our Cat Man Is.

[Cops and YouTube video] It just goes to show the mentality of the country today.  The kids got everything they deserved by being little shits and disregarding the rules and fighting the cops instead of complying with their lawful orders. The way I saw the video, the kids need more than to be grabbed by the throat. 

What is wrong with the north canal in Port Pine Heights? All the fish are dead and it stinks!

[Fallen troops]  It is good to know there are some wonderful people out there who care. Thank you for the post.

[Clinton/Bush bashers/boosters] I’m a slow learner, but I’ve learned that the Friends of Bill and the Bushies are each hard core and not likely to change the others’ mind.  Reason and analysis are not part of the matrix.  I do pray that each of these camps can agree that an 800 pound gorilla is gaining weight and ferocity while it hungers to devour us.

You’ve got to give the Muslim-fundamentalist-terrorist-gorilla plenty of respect.  They sure as hell aren’t sneaky; they’ve told us over and over that they intend to destroy us. Their existence and mission has been known for years, every President and many European leaders, since Nixon have experienced their wrath and fire.  They have fed and thrived on our lack of resolve to vanquish them.  They have benefited immensely by our national largess.  They rejoice in and taunt our timidity.  They are bright and analytical; they recognize our weaknesses and exploit them.  Their solidity and unity of purpose is superior to ours. Their will to prevail is superior to ours. 

Clinton and Bush have shot their national wads, each will best be judged years from now.  I hope that our way of life can continue to exist so that each of us will be able to read their true history, not the rant of a Muslim fundamentalist’s official Sharia Government historian.

[He’s back!] Dear gossip artists, It says you will print anything but attacks on individuals. So why have you printed over and over attacks on my son, Tussa?  Who are you anyway?  Write me back and explain. 

"He told me...that, as a martyr, he would have been granted 72 virgins. This didn't seem quite the moment to point out that there is a lively, ongoing debate among scholars of Islam as to whether the 72 promised virgins might, in fact, only be 72 raisins." --The New Republic's Peter Bergen, on an interview with a would-be suicide bomber

[bomb threat] If, in fact, a bomb threat was made. The Federal Key Deer Refuge will have the F.B.I. looking into It. If a cell phone was used it will be easy to look up who used what at what time. I can only say that not only was it a very dumb thing to do, but there is a very good chance that the Federal Gov. will spend whatever it takes to catch the folks or person involved. There will be jail time and a very big fine. My money is on the Feds.

To the lady defending Mr. Milo, he was 19 when he committed the heinous crimes, not 17.  He has pleaded guilty to a third degree felony, so he is a felon now, no matter what kind of punishment the judge gives him.  If his entire future is destroyed, it is his own doings and no one else's.

My young ones have done dumb things; this is beyond dumb.  Not all young people learn from their mistakes; that is why the prisons are full of people that never did learn.  One of my sons was on the wrong path and kept getting into more and more trouble.  He finally spent one year in jail and it totally turned him around.  There is no telling what he might have become if he hadn't gone to jail.

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[Everyone should vote] Jane Balogh of Seattle signed up her dog in protest of a 2005 state voter-registration law she thinks makes it too easy for non-citizens to vote. She used a paw print to mark ballots on Duncan's behalf. Now she’s in trouble.

[you and your mercenary ilk un-American] Wow, do people miss a point or what? Feedback like this person’s will let the Rag Heads cut throats and kill kids as they feel like it. Dropping to one's knees will only help them. Get real!

[Venus and Saturn Converge] Look to the skies this weekend to see Venus and Saturn converge. Easily visible, they will reach their closest proximity at 5:33AM EST on Sunday. The two planets will slowly pull away from each other during the rest of July.

A camping park on Xmas Tree Island?  Are you kidding?

I am a little confused. I read on a constant basics, of animals being killed here in the Keys; from iguanas being put onto freezers to kill them (Their crime, eating plants, their natural food) Feral Cats being killed because some people don’t like them, to Marsh Rabbits being killed for why?

Remember the game where we sit around in a circle and one person starts a story going around and by the time it comes back to them it is a whole new story?  Everyone remember that? Well, that is just what happens when someone starts something on this internet, it just keeps growing and growing, even when it means young peoples lives are at stake.

What those boys did to the alligator maybe wasn’t right, but  when did we start putting human life above the life of wild animals? There are people out there who have lived all these years as perfect human beings, so, okay, they have the right to throw stones I guess.  (Just so we never find out their past mistakes and blow them up.)  I just do mot understand why some people want to wreck the rest of two boys lives for a mistake they made when they were 17 years old.  All I can think of is  that you have no life of your own or you are perfect people, in which case I want to see you walk on water.

Be punished? Yes, they should be.  Be marked as felons and have no future? Big mistake for society.

[Sea lice] What is the chemical that sea lice secrete that must be neutralized? Do acids like vinegar neutralize it?

The Moondogs are going to be playing at Boondocks this Saturday for the full moon party. C'mon out, dance until you drop and and howl along with the 'Dogs.

I’d like to write in to support our local service workers because I know many of them and I know their good nature.  And I know that we agreed not to humor the cop hater.  But I know who he is and thought I would shed some light on him.  I will not specifically mention his name.

This man attempted to start a dive business in Key West but failed miserably.  Ocean Key House impounded his boat because he owed them a lot of money.  His house on Privateer in Cudjoe was just foreclosed on by the bank.  Now he sits in Columbus, OH writing endless diatribes about cops, big businesses, and other government entities because he blames them for his failed life.  To make things worse, he has a boat half-sunk at the Cudjoe house, polluting the whole canal.  He has no respect for laws, environment, or any of his neighbors.  By the way, the canal-front stilt house is advertised for $299,000!

[dog poop Ramrod] You must be kidding!  I lived on Ramrod too, and saw the local kids trash the place.  There is also one guy, a long time resident of the island, who walks his dog and carries a plastic bag, but when I was there, the dog was allowed to poop in everyone's yard and the bag never got used.  Fortunately for us, unfortunately for others, he moved further down West Indies, away from our area.

[Bickering Neighbors] I suspect there are several sets of bickering neighbors, all adding fuel to the fire; thinking they are the exclusive target.  There's probably also a person being referred to in the feud that knows nothing about the entire exchange and is going happily about his life.

About what time will the Stray Dogs be playing at Picnic Island on the fourth?

The population of the Keys has dropped from 82,413 in 2000 to 73,747 today. We’re just about the only county losing people and I thing they are mostly service people. The Keys are truly becoming a playground for the rich. Island Information

Hybrid car battery’s can be recycled just as we’ve recycled all kinds of batteries for decades.  I don’t know of any way to recycle a Hummer’s exhaust.

[think like a human who has crawled his way to the top of the food chain] Does being at the top of the food chain mean we shit where we eat? kill everything around us? war with every body and destroy our own planet? And you expect respect?

Now that the County Commission has approved the condo-ization of Lucky’s Landing and just about every other trailer park in the Keys they are going to try to stop any new land use conversions. I guess they’ve done all the favors they promised.

Breezeswept Beach has had a series of calls to code enforcement for stupid things over the last two weeks.  I have also noticed that same couple who lives on Indies Road about 1/2 way down driving around in the big white pick up with the diesel engine or in the white Jeep Cherokee driving around a lot over the last two weeks.  The guy is driving and the lady is writing things down on a pad of paper.  What a coincidence? They are back driving around and code enforcement calls go up. 

Let's take all the dogs from Picnic Island in to make a deposit on their lawn.  The canal into Breezeswept is very close to Picnic Island.  I'll volunteer to shuttle them all in for a quick deposit.  I'm going to make my new project to follow them home so I can post their address on here.  I know they live on Indies Road, but I’m not sure exactly where.  Ed, if I post the address will you print it? (Ed: Yes, if we print yours too.)

[Cure for sea lice]  Urine will instantly take the itch and burn away from sea lice bites and man o war stings.  Its the natural way and the quickest way.

[alligator killers] It matters not how “good” everyone says they are. What matters is the character they displayed out of sight of those who think they’re good.  Too many people are easily fooled.  For Ms. Gross, wanton killing is a lot more than "dumb things".

[All other animals are lower than us] So you think you have crawled your way to the top of the food chain? My parrot has said more intelligent things than you just wrote. Using your logic I guess that gators are the most highly evolved species in Florida since they enjoy eating humans.

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Friday June 29, 2008

[Rules are why we will be extinct in a few years] Without rules we sink to your level. America is founded on rules. I call you and your mercenary ilk un-American and do not respect your propensity for violence nor your fascist understandings.

[Time travel] What would happen if I went back in time and killed my mother?

Good news. Blossoms Grocery (294-9496) on White St near Eaton St now has Deer Chow in stock.

I understand that the folks at Lucky’s Landing are having a big bash on July 15th (Saturday). This is their final day at this waterfront mobile home park and would like to invite all friends and neighbors to attend and celebrate their many years of happy (affordable) living in the keys. There is plenty of parking now and room to tie your boat (if you choose to come by boat). They ask that you bring your own beverages, (ice and grills will be available). Make sure to bring your swim suits. Several tiki huts and outside showers will be there for your use. Come have a good time and remember the "good times".

Or you will be fined.

Funny Airport security  Part1 by Jimmy Shubert

87 The Hungarian] It wasn't a headline, it was an inside page story. A picture and a half column, it said, "Hungarian Families Arrive in Washington D.C. Escape Russians with Nothing but the Clothes on  Their Back" The response was overwhelming. Poor Marion could not step away from the phone. Dad and Uncle George had all kinds of job offers. People wanted to bring furniture, household goods, clothing, food, somebody wanted to donate a car. Marion had to tell them, since we just arrived, wait a few days until we are in  a place of our own. A bank account was set up with Suburban Trust, and donations were referred to that account. It was so generous that we were able to repay the Schattensteins for the bus fares and even had some left over...
The Hungarian

[UFO] Many will recall that, on July 8, 1947, witnesses claimed an unidentified object, with five aliens aboard, crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. This is a well-known incident many say has long been covered up by the United States Air Force and the federal government. However, what you may not know, is that in the month of March 1948, exactly nine months later, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Condoleezza Rice, and Dan Quayle were all born.

See what happens when aliens breed with sheep? This information may clear up a lot of questions, doubts or other perplexities.

[More bar wisdom] "The only way I can get my wife to leave me alone is to walk around the yard with a hose. I don't even turn the water on."

I read that athletes foot cream will cure your sea lice, 
but putting it on your thong itch would be rough.

[illegal immigrants entering our country to declare a firearm.] I wonder just how many "illegal immigrants" are trained troops!?  Remember the movie Red Dawn?

Size limit for boats in canals.  I believe the width must be less than one-third the width of the canal. To allow equal storage on both sides of the canal, and to let other boats pass.  Logic also dictates that the length of the boat must be less than the with of the canal to allow for the boat to be turned around.

I enjoyed the clueless writer talking about sea lice burrowing into your skin.  Sea lice is a misnomer, they are a larval stage of a medusa jelly fish. They don't burrow at all but sting like jelly fish are apt to do.  They are so small that they are helped in the stinging process by being smashed between your suit and skin, the itch is a histamine reaction.

I don't think there are any ordinances for boat sizes in canals. Up until now it's been more or less regulated by the boat's draft.

Again Bush is refusing to turn over records when asked by Congress. Bush and Nixon are the same thing. If anything, the comparison is insulting to Nixon.

Years ago I was on one of the snorkel boats that ran out of Dolphin Marine.  When I came out of the water I saw that I was covered in little red bumps. The captain said that I had sea lice. He dumped red wine vinegar on me and told me to shower. By the time we reached land every red bump was gone.  

Giant and eerie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dteqmSGFDk

Paintings immortalize fallen troops.

I want to wish my beautiful wife Linda a very happy birthday. The keys are so much brighter that she is here with me. I love you Linda.

 The batteries that power the Toyota Prius and other Hybrid vehicles come from the Inco Mines in Canada, one of the most polluted places on earth......The Inco mines are responsible for all the acid rain in the upper part of the United states, and all the land within a 100 mile radius of the plant is completely void of all visible foliage.  Once again Mr. Hammerstrom has shown his hypocritical status that lies beneath his environmental façade. --govwatch05@comcast.net

Your boat can only take up 1/3 of the canal. An inch more and, “You got some ‘splainin to do, Lucy!”

This is a great video on why people distrust cops. You need to watch the whole thing for the good part. Here are two more worthless cops. One cop strangles a 13 year old girl while the other ideally stands by watching. Only the one that strangled the kids got suspended pending an investigation. The other which is an accomplish should also be suspended. I wonder if the one got suspended with pay or not? I'm curious what kind of investigation they are doing? The video speaks for its self. Excessive force and aggravated assault sounds good. I would probably have been put in jail and have to post bail for strangling a little girl like that. Dirty pigs. Yeah yeah cops making your selves look real good. I would go out on a limb and suggest as a percentage of the population cops commit more crimes then the general population. They just don't get caught. And just like in the video their fellow officers just  stand by and let them do it. Sick. Actions speak louder then words.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EH6AYVn2yw4&eurl  

After the first time I got sea lice (at the reef not at Picnic Island), a friend said Windex had enough ammonia in it to kill sea lice. I took it a step further and mixed half water and half ammonia in a spray bottle. I use it before and after I get in the water during the summer months. I haven't had sea lice since (4 years).

I just wanted to give Kudos to Kim Kasey and her sidekick Cowboy Leroy on the afternoon trivia contest on US 1 radio lately.  Finally there is some form of entertainment on the afternoon radio.  They have taken the show up a notch, and let me say I giggled for 10 minutes straight with some of the answers that were given.  The questions have been funny as hell.   Keep up the good work you two, and thanks for entertaining an old woman like myself.  P.S. Don’t fire the poor boy, he's kind of funny, and probably hot too, in his boots, but I'm old and my standards are not what they used to be.

The Worlds Most Ugly Dog is from, where else, New Jersey.

[Bickering Neighbors] I'm getting confused. Is there a 3rd neighbor involved?  Since you all decided to air your problem here please set us straight with what's what.

You want us to think like the animal so we can empathize with them.  If we did that we would starve or revert back down the food chain to lower forms of life like the herbivores.  I will pass, I prefer to think like a human who has crawled his way to the top of the food chain.  Our place in the food chain is to be an omnivore which means that we eat both plants and animals, yes even cute and cuddly ones.  Whether we kill it ourselves or let others kill it for us, lower animals are there to be eaten.  And all other animals are lower than us.  

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Wednesday June 27, 2007

Yes sir, I sure do not love Mr. Clinton:  The other day a poster sang the praises of Bill. The poster praised our intervention in the Bosnia conflict, saying that Clinton is now considered a hero, that our troops were not at risk, and the poster criticized George W Bush for getting involved in a religious conflict.  Stop ethnic cleansing was the battle cry!  Remember that it was Christians killing Muslims in that conflict. We were on the side of the Muslims. That sure sounds like a religious conflict to me.  The west and the US sure as hell didn’t win a lot of collateral in the Muslim world for our saving the Muslim bacon (oops, not politically correct).

During that conflict there were US causalities (that's deaths and wounding).  Further, our forces lost two F117s, both to ground fire.  One Nighthawk crashed, and one made it back to base but never flew again.  Look, Bosnia was a religious war, and it was a proper use of our power.  The pure raw fact is that we did not undertake the Iraq mission to engage a religious conflict.  The US mission was, and continues to be to keep Muslim fundamentalist terror mongers away from the United States and to thwart their ambitions to rule a Muslim planet.

The Truthiness Encyclopedia. http://www.wikiality.com/Main_Page

This "unconditional love" trend to promote self-esteem in kids has created a whole bunch of dangerous people who think "bad" means getting caught.

[Another blow against affordable housing in the keys] The lose of another trailer park just puts another dagger in our communities hearts. I am thinking about trying to get my property rezoned. A cannabis farm sounds good. Maybe if I had enough money to lobby these people my dream could become a reality. Andy Griffith a school board member and charter boat owner just sold his land on Stock Island for 8.4 million dollars. I know no affordable housing will be built there. I think the guy who owns the Miami Dolphins and some other very wealthy people bought it. I think his name is Huizenga or something. He does have a beautiful sea plane. Huizenga and some associates(?) are also doing something with Chub Cay in the Bahamas. This guy wants every place to be like Miami. I think it is time for some protests and picketing paparazzi style at these elected officials offices and homes.

[And we can't send this scum and his lawyer to a penal colony in Afghanistan why?] Kenneth Glenn Hinson, 48, who had served time for raping a 12-year-old girl, was arrested last year after two teenage girls reported that they had been kidnapped from their bedroom and dragged into a tiny, dungeon-like hole in Hinson's backyard, bound with duct tape and repeatedly raped. Despite the evidence, defense lawyer Rick Hoefer managed to convince a jury in Darlington, S.C., to find Hinson not guilty on all charges in April (based on the girls' inconsistent testimony), and Hinson remains in jail today only on an unrelated gun charge.

Cialis for a 36 hour uplift. Video

[Clinton legacy] The rabid Clinton hater forget to mention that in Darfur over 400,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million have been displaced since Bush has done nothing to help them.

If you feel like you have to crap when you are at picnic Isle.  Just hold it until you get home.  The discomfort will pass after a while.

Yesterday's mercenary defender said it himself, “there are no rules of engagement with mercenaries, extreme violence keeps one alive.” And that is the problem. Rules of engagement and the Uniform Code of Military Justice are the only things that separates “them” from “us”. That is why we are better than them. Mercenaries are animals, always have been. They kill for profit and f**k everyone else.

I am a highly "Spiritual Person" and I am a woman  who attends church regularly!

[Dan Schwab] I agree with these poor folks 100 percent, at least that BMW was worth something!

[Picnic Island] Port-a-potties. If you can't plan ahead bring a bucket or a portable potty of your own.  Or maybe if you have to go take the boat home or to a public restroom somewhere.  People have been going out there for years.  Take care of yourself and quit trying to get someone else to plan for you; or stop trying to make things sound dirty because you don't like it.

If we leave now the Iraqis that are fighting us will start fighting ad Qaeda, whom they hate just as much as the Americans.

Is there anything I can anoint my self with to prevent sea lice.

How many of 24 terror-attacks did Bill Clinton respond to?  When the synchronized 9/11 attacks occurred, remember what Bill remarked?  When Bill left us "the surplus", what one-time market phenomenon occurred simultaneously?  How skilled was his "surplus" bookkeeping?  Is the Kosovo War over? Not for the European Allies we dumped Kosovo onto. No wonder they won't assist Iraq!  With whose corporate assistance did Bill contract in Kosovo? Yup: Halliburton.

[Wetstock 2] If you're too old to control your bowels you should stay home near your toilet. You're probably forgot how to party anyway.

[Greenish brown pieces of cut up skin] While it is hard to verify without seeing them, the description sounds like the algae that floats up from the bottom of many canals this time of year.  

Powerful Republicans are breaking with the president on Iraq. Senator Lugar and Warner both have told Bush to get out. I believe Bush is just waiting to leave office so history will show that some other president gets stuck with the quagmire.

[Wetstock 2] Since when does not wanting to swim with turds make you an old fart?

[Locusts] I should have said cicada, I guess. Locusts are grasshoppers.  I don't think I saw any lubber grasshoppers at all last summer. The Wilma surge possibly knocked their numbers way back. The surge killed most of the Cuban ground snails, too, but I'm starting to see them around this summer. I killed two just last night that had apparently climbed up a wire cage to get to my hymenocallis lilly.

I've got no problem with dogs on Picnic Island but it would sure be nice if their owners cleaned up the steaming piles left by their pets on the beach. This would work well at the Ramrod Swimming Hole, too. Maybe most owners do clean up as a courtesy to those sharing the area, but there are obviously some exceptions. I think we can do better.

Enjoy your summer vacation!

[“lizard” skin in canal] It sounds like the crap that's on the canal's bottom. This time of the year there's a heat inversion caused by either warmer water changing places with the cooler water on the top. I forget which one, as I wasn't paying too much attention at school. Hopefully the tides should float it out.

[Waterspout over Marathon] If you stand on your head and squint real hard at  yesterday's photo you can see Dorothy and Toto in the cloud.

[Blue Hole gator killing. You said: Also it was eaten. It was not killed for the fun of killing] There were also migratory, protected birds killed.  Were they going to eat them too?  Is that why they were found floating the next day?  They were all killed for the fun of killing.

[midgets are little people] Wow since you put it that way I see your point, Theo should definitely get a smaller jail cell.

Yeah this old folk feels horrible since he's planning on staying home after the parade, cooking thick steaks on the grill and swimming in our pool. There's a party you don't have to wash up after or smell like urine. Just relax at the end of the day, listen to some great tunes and no need to drink and drive. Yeah I'm crushed I'm not going to Urinestock2. Smell you later!

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Someone's talking in circles. First they said they were told by people at the electric company that "there was a computer problem and most Piners didn't get their bill". Then the person said It was a Post Office problem. Is it me or wouldn't the Post Office have to get the bill first? It had to be the electric company because they don't waive fees for someone else's screw ups. Follow the money.

[sewerage on front lawn] I'm getting a little confused here.  How is it that someone saying how arrogant Jimmy Buffett is considered slander and has their email address printed but someone else calling our current and former President a murderer isn't?  Selective editing at it's finest.  I think our editor must listen to his Jimmy Buffett CD on his way to Key Deer Bar to see The Moon Dogs.  They get protected when the Chief Executive Officer of The United States of America is fair game.

I can't believe I have to answer for a dead man. Howie's Concrete put in that septic system. They are the best in the keys and most know that. They are competitors of your neighbor you are so gossipy with. You’ve been here how long? (maybe one year?) Where are your cameras pointed at? I see them .You forgot that when you called the Health dept. The Head Environmental Specialist came and took samples and if I got it right you people called him many times and he always came out. Tell us all what he told you.

The top soil was from the back of the house not the drain field and there was no smell. Joe Aretz is the man who came and he is the head honcho .Tell the truth when you run people in the ground. Didn’t the Big Pine robber live with you? What was his name; tell us about that. Get off it.  Leave these people alone. Karma takes a big bite in the but when it is abused. I would love to hear your life story.  I bet it would be a little weedy for me. Get it? Why do t he cop cars bother you guys so much? I know what I smelled out there and it was not sewerage. God loves us even when we do not love our self. God Bless You.

[One in-Human Family]  This one particular "human" family are complete phonies.  Your gossipers are gossiping about your gossiping!  It is getting back to some of us.  You are so nice to people’s faces and then turn around and stab them in their backs.  You are divulging sensitive information which you so expertly extracted during your supreme act of being so kind and caring.  You are saying things to people when you really mean the complete opposite.  Why don't you just keep quiet instead of lying?  It is much easier than being a phony one human family.  Your agenda is crystal clear and it is called money grabbing, back stabbing and slander.  I thought only the paper delivery person sent the Christmas card which said hint-hint-hint give me a bonus, but you want a tip on top of all this "service?"  Your jobs are now in jeopardy from your idle chats and lame threats.  Your good deeds are only for money and you freaks deserve all the investigations and karma coming your way, which is very similar to what you have done to some of your neighbors. Enjoy the heat index, you quacks! 

If you wear a thong at picnic island you’re going to have an itchy 
butt crack infested with sea lice.

[85 The Hungarian] It was a large dining hall, when we walked in the band started to play a marshal tune (Stars and Stripes Forever) and we all clapped to the beat of the music. When the band played the last note all the soldiers in unison said, "Welcome to America" I don't quite know how to explain it, but I really felt welcomed, tears welled up in my eyes, and I saw dad dabbing at his eyes too. A high ranking officer, with stars on his shoulder made a speech in English that none of us could understand. He made perfect sense when at the end he said in Hungarian, " Isten Hozott " which means '”God has brought you” I know he had something to do with it, but it really was a DC-4. We were invited to dinner; no one had to be asked twice. It was self service just like in Newfoundland and all you could eat. I heard dad make a comment to mom, "Dear if I was ten years younger I would sign up in this Army tomorrow." The Hungarian 

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[Today's gossip] I just heard that one of the two partners at Key Deer Bar has sold his half and will no longer be there! Say it ain't so! We'll miss you Greg and Joanne.

[Wetstock 2] You old farts really amaze me. Some cool people are putting on a free concert at a remote island in our area and all you do is find fault and make excuses why you have to stay home and watch TV. Only an old person would make so many excuses why they can’t go to a party.

I just returned from the Key's Energy office on Ships Way. I had received a nasty-gram because I was late with my payment. In front of me were 8 other customers holding the same nasty-gram. I said let me guess, "You didn't get your bill either?" They all said they had not. There was a computer mix up and most Piners didn't get an electric bill this month. The lady at the counter said the delinquent fee would be waived and blamed the post office on the problem. Let's not get them riled up. When they go off it's time for body bags. 

Dan Schwab

The "strange boat" that has been here is not an Mk5 SOC follow-on or a Waverider/Waverunner.  It is, however, a prototype vessel.
-- NASKW Port Operations Project Manager.

Boy if this doesn’t remind me of a woman I see at Looe Key Tiki on occasion. Cut her hair to match this and, voila, we have our own "first babe" in Big Pine. You know who you are you little devil in your yellow sports car! Just one night out alone, take a drive somewhere, you and me. Oo-la-la!

To the person bashing Sheriff Roth for corruption in County government.  You are a bit off base with your comments.  If you want to place any blame for ignoring various nefarious activities in county government you should look to the County Attorney’s Office or the Office of the State Attorney General.  They should be held accountable for investigating any shady deals or illegal, behind the scenes activities of county government individuals.  If they find evidence of malfeasance, corruption or illegal activities they would seek indictments and file charges.  Most politicians are slick enough to know exactly how far they can go and how much they can get away with before being actually charged with criminal activity.  However, the longer the crooks are in office and the more dirty deals they get away with the more bolder they become until, eventually, most get caught with their sticky fingers in the till.  (Or, in the case of Bill Clinton, in the intern!)

[Wetstock 2] Is there going to be a pontoon with porta-potties on it at Picnic Island? My dog hates going potty in front of people.

[sent yesterday] To Judge Miller:I have lived between Little Torch and Big Pine for the past 15 years. I moved down from Maryland for the tranquil beauty of the laid back atmosphere that these two islands had to offer. They both offer a view of the unique wildlife that lives here in the Keys. If we continue to get rid of that wildlife, no matter how small we think it is, then just how long will it be before there is none left for anyone to see or want to come here for. Indigenous animals that live here in the Keys should be protected and should have strict regulations and penalties for those who go against the law and put those animals in harms way, or worse, kill them.

One of these individuals has had a track history with the law, lives on my road, and is a constant hassle for the community. This act that was committed was no surprise that he did it, however it was a surprise as to what was done, but nevertheless, a crime like this should not and cannot go unpunished. What is this teaching the youths of the area, that’s its okay to shoot anything you want to, no matter if protected or not, just join the forces, they’ll protect you and you can get away with anything you do. That’s just ludicrous, if you want more cases like this in your court room, clogging up the system over these kind of situations, then allow them to get off.

The people in Big Pine pride ourselves in telling visitors that we have alligators here, and where to tell them to go see them. It is a tourist stop on their way to Key West, of which those kinds of stops are being deleted all the time. Bad times for business in the Keys mean we need all types of help, even if it comes from an animal just living in his/her environment for people to look at. Take these away from us, and it’s like putting another nail in Big Pine’s coffin, and trust me, the developers are doing a fine job of that themselves and need no outside help.

We need to set an example of this sort of behavior, and that it won’t be tolerated here in the Keys, or for that matter, anywhere. The youth of today are getting away with too much and we cannot afford to just send them off to the forces and get away with crimes that they committed just because their going to serve. It’s a growing cancer that needs to be rid of whenever a young individual commits a crime, they feel as though they can join up to one of our forces, and escape any penalties for their actions. That is an umbrella that is used and it puts a black spot on our forces, I say build back up the kind of correction policy that was in place years ago, that dealt with people like these two men, and let them feel the consequences of their actions, and not give them more and bigger guns to have in their possession. If any consideration is given to any physic analysis of people who do these types of actions, it is documented that they become much more than what they had started out as, they become habitual offenders, and escalating their actions as well. They were adults when this happened, so treat them like adults, you break the law, now pay the price for doing so, PERIOD. I say, cut the cord, and throw that damned pacifier away!

[Subcontracting violence] I disagree with that statement. Recent history, lets see now? Indochina war '49-'54, the French used the Legion (mercs), Congo Katanga insurrection '60's Col. Mike Hoar and the Wild Geese did what 3 times as many UN troops couldn't (mercs), Viet Nam War, thousands of Montagnards employed by the CIA (mercs), Falklands War, when the

Argentines got word that the Ghurkas were coming, they decided to surrender. The Ghurkas are the little tough soldiers from Nepal and have been mercenaries of the Britt’s for hundreds of years. They are famous for taking heads with their curved knives.

The nuts and bolts of the matter are that a handful of professionals can achieve what is not achievable for a standard army. There are no rules of engagement with mercenaries, extreme violence keeps one alive. That's the nature of the profession, if you're a threat, you die! There is no time to think, your survival instinct takes over. The contract guards behave in a fashion to protect the client and to stay alive. They would not kill someone for no good reason, so don't make stupid statements until you have been in that situation. Read Epitaph for an army of Mercenaries. 

One little fact left out of Clinton’s legacy and understandably we know why. 800,000 Rwandans died while Clinton lied with Monica. Some legacy there, big guy.

[McCoys and Hatfields]  This is what happens when you assume something.  Because of someone who has nothing to do with Coconut Palm Dr, except  to use the road to enter and exit Eden Pines wanted to know why the cop cars were parked there daily. That started a Rant and Rage between neighbors. How do you feel now? Now we will have all kinds of trash being thrown back and forth and one side of the street not bothering with the other. (assume “makes an ass out of u and me” is so true.)

Waterspout over Marathon on Sunday.

How much for a Protestant?

Fiends or family of the alligator killers have done an internet search of the story and are doing everything in their power to support the little thugs.  Perhaps this explains why the kids acted the way they did.  With a lack of discipline, and family supporting their criminal behavior, it's no wonder they acted this way.  I've got news for the person minimizing the incident and disputing what happened.  They admitted to the crime.  The baseball bats were not made up by the newspapers.  And just because one of them is serving in the military does not mean he shouldn't be punished for his crimes.  And to say the alligator was killed humanely is a joke.  There was nothing legal or humane about the whole incident and the kids deserve to be punished harshly.  

I just heard my first locust of the season. I like that sound.

I've no doubt that this feral cat argument is getting old. A couple of final thoughts and I'll quit.  Be aware of what you're told and not told by our bureaucrats, whether USFWS, USDA, etc. Demand an accounting of what they're doing and why. It's your money being spent, and they're responsible to you. 

Their current project is based on old data from the early and mid-90's and was conducted on Keys  other than BPK, on property owned by the Navy. At the time, the Navy was mowing rabbit habitat.  That has since stopped, thanks to the research. The results of that research unfortunately do not necessarily apply to BPK. In a well done study published in 2006, researchers tried to count juvenile rabbit droppings (pellets) to determine their number on BPK and concluded that juvenile pellets were difficult to find in areas with thick grass. So we don't know how many there are. 

Feral cats are a problem. We just don't know the extent of the problem. The apparent widespread trapping  that's been implemented will not work, as was shown in a study of over 26,000 feral cats in CA and FL.  There are other techniques for trapping that are more effective (Foley, P., Foley, J.E., et.al., JAVMA, Dec., 2005).  One untrapped feral female can produce up to 3 litters a year. This project is funded at $50,000 for 1 year. Do the math!  How can those monies be more effectively spent? 

According to the studies, One Cat 3 hurricane can result in a 90% mortality rate among marsh rabbits.  How many hurricanes have we had since 1993 when the original counts were made? 

This USFWS/USDA study was funded for the Upper and Lower Keys. The only place the Lower Keys marsh  rabbit is found is, you guessed it, the Lower Keys. The Upper Keys animal shelters hold the animals for 3 days, and if not adopted, kill them. Fortunately, the shelters in Marathon and Big Pine are no-kill shelters.  They spay/neuter, vaccinate, and try to adopt out. That's humane. Fortunately, USFWS/USDA is currently  cooperating...reportedly, unless a cat is caught twice, in which case it is immediately killed (that includes  pets). The person doing the trapping reportedly doesn't really care and there is no oversight. 

The U.S. Navy has enacted regulations requiring that any Navy personnel adopting a pet have it neutered.  The results remain to be seen, but show promise. A similar regulation was attempted by the combined animal  shelters of the Keys and a county commissioner a few months ago. It failed miserably, primarily due to dog breeders,  politics, and apathetic people. As has been aptly stated, we can't have it both ways. 

Marsh rabbits, at last count, are being successfully introduced into suitable habitat on two of the outer  Keys where there are no people or cats. At last report, there was an 81% success rate and new litters  of rabbits. There are lots of other Keys to be explored for suitable habitat. Not bad for the money! 

All research is subject to scrutiny, and all research is limited in it's scope due to many factors. When  decisions are made, they should be made based on a current consensus of findings and solid, honest  research. Unfortunately, not all research is adequately policed by its peers.  Finally, one of the reported predators of marsh rabbits is poachers. It would seem reasonable that this project include the trapping and relocation of them (prison would be good).  Enough? OK!

[Clinton’s fellatio put the nation at risk?] That’s the funniest damn thing I’ve ever read on here.

I’ve seen trained seals balance a beach ball, but bees? Trained Bees

Picnic Island: What is it that people don't understand?  When you have to go, you go.  Don't you remember taking your kids to the public pool?  I never peed in the pool, they told me it would turn blue.  When I did and it didn't turn blue, I used to save up for the pool to try to turn the water blue. And yes, you are lucky you didn't swim in that pool. I had to swim in the private pool where the kids really didn't give a shit, if you know what I mean.  I'll swim at Picnic Island anytime.

[Killed gator for food]  Like the Winn-Dixie wasn't good enough for them?  Were they starving and the Dion's wasn't open that late?  What? I heard that the two boys (men) who killed that alligator did it in the Key Deer Refuge and then videotaped it. I think the fact that it was a refuge is something to be considered. I think of my house as a refuge too. Hell, I hope someone doesn't get crazy, come in here and blow my brains out through my eye sockets while I'm on the toilet or something.  That would be murder, not at all unlike what those boys did.  

Did they put it on the internet or did they just take photos? That I do not know but I saw one of the photos. The baseball bat, that's something that the Key Deer Refuge had told me about.  I'm sure they would know. I'm sure if anyone calls them, they will be happy to reveal the true story. Either way, I don't think anyone should be looking for an excuse to let them off just because some other people tortured an alligator in Key Largo and nothing happened to them.  This is Big Pine, and we should care about what happens here, what we let happen here and what we do about events once they have happened (and are unpleasant, and/or illegal).  So if we all want to go crazy about these two, then that's our prerogative.  It means we are not willing to accept something and we're not going to stand for it and we don't need others insinuating that we are hypocrites just because of some teens in Key Largo. 
If it was up to me all four of them would serve jail time and pay maximum fines. I'm sure there are a lot of people serving our country in the war who don't abuse and kill animals.

Remember that animal abuse is still a crime, it is punishable. 

To the bleeding heart for the two "boys" being sentenced for the killing of the Blue Hole gator:  all sources have been well considered.  It is a shame that the juvenile and the midget were let off with just community service and probation, but evidently their part in the crime was being the driver and lookout.  Milo and Goll were, according to the confessions and statements made to the arresting officers, the ones dealing the blows and shots.  Yeah, the newspapers said the animal was tortured, and beaten to death with a baseball bat, but again, it came from the confessions and statements made to the officers.

From everything I have been told, they didn't kill it for the meat.  Some of the meat and carcass was taken to a party TWO NIGHTS later in Marathon; they just wanted to brag about what they did.  Most of the meat and carcass was thrown in a canal over there.  Besides, whether they ate it or not is a moot point.  If they wanted alligator meat, they could have gone up in the state and gone through the proper permitting process to go hunt an alligator, not go into a federal wildlife refuge, where the animals are all supposed to be protected, and take one that is semi-tame from so much human interaction.  They  took advantage of those animals and they should pay for it.

You ask that we tell you the difference in killing this alligator and spearing a fish and eating it?  You are one scary person if you can't tell the difference.  Spear fishing in most areas is legal; although I feel fishing is a cruel sport, it is still legal.  Killing an alligator without a permit, and especially in a federal wildlife refuge, is against the law.

Where did you get all the info about the teens in Key Largo?  They didn't drag the alligator anywhere.  They shot the gator north of Monroe County and brought it back to their home, just for the skin.  No one showed up in the courtroom because it never got that far.  Maybe there was no evidence to support the charges, no confessions, no statements from witnesses, as there is in this case.  It's a shame that they got away with their crime, but they will pay eventually. 

I guess you are talking about the American Crocodile, Charlie, who was killed by 4 Latinos from Miami, all in their 30's and 40's, by dragging behind a Hummer.  I wish I could have been there, but that case looked cut and dried, until the stupid veterinarian that did the necropsy put as the cause of death "cancer."  That pretty well shot the prosecution's case apart, but the guys did have to pay $5000.00 in fines, plus probation, plus community service.  It should have been much worse punishment, but, unfortunately, each case is different in the eyes of the law.

You say one is set to deploy to Baghdad July 15?  I personally do not want someone of this mindset defending my country; and one of them got a DUI last July.  Did you read their comments on Myspace.com?  They have no respect for the laws of this county, state or country.  I wonder what the Army will think of them when they find out they pleaded guilty to a third degree felony?

So, yeah, I believe all sources have been well considered in this case.  These "boys" are adults in the eyes of the law, and they need to be punished.

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Buffet hasn’t abandoned the Keys. He owns a recording studio, a house and a restaurant. How much do you, his jealous detractor, own here?

[Once a frat boy always a frat boy] In March, Israel recalled Tsuriel Raphael, its ambassador to El Salvador, after he was found tied up, drunk and naked in the front yard of his residence, with several sadomasochistic sex toys nearby.

To the person commenting about Clinton’s lying to Congress. Yes he did. Are you upset about Bush refusing to take the oath of honesty when he is requested to answer questions? I guess you can’t be caught lying if you don’t have the dignity to put your hand on a bible and tell the truth. Why the hiding? Bush not only refused to take the oath of honesty, he refused to go before them without Cheney.

No one ever mentions Bush Senior’s presidency. Republicans always mention Dubya and Reagan. What did Bush senior do other then saving Kuwait?

Cats in the keys are pests and they serve no purpose in the natural ecosystem or natural environment here on Big Pine. I agree with that statement completely. If they weren't so cute as kittens they would be easier to euthanize.  I've been ridding my area of them for a couple of years, and don't have a problem removing them from the ecosystem. I've only caught two that had collars, but they shouldn't have been outside hunting. Keep cats indoors!

It seems that about once a year people start complaining about dogs at Picnic Islands.  The dogs are there.  They have been coming there for many years and will continue to come there.  I personally don't think they should be there but that is my opinion so I don't go there.  The dogs are there to stay.  Accept them or don't go.  There are plenty of very nice little islands with beaches out on the back side.

[the Clinton Legacy]  OK, OK, I really didn’t want to get into this, but yesterday’s posting concerning the wonderfulness of His Slickness has goaded me into it.  I’ll not spend a lot of time and space writing my own screed, but rather will urge you to go to www.prorev.com/legacy.htm   These folks most definitely are not fans, but they have done the research.  So Clinton fans, grab a cup of Kool-aid, relax, buckle in, and take the ride. That is, if you’ve got the stones.  I'll save George Walker Bush for another day.

To the person complaining about the kid's that killed the alligator. First let me say that midgets are little people and that Theo turned himself in and although what they did was wrong he was not in on the actual killing of the alligator.  I know Theo personally and he is one of the nicest kid's I know. It's hard enough being a little person let alone a little person trying to fit in with his peers. Let the punishment fit the crime.

[84 The Hungarian] Water, water everywhere and we’d been in the air for hours. The flight was smooth, mom wasn't suffering and that was a plus. After the stewardesses’ served lunch, somebody on the starboard side of the plane said, "I see land!" It was probably the same way aboard the 'Santa Maria' because just about everyone from the port side got up to get a glimpse of their future home. I too crowded to one of the windows, but could only see a grayish snow covered coastline. Mom was one of those who would rather rubberneck after we were on the ground. I do not know how much time had passed. Looking down at the ocean I started to see ships more frequently. From the port side again came the news, "I see a city!" This time there was no rush to the windows, the seat belt light was on and the stewardess wanted everyone to keep their seats. The Hungarian

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As everyone should know by now, the two main defendants, in the killing of the alligator and birds at the Blue Hole on March 24, 2006, plead guilty to the third degree felony of killing an alligator a few weeks ago, with the sentencing date to be announced at a later time.  They have basically thrown themselves at the mercy of the court, and since they turned down a plea offer, a few months back, of one year in jail with five years probation, they obviously think they're going to get less than that.

According to Val Winter, the assistant state attorney, the sentencing for Milo and Goll's guilty plea has now been set for Tuesday, July 3, at 10AM at the courthouse on Whitehead St. in Key West.  He wasn't sure which courtroom it would be in, but it will be by Judge Wayne Miller.  We need to fill that courtroom up, so the judge sees that people are tired of these kinds of cases being thrown out with no just punishment.  Please try to be there; you don't have to say anything, unless you want to...just be there, wearing some green for unity.

Whether you can be there or not, please write a letter to the Honorable Judge Wayne Miller, asking him to not be lenient with these guys (it doesn't matter where you live).  Since the sentencing is just a little over one week away, you will need to fax the letter, made out to the judge, to the attention of Val Winter at 305-294-7707.  On the cover letter, put "letter to Judge Miller c/o Val Winter".  He will make sure the judge gets it in time, before the sentencing.  In all correspondence, you should refer to case #CFK06-0000506 (A & B).  A is for Goll and B is for Milo.

Judge Miller's info. for the letter: 
The Honorable Wayne M. Miller
502 Whitehead St.
Key West, FL  33040

They can get rid of “red eye” with the new cameras, but they can’t get rid of the reflection of the flash on a shiny object.

[Clueless] Please remove my ad under patio furniture.

Talking about sea lice at Picnic Island. Is it not possible that they come from the dogs that are brought there? I've seem the island is so full of dogs and droppings that the children couldn't get off the boat to play.  Is this what you want?

[Port Pine Heights] Eugene Gordon Kyle III, the attorney's father not grand father named the streets.  Eugene, George, and Jim were the three brothers who did the developing.  The Kyle's also named streets for family members in subdivisions that they developed on Grassy Key and on Knights Key in Marathon. I grew up spending a lot of time with E.G. III, and while I really enjoyed my time with the family, the first thing that you learned about them was they were not shy about throwing the family's names around.  E.G. II was also the first or second president of the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce.   

WAIL is and has always been crap. Listen to the Boot Key station or 107.1 newer rock is better for you anyway. And Boot Key plays Free Bird at least as much as wail.

[And people wonder why I dislike organized religion so much] Bishop Michael Babin, for 25 years a leader of Genesis Ministries International in Oceanside, Calif., was charged (along with his son) with beating a golfer unconscious after accusing the man of stealing his ball at a local course. (Two years ago, Babin was nominated for a Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Award.)

[launch ramp, Port Pine Heights]  Sorry, there is no public launch ramp in Port Pine Heights.  There are two nearby.  The first in Koehn's subdivision.  From Key Deer Blvd, go to Big Pine Key St., turn east, go to Koehns Ave, turn north, go to the end of the Ave, don't get wet.  The second is in Eden Pines.  Key Deer to Palm Ave, turn west.  Go to Bittersweet Ave, turn south.  The ramp is on the west side of Bittersweet between Begonia and Geranium.  I hope that the street names are accurate, I got them from Mapquest.

[Clinton selling secrets to China] It’s remarkable the blind hate some people have toward Bill Clinton. They make up or exaggerate fairy tales just because he lied about fellatio. That’s the only thing he did wrong. Get over it. Look at his record or are you too blind to read? Would you care to compare Clinton's record to Bush's?

United States of Atzlan. Mexican's version of immigration. Video

[deputy that cut in line] The same thing happened to me about a month ago. I was in line to get a bite for breakfast and as I was about to move up to the ramp two deputies in one car pulled in front of me from the opposite direction and laughed about it. (I guess now I’m going to have to listen to how they only have 10 minutes to wolf down breakfast so I should be honored they picked me to cut off.)

[strange boat] The boat you were inquiring about is a new prototype boat for the Navy SEALS.  It's a follow on for the Mk-5 SOC.  An early name for it is the "Waverider".  It's been in and out of Truman Annex at the Navy piers the last few months.

[Bush’s war is the only war in modern history where he sub-contracted much of his violence.] And why not? Everybody else is in it for the mullah. Those who blindly believe we are there to help the people need a two week vacation there!

[Port Pine Heights name] Just be glad it's not called Richmond Heights.

The true nature of some people was exposed over something totally irrelevant.  After a couple of cop cars were parked at a house in Eden Pines, the paranoia of you people really shined.  Anyone who knows that woman at that house knows her husband just died.  They were friends to many Deputies.  Not only have the cops been checking up on her, but since her husband's death that woman has been distributing some of his possessions to the cops that she has no use for, such as old guns.  So as you can see, this has nothing to do with video cameras, complaining about neighbors, or any of the other crap you people want to stir.  Maybe some of you should mind your own business and not be so nosey.

If you want to hear piano and sax, check out Jazz Flavors on 104.1 U.S. 1 Radio, Sunday mornings from 6 to 9. David Sanborn, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Wes Montgomery, Weather report and more.

[Stealth vessel] It was cruising not “cursing”

My buddy from Texas is a sub-contractor in Iraq, but no mercenary. He installs satellite dishes for Iraq's communications infrastructure. Mercenaries are hired as non-uniformed bodyguards. Hamid Kharzi, president of Afghanistan, has US mercenaries for his bodyguards, and he needs them!

[Has anyone else has seen this vessel] It looks much like one based in San Diego. A stealth type Navy boat. Methinks they are out for a test drive. Interesting to say the least.

[History of Port Pine Heights] As I recall it was the Kyle Bros. who brought us the "North End", I also believe they were the boys who made Knight Key camp ground happen. I think they started it about 50 years ago. I am sure that if I am wrong someone will help me out. For many, many years there was no one on the north end of Big Pine Key. It was ....just there. Like some many things change has been going on for a long time way before W/D and Banks. I can tell you there was very little here when I was a kid. It was nice, but it’s nicer now. Enjoy our Island. It is special and some change was very much needed; of this I am sure.

If you want to know what you really look like, have a kid draw you. They will find what you're most self-conscious about and exploit it.

Thanks very much for posting your memories of Port Pine Heights.  I’ll try to contact the individual you mentioned to see if there is other info that can be shared.  I recall having a promotional map for the development which showed the layout and posted prices.  Madam Wilma decided that she wanted it more than I did.  The map and other pictures I had are now being recycled in a grove of thatch palm and dogwood somewhere east of Key Deer Blvd.  If anyone has a copy of that map that I might copy or purchase, or any pictures of anything taken in Port Pine Heights before or shortly after the canals were cut, or any other memories of the Heights, please let me know.  I’m Walt, 515-0204.  By the way, I think that the reason the name Port Pine Heights came to be used is because the name Short Deer Droppings just wasn’t sexy enough.

Please keep your cat at home.  It wants to go outside right after you fed it to look for something to kill and to breed more unwanted cats.

[To the Uninformed Writer of the Feral Cat Trapping Posts and Others] I am sorry, but you are wrong in your guess at my identity. You really have no idea where this opposition to your ignorance is coming from. It is neither professional or graduate. I am just an informed citizen combating false statements.  Derisiveness can be called for sometimes to get a point across when the intended recipient seems to be particularly ignorant and uninformed, and this is just a forum where people can speak freely. If you were to actually make these comments to the professionals involved in this project you would get a professional response that would be meant not to offend you and would have the sole objective of getting you to understand the reasoning behind the organizations actions; giving facts, data, and evidence to support them. But guess what...you are not so lucky here...this is by no means a "professional" debate...and I will make fun of your ignorance if I so please. 

If your background in research is so great, then why o why would you go through all of the trouble to look up an article which supposedly supports you and then provide nothing but dates---no sources, authors, or publications---on which we are suppose to believe that these reports actually do exist. And then on top of that, you can't even understand that the one article was actually arguing against the point you were trying to make (the USFWS's use of bad science was discredited...meaning that accusation is false---yes, that is what you said). I do like the fact that you have offered to show me these articles, if only I give you my email address. I am not an idiot like some people, and would rather that my computer not be infected with a virus or have some creepy stalker after me. I do not see a reason why you could not just post a link to these articles, or at least some form of citation, if they really do exist. The fact is that there are articles supporting and condemning just about everything out there, and I would love to argue with you about the merits of your research if you would only give a few details instead of hiding behind the words "I've done my research" as a substitute for the actually research. I like the snootiness I sensed when you made the comment that your research came from professional biologists, but still gave no more information about where your "information" is actually coming from. 

You are in no doubt entitled to your opinion on this trapping program. I am simply here to prevent you from posting false information and swaying the public to your views without a glance of the other side of the story. I am sorry if it makes you mad that there is someone out there telling everyone when the stuff you write is wrong. 

When dealing with an extremely low population of an endangered species it would be stupid not to at least try and use the techniques of estimating population viability. Even if the techniques available presently are limited in their accuracy it is better than standing idly by and watching a species go extinct. 

My point about you misusing the FWS was not that you were lacking a US in front of it. Did you think I was making sure you were talking about the United States Fish and Wildlife service and not some other country's fish and wildlife service? If so you were poorly mistaken. I was referring to the fact that the USFWS is not the ones trapping here on BPK. It has been contracted out to the USDA Wildlife Services.

You speak of other options that supersede the trapping of feral cats yet fail to provide any. That is a cowards way out. If you have a brilliant idea, then share it and try to get the people in charge to listen and see the benefits of your plan over the present course of action. The facts are that the rabbit population has stable habitat and yet it continues to dwindle. All evidence points to predation by feral cats as the leading cause of this continued decline. Controlling cats is the next logical step in the rescue efforts of this species unless you have any better ideas that you have failed to mention.

Thankfully, professionals who consider and understand the science and politics behind species protection are in charge of the taxpayers money and not wannabee biologists that have read a few questionable papers. It is perfectly fine to express when you feel the government is handling a situation wrong but it is also perfectly fine for me to tell you you are wrong. And thankfully this is a democracy and crazy people like you are a minority---my sincere thanks go out to the person who posted praise for my work on June 23. If I have yet to mature in the realities of science and the environment than you are a mere twinkle in your daddy's eye. You have yet to prove to me that you have any knowledge in the field. Again, perhaps there are better ways that you could be using this passion for wildlife than complaining on this blog site about a program that is based in sound science and will help the lower keys marsh rabbit.    

To the other misinformed writer, neither panthers or black bears have ever been a part of the Florida keys ecosystem. Male panthers need a home range of 200 sq miles and there is just not enough land here in the keys to support a viable population, especially with current land development levels. It is the same story with the black bear. Yes it is true that opossums and raccoons are a natural part of this ecosystem but not at the current population levels. A lack of resources once kept populations in check but with a steady supply of food via human waste these animal populations have been able to grow out of control, endangering the lower keys marsh rabbit's survival. Extinction is forever.

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Saturday June 23, 2007

Has anyone else has seen this vessel and may have info on it. It is pictured cursing in Big Spanish Channel, coming from the ocean into the gulf. It was approx. 80' - 100' in length.

[history of Port Pine Heights]  I don’t know any history, but I do remember about thirty years ago driving around and looking at houses wondering how anyone could live in that desolate place. It was mostly fill and no trees. It looked more like moonscape than landscape with a few mangroves thrown in. I now own a house there and the whole area is beautiful with many mature trees and landscaping.

Bush’s war is the only war in modern history where he sub-contracted much of his violence. The sub-contractors have no Uniform Code of Military Justice or government legal system to answer to. If they kill an Iraqi without good cause they are quietly shipped back to the States. They can do whatever they want and leave; and when our troops show up they are met with more hate and hostility due to the lawlessness of the mercenaries.

WAIL which is now SUN FM is really annoying. I don’t mind that they are playing long pre-recorded tapes of the music, but what I do mind is that whenever they want to air a commercial they just cut into the music and air the commercial. That’s real lousy when you’re grooving to a tune and they cut it off in the middle. They do it all the time. I had to stop listening to them.

Is there a boat ramp in Port Pine Heights for the residents to use?

The top 40 music these days don’t have any instruments to note. It is all girls singing and guys rapping. When is the last time you heard a piano or saxophone on the radio?

This is a little overdue. But better late than never. Key Deer Bar folks, thank you. My wife and I were actually thinking of leaving the keys when we stopped in just to check out the new place. You made us feel there is a little bit of the old keys left, thank you. And Cuz, having Barenjager in the cooler was just the strangest damn thing to find in Big Pine of all places. Thanks again for a nice drink in a nice place.

[All is not well in Hungary] How can it be when the Prime minister, himself a turncoat communist now a socialist, wants to give a communist with blood on his hands, Hungary's highest decoration The Grand Cross? This act is like giving the 'The Congressional Medal of Honor' to Jeffrey Dahmer.

The recipient would be Horn Gyula prime minister from '94 to 98'. How he got elected is a mystery to me. In 1956 the man killed unarmed protesters. When asked a bout it he said, "They were braking the law" Who's law, the Russians? There are eye witnesses to these murders. This man is a traitor, a communist, a collaborator, ass kisser of the Russians. He should not be decorated, but publicly hung with Gyurcsány Ferenc, the current prime minister right next to him.

[Finer points of the law] Benoit Derosiers, 51, who police said was so inebriated that he could barely speak when stopped for DUI and who had trouble standing, beat the charge in Provincial Court in Sudbury, Ontario when he proved to the judge a "legal necessity" for driving drunk: He had just attempted suicide and thus was forced to rush himself to the nearest hospital in order to get psychiatric care to head off another attempt.

An old friend told me he witnessed developers with machinery like bobcats/front end loaders clearing the dense hammock along the west side of Key Deer Blvd., (around 1965, I think he said). Today that is the area near the end of Key Deer Blvd. where the tourists come to watch the deer at dusk. Just think how beautiful that area would be now, if that had never been done.

Hog hunting in South Louisiana

Friday's intelligent post responding to Wednesday's idiotic post about "intrepid" cat trappers really made that first poster look like a fool. I realized immediately because of Wednesday's lack of understanding of the definition of intrepid that the rest of his post was going to be stupid." (Intrepid: audacious: invulnerable to fear or intimidation)

Has anyone noticed the Sea Lice at Picnic Island lately?

Ok, enquiring mind wants to know who the old snoop is on Coconut Dr?  Everyone on that road is young or middle age (but age is in the eye of the beholder).

Possums have been here as long as the deer, coons, rabbits, et cetra. I wonder when the USFWS is going to re-introduce panthers and black bears to the lower keys. The increasing numbers pf panthers in The Big Cypress has drastically reduced the raccoon population there

The least of Clinton's faults was lying about sex. That was just what his controlled media reported on to cover his real crimes like selling our military secrets to red china, he should not have been impeached, he should have been drug out into the street and publicly executed!

It's not that we dislike Jimmy Buffet, but we feel used. He used the Keys and all the mystic that goes with it to further his career. As soon as his kids were old enough to go to school he left the Keys for a better education for them. Why not stay here and help us improve our schools. All his songs sound alike.  I think Howard Livingston should break away from the image.

Lazy Ramadi Rap Colorado Springs TV

Would someone please tell me what in the hell is going on in Eden Pines?  From my understanding they have a home-owners association, so why are these neighbors fighting amongst themselves? At the end of a days work, who cares where who parks?  To quote the infamous Mr. Rodney King "Can't we all just get along?"  I for one would welcome a heavy police presence in my "hood".  If this rhetorical is against a little old lady living alone, well, I am sorry, but she needs to be left alone. However, it sounds as if they are young parents (i.e.  taking the kids to the bus stop).  Is this something you want your kids to remember you by?  My mother used to scream obscenities to the neighbors she thought were a threat to our well-being as she walked me to the bus stop.  Stand back, and stop and think who the better person is, then become that person.  Attitude is 90% of our lives.  You can choose to react, or walk away saying a prayer that the other "idiot" gets his.

Whoever called the rock-fest at Picnic Island on the 4th of July Wetstock was brilliant! Let's show everyone that Big Pine knows how to party!

Empire of Oil: The Hidden History of 9/11 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6702050570069604257&hl=en

Kudos to the deputy that cut in line from the opposite direction at McDonalds in Marathon today. That's the way to show us who is boss--what an asshole.

I met an older woman at the Deer last night. She wasn't bad for 62.  We drank and bullshat a bit, then she asked if I had ever had the 'sportsman's double', a mother and daughter three-some? I said no. We drank a bit more, then she says that tonight was my lucky night. I went back to her place. She put the hall light on and shouted upstairs: "Mom you still awake?

[History of Port Pine Heights]  I was told by my divorce attorney, Eugene Kyle, that the two end streets (Joyce and Donna) where named by his grandfather for his wife and girlfriend. I hope this helps.

Hopefully, the individual responding to my remarks regarding the feral cat trapping project here on BPK is just a young, overly defensive graduate student. It would be deplorable to learn that a professional would react in such a derisive manner. And I'm certainly not going to bore my neighbors with a debate about who has the background and credentials to address this issue. You might be surprised at the numbers of people in our community who are highly educated and have an extensive background in research.

I tend to agree that a good deal of information I presented appeared "ill-informed...ignorant...or stupid," but since the source of that information is from professional biologists and environmental experts/organizations, you'll have to discuss that with them.  Any citizen should have the right to voice opinions on a matter they find meaningful, and to be concerned about the use of research methods, such as population viability analysis, which many researchers in the field of biology find highly questionable, if not totally worthless, and upon which this trapping program is largely based. 

If you would like to leave your email address, I will be happy to send you the references to the research articles and reviews that I referenced in my remarks; although I'm sure they're readily available in the library of any school teaching the biological sciences. I apologize for the use of the acronym FWS which should have read USFWS, who formally conceded that they were using flawed science in assessing endangered species. I'd be happy to send you that reference as well, which, by the way, was divulged by a USFWS employee who was fired and later rehired under whistleblower protection. 

As I have mentioned in previous comments, protecting an endangered species is of critical concern.  However, when there are options that supersede the trapping, relocation and/or extermination of other living creatures, including our native wildlife and house pets, they are worthy of consideration, especially when they involve fairly large sums of taxpayer monies. I am hopeful that as you mature into the realities of science and the environment you will develop some.

[History of Port Pine Heights]  I don’t know about it’s history, but I’d sure like to know why the word heights is in the name. It’s only about 3-4 feet above sea level.

Is that gray haired guy that walks like a duck going to be playing with The Stray Dogs?

[82 The Hungarian] The week practically flew by, the Austrians and the nuns couldn’t have been nicer to all the Hungarians. The others were on the way to their chosen destinations too, I can't remember how many, but some families chose to stay. I said good bye to Erika and Grechen knowing that I would never see them again. We boarded the train and the town of Krems was left behind. At the American Embassy a doctor examined us and we received several shots. It was late afternoon when the buses delivered us to the Vienna airport. Before we boarded the buses everyone received a box lunch. I was looking forward to my first airplane ride. The Hungarian

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If everyone can be so sure that the government is wrong to trap animals on BPK or going to Iraq or most anything else, then how can everyone be sure that the government is correct about global warming? More and more scientists are changing their minds about man causing it. I just read that each mile of mandated increase in café standards cause 700 increased deaths in auto occupants, almost as many as killed in Iraq each year. What can the government do right?

This guy makes the Capitol Building from cards. best-of-america-video. It’s the (second video down).

During the summer there are about 25 to 30 vendors at the flea market. We have just had a few rainy weekends in a row and many vendors do not show up to watch their things get wet. Come by on a sunny day and you will find us there.  In October the other 200 vendors start returning.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Dusted Off

I’m excited about the Stray Dogs rocking Picnic Island. We need a good party.

Sam the Bell Hop  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96Hc1m7pRU

Now that Lucky's Landing isn't lucky any more.   (The owner deliberately destroyed at least one single women’s home after Wilma. In order to advance this disaster the government calls progress).   We need to know who voted for it and make sure we vote them out in their next election.   And the poster who said we need to stop ranting on this website and get involved is right.

[To the Uninformed Writer of the Feral Cat Trapping Post] Everything you have said is either false or ill-informed. First of all the FWS is not involved with the trapping at all. It is actually contracted out to the USDA Wildlife Services Department. The USDA Wildlife Services have already had extremely successful programs here in the Keys eliminating exotic and invasive species like the black rat and the Gambian pouch rat that pose threats to the native species and ecosystems of the keys. They are a respectable agency with professional trappers as well as biologists dedicated to deciding the best course of action for the ecosystems they work to restore.

Cats have been successfully removed from endangered lower keys marsh rabbit habitat. Yes, it is true that the trapping has caught raccoons, opossums, and turtles as well as other wildlife, but all were released. The raccoons are humanely tagged for an ongoing investigation into their effects on rabbit populations, but otherwise all wildlife is released without harm; no eradication, no containment centers, and no disappearances of wildlife.

All of this action has come as the result of extensive research. Biologists for the National Key Deer Refuge as well as other organizations have concluded that the biggest major threat to the marsh rabbit's survival at this point is predation by overpopulated raccoons and feral cats. But even with this research in hand and the permission to begin trapping, the agencies still conducted sand track plot surveys for a week in order to determine the areas of high concentration of predators within rabbit habitat. Only then was trapping started.

Your sense of fire ecology and fire's importance to many ecosystems is misconstrued to say the least. It appears that you have had no higher education in the field, and hence have written extremely ignorant statements. Without fire this entire island will one day become, through forest succession, a hardwood hammock. A variety of organisms have evolved to live in certain types of habitat that would no longer exist. Fire is important to the maintenance of the diversity within nature seen in any healthy ecosystem. For further information consult anyone with any knowledge in biology, forestry, or similar fields.

As for the statement you made about a report on the USFWS reliance on bad science, you quite frankly made your self look very stupid. You said, and I quote "In January, 2005, a report explained how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's long-standing reliance on bad science was formally discredited, and discusses FWS's lack of response." If you were smart you would realize that this means that the idea that the USFWS uses bad science was discredited....so it is not true that the USFWS uses bad science. Ouch....too bad, they actually do use good science to do science, a field you seem to know little about.

The other evidence concerning made up and invented data to support actions by the USFWS on BPK are unsubstantiated, and if you need help with that word it means not backed by evidence. It never happened. And again, ruthless exterminations have never taken place. The elimination of invasive rats by poisonings is as close as the truth gets to your sad "Bambi" story killings, but that was done in order to preserve and protect our abundant native species.

Extinction is forever. It would be very nice to see the kind of passion you have for saving and respecting every creature on God's good earth applied toward saving a species that really needs it. There are about 300 lower keys marsh rabbits left in the world, and they are all right here in our backyards. If we do not act now they will be gone forever. Habitat loss is clearly no longer the culprit, since the refuge owns substantial tracts of land and yet the population of rabbits is still declining. The reduction of predation by raccoons and feral cats is the next logical step in the attempt to rescue the marsh rabbit from extinction. Like you, I love all animals great and small with a passion, yet I realize that because of humans raccoons are drastically overpopulated on BPK and feral cats freely roam in rabbit habitat. Since we are the ones responsible for these negative effects on rabbits we have a responsibility to correct it to save the rabbits. Yes the term “experts” may at times seem like a guise, but the people of the USFWS and other organizations working to save the rabbits have trained their whole lives in this field and are dedicated to their jobs. You are noble in character to have such a deep concern about every animal on BPK. But when you think about the raccoons and the cats I beg you to also think of the rabbits. I think they deserve a chance too.

[Iguana knocks out electricity to the lower Keys] I vote for Lucky the iguana!

[nosey neighbor] In response to the remarks about marked units of the MCSO being on Coconut Palm in Eden Pines. Why don't you say what you are implying? And be sure to identify yourself. If you have a gripe call Sheriff Roth. I am sure he would like to hear it. What you’re not getting is that any off-duty cop can go and do what they want and use the car off-duty. Nosey people like you don't have the balls to do anything up straight. You hide behind sites like this to vent your unhappy existence. Back off, you know that you’re neighbor died unexpectedly and he was a long time friend of many people in the MCSO. What neighborly thing have you done to assist the heart-broken family of this wonderful man? Yea, I know the answer. Just coming on this site causes more heartache to the family .Get a life.

Injade will be back at the Looe Key Tiki Bar tomorrow, Saturday night, so come on out and party with us!

In response to yesterday's long-winded tome regarding feral cat trapping, I'm glad that USF&W is eradicating opossums, if indeed they did catch some down here. They have no place in nature below the 7 Mile Bridge. As for eradicating raccoons in marsh rabbit habitat, if that's what it takes to save the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, then it should be done.  P.S. If people hadn't messed up the equation, there would be no need to remove rabbit killers. Keep your cat indoors.

[Men need to reclaim self-respect, courage and control over their women]  Dude (and I know a woman didn’t write this), slavery has been illegal in this country for over 140 years. Unless I missed something, you can no longer own a woman. Get over your control issues and you’ll be a lot happier. But, if you really do like that kind of lifestyle, there a number of countries where this mentality is nurtured. Saudi Arabia and Iran come to mind. Have fun, but stay out of the sun and don’t let anyone know if you drink alcohol. Slave prince  for sale

[Hungarian and the bands have their own websites?] Damn, just skip over them and quit bitching, nobody said you have to read them.

Here’s to the person who lives across from me. My mother is hiding nothing behind our windows.  If you watch the videos a little more you will see me and my sister walk into our house that you say we abandoned. Have you ever contributed to our community? My mother has with AYSO and Little League and has been active in all of our schooling and activities.  Leave us alone!

[81 The Hungarian] Five days went by before Uncle George returned. Dad thought that he was going to get caught for sure. His luck held out and he was able to bring out his daughter Georgia, and wife Ilona. They thought that they were already abandoned and the first time Uncle George told his wife that it was time to make tracks, Ilona refused to go. She didn't have to be asked twice this time. Uncle George told us of the thousands of arbitrary arrests and deportations to Siberia. There were many discussions of communist Kangaroo Courts handing down life sentences and death sentences that were carried out within forty-eight hours. The Hungarian 

[Your Honor, My client is an idiot] Elevator vandals should do their work from the outside, not as two men in their early 20s did when they entered the elevator at the Lillestroem Train Station near Oslo, Norway and then repeatedly kicked the door. The men essentially captured themselves when the damage jammed the motor, locked down the elevator and sounded an alarm, summoning the police.

Nosey lady across the street with nothing else to do but hold onto a longtime vendetta. Do you realize that people use cameras to protect themselves?  A lot of your neighbors have cameras (they want to make sure the lady in the house across the street doesn't come on their property).  I know you realize that the lady across the street does not need this from you.  What kind of person are you?   I feel so sorry for you.  I never see any cars parked at your house (well that is unless you’re away and then you have quit the party house).  You are jealous because the lady across the street has friends and family around her constantly. She is not a lonely old lady like you've become.  Also, for the record, if the young lady hits you when she "runs the stop sign" you shouldn't be worried about how our cop friends are going to write up the report; you should be worried that your karma caught up with you and nobody will be around to help you. We all wonder who will be there when we need them. I feel very sorry for you being all alone.  Make peace with yourself and your neighbors. You never know who you may need one day. If you would like, I could park on that pretty grass out front of your house so it looks like you have friends.

YES, Flip Flop Bob is going to sing "Just Like a Women" by Bob Dylan with the help of one of the Dogs' Boomer. Not! We all know FFB can't sing, but he does make a half-ass Master of Ceremony. Rock on!

Turd Critters would be a great name for a Key's band. They probably wouldn't play any Buffet music.

An Englishman uses that English wit and command of the language to describe Islam. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=418_1176494781

If it rains Saturday morning, please push up our Eden Pines Kayak Canal Clean-Up one hour after the rain stops.  We can tidy up the canals for two hours and then meet at the little piece of land by the canal entrance and that great, permanent, orange cone marker for snacks and "trash talk."  Don't forget to have a life vest on-board, water, plenty of trash bags, a bungee cord, pick-up stick and some gloves.  Large items which require special attention should be reported and not attempted to remove.  Let's have some fun and make our community an even better place to live.  Check our web site for contact numbers.  Thank you kindly.  www.EdenPinesOwners.com

[Need to control women] It sounds like you have a problem with your wife/girlfriend, pal. Why don't you go join your Taliban friends over in the third world where those kinds of views are appreciated? This country moved past that type of twisted thinking some time ago.

Does anyone have any memories or sources of information about the history of Port Pine Heights , especially about  how and when it was developed.  I'm very interested in hearing about personal memories about the area prior to and during its development.  I'm trying to put together a history of the north end of BPK, and I'm anxious to communicate with anyone with info. (Ed: If the writer would collect and organize the info and stories we'll add them to our History Pages for all sot see.)

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all.
He gave us eyes to see them
And lips, that we might tell
How great is God Almighty
Who has done all things well!

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Wednesday June 20, 2007

[property tax reform] Keep your homestead exemption. It's not worth giving it up.

At 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 20th there will be a public hearing on a re-zoning request. This re-zoning is for a parcel of land on Little Torch Key. This is now the site of Lucky's Landing Mobile Home Park.  The owner/developer is requesting a zoning change from URM TO UR. This would allow for Large vacation rental condominiums to be built in the predominantly single family home area of the Lower Keys. If you are opposed to this kind of development, plan to attend the BOCC meeting Wed. afternoon at the Marathon Gov. Center.

Sheriff Rick Roth is just as much a victim of Tom Willi as the rest of us.  Because of Willi's poor management, Roth had to cut the School Resource Officers, several Road Patrol positions, and numerous other expenses within his department that aided in serving this community.  Now, this community isn't getting the service it needs and deserves because of it.  If you familiarize yourself with the county structure, you'll see it isn't up to the Sheriff to pursue Willi's fumbles.  It's up to you, the taxpayers, to get off your asses and demand Willi be fired.  Ranting about it on this web-site does you no good. 

[The Stray Dogs Rock Picnic Island] The last time they played Picnic Is they called it Wetstock.

If KW can get rid of their city manager why can’t the County? Down with crummy managers!

If anyone out there uses Microsoft Outlook 2003 could you tell me how to remove the envelope icons from my taskbar when I open a lot of emails? My taskbar tray fills with icons of an envelope, not allowing me to see the regular programs I have already opened. I have to scroll in my taskbar to get to those programs and it is a pain. It just started doing that a few days ago. I can’t seem to find the option to rid myself of that plague.

The United States is now actually arming the Sunni insurgents in Iraq who were fighting us. In exchange, they have given their word they will only fight al-Qaeda. It's a plan so crazy, it just might be crazy!

[How did peasants bury their dead in winter]. Yes, indeed, grave digging in the winter was a chore, and pick and shovel had to be employed. The frozen ground was only about 18" in a normal winter further north it maybe more. If it was a real hard winter, they’d build a fire on the gravesite. By daylight it was easy to dig. Now days, they use a backhoe.

I just came back from shopping in Key West and was amazed how nice it can be without all the Snowbirds and crowds. Of course that will go as soon as all the condos are built.  AHRRrrraahhha!

Why do the local musicians around here dislike Jimmy Buffet so much?Most of them even refuse to play a song by him.  What’s up with that?

I understand there is a web site for intellectuals somewhere in the Keys. Damn if I can find it!

I never knew that there is an Eden Pines Property Owners' Assn!  I'll be joining.

[Cop cars parked on Coconut Palm daily] I don't know the answer to your question, but if you drive by slowly you will see a half dozen cameras pointed at the house across the street. Guess they go over to watch videos. 

Who ever was ranting about Sheriff Roth arresting Tom Willi, you have it wrong. The State attorney is the entity to contact. The Sheriff’s office responds to their directives.

I thought you might like an update on how the intrepid cat trappers of the Fish & Wildlife Service are doing at taxpayer expense. The first weekend's trapping results were 4 raccoons, 3 opossums, and one tortoise.  How many cats did they catch?  Zero!  That's right, not a single cat was trapped in the project FWS says will solve a "serious predator problem".

My Roof was on my house after Wilma.  Power was out, but the generator sure kept our whole house with power until it came back on a week later.

[global warming, taxation, drought, etc]  There’s a hysterical kafuffle about global warming. Some say it’s man caused, some say it’s natural change, some say we can stop it, some say “can’t be done”.  It looks like a rapid rise in the CO2 in the atmosphere began in the mid 1700s.  Some blame this CO2 rise as being the “cause” of global warming.  They argue that human’s use of carbon fuels will cause the demise of our specie.  Let’s look at a different view.  The mid 1700s saw the beginning of an incredible rise in the human population of the earth.  When the population stats are graphed the rise is virtually vertical.  Birth rates soared, infant death dramatically declined, diseases were conquered, and human longevity roared ahead.  The population of virtually every nation ran off the charts.  Folks, we are up to our hips in us.  Maybe, just maybe, the reason that the CO2 has spiked is that there are just too many humans exhaling CO2.

So what?  Well, we’ve got too little petroleum,  too little water, not enough room in our cities, too many cars, not enough green space, not enough food to feed the world, etc. etc. In short, we’ve got too many “not enough’s” and too many “too much’s”.  Our specie seems to have a genetic need to expand, to burgeon.  We have made growth and development sacred concepts.  Growth and development are an absolute cornerstone of our economy.  As we grow our rate of growth explodes.  It’s called geometric progression.

Developers rule!

I don’t think it can be cured, but I do think it can be slowed.  A start would be to stop federal tax breaks for parents of more than one child.  I believe that existing families should be exempt, but only newly born first born children should trigger any tax breaks.  If you choose to have more children, you’re on your own, no tax breaks.  Couples who elect not to have children should receive tax relief.  Local and state governments should enact and enforce growth laws that would inventory existing residential units, water supplies, utility services, and infrastructure in each community.  The new laws should prohibit addition of any new residential units beyond existing carrying capacity.  Cap population and pollution is capped.  Cap population and fossil fuel use is capped.

To quote Pogo “I have seen the enemy and it is us”.

[To the folks looking for various animal feed] Why don't you try the pet shop in the W/D plaza.  They have ordered everything I need. No reason to hike it up to the mainland.  As they say, shop local!

It was with great dread that I turned off US 1 today onto Key Deer because I was not looking forward to seeing the two dead kitties that were in the road by the entrance to Winn Dixie in the early AM when I went to work.  I would like to thank whomever, for the unenviable job of cleaning up the carcasses.  Had they still been there I was going to rip a new one for the feds who are so eager to catch and kill.  I guess their jobs were made a little easier.

The flea market is open all year. We are open every Saturday and Sunday from 8 am until 2 pm. The produce guy was still there this week and will probably be there most of June. Many local vendors do stay open year around.

Who can say there is something inherently wrong with being homeless? Was not Jesus homeless, for example? And his disciples? Who can say God does not send homeless people into the Keys, and all the way down to Key West, because that is the best place for them to be, because they are not at risk to freezing to death in the winter? Who is to say, but for the grace of God, anyone could not end up being homeless, including Jimmy Weekly and Mayor Morgan McPherson? Including any straight or gay resident of Key West, without any warning whatsoever? It happened to me, a Vanderbilt University graduate, with a J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law, and a L.L.M. Tax Law degree from the same law school. It can happen to anybody… www.goodmorningkeywest.com

Whenever the US pulls out of Iraq, it will be a sad day for the US if the immigration policy has not changed. Right now those suckers are praying for that five times a day. And everyone of them that even shined a GI's boots will want to come to the land of the big PX and get free everything. There will be little Baghdads all over the US like there are little Saigons now. There will be more carpet shops than a mule can crap. The Pakistanis will move on to something better and turn the 7-11's over to Iraqis. The Nigerian and sheiks will turn their cabs over to Iraqis and there will be a Mosque in your neighborhood that will become a podium to spread hate against the infidel Americans.

The current immigration bill that is in congress right now, if it passes, and the democrats want it to, will be a windfall for the illegals. It will be equal to amnesty that will encourage more to come. The Hispanics are already rubbing their palms together, how they will take back California, Arizona, and New Mexico without a shot being fired. This is no joke just look at these states’ governments. They are stuffed full of Hispanics. If Sarkozy of France can deport 3 million illegals, why can't the US? Time to activate 'Operation Wetback'!

As you get older there are a few important things to remember.  Never trust a fart, never pass up a bathroom and never waste a woody,  The most important of all is to remember to never, ever, take your sleeping pill and your laxative at the same time!

[79 The Hungarian] The bus ride to Gratz was beautiful. The seats were comfortable and you could lean back, and they were warm and comfortable. The only draw back was that we didn't see anything because it was dark outside. The ride was only ninety miles and it was over very fast. The buses pulled into a complex of buildings and stopped. We were told to get off the buses. As we got off I noticed that the buses were surrounded by a phalanx of soldiers in field grey uniforms blocking all other ways except to the entrance of this one building. I had the same feeling as Jews must have had on arrival to Auschwitz or Buchenwald; a kind of uneasiness on the inside. There was no reason for worry, a pillow, a blanket, and an army cot, waited for everyone inside. I don't remember any more from the rest of the evening because as soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep. The Hungarian 

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Tuesday June 19, 2007

I am pleased to announce that a version of the Moondogs will be playing on the 4th of July. We will call it The Stray Dogs Rock Picnic Island with some of the Keys’ finest rockers including Keyscat Kenny on bass along with John, Bob, and others. Chad Allen of Coconut Thunder will also be doing some tunes. It's going to be a blast! I want to remind all boaters to have their safety gear including flares, fire extinguishers and life jackets. I'm sure the Marine Patrol will be there to enjoy the show as well. Let's all have a safe and happy Fourth of July.

For dependability after a hurricane, definitely go with satellite.  Once the power goes out the cable is out, but if you have a generator you can have satellite.  After having both for many years I am sticking with the satellite.  The couple of minutes at a time that I might loose my signal during even the most violent storm is much better than the days at a time that the cable goes out when there is no power. 

p.s. To insure satellite after a hurricane have a spare dish or take it down for the storm itself. 

The large red mushroom with the white polka dots the Hungarian described yesterday (#77) was the Magic Mushroom of legend (amanita muscaria). There is no finer psycadelic drug in the world.

How do peasants bury their dead (see: I’m being influenced by Tales From the Old Country guy and the Old Country guy himself, The Hungarian) in the winter in the old days? Did they use a pick to dig through the three feet of frozen ground on their way to the required 6 feet?

[Cable vs Satellite] Our home is on a full service generator.  We lost cable along with electricity during the hurricanes two summers ago.  The electricity was restored after 2-3 days, but the cable took a week plus.  We have since switched to satellite.  We're not anxious to find out, but we'll keep you posted.

[Not ready for prime time] Lolita Bullock turned herself in to sheriff's deputies in Jacksonville, N.C. confessing to robbing a Bank of America a week earlier. She then immediately requested the "crimestoppers" reward money, which (since she was then under arrest) she asked be given to her friend who accompanied her.

Fook Hing Coffin Shop. I'm gonna fook hing miss her.

The property tax reform is just a way to get us to give up our Save Our Homes 3% protection. The politicians and liberal media have hated us having control over our property taxes. Sure you will save at first, but we all know that without the caps, in a couple of years, we will be paying more.

Thanks, but no thanks. I will keep my Save Our Homes amendment, but I will vote yes at the polls because it does cut 7billion dollars from the bloated, corrupt and spoiled school system.

[Bob Barker retires] It looks like Rosie O'Donnell is going to be taking over the Dyke is Right, oh excuse me I meant The Price is Right.

It looks like this property tax revamp is just another Republican method of screwing the little guy.  It reminds me of what Regan did to the IRA system before his first inauguration party was even over. He said it was going to make things better for us.  They are after that pesky 3% cap on any yearly property tax increase on homesteaded property--that being your house.

Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla. - Navy carrier-based, jet fighter aircraft will be conducting Field Landing Carrier Practice (FCLP), at NAS Key West Boca Chica Field on Wednesday and Thursday nights, June 20-21. Training will be conducted from sunset until 10 p.m.  Residents living in the vicinity of NAS Key West can expect increased flight activity and noise levels during the training. FCLP training provides Naval aviators realistic carrier landing practice at NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field prior to actual landing practice on at-sea aircraft carriers.  Naval aviators are required to land on aircraft carriers at night. If you require further information, call the Public Affairs Office at 293-2425 or 293-2027.

I just read Friday's Key West The Newspaper article on the firing of Julio Avael. Very informative. "Key West the Newspaper Journalism as a contact sport"

At an unbelievable price, I could become Rich!

What is better during a hurricane? It is better to leave and watch cable or satellite from a hotel room. OK a real answer: satellites are in space and do not get blown around by wind. Cable lines can snap when wind-blown trees fall on them. I have satellite and a generator and was watching TV during Wilma.

1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County (L.A. County has 10.2 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.

Why don't the Hungarian and the bands have their own websites?

[Moondogs] We have friends coming down for the 4th. Let us know what's happening. We'll take one Dog, or as many as you can get aboard.

(?)Looks like you and Becker have scared all the cool people off your site.  Its getting to look like a grandmother’s chit cat site. That's what you get when you censor information. That's what Hitler tried to do. I hope your still making beer money.

[When are we leaving Iraq?] We will never leave Iraq.

Charley-horses are caused by a lack of certain minerals in your system--potassium, I think. Broccoli and bananas are high in potassium. Also, taking quinine before bedtime helps, as does sleeping at the end of the bed with feet extended over the edge of the mattress.

Over 60% of homeless males and 35% of homeless females are veterans. Veterans have a suicide rate twice the rate of the general population. 15% of the homeless children are dependents of veterans. Veterans are responsible for 100% of your freedoms and way of life. If you have one tenth the courage of these brave men and women you will follow this link to find out why they deserve our thanks and prayers. Use your votes to keep those that put them in harm's way to keep them accountable! soldier

There is no cure for charley-horses. Since I can't do anything about ageing I'm going to drink more water.

Monroe County homeowners will not get much relief from high property taxes under the latest proposal supported by Ron Saunders.  Some homeowners may even have come out better in the long run by leaving things just the way they are now.  Saunders joined the democrats in blocking the proposal that would have eliminated our property taxes in exchange for a higher sales tax.

[Iraq] 3500 Dead, 28,000 Injured, = 31,500 and that’s about half of Monroe County. Were the lies really worth it if all the losses were felt at home?

Some Bikers from Sunday’s ABATE Poker Run

[Sheriff Rick Roth] You have been in that post now for more than a decade and for me it's very hard to believe that if you are as intelligent as you claim to be that you can't see what goes on in the Monroe County Government. Maybe you have sat at the round table too long and can't see the forest through the trees. Or does the gang of three have you on their payroll? Something is definitely wrong when a man like Tom Willi covers up one lie with another and everyone who should take notice doesn't, and the whole barrel with the rotten apples just keeps rotting. You should know that corruption is also a crime; or is it your practice to sweep that under the carpet? How is it possible that a county that is in the black and financially sound from one year to the next with no major projects being done be millions in the red? Somebody has been dipping into the till. How much did you get? If this is an insult to your integrity it is meant to be and I hope it really pisses you off. Sooner or later those crooks will take you down with them. --imba@vnet.hu

"charley horses" are caused by low potassium.

You won't have to worry about any cable or satellite service because there won't be any electricity. After a hurricane, there won't be any telephone poles for power, cable, or phone. I think I would be more worried about a roof on my house if I was you.

Nothing else needed to be said for our outstanding citizens in the Keys!

[To the people who live on Primrose Lane in Eden Pines with the basket ball stand] You are true scumbags for taking it over to Palm Ave and throwing it in the woods. All your lazy asses had to do was call waste management and they would of came and picked it up for free. You people who dump need to go to jail then probation and your punishment should have you work and live on the worst dump in the world. Then maybe you’ll learn to respect the earth. It is not a dumping ground. Maybe that’s how you live, you pigs.

Eden Pines is having a Kayak Canal Clean-Up this Saturday 9 -11. www.EdenPinesOwners.com

[78 The Hungarian] "Yes that is unusual, it's the first time I saw anything like that." I had to agree with dad on that. He went on, "Let's go boys.  Marie, we will have to make it to a town or a village before dark. Let's follow this track, see where it will lead us." We got going two by two,  me with dad and Steve with mom. The pace was a lot easier than before, but my feet were cold. My shoes were soaked through. The track was fairly straight, just the elevation had a tendency to change. Two men stepped out on the track seventy yards in front of us. The Hungarian 

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Tuesday June 19, 2007

Sunday June 17, 2007

A friend of mine that reads your site daily called me today and told me she saw a posting on your site with my name on it, Billy Holm. I’m not sure who posted it, but it wasn't me. I read your site a while back, but it seemed to have way too many pissed off and bitchy people on it and I have better ways to spend my time. My friend tells me that your site will usually post email address of people that go too far, but she hardly ever sees a name. I read what I was supposed to have said and thought it was pretty funny. I really don't care but someone else might. In the future you might want to be a little more careful. You never know who might contact the States Attorney. (Ed: I apologize for any angst on your part and I removed your name from that post. We really have no way to check the accuracy of submissions. The email address: InTheKeyz@aol.com  Was the poster who gave your name fraudulently. I’m sorry that there are so many assholes around.)

The outgoing general of Iraq was on CSPAN, appearing before some committee and never once mentioned “Iraq freedom”. Instead he referred to his mission “..to protect our interests (oil) in the area (Mideast).” I wonder why the news media didn’t pick up on his understanding of his mission over there compared to what President Bush says our mission is.

[Photo of the week] Shark Bite is, pardon the pun, the hands-down winner.

A snide poster yesterday implied that the real estate market was running Florida’s government. So what is wrong with the real estate market? It is a multi-billion dollar industry like commodities or the automotive market. Is the poster angry that another important industry has influence or is he just mad that he’s going to have to pay less property taxes?

If my dreams started dictating my life, like some crazy people, it would mean I should pursue a torrid relationship with Jessica Simpson in hopes that during sex, she would transmogrify into my 8th grade wood shop teacher. That's why I do what I choose to do, not what my nutty dreams suggest.

I have just read and signed the petition: "Save Man's Best Friend from the Dog Meat Trade - Say YES to House Bill 2991" Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join us in  signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/879609320

[The next ugly trend here in America?] One party active in the recent elections in India's Uttar Pradesh state represents the interests of "dead" people. Lal Bihari, 48, works on behalf of an estimated 40,000 living people who have been victims of relatives having declared them legally dead, usually in order to inherit their property, and once the government accepts such a declaration, the legal system in India is too slow, crowded and corrupt to bring that person back to "life." Bihari himself "officially" died in 1976, and despite several schemes (such as kidnapping a cousin in order to be arrested and thus proven to be living), he remained "dead" until his proof of life was accepted in 2004.

I have no connection with Key Deer Bar except I live in the neighborhood and would like to have somewhere near to go to for dancing and drinking, occasionally to eat. I see nothing wrong with the local bands blowing their own horn. Lord knows it is better than all that negativity about the Keys.

[Ukrainian lawnmower] A cross between a Caterpillar and a Dorkmobile

[Tales from the old country-my sister]  I remember when one of my sisters reached körblenik’, which loosely translates into “breeding age”. My father would brutally interview any of the village boys who wanted to take her out; he had a list of questions that would have embarrassed a perverted longshoreman. Now I need to mention that my sister wasn't a beauty queen; she was ugly as a termite-ridden post due to the rampant inbreeding problem in our country- she was short, fat, about 4 feet tall, had a bulbous, warty nose, stumpy legs, and thick black hair all over her body- But she was one of the few eligible women in town, so men from eight to eighty fought over her like she was the last woman on earth. It seemed that their dating criteria boiled down to what my Gramma Krevlik called dööka ka döinki, which literally means  “hole and a heartbeat.”  I have experienced a similar situation while living in your Florida Keys, but that is another story that may be addressed later. One incident in the old country that I vividly remember occurred during one of Papa’s probing interviews with a young lad from the nearby village of Alsónémedi. He asked the suitor, Pesco, what he would like to do with his daughter while on the date. Pesco, being not too bright but very straightforward answered, pukuslek' (hump) her. This so angered my father that he picked up Pesco by his hair, looked him right in the eye and screamed, “ If anyone does pukuslek' with my lovely daughter, it will be me. We never saw Pesco again. Rumor has it that he moved to America, settled down with a woman from West Virginia and has a thriving business as a personal injury attorney. They have many ugly children. Tales from the Old Country

I just got off the phone with Cingular/AT&T tech support and got the best laugh I have had all week.  It made me smile on a rainy Saturday.  I am having problems with my service.  He tried a few things to fix it but the problem is still happening.  I asked him about canceling my contract because of these problems and that I don't think I should pay a cancellation fee because of the problems and they are unable to fix them.  I reminded him that my contract says they guarantee that they will fix any service problems or release you from the contract at no penalty.  His exact answer was: "If you turn to the 5th page you will see it says we guarantee we will fix all service problems and if we cannot fix the problem we will amend your contract to say we could not fix the problem".  The real scary part is he was serious.

[new peacock neighbors]  Until you said two chicks were missing, too, I thought they may have relocated themselves.  I was amazed to find out they actually can fly quite a ways and get very high in trees.  I hope you find them soon.

Ed, on behalf of Big Pine Key and friends, please don't sell your domain name, unless you get a small fortune for it. Then we'll be pissed, but we'll understand.

We were fishing on Upper Sugarloaf on Saturday and saw a six foot crocodile deep in the mangroves. There's no question about it, as it sat contentedly for 8 hours while the high tide turned to low tide. Yes, we called FWC. No, we didn't hear back.

Speeding Cars: Must be on Key Deer Blvd. A lot of officers live on BPK.

Culinary teacher, Holly (Brozi) Bell got her job back. Awesome! It looks like Acevedo grew some balls after all--in a roundabout way. Even though he would never admit why she got fired in the first place, he made the right thing happen and that's what counts most. Kudos to Mr. Acevedo.

[Flag Day forgotten] Lets not forget to fly our flag on the 4th of July. This is a great country be proud of.

[Peacocks]  A friend had a few on his property, thankfully away from all other houses. They made loud, obnoxious calls. They are so annoying that if my next door neighbor had any, I would get rid of them when the owners left the property to go to work.

CNN and Money released the results of a study comparing spending for Mother's Day to spending for Father's Day. Spending for mother's was higher so of course the spin on the story was that people spend less on their fathers than their mothers. The desired result of the study was to get people to spend more for no reason at all.

If you think logically about the results of the study and put them into social perspective you may have a different opinion of the results. Perhaps the reason spending is out of whack for the two holidays is because we have so many single parent households (headed by women). So why spend money on the absent parent? Not! The intention of the study was to get you to spend more if you were going to buy something in the first place by making you feel you that weren't spending enough. Victory to retailers and Wall Street!

Our elections are swayed the same way because the same ad agencies make their ads too. Wake  up America, you are sheep being lead to social slaughter.

Lost Cargo will be open Monday ready to rock! We had a great much needed vacation and Chuck brought back lots knives from the blade show. For my DVD customers we brought back over 250 DVDs. We got some real good ones.  $8.95 each or 3 for $20.

I hooked up with my produce guy this morning and got several cases of Tomatoes, sweet bi-color corn, strawberries, cantaloupe, mangos, oranges, Ga. peaches, potatoes, peppers, onions and more.  I can't wait to see everybody. I really did miss ya'll and it was so great to get back to paradise!

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This is real. Scott, Sea Base Mate made the wrong move handling this shark. He was lucky that it was a small lemon shark. He required a trip to the E.R. and is now telling shark attack stories. Just another day at the office.

[pet food]  I too, miss Coconut Farm for pet food.  You may be able to get what you need from Blossoms grocery store in Key West. It's located at 408 White Street (near Eaton).  I purchased scratch corn in a fifty pound bag there. It beats driving to Homestead.

The one true thing that we all have in common down here, that nobody can dispute, is that we are all going to be really old someday.  Building a really nice assisted living facility at the Truman waterfront is truly a really good idea.

I went to see Injade yesterday after seeing the Key Deer Bar ad here and someone’s comment that they had improved. I’ve never seen them before and I was impressed. I was especially impressed with the harmonies that the girl singer and guitar player made. I think those particular songs might have been originals because I’ve never heard them before. They were the best things they did in the set I heard.  I can only repeat what great harmonies those two had. The woman has the best voice I’ve heard in a long while. It was so controlled and pure. No gimmicks at all. The guitar player sure can play that thing too.

Just a reminder to ride safely and have a blast tomorrow, Sunday on the Biker Down Poker Run. Bulletin Board

I am really starting to wonder if our Editor doesn't either have a financial interest in Key Deer Bar or play with 40 Foot Sharpie and Injade.  All three seem to get a lot of free advertising on this page and Key Deer is always defended if someone dares to say anything bad about it.  The band schedule or menu is never mentioned at Tiki Bar, Rob's, Boondocks or any place else.

I haven't been to Key Deer in years but am going to have to go back and give it a try with the new management.  I went in a few times several years back and was disgusted by the staff, food, clients and atmosphere, but I have heard from people (other than our Editor) that the new crew has really turned it around.  I really liked it back in the days when Cynthia owned it.  She and Jerry are great people.

The Clinton administration may have ushered 9/11 with their deceptive foreign policy when they pretended to be friends of Islam in the horn of Africa, the Tran caucus, the Mideast and the Balkans.  Their clergy had a hard time preaching against the Great Satan given the Good Samaritan deeds infidels were delivering to their brethren.  The problem is, policy hasn't changed and President Bush still thinks he can tame radical Islam by showing that he can fraternize with secular Muslims in Albania and elsewhere.  He, as well as President Clinton, will not likely attain any legacy via such deceptive tactics.  The Muslim world invented the shell game and are fully suspicious of our every move.  So why are we trying to BS a BS-er?  It not only puts us in a bad light, but seeks vindication in their theology, aka politics, etc.  I certainly hope I am wrong but I see no other rational explanation for such shenanigans.  I thought we were above it.  Sad. 

[Feed Store]  Thank you to the people who wrote in to respond about where to get feed now that Coconut Farm is closed.  I did call the OK Feed Store as mentioned on this site.  They were very helpful, and told me that they do in fact make deliveries to 2 places in Stock Island (The Rusty Anchor, and the other place I cannot remember).  She also told me that they will deliver to you if you are north of MM30 and you have a minimum order of $150.  They deliver every other Thursday to the Keys, and their delivery charge is 5% of your order.  Not a bad deal with the price of gas these days.  They are not limited to just feed, but essentially have pretty stock tons of things that any typical feed store would carry.  Their phone is (305) 246-3333.  Thanks again to those who wrote with the info.  I am going to get my stuff from them. 

There isn't a prosecutor or police agency anywhere that would entertain the idea of charging someone based on what was said on this web-site.  If the person to whom the threat was made really feels threatened and wants to file a police report, go ahead.  But to investigate a comment without the so-called victim filing a report is a waste of everyone's time.  You can't investigate a harassment charge without a victim who wants to press charges.   And frankly, I don't think anyone cares.  Everyone knows that the internet is not policed.  Therefore, everyone's a tough guy.  Besides, the duck killer probably has no idea people are even talking about him.

[Quote of the day] I think it says it all, "Ask the American Indians what happens when you don't control immigration."

[Property tax reform passed]  If you are recently homesteaded, it could mean a reduction in your property tax.  But if you are long time homesteaded it most likely means no reduction.  Here is a link from the St Pete Times: TaxBill check it out.

Anyone got any new peacock neighbors?  A mature female (Juliet) with two chicks (aprox 1’ high) and an immature male (Junior) (with a vibrant blue neck but no elaborate tail feathers – yet) disappeared from my property last weekend.  I have searched the entire neighborhood and they are gone.  I would love to find out who took them and charge them with theft, but more importantly I want the birds back. The two which are left, (Romeo) a mature male - is missing his mate, and the immature female (Phoebe) is crying out for her flock constantly, both are distressed at their absence.  So if anyone has any new peacock neighbors, or information about these specific four peacocks please leave a message at 289-7702.  I will make arrangements to have them returned.  If who ever took them returns them immediately - and in good health I will consider it no harm, no foul (pun intended) and let the pursuit of theft charges go. However, if I have to continue searching to find out who took them I will absolutely press charges.  And I will continue until they are returned.  

For excellent canvas work, both huge and small jobs, at realistic prices, call Canvas by Andrea at 305-923-1200 she is located in Marathon.  This lady knows her stuff and is more than fair in her prices.  

So, maybe not all male ballet dancers are gay. Video

What we need is a little more band self-promotion. Perhaps a dedicated website.

[speeding cars] If you tailgate me I'll jam my brakes. I don't give a damn if you’re a cop or not; if you run into me my lawyer will also jam your ass. You can post my email, hell, I'll even put my name here: (Ed: Phony name was given)

What's with this guy disliking NASCAR—that’s un-American and the person hunting the duck killer should be sent after him to be drawn and quartered with a dull fillet knife. His quarters should be on display in front of the Key Deer Bar. I love NASCAR, so there!

[Property tax reform passed in Florida. This might help the lagging real estate market] Now you know who is running your state government!

I'm so happy that the Palestinians are murdering each other by the bunch. They are the ones who started this age of terrorism. I will never forgive them for dancing in the street after 9/11. I'm all for sending them more ammo so they don't run out before all of them are dead. Maybe with the efforts of the Lebanese army and Israel what will remain can be driven into the Mediterranean.

Europeans will never learn, Germany is planning to have an official nation wide Moslem Holliday in hopes of averting terrorism within their borders. Appeasement is a European sickness. After practicing it for neatly a century, they still haven't learn that it doesn't work.

[Small Black bird] The bird I saw didn’t have red wings. It looked like a very small crow-type bird. Is there another bird it could be? Do Red winged black birds always have the identifying wings? Are they born with the red or does it appear with maturity?

I would like to purchase your domain bigpinekey.com (domain name only, not any site or content). If you are interested in selling please provide an asking price or we can submit an offer if you prefer.

The Florida Keys Council of the Arts will host a cocktail reception in honor of Monica Haskell President & Executive Director.  A farewell acknowledging ten years of service to the arts community and a “fair winds” celebration as she embarks on new adventures.  Wednesday, June 20th  6-9 p.m.   Bulletin Board

I must have missed it, but why did Coconut feed store and nursery close?

This should put it all in perspective. http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf

I would like to wish Flip Flop Bob a very happy Father's day weekend!  I love you daddy!

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President Bush is moving from Crawford Texas to the Balkans. They are the only people on the planet that like him.

Your black bird was probably a "red-winged blackbird". Both male and female sing, with the song, "Conk-ka-reeee".

I’m glad they are getting more rock and less country at the Key Deer Bar. Now if only they could get rid of that NASCAR crap.

“People kill for love, hate fear or rage.” Said Sidney Greenstreet in 1948’s The Velvet Touch.

Property tax reform passed in Florida. Which means that we’ll get a big reduction in our property taxes. This might help the lagging real estate market as the price of owning a home will be less. (Foreclosures are increasing)

Is big oil colluding on price? How come all the gas stations go up in price at the same time all over the country when the price of a barrel of oil remains the same?

I hate hearing Tavernier advertisements and fishing reports and Jimmy Buffet. I hate Clear Channel Radio. The new programming sucks. The only good thing about it is I don’t have to hear them play Hendrix’s Purple Haze every hour as they did on WAIL.

Someone was asking where they could get a new cloth top made for their boat. In Tavernier, on the Bayside there is a shop about 1/4-1/2 mile south of the Tavernier Creek Marina, almost across from Coral Shores H.S.

[Democrats always back down] Tell that to the citizens of Nagasaki and to the Russians during the Cuban Missile crisis. Can you say "When they do speak there’s no BS?" Democrats may not do well with a dog and pony show, but don’t piss them off. You can also ask Milosevic in Kosovo. His ethnic cleansing plan was put to an abrupt halt by the last Democrat in office.

No A/C?

[Tales from the Old Country] I need a new "Tales" fix. Hurry, I feel very humor deprived and this site has become much too serious.

The OK Feed store delivers to the Keys.  They’ve been around for many years.  I see their delivery truck on the highway every once in awhile. My most recent sighting was yesterday on Stock Island. I believe that is the feed store in Homestead on Krome Ave. that a recent poster referred to.  

[small black bird] It was probably a red-winged black bird.

After that wild night with a Key West Czech hooker, I needed a case of Bag Balm and a variety of shots.

A mother of two in a suburb of Chicago doesn't have to turn on the news for an update on NASA's space mission. She just flips on her baby monitor. Since Sunday, Natalie Meilinger's baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis.  "Whoever has a baby monitor knows what you'll usually see," said the elementary school science teacher. "No one would ever expect this."  Live video of the mission is available on NASA's Web site, so it's possible the monitor is picking up a signal from somewhere.  "It's not coming straight from the shuttle," NASA spokeswoman Brandi Dean said. "People here think this is very interesting and you don't hear of it often - if at all."  Meilinger silenced disbelieving co-workers by bringing in a video of the monitor to show her class on Tuesday, her students' last day of school. At home, 3-month-old Jack and 2-year-old Rachel don't quite understand what their parents are watching.  "I've been addicted to it and keep waiting to see what's next," Meilinger said.

Tonight, Friday night Injade will be rockin' The Key Deer Bar and Grille. Come on out and have fun with us. We'd love to see you, and party with you!

To those posters that are thanking the truck driver for running over the iguana:  you are sick individuals.  Anyone that deliberately runs over an animal, of any kind, or thinks it's okay to do so, have major psychological problems.  I truly hope that I don't know you or ever meet you.  You are on the same low level as the a'holes that killed the alligator and birds in the Blue Hole last year.

[Are you still hoping to be safe?] The picture below was taken from the third story balcony of Saint Stanislaus College located next door to Our Lady of the Gulf church in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi on the morning of August 29th, 2005. This is believed to be the initial tidal wave of Hurricane Katrina. The wave was approximately 35 to 40 feet high when it slammed into the beachfront communities of Bay Saint Louis and Waveland.  It completely destroyed 99% of every structure along the beach for 9 miles, and more than a mile inland. But the destruction only started there. The flooding which continued inland destroyed all but 35 homes in these two communities of approximately 14,000 people. It almost looks like a mountain. The force behind it would have the same impact of one.

[duck Threats] I agree that the threat posted was probably just hot air, some creep trying to scare the driver.  I disagree with the “no victim” theory.  No victim needs to be identified. Simply publishing the threat completes the crime.  In any event the threat target was identified.  The poster identified the target’s actions, and his home.  It’s crystal clear that the threat poster has one single individual in mind.  That’s plenty of I.D. The local constabulary should investigate so as to identify the threat poster; a prosecution may not be warranted.  To fail to investigate is to gamble that the posting is bull-hockey.  Think about it, are you willing to gamble with someone else’s life?

Injade and 40 Foot Sharpie have both gotten a lot better since their inception. Some bands grow, some stay the same, and some get boring. These two are definitely growth bands.

Bob and Dixie are pulling out for the summer, and we already miss our Keys! We will be seeing other beautiful parts of this great country we live in, but the Keys are still the best!  We hope you each have a good summer here; one that boasts no hurricane damages!  We will especially miss our daughter, Kristi Lee, and our church, the Vineyard.  Take care and God bless!   Photo Gallery               

[support group in Key West for sex addicts.]  Yes there was, but they are tearing it down for condos. It used to be called Atlantic Shores.

One could wear this tee shirt to our nearby Wal-Mart on Saturdays when the store is 99% far eastern in origin (India, Pakistan, Korea, China, Japanese, etc.), or, one could wear it to this same store on Sundays when the store is 99% Hispanic in origin, but, unfortunately,  only a handful of those in the store on Sundays would be able to read it. (Note the t-shirt was made in Pakistan from India cotton.)

WEOW 92.7FM is changing their format to appeal to older listeners. That was the only place I could hear new music.

As with many funerals, it was a cloudy, rainy day. The deceased was a little old lady who had devoted her entire married life to fussing at her poor husband. When the graveside service had no more than terminated, there was a tremendous burst of thunder accompanied by a distant lightning bolt and more rumbling thunder. The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's there."

[74 The Hungarian]  The bridgehead was lousy with soldiers, Mongol ones. Two T-55 tanks were blocking the bridge and the soldiers were milling around. It took me a while to figure it out. A group of Mongols would line up off to one side of the bridge with the Danube in the background for a posed picture with the front row kneeling and the back row standing, with all their guns of course. The Mongol who got to be in the middle always held a sign painted on poster board and I could only make it out when we got closer. It said The Suez Canal. If these assholes thought that the Danube was the River Nile then they must have thought that St.Gellért mount was a pyramid. I don't think these Mongols had ever been in a city. After the picture was taken, another group would take their place. The Hungarian

Sign the petition now for tax reform, don’t let them lie to us again!  http://www.propertytaxreformnow.com/

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At high tide late yesterday afternoon I was anchored close to the island nearest to Little Palm Island, I call Pecker Key (because of its shape) in the Picnic Island archipelago. That's the one with all the hurricane damage.

There were the strangest collection of land and sea birds on the same mangrove trees. There were Man-o-wars, Morning Doves, Cormorants, White Crown Pigeons, Ibis, Cattle Egrets and those little brown tweedy birds. I’d never seen anything like that before. There are so many strange thing in nature lately that is bears note.

I changed my mind on the proposed immigration bill. I am now against it because of a statement made on CSPAN yesterday. The guy said, “Suppose we let 11-22 million Americans stop paying taxes. What would happen to our country?”  That made me realize the enormity of the drain on our country that these aliens cause.

We need a worker ID card that can be verified by a thumbprint reader on any employer’s computer. The print with display a photo of the cardholder. If it doesn't match his applicant, he can't hire them. Any employer who hires an illegal worker would be severely fined for failing to verify the worker’s ID. We have similar laws on our books now, but employers knowingly accept phony green cards because there is no simple verification system in place. These guest workers must leave the USA every four years. )I haven't figured out what to do about the aliens who've been her illegally for many years and have raised American children, but don't pay taxes.)

That's the way we get the taxes that they are screwing us out of. Imagine if we had 11-22 million more taxpayers who had to leave after four years? I’ll bet that added revenue would fix our social security system and maybe buy me a sewer.

How to tell when the OSHA inspector is on the take.

Some speculate President Bush will pardon Scooter Libby before he serves jail time, while others know he will.

Kudos to the truck getting the Iguana. How much is it costing this broke county to trap the cats that we take care of? If we keep the Lousy Lizards under control, then the county won't have to step in and screw it up.

In most states it is illegal to feed wildlife anything because most people feed animals the wrong stuff. Of course feeding the "wildlife" in Key West is OK as long as it opens their wallets.

Gulianni and Thompson are neck and neck with republican voters. I don’t like Fred Thompson. He seems too strict.

[Everybody bashing the Republicans] Look around, the Keys are Democratic. And look what we have, a great County government.

[light-weight camera on cat’s collar] Can I get one for my wife?

[Deer Abby-cookies] It would be rude to tell her not to send them. The better idea would be to give her my address and have a couple of dozen sent my way.

Any Republican who is for gun control above and beyond what we already have on the books now is worse than any Democrat.  Thanks for nothing, Rudy.  So far the candidates who have thrown their hat into the ring are weak, or worse, on their votes for our freedoms.

[Deer Abby] Deer Cookies, Tell her how much all your friends and neighbors loved her goodies.  Then start sharing. Don't be greedy.  It's nice to share.

I can promise you these law enforcement cars as referenced do not reside at the address where they are seen on a daily basis.  The point being made was that to get to Coconut Palm they must be coming off Key Deer, and hopefully, are patrolling as they take their daily visit to that location.

Does anyone know where I can purchase the little green tins of Bag Balm?  It's udderly wonderful for my tired dogs.

Can someone please call Michael Jackson and ask him to sodomize a small boy or see if maybe we can dig up Anna Nicole Smith.  We need a new topic and let the realtor subject die.  This is getting very old.  Between realtors and this Hungarian character I don't know which I'm sicker of.

It has been 12 years since I last visited the Philly area, and as excited as I was to see old haunts, I was rudely brought into reality in the first hour of my visit. Philly has America's top spot for filth and over population. Everything is dirty: the streets, the air, the water and especially the people. Nothing is sacred there. Everything is down to the base cultural existence of a profiteering slum city. I cried flying back into Key West, seeing the beauty we have and knowing it won't last for long either. Our days are numbered here by greed and profit mongers; the same disease that finally killed Philly. Enjoy the Keys while you can.

I would like to comment on the Dr. Grider situation. I have been there a few times when my regular Doctor, whom I truly trust completely, was out of town or on vacation. The first time I went, I saw his nurse- practitioner, who had a medical student from the University of Miami check me out, only to look back at the nurse-practitioner and say she didn’t know what the diagnosis should be. They gave me some prescriptions for antibiotics and I paid $60 for that. I’m glad that it wasn’t a life or death situation. The last time I was in the office was on a Thursday with a work related injury and in pain. I was told by the rude woman at the desk that they were unable to help me because they were done for the day. That was at 10 am. I thought the sign out front says “urgent care” in big letters. I only have one thing to say about that, “I’m glad that we have great doctors and their staff in our community.”  Not!  --pinofmonroeco@bellsouth.net

I can not believe the simple minds that are in the world. The Sopranos ended just as anybody who has watched for 8 yrs would have expected with life going on.  For “T”, he will always come out on top, but always looking over his shoulder. That was the ending. Folks, now do you get it?

[House flippers]  Ha, ha, ha.  Enjoying your real estate investments?  Maybe an ice cold Budweiser will make it all better.  Anheuser Busch Companies Inc would have been a better place to dump your cash.  Next time you get a windfall try consumer staples and discretionary, energy, financial, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, telecomm services, utilities, equity funds, taxable, municipal and corporate bonds.  Cheers to the stock market and my fabulous money manager! 

Leave Paris alone. God has set her free and it only took her four or five days to find him. (Webmaster: login [case sensitive] The first time will take you to User Profile after that you'll go directly to the Dashboard > Write > Save. Until I can find another way to do it, I have to approve your post. We're working on that problem. Don't you just hate it?)

KW is going to annex Christmas Tree Island and get about four hundred thousand dollars a year in new taxes from the annexation. That has been the city’s excuse for allowing all mega development. That’s one of the reasons KW sucks--money over quality. Leave the island pristine.

It has been my experience that people who think South Park is vulgar and stupid love American Idol and NASCAR. Now, that is a sign of true intelligence. To quote an old sage "The right ones will get it."

[Judge Ruth Becker] She did fine by me in my divorce and I'm a guy.

There are 882 web sites for "Stupidity Test" in a Google Search:  God save the planet!