Halloween Saturday, October 31, 2009

(eD:  No edIT SatuRDAY!!!!!!......b-cuz u assd 4 iT!!!!!!!!!

Parrotdise Waterfront Bar & Grille, your favorite beachfront open air and indoor dinning experience in the Lower Keys, will be closed today, Saturday Oct. 31 for the Fantasy Fest Street Fair and Fantasy Fest Parade. The Big Pecker Wine float is #40 and will be full of “Hot Vixens and Vampires".

Parrotdise Waterfront Bar & Grille re-opens on Sunday Nov1st to the Official Big Pecker Wine Tasting Party all day starting at 11am. Stop by on your way back home for a free taste of Big Pecker Wines, especially the new “bloody red” Cabernet Sauvignon!

Just read the article in the Key West Citizen (10-30-09) /Hickory// House draws only 1 bid/. This article brings back memories of the auto executives who helped drive their companies off the cliff, and then our government flooded them with taxpayer’s money to get them back from the brink. What about the mortgages that could not be paid back? Our government is handing out blank checks from the American taxpayer to save their homes.

What has happened to being held responsible for your choices and actions? Has being responsible and accountable for our actions left us?

Where have they gone? As a parent, my children were taught there are consequences for your actions .you make a choice there will be a reaction for that choice. While I was growing up if you borrowed money for a car, but do not pay the loan, what happened to the car? If you acquired a mortgage for your home and defaulted, what happened to your home? If you did not run a business productively what happened to your business?

Who was held accountable or responsible for their votes on the Hickory House fiasco? (*/You, me and every taxpayer in Monroe County)./* Who paid the hard earned dollars of */$3.1 Million Dollars/* for this property plus all the other charges that have been applied to this purchase?, Who is paying the difference now with increased taxes for the loss of taxes from this property? What are you doing without now, to pay for the increased taxes?

Did the Commissioners who voted for this purchase know what they did was wrong? Did they care? Were these Commissioner’s held personally responsible, or accountable for their actions? *_No! _*

*We* are being held personally responsible, accountable and paying the bill!

How can these former and present Commissioners now face you out in the public without holding their heads down in shame for what their vote did to you as a taxpayer? How can one former Commissioner ask for a payment plan or option to pay taxpayer’s back for collecting unemployment instead of being responsible and paying the full amount back? How could this Commissioner even apply for unemployment in the first place? How can a former school employee allow taxpayers to pay their attorney fees after being accused (/alleged/) of stealing money from our children?

Do you solve the problems by feeding it and allowing it to continue without consequences? When will citizens of Monroe County stand up and require answers, or require accountability from ourselves and from our elected officials? Are you tired of being the pocketbooks for all of these actions without accountability and consequences? Speaking of bringing back memories of Bernie Madoff; (/he is paying the consequences now)./

The commissioners are the ones who get hung.]  If the commissioners were doing their job properly and ethically, they wouldn't get hung. Commissioners and their staff need to establish a protocol system.  If a resident calls with a complaint about a county service that is not urgent, the commissioner or his/her staff should ask the resident if they've taken their beef to the department that provides the service, if they haven't, give them the department's phone number and the name of the director or the deputy, that's where residents should start.  What currently happens is that the commissioners get a call and immediately intervenes without investigating the nature or validity of the complaint.  The commissioner or his/her staff immediately calls county staff and turn a routine complaint into an emergency, panic mode complaint.

Most Monroe County employees do their job and they do it reasonably well considering their modest salaries, but they are trained that if a commissioner or his/her staff calls you drop everything and take care of their concern(s).  Sadly, 90% of the calls could have been easily taken care of if the person would had called the department directly.    

Yes, commissioners must be responsive to us taxpayers but they must also respect their employees.  Remember, if you disrespect an employee, that's probably the worse negative publicity you can have.  Why?  Because employees are considered "insiders" by most voters, and that adds credibility to anything they say.  So, if you like being a commissioner by all means brown-nose us taxpayers, champion Higgs Beach, Trauma Star, dog parks, health care, no-bid contracts, the pot holes, the Hickory House, but be fair and respectful in your treatment of county employees.

Another issue that will get commissioners hung in the near future is allowing the hiring of family and friends not qualified for the job they're being hired for (example: the administrator).  Taxpayers will understand the hiring of a qualified relative or friend, but they do not understand the hiring if the person is not qualified to do the job. 

News Bulletin:  Final Official Fantasy Fest Event at Parrotdise Waterfront Bar & Grille, tomorrow Sunday, Nov 1st starts at 11am. Official Big Pecker Wine Tasting with Live Music by David Hope starting at 3pm. Stop in for the Best Waterfront View, Food & Drinks in the Keys and get your picture taken with the  Biggest Bottle of Big Pecker Wine … Ever!

O.K., who do we believe? Are we supposed to believe those experts who say that the earth is ready to perish in a blaze of heat, or do we believe those other experts who say that the earth is actually cooling? One expert wrote part of a book titled Global Ecology: Readings Toward a Rational Strategy for Man. In that book he said that man caused pollution was causing a serious drop in global temps. He expressed a worry that we might be on the verge of a new ice age. That expert was John Holdren who is now Mr. Obama’s  Science Czar. He wrote that in 1971 after having personally examined and interpreted the evidence. Today, after the same process of examining the same data. Mr Holdren has come the exact opposite conclusion. Indeed, he has prospered with his change of mind, for he was one of the major movers of the Gore “Inconvenient Truth” propaganda film. We’re warned that  “A major climatic change would force economic and social adjustments on a worldwide scale,” warns a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, “because the global patterns of food production and population that have evolved are implicitly dependent on the climate of the present century.”  At least that is what were warned of by- Newsweek - April 28, 1975 “The Cooling World”. This Global Warming hype is pure bunk specifically set up to diminish the role of America in global affairs.

STS-129 Mission Timeline what is scheduled to happen each day of the next shuttle mission.

Germs On a Plane: Flying With the Flu - US News and World Report

It’s just now coming to light that 9 historically black universities are set to receive $9 Million of stimulus money to fund nuclear training programs. Only one of the universities now has an existing nuclear training program. It’s a pork spending program with the money going to S. Carolina and Georgia. U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the Columbia Democrat who serves as majority whip in the House of Representatives, pushed for the HBCUs to get the funding. One wonders why only HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) were selected. There is no mention of any such funding for any historically white university in either of those states. Are there no HWCU's in either state? Are there no CBHCU's (Color Blind Colleges and Universities) in either state? The White House says that there are 6 HBCU's in S.C. and 3 public HBCU's in GA. Didn't Mr. Obama promise us post racial governance? One must also wonder why an earmark spending package is a part of the stimulus package.

i'm in on a commune if they have pot luck dinners and uninhibited indescriminate sex!  aaaahhhhmmmmm!!!!!

Friday afternoon document dump

White House Releases Visitors List...Ayers, Wright, Soros, ACORN/SEIU and others

The White House has been barraged with requests to release the names of its visitors. Today they released the first 500 visits, all from the period of Jan 20-July 31.

Some of the Names you can find on the list are Bill Ayers 2x, George Soros 4x, Michael Moore 8X, the head of the ACORN affiliated Union the SEIU Andrew Stern 20x,Jeremiah Wright, GE/NBC head Jeff Immelt 5x, Jesse Jackson 6x, John Edwards2x, Al Sharpton 2x, and of course television goddess Oprah Winfrey.

embeddable list here:

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2009/10/white-house-releases-visitors-listayers.html

Two new viruses stopped yesterday by my software: Facebook password change confirmation. Don’t open it!

WHERE OLD PHONE CORDS GO

Every one of these sheep is made from telephones and cords ...... . .. check out their feet!
(Museum of Communications in Frankfurt)

Wow!  They're talking about a 10 year sentence for the school credit card lady.   It's about time a local got a real sentence for something.

THIS should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!

 
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,

It is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:

• The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775.   You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.
• Social Security was established in 1935.  You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.  
• Fannie Mae was established in 1938.  You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.
• War on Poverty started in 1964.  You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they are still poor.
• Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965.  You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.
• Freddie Mac was established in 1970.   You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
• The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.    It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before.. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
  
   
  
  You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?? 

The taxpayers of Monroe county ought to eat free at the new diner on Summerland.

Interesting tax proposal (Vermont)

Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U.S.. Constitution as well as Vermont's own Constitution very carefully, and his strict interpretation of these documents is popping some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.

Maslack recently proposed a bill to register non-gun-owners and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state. Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun.

Maslack read the "militia" phrase of the Second Amendment as not only affirming the right of the individual citizen to bear arms, but as a clear mandate to do so. He believes that universal gun ownership was advocated by the Framers of the Constitution as an antidote to a "monopoly of force" by the government as well as criminals.

Vermont already boasts a high rate of gun ownership along with the least restrictive laws of any state - it's currently the only state that allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. This combination of plenty of guns and few laws regulating them has resulted in a crime rate that is the third lowest in the nation.

The Afganistan people feel the same way about us in their country as the locals down here feel about the tourists and the snowbirds.

buynothingchristmas - Alternatives

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

[MORE, TIRESOME, SOLAR GROUP LIES]

The solar-birds are flying back to NNK from their summer homes, and already they are in their neighbors business (what we do in their own homes). 

-Just in from her summer home in Canada and already Alicia P. is publically dispensing her warped lies as to why I, or anyone, would want safe drinking water.  So Alicia, for the record:

1⁾ Cistern water is not safe to drink, pursuant to the World Health Organization and over 50 scientific studies.  Further, my family’s medical records, or health issues, or any other personal information, related to cistern water (or any other matter) is none of your business Alicia.

2⁾ What a ridiculous and pathetic try, water has nothing to do with a swimming pool.  I could put in a pool right now and have FKAA come and fill it with water; running a pump is an issue, not getting water into a pool.  Honestly, how stupid do you really think we (readers) are?

3⁾ As your issue has been electricity/solar, and as safe water has nothing to do with your dwindling "solar-group" what-so-ever, what’s your problem this time?  If you are “anti-utilities”, then tell us why you have telephone and internet service, or why you have utilities in your other homes? Or is it just that you want to decide and control what utilities your NNK neighbors are “allowed’ to have? –Seriously already Alicia, get a grip and get on with your own life; mind your own business in your own home instead of sticking your nose into your majority neighbors’ homes (our majority, btw, represent over 70% of this island). 

4⁾ Are you seriously still trying to peddle that same “taxpayer footing the bill” crap you did just a few days ago?  You were already straightened out (publically) that we are paying for the electricity (but you already knew that before you spread your latest pile of manure).  As for the water, that will not be coming out of Monroe County coffers either, but you know that too.  But, if you want to talk about robbing the taxpayer, then go on Alicia, tell the public the truth. Tell them how you pushed the County into denying Galleon Bay (your next door neighbors!) 12 building permits; tell the taxpayers how it will cost us millions ($10 million I last heard) just so you don’t have 12 neighbors! 

What’s next Alicia, you already got caught with your old lies of the past: the CBRS rule you wrote (nope, I’m not in a CBRS area), the Comp Plan rules you wrote (nope, State Law overrules and invalidates them), maybe you’ll just have to go back and tell us why the deer will object!

Seriously Alicia, we, and most everyone in the County, are over you and your insane rants, raves and lies.  Alicia, when the utilities come, hook up or don’t, your neighbors really don’t care one bit. -Or better still Alicia, go back to Canada and stay there.

(Rosetta Stone) Women have no idea what they want and if they do it changes daily anyway.

Maybe its me but it seems the 1/4 truth guy is getting farther out and farther out every day.Hes down to setting up ridiculous scenerios, then commenting on the scenerios from the other side then correcting the other sides opinion on his own created scenerio".Thats a bit out there for me.Its like a long conversation with himself.Poor guy.

Hold mah beer ....

Police: Drunk Man Crashes Stolen Lawnmower Into School Bus

http://www.ocala.com/article/20091030/articles/910301007

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A Marion County man is behind bars after investigators say he got drunk and drove a stolen lawnmower into the back of a school bus.

Martin and a friend fell off the lawnmower when it hit the bus and then got mad and started banging on the doors of the bus when the children started laughing.

The lawnmower, a Scag Turf Tiger model with a 61-inch cutting deck, is valued at $10,000. It had been reported stolen Wednesday morning from a residence in Ocklawaha.

I read the CT every day and I try to be objective about the political viewpoints espoused by contributors.  I look at each post, and the facts therein, as if an internet "debate" were taking place.  I like to read  "From the Right" guy's posts as they are backed up with facts and the resources used to quote those facts (yes, I do check them). There is always the "other side of the story" on any issue. What the CT sorely needs is a "From the Left" viewpoint just as carefully researched and articulated.  My plea to CT's left-leaning contributors is that you support your arguments with documented facts and figures.  Many requests have been made to argue your viewpoint with rational discourse based on data instead of emotional vitriol and name-calling.  So, how  'bout it?  Anyone up to the challenge of being "From the Left"?   If this "debate" were a tennis match, then "From the Right" is the only one who has shown up to play. 

Halloween! - Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash - (HD Stereo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0R_oDEvYUY

Your last comment was "are we too lazy or too stupid to stop it?". Well, I have a theory on all the things we should be or could be stopping/not allowing to happen to us: I think the government wants us (what used to be the middle class - now approaching poverty level) to be so busy looking for work, scrambling like maniacs to keep our homes, our possessions, our kids out of trouble and in school, and about a million other things we need to do just to survive, so that we either don't have the time or the inclination to get involved. Most of us down here doing all that scrambling feel very hopeless about the quality of our lives, and so we trudge on daily (I work seven days a week most of the time, only because I have an employer who has a big heart and who tries to keep me in work) trying to make ends meet. And people are moving in as roommates because that's the only way many of us can make it. I lived in my beautiful home for almost four years because I lost my job, and finding anything that pays a decent wage is impossible. I get a small pension from my career as an RN in New York. It's the only thing that allows me to pay my rent and bills. Right now the only job I could get was in housecleaning.I tried working down here for a while as an RN, but it did not work out for reasons that I won't go into here. But I will tell you, the top salaries for nurses here are appalling. Less than half of what I made in NY. But I love it here, despite the BS that goes on. And so I keep struggling. I couldn't move back to NY even if I wanted to - I don't have the money for anything like that. Besides, I really love it here. And so I fight on the best I can. 

So, in answer to your question about folks being too lazy and/or stupid, I really feel that the word that would be more appropriate is "overwhelmed". And anyone who is not overwhelmed and enraged at the state of our little society down here isn't paying attention - more than likely because once again, their lives are filled completely with the business of survival. And the wealthy down here don't care about people like us - so what else is new?

Anyone else out there feel the same? A conch passport an act of subversion? HA! Where can I get one and where do I sign? Anyone for an act of subversion? If we all could do that, I don't think they could put us all in a time out. Same with revolutions - it takes a village to make changes.

If you enjoy humor you owe it to yourself to watch the Glenn Beck show on FOX.It may be the funniest political satire ever to hit the airwaves.The scary part is Hes a republican hero.All I can say is PLEASE watch his show then ask yourself.Is this man the new republican party? Enjoy the show and the theatrics.get your popcorn out.

The Afghan Quarterback

The coach had put together the perfect team for the Detroit Lions... The
only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all
the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn't
find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl win.

Then one night while watching CNN he saw a war-zone scene in Afghanistan
....
In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Afghan Muslim
soldier with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand-grenade straight
into a 15th story window 100 yards away.

KABOOM!

He threw another hand-grenade 75 yards away, right into a chimney.

KA-BLOOEY!

Then he threw another at a passing car going 90 mph.

BULLS-EYE!


"I've got to get this guy!" Coach said to himself. "He has the perfect arm!"


So, he brings him to the States and teaches him the great game of football.
And the Lions go on to win the Super Bowl.


The young Afghan is hailed as the great hero of football, and when the
coach asks him what he wants, all the young man wants is to call his mother.


"Mom," he says into the phone, "I just won the Super Bowl!"


"I don't want to talk to you, the old Muslim woman says."You are not my son!"


"I don't think you understand, Mother," the young man pleads. "I've won
the greatest sporting event in the world. I'm here among thousands of my adoring fans.."


"No! Let me tell you!" his mother retorts. "At this very moment, there
are gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your
two brothers  were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and I
have to keep your sister in the house so she doesn't get raped!" The old
lady pauses, and then tearfully says,


"I will never forgive you for making us move to Detroit!

The night of the living Democrats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXMQEJcRzM

Police: Ariz. dad ran over 'Westernized' daughter (Oh yes we need a lot more of these scumbags in our country)

look at the computer screens! 

DOES  ANYONE  HAVE  ANY  QUESTIONS  FOR  TERM  LIMITATIONS?    

IT  DOESN'T HAVE  TO  BE  VOTED  ON.     

JUST  DON'T  VOTE  FOR  ANYONE  THAT  HAS  BEEN IN  FOR  OVER  TWO  TERMS................... THE  PERFECT  SOLUTION  IS  AT  HAND.

House Minority Leader  Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, pictured standing, far  right, speaks while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert ,  D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy , D-Bridgeport, play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a  new budget. (AP)

The guy sitting in the row in front of these two...  he's on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.

 
These are the folks that can't get the budget out by Oct. 1,  Seriously!!!

House Gives Final Approval To Hate Crimes Bill | CommonDreams.org " Every thinking person wants to take a stand against hate crimes, but isn't war the most offensive of hate crimes? Rep. Dennis Kucinich. The truth is the Democratic Congress could have ended the war when it took control just after 2006.We we're given control of the Congress by the American people in November 2006 specifically to end the war. War Is a Hate Crime | CommonDreams.org It did not happen.The funding continues

(suing a bat company) I guess they could have sued the people that made the coating for the bat and then sued the people that provided the leather and stiching for the ball also. Oh and what about the person that hit the ball and maybe the people watching the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-zyNYq9is

The key deer attacked my tomatoes last night.!

I don't know how this happened but I got an email thanking me for being a Waffle House regular. HOW DO THEY KNOW?? Maybe I need to stop going there shitfaced.

Mohammad Atta of World Trade tower infamy traveled in and out of the US on his Conch Republic passport and our ever vigilant civil servants dutifully stamped this document each trip.

The FBI was all over the office .... but they are still issuing Conch Republic passports even today though they have been altered and include a disclaimer

(never locked my door) I have lived here since 1955 when my parents dragged me down here, I was 3 at the time. The only time I lock my doors is if I leave the property, if I'm at the house it's wide open. At this point in my life I feel very safe with my Chihuahua guard dog and .45 caliber Glock close at hand also a few well placed booby traps. I guess I could use that number for them to come remove unwanted guests.

Americans Grow Cannabis to Beat the Recession | CommonDreams.org Americans grow cannabis to beat the recession.

Looks like not only Dems but Republicans are very bored.  Looks to me like term limits isn't the only change that needs to happen.  Perhaps lowering their salaries and insurance coverage until they prove that they are truly being productive would work.  Better yet maybe we need hall monitors like we had in school and their job would be to confiscate their electronic toys until they are out of session.

BBC: Pirates want $7 million ransom for UK couple (Their screwed)

Redneck gas cap

[Imagine hating the country you were born in because you lost an election]  That single sentence sums up the destiny of the republican party as  the new minority party.........yessssssssssssss!!!!

COMMON-SENSE HEALTH CARE REFORMS OUR NATION CAN AFFORD

What Americans want are common-sense, responsible solutions that address the rising cost of health care and other major problems. Here are  four common-sense reforms that will lower health care costs and expand access to quality care without a government takeover of our nation's health care system that kills jobs, raises taxes on small businesses, or cuts Medicare for seniors:

·  Number one: let families and businesses buy health insurance across state lines.

·  Number two: allow individuals, small businesses, and trade associations to pool together and acquire health insurance at lower prices, the same way large corporations and labor unions do.

·  Number three: give states the tools to create their own innovative reforms that lower health care costs.

·  Number four: end junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it's good medicine, but because they are afraid of being sued.

All Americans, please consider this common sense alternative to Speaker Pelosi's 1,990-page government takeover of health care. I urge you to watch for it. For a preview, go to: http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare

Special to the Independent who claims not be not angry with the Right Winger poster. Gosh, perhaps you and I actually have common ground. Permit me to say once again, I only know about you from your postings. Your claim to have had  many, many, occupations is interesting. I would assume you have had a wide range of experience. Accordingly, I again compliment you on your self reported successes. Achieving success in any endeavor is worthy. In your first posting you proclaimed that the middle class is being victimized.  In your second post you proclaimed that our national pain is caused by greed, investors, speculators, etc. You proclaimed that our middle class is the true strength and backbone of our nation and you proclaimed that investors, corporations, etc. should be denied their profit and that that profit should flow to the middle class. You specifically said that “the real cause of the economic downturn were the large cooperate profits and the corporations manipulating the rules.” I’ve reread your previous postings and compliment you on your concern for those you consider downtrodden or exploited.  In my view the anger that you express at those who reside above your pay grade is misdirected. I wholeheartedly agree that those who violate the laws and rules governing commerce should be punished and their ill gotten gains stripped from them. Apparently you are convinced that a little greed is a good thing, but that greed that exceeds your greed is evil. It is all a matter of scale. The fact is that it was greed that put us where we are today, both in our successes and in our current pain. In your lexicon, greed is desire to accumulate that exceeds your personal ability to accumulate. Our current pain can be traced directly to the actions of politicians that I have previously mentioned. It was Democrats turning a blind eye to chicanery that facilitated those who through illegal methods and exploiting piss poor legislation were able to rape our economy. Did Republicans play a role? Yes, but it was inconsequential compared to Democrats. You seem to be suggesting that you believe in the notion of excess profits. I wonder if you ever were convinced that any of your profits were excessive. If so, do you believe that once profit reaches a certain (government mandated) level, that profit should be banned or perhaps redistributed. Your postings sure suggest that thought. You’re labeling of investors as being evil is stunningly wrong. I have been an investor, but have managed to lose money nearly every time. Does the fact that I tried to make money on my investment make me evil? I think not. It’s safe bet that you have been an investor. Everybody who has a mutual fund is an investor. I daresay that huge numbers of middle class familys are investors. Once again: Investors, big, huge, and small keep our economy running. Your ire seems to be focused on those who have risen to the top of the financial ladder, and especially large corporations. Indeed you have told us that large corporations are hell bent on, your words: “Abolishing the middle class”. That statement is simply stupid.  Without a prospering middle class, large corporations could not exist simply because the middle class is the customer base. I could fill pages with other specific points, but if the readers are interested they will go back and re read your postings to come to their own conclusions.  Frankly I doubt that most of them give a dink one way or another as to your personal political center or mine. I believe what they care about is simple common sense and a robust America that they can be proud of. I believe that you may have some internal need to call yourself an “independent”, but in your chest beats the heart of a Socialist. I also suggest that the Socialist emblem is a badge that some wear with pride. Mr. Obama was mentored by Socialists and Communists, and according to his writings he respects and  treasures those teachings. Even though I was a wage slave that never ran a business, I am a Capitalist, and quite proud of it. I only wish that I was better at it. Like every one of us, I'd sure like a little more. I respectfully suggest that you come out of the Independent closet and proudly proclaim your devotion to Socialist dogma. Having bored our readers with this silly disagreement; the truly important issue is that most recent iteration of Obamacare. It is a fiscal and medical Man Made Disaster (google it) under construction. They have hidden the real cost(over $1.4 Trillion) by off loading about $5 Billion of the costs to other programs. That shell game reduces the deficit impact of Obamacare ONLY. It simply shifts $500 Billion of it to Medicare.They will have to cut Medicare and Medicaid. They will raise taxes on the middle class. They will punish small business.  They will ration care. They will shrink the quantity and quality of medical care. And, worse, they will do nothing to actually make it cost less to deliver medical care.

http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/breaking.sound.barrier.htm

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do. 


Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway; 
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and 
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally 
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel 
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off! 
*****
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds 
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up. 

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

Live simply and appreciate what you have. 

Give more.

Expect less 

NOW ....... 

Now for the rest of the story. The donkey later came back, 
and bit the farmer who had  tried to bury him. 
The gash from the bite got infected and 
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock. 
  


MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

Fellatio keeps male fruit bats keen

Female short-nosed fruit bats have been observed performing fellatio on their partners during copulation. Mating pairs spent more time copulating if the female did so. VIDEO at site:

You know one guy that can dish it out and can’t take is Steve Estes of the News Barometer.  For years now he has ripped apart his fellow neighbors on No Name Key and has constantly berated them and other folks that are just minding there own business and trying to live.  Well the other day I merely left a comment (I think that’s what a comment section is for) on his webpage about his wife.) This is a copy of his unsolicited email to me….

[Now we have reached the harassment stage. The next contact will be from our lawyer. I will ask only one time to cease and desist all communication with this email.

The next time I hear from you I will consider it stalking and harassment.

 If you have a problem with me, come out from behind your skirt and speak to me about it.

This has reached the stage of harassment. This will cease Now. Play your game with someone else. Remember, getting into a fight with someone who buys ink by the gallon and paper by the ton is not the best of ideas.

Why don't you call me and discuss what your issue is with me since I write everything that goes in the paper. Or do you just want to hide behind your skirt?]

Mind you he initiated the first email, I merely left a comment on his web page.  He sounds like he’s a newspaper mogul in Big Pine Key…His newspaper is widely used in these parts for wrapping fish and packing material.  What a man.  ~Sal [salkeylargo@keylargokey.com] AKA Sal Gutierrez

Hint Hint,,,,I got it, better can and will be gained, already have, sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.....the best

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Parrotdise Waterfront Bar & Grille, your favorite beachfront open air and indoor dinning experience in the Lower Keys, will be closed on Saturday Oct. 31 for the Fantasy Fest Street Fair and Fantasy Fest Parade. The Big Pecker Wine float is #40 and will be full of “Hot Vixens and Vampires".

Parrotdise Waterfront Bar & Grille re-opens on Sunday Nov1st to the Official Big Pecker Wine Tasting Party all day starting at 11am. Stop by on your way back home for a free taste of Big Pecker Wines, especially the new “bloody red” Cabernet Sauvignon!

[Dope for Dopes] It’s really boring having a discussion with someone who sees the endgame as the need to be right. Frankly I couldn’t care less. That’s because I’m in the real world, working in a rehab center, where some of my clients don’t want to smoke pot anymore. Some of them make it. Some don’t.

Many of those who don’t, wind up in severe, life threatening mental distress that goes to issues of guilt, shame, fear and self-esteem. There’s no right or wrong there, or scare mongering, or government conspiracy or word play. It just is.

Once again, you rhyme off a list of substances and try to rank them in order of addictive potential when from what I’ve seen in the field it’s not the bait - it’s the hook. In other words, where addiction is concerned, it’s not the drug per se that’s the problem, it’s the attachment and the reasons behind the obsessive, compulsive attachment. Victimless? Okay have it your way. It doesn’t change or solve anything. 

[Key Deer] This is my first time writing to the famous Coconut Telegraph and I'm excited!  I live on BPK and enjoy seeing the deer on most mornings as I pull out of our driveway.  This morning I spotted a doe with 4, count 'em, four young trailing behind her (two girls, two boys).  As I slowly pulled out of the drive I saw what has caused to me to write into the CT. 

The two young males were on their hind legs "fighting" with each other.  It was cute, because I know at their age that it is play fighting in preparation for adulthood mating rituals.  We've lived here for a year and I've never seen the deer do this out where anyone can see them.  It's just so neat to see them on a daily basis wandering around.  They do piss me off though, because they ate my newly planted Plumeria.  I'm torn between love and hate, I guess.

Good luck to all Big Pine and other local Fantasy Fest float contestants this weekend. Be safe and have fun!

Animated knot tying site. http://www.netknots.com/html/boating_knots.html

1/4 Truth Guy claims the public health option poll was conducted by MSNBC. He then goes on to claim it was a "lefty" poll and therefore BS. The poll as conducted by NBC/WSJ. WSJ is the Wall Street Journal. Thus, the righty guy infers the WSJ is a lefty organization. Wow, he probably thinks Rush Limbaugh is main stream news.

In celebration National Business Women's Week (Oct. 19–23, 2009) the Upper Keys Business and Professional Women held voting from the membership to award a 2009 Employer of the Year and Woman of the Year at their Annual Awards Ceremony. This wonderful event was held at Snapper’s in Key Largo, and was attended by the State BPW President, Venita Garvin-Valdes.

Through secret ballot voting, the membership awarded Mariners Hospital as Employer of the Year.  Among the Employer of the Year Award Criteria and Qualifications BPW recognizes those who provide outstanding opportunities for upward mobility and leadership training for female employees, established innovative work policies that support the needs of employees and their families, i.e. support dependent care, liberal prenatal leave, and flexible work options.

The membership bestowed the Woman of the Year honor on Holly Merrill, chapter President and legislative assistant to Rep. Ron Saunders (D). Among the qualifications for Woman of the Year BPW wishes to award women know for outstanding achievement in her career, outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of issues impacting working women, outstanding community service

Photo: State BPW President Venita Garvin-Valdes, Wendy Gentes, with Mariners Hospital Foundation (Employer of the Year), and BPW President Holly Merrill , Rep. Ron Saunders Office ( Woman of the Year)

Another sign of the mental degradation of our society. Calif. town rattled by rape case against girl, 15 

A couple got $850,000 suing a bat company when their son died after getting hit with a ball off said bat. They could have sued the ball company too!

I loved the road trip story from Apache and his travel companion.  Sounds like a real good time.  Just never, ever, forget that the Feds do not have a sense of humor.  It's confiscated when they hire on and sometimes they forget to pick it up when they retire.  Enjoy your new surroundings.  Is this permanent or just a temp thing?

A 75-year-old Marina del Ray man sat dead on a balcony from a gunshot wound to the head for several days before anyone thought to contact police. The body was in full view of neighbors, who saw the body of Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed as early as Monday of last week but did not alert authorities to the apparent suicide. The grisly scene on the balcony did not alarm residents, as they believed it was part of a Halloween display.

[Conch Republic Passport is considered by Homeland Security as an act of subversion] How in the hell did we let these paranoid people into our security department? No wonder the new world order will be the next global government. Are we just too lazy and stupid to stop it?

[Afghanistan] If Obama sends in 40,000 more troops that will constitute an almost 400% increase in about a year. We’ve already sent in three surges already and they didn’t help at all.

Let’s get out of Afghanistan. Call someone now!

Scary cakes. They’re all edible.

1/4 truth guy, once again you assume too much. Your rant is utterly ridiculous; and talk about someone getting upset, I think it's you. You rambled on and on about what you think I may have done and you know nothing about me. Gee I wonder who really has the thin skin here. Because you are a business owner doesn't mean you allow greed to control your thoughts. That can only be measured by your actions and how you treat the people who work for you. No one has said we don't need investors, all I am saying is that greed has corrupted our system. It seems to me that you are defending the greedy ones that have caused a lot of these problems except when it comes to the ones you dislike. Then you bash them. As I see it, your bashing goes along party lines. It seems your allegiance is to the Party not to the nation. 

I consider myself an independent and have voted for both Dems and Republicans, and recognize that Barney Frank needs to go. Who do you think needs to go on the Republican side? I am sure there are just as many on the Dems side as there are on the Republican side or the isle-straddlers.

Remember that it’s government by the people and for the people, not government by corporations for corporations. That is what this nation has turned into. $1 million a day is what health care providers are spending to lobby against health care reform. Do you think they are spending that money to improve health care or to keep their profit margin? Who is lobbying for the people? Our economy comes down to the strength of the middle class, without them we are nothing. They fight our wars, they build our nation and it's products and most of all they consume our products which is what fuels our economy. It's not a difficult concept to understand and most do.

Need a blessing from a Buddhist Monk? Or just want to shake your booty? 

The Tibetan Buddhist Monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in India are returning to the Keys November 17 thru 22. The Monks will share their culture and message of peace, compassion, and non-violence. They offer unique gifts for sale at their "Tibetan Marketplace". You may schedule house/business blessings and personal counseling sessions. For more details see our newsletter or  www.keystopeace.org

Conversation overheard on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai. The conversation went like this:
Iranian Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States Military aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'
Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'
Air Defense Radar: (no response .... total silence)

God bless our troops. 

[Commissioners should stop micro-managing employees and let them do their jobs] Who do you think has to face the voters, campaign to get elected, answer for the state of the county?  The employees? Not hardly. The commissioners are the ones held accountable, not the employees.  Of course the commissioners have to participate in the running of the county.  What you call micro-manage, us voters call good and necessary oversight.  The commissioners have to watch every thing the staff does. The commissioners are the ones who get hung.

And, lets face it, left on their own, some staff have not shown good skills in their judgments or deeds.

The voters have often seen staff, in public meetings, on camera, give commissioners information that is less than 100% informative, correct and complete, recommendations that reflect personal agendas rather than the best interest of all county, and flat out spin to influence their (usual) 3-2 voting pattern.

The commissioners have the additional burden of staying one step ahead of staff, and knowing which staff has which agendas to push or protect. 

[Sewer tax] All you people miss the point. The high costs of installation and then the monthly fees will drive out most all us locals.

They should make a Rosetta Stone that allows men to understand what the hell women are actually trying to say.

The poster that wrote the comment on Communism is seeing clearly. I would like to hear more from him. What a difference than from these who can't look past MM 53 or a bag of weed.

More incredible photos. Slide Show

You’ve got to love ole 1/4 truth guy. As usual he points out that Obama morphs the English language. Yet I didn’t read his post when Bush changed the name "suicide bombers" to "homicide bombers". And then he went with a nice sounding phrase "troop surge" instead of what’s been known for decades as an "escalation in troops". Convenient memories run abound in republican circles. To bad he sees no good and improvement in America. Imagine hating the country you were born in because you lost an election. Oh well, the people have spoken and things are indeed getting better everyday. The farther we get from the republican administration the more America is coming out of its doldrums.

The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore!

A few months back I saw an ad for a local satellite TV person on your pages.  I believe it was something like Sam the Cable man. I cannot find it again.  Nor can I find it in the yellow pages. Do you have their info?  I would like to use a local person.

World's largest peace sign collection. The Bahia Honda Human Peace Sign has made it in the collection. Woohoo! PEACE SIGNS HOME

[Left vs Right] To all those on the left who are constantly complaining about the From the Right guy’s post: stop talking about him and he will go away. The more you complain/dispute/insult him the more it encourages him to keep on posting those long winded diatribes to his lost cause. Not that you on the left are any better, both parties are so similar now that there is no reason to vote anything but independent if you truly wish for change. You both remind me of that Monty Python sketch about the argument clinic.

[No Name Key] I had heard that there are several residents on No Name Key who want a pool. Why not?  Recent testing still shows those canals are polluted with fecal matter. What I don't understand is that one resident who is fighting against central sewers wrote a commissioner last year mocking those residents who had complained about the pollution, yet in the same writing the person admitted that the water on No Name Key are so polluted that it was ridiculous that anyone would even think of swimming in the canals.  How can you reason with an irrational person?

Halloween down on the farm.

[Snowbirds] If you had a job you certainly wouldn't criticize your boss and make detrimental remarks about them or you wouldn't keep your job very long. The tourist that come here are the people that pay your bar bill. If I was a snowbird, after reading the comments here I'd think twice about coming back, which if you look around, is happening.

Worlds luckiest track inspector. He sure moves fast! Video

[Missing Millions] The UN can't account for millions sent to the Afghan Election board. The amount of money wasted on this war is disgusting and reeks of back door politics. UN Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board | CommonDreams.org

[Afghanistan] Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Gen Stanley McChrystal has acknowledged that U.S. and NATO ties with warlords have been a cause of popular Afghan alienation from foreign military forces. But the policy is not likely to be reversed any time soon, because U.S. and NATO officials have no alternative to the security services the warlords provide. It started in 2001 with the Bush administration’s foxes watching the hen house? US, NATO Forces Rely on Afghan Warlords for Security | CommonDreams.org

[Viagra and Lox] At breakfast time a woman asks her husband, "Would you like maybe some bagels and lox, a piece of herring, and maybe some grapefruit and tea?” "Thanks for asking, but I'm not hungry right now. It's this Viagra," he says. "It's really taken the edge off my appetite." At lunchtime she asked him if he would like something. "A bowl of mushroom barley soup and a pastrami sandwich or maybe some potato latkes?" He declines. "The Viagra," he says, "really trashes my desire for food." Come dinnertime, she asks if he wants anything to eat. “Would you like a juicy brisket and scrumptious kugel? Or maybe some flanken or chicken?" He declines again. "No," he says, "it's got to be the Viagra... I'm still not hungry."

"Well," she says, "Would you mind letting me up? I'm starving."

The coolest staircase in the world! Video

[Dog Trainer] This guy's good, I can’t even train my pooch to crap outside! http://www.wagreflex.com/2009/07/one-heck-of-a-dog-trainer.html

I have 3 jobs.  None of the employers feel a salary is necessary.  I can work from a computer, call on a land line or call on a cell phone to make my sale. And for what? a 5% commission?  Can employers understand those are just three of my 12 bills to pay?  Forget living in my home, driving my car, or insuring anyone this hard-working, non drinking, always there for you employee, might have an accident with.  I guess I'll follow my daughter’s cue and try for a commune set up down here.  If you are interested let me know.  

[Snow] (From a friend that I worked with in Denver) I just shoveled 10" of heavy wet snow off my driveway and the Winter Storm Warning is still in effect for 29 more hours! My kid got her first snow day in years and even kid #1 is getting half a day off as the U of Colorado is closing in 45 minutes.

We're looking at two feet ultimately by the time it is done, with some places in the foothills getting up to four feet. Most of the leaves are still on the trees! A big low is sitting in northern New Mexico pulling up moisture from the Gulf and throwing it right up against the Rockies releasing all the moisture on the Front Range, foothills and mountains.

[Coyote Attack] A teenage folk singer was attacked and killed by two coyotes in a national park in eastern Canada. Folk Singer Taylor Mitchell Killed by Coyotes - Spinner 

[Me belly full, but me hungry] This is amazing, though upon reflection not totally unexpected. It is captured with such horrifyingly beautiful detail. It makes me wonder what's in the bellies of our own local fauna. http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11

[No Bid Contracts] Mayor Neugent did not ram-rod anybody or anything.  The Waste Management contract had a five year renewal option that the County could exercise and they did. Get over it and move on.   The 35 percent increase in our trash bills was caused by Mario and his friends Dixie and Sonny, because they did not want to take any political hit for daring to increase fees and keep up with inflation.  Sadly, do to the recession, we've all had to take a hit. 

We taxpayers should support Dennis Ward.  No-bid contracts need to stop, no matter whose friend the owners of the company are or how many commissioners they socialize with.  The only reason why Mario got singled out is because he's the one with the biggest mouth.  The voters shall have the last word.

[Anti-government healthcare folks standing in line for free government flu shots] I've read this statement several times on this site and now I have a question. When you're standing in this long line for free shots, how can you tell who's for or against healthcare? Are they wearing a sign? It sounds like speculation to me. Have you interviewed the people in line? I'm not taking sides, but it sounds like a slam on the anti-healthcare folks with no facts to back it up.

[County Administrator] Soon the Commissioners will have to either fish or cut bait.

Apparently, Disney didn't take too kindly towards this ad for an Aussie beer. Awesome, just awesome. I never cared much for the Mouse Empire anyway.

[Cow Palace] I have never been so appalled at the level of dietary disgust I experienced on Thursday night or the sonic puke-fest from the live entertainment. It makes me want to never come back to the Keys except for the grouper. I am so ashamed to see what has happened.  What could I have done?

I have lived in the Keys for 22 years and never locked my door. All were welcome. We do need to make a phone call to the police whenever bikes, mail, guns, garbage cans, newspapers are stolen. I do not care anymore. I am not the only neighbor that should be calling the police. I now have a lock on the front door, bedroom door and bathroom door. This is not one human family anymore. Please report anything suspicious to (305)745-3184. Quick response will come fast, ask for lt.

Warning to all local caterers, resorts, entertainers, etc, anything to do with a wedding. Julie Hill is here name. If you were contacted for wedding accommodations around November 6 beware, you’d better call and confirm.  Do not trust her. Here's why.

About 2 months ago a seemingly nice lady called me and said I came highly recommended and asked for my services for November 6^th. After our making a deal, she expressed how relieved she was, and I sounded perfect for their needs. I gave her a choice of 3 options from her minimum needs to an upgraded package, so the choice was hers and she decided even my best package was reasonable and chose that one. She mentioned how concerned she was about other service provider needs. I contacted some people I had worked with and I passed on her number and needs, which she additionally thanked me for and sincerely acted relieved. She said to send a contract and she would do whatever it took for my services. Her sincerity and her several calls to confirm told me I could trust her. I will be the first to say it is my own fault for not sending a contract, but for 30 years in my business, I have rarely used a contract except for national tours and have rarely been burned—until now. Tonight, just one week before the event, she calls me and says it was too much stress for her to handle the accommodations and she turned things over to someone else and they did everything differently.  She said she had to cancel my services because she hired another company. I suggested and reminded her that she should let them know that you already secured certain services and should uphold her previous commitments. She had offered to send a 50%- 100% deposit prior to the date. I had told her it was okay and I was trusting her. She gave me her word and that was good enough for me. So please remember this name and beware of Julie Hill and her word.
~boguitarz@aol.com

To From the Right guy. Your post yesterday was very insulting to those of us who believe that we can exercise our freedom of speech without being bullied. You can pretend that you are Mr. Professor (all knowing) and you can pretend to be Mr. Open-minded who is interested in everyone's opinion, but your post proved that wrong.  You have shown yourself to be closed minded, arrogant, obsessed, always having to be right and very sarcastic.  The way you wrote to the poster, who had a different opinion than yours and who felt the need to defend himself from your attacks, was nothing more than you being a bully.  You are certainly full of yourself.  You are not arguing in front of congress; this is the Coconut Telegraph, a local friendly website where we should all be able to express our thoughts openly and receive respect from our neighbors.

New Jersey Snowbird Manatee back in Fl. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_
news/2009/10/ilya_the_manate.html

[From the Right] The GDP took an uptick of about 3% in the 3^rd quarter. Look a little further into the numbers.  The news is good for all of us, and I’m sure that they will want to give credit to the Obama Stimulus Bill, but, that’s not a good idea because less than 15% of our tax dollars of stimulus has been spent so far. The minimal spending done so far really didn’t get started until sometime in mid to late March, really not long enough to radically impact anything. Then you might want to consider that GDP calculations are based on the formula: GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports).  Now, please think about  the “government spending” component in the equation as you read the following quote about the GDP uptick from the Bureau of Economic Analysis dated 10/29/09:  . “The third-quarter increase largely reflected motor vehicle purchases under the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (popularly called, “Cash for Clunkers” Program).” We know two things about the Cash for Clunkers programs; 1: its history, gone, kaput, dead.  And 2.  We know that it cost you and me $24,000.00 of our hard earned tax dollars for every car sold under the program.  We really should have just bought every one of those customers a $23K and be done with it. I don’t think that the stimulus had any real effect on the recession.  Recessions are fiscal hurricanes that occur regularly and have a predictable progression. They typically last 18 months whether the government throws money at them or not. This recession began in December 2007. Iit is now 22 months old and is dying of old age. We must be careful not to prolong its life artificially. The Great Depression is an example of the impact of ill advised government intervention. Did you know that the White House had reported very impressive numbers that they claim were the result of stimulus spending? Before you get too giddy with all the good news, you also should know that AP is reporting the government published job creation numbers have been fraudulently inflated.  The AP report is shocking: “AP found job counts that were more than 10 times as high as the actual number of paid positions; jobs credited to the stimulus program that were counted two and sometimes more than four times; and other jobs that were credited to stimulus spending when none was produced.” Way to go O! L/Px2 business as usual.

(Part II) Ms. Pelosi just prattled and grinned that the new House Healthcare Bill will cost us only about $825 billion or so. That’s an important number because Mr. Obama has promised not to sign any bill that added to the deficit, or exceeded $1 trillion. The old, or previous House Bill had a component that would have cost $250 billion, and would have exceeded $1 trillion. So she just took that component out, and added that $250 billion to Medicare. Suddenly the old bill is reborn minus $250 billion in spending and just under the magic $1 trillion dollar mark. 

Just imagine that you had told your spouse that no more money could be spent on your MasterCard because you’re going way out of budget and going broke. Your spouse says “Sure Honey, no more spending on MasterCard, we’ll save a lot.” Then your spouse breaks out the Visa card and spends big time on a bunch of junk that your family neither needs nor wants. Well that’s what Ms. Pelosi just did. It’s a bad news bill. Even MSNBC actually reported that “Congressional budget experts predicted the controversial government insurance option would probably cost consumers somewhat more than private coverage.” I sure hope that there is a good supply of KY-Jelly kicking around, I'm afraid that we might need it.

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[Good fishing] I remember when there was fish like this just off Key West.

[New City Hall] This is the tropics.  We should quit trying to make it into something it isn't.  Instead of building another fully AC'd wildly expensive ($18,000,000 plus cost over-runs) Taj Mahal structure like the airport for a Key West city hall we should make do with a big tiki hut.

[Polls] NBC/WSJ Poll October 27, 2009 "Do you think it is important to give Americans a choice of a public option or private plans?"  45% extremely important, 27% quite important. 72% support it.  This is the highest percentage since the beginning of the debate.  I guess all the tea party stuff was great TV news, but very short lived. So why in the world do the Republicans continue to say no to everything?  In a Democracy, don't we vote for our representatives to represent our wishes and not theirs?

[A "line" of pot] Thanks for the drug lesson, Cheech. I figured most readers, even pot heads, would stay with me when I made the turn. Next time I try to make an argument and lump pot in with cocaine, because they’re both so easy to score in the Keys and users of both like to call them victimless, I’ll cripple it and slow it down so you can read each word on its own. There are few people more self-righteous than those who call their obsession and compulsion to escape reality a freedom of choice issue. How ironic since addiction, also known as daily use, is really just a prison without bars. You are the victim. I know you. I’ve been you and I always used the same arguments you did until they didn’t work anymore. And by the way, I am thinking for myself now--that’s the whole point. I don’t regret one thing about all the time I wasted chasing the first high for 30 years except for the quarter million dollars or so I spent to alleviate my disc pain or arthritis or leg cramps or whatever (insert excuse here) or the mental anguish of being so damn unique and misunderstood. Non narcotic Toradol and a good cognitive behaviour therapist would have been a lot cheaper.  I’m not judging, mind you. I wouldn’t know what I know now if I didn’t do what I did then.

[Grant Writer] The administrator is very qualified to be a waste water administrator or a division director.  As a County Administrator he still has much to learn, especially working with so many women.  So the answer is that, as someone who in the past has supervised employees, the Administrator knows how clickish and petty women can be, but he does not know how to handle it without stirring the Bubba factor, etc.  So, he looks the other way and business continues as usual.  It is not a change we can believe in.  

Does the BOCC know these things? It is not the BOCC's job to micro manage the Administrator, but in some instances they do, while ignoring some of the issues that they should really question him on.  The Administrator on the other hand should allow his directors, including the HR director, to assume more responsibility in front of the BOCC. Then, if and when needed, he should step in as support/reinforcement/voice of reason/adversary/the cavalry.  Sadly, on some issues he is too hands-on and on the issues that he should be hands-on he isn't. Go figure. 

[Chicken shit at Winn Dixie] You must be shitting me! The place is a complete shit house. They have way too much bug shit. I think that is total bullshit. I am tired of reading all this horseshit. It’s making me go bat shit. I’m beginning to feel like dog shit. It could make me go ape shit. It’s getting deeper than horse shit. It’s like eating rat shit. Way too much pig shit. The baby shit is starting to stink. I might just get shit-faced. It could turn me into shit-for-brains from reading all this human shit. The only shit missing is deer shit and iguana shit.  

[Getting pot] 'Due to the laws, I can't get what would benefit me on a regular basis' I find that hard to believe. I don't smoke, but I know several people who do it on a daily basis and have no trouble finding weed. I've never heard any of them say "damn, I can't find any pot this week. I guess I'll have to do without it". If you want to advocate legalizing pot, leave that out of your argument. 

[Spam Primer] Any time you see an E-Mail that says "Forward this on to 10 (or however many) of your friends, sign this petition, or you'll get bad luck, good luck, you'll see something funny on your screen after you send it, or whatever, it almost always has an email tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and emails of those folks you forward to. 

The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of active email addresses to use in spam emails, or sell to other spammers.  Even when you get emails that demand you send the email on "if you're not ashamed of Jesus" that's email tracking and they're playing on your conscience.

These people don't care how they get your email addresses, just as long as they get them.  Emails that talk about a missing child or a child with an incurable disease "How would you feel if that was your child" are email tracking.  Ignore them and don't participate.

[Afghanistan] We are already supporting enough Arabs in Iraq.  We don't have enough money to support a bunch more in Afghanistan.

[Why You Should Never Talk to Police] There are two video lectures on YouTube a friend recently shared with me about when it comes to talking to the police. Even if you, like me, never expect to encounter police officers in a hostile situation, these are important videos to watch.  This is not anti-police at all, but it is vital information for dealing with them.
Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
Don't Talk to Cops, Part 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE

This site is a toxic bitterness thing. And have you noticed this mentality is breeding.

[Flying Car] Terrafugia has completed flight testing of the Transition POC (Proof of Concept). Introducing the Transition^.. Simply land at the airport, fold your wings up and drive home. Fly a distance of 725 kilometers at speeds of 115 km/hr; requires a special license to drive and fly.

The time required for the transition from plane to car takes less than 30 seconds. Vehicle speed 185 km/hour, range is 724 km on highways. Vehicle is fueled with gasoline, and the price of the car is expected to be around $200,000. The first shipment will be in 2011.
 

[Enemies List] Peaceful protesters included on police database of Domestic Extremists. Peaceful Protesters Included on Police Database of 'Domestic Extremists' | CommonDreams.org

[Onions for collecting flu virus] Old wives’ tails can kill you. Onions are for burgers and hoagies not the flu.

[Grass] The only reason Marijuana is not legal is because the IRS cannot control the taxing of it. It is a weed and people can grow it anywhere. Are the drug companies working on separating the chemicals that do the medical benefits from weed? If so, then only the drug companies would control the stuff.

[Cobia] Nice fish, Captain.  Let’s hope the wind lays down this weekend.

[Dope] Only users lose drugs!   I mean only losers use drugs.  I never lose my drugs, they’re too expensive.

[Stealing checks from mail box] I think he meant they're stealing checks he's sending out to pay his bills.  That's identity theft, along with regular theft.  Those checks can be 'laundered' and rewritten to the thief for any amount they care to fill in.

[To the 1/4 truth guy] I usually try to skim over your rant, however today you took a stab at me because I said that the working class is what built this nation and that the real cause of the economic downturn were the large cooperate profits and the corporations manipulating the rules. First of all you don't have a clue about me. I own a very successful business and have worked my way through life to this point understanding that it is not the businesses, corporations or investors that makes this country great, it is the people. I am older and have worked in various corporate, insurance, banking and blue collar jobs, and have also owned and operated several successful businesses. You don't have a clue as to the perspective I have about these industries. I have worked for everything I have. I have lived in the Keys for many years all on what I have earned personally.

You have far too much time on your hands to rant, little intelligence on the facts and a waste of time for everyone who reads your quarter truths. You sound like a bean counter that never had a real job creating anything. You think you're well educated because of the books you have read. Maybe you're not reading anything that's credible.

You don't have to go that far back in history to see how the concentration of wealth to the few at the top has shrunk the ability of the middle class to purchase goods and services. The middle class spends money because they have too. I am a capitalist; I just think that the greed has taken control and made it harder for everyone to exist. 

[It's Just a Catfish] For all those crazy guys who go 'noodling' for catfish and stick their arms down the fish's throat. This would be all the catfish you can eat. Each year a few people were drowning or disappearing mysteriously in Huadu's Furong Reservoir.  It was not until recently, when the son of a government official went swimming in the reservoir and was drowned, that the secret was revealed.

It is a 3 meter long man-eating catfish whose head alone is 1 meter wide. After cutting up the catfish, people were surprised to find the remains of another man inside. Swimming in the reservoir is now forbidden because it is feared another similar man-eating catfish is still lurking in the waters. 

[Do County employees really need the taxpayers to pay for a party] Yes they do since most of the non-union employees have not seen a raise in 3 years.  "The taxpayers are already paying for an additional 4 vacations days for all the non-union employees (the ones who get to sit in air-conditioned offices.)"  We taxpayers are not giving these employees anything, they are earning it.  They are always there when we call with our moronic questions, because we don't bother to listen or read. Look around, County employees are everywhere solving our problems and screw-ups, and most of us never even say a simple thanks or even acknowledge them. If Monroe County cuts back on their hours and services I'm sure that the person who posted those comments would be the first one having a heart attack and ringing the Mayor's phone off the hook. 

[Pot Poll] I believe it’s time for another serious contest/poll from the readers and posters of the CT. A suggestion for the title of this forum: Pot – a dive into the shitter or finally a reason not to give a crap about anything not foodstuff. The rules will be simple: one sentence, pro or con.

Because I know this should bring out the all the outrageous fringe of the CT we should put a call out to our old favorite and 12 step expert Kander Bluff with LA as a judge and unbiased referee.

The only exclusion is the Right-Wing guy -- you think his posts are long now?       

[Marijuana] I have smoked most of my adult life. I quit when I had to deal with mandatory testing from a court order. I don't think it is the best thing in this world; however my grandmother was in severe pain to the point of not being able to sleep. She was on meds from her doctor to relieve her pain, but they didn't work. I talked her into trying marijuana baked goods and she was able to sleep almost the whole night. She was against any illegal drugs as are most people, but at the age of 70 she gave it a try and was very comfortable and happy during her final days. So to all that think marijuana is a drug for losers think again.

The last campfire for the rag heads. Video

Military Report, H1N1 Vaccine Coming in November. http://www.military.com/military-report/h1n1-vaccine-coming-in-november?ESRC=miltrep.nl

[Mail Box Theft] Talk about negative vibes, wow! Hey guy, the victim is the victim not the culprit. Shooting someone for anything is not a good idea, but calling the cops is. That is what you are paying them for. Stealing checks is dumb because they cannot cash them anywhere without leaving a trail.

[E-myths] I'm still amazed by people’s credulity when it comes to e-myths. Have they not heard of Snopes? Onions don't do shit for anything except on a good steak. http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/onion.asp

Leave Afghanistan and just bomb training camps and terrorist leaders when we find them.

[Pot smoking] If it were put in pills, would it have the same effect?  Could that method be used to avoid the problems that go along with grow houses popping up all over?

[Planning Position Refused]  The reason he refused is he didn't want to face Bevis and Butthead (AKA Murphy, Wigington) every month at the BOCC meeting.  ~salkeylargo@keylargokey.com

I am tired of posters bashing Wal-Mart patrons.  I wish I had one to shop at here and save money on everything.  If you really want to see losers go to any struggling Kmart.

We need to leave Afghanistan tonight and let the Arabs hate someone else. It won’t take long before they jihad somebody else.  Will there be a power vacuum? Yes, but who cares.  Some warlords will take over with a heavy hand (the only thing Arabs understand) like they have for 5000 years.  The British couldn’t do it, the Russkies couldn’t do it and we cant do it.  Let’s leave now and protect our own borders, not some Arab’s border. Quit warring us into unbelievable debt and killing our best soldiers and citizens (almost 5000). 

[Atheist Holy Day] In Florida, an atheist created a case against Easter and Passover. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days.
The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days. The case was brought before a judge.  After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case?  The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others.  The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays." The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do.  Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant." The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance  or holiday for atheists." The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool.  Therefore, April 1st is his day.  Court is adjourned.

You’ve got to love a judge that knows his scripture!

Impeach Obama.

It’s interesting that those terrible medical insurance companies that the Obama administration is attempting to demonize for gouging all us regular folks actually rank 35th of 50 industries as far as their margin of profit (less than 3%).

[Afghanistan Elections] Why would you want Obama to commit troops to Afghanistan before knowing who their President will even be? We already paid for snap decisions with over 3500 American troops being killed for what turned out to be lies. Let the election of the free people of Afghanistan have a say in there own country’s future. I applaud the Euro countries coming back in to help with the war effort. They are waiting out the elections to determine how many troops they will send back. Why would we hurry this process when the Euros will send more troops putting less American troops in harms way. Great decision, Mr. President. I’m glad I voted for you. Elect the leader of Afghanistan first then decide. Don’t do it bass ackwards. That’s this veteran’s opinion, not a tree hugger’s opinion.

I had a dream that the Allstate guy hooked up with Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials and she gave birth to the Geico gecko. (I need to stop taking Ambian.)

Lots of keyboard shortcuts for programs. http://www.shortcutworld.com/

Closing Gitmo is ignorant!

[Closets] Does any other straight male admire the male model with the tall blonde gal in the Hair Cuttery commercial?  I think I might have become gay!

 They should have left the sex offender in the car. Denver police crush sex offender's car

[Train Time] Hitler didn't have to make the trains run on time. The German trains always ran on time and still do. Mussolini made the Italian trains run on time for a while.

Muslims seek revenge for blasphemy.  You're not going to believe these bastards! http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=212

[Bosnia and Muslims] Most of us aren't aware of the life and death predicament others face and cannot allow ourselves to resort to pat answers to pernicious problems unless we dig deeper to educate ourselves.  

Let us just suppose for the sake of argument that Cubans wanted to secede from Monroe County, as their population exceeded that of snowbirds and wanted to link the Lower Keys to Cuba.  In the local Cuban city slickers’ view they have more children, need more land and don't like being repressed by snowbirds.  The problem is, snowbirds own 2/3 of the real estate and take a dim view of relinquishing territory to those whose allegiance is elsewhere.  After Cubans take potshots at snowbirds and have their friends from Cuba cut a few heads, snowbirds, who don't have the numbers but have bigger guns, rolled out their artillery and sprayed counter battery fire on perpetrators hiding behind churches, hospitals and schools while CNN’s  Christiana Amanpour decried the fate of the poor Cubans. 

That, my friends, was the predicament Bosnian Serbs faced during a local uprising by Slavic Muslims (Mostly Serbs who had converted to Islam during the 5 century Ottoman invasion).  Karadzic is still a hero to them as he, along with Gen Mladic, stood up to the local intifada.  After all, Izetbegovic, the Muslim leader, openly boasted of Sarajevo being the "New Jerusalem."  Srebrenica had been declared a demilitarized zone by the UN and yet local Muslims used it (along with other enclaves) to establish their military base camps and perform nightly forays against adjoining Serb communities.  It also was being used as a corridor to link Sarajevo to other Muslim majority areas, such as the Sandzak and Albania-Kosovo.  Our current NSC Chairman, Gen Jim Jones, is fully cognizant of those factoids, especially since he was in charge of dropping humanitarian goods to Muslims, most of which ended up feeding the Muslim separatist army in Bosnia  (Operation Provide Promise).  That is the legacy of the Clintonites and they're back into the swing of things. So much for the "Nobody died when Clinton lied" BS. God help us! http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll pnum=1&bfromind=7406&eeid=6872131&_sitecat=1505&
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I’m sick of shampoo with conditioner ads on TV. If there’s conditioner left in your hair after shampooing then that means the shampoo isn’t worth a crap or there is really no conditioner in the shampoo.  

[I’m out] Does anyone know a doctor for medical marah,  mariou,  pot? I think I’m starting to feel reality!

[From the Right] The decision has been more than two years in the making. The decision was forged on the campaign trail and, behind closed doors in DC. You and I have too much money. You and all of our Deer Friends are just too damned prosperous. Our leaders in D.C. must get on with the business of redistribution of wealth.  The evidence is in, and it’s solid. We don’t spend enough on electricity. Mr. Obama has made the decision that in order to be in harmony with the UN and the rest of the world, we must pass his Cap and Trade Plan. It is a truly ingenious method of ridding ourselves of any advantage that we might have in global affairs. It will be truly consciousness expanding and liberating to be on a level global playing field with nations such as Slovenia. Plus, it will take more money away from you greedy capitalists of BPK and Ramrod, and all of you fat cat CT fans. We have a quick glimpse of Mr. Obama’s genius in a San Francisco Chronicle interview from January 2008 wherein he told the interviewer: “under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket…even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad.” Mr. Obama’s plan is cosmic in its even handed manner of taking treasure from its owners. The cost of electricity will go up the same no matter if you are on Social Security or you lunch at Little Palm. More pure Obama genius is to be found in Obamacare.  In addition to cutting Medicare benefits, and raising the costs of private health insurance, it will raise taxes on all but the most poverty stricken while reducing the quality of health care to all. What could be more fair, what could be more “redistributive”?  

(Part II) Mr. Obama did a very good thing when he adopted the Bush plan in Iraq and Afghanistan. That was an act of political bravery. Mr. Obama did a very good thing when he hand picked Gen. McChrystal to be his personal commander of the Afghanistan effort. Mr. Obama has done the right thing in bolstering the theater forces on several occasions. Mr. Obama was perfectly right when he identified the Afghan war as the “"central front on terror." Mr. Obama is dishonoring all that he has done by refusing to decide whether to honor Gen McChrystal’s urgent request for more troops. Our military loved ones are grave risk while Mr. Obama flits from political event to political event like a glib butterfly. He has frittered away months and scores of American lives. He is without honor or shame. 

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Tuesday October 27, 2009

[Medical Marijuana] I am a person who could really benefit if medical marijuana were made available.  Another benefit would be a cost savings for the drugs that I have to take in order to eat, treat nausea and deal with chronic pain and fatigue.

I hope that legal will be available soon.  I am sure that patients with cancer, MS, AIDS and other illnesses could benefit from the relief given with pot smoking.

Get gov’t out of health care, period.  Get them out of the insurance company’s pockets and let true competition improve the cost and service. 

Freedom of choice is restricted by the laws laid over the insurance/insuree process. Get rid of those laws!

14 more American soldiers, our heroes, died in Afghanistan yesterday while Mr Obama dithers about making a decision. Mr Obama has plenty of time for fundraiser's and golf but how about a few minutes for his troops? Either commit everything to winning in Afghanistan or get out before we lose any more of our sons and daughters.

[Wondrous Ketchup Cap] Wow, that rates right up there with penicillin.

To the idiot who wants to shoot kids for stealing bills out of their mail box.  Are you nuts? Maybe if they were stealing checks sent to you. Killing’s a little more serious than stealing your bills. Get a life.

[Perry Court] Harry Powell was not a mad bomber.  He was a pissed off eco-bluffer-bomber!

[Chicken Shit] Have you seen the article and letters in the Barometer about unhealthy chicken shit at Winn Dixie Plaza on Big Pine (they're getting better all the time).  It’s spooky and makes you want a decontamination booth at the entrance and to stay away from people’s houses with pet birds. newsbarometer.com

Keys Losers web site.  It cannot be legal, but it is nuts.

Wal-Mart shoppers. New Hampshire store's snappy dressers.

[Free Flue Shot] I bet $10,000 that the keep-government-out-of-our-healthcare and don’t-live-off-the-government-tit crowd gets right in line for the governments free flu shots. You should get your insurance provider to supply you with those shots, that way it will save the government millions of tax dollars. You have insurance use it. You self-serving hypocrites.

Octoberfest 2009! Video

[Obama ponders things a while]  He's still looking for that vote button that reads "present".

Fighter jet camera that can read the time on Big Ben from the Isle of Wight 75 miles away. The Raptor pod can be seen attached to the underbelly of the Tornado GR4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1218437/The-fighter-jet-camera-read-time-Big-Ben-Isle-Wight.html#ixzz0TBtzXpKf

[Medicine] Roger that on the marketing weasels. Medicines are really big business generating outrageous profits. They have been denying holistic or natural meds for decades, many of which have been used for centuries.

[Onions for collecting the flu  virus] In 1919 when the flu killed 40  million people there was this doctor that visited many farmers  to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and died.  The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked  what the farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that  she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the  home.

The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions  and placed it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he scoped it, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It  absorbed the virus, keeping the family  healthy.  

I heard this story from my hairdresser in  AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.

The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.  If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better.  If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case.  Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions. 

[Dog] Be careful where you point that thing! Clip

No sane man would follow a politician to war.

Watch the Moon pass by Jupiter Sunday through Tuesday evenings. If you have sharp eyes, Alpha (α) Capricorni is a naked-eye double star. The smallest binoculars resolve it easily — and will also show Beta (β) to be double.

[I never Left] I would like to thank the poster for letting me know that I had returned to No Name Key. I didn’t know I had left! I’ll have to read the Coconut Telegraph more often to know where I am.

Marco Rubio. Look at this Cuban. I don't think he's been robbing any lobster traps lately.  http://www.youtube.com/user/MarcoRubio#p/u

[Hyperactive Seniors] Ella Orko, 86, was arrested in Chicago in August (her 61st arrest) and charged with shoplifting $252 worth of groceries and sundries (including anti-wrinkle cream).

In honor of the 44th President of the United States , Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream has introduced a new flavor: " Barocky Road ." Barocky Road is a blend of half vanilla, half chocolate, and surrounded by nuts and flakes.  The vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient. The nuts and flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow. The cost is $100.00 per scoop.
When purchased it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, but then the ice cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you. You are left with an empty wallet and no change, holding an empty cone with no hope of getting any ice cream. Are you stimulated?

I know Mermaid Girl has wings now. What a wonderful human being she was.

[More pot stuff] I have a small grow room in my house. My neighbors and friends who visit my house have no idea it exists. I grow four plants, 45 day cycles are year. I don't sell it and only use it for personal consumption. I have a broken back and inoperable herniated discs and a replacement femur and hip from several motorcycle wrecks. I smoke pot in my house for my mind, body and soul and never get behind the wheel while I’m under the influence. I own and operate a small business and have employed close to 15 people for the last twenty years.  Now please explain to me again (remember I smoke pot so I'm slow) who the "victims" are in this scenario? I propose the only victims are the people sitting in jail for pot possession.  Stop believing all the government propaganda and try to think for yourself.

[Term Limits] Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison. Illinois already does this.  Is this a great country or what?

General Pershing. This waterboarding is for pussies!

Why not end all wars and initiate world wide birth control, like one kid per family?

[No Name Key] A woman sent a letter to the water company wanting water for her home on No Name. It seems the cistern water was making her children sick. There is only one adult child. There was no mention of Mom, Dad, pets or plants suffering any ill effects plus it took several years of cistern water for the child to become ill? With all the cisterns in use it seems strange that there haven’t been more complaints.

Who is going to pay the huge amount it will take to extend water service to No Name Key for one house? In reality, Dad wants a swimming pool and has told everyone within hearing about it, even those that could care less.

[War] Videos and photos from Military.com. Nuke those bastards. End it and save our troops.

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=200145&ESRC=marine.nl

Bob Hope on zombies and Democrats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6YdNmK77k

Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic boycotted the opening day of his war crimes trial Monday. Just drag his ass out in the street and hang him, see if he can boycott that! Karadzic boycotts opening of his war crimes trial 

[Mail Box Theft] To the person who is complaining about having checks and mail stolen from their box here are some suggestions. However it looks like you enjoy complaining more than you care about your mail. If you can't get your lazy butt out to the mailbox right after the mail is delivered, you are never going to be able to get your gun and do anything before the culprits are long gone. That is probably a good thing as you will go to jail for shooting someone for stealing mail.

In this day and age, nobody should have checks coming to an unsecured mailbox. Ever hear of direct deposit? Try it. Rent a post office box or a mail box at the UPS Store or a similar place. Build or purchase a heavy duty mailbox that needs a key to get the mail out. Hook up a switch to the box and have a bell inside that rings inside your house when the mailbox door is opened. You could use a wireless doorbell too. Don't let the mail sit in your cheap ass mailbox; promptly take it out after it is delivered.

[Conspiracy] Charges filed against WHO and UN for bioterrorism and intent to commit mass murder.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6enlzeAYt4&feature=related

Guys, guys, it’s time to take a break and go fishing, It's just like you remember ... great!

[Planning Position Refused] “The person who refused the position was under the impression that he would be able to come to Monroe County and hire staff.” If that is the case then the county administrator really did a terrible job of interviewing and briefing this guy about the job, the BOCC penchants, and life as a Monroe County employee.  Or else, the county administrator was incredibly crafty and manipulative to let this guy run the gauntlet, knowing he (the person)  would bail or  fall out,  so he (the County administrator) could get to the next candidate, who he also wanted. 

Reality check lesson learned: BOCC, interview the candidates for yourselves before you vote.  If you do not you abdicate one of your primary responsibilities.

The Wizard of Oz is 70 years old. A remake would not be as good. If Dorothy were to encounter men with no brain, no heart, and no courage today, she wouldn't be in Oz, she'd be in Congress.

‘Cause even grown men need understanding.   ~John Wayne

[Keys Losers] It’s interesting if you like reading accusations about people. Very amateurish presentation with many spelling and grammatical errors; all indications that this website creator was educated in Monroe County. As to the actual design, every time I click on Home,  a few different names appear,  so the reader never sees all the names on a single page. The site will have lots of libel cases waiting to happen. 

[Australia] I got this today from an Aussie friend, it was in his local Aussie paper yesterday.

[Grant Writer] “How many "grant" people? One. The OMB Director pulled the old bait and switch on her and she ended up quitting and moving to Tampa. There is no reason why one person can not do both grant writing and grant administration.” Does the county administrator know these things?  Does the BOCC know these things? 

When reading on CT last month about this person and Budget Director and Grant Administrator, it appeared to be sour grapes from the person. Now it looks like there really was truth behind what the person was posting. 

As to one person doing both grant writing and grant administration, yes,  you are 100% correct.  Sadly though, it appears that there's a little click-ism and job protection and covering each other's behinds going on in the County OMB Dept.

Writer's Paint Too!

Writing, much like painting
Is another form of art
Though no colors fill the page
My words still move the heart

No swirls of blue and green
No deep hues of orange and red
Just words that can conjure paradises
And invoke deeper feelings when read

No layed out visions of sunsets and moons
Or gardens and kingdoms that once were
Yet my words written on a page before you
Will captivate your mind for sure

My words can paint a picture
Just as well as any brush can do
I can create an escape with just a few words
Now show me, what about you?

Meanwhile back at the super secret headquarters for the Coconut Telegraph, Deer Ed enjoy a hearty waffle breakfast.

 Slides of Iraq.

I'm not a doctor but I'll take the job. Ohio can't find doctors to offer execution advice

[From the right] Right now there are more persons who self describe themselves as Conservative than there are persons who self describe themselves as Liberal. The ratio is about 2-1. To me this strongly suggests that the Conservative line of thought is a real power in today’s USA regardless of party labels. That can be witnessed by the plummeting approval rates for the President (unprecedented 10 days of double digit negative approval). The Congress, and their liberal initiatives fair no better, only 25% of us approve of their performance.  None of their ultra left initiatives enjoy 50+% approvals even though the Democrats hold a bullet proof majority in both Houses. Today, Democrats would lose 37% to 42% in a generic Congressional election. Those same polls reveal that nearly ľ of likely Republican voters feel that Republican Congress people have lost touch with their base. Remember that if these angry likely voters are not entirely happy with their elected officials, they are very unlikely to again vote for a Democrat or sit out any election. They see the havoc that Mr. Obama has wreaked on us because of just such a response to Mr. McCain. That should be evident to all. Further, one need only simply witness the incredible outpouring of Tea Party participants. As to the Dixiecrats, I am too young to remember them, but I do know that they were penultimate Democrats who were staunch supporters of segregation and a whole host of Jim Crow legislation. The movement did die quickly and they quickly re-joined the Democrat Party. The Democrat party warmly welcomed them with open arms notwithstanding their overwhelmingly racist views and history of Jim Crowe legislation.  Your mention of Strom Thurman is very interesting. You remember that he and his were warmly welcomed back into the Democrat party where he quickly took a leadership role. Ultimately he earned great respect from his Democrat colleagues by staging the longest filibuster in History. That filibuster was in unsuccessful opposition to the Republican Civil Rights Act of 1957. I do remember that it was those same Dixiecrat/Democrats who unsuccessfully fought against and filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights act. The 1964 Civil Rights act was largely the work of the Republican Party. It was ultimately signed by President LBJ. Today, the Conservative movement seems to be driven by the overwhelming majority of Republican voters, I think/hope that no party schism develops leading to separate parties, I believe that we will simply see an cathartic reform of the Republican party. I encourage you to keep whistling while approaching a grave yard, if it makes you feel better.

(Part II) A couple of yesterday’s postings were pretty overheated.  One guy, who sounded like he was all puffy red faced from being angry, took off on the health insurance companies and anyone who makes any serious money. He said that health insurance companies are the bad guys in our current fix. Not so. I just read that the health care insurance company’s profit margin is way less than the big majority of other businesses.  Insurance companies don’t set the prices that doctors charge, or hospitals, or any health care business. All they do is pool your money with a lot of other people’s money and later shell out to pay your claims from that pool of money. The higher the prices they have to pay for your claims, the more money you and I have to pay in to keep the pool from drying up. Sure, they take a small profit from it, but its profit that keeps our country running.  Does this guy want the companies to go bust and have all those workers out of jobs? Look, if our government is serious about dropping the costs of health, they would figure out a way to help the providers charge you and I a lot less.

The poster laid into investors. Without investors there would be no businesses, no jobs, no new medicines, no new equipment to improve businesses. Investors put their hard earned money out front to work and to be at risk. To them, money is as much of a tool as a hammer is to a carpenter. This guy sounds like he is really jealous of anyone who has more than he does. He is really into the whole Democrat gig of being a victim. What happened to pride in being self sufficient, why do so many feel that they need Mommy government to take care of them?  The poster is obviously a strong supporter of Mr. Obama who has a religious commitment to redistribution of wealth..  This is still America, so you can believe whatever you want. Just stay the hell away from my puny wealth. His posting sounds an awful lot like “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need”. That slogan is a long standing communist slogan from the 1840’s that was made famous by Karl Marx.

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Tuesday October 27, 2009

Monday October 26, 2009

All of a sudden Chaney is critical of Obama’s handling of Afghanistan after he neglected it for 7 years.

[Pot smoking is a victimless crime] Utter nonsense. Every toke, every line, supports gun crime in the streets here and abroad. Grow houses? See the posting of a few days ago. They ruin and endanger neighbourhoods. Get the government to do it? Don’t make me laugh. They tried it in Canada. The pot is lousy and it’s turned into a multi million dollar boondoggle. Smoke all the dope you want. Just don’t repeat that victimless crime bs. 

I wonder how Harry Powell, the mad bomber of Perry Court, feels about this. Peary Court military housing now open to civilians | KeysNews.com

[Obituary--Most women who die haven’t done much other than breed.]  You have to allow for the times in which they lived.  Women in the work force have been active since WWII, but female leaders in any field have been rare until recently.

[Very Cranky Neighbor] Be very aware and scared for yourselves. Guns were stolen out of a police car near Palm Villa and I heard them shooting them near my house. This comes after kids were caught drawing graffiti on anything that did not move in our neighborhood. I witnessed federal laws being broken when someone took 2 of the very last bills of the month to be paid out of my mailbox on Sunday. I am buying a gun. Parents beware. I spent the last three years with my own juvenile and her s**t. I do not care if i go to jail over sneak attacks, and me killing the next child on or near my property. I’ll get free room and board in jail at age 50. If they keep stealing my payments I will not hesitate to shoot.

Parents, get the rules down in your home. I care not about your children at all. My car will also be my weapon. Do not mess around any more, police are on red alert and unmarked autos are cruising when you least expect it. Every neighbor here has a gun and we are hillbilly enough to use them. Be forewarned!

[DiGennaro lobbied lawmaker friends]  Rice is no different. He soaked the County for mega bucks when he owned the clinic in Marathon and then there was the helicopter deal and we will never know how much went into Neugent and his pockets on that deal. Just because he kisses all the folks on the environmental side’s butts is why nobody kicks his butt here. This site is an environmentally friendly site and is scared to death to upset them. ~salkeylargo@keylargokey.com

[Bra-gas mask wins IgNobel prize] An Illinois doctor won the Public Health section of the IgNobel awards at Harvard University last night, for her invention of a bra that converts into two gas masks. Organized by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, the gongs are handed out to people whose achievements "make people laugh and then make people think."

[Why rush the healthcare bill] When Hillary tried to do something some 16 years ago it went nowhere as many of the politicians then did not think it was necessary. If you think waiting 16 years is rushing it, then you are really in the slow lane.

Anyone who thinks that private insurers are looking out for the best interest of the people must really be either naive or just don't get it. Do you think they are spending a million dollars a day lobbing the politicians to protect your health? Not. That money is being spent to protect the insurance company's profits. Wake up, they care only about their bottom line not the health of the nation.

I would like to know how many of the people complaining that health care reform is not necessary have had to purchase medical insurance for themselves or family members lately? The cost is one issue, the preexisting clauses is another and if, heaven forbid, you let you insurance lapse and have to reapply, they look for any reason not to write your policy.

We need to stop defending cooperate America and look out for the working class of this great nation; the people who through their sweat this nation was built. Abolishing the middle class through the breaking of unions, sending jobs overseas, making cheaper products, so that the stock holder makes more money, has left us with a nation that cannot afford to consume. When wealth shifts so dramatically and the concentration of it leaves the middle class, and then too does the ability to consume by the largest class of people responsible for driving our economy.

The people who produce nothing, the investors, should get the smallest piece of the pie and the ones who work the hardest and produce a tangible product or service should gain the most. Non producers, the ones who gamble with our future, the speculators, futures investors or large corporations and there stock holders who manipulate the market for there bottom line are the problem.

Ketchup Wonderous. The Heinz ketchup bottle stands on its head so you don’t have to bang the bottom of the bottle to get the stuff out. The ketchup stops coming out as soon as you stop squeezing and there’s no drips. This is done with an ingenious, yet simple, valve in the cap. It’s a small plastic dome shaped thing with a cross slit in it.

[If girls in military are such a distraction then we should allow more gays. That way they won’t be so distracted.] Just think, you are in a foxhole with a foxy chick in camouflage, a gay guy is behind you and a female sergeant with hair in her cleavage is barking orders at you; and you are going to tell me you wouldn't be distracted? Scared shitless, yes!

[Charlene’s Birthday] You got your words twisted. She's not needy, she helps the needy.  I wish I could've been at her birthday party to thank her.

[Ultimate Frisbee league] Ha, that's funny. I want some of the weed this guy is smoking. Does he really think people in the Keys will get off their bar stools and exercise their fat whining asses.

[Dixiecrat Party] According to From the Right guy, conservative Republicans are not happy with the direction that the Republican Party is going and are looking for a rebirth of the party.  I, and many others, believe that a rebirth will not happen but a split of the Republican Party will happen.  That means all the right wing nuts can form their own party, which also means that the Republican Party votes will be split, leaving a significant advantage for the Democrats in future elections.  This would be great.  I have a suggestion. Maybe you could name your new party the Dixiecrats.  Remember them? 

In 1948 they split from the Democratic Party of the south and formed their own ultra-conservative party, electing Thurman to run as their candidate. The Ideology of that party was states’ rights (limited federal govt.), social conservatism and racial segregation.  Sound familiar?  They also followed many conspiracy theories (the beginnings of the McCarthyism era of trying to find all those "Communists" in the Congress).  The only problem that I can see is that the Dixiecrat Party was founded in 1948 and dissolved in the same year. Thurman only received 39 electoral votes.  I hope your new party will last longer than that, but history tells a different story.

[Fantasy Fest] From the looks of the crowds in KW in the last four days, this years Fantasy Fest will be a landmark pig out. Duval Street was loaded with the ugliest people, in both looks and manners, ever. The money will not be here either.

Anita Dunn was looking past Mao’s terrible deeds, and looking at his philosophy.] This just proves that no matter how rotten someone is, someone else can always find a way to defend them. I remember a while back, someone from Summerland Key tried to defend Monique Acevedo in the newspaper. I guess it's true. There really is an ass for every seat.

358 ways to say peace. Enviroscan - World Peace

Keys found at the Ramrod swimming hole Sunday morning. Looks like house keys. Classified Ads > Lost & Found

How many "grant" people does the County need to pay for? One.  The one the BOCC agreed to hire at the last Key Largo BOCC monthly meeting, because the County Administrator said she was the best, and very qualified. Well, the OMB Director pulled the old bait and switch on her and she ended up quitting and moving to Tampa. Sadly, she is extremely qualified. The County lost a real good employee. Grant writing is a long process. There is no reason why one person can not do both grant writing and grant administration. 

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Rightie, I read you post yesterday. It was very thoughtful of you to make all those assumptions about my post. Putting words in my mouth and basically continuing the garbage that the new republican party stands for. I meant none of what you said I did. When I wrote my post I simply said what I meant then. I don't blame Republicans for Democrat downfalls. We have problems in our party too. I’m not trying to pick an argument or start a fight. I was pointing to the obvious slander and outright lies toward our President and the general public. If you, as a self-proclaimed loyal Republican American who cares so deeply about our democracy and way of life, can’t see the difference between open and honest debate without lies and propaganda, you, sir, are nothing more than a hate monger who, in my view, is more of a threat to the American way than the Taliban are. At least we can recognize their agenda.

I don't understand that if your party has real issues other than money to try and stop legislation that is a step toward a better America why don’t they just engage in honest debate. We will get the public option. One of the reasons is the Republican Party itself. I don’t know or pretend to know if it's the right thing or not and I believe both sides could have come up with a better bill if they would have worked together. Now we will never know.

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Anita Dunn, looking past Mao’s terrible deeds, and looking at his philosophy. And Hitler made the trains run on time!

If  Commissioners really wanted to show their appreciation for all your hard work, they would have given you a raise and a free holiday celebration.

To the person who wrote that post, in your world, free for you means the taxpayer pays. 

Do County employees really need the taxpayers to pay $25 per employee for a party?  The taxpayers are already paying for an additional 4 vacations days for all the non-union employees (the ones who get to sit in air-conditioned offices.)

When do the private sector workers who provide the cash for County employees' salaries, health insurance and benefits, and many who work 50+ hours a week with 1/2 hour lunch, no health insurance, no paid sick or vacation time, get their party?

What County commissioners should do is go to (at least for 18 months) a 32 hour week flex-time staggered schedule. Look around at other south Florida municipalities. Layoffs and short work weeks are everywhere. That trend is heading this way, but we’re a little slow to implement it.

There are taxpayers now buying fewer groceries, cutting back on medications and all non-life necessary expenses so they can pay their taxes.  What does your sarcasm say to them? 

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

The specimen bridges a critical gap in the transition from dinosaurs to birds and reveals new insights into the origin evolution of feathers. Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China

[Planning Position Refused] The person who refused the position did so because up to the moment that his hiring came up on the BOCC's agenda he was under the impression that he would be able to come to Monroe County, hire staff that would mask his deficiencies and allow him to remain the super planner that he and his cronies think he is.

When Murphy told him "No" to hiring staff, it was a brand new ball game and he quickly bailed out. Did the BOCC really think that this guy was coming to do any real work?

Today, Monday, starts the first Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Safety class which is held at the Habitat for Humanity building on Big Pine Key from 6:30 - 9:30 every Monday and Wednesday evening for three weeks.  If you haven't signed up yet, please call now.  Jan Kittsmiller, Flotilla 1303 Commander  744-0043.  Don't go boating without it! Bulletin Board

[Woman in War] Men tend to be protective of females, whether at home or in the field.  That takes the focus away from the mission thus making both more vulnerable.  There's nothing wrong with women being part of the camp followers, however.  Unfortunately, these days, they want equality, but males end up bearing the brunt as they have to double up to offset the female inadequacy at co-equally sharing the load.  Field accommodations also are Spartan and women require more than their male counterparts in addition to needing separate quarters.  There are also problems of subordination. When the female isn't up to par, but outranks lower ranking males that are a great deal worse than the dumb new lieutenant syndrome. It just does not work well in true combat situations. If sectored into female and male combat groups, each would and could be functional to their own missions.

The Communists have taken over America. Swine flu was created by the Democratic Party with plans to pump it onto every republican’s office. Obama is sneaking nuclear weapons to the Chinese and planning to help them take over the world. Obama’s not even an American. In 2 more weeks Obama will be arresting anyone that doesn’t wear an "Obama Rocks" t-shirt. Obama plans on having the military plant tulips in Holland this spring because we all know flowers are pretty. This post was taken from the Glenn beck show this past Thursday.

For more on a typical republican’s view of this great country please tune into the Glenn Beck show and watch his mannerisms and listen carefully to his words. It’s very entertaining. Then decide. Would you want the party he supports back in power?

The web page is a Arab propaganda. They have been dumping depressing web information for the past several years to make Americans and most of the rest of the World feel guilty and depressed. It's a control tactic. Click on the link then X off the sign in, the link should then go to another Arab site. They are using the same tactics as the Japs did in WW2. WWW.LAIL-ALSAHARA.COM

This Baghdad s**thole is never going to change. Car bombs targeting Baghdad government kill 92

Serving soldier leads London protest against war. Serving Soldier Leads London Protest Against War in Afghanistan | CommonDreams.org

[The Public Option] Fix Medicaid first.  How many thousands more could be getting help from the funds currently handled by Medicaid?  Their inefficiency and corruption costs lives by tangling every procedure in so much red tape that the money gets 'lost' on its way to those it's meant to help.

Mangrove Mama is coming to the Keys for her 50th Birthday and Fantasy Fest.  It should be a ghoulish birthday to remember.  If you see her, buy her a drink!

[Keys Losers] They keep track of them so you don’t have to. www.keyslosers.com 

How about taking a quiet moment to remember Mermaid Girl? 'Mermaid Girl' Shiloh Pepin Dies

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men" ~Abraham Lincoln

[If military woman are such a distraction then we should allow more gays. That way they won’t be so distracted.]  Point taken!  The only way to end that problem entirely is to find soldiers with zero sex drive.  That would be a very small army.

To the Anita Dunn poster. You could find the good in a crap sandwich; which, by the way, is what this administration is feeding us.  

[From the Right] Thanks to the poster who acknowledged that Ms. Dunn’s Mao remarks were political. I agree, but to me that is all the more reason that her remarks were shocking. She was speaking to group of kids who are at life’s front door. These kids were presented with a speech that, in part, honored a murderous tyrant whose values are totally antithetical to all that is American. Whoever invited her to speak held her out to these kids as a model that should be admired and emulated. In turn, she held out one of history’s most brutal tyrants as one of her most admired political philosophers. Her remarks were political in the sense that they perfectly reflected her admiration for Mao and for his politics.  She did not speak of the fact that China has morphed into a superpower, nor did she speak of the many contributions that Chinese people have made to our history. Nope, she praised Mao’s political philosophy. Remember too, that she spoke glowingly of Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a savior to many Indians who exist in grinding poverty. She had the moral authority to impact human life. The message that Dunn was selling to those kids was that an all powerful leader, acting on behalf of the “under classes”, is an appropriate and righteous model for government. Please consider any one of our founding fathers would be a perfect model for those kids. Our founders risked their lives and their fortunes so that Ms. Dunn would be blessed with free speech. Ms. Dunn chose to ignore our history, she chose a tyrant. Ms. Dunn also is working to silence any voices that are critical of Mr. Obama.  That would enrage our founding fathers. That Deer Friends is Mao like and un-American.

(Part II) H1N1 started to get notoriety in mid 2008, but it has been around for a long time. By November 2008 we were hearing more and more about it.  Not long after Mr. Obama’s inauguration the drum beat of warning echoed around the world. By mid March, Kathleen Sebilus, Mr. Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary, was resisting worldwide appeals to aggressively address the border leaping threat of H1N1, she declined. On the other hand she did go on Sesame Street and taught Elmo how to sneeze into his (or her) elbow. How very clever and stylish of her. By Mid May, 2009 Glaxo, Kline, and Smith reported that: - “GSK has received orders from several governments aiming to stockpile a new candidate A (H1N1) adjuvanted influenza vaccine as a precautionary measure”. Those governments were the U.K., France, Finland and Belgium. Note that the USA is not on that list. Early in July Ms. Sebilius assured us that research was apace and that vaccine would be available and vaccination would begin in mid October. On July 22, 2009 Sebilius’ NIAID issued their first release on H1N1. It said: “NIAID Set to Launch Clinical Trials to Test 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Candidates” Let’s review. As of 1/21/09, the Obama admin was aware of the H1N1 threat. By March Sebilius was being begged by foreign officials to bolster prevention measures, she demurred. But she did teach Elmo how to sneeze. Foreign nations were stockpiling vaccine. Finally, by July Ms. Sebilius acknowledged that we needed the H1N1 vaccine and we needed it soon and we needed to use it.  In July Ms. Sebilius hosted a one day H1N1 summit, she said that “if” vaccine is available, we will start a voluntary vaccination campaign by Mid October. You must remember that in May the vaccine was available, foreign governments were using it. By August 11^th NIAID, (Ms. Sebilius’ agency) had made remarkable progress, they said : “NIAD scientists view past flu pandemics for clues to future course of 2009 H1N1 virus”. Now that is sterling, absolutely sterling work they were still looking to history for “clues”. In September NAID reported that trials had begun. It wasn’t until October that it appears that H1N1 was finally made a priority over AIDS and HIV issues. Let’s review again. H1N1 has been killing people all over the world for years. We were repeatedly warned. We first became concerned with it about a year ago. By late September the vaccine was not readily available. Remember that the Obama administration promised vaccine aplenty by the early fall. Just 23 days ago, H1N1 became a priority of the gatekeepers of our health. 11 days later,  On October 12^th it was announced that the vaccine would soon be “available” to the general public. But The vaccine is still not widely available. You can check on the history of our government’s role in its development by visiting the NIAD web site. On Sunday, October 25, 2009 Obama authorities reported that more than 1,000 people in the United States, including almost 100 children, have died from the strain of flu known as H1N1, and 46 states have widespread flu activity.  About 200 schools have been closed. There are over 300 million Americans, but so far only 11 million doses have gone out. They say that “ample” supplies will be available by mid November. That’s after the end of the flu season. Think about it, these are the same people who want to run your health care system. Deer friends, don't let it happen. http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2009/

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[Afghanistan] Leave. They hate us. Negotiate with the Taliban and let them have Afghanistan. They are no different than the Saudis. We deal with the Saudis. They hate us too, but they don’t say it. Most 9/11terrorists were from Saudi Arabia and so is Osama Bin Laden.

The US must stop its imperialism and stop killing civilians. Every civilian we kill creates many more American haters.

Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director] She honored Chairman Mao and Mother Teresa in her statement. I think she was looking past Mao’s terrible deeds, and looking at his philosophy. I also think that she was looking to include a Chinaman for political reasons. One of the good thinks about the Obama Administration is they take a world view which is to our advantage in the long run.

The public boat ramps at Spanish Harbor, Mile Marker 34, and Little Duck Key, Mile Marker 40, starting Monday, for about five months.

Di Gennaro, who has lobbied his Republican lawmaker friends to secure funding for the sewer work, was among the contingent of county officials who met with state officials in Tallahassee...

Yes, but how good is he at lobbying, since he hasn't brought home "the goods"?  How good are any of the other lobbyists on the county payroll (for the same reason)?  What exactly are any of them doing, except running up their tabs?  Where's our money going?  Maybe we should stop spending our money on lobbying and just throw it directly at the sewer builders.

And while we're at it, how many "grant" people do we need to pay for? And when will we see all the new money the new grant writer is supposed to be getting? That's the one the BOCC agreed to hire at the last Key Largo BOCC monthly meeting, because the County Administrator said she was the best, and very qualified. Well, if she's so qualified, why, at the Oct. BOCC meeting, did the BOCC agree to hire, at $15 per hour, another grant writer?  (Did you all notice at that meeting that when DiGennaro asked staff how much this guy would cost, no staff answered him immediately. He had to ask the question 3 times before somebody finally said $4500. And that answer was intentionally misleading.  The real answer is $15 per hour. And the part the staff did not include is that grant writing is a process, the just looking for grants part can take months.  There is no reason why one person can not do both grant writing and grant administration. 

When the county lays off employees,  the expectation is that the salary load will decrease, but actually it has increased, because the money, instead of not being spent, is being spent on lobbying and grant writing.  And of course, the remaining employees stand up at public meetings and say they have too much work and have to pay lobby and grant people. 

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

[The public Option] The insurance people are so against the public option because they know that if the government offers it no one will take their insurance. People are just dying to get the public option.

We criticize Muslims for bringing religion to government, but we do the same. There isn’t a meeting of Congress where they don’t pray to God to get it going.

The Marathon city manager Clyde Burnett resigned Friday because of the city clerk’s accusations that he stalked and harassed her. Maybe we should name the Marathon airport after him. That’s what they did when Commissioner Sonny McCoy was caught for sexual harassment.

I propose we rename Old Town the Southernmost Disneyland.  First HARC went against tradition and allowed fancy colors and pastels on the historic houses, now they want to paint the tin roofs white. Last year they wanted to install vinyl clad windows; how about vinyl siding? There’s a move to allow aluminum shutters and railings too. Why don’t we just make plastic replicas of the historic houses? They will be much more energy efficient and cheaper to maintain.

I renovated a hell of a lot of those houses in my day and I always understood that we were restoring those buildings to reflect the 1850’s style because that was the peak of Key West’s heyday. Every time HARC allows modernization in the historic district we all lose a little bit of that history. (I’m even in favor of re-allowing shake roofs. They are available now with fire-retardant).

If the residents living in those half million dollar houses need to save money on their air conditioning and maintenance, they should sell out and someone else will be only too glad to buy their house to preserve that little bit of history. We all benefit from Old Town being preserved as it existed in the 1850s not the demands of the twenty-first century. No one has ever called Disneyland “charming.”

[Why pot isn't just another prescription] The pot prescriptions could be written by your bartender. He’s more likely to know what you need to get high than your doctor.

[Who runs Miami] Do you think a European-American will ever again have a chance at being the Mayor of Miami? They are too prejudiced to let a white person be their mayor.

[Kudos Dennis Ward] I never thought I’d praise a lawyer, but I’m doing it now. State Attorney Dennis Ward’s battle against corruption has struck another blow. This time it’s against Mario DiGennaro who was trying to hire one of his buddies’ consulting firms to review County’s insurance claims without going out for bids as required by law.

Last week Pakistan mounted a major attack on the militants along their Afghan border killing a whole bunch of bad guys. It seems the only time Pakistan attacks them is when the US threatens to withhold funds from Pakistan. We sent them a whole lot of money days before the offensive, as is usually the case. Pakistan is no friend of ours; they’re in it for our money.

[Executive Compensation] There should not be any excessive compensation for companies that were bailed out. These executives did nothing but run the company into the ground with their unethical schemes. They risked nothing and did nothing. If they risked their own money that would be a different story, but they didn’t and they should not be rewarded for their bad behavior.

[Girls in Military] If they are such a distraction then we should allow more gays. That way they won’t be so distracted.

An obituary this week listed the achievements of a woman as owning a check cashing store in NJ and playing bingo as her accomplishments. I hope my obituary lists something more substantial than playing bingo.

You know you’re old when you read the obituaries every day looking for people you know. I have noticed that most of the women who die haven’t done much other than breed.

[Stupid criminal] A KW crack dealer held off police for 3 hours Monday by locking his door. The police caught him when he tried to leave the house. Police found 16 rocks and some pipes when they finally searched the house. The creep had three hours to get rid of the evidence, but he must not have thought of it.

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VP Biden walked out of a meeting with Hamid Karzai because Karzai would not admit the there was corruption in his government and would not consider the fact. I like Joe.

[Spies] In light of recent and past instances of Israel spying on us, I think it’s time we cut the umbilical cord with them. We’ve looked the other way as Israel has continued expanding and creating new settlements in opposition to agreements they’ve signed. The latest instance of them buying our secrets is the straw that broke the camel’s back.

[Marijuana] “Federal drug agents will no longer pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana.”

Maybe now our courts and prisons will have a little more room for the real bad guys. Going after potheads is such a waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere. Pot smoking is a victimless crime. Or should I say that the only victim is the user.

Yes, Halloween is still on Halloween and the kids will be out trick or treating on Saturday, October 31, All Hollows Eve which is the Catholic Holy Day of Obligation called All Souls Day.

[Planning Position Refused] What a waste of time. How many of the BOCC would have voted for this guy if they had been given the opportunity to meet with him before voting on him, to have formed their own opinions of him and maybe even asked him what he was looking for in the position.  And maybe, if he had met with the commissioners himself, he might have decided he didn't want to work for them before they voted on him.

Maybe the commissioners will meet with the next candidate before voting on hiring him.

What does this latest defection say about the county administrator's skills for the really big stuff (directors, managers)? Although they claim not, in some areas the BOCC is a micro managing lot. 

What does it say about the guy, that he bailed after hearing the commissioners discuss him and the job and money in public?  Maybe he got a taste of Monroe government, politics and leadership and he changed his mind because he did not want to get tangled up with Monroe's ways.

The puzzling thing is the review panel that looked at all the applicants. What, if anything, did they miss in him when reviewing him?  Did anybody ask him if was considering other job offers, or if he was ready to make the commitment to living in the keys?

There is a benefit for a Marathon resident to offset her medical bills next Saturday Nov. 7. It starts at 2pm at Sombrero Resort. There will be raffle tickets available at $20 each for a free sewer lateral install. Tickets are avail at Specialty Hardware, Stuffed Pig, Tackle Box and Time Out magazine. Bulletin Board

[More Troops] An estimated 104,000 U.S. and NATO troops will be in Afghanistan by the end of the year. Two-thirds of which are American. NATO considers beefing up Afghan war support - Yahoo! News

Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid. ~John Wayne

The Bike Path money was collected years before the work started, but was re-allocated for other uses. It was private money! The same thing will happen with the health care funds.

The Pińa Colada Lady of Camellia Lane says November is for Thanksgiving, not Halloween. The blender will be cranked up on October 31. Come on over!

Fantasy Fest schedule. KeysNews.com

[Birthday] Carlene sounds a little needy to me, whoever she is.

No honey, you're holding it right. It won't hurt at all.

Is the right wing guy writing love letters to himself?

Cars or women?  Slide Show

Big Pine Academy is having a Holiday Winter Bazaar Saturday, December 12, 8am-1pm Reserve your space today. Spaces are available for arts and crafts for $25 each. To request a space or for more information, please contact us at bpa_pto@yahoo.com

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars. ~ Barack Obama, 2002

I’m thinking of starting up an ultimate frisbee league. Please post back if you might be a dirty hippie with no life.

The Country is in turmoil and everything is falling apart. The Commies are moving in and the federal government is the exact same as China. The President isn’t even an American and Glenn Beck is the greatest American on the news. The president was trying to talk the kids all into being commies with his speech before school started and we all know that 2 months before the election Americas financial markets were not falling apart it was all a trick by the Democrats. The democrats then fixed the election and in reality no one voted for this President. Yawn. Have some more sour grapes with your whine. Keep up the bad work, guys, your craziness is now being laughed at by the entire world.

Enough, already, about Clyde Burnett and his sexual harassment charge. Take a look at him. How much of a threat is he to any healthy woman? You can run away from him in a second.  He'll never catch you.

To all County employees: Happy New Fiscal Year! If the Commissioners really wanted to show their appreciation for all your hard work, they would have given you a raise and a free holiday celebration.

Is it true that trick or treat night was moved to November 2nd? Is this in effect for all Monroe County or just Key West because of Fantasy Fest?

[Airliner Mystery] Maybe they were having a spank the monkey contest. Northwest pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping

There is nothing like the Keys.

[Obama is a Terrorist] Damnit, the gall of the Obamacare forces is bizarre. They have all the dedication and the ruthlessness of Al Qaeda. They have declared Democrat Jihad on our health care system. The really disturbing component of this is the fact that their target, our healthcare, is only a tactical target. Their strategic target is to take our society by biting off chunk after chunk after chunk until capitalism and freedom are history.  Pelosi, according to a late AP release, has priced the current House Obamacare plan at $1 trillion dollars. That’s way over the Obama target, but Obama will take it anyway. Worse, Pelosi only reduced the price to that outrageous figure by hiding costs that amounts to many billions of dollars. Those dollars are for Medicaid and Medicare. She pulled those dollars out of the Obamacare bill and dumped them into a different pile of legislation so as to hide the true costs of her Obamacare bill from you and me.  So far Mr. Obama has been able to seize control of the banking industry, the mortgage industry, the auto industry. He now wants to capture control, in a single bite, of an additional 20+% of our economy. If he gets that bite you will suffer much higher taxes, and you will be forced to join his plan which will reduce the quality and availability of care. If you care, beef loud and long to every single legislator that you can think of. Please.

[Needle Stabber] Thankfully, the 11-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed two other students with a used hypodermic needle last week at Marathon’s Stanley Switlik Elementary School was arrested. This kid is trouble, big trouble.  I wish he was charged with more than two counts of simple battery and one count of simple assault. Because the charges are misdemeanors and the child is a minor, his name has not been released. We’ll all find out eventually and then he can keep his ass home schooled.  This is a typical case of horrible parenting. The fact that the kid was released to a grandmother says something right there. Let’s see what Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Chad Scibilia has to say about that. Hopefully, he finds out where the needle came from—his parents perhaps?      

[Obama responsible for flu] President Obama and his health care czar have known of the threat of H1N1 for many months. They absolutely promised that they would have enough vaccine to protect everyone before the onset of the pandemic. The pandemic is here, the vaccine is not. We were told yesterday that the vaccine would not be fully available until late in November. H1N1 is here now, many kids and adults have died. There can be no excuse for this failure of Mr. Obama. We just can't trust him with our health. He's failed us already.

In case we run out of masks during the N1H1 flu season, here is a homemade mask you can make yourself. It is even compatible with wearing glasses. One thing though, make sure your mask is clean

[From the Right] On Friday an Obama supporter published his beliefs that right wing posters cherry pick polling data to emphasize right wing accomplishments and to diminish Left Wing accomplishments. Temptation to say “Well Duh” is just overwhelming. In part the poster spoke of “the propaganda you (right wingers) spew” and said: “I want this all to stop so we could accomplish great things”. A few things come to mind: First the poster is grievously wrong in his assessment of the facts. The ranks of self identified Democrats is remaining stable, but the ranks of the self identified Republicans is declining. The Republican brand may well be on the way to a complete rebirth with a cleansing of the philosophy that so closely mirrored Democrat spending habits and philosophy. That would be a very healthy catharsis. Our current fiscal mess could not have happened if we Republicans had not spent like Democrats and had we Republicans really intensified our resistance to the predations of Chris Dodd and other Democrat leaders. It was Dodd and other Congressional Democrats who, for personal gain, so tragically screwed up the financial industry.  It is probable that the new Republican brand will be as different from the old one as a 2009 hybrid Ford is from a 1954 Ford Mainline. It is very good news that the ranks of those who identify themselves as Conservative is growing exponentially. Conservatives now outnumber Liberals by nearly two to one. Second, the Liberal fallback position is always victimhood. The poster is saying that the Democrats are the victims of Right Winger “propaganda” which he says is the cause of the Democrat failures. Apparently he chooses to ignore that Democrats hold rock solid partisan proof majorities in both Houses of Congress. Third: In what always seems to be a liberal battle tactic, the poster wants to silence the voices of anyone who is critical of the Obama initiatives. It is an alarming, but not surprising that Mr. Obama and his minions have declared war on dissention. Just ask anyone at Fox news or most other news outlets who have condemned it. Mr. Obama and his  faithful have established an enemy’s list like Nixon or Johnson. Some of the Obama inner circle has expressed deep admiration for communist and/or socialist leaders and philosophers. Mr. Obama himself was mentored by communists.  Silencing opposition is the Democrat way, but it sure as hell is not the American way.

(Part II) I’m happy to note that yesterday, CT was nearly devoid of ad hominem attacks. That’s not to say that posters did not challenge the views of other posters, only that there was a substantial drop in name calling. That’s a very good thing. But I will continue to answer fire with fire, I just won’t fire first. I welcome, challenge, and encourage everyone to jump in and tell the CT community your point of view. The whole idea is tell the world how righteous your point of view is. You just might change a CT devotee’s mind. Or maybe you just want to rant about how wrong the other side is. But be prepared to take broadsides if you insist on personally attacking folks who have a different point of view. I urge you to tell us why Mr. Obama is so near and dear to your heart. What is it in his character, his performance, or his experience that keeps you in his thrall? What benefit will our nation have, and why, if his leftist policies are enacted? Why are you committed to strangling capitalism? Why are you committed to the Cap and Trade storm that is now peeking over the horizon? How about your views on the current socialized medicine debacle?

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Sunday October 25, 2009

Saturday October 24, 2009

(eD:  No edIT SatuRDAY!!!!!!......b-cuz u assd 4 iT!!!!!!!!!

Hey there...

As most of you know, this Sunday (October 25) is my birthday, and it usually falls right in the middle of Fantasy Fest, and we are down in Key West and can't celebrate with our friends.  Well, this time, my birthday falls on the first weekend, so we can celebrate with y'all!

Therefore, we are celebrating tonight (Saturday, 10/24), at the Looe Key Tiki Bar, on Ramrod Key!  If you live down here, I am inviting you to stop by and party with us...if you don't live down here, I will feel your spirit partying with us!  We are asking people to come in costume, if they can, but they don't have to!  I'm going to be trying out my new fangs (in more ways than one...ha!), and wild eye contact lenses, and maybe my new puppet!

Hope to see you there!

Love...Carlene

In England they used to have the death penalty for many crimes including pickpocketing.  People would pack into the town square to watch the public executions.  Guess who loved them the most and cleaned up while they were goin on?

 A favorite taken from a Thomas Sowell: If you think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication how do you think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it?

Have you ever noticed that the people who say "think outside the box" can't? 

The dos and don'ts of costumes | KeysNews.com Halloween preparedness.

PROFESSIONAL PILOT / October 2009  - magazine article on county website about Trauma Star. 

Very interesting, they're planning to buy an additional helo, hire more pilots, and all the county residents voted to support Trauma Star.

Below is the article's paragraph that shows the county taxpayers their financial future.  Taxpayers are going to be funding their own demise. 

For a Sheriff who said during his campaigning that he did not want Trauma Star,  it sure looks like he's promoting it and letting it grow - more helos, and hires.

When is enough enough ?  This Trauma Star is like somebody's on an out of control binge.

http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/pages/MonroeCoFL_Fire/Prof%20Pilot.pdf

Future plans
Brooks Bateman’s vision for the MCSO Aviation Division is well planned and funded growth to support the unit’s HEMS operation and expand its LE role.

Monroe County residents indicated in a referendum last year that a capable and efficient government-operated HEMS is a priority to them.

With a financial commitment from county voters in place—and with the potential for additional funding from DHS—Bateman would like to add another helicopter that could provide additional law enforcement capability and  serve as a backup for the S76.

This will likely mean the acquisition of a single-engine helicopter to serve the dual role efficiently, although Bateman does not rule out a larger aircraft.

Any new aircraft will also mean adding 2 or 3 pilots to support the increased workload.

Another priority is the upgrade of aircraft components and onboard medical equipment.

While the S76’s current avionics are adequate for its mission, emerging technologies  can provide better safety and efficiency. Bateman notes that the county remains “very responsive to our needs for improved medical equipment.”

I am an Independent and right guy may seem to those on the left as you say on this site off balance. But as an outsider looking in he is the only one saying anything and backing it with facts. All you on the left(or not in agreement)can do is bash him with verbiage .If there are better ideas on you side write a column as he does with facts and figures and back up your statements and you wont sound like whining fools like someone just pooped in your sand box. There are many ways to skin a cat step up to the plate and show us.

What happened to making your own costume? Why does everything have to be so professionally done? Are you afraid your kid will be scared for life if he doesn't have a store bought costume?

St Peter's Catholic Church has some cute costumes for sale.  They are very cheap.  Try looking.

To All County Employees -- Happy New Fiscal Year

As most of you already know, to show our appreciation for all of your hard work and dedication, the Board of County Commissioners has granted all non-unionized employees additional four days off for fiscal year 2010: 1-Christmas Eve,  2-New Year’s Eve,  3-Birthday,  4-Floating holiday. 

We are listening to you - and due to your overwhelming support via the survey we conducted - for the first year ever, a County-wide Holiday Celebration will be held on December 12^th  at the Key West Airport. This will be a good time to mingle with your colleagues in an off-hour setting.  Attached you will find the details of the celebration.  Hope to see you there..

The Devil went down to Jamaica. (He may have stopped in the Keys along his way) Video

Michael Moore's Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now | CommonDreams.org 15 things every American can do right now.

It is amazing that the presidents birthplace fiasco goes on and on. It makes no sense that he would spend a reported million dollars to protect his records unless there was something to hide. If he has a proper certificate then what possible reason would there be for not publicly displaying it?  Also what is the rush to pass a fifteen hundred page, unread, healthcare bill that does not go into effect for a couple of years, yet the tax base will start immediately on passage? 

Does the federal government need the money that bad? Who will really benefit from the quick passage? These are the questions everyone from all political parties should be asking. It is a citizens right to know. It is the politicians duty to answer truthfully.

Here's something that should get you life w/o parole!

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20091022/US.MED.Swine.Flu.Product.Claims/

Big pine is celebrating Halloween On Sat  31st....The people of Eden Pines  are

all set     for the Trick or Treat......on   Sat  31st

Jackpot. Video

all the nostalgiac comments about the Gang plank are cool.
 It was better than " Cheers" and everbody knew yer name.
Travel back farther in time to the Oasis bar in Marathon (now annettes).
For a midwest boy in 73 it was just like the bar scene in Star wars.
Wall to wall characters.

Can a single woman satisfy 12 men at once? Clip

Things really are looking up for the Obama administration, way up. Back in January unemployment was at about 7.2%. Newly minted President Obama had promised that unemployment would not exceed 8% if his stimulus legislation was passed. It passed and unemployment went up, way up to 10%. And it's staying up. Mr. Obama’s spokespeople told us yesterday that it was headed even higher and would stay higher for at least the next year or so. Wow, up it goes! The number of jobs lost has gone way up since the Obastimulus passed. It’s up by about 2.7 million lost jobs. Super dooper. Gee, that’s a lot of Mom’s and Dad’s who have a lot more quality time with their kids! Mr. Obama declared war on Fox News, and Fox’s ratings have gone way up. I understand that they’re advertising rates have gone way up. Their bottom line has gone way up too. Things are looking up for Mr. Obama in Congress too. Opposition to Mr. Obama’s Cap and Trade initiative is up, way up. Judging by the polls, public concern and attention is up, way up. The number of folks who say “Up Yours Mr. Obama” is up, way up.

You just gotta love some of these liberals. On Thursday the Right Wing dude wrote a long thing giving chapter and verse on some of the reasons why Obamacare is really a rotten idea. He used tough, but funny, language to describe the Obama plan and those airheads who designed it. Well, that got a liberal poster all huffy and red faced. He sounded a lot like a tight assed ultra stiff necked prude. Just the type that the liberals live to bitch about. You know how they knock folks of faith. He complained all about the language, but he didn’t even try to rebut the arguments of the  Right Winger. So now we know that this dude doesn’t like tough talk, but we don’t know what he stands for or why. I suppose he just likes Obama, but he doesn't know why. Is he ashamed to try and argue his case? This guy should wear the scarlet “L” letter. You decide if it stands for loser or liberal.

Wee wee0007 Lies In Under 2 Minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErR7i2onW0&feature=player_embedded

I heard of a welder being injured while repairing an aluminum gas tank when some gas that got into a tiny pocket in the original weld seam exploded.   Isn't one cup of gasoline equal to 5 sticks of dynamite or something around there?

Pregnant and addicted, mothers in South Carolina find hope (Do the taxpayers a  favor and drown them also)

(Crazy Fish is sold) Good, I'm sure Eric will clean the dump up and make a decent restaurant out of it.

[Death Penalty for Revenge]

Naturally … or predictably … you missed my point. First, I’m hardly a holy roller. And of course I’d want revenge for a heinous crime against me or my loved ones. I’m human. I might even take the law into my own hands and exact the revenge on my own. However, what I said was that capital punishment doesn’t make sense and therefore is bad law because it takes its cues from emotion. Furthermore it is the ultimate hypocrisy for the state to plan out someone’s murder … as a way to show society how much we detest murder. Surely … even someone who sees the world in terms of “rag heads” and “holy rollers” can acknowledge that. I might also add that laws which are viewed as hypocritical aren’t widely respected. And I might also add that upon reading many first person accounts of victim’s who thought they’d find comfort when capital punishment was meted out … the truth is, they don’t. They mostly feel emptiness. Murder is murder … no matter who does it. Jail for life – with all its violence, rape and deprivation … is a much more cruel punishment. Let the convicts kill their own. You disappoint me. You sound like someone who would favour that. 

I have no connections to either side of this issue, but I have been reading about it every time it comes up,  and I have heard all the NNK residents speak at many meetings. 

So, just to keep facts at top of this discussion: 1.)  the pro-utilities people have repeatedly said they are willing to pay for it themselves,  which eliminates the "taxpayers will pay" accusation put out by the anti-utilities people.  2.) The anti-utilities people are costing the taxpayers just as much, and possibly more (The Gallion case) than the pro-utilities people.

The pro-utilities peoples' arguments seem logical, credible, reasonable, fact based.

The anti-utilities peoples' arguments seem emotional, personal hype, hysteria driven.

Although trying to protect "a personal agenda" way of life is king around here,  just as much credence gets given to rights of property owners.  Ever since people started living here,  my turf vs your turf  //  my rights vs your rights  has been life consuming.

To the anti-utilities people, stop dragging the rest of us into this "resident vs. resident" power struggle. You want to control an area, buy it.  You can not accuse the other side of doing that which you are also doing.

 I personally hold you responsible for any money anybody has to pay because you won a court case. You have crossed a line, and dragged me into your life.  This is my say - stand down. Enough is enough. Get over yourselves. 

It turns out that "someone else" is the taxpayers of Monroe County

Just a question. The last 3 days, when I click on your site, after noon, I get the current days date. When I click on it yesterdays comes up. What can be causing this.  Thanks!

(Ed: I don’t know. It works fine on my test computers. They this: Clear Browser's Cache http://bigpinekey.com/Pages/lousy_tech_support.htm )

[SOLAR GROUP LIES]

In response to the ramble of lies by No Name Key resident Chris Barber:

The residents of No Name Key who want power will be paying for this power extension to their own homes.  No (zero, zilch) County taxpayers will be paying for this.  Further, the handful of No Name Key homeowners who do not want power (mostly winter visitors) will (1) not be forced to have it, and (2) will not be paying for it either.  Our current lack of commercial electricity is a matter of the few forcing the many.  These few are forcing their will and their personal choices onto their majority neighbors; that force has resulted in enormous noise and air pollution. Commercial power, providing the availability for grid-tie, will be a matter of choice. 

The residents of No Name Key who have asked for central sewer connection are like all residents of this County (1) under the same State Mandate, (2) will be using the same State Funds, or penny sales tax, as every other area in the Keys, and (3) concerned about clean waters in the Florida Keys.  When polluted canals flush (be-it tides or storms) they flush into the surrounding Bay and Ocean waters.  As our NNK water-body  is one of only twenty-six “verified impaired water-bodies” (per the USEPA) in all the lower keys, surely it is worthy of our concerns and best efforts to reverse the pollution and water quality damage that is occurring. 

I am in support of a clean, healthy and safe environment for the planet and for my children:

(1) Commercial electricity will eliminate the noisy, polluting generators which are used by 91% of the NNK homes. These generators create 300% more CO2 emissions than electricity produced by Fl Elec., and the cost of the electricity produced from these generators is 6 times higher. Commercial Electricity will also eliminate, or seriously reduce, the toxic lead-acid batteries which currently run all of the homes on NNK. & Commercial electricity will allow for grid-tie. 

(2) Central sewer connection will eliminate the current septic/sewage leakage into our waters. 

In a day when the world is so informed, aware, and concerned about the environment, and the health and safety of our citizens, how these dwindling few “solar-people” can object to clean air, and clean water is beyond comprehension.  And they've been pulling this environmental sham all off in the name of the "Key Deer Protection", what a horrid joke they've been playing on this County.

No Name Key residents have paid taxes for 30 years worth of public services not received, but No Name Key residents are not asking you to pay for anything. 

Yes, you are right, the taxpayers of this County sure deserve to know how badly they have been robbed: We can sure thank you, Alicia Putney and your last few solar friends for the MILLIONS (I hear $10 Million!!!!!!!!!) that we will be spending on the Galleon Bay lawsuit, all to stop 12 homes from being built next door to Alicia Putney!  Now Folks, THERE'S THE REAL TAXPAYER MONEY ROBBED FROM YOU, all because of the "solar group"!

HISTORY LESSON

Take a moment to learn about what Mao Zedong, so admired in the Obama White House, was really like. It has been revealed that White House communications director Anita Dunn  reveres the Chinese Hitler as a political philosopher.

Mao urged communist leaders in East Germany to build the Berlin Wall. Mao was also enthusiastic about executions, child labor, torture, and organized public denunciation sessions for political figures who fell out of favor with him. 

It is known that some 70 million Chinese, along with countless Tibetans, Mongolians, Manchus, Koreans, Hmong, Uyghurs, and other nationalities, died as a result of his long and brutal reign. Mao was also a prolific rapist who had his subordinates bring him a constant stream of young girls.

Mao also used terror to systematically destroy entire classes of people who might prove obstacles to his rule, deliberately striking fear—and instilling blind obedience–into the remainder of the population.  Mao had written in the early 1920s that China “must be destroyed and then re-formed.” Once in power, he began applying the Leninist principle of class struggle to the Chinese people under his control.

Another of the many admirers of Mao working in the Obama White House is car czar Ron Bloom, who Obama has placed in charge of Chrysler and General Motors.

Monroe County   PERSONNEL POLICIES & PROCEDURES MANUAL

http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/Pages/MonroeCoFL_Personnel/PersonnelPolicies.pdf

HOLIDAYS SECTION 6 6.01 OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS

The following are holidays which shall be observed by all County offices in which functions can be discontinued without adversely affecting required services to the public:

New Year's Day   

Labor Day   

Presidents Day    

Columbus Day   

Martin Luther King's Birthday  

Veterans Day   

Good Friday   

Thanksgiving Day   

Memorial Day   

Thanksgiving Friday   

Independence Day   

Christmas Day   

In addition to the above-designated holidays, the Board of Commissioners, in its sole discretion, may grant other special holidays during the course of a year to some, or all, County employees.

ANNUAL LEAVE

1 through 3 years = 13 working days per year

4 through 10 years = 16 1/4 working days per year

11 through 15 years = 19 1/2 working days per year

16 or more years = 22 3/4 working days per year

ACCRUAL OF SICK LEAVE

All regular, full-time employees will accrue 4 hours sick leave per pay period.

There will be no limit of the amount of sick leave that can be accrued.

[why legal prescriptions for pot would be any different than other prescriptions]  Thanks for that explanation.  The law of unintended consequences bites again.  All those are things I hadn't thought of. 

Texas has a "Welcome Back Celebration" for snowbirds] - that is the best thing I have heard in a long time- let's give flyers to every 'bird telling them how Texas loves them- and how much better things are there then here-

Dad’s Lost The Remote For The Last Time

Today, at college our sociology professor told us if we knew what we call a marriage between a man and many women. The quietest student in our class shouted 'A bitch fight waiting to happen'. It's always the quiet ones.

(to the poster women are like country western songs)

the gaul of you,only a literate Yankee would bad mouth c/w songs like that.  the lyrics must be over your head

someone mentioned "etiquette education" for our Keys visitors. Great idea! I think a poster to the CocoTele sent in something like this a while back. It was called "The Ten Keymandments." It was amusing and informative. I've attached a copy for your readers to peruse. Poster

Exemptions (you may not need this permit if you fall into these categories)

Cane Pole
Any resident fishing for recreational purposes only, within her or his county of residence with live or natural bait, using poles or lines not equipped with a fishing line retrieval mechanism, except on a legally established fish management area. Effective August 1, 2009 - this exemption will apply in salt and freshwater.

Don't need a license if you fish this way!!!!

DNA Profiling: You May Be Next | CommonDreams.org DNA profiling. You May be next.A woman was arrested in March at a protest on the 6th anniversary of the Iraq War, but ultimately was never charged with anything.By law, she was forced to give a DNA sample.She was told she would receive a misdemeanor for not providing it.People who are doing nothing more than exercising free speech are finding themselves with their DNA on government databases.

can't imagine the evidence will stand up in court.

Lawsuit of the Day: Defective Underwear Causes Penis Pain

Let’s get the boring stuff out of the way. Albert Freed  won a trip to Hawaii. As part of the vacation celebration, Mrs. Freed bought her husband some new Hanes brand briefs. But Mr. Freed is a husky gentleman, and apparently the new trunks couldn’t contain all of his junk. He sued Hanes, claiming they made “defective” underwear.

Article is here:

http://abovethelaw.com/2009/10/lawsuit_of_the_day_defective_u.php?show=comments#comments

 Decision is here:

http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/pages/MonroeCoFL_Fire/Prof%20Pilot.pdf

Pilots are scheduled to man the TraumaStar aircraft on 12-hr shifts, 7 days on, 7 days off.

Duty days  begin at 0730 or 1930 and start with a briefing from the outgoing crew, a check of the day’s expected weather, preflight inspection of the helicopter and an extensive briefing with the medical crew that includes a risk assessment for operations during the shift. 

Helicopter crews respond to an average of around 20 calls per month.

This equates to 75–100 hrs of flying annually, or more if also qualified on the King Air. Pilots flying for TraumaStar like the work schedule, which allows some to live elsewhere in Florida and commute in for their 7 days on duty. (Apart from anything else, living in the Florida Keys is expensive.)

Pilot salaries range from the low $60,000s to high $80, 000s including overtime. In addition, they accrue 16 hrs per month compensated vacation, enjoy full insurance benefits and are provided with a county car or transportation allowance. Turnover is close to zero due to the positive working conditions and the most senior pilot, Gary “Ski” Baginski, has been with MCSO for over 10 years.

Capital punishment, is it vengance?  Abortion and capital punishment are both the legalized taking of a human life. It is both commendable and logical that any person who abhors abortion will be a person who loves and respects the right to life. It is difficult for such a person to come to grips with the notion of capital punishment. It was for me. I spent nearly all of a nearly 40 year career in law enforcement as a homicide investigator. I’ve been involved in more homicide investigations that I can count. I’ve conducted investigations in nearly every prison facility in Florida and spent hundreds of hours in the court room. One of the early lessons learned is that vengeance is not a part of the capital punishment equation in the State’s pursuit of justice. That certainly is not necessarily so with the family and loved ones of the murder victim. Protection of the defendant’s rights consumes an incredible amount of state resources. I’ve learned that prison is survivable; incredibly some inmates see it as a suitable lifestyle. Prison imposes an entirely new set of rules and customs as different from freedom as good is from evil. The vast majority of new prisoners fairly quickly adapts to and adopts the strict rules imposed by the inmates and their keepers.  Many endure, many thrive. Money is made and lost, love affairs flourish, power is gained and lost. Life goes on. The criminals steal from each other, they brutalize each other, they plot, they rape, they kill, they cut and maim. They plot to escape, and some do escape. They are a real and constant danger to staff and to the society that you and I inhabit should they escape. The argument that capital punishment is not a deterrent is patently specious. I’ve not studied the literature, but I’ve interviewed scores of murders, virtually every single one of them was afraid of the threat of capital punishment. But of course that fear of losing their own life only materialized after their arrest. The simple fact is that not a single one of them expected to be caught. Had they expected to be caught, they would not have done the crime. Several killed again to eliminate witnesses. The exception is the rage killer; no rage killer ever contemplates the consequences of his act of rage. I’ve seen executions; they are conducted quickly, and for want of a better term, humanely. All but one murderer that I have known did all in their power to escape the death penalty, many begged and pleaded, they  preferred life in prison to death. As an aside, many were affable, even friendly types. Many trying to avoid the death penalty sold out their crime partners and all that was of value to them. In far too many instances, the prison “lifers” are at the top of the societal ladder in prison. Cop killers are the alpha dogs. These inmates are the elite. Many of these “lifers” can be called “stone killers”. This set of killers is an incredible threat to the other inmates and especially to prison staff. They enjoy the killing, they feed on the fear that they engender. A smaller set simply use killing as a means to an end, they have no emotion or feeling, and killing is simply a means to an end, a tool. The procedures involved in a capital punishment proceeding are incredibly thorough and cautious so as to be sure to accurately identify only those killers who truly are appropriate candidates for state imposed death. Deterrence falls far short of being sufficient to protect society. Every criminal knows that there is a risk of capture, they ignore the risk and commit the crime. To many of them, the thrill of the risk, the "fun" itself, is sufficient reason to commit the crime. Capital punishment may not be a deterrent, but it an absolute fact that no murderer who has been executed has ever killed again

Right Wing congratulations to Mr. Obama. As of Friday morning, his Presidential Approval Index among likely voters of all political persuasions has increased 5 points overnight to a warm and cuddly -9.  But maybe our Obama acolytes will deny that is true simply because it was a report from Rasmussen. I wonder if they will believe that the same report says that only 29% of the same likely voters strongly approve of him while 38% strongly disapprove.   Well, maybe they prefer to believe Gallup who says that Mr. Obama’s job approval rate is 53%, because of a 9 point drop. That plummet reflects the largest drop between the second and third quarter for an elected president since 1953, and one of the largest quarter-to-quarter drops for any first-year president. Really, who cares, the facts speak for themselves.

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Saturday October 24, 2009

Friday  October 23, 2009

Yes the rumors are true.  Crazy Fish is sold. Today, Friday is our last day. Kingfish is playing tonight. Feel free to come and jam with them. We are having a yard sale tomorrow, Saturday the 24^th.  We hope to see everyone one last time!

[Medical Marijuana] Your comment asked why legal prescriptions for pot would be any different than other prescriptions because they are abused too.  I saw a show on TV the other night that caught my ear because I have been to Arcata, California, have family there, and this is what's happening there since California legalized medical marijuana. 

Grow houses have taken over what was once a quaint, pretty, environmentally friendly little town in the redwoods country.  Every 7th house on any given residential street is now a grow house. They re-route the duct work, re-wire the electric, and set up the entire house to grow weather they rent it or own it.  The electric company says nothing of the extra use because the law is vague. The meters on grow houses spin six times more than the regular house next door.  Due to the humidity, mold results, and whole house fires break out due to all of the non-inspected re-wiring. 

Elderly people, who once had beautiful outdoor side gardens, won't go outside to tend to their gardens from the pot smell so close next door.  Their gardens now look like dead trash.  It diminishes everyone's property values.  City and County government does little because they don't have the resources to follow up every complaint, especially after the voters of California voted medical marijuana in. 

Now, don't get me wrong, I agree with people who need it for medical purposes and they are the ones who do it correctly.  They are allowed quite a bit of backyard space to grow annually and don't create all of the other hazards the abusers do by growing it illegally inside.  The police can hardly keep up - it's taken over the town.  What a shame to see this happen to a beautiful place. People are now struggling just to get out.  The law intended to help terminally ill people, and people with chronic pain, has been abused and taken over by the grow houses which have hurt everyone.  That's the difference, you can't grow other Rx drugs, even if they're abused too. 

[Keys Drinking Water]  The Keys are blessed with some of the best quality drinking water in the country.  I have been drinking and enjoying the water for 35 years.  Like with so many other things, if you don't like it don't drink it.  But don't try to change something that most of us appreciate and like.

Are you paying for utilities on No Name Key? My husband and I have been full-time residents of No Name Key for 17 years and are members of the solar community of No Name Key. We are happy and comfortable with the way things are now -- it is why we moved to No Name Key.

The taxpayers of Monroe County have the right to know exactly how much time, which is to say money, has been spent in the last 19 months dealing with No Name Key issues. Issues that were previously addressed by the County that did not need to be addressed again.

It started in March of 2008 with "We want central sewers." Then, it was "We want commercial power." Now it’s "We want Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority water." And always implied is "We want someone else to pay for it." Just who is "someone else"?

It turns out that "someone else" is the taxpayers of Monroe County, the ratepayers of Keys Energy Services, the ratepayers of FKAA or some mysterious and unexplained grantor.

The County, KES and FKAA have already spent money on No Name Key. They've done surveying, exploratory digging, planning and design work and have held multitude public meetings.

Just how much of your money has been spent so far? If this arouses your curiosity, why not give the County, KES and FKAA a call and ask? It is your right to know.

Windows 7 is out. It was released yesterday. Compare different editions of Windows 7. The premium Edition lets you use your XP software, finally! http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/352630/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium

As for the CT, don’t change a thing! It’s a great forum for the Keys and you editing is your right. Some of the opinions voiced are prime pickings for debate (although some are hysterically absurd). I enjoy "no edit Saturday", you can tell a lot about a person by the fonts they use and use of rhetoric

Liberal dance

[US1] It’s a waste of money sticking painted trash cans and useless signage along our historical road way. The playgrounds too, are kind of a waste. What's wrong with using the school areas for kids to play in? They are designed much safer than a public park area could ever be. If playgrounds have to be built to use up public funds then build them next to police stations to keep the druggies out.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your feedback and hope the Keys last as they are for others to enjoy as is. It is just that I see a trend to over build simply for profit. House flipping and other methods are not in the best interests of those who want to live here until we recycle.

As far as the sewers are concerned, I would like to see them installed for health and environmental reasons, but everybody knows the main reason for the county pushing this issue is to acquire federal funding which like the Bike Path money, will be diverted to other "more necessary uses". The second reason for pushing the sewers is to allow changes in the building code to allow high volume construction of commercial buildings such as hotels and sports facilities and other non-residential complexes. This will kill the Keys completely, and if Cuba opens her doors to the US tourists, the Keys will die like any area that has had a Interstate Highway built next to all the little towns and cities. Who in their right mind would drive 125 miles to get onto a boat or fly out of KW airport when it would take fifteen minutes to fly from Miami to Havana? There is talk about KW sponsoring an auto ferry to Cuba. I ask which auto insurance company would dare insure my vehicle for a trip to Cuba or any other foreign country.

A poster in here said he found that the 1/4 truth man’s postings were always within the "bounds of decency". Let’s review some wording from his posts. I’ll just take yesterdays posting as an example.
1. "What crap is being foisted on us by the Obama Administration?"
2. "The very biggest sales gimmicks"
3. "This is pure donkey dung"
4. "Private insurers are evil and the mommy government"
5. "Obama’s current best friend Butt-boy"
6. "Snake oil salesman"

Okay, maybe not really indecent but he is definitely the poster child for ranting. His back-handed insults are proof of his frustration and inability to think clearly when discussing political issues. It’s a shame but his ranting borders on the typical anti American rhetoric that is running rampant thru the Republican Party today. The president wanting to speak to kids about self-reliance and working hard and staying in school and he goes off on some tangent about communism.

Republicans have lost their way and the wacky right wing is pulling their party farther away from mainstream America every day. If you want to see how far the right is out there, watch the Glenn Beck Show. Listen to him and watch him closely; then decide if you want the party this man represents running the country.

But of course it’s been explained that Beck was born in American and President Obama was born in Tangiers or some other, God awful, terrorist place.

Balloon Boy Sheriff of Larimer County in Colorado, where the balloon left the ground, has a blog.  He sounds like a fairly smart guy with a good sense of humor. I wouldn't want that job for anything. http://www.larimersheriff.org/BullsEye/

Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

When the cat's away, the dog will lie down and nurse the kittens and puppies, and when the cat comes back, the dog would go out, leaving the nursing job to the cat.  

From the Right: “Democratic Socialist of America…out of New York”!  Why is this rubbish taking up space?

Women are like country and western songs.  They're annoying, whining, they all sound alike, and if you really listen to them you'll get depressed and drink a lot.

[Death Penalty] This is so sick. They ought to put all child sex offenders to death. Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

First animal oxygen masks being presented to Marathon Fire Dept. We are raising funds to supply all units in Monroe County. Anyone who would like to make a donation is welcome to call Marathon Veterinary Hospital 305-743-7099.

Why it's a good thing to learn English. (Adult language. German commercial.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRD1wmvwUc

[Doctor Feel Good] “The principal called me because he was concerned when he saw a (neon marijuana leaf) sign go up,". The Dr. Reefer storefront sits across the alley from the playground for Rocky Mountain SDA Academy. Councilman Pushes To Regulate Medical Pot Shops - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver

After what happened to my 401k, my new retirement plan is the Rapture.

[Blue Moon] A German man who mooned at a train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked out of the station. Ananova - Train mooning stunt backfires

Rasmussen is the official pollster for Fox News. It gives the conservatives what they long for: the illusion of credibility.

This sign pretty much sums everything up for me.

[Polls] Why do some of you want us to feel a president that has an approval rating of over 50%, is bad? Earth to you guys! 50% is a majority of Americans. Some folks would whine if you gave them a million dollars if it was in dollar bills. The party of: No Direction.

[Death Penalty for Revenge] When the rag heads or some nut case rapes or kills your kids or destroys your family, home and country, we'll see how tolerant you are about getting even. When that comes, and it will, you holy rollers will be the first to put meat on the table.

Good things come to those who bait.

[Aluminum Gas Tank] I'm pretty sure certified welders fill the tanks with water before welding them.

[Save the Reef] Since the Feds designated some sort of title for the US 1 highway making it enticing to tourists to come and visit, it might be a great time to remind them how important it is to save the reef by helping us fund our sewers.

[Snowbirds] Lately I have noticed bigger cars on the roads, older and heavier people in the stores, and a different attitude down here. Have the snowbirds arrived?

They’re here!  I was sitting in a local restaurant having a bite of lunch and talking to friends when the door burst open and two unbelievably loud couples walked in.  They seated themselves at the bar and proceeded to talk at a decibel level that could only be described as shouting, drowning out the conversation among our little group.  In their heavy Jersey-accented shouting, they ordered drinks and appetizers in the rudest way possible.  The men liberally sprinkled their loud conversation with vulgarities and the women weren’t much nicer, criticizing the decor and whining about the comfort of the seats.  After pounding down their drinks and finishing their food they complained about the price of the Margaritas, bitched about the food and left, leaving a three dollar tip and a mess that you would only expect from a bunch of 5 year old kids at a backyard birthday party.  Yep, the snowbirds are here.

[The Key's were perfect then the Yankee’s came] It wasn't us Yankee's that screwed up the Keys, it was all the people from everywhere who just didn't get it and thought money was everything. Boo! Hiss!

Windows 7 is getting solid reviews even though there’s no killer application that would compel anyone to rush out to buy it. It is the future and is the most productive OS yet. All software and apps will be designed for it from this point on.

[Stars] The Fla. Keys is an awesome place to stargaze. lilean Nights

[Anita Dunn] I found out why Ms Dunn is under so much criticism lately. She accused Fox News of being biased. Double duh! Watch Fox for a half hour and see the talking heads spin reality to their reality. Fox has become the opposition party. Having a major media outlet rail against anything the administration might do is a powerful tool. Rupert Murdoch says he plans to continue having his station knock Obama because it has helped his profits greatly.

Soupy Sales died last night after 83 years.

[Lazy-Boy DUI] A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to drunk driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair. While drunk on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers he crashed into a parked vehicle.

Wanted: Halloween costume for 11yr old boy. Searching for a costume for my son. He is 11 and wears a size 12. If you have something that your son has outgrown, please let me know. Thanks in advance! Karen 305-872-3770 Classified Ads > Wanted

[Polls] One question from all you poll bashers, name callers and no truth people. Why don’t you ever publish the poll statistics from your own party. You may be surprised to learn that although many Americans waver on President Obama. Many more disprove of the Republican Party and their right wing extremism.  We have heard and seen enough to make us run from the propaganda you spew. If you think you’re going to take control in 2010 with the answer of No to everything, I think you are sadly mistaken. I would love for all this to come to a stop so we, as a nation, could accomplish great things.

Payback is a bitch!

The death penalty only works if there are public executions like their used to be. People sold popcorn, drinks, (now it would be t-shirts). Everybody remembered!

[Suggestion for Snowbird Etiquette flyer] Here’s one: Please don't feed the locals.

[Lion Watch Dog] A garage owner in the Southwest New Mexico was sick and tired of thugs breaking into his garage to steal tools, etc. So he came up with this idea. He put the word out that he had  a Mexican Lion that would attack anyone that would break in or climb his fence.  Would-be thieves saw the "Lion" from a distance and fled the scene. (The dog's probably trying to figure out why his head's so hot and his butt's so cold).
 

Windows 7 Reviews of all the versions. If your computer does all that you want it to do, save your money. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/352642

[Gangs]  Good. Now euthanize them and start over again.  More than 1,100 feds, LA police conduct gang sweep

Bank of America will start charging its credit card customers who pay off their balance every month. How can anyone even think of banking with them? The only things you ever hear about B of A are always bad.

[Illegal Aliens of the Third Kind] He stopped his car to investigate but says the trio ran away "faster than any man he had ever seen." The police officer said he heard the "the sound of static electricity" as he approached the figures who were all over 6ft tall with blond hair. Ananova - Policeman 'saw aliens'

The 50 states as seen on grass. My Beautiful America

Miss Pole Dance Australia 2006 & 09.  And she’s one heck of an athlete too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6KnUW9N3Zo

[Gangplank Bartender] Could it be true that “Gold Digger Jane” really did use to be “Plain Jane”?

Mullet hairdos weren't clueless enough so they've invented the skullet .

[Taxing] I’ve heard talk that the House of Representatives is considering exempting union members and federal employees from the heavy taxes that will be placed on existing private health insurance policies under Obamacare. Is that right, is that fair?

Frank was excited about his new rifle and decided to try bear hunting. He travelled up to Alaska, spotted a small Brown bear and shot it. Soon after there was a tap on his shoulder, and he turned around to see a big black bear. The Black bear said, "That was a very bad mistake. That was my cousin. I'm going to give you two choices. Either I maul you to death or we have sex."

After considering briefly, Frank decided to accept the latter alternative. So the Black bear had his way with Frank. Even though he felt sore for two weeks, Frank soon recovered and vowed revenge. He headed out on another trip to Alaska where he found the Black bear and shot it dead. Right after, there was another tap on his shoulder. This time a huge Grizzly bear stood right next to him. The Grizzly said, "That was a big mistake, Frank. That was my cousin and you've got two choices: Either I maul you to death or we have "rough sex." Again, Frank thought it was better to cooperate with the grizzly bear than be mauled to death. So the grizzly had his way with Frank. Although he survived, it took several months before Frank fully recovered. Now Frank was completely outraged, so he headed back to Alaska and managed to track down the Grizzly bear and shot it. He felt sweet revenge, but then, moments later, there was a tap on is shoulder. He turned around to find a giant Polar bear standing there. The Polar bear looked at him and said, "Admit it Frank, you don't come here for the hunting, do you?"

[From the Right] Special to all CT fans who have faith and belief in the proclamations of the Obama administration: On Wednesday, Mr. Obama’s appointee, Sec. Kathleen Sebelius’ Health and Human Services Department released a study that examined the fiscal impact of the most recent Democratic House Health Care bill. The study reports that the bill would actually increase national health care spending. That study reveals that the total national cost of health care would escalate to 21.3% of the US economy by 2019. That’s more than if no bill were passed. So, if you want to further bloat our already gargantuan debt by spending more money on health care and you’re certain that it is urgent to increase the national debt, then Obamacare is for you. It’s not for me. As a conservative I am convinced that legislation can be enacted that will actually shrink the cost of medical care without demonizing any scapegoat bogeymen. Remember that the health care insurance industry has never prescribed a single pill or done a single surgery, or made up a single bed in a hospital.  http://www.politico.com/static/PPM145_091021_fratesmemo.html.

[Part II) I’m grateful for yesterday’s support and very impressed with the clarity of thought expressed. There is no doubt that CT has an audience that thinks for itself and is serious about fact checking. I’m a happy camper. One doubting poster asked for documentation on the debunking of yet another posters claim that the health insurance industry’s profits were excessive. That poster had claimed that health insurance profits were in the 35%-45% range.  Absolutely false said Fortune 500 who states that that the industry’s profit margin was 2.2%, that’s way down at 35^th in the rankings. This was reported by CNN (an unapologetic Obama acolyte). 

Also mentioned was the old, but frivolous, lament which claims that hordes of us are going bankrupt due to medical bills. That is based on a Harvard study done in 2001 by Stephanie Woolhandler, a rabid universal health care advocate. The criteria for determining medical debt included any bankruptcy which had any medical debt in excess of $5000, regardless of any other debt. It included alcoholism, any death caused bankruptcy, any drug dependency caused bankruptcy, death of spouse due to illness. It’s amazing but the study actually accepted “debtor said medical bills were reason for bankruptcy” as a valid criteria.  Incredibly, “gambling addiction” was a criterion. It’s worth noting that the study only claimed that only 5.6% of all of the bankruptcies studied claimed that they had mortgaged their home to pay for medical bills.  It’s also worth noting that Canada, which of course has socialized medicine, has a higher bankruptcy rate than the U.S. Personal bankruptcy filings as a percentage of the population were U.S.0.20%. Canada 0.30% for '06 and '07. The relatively few bankruptcies influenced by medical bills is no reason for strangling our economy with socialized medicine. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/
fortune500/2009/performers/industries/profits/

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