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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Are there now any commercial airline flights coming into the Marathon Airport?

I drove through Big Pine today and saw that not one highway property has made an improvement since last year. Notice how beautiful Key Largo is and then drive to BPK only to get depressed at the ugliness of your town. So sad to see this area like this. No pride here.  

[$30,000 for Mosquito TV] I have been meaning to post about that for some time now, but someone else did yesterday, thank you. Could it be that $11,000,000 is possibly being spent on things that have little to do with actually controlling mosquitoes and more to do with justifying the budget?  Someone said it best during an interview just before the elections when asked why the budget had blossomed to $11,000,000, the candidate stated that you have to ask for as much as you can get.

And the Dengue fever announcement just a few weeks before the elections, that was rich!  Talk about scare-mongering us with planted information into rubber-stamping that budget request with a big OKs

$30,000.00 for Mosquito TV.  We can't wait to tune in and be thrilled this Wednesday at 7pm on channel 5 9If you’re even able to get it)

McPherson's Bold Plan? Go backwards. http://keywestchronicle.blogspot.com/2010/08/mcphersons-bold-plan-go-backwards.html

[Rock Snot] The algae's slang name describes the species better: "rock snot". Though it looks slippery, it feels more like a wet shag carpet. "This stuff covers everything for miles," Ryland said during a recent visit to the river. "All the little bugs that live in it have a hard time surviving. If they don't survive, the fish don't survive, and we lose that recreational opportunity." Those blooms can also clog water systems and hydroelectric facilities.

Hilton told Vegas police her purse and her cocaine not hers. If you put her brain in a thimble and shook it you would hear a rattling sound.

[Bushy Mustache]  What are you guys thinking?  You need to tame that thing, little cowboy.  It’s not attractive and nobody wants a ride.  Yikes.

[Accused of bad writing] I write as I speak.  One would be wise to do so at the expense of being seen as inauthentic.  I suspect you write as you think, i.e. simplex and with vehemence. With how many syllables  are you comfortble before you are bored?  I'd like to be helpful.  I've heard folks say they can talk better than they can write.  You, sir or mandam, mention you are glad you make me want to vomit.  I'm sorry to disappoint you.  I've never said that.  It is just another example of your careless allegations.  Did I detect you were attempting to educate me regarding legalities?  You can bet your bippy that what you write is slander if it can be linked to you.  Without that it is simply mean spirited, misinformation, and  cowardice. Boring...yawn.  Go back to sleep.

Last week was Austin Fashion Week and the event's 'Keep Austin Beautiful' show featured upcycled and recycled designs from Texan artists. Designer Tina Sparkles created a one-shouldered frock, called 'System Supernova,' out of discarded computer wire. Sure, it might not be too movement-friendly, but the multicolored twists and inherent volume of the material made for a fab, full-bodied skirt.

[Sloan] 8:45 a.m. this morning brings Monique Acevedo before Judge Mark Jones, to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendre to charges of swiping around $413,000 from our school system. Nolo contendre basically means the charges against the defendant are not denied but the defendant does not formally admit them either. Both pleas are guilty pleas, but nolo simply sounds a little nicer. Ether plea saves Monique a trial by a jury of her peers, and puts the entire load for determining her fate on Judge Jones.
 
Monique’s husband, Randy, our former Superintendent of Schools, was already convicted for helping cover up Monique’s theft. His case is on appeal.
 
After his conviction, before he changed lawyers, Randy’s local lawyer, a former assistant prosecuting State Attorney, was arguing in the local press that Randy was charged and convicted of helping Monique cover up crimes for which she had not yet been convicted, so how could Randy be convicted, if Monique was not yet convicted?
 
That defense was about the same as two apprehended bank robbers, one driving the get-away car, the other going into the bank to stick it up. The get-away driver is tried first and defends on the ground that the stick-up defendant has not yet been convicted, so the get-away driver cannot be found guilty.
 
Horses**t dreamed up by defense lawyers. If, beyond a reasonable doubt, the jury believes from the evidence that a bank robbery was committed by the stick-up defendant, and if the jury, beyond a reasonable doubt, believes the other defendant/accomplice was waiting outside the bank in the get-away car, then the jury can convict the accomplice even though the stick-up defendant has not yet been tried and convicted.
 
Now before Judge Jones is the stick-up defendant. Now comes the moment of truth. Will Judge Jones go easy on Monique, perhaps even give her house arrest for a while, followed by probation and a long-term restitution payment plan? Probation is what Randy received, even through he showed no remorse at his sentencing hearing and admitted not that he had done anything wrong; and then he appealed his conviction. Or will Judge Jones put Monique in prison? If so, for how long? And under what terms of eventual release? That’s what we all are waiting to learn today.

It will be argued by defense counsel that all that’s really necessary here is to put Monique on house arrest for a while; then on probation, and for her to pay all of the money back over time like it’s a mortgage. It will be argued that this is fair and appropriate, because that’s how other white collar embezzlers have been treated by the courts.
 
Excuse me?
 
Monique did not steal from a developer mogul for whom she worked. Monique stole from an entire school system and its community. She was a high official in the school system. She was a role model for the children. She was entrusted with our children’s welfare. She was entrusted with the taxpayers’ money. What Monique did, with Randy’s assistance, tore the fabric of the soul of this community to shreds. The community lost all faith in the school system, which was exacerbated by three of the School Board members vacillating on what to do about Monique after her crime became known. The Board members who did not vacillate were Steven Pribramsky and John Dick. The rest ... GoodMorningFloridaKeys.com

[Getting Harder to Hide] Gamma-ray imaging used in Fla. Dept. of Transportation  weigh station in Islamorada, finds 9 illegal immigrants and a half pound of cocaine. Gamma-ray vision aids investigators | KeysNews.com

[The Devil Made Me Do It] Most of us just laugh at our perennial candidate who claims he does things because God tells him what to do. How many times have we read that someone does harm to someone because God told him to do it? 

We have seen his vicious writing attacks on a number of folks. Because our local weirdo takes no personal responsibility for what he does (he blames it on the “voices”). Maybe we should realize he has the potential to do harm because God told him to do it.

New Jersey is not the fattest state. Is it so hard to do some research? Or do you just love casting wild aspersions like many other folks around here? The fattest state is Mississippi and has been for the past five years. NJ actually ranks 42nd. The top ten breaks down like this:
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
West Virginia
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Arkansas
South Carolina
North Carolina

Most of them are in the southern fried chicken states.

[Veterans] I am very sad after reading this article about a potent anti-psychotic drug called Seroquel. It is being given to our returning service people for better sleep, and has resulted in them, dying in their sleep. Perhaps more people being aware of this situation will help. So I thought that the 80,000 readers of the Coconut Telegraph would be a good start. Support our troops. Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets - Yahoo! News

Why does the City of Marathon allow this dumpster to sit on US1?  Here they are complaining about businesses leaving Marathon and they are the ones allowing trash to just sit out there. Where is code enforcement?

[Flying Nudists] I wouldn’t be too worried about who will clean the seats on the airplane after the nudists disembark. The airlines have already agreed to RENT them towels to sit on.

Now I do all my banking online. Sitting at a laptop with pantyhose pulled over my head isn't quite as fun as it used to be.

[Keys Disease]  I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted pay checks.

Politicians and diapers should be changed often and for the same reason.

[Should be hung by the neck] You’re very right and I apologize. What I meant to say was just stand him on the edge of a dumpster and put two slugs in the back of his head!

[Fashion Police] Extreme idiot (not the dog).

[Ignorance] I don't know the man, but there's nothing amusing about being accused of being a sexual predator. That is just a very ignorant statement!

I hate banter on my morning news programs. I like the person to just sit there and report the news. I don’t like opinion either. I’d rather form my own.

[NEW MEXICO] Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.

These scenic road photographs are not Photoshopped as someone wrote. Beauty exists without Adobe’s help.

[AA Basher] AA Advisory #332: The sneering and dismissive tone adopted towards anyone with reservations about adopting the doctrine elaborated in the “Big Book” of AA is shown by this quote from “Doctor Bob” Smith:

“If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for you”.

One has to ask why AA has such a strong anti-intellectual bias. It can only be because it sees critical and analytical thought as threatening to its precepts. In other words, AA’s message simply does not stand up to rational examination; hence the intellect is treated with scorn and contempt to try to preempt such examination.
Fear of the intellect, as well as hatred and contempt for it, to the extent that the very word “intellectual” is a term of abuse, are typical of totalitarian states from Nazi Germany to Maoist China. They are also well-documented features of totalistic cults.

Sit down, don’t think, take to cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth.

NATIONAL POLITICS

[$30 Billion Wasted] If the government had not wasted all that money in Iraq they'd had enough to pay for our new sewer system, healthcare and put a chicken in every pot.

Yesterday, Glenn Beck held his Restoring Honor rally on the National Mall at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. You can watch Beck’s address here and Sarah Palin’s address here. Steve Krakauer and I both attended and I took a slew pictures with the intention of Twittering them out. Alas, getting any sort of connection on the Mall yesterday was a near impossibility so instead I’ve uploaded them here. All of them.

Thus far, the big question following yesterday’s event appears to be how many people attended. Answer from the ground: a lot. Interestingly CBS is estimating the crowd at 87,000. NBC quoted the National Parks service which put it at 300,000. Based solely on my perspective from the ground and the fact I was in Washington for the Inauguration I would err on the side of NBC and the National Parks. But the discrepancy begs the question: how do you lose 200,000 people? It sure looks like CBS along with the rest is in bed with President Obama and the Dems. 

Here we have Arizona doing nothing more than enforcing laws that are already on the books that the federal government refuses to enforce. So, because they've chosen to actually live by the rule of law in Arizona, they've been slandered, sued, harassed, and now the Obama administration is smearing that state and our own country internationally.

In other words, our nation's reputation has to overcome the lies and defamation being spread worldwide by our own president. It will really be great when we get a President who loves and respects this country in office again instead of the narcissistic citizen of the world who currently visits the White House in-between vacations.

Obama's whole family were recruited by Brzenski and Rockefeller, both of which control a very large faction of the CIA. Obama was schooled in Islam, as his Mother, to woo the Arab League of Nations to go along with the world order envisioned by Bush Sr., Clinton, Brzenski, Cheny and others.

However, Islam recruited Obama, now a double agent working for the Arab World Order. Obama, also works for the Chinese World Order, but where does his heart really lie? Actions my friend, actions indicate with Islam. The others are just getting played.

Thanks Barack. Record 1 of 6 Americans Receive Government Aid. Boy, that Trillion dollar stimulus worked wonders, didn’t it? At least we won’t have to pay for it, our children and grandchildren will. A year and a half after the failed Obama-Pelosi stimulus plan, a record number of Americans receive government aid.

As if Democrats didn’t have enough troubles on the ethics front with two trials coming up in the House.  Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters have company after the Dallas Morning News reported that Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson gave scholarships from a charitable fund to four relatives and the two children of her aide.  The scholarships violated an anti-nepotism rule that keeps Congressional Black Caucus members from using such charitable funds as payoffs and featherbedding accounts.

Just to set the record straight, in one fell swoop, Barack Obama and his Democrat controlled House and Senate, spent more money on ONE piece of failed stimulus legislation than it cost to prosecute “Operation: Iraqi Freedom”.

“As President Obama prepares to tie a bow on U.S. combat operations in Iraq, Congressional Budget Office numbers show that the total cost of the eight-year war was less than the stimulus bill passed by the Democratic-led Congress in 2009.

On August 31, the Muslim Brotherhood-associated Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations will bring 25-30 Muslim leaders of 20 national Muslim groups to attend a special workshop presented by the White House and U.S. Government agencies (Agriculture, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services etc.) to provide the groups funding, government assistance and resources.  The workshop will apparently provide special access for these Muslim Brotherhood organizations: the organizers pledge to provide direct access and cut through red tape. Government and Muslim groups will hold an Iftar dinner (breaking the fast of Ramadan) after the workshop.

[American Terrorists] A recent Department of Justice guide for investigators of criminal and extremist groups lists constitutionalists and survivalists alongside organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Aryan Brotherhood.  The 120-page, Law Enforcement Sensitive guide to Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism – Terms and Concepts describes itself as a glossary designed primarily as a tool for criminal justice professionals to enhance their understanding of words relating to extremist terminology, phrases, activities, symbols, organizations, and selected names that they may encounter while conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions of members of extremist organizations.

Survivalists are described in the document as fearing a coming collapse of civilization and are trying to prepare themselves for this collapse.  Such individuals are said to have typically stockpiled food, water, and weapons, especially the latter, and instructed themselves on topics ranging from first aid to childbirth to edible plants.

The Conch Rag has come out of retirement and resumes raking the muck. Wading amidst the muck we've found The Coconut Telegraph's crusty, conservative curmudgeon, FTR. We proudly present part one of what's sure to be an award-nominated interview.

Conch Rag: Now, FTR. May I call you FTR?
FTR: As long as you don't call me late for dinner! Haah heh heh....
CR: Good one. It's nice to see 1920's humor alive and well. Got any knee-slappers about the Kaiser?
FTR: What?
CR: Never mind. So, what exactly does FTR stand for?
FTR: Don't you read the Coconut Telegraph? Don't you know who I am? It stands for "From The Right".
CR: Ah, some prevailing theories postulate that it might stand for a few other things.
FTR: (rolls eyes) Oh, here we go....
CR: Falsehoods Told Regularly, Fact-Twisting Rube, Flawed-Thinking Rationale, Foolishly Touts Rubbish, Flagrantly Thwarts Reason, Frequents Tranny Roadhouses...
FTR: Wait. What was that last one...?
CR: Nothing. Never mind. Moving on....
FTR: What the hell is a tranny roadhouse?!
CR: I assume like a regular roadhouse, except with transsexuals, and Patrick Swayze is kicking ass in his "To Wong Foo" drag queen outfit.
FTR: That's in poor taste.
CR: What? Too soon? I know Swayze passed not that long ago...
FTR: No! Implicating that I'm a transsexual! CR: I didn't say you were. I'm just saying that maybe you frequented such establishments out of curiosity. Or to get fashion tips...
FTR: I thought this interview was to document my thoughts on the current administration.
CR: Oh sure... because we don't have enough of THAT material on record.
FTR: People need my opinions! Nay, my FACTS. Who else will stand up and rail against the Obamaphiles of the world? The Coconut Telegraph needs a champion, and I am that champion.
CR: Delusionalegomaniacsayswhat?
FTR: What?
CR: Nevermind. So I hear you recently had surgery. Is it true that they can safely perform a sex change at your age?
FTR: What?! I was in there for hip-replacement surgery! I don't know where you get your facts from!
CR: Funny. I was thinking the exact same thing about you.

United we stand, divided we fall. We are a divided nation with many following loudmouths, not leaders to the slaughter.

Mosques funded by U.S. Government
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medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD

[Teach Your Children Well] I apologize I thought you were well versed in all of the rhetoric that was used when our President was telling kids to work hard in school and be accountable for themselves. You sure did act as if you did. Why didn’t you tell me you had no freaking idea what you were talking about? You wouldn’t want anyone telling your kid to work hard and make their own way in life? Gee,  how horrible to hear positive words and encouragement from the President. I understand your rage.

[From the Right] Yesterday’s non confrontational posting in praise of Mr. Obama’s reluctant assignment of troops to the Mexico border was non confrontational, but it was insulting. It was yet another insult to the intelligence of America. Here’s what the poster left out. First: You must remember that Mr. Obama acted only after an immense firestorm of demand from throughout our country.  Even then the number of grudgingly newly assigned troops is less than half the number requested. It is way too little and way too late. Not a single troop will be involved in actual intervention. They will only be there in support roles such as maintenance, computer analysis, construction, observation of surveillance cameras, etc. Not a single arrest of an illegal alien will be accomplished by a trooper. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of illegal’s intercepted will be returned to Mexico after a niece meal and a calming rest. That ritual is the genesis of the famous line “We’ll be back.” The border cops call it “catch and release.”  Second: Mr. Obama does not want a secure southern border.  It is as simple as that.  He wants a wide open border. Mr. Obama has not declared war on our enemy, but he has actually declared international war on the State of Arizona for its attempts to protect its citizens from illegal aliens. The first salvo was his law suit against Arizona in Federal Court. It beggars belief, but its just been revealed that the Obama second salvo singled out Arizona as being a civil rights violator to the United Nations. My Deer Friends, the man is astonishing, his hubris is boundless.  Mr. Obama is the most powerful man in the world. He has the resources, the time, and overwhelming national security reasons to shut the border as tight as a bulls butt in fly time. The vast majority of Americans favor it. If he wanted it, he would have it. To Mr. Obama this incredibly dangerous free range border is a magnificent political asset. He is proving to the Latin component of his political base that he supports the illegal presence of illegal Latin immigration in our nation. He is proving to those who are involved in the drug subculture that he will keep an open pathway for their product. He is showing those of his base that prey on illegal immigrants for economic reasons that he will allow them to continue their business practices. He is telling the Muslim Fundamentalists that are eager to bring our society to a violent end that he is leaving the back door open, the lights out, and the dog tied in the cellar. My Deer Friends we now live in a country wherein our President claims that enforcing our immigration laws is a fundamental violation of civil rights. That is insane, that is insulting. I really hope that the Obamafan poster just did not know about the foregoing. I really hope that he/she will simply post an "oops" message.

(Part II) If Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that will probably strip them them of their majority in Congress, they needed only look from the Capitol this weekend to the opposite end of the National Mall. The spectacle was jaw dropping .  Somehow a TV personality who is widely disrespected and mocked by the political elite has convinced as many Americans to demonstrate against the existing political power structure as did Dr. Martin Luther King 47 years ago. Estimates of the crowd vary widely. Those on the left scurried about trying to convince themselves that there were only a few misguided lowlifes in attendance. No one knows the exact numbers. But most agree that the crowd was huge. Estimates range to excess of 600K people. Who cares the exact numbers, the crowd was huge. The crowd was nearly devoid of any political signs. The crowd was an amalgam of all races, ages, and religions. It was a happy crowd, there were -0- arrests. There was -0- racist rhetoric. That was a huge disappointment to political elite class.  The crowd was archetypical proud Americana. Glenn Beck is not my favorite broadcaster, in fact I usually turn him off. I find his style and stridency to be annoying. But, I do like and respect his ideas. It is blindingly obvious that there are long tons of Americas who also like his ideas and his beliefs. This demonstration was a massive renunciation of the progressive/liberal/democrat drumbeat of hate and envy. The march and the most recent elections returns have delivered  pure and unadulterated chaos to progressive/leftist/democrats. Rev Al Sharpton sponsored a competing rally. I guess that Happy Al just forgot to invite white people. MLK's niece Dr. Avida King, was a prime speaker.  at Beck's rally.  She got death threats. The slogans and jargon from Sharpton and others was full of rancor. Sharpton: “They’ve got the venue, we’ve got the message.” “The civil rights war is not over, we want more.”  Beck: “We’re here to honor MLK’s life and message” “We’re here to restore honor to America.” Sharpton: “We’re here to protest Beck and his followers." And so folks, we were treated to the surreal spectacle of Sharpton and his followers loudly and stridently denouncing vast masses of proud Americans who were at the same instant demonstrating in praise of  MLK's memory and principles. It was a wonderful day for America and a wonderful day to be a proud American. It is this spirit that looks forward at an America that once was and must again be. An America that is driven by themes of self reliance, American exceptionalism, and fundamental goodness that is our history and and our future. We simply must turn away from this insane Obama/progressive expedition into a wasteland society that is  driven by entitlement and government intervention into every facet of our lives.

NO NAME UTILITIES

“Grid tie virtually eliminates generators, allows Keys Electric to store our excess/unused solar production that now goes to waste.”

Excess electricity?  I read that the first time you posted it last week and again now and I still think the same thing:  there is no excess electricity generated by your solar panels.  If there was so much excess, you would not need the wires to come in at all.  I have been told by someone who lives on NNK (and net-researched it) that solar panels are very inefficient in our hot environment.  Solar collectors are only half as efficient in hot environments than cooler ones.  Even with one of the largest solar panel systems on the island, that person still needs to spend $$$ on gas for generators for a fridge, some lights, and one air conditioner.

"Excess electricity to sell back" is smoke you're trying to blow up my arse.  I don't live on NNK and I have no problem whatsoever with you having utilities.  I say "go ahead! give them power, and water!",  but please, be honest ok?  Stop with the smoke and stay away from my kilt.  I agree with getting rid of the generators and the cisterns and let the people of NNK have utilities like the rest of us, but please, just stop the BS ok?  Just start telling the truth about solar panels, excess electricity, cistern water quality, costs etc.

If you do, the rest of us might be more interested in listening and helping.  By the way, lest you think I am slapping you singularly, we all know both sides are equally guilty of massive piles of BS, and it's really starting to stink.

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Monday August 30, 2010

Monique Acevedo will learn her fate on Tuesday morning. The school board's letter will tell the court the alleged crimes were damaging to the school system.

According to court guidelines she should receive 71 months, but being a bubba she might get less. Moment of truth is nigh | KeysNews.com

There will be a benefit for the family of Deputy Melissa Powers Sept 12th at the American Legion Post 333 in Key Largo. Deputy Powers died in a tragic accident in June while on duty. She leaves behind a teenage son and 5 year old daughter. The benefit will run from 2 pm to 7 pm with food provided by the Homestead Police and VFW. Live entertainment, raffles and auctions.

The family was presented with a measly check for $2,000 from Monroe County and that is the extent of Deputy Powers’ death benefits! They may receive some money from the State, but that could take up to a year to get. They need our help now. The public is invited.  Bulletin Board

[More Mosquito Waste] I just found out the Mosquito control people spend $30,000 a year on a TV show. I’ve never even heard of the show and probably can’t get it on my Satellite anyway. Even if I could I wouldn’t want to spend a half hour bored by two dudes sitting down talking about mosquitoes.

[Prescribed Burns] Someone wanted to know how the forest survived in the past without controlled burns. Lightening used to start fires almost every year. I remember a couple of years when there would be two fires started by lightening.

There even was a fire watch tower in front of the Forestry house on Key Deer blvd.

If anyone really listened to Sloan they would vote for him. Ignore his dream talk and listen to what he says.

[About Sloan] I am your local felony probation officer.  As has been pointed out by Deer Ed and several other posters, Mr. Bashinsky is NOT a sexual offender or predator as listed by FDLE.  If he was, I would know and you would too - since that is public info available FDLE's website.

[Slander] The post concerning Sloan being a sexual predator is not true. I hope you turn the post and the individual who emailed it over to the FBI, to the Internet service provider who facilitated the post, to the telephone company who serves the account, and to any and all other regulatory and law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in this matter.

Whoever did this should be held strictly accountable to the letter of the law, both on the civil and criminal side.

The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers).  However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log:

"On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum." 

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping." Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.  Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November. She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.  On 18 November, she set sail for England.

In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships, salvaging only the rum aboard each.  By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home. 

The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky, and 38,600 gallons of water.

Go Navy!

[Editing] Faced with a hundred papers to evaluate, I would read a dozen and take a break.  Then I would read six to eight and take a break.  Next, I might find a paper that was like a sunshine enema.  Easy reading. Grammatically correct.  Thesis well developed.  I would become renewed, do laps around my house, assign a grade of "A," but soon after, I would encounter a paper improperly footnoted, paraphrased from a study I had read at some previous time and I would need to spend a hour or so just trying to determine what to do with it. 

There are those that are hard to tell if they are an esoteric, and better than average paper, or pure bunk.  Sometimes there is a fine line there.  All but about 10% of college students need to learn the difference between objective and nominative pronouns.  I recall returning a paper where I had written more in the margins that the student had written in the entire paper.  He said, "Man, you should teach English."  I replied, "I do, and I hope you will be able to sometime, too." 

Zebra Long wing Butterfly on Jamaican Dogwood tree at Bahia Honda State Park. Photo by: Michelle Wisnewski

Michigan Medical Marijuana Academy gives scholarship to Walmart employee fired for using medicinal marijuana for a brain tumor and sinus cancer. http://medicalmarijuanaacademy.com/mma-awards-scholarship-to-fired-wal-mart-worker/

[About controlled burns]  Get your acronyms straight.  FWC is the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and FWS (abbreviated for USFWS) is the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.  Let's not blame one for the actions of the other!

Angus beef under their kilts? Video

“Somostcrane” claims that Sloan has a "propensity for violence." However, based upon his admission of approaching Sloan first and employing provocative, harassing, defamatory, malicious, slanderous, language, it is clear that it is he who has the propensity for violence, not Sloan. And, the reason he didn't call the Sheriff to file a complaint is because he knew that it would be him who was arrested for provoking the incident, not Sloan.

If this bozo had approached me in the same manner I would have used my taser on him and given him enough volts to put him out of commission long enough for the Sheriff to haul him to jail where he belongs. In my opinion, this provocateur should think twice before harassing and picking fights at public meetings. The next time he might not be so lucky and escape with his nose still attached to his face.

Couldn't find the leash?

New Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world. (and the most fat people)

[Underwater astonishments] If we could do this, racial tensions would be unnecessary, possibly unknown. http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_
shows_underwater_astonishments.html

There's a fine line between genius and insanity.  Some people tend to wander back and forth across it.

[Man arrested...This guy should just be hung by the neck until dead.] Is that the new standard, innocent until printed in the paper?  I’m not defending the act, just questioning putting judgment before process.

[Sloan could have been…] I think much of the reading public is the problem, not Sloan. Because of his dream fantasies people seem to forget that he’s a successful lawyer who defended the poor and continues to offer free legal advice. He’s an accomplished author publishing numerous books. He’s a TV personality appearing on the Today Show. He’s a great public speaker, appearing at many venues and forums in the South. He’s a philanthropist donating much money to the less fortunate to help protect their rights. He is totally honorable man, without a trace of prejudice. He’s one of the few people who truly look to the future and to the larger scope of things. Most people have a narrow view compared to Sloan’s vision of society.

The poster who wrote that Sloan “could have been” probably hasn’t achieved any of the things Sloan has.

Pioneers in medicinal marijuana: supplying, care giving and arrested. http://www.freep.com/article/20100827/NEWS03/8270343/1005/Man-killed-trying-to-run-across-Lodge-Freeway 

[Middle Class] Six signs that you've made it to middle class. Ah, The American Dream. Better hold on tight. The middle class is fading fast. 6 Signs That You've Made It To Middle Class - Yahoo! Finance

Anyone hear about the new taxi cab business coming to town that has 500 cabs, 400 buses, 231 handicap wheelchair vans? They are from Orlando area and is called access lynx. They have licenses for all of the Keys.

Free full length movies now on YouTube.  Now hundreds of low resolution movies.  http://www.youtube.com/movies

Bring back the free deer stickers. Who cares if they get a little curly after 6 months or so; it's called built in obsolescence so people have to replace them. It’s the American way.

[Sloan] As for the “Somostcrane” fellow who wrote yesterday that I had nearly yanked his arm out of the socket at the Hometown! PAC call to caniddates , that I am a violent person, and I have no remorse about anything, etc.
 
Somostcrane was so enraged that I had filed and closed the District 2 Republican primary to Republicans, that I thought maybe he was going to have a stroke. I thought to myself he surely was a Danny Coll backer, because there was no way a George Neugent backer would be upset with my closing the Republican primary.
 
As Somostcrane and I both were leaving the affair, he gave me another angry look. When I tried to speak to him, he growled he didn’t want to hear it and walked on. I reached out and grasped his upper left arm about like I would a heavy door I was opening, trying to get him to hear me out. He wrenched his arm away, growled for me to get my hands off it him, and stormed off.
 
Now I, too, was riled, because I don’t like hit-and-runs. Trailing close behind, I said, loud enough for him and others nearby to hear, that I must be doing something right to have gotten him so riled up. Then, I stopped walking and turned around and headed back to where it had started between us.
 
Several people I knew standing nearby asked what had gotten in him? I explained and they said not to worry about it. I said, “He has a three year-old-dick and a three-year-old brain." He was too far away to hear that, but I wrote about it and maybe he heard about what I wrote. I would have loved for him to have brought a deputy back to speak with the people who saw me nearly tear his arm out of the socket. Anger management, my ass. He was so mad that I had closed the Republcian primary, that he could hardly breathe.
 
Next time I saw Somostcrane was at the Hometown PAC forum at the Key West airport. He was wearing a “Mario” sticker and was sitting right behind me with other people wearing Mario stickers. I said to him, “I’m trying my best to help your candidate.” He said something that sort of sounded like, “Thanks.”
 
Somostcrane would be real surprised to learn what all I have remorse over, but he might not believe it. I have remorse over every rough work assignment I undertake, including what you are reading here today. I undertake the assignments anyway, because the consequences to me of disobedience are horrendous. Every time I ran for office, including this time, was an assignment. Told to file by the Boss, I filed. Simple as that. The rest ... GoodMorningFloridaKeys.com

[Never Used Panties because everybody knows used ones cost more]  I saw that on a recent CSI episode.  Talk about novel ways to make money!  Catering to fetishes can be a heck of a money-maker.

[Touché] I'm not saying it was right to call Sloan Bashinsky a sexual predator, but it's quite amusing to see ole Sloan get a taste of the same mean treatment that he heaps on others on a daily basis.

[Seabreacher rich mans toy]  Agreed. But there are jobs involved in the designing, production, sales, and maintenance of those toys, so I don't knock it.  Spend your money however you wish, so long as the law allows.

Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.

[Illegals. It seems we’ll be having more Chinese restaurants in the future] More likely hostesses in the Chinese men's clubs or store clerks.  I wonder how many of them are “professionals” with skills or educational or medical training.

NATIONAL POLITICS

When are conservatives liberal?

When they're estimating attendance at the Glenn Beck rally.

Is Israel prepping for war with Iran? Increasing speculation it may be preparing for a military assault on Iran or a regional war involving Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, Israel has placed its largest order of military fuel with the United States on record.

I think the President is on the right track in starting to put our military along the Mexican/states borders. Sure some folks will whine about it not being enough but the reality is that you have to start somewhere. The troops are starting to be stationed along the Arizona border this week and the training for the troops that will be stationed along the California border are being trained right now. It’s only a start but it is refreshing to see there are steps being taken right now. I also believe that Obama is taking the proper measure in stating we will begin Preditor attacks against Al-Queda pockets inside the country of Yemen. He is keeping true to his word of attacking them where they are with no hesitation. No insults were used in this post.

[Mosque] Reports say that Mormons are building a Marie and Donny Osmond theatre adjacent to the Muslim mosque next to Ground Zero.  ~Pat Godwin

Social Security cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.

Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised:

1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary.  No longer Voluntary

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program.  Now 7.65% on the first $90,000

3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year.  No longer tax deductible

4.) That the money the participants put into the independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other government program. Under Johnson the money was moved to The General Fund and spent

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.  Since Clinton up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed.

In Kabul, Afghanistan U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year.

If you're keeping score at home, yes: donning the enemy's uniform to gain an advantage in battle is against the Geneva Conventions. The raids appear part of an insurgent strategy to step up attacks in widely scattered parts of the country as the U.S. focuses its resources on the battle around the Taliban's southern birthplace of Kandahar.

Also on Saturday, nearly 50 female pupils and teachers were rushed to the hospital after an apparent toxic gas attack at a Kabul high school. It was the second case of poisoning at a girls' school in the capital this week. Officials suspect the Taliban, who oppose female education.

[Waste] Wow, here's another shocker for you, so unlike the government. Analysis: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq (AP)

Isn’t it about time?  I mean, really!

NO NAME UTILITIES

[Electrification of NNK]  Just in case there is a gullible reader who might be taken in by the unabashed champion of misinformation, none of the pro electric folks are being loaned anything by whomever he alleges.  His contentions are pure baloney. We each intend to foot the bill commensurately.  You, sir or madam, have no business writing untruths/things you can't substantiate, but apparently, you know no shame.  "...a commissioner was told..." Undocumented red herring.   Let's do another..."some homes were not built right..."  The implication could be that yours is built right.  This is a laughable since all permitted houses are built to code, certainly not to the whim of the builder, and please note that all houses on NNK were required to be wired not only to code, but so as to be ready for hook up to grid electricity.  Where are your grounds for complain about houses not being built right?  Nonsense.  Next paragraph, "...if those same benefactors...(this now applies to all of us since there are no benefactors)..,[our] money could be used for upgrades needed to truly run green and clean." Where, pray, have you been?  Grid tie virtually eliminates generators, noise pollution, tons of carbon dioxide pollution, weekly; allows Keys Electric to store our excess/unused solar production that now goes to waste, and puts an end to finite fossil fuel consumption for those who hook up.  At this point of grid tie, all I want for Christmas are more pv panels.  The more I have, the greener I'll become, and in addition, what I don't use will be available to Keys Electric and the rest of Monroe County.  Sadly, you will continue to whimper and make up new allegations that are misleading.  You want to be green and clean?  I just told you how to take a big step to become green and clean, and also become a contributing citizen of the 21st century, instead of a whiner.  Might you want a real quote from a commissioner?  This afternoon, my wife and I,  along with lots of friends you should get to know, went to the fund raiser for the "Dog Park:".  Didn't see you there.  Among the folks there, we talked to Commissioner George and as you might guess, the electricity issue came up. He said, "I have always wanted what the community wants."  That's us, dear naysayer.  Moreover, it is the community choice of all enlightened citizens all across this land; especially those who understand what Green and Clean means.  What you represent and would have others believe is neither green nor clean. 

The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on, nor all your pretend sanctimony, or unfounded rumor shall cancel have a line, nor all your laments wash out a word of it.  (Apologies to Omar Khayyam.)

[An ordinance banning anyone who works for the county government from doing business with the county government, like David Rice did the last time he was a county commissioner, and he made a mint]

Ms Putnam (NNK) who, while working for the County, made and passed legislation preventing utilities in her neighborhood.  How can one county employee acting in their own best interest be any less egregious than another county employee doing the same?  Regardless of intent or purpose, the act of self interest remains the same, and is an unacceptable by any county employee.

[Questioning the names of the 70% of us who want electricity] Do you talk like that in person: machinations, pseudo solar mantle?  Boring…yawn.  I'm glad I make you almost want to throw up.  Oh, and another thing, when someone slanders someone, it is a "false, spoken" statement, of which my written post is neither.

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(Ed: I didn’t read a thing in Saturday’s unedited Coconut Telegraph. I just cut and pasted everything.

The result of my laxity was that some asshole said Sloan was a “sexual predator”. I assure you that was a total fabrication by an evil person whose only intent was to slander and hurt Mr Bashinsky—no other reason. So much for un-edited Saturdays. I curse the monster who wrote that and won't let anything like that happen again.

Sloan, please accept my sincerest apology for letting evil through; I have since removed the post.)

Is the Sloan a sexual predator? I have it from reliable sources that he cannot live, work or loiter within 1,000 feet of any school, childcare facility, school bus stop, or place where minors gather. 

If this is so, the School Superintendent and all members of the school board and all school principals in the Keys would have been notified, and the Key West police and the Sheriff. Why don't you ask them?

Deer Ed, what are you doing posting something like this without getting verification? If I was a suing type, your ass would belong to me and my heirs forever. That this is a Saturday post and you don't edit on Saturday is no excuse. If you don't read what you post, you should not post it - ever. If you don't have time to read on Saturday, then don't post on Saturday.

This is your mess I'm cleaning up for you, gratis. You are an idiot if you post anything else from this jerk.

~Sloan

[Sunday Funny] Is the chemical symbol for holy water H²Omg

We found our dog. Thanks to all Delilah is back home!

The prescribed burn program was developed out West where there was years of fire suppression in national parks. These protected pine forests were vast and frequently had natural fire occur from lightning which was quickly extinguished for years. This procedure altered the natural process that these particular pine species were dependent on for seed dispersion and propagation. Unfortunately, these practices became the "cookie cutter standard" for all forests across the board, regardless of their extreme differences and requirements. Our tiny forest, now existing on just a small part of Big Pine Key is not a vast wilderness that can handle such huge amounts burned every year.  To even mention the Native American's in this argument is comical. 

Remember, this was a vast wilderness during that early time, the pine land stretched all the way to Key West and many miles beyond. Samples of pine needles and pine cones were found many miles off shore from Key West far below the silt. Today, all that remains is a small remnant of that vast wilderness and it is critically threatened by extinction. To say we have had "fire suppression" here is not a valid statement unless we have also had lightning suppression. Our occurrence of natural fire, that is to say from lightning, have only occurred once or twice in 30 or more years. This natural burn cycle is not mirrored by the huge, yearly prescribed burns conducted by USFWS. 

Burning such large percentages of such a small habitat does not allow anything to recover and isolated species can easily be wiped out to extinction. If burning must continue for whatever reason they can justify, then they should be only an acre a year and no more. Cost put before preservation has sadly outweighed common sense that is so blindingly obvious.

[Food PANTry] Charleston SC. Police Report: accused shoplifter found with 40 cans of food in his pants. Total cost: $111.18. I wonder what gave him away.

[Controlled Burn] So now we are going to base our USFWS management practices on what the Indians did in the 1500's, they burned so we should too. Does that mean we will be required to hunt for our own food now and will be reintroducing black bear, bobcats, sea lions and have to get around by canoe? I wonder if the Indians used drip torches and helicopters. 

Imagine their faces if they could see their land now!

Enough with the AA crapola.  Drink if you wish!

Regarding the controlled burn.  The poster seemed well informed on the effects of burns such as this, especially in an area as sensitive as the Keys.  As I recall, the last time FWC and The Refuge were going to conduct a burn, its sole intent was to provide data for some graduate student's study.  Shortly before that, they performed a circle burn, which of course trapped and burned to death every living creature within the circle.

Then there was the whole feral cat/marsh rabbit debacle a couple of years ago.  When FWC couldn't catch feral cats on Big Pine, they captured and killed native raccoons; some 43 if I recall correctly.  Ironically, a couple of master's theses focused on the marsh rabbits on Big Pine, but the researchers were unable to locate any evidence of the endangered species on Big Pine.  Of course, all the initial research that led to this scientific conclusion of an endangered rabbit was conducted on Boca Chica Navy base and was chocked full of flaws.

I agree with the poster.  If the FWC isn't going to protect the wildlife here on Big Pine Key, they would do us a service by going away and leaving us alone.  We've got park services, the Nature Conservancy, forestry service, etc., etc., to watch the habitat.  Paying these government employees salaries averaging $125,000 each per year (according to reports yesterday) to kill our wildlife and destroy our habitat seems ludicrous.

Seabreacher is just another dumb-ass rich mans toy. It’s like driving a porpoise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMgRqxNqYD8

Circle the Cat game. Circle the Cat ~ Grandma Faith's

[Sal’s a proctologist] I know every A**HOLE in the keys. Probably even the A**HOLE who looked up the contributors to Mario. ~Sal

[Paris Hilton’s Back] Now here's a shocker, what a waste of air. Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge in Vegas (AP)

I don't know if Mr. Sloan is a sexual predator or not but I don't think the blogger should of put that thought out there unless he could substantiate it.

If you paid any mind to Sloan throughout the years you would know that he is a total weirdo and it disgust me because he is an intelligent person. He could of had a very productive life and been a great asset to mankind/humanity. However he has chosen to waste his life by being a perennial aggravator and instigator.

I can tell you first hand though that he does have a propensity for violence. The evening of the forum at The Boutanical Garden I experienced that first hand when upon my exit (I had a death in the family and had to leave before it was over). I had just found out that Sloan was a last minute entry into the district 2 commission race so I told him that his antics were getting old and that he was not funny anymore. As I headed toward the parking lot he assaulted me from behind by jerking my arm and just about pulling it out of socket. I warned him not to ever put his hands on me again. Rather than respond in kind I wanted to summon a deputy and file charges but my great nephew had just passed away as a result of a tragic swimmimg accident so I had more urgent matters to tend to at the time and I was not injured so I let him get away with it. I saw him at other forums after that and thought maybe he would at least apologize but the guy apparently has no remorse about anything, as I am told by others. 

I just can't imagine a person of Sloan's caliber being an elected official. If you think Mario used to have anger management issues just wait until you experience the wrath of this maniac and see that crazed look in his eyes. I know he makes many decisions based on dreams but this instance must of been a spontaneous nightmare. Now nobody can say that I didn't warn you about rubbing Sloan Bashinsky the wrong way & don't forget to look over your shoulder if you do.  ~1somostcrane@bellsouth.net

[Never Used Panties] Because everybody knows used ones cost more.

This is a good scam.

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[Illegals] Federal documents show there was a sharp hike in the number of Chinese being smuggled into the United States across its border with Mexico, from 15 in Fiscal Year 2008 to 79 in Fiscal Year 2009, an increase of more than 500 percent. It seems we’ll be having more Chinese restaurants in the future.

I truly hope Mr. Marzella has learned his lesson and does not put his name on the ballot again anytime soon or ever. Mr. Marzella you can’t blame your loss or your problems on the media or the press.  You brought your own problems onto yourself.  Give me a break…you can’t claim an exemption on your homestead, while not living there… and not expect to get caught especially if you are running for a public office.  You can’t offer a 20% discount to the school employees and not expect to have some repercussion during your run for public office.

TDC and Steve Smith works there and is Commissioner on Mosquito Control Board. How are those facts blown out of proportion by the media? I or the public wasn’t left with an impression of you being a wrongdoer, the facts speak for themselves…if the shoe fits…wear it…please… with your kind of scruples or lack of…don’t do the community a service by running for a public office or with your type of principals don’t serve your community.  You and your sense of right and wrong is what lost you your race Mr. Marzella not the Media or the Press. Can’t you put the blame where it belongs?  ~mollyhanson18@gmail.com

[Key Deer Stickers] Here’s another one.

[100 Illegal Crustaceans] Benjamin Joseph White, 41, and his son, Christopher Joseph White, 18, both of Little Torch Key, and Edward Arthur Brusseau, 45, of Big Pine Key, were arrested on misdemeanor charges of possessing undersized wrung lobster tails and stone crab claws out of season.

I checked out Hometown Democracy’s website and they seem to be trying to stop people like DiGennaro who want to develop every inch of land they see. I’m going to vote yes on Amendment 4. You’d better too.

[SUFA Scandal] Linda Gottweld use of Monroe County tax dollars: $628 to pay her personal water bills, which she said she thought she had repaid; • $3,747 to pay three months’ rent, at a residence she leases, for Shari Blessing, who took over for Gottwald after the director moved to Michigan; • $2,900 for a fence at the Second Chance Ranch, a shelter Gottwald is building in Michigan; • $1,154 for a legal bill for the Michigan shelter; and • $715 for airline tickets to Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale, for purposes Gottwald said she did not know. The county also said the shelter owes it $160,000 in excess fees it charged for animal adoptions.

Get well soon FTR guy. It won’t be the same around here until you’re back.

The daily pictures are nice! never-ending roads and other landscapes ...very pretty! 

Prescribed burning can be defined as the thoughtful and skillful application of fire to a specific site under selected weather conditions to accomplish specific land management objectives. Prescribed burning is one of the most cost effective methods for managing plant communities and controlling natural succession 

I think maybe the A.A. basher has been taking the wrong pills he has been prescribing for the new sobriety breakthru. when I went to A.A. I just wanted to find out how I could stop this insane addiction I had acquired, I didn't know anything about being catapulted into some other dimension be it the 4th 5th or whatever, as they supplied me with enough answers for over 40 Yr's  now as how to go successfully about it, I don't look at them as repressive vultures,  I look at them as the WINNERS

NATIONAL POLITICS

[Teach your children well] Please tell us what exactly the downside to Americas President giving kids a message of hard work and independence is?What exactly did the president say that reminded you of the North Korean Dictator as he was called? Please be specific.

I dont believe that I omitted anything.The President gave a message of hard work and the right as usual turned into something it wasnt.Sometimes a speech to kids is just that.Youre looking for a secret agenda that wasnt there.Paranoia has become the mindset of the right in this country and its making them crazier every day.

I agree with your comment that omissions is a form of deceit but I still read the rightwing posts anyhow I just expect the large number of them to be partial truths.

[Islam] Why are you so easily led?, once one begins to face reality, he begins to wander how could he ever have been so naive to believe as he once did, case in point!  While their may be many peaceful Muslims, Islam is not a religion of peace the building of the Mosque will not be to bring us all together,  quite the contrary it will be a victory for Islam, literally a slap in our face.  If you know the history before and after the birth of Islam you will see that that is the case.  Do not be taken in by political correctness as it is a death sentence.

Congressman most in need of a drug test, watch to the end, unbelievable! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yT48wiRue4

Where’s the FTR guy. I never thought I'd miss his misinformation. I hope he’s getting better. Hurry back.

Join the carrot mab http://carrotmob.org/

[FTR] My Deer Friends, thank you for your kind words. The surgery was on Tuesday, I was in PT and walking on Wednesday and Thursday, and returned to the Rock on Friday. It’s good to be home, it’s not so good to be shaky, a consequence of pain meds. Nor is it good to see the postings smeared with Obamacare donkey dung go unchallenged. Last Wednesday an Obafan told us that his Mother In Law was a candidate for hip replacement surgery. Then he crowed how lucky she was to be under Obamacare  because  private insurers denied coverage at an inordinately high rate. His posting didn’t say it, but it strongly implied that Lucille (His beloved MIL) had been denied a hip replace operation by three nasty insurance companies. His message is full of noxious donkey donkey dung. First. According to the American Medical Association’s National Health Insurer Report Card for 2008, the government’s health plan, Medicare, denied medical claims at nearly double the average for private insurers: Medicare denied 6.85% of claims. The highest private insurance denier was Aetna at 6.8%, followed by Anthem Blue Cross @ 3.44, with an average denial rate of medical claims by private insurers of 3.88%.  

(Part II) It's just one hypocrisy after another from Barack Obama. The president sold the taxpayer bailout of General Motors by telling us that it was needed to save jobs. Obviously he didn't mean American jobs because Government Motors has decided to spend half a billion, taxpayer dollars, to build a brand new GM plant in Mexico. I think that plant will be one that will make the new GM $41K dollar electric tiny wee car.  That miracle of engineering will have  a range of 40 miles on battery. The good thing about it is that the car will have a $ Seven Thousand Five hundred Dollar enticement to buy, a rebate, a kick back. It will be paid with your tax dollars. It’s a beautiful thing, American dollars and jobs fleeing to Mexico by a company that is 60% owned by American taxpayers. We’re sending jobs enough to fill a factory with workers to a country that refuses to help us secure our borders. A country that does everything that it can to pee on our shoes.  The Omabam Miracle car is such a rip off that even GM's flacs tell us that it will not sell unless the putative buyers are given a $7500.00 dollare kick back. That kick back, euphemistically called a rebate, will be all American tax dollars. That’s no rebate, that’s a masterbate.

NO NAME KEY

13 lots in Galleon Bay on No Name Key. $10 million paid by Monroe County Taxpayers for taking them making all you fools pay in Big Pine.....PRICELESS

[NO NAME ELECTRIC] Once again, dear poster, you have wasted my time with your redundant charges that simply are not true.  You apparently are proud of your Internet discovery that a guy in Northern California has availed himself of a nearby stream to produce a mini hydro electric "plant" that produces about the same amount of electricity as rubbing two dry Boy Scouts together.  It is a worthless and irrelevant read.  Shame on you for posting it twice when once was too many.  Neither I, nor anyone I know, bought our property as a money making investment.  You again know not of what you speak, yet you can't resist making up your pitch as you go along.  As for your also redundant questioning of the names of the 70% of us who want electricity...and water for lawful and humane reasons, let me suggest that you do your own homework.  I, nor any of us, have any call to give you anything.  Would Macy's tell Gimbels?  Your numbers are dwindling, and your message is seen by most as tripe.   You would be wise to come on board with us, or find yourself listening to the quiet hum of your neighbor's a/c while you fret about the long periods of overcast when your meager arrays can't produce enough electricity to flush your toilet and run your television during a hurricane.   Isn't it true that at least two of your fellows have their house listed for sale?  I've heard that another is leaving the island for health reasons.  Thus, the figures are 13 of you folks ...minus 3, and, of course, there are others of that tally who spend less time on the island that you do in Winn Dixie in a month.   If you would take time to do your homework, you would know more about solar than the pseudo solar mantle you wear around your shoulders.  Here is a way for you to answer your own question.  I would hope you know who your crying in the wilderness compatriots are.  Count that number as 13 or 10, though I suspect it is fewer..  There are 43 homeowners on the island.  Take your choice...Divide your numbers by 43, or Divide 30 by 43.  In other words, you freely slander good folks you sadly don't know with false machinations, and mumbo jumbo.  You are literally not a part of this century, apparently, you don't know green from blue and  have become more and more  irrelevant when you speak, ad nauseum.

To the last poster--Please be specific when you suggest that "the island is losing."  Ghad, how can you come to that conclusion?  To the contrary.  Let me count the ways.  Enough.  We have.

[No Name Deed restriction?] Yesterday's poster did not tell the truth.  I live on No Name and we do not have any restrictions on our warranty deed or title policy. We paid a slightly higher price for our home without electricity as homes with electricity on other island.  We were told the higher price was due to more privacy.  Yes, Mr. Glebman, the homeowners on No Name Key pay the same property tax millage rate as other property owners in Monroe County but have been denied the same services.  Fair?  I think not.  Many pro-utility folks were there in the late 60's and early 70's - long before the solar few arrived in early 90's and then changed the rules and tried to highjack the island because they, the minority, had a fantasy of making No Name a solar island.  Repeating lies does make something true and the solar group ended up making No Name an island of pollution. Folks just don't pay a million dollars for a house and then live like refugees in America.   The tree-huggers should move and buy their own island if they want a solar community. Instead the minority solar group convinced the county to deny utilities to the residents, after the development was done, thereby decreasing the property value so the county could buy property for pennies on the dollar.  Justice has been delayed, but justice will not be denied any longer.

[Deed Restrictions] I`ll be happy to show you mine if you show me yours.  I live in Dolphin Harbour , lot 14, No Name Key.  My deed to this property was recorded in October 1988.  I am not a newcomer to No Name Key but certainly not one of the longest term residents either. I am in a group of people that were the last to build their own homes on No Name. 

Here in brief form are the items listed on the Deed Restrictions for Bahia Shores Subdivision.  ( I will be happy to share a copy of these with any interested parties just as I have shared a copy of them with the entire Board of County Commissioners ) 
1. No lot shall be used except for residential purposes , no boat may be used for residential purposes.  No garages shall be occupied, no house trailer, tent, shack or other temporary housing may be constructed or erected in Bahia Shores. Etc.
2. This section has to do with setbacks and is rather tedious --  but again I will be happy to share with the public.
3. Sewage must be disposed of by either septic tanks, or a central sewage disposal plant.  Any of the systems must be located , designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements , standards and recommendations of the Florida Public Health Authority.
4. No animals other than household pets may be kept. 
5. No business or other commercial purpose whatsoever.
6. No unlawful use shall be made of the property.
7. All dockage constructed upon the residential lots must not extend further than 1 foot into the channel.
8.  The said land shall be kept clear of brush and lobster traps.
9. No signs of any kind except for one professional sign of not more than one square foot.
10. No oil drilling oil refining quarrying or mining operations.
11.  No lots shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground.
12.  No vehicles allowed except with current license.
13.  14. and 15 all have to do with the covenants ( deed restrictions ) life time and what it takes to change any of them

As you can see from the above only one deed restriction deals with infrastructure of any type and that is septic tanks and sewers.  There is no deed restriction against electricity.  There is more than one subdivision on No Name Key.  The above information is true for Bahia Shores subdivision but I doubt that the poster can produce deed restrictions for any property on No Name Key or anywhere in the Florida Keys that prohibit grid electricity to residents.      

Friday’s No Name Key post spoke of the 70% that were willing to pay in excess of $20,000 per household for the option of electrification and grid-tying their homes.  What the post didn’t mention is that most of that money is being loaned to the 70% is by a couple of homeowners, one of which told a County Commissioner that he “would not take a loss on his home”.

Truth is, some homes on No Name Key were just not built right.  It was “one box fits all” in some areas, sometimes because the builder expected electricity, sometimes because they just didn’t do their homework.  Now new owners have moved into those homes, expecting that they could indeed live off grid.  Their idealism has faded as they realized the cost of the upgrades needed to get off the generators.

If those same kind benefactors would just lend their money to the 70% for the upgrades needed to truly run green and clean, the newcomers would regain their original dream of being off grid and lose the feeling that they are “making do” in what is feeling more and more like a bad investment.  But that money is only available for loan if the island gets electrification, because of these few individuals want to make sure that their investments trump all other needs.  

[Deed restrictions: NOT]  Will the lies about No Name Key every stop?  There are NO deed restrictions on No Name Key.  Just check the property records.  Not that the leader of the minority solar group did not try to get that pushed over on the county commissioners and the Realtors, but the Realtors were smarter than the commissioners and quashed that illegal idea immediately. No Name Key  was never developed or designated a solar community!  It was only after the solar leader joined in the lawsuit to stop electricity that she proposed to the Board a long list of her demands that would y end this argument "once and for all."  You can see the whole story in the county's public records from her writings to all of the commissioners and her written statements submitted for the record in her public comments to the board.  She did convince the commissioners to put up a sign at the foot of No Name Bridge that falsely stated that No Name Key was a coastal barrier resource island.  Twenty-nine homes including the solar leader and my home are not, and never have been, in the coastal barrier resource unit. Some homes on the east-end are in a coastal  barrier island unit and the solar leader tried to explain "in writing" how she had done that for her solar group and the key deer protection alliance.  I am now convinced that reading public documents can be most enlightening and most folks have caught on to her evil games.  Deed restrictions and other statements made about No Name Key for the past twenty years about the island being a solar community are only fantasies in a small mind.  Choice, freedom, and laws created for the public good are still the American way.

[Pro-Utilities] You really have to admire the person that keeps attacking the "pro-utility" people- persistence is a great quality to have, but he would have much more credibility if he knew what he was talking about. The greenie hippy chick uses her hydro- micro turbine to harness the energy from a flowing creek- the key word here is flowing. Last time I visited No Name there were no creeks or rivers around. There is water passing through the canals, but if you try to do anything with that the environmentalists will hang you out to dry-no pun intended. And another fact that the pro-utility denier may not know is that many utilities use the same principle to generate power- it is called hydro-power. It is one of the cheapest and cleanest sources of large scale power available- And the best part about it, guess who is against these plants? (wait for it).. the environmentalists!  You gotta love 'em. I would venture to say that with a few  letters from concerned citizens sent to certain governmental agencies, we could make the hippy chick cease and desist with her mini- micro- hydro turbine.

Sunday August 29, 2010

Saturday August 28, 2010

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

[No-Edit Saturday] For those of you visiting for the first time, don’t judge the Coconut Telegraph by today’s un-edited episode. This is almost the Editor's day off. Tune in tomorrow for the edited version. You’ll find its format and graphics more pleasing. (Note to friends of the Editor: I can get out of here a lot sooner on Saturday if you don't send in any photos, attachments or Classified Ads for Saturday publication. That's because it takes a lot of time to resize and re-format them. Please email them to us by 6am on Sunday  for Sunday's publication. I'll appreciate it a lot.)

What was Ocean Reef thinking in primary?
 

The rest ... GoodMorningFloridaKeys.com

Do not know how many people looked over Mario DiGennaro campaign contribution list but here are just a few of the locals names on his list. 

Jay Marzella                   100.00 ran for Mosquito Control Bd.

James Cameron             500.00 Plan. Comm. appt. by Mario

Catherine Vogel              50.00  former Assit. State Attorney

Brooks White                 100.00 Campaign Mgr. for candidates

Roseann Krause            400.00 wife of Rudy

Rudy Krause                  500.00 Local Contractor

Betty Brown                     50.00 Banker in Key Largo

Chuck Fishburn              100.00 Mgr. of Key Largo Wastewater

David Ritz                      500.00 Pres. Of Ocean Reef (ORCA)

John Marston                 250.00 Former Plann. Comm.

Roger Bernstein             500.00 Attorney/ Owner of Wisteria Island

Greg Goebel                  100.00 Holiday RV in Key Largo

Nancy Mulick                  250.00 wife of Nick Attorney

Ken Phillipson                  50.00 Councilman Vill. Of Islamorada

Christi Allen                     50.00 Roman Gastesi girlfriend

Pilates in Paradise            50. 00 Her business

Ed Swift                         500.00 Conch Train Key West

Sal Gutierrez                  500.00 Retired Dr. in Hudson, Fl…This is the same Sal…he is not retired DR. only in his dreams

I fail to understand why Ed misinterpreted what the poster meant about controlled burns. His/her follow-up was quite clear. Obviously Ed slipped off the wagon and didn’t go to his “Editing Anonymous” meeting that day. Following are a few words that seem very clear to me. -  Iget, reall, profeesionals, indiams, that?a, (turltles), doeskill?d, plantlife kill, panick, bld, Cochise, indeans, itont, gimme, eplease, eveidently, ow, havea, doen.

OIL SPILL

NATIONAL POLITICS

The radicals, racists and Marxists can’t stand the fact that patriotic Americans are holding a rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday August 28, the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”
These radicals, race-baiters and socialists detest the fact that ordinary Americans are rejecting the Pelosi-Obama big-spending socialist agenda. On Saturday they are holding their own leftist big government rally just blocks from the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor rally. Even the Media Matters nitwits will be there.

Gallup poll shows Obama losing ground among all faiths

Israel Alarmed About Russia Selling Cruise Missiles to Syria

NO NAME ELECTRIC

Saturday August 28, 2010

Friday August 27, 2010

[Key Deer Stickers] You're well represented up here in the tundra. One of my neighbors wrote the BPK C of C last winter and bought two deer heads and put them on my signs. Here they are - gotta look real close at the 2774 one. It’s 47 degrees here…

I would have to say by their postings that both Jay Marzella & Dan Dombroski are both gentlemen and either would have done a good job.  I am acquainted with Jay and he has always been a straight shooter with me. I have never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Dombroski but it sounds like they have a lot of respect for each other, I wish Dan good luck. It's very refreshing to read a couple of intelligent, non-hateful postings on this site.

[Another crook] Mosquito Superintendent Mike Spoto giving cell phones to his whole family paid for with taxpayers’ money?

Isn’t there anyone in public life that doesn’t steal or try to steal from us?

More bar wisdom. "Don't do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics."

[SUFA Scandal] even though they (the SUFA replacement provider) only cover 16 miles and run a single shelter with a higher kill rate and a lower adoption rate).

Yea, well, at least they cleared their investigation, don't have a director nano-seconds away form arrest or indictment, never took a county owned vehicle out of the state (or even county).  And one more thing, they don't have a perosn doing ridiculous spinning on CT.

David Rice got used. He was a spoiler. He had a job to do. Take out Mario. And he did it. Well done David. Fast forward to political reality time. Many David votes were not for votes. They were against votes. Which makes a real problem for David because those against voters now have no allegiance or commitment to David. District 4 is going to be a real race, no incumbents, no baggage. All candidates stand an equal chance. Politics at it's best.

[Mailmen] I live on Little Torch and just today saw my mail delivery - the truck is driven by a guy (unless I can't tell anymore). So, clearly, there are male mail *men* :) at least in one place between Marathon and Big Coppit.

Silly AA basher. We’ve long accepted that no one practices the program to perfection. Denial is addiction’s first cousin. Any idiot knows that … I suppose that’s why you keep repeating it over and over again.

[A few days ago we took our grandson Michael snorkeling trip to the reef] I wish I was your grandson.
What a nice post

[Patriotism] As Jerry Garcia sang, "What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been." This lady from UTAH does the portraits.   She is a true patriot. I think sometimes that no one knows the Ideals of What Our Country Stands For.  Anymore.Come live in the American West and you will understand how I feel. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN SOLDIER. http://www.militarytimes.com/hancock

This video got me.  I'm looking up at the Huachuca Mountain Range on the border from Arizona into Mexico.  6 miles from the border.

[UFC 118] Now that Rob's is up "in the air", is anywhere else local going to be airing UFC 118? I really don't want to have to go all the way to Key West!

Voters your memory served you well when you voted the last member of “The Gang of Three” Mario DiGennaro.  Should you put these names on your memory list for the election of 2010?

Chairman Andy Griffiths' four-year term in District 2 expires in 2012, as does Duncan Mathewson's in District 3.

[Controlled Burns] i was misunderstood the other day by ed, when i said," iget reall nervous when highly trained profeesionals have the situation in hand" it was meant for the post about controlled burning.  gee why didn't the indiams think of that?a. b. how many good plants does it kill? c. how many slow moving animals(turltles) does it kill?d. how much of the good food for animals (plantlife does it kill? d. what does it do to the lungs of animals. e.( if you were an animal and they burned everything around you? would you have a panick attack? and run into the highways and key deer bld to avoid it?

 i can go on and on, but the highly trained professionals will never, never, convince me that this does more good then harm.  some of you  ay remember that it got out of control a few years ago . of course no one will admit it, but the flames were shooting high and out of control.  I just don't get it. i don't remember cochise or any other indeans saying " oh yea, lets go burn down the frigging woods?

it will kill some pine needles laying ont the ground, gimme a break her eplease.  this is a complete waste of time, money and manpower.  just another thing to do to justify ones job.  for, how many house fires does bp have a year? not enough eveidently to keep these guys busy. maybe we should go into 140 ft ow water and kill everything down there that may harm the reef, i have access to c-4.  ed, will havea blast out of this one, that is why i am not correcting my spelling errors, by the time he gets doen, it will be a "job well done for the fd,lol

p.s. i have 10 other reasons why we should not do this, without all the kidding and joking.

[SUFA Scandal] Sounds like someone has a problem with the FKSPCA. This is the 2nd post I've read that someone doubts the work they do there for the amount of money they receive. Are you considering they area of coverage inside of Key West also in that 16 measly miles?

Higher kill rate?? Lower adoption rate?? Are you sure?? Funny, I've been hearing for years that SUFA advertised being a no kill shelter but they did put animals down, for what reason I do not know. A no kill shelter is just that, NO KILL, no reason acceptable! I do know that FKSPCA only puts animals down that are in pain due to health conditions or aggressive animals. Have you been by a shelter recently...ever?? Or maybe you're one of the people they said no to when you wanted to adopt. I understand what a slap in the face that must feel like but they are working at placing all the animals in their forever home not another temporary one.

I know people that lose sleep over the decisions that have to be made everyday when they work in a shelter anywhere! Why don't you put yourself in their shoes, see what you'd work for per hour in a situation like that! Also, I do believe the county has a cap on what a shelter person can earn.

I'd love to know where you get your facts about the kill and adoption rate at FKSPCA. While you're at it get SUFA's numbers and compare them or use any shelter in this country with comparable numbers of animals !!!!

Lorenzo the Cat does have a couple of rules — no pants, no hats and the top button on a shirt has to stay open. Meet Lorenzo the cat, a complete clotheshorse - TODAY Pets & Animals - TODAYshow.com

[Just imagine hordes of naked passengers wearing only sunscreen disembarking from commercial airlines]  Just imagine a thriving new enterprise of the cleaning services necessary to disinfect those airline seats. ick.

[Rape] August 24, 2010 Man arrested for raping two young girls

A Key Largo man was arrested Monday, charged with repeatedly raping and sexually abusing two young girls.

34 year old Hector Hernandez is accused of abusing the girls repeatedly when they stayed alone with him in Key Largo. The girls are 11 and 15 years old now, but the alleged abuse took place when the younger one was between 6 and 7 years old, and when the older one was 7 and 8 years old. The victims told their mother about the sexual abuse in April of this year. The mother called the Sheriff's Office to report it.

According to the victims, Hernandez sexually abused them in the Keys, and in Virginia as well. Virginia authorities are also investigating the allegations.

Hernandez is charged with three counts of sexual battery on a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious acts on a child. He is currently in Monroe County Jail. Bond is set at $650,000.00.

This guy should just be hung by the neck until dead.

Hydrogen Sulfide and Dust Plumes on Namibia's Coast Cloudless skies allowed a clear view of dust and hydrogen sulfide plumes along the coast of Namibia in early August 2010. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on Aug. 10, 2010.

Multiple dust plumes blow off the coast toward the ocean, most or all of them probably arising from streambeds. Unlike the reddish-tan sands comprising the dunes directly south of the Kuiseb River, the stream-channel sediments are lighter in color. Wind frequently pushes dust plumes seaward along the Namibian Coast. Easterly trade winds blow from the Indian Ocean over the African continent, losing much of their moisture as they go. The winds are hot and dry as they pass over Namibia’s coastal plain, where they are prone to stir fine sediments.

Even with dust plumes overhead, the marked change in land cover is obvious along the Kuiseb River. South of the river, sand dunes predominate, but the vegetation along the Kuiseb River prevents the dunes from advancing northward. North of the river, the land surface consists primarily of gravel plains punctuated by rocky hills.

Hydrogen sulfide appears as a swath of irridescent green running parallel to the coast north of Walvis Bay. A 2009 study linked the emissions in this region to ocean currents, biological activity in the water column, and carbon-rich organic sediments under the water column. The meeting of hydrogen sulfide gas and oxygen-rich surface waters causes pure sulfur to precipitate into the water. The sulfur’s yellow color makes the water appear green to the satellite sensor.

Our next computer club meeting is coming up this Saturday, August 28, 10 am, at the senior center. Enjoy - Bulletin Board

[I have no problem helping out or organizing whatever is need to help]  Good start!  When you see something that needs fixed, take it on, don't holler "somebody ought to do something" or call for the Feds.  If it's something you've never done before, asking for experienced help is a good first move.

[Online Dating] What a dumb mistake to post a personal ad on the internet!  I advertised up on the mainland because the dating pool down here is substandard.  Looked for non-smoker, non-alcoholhead and every reply was from married people who party like fat rockstars.  That online dating venue is only for people looking for sex.  It is much easier to go out to a bar for casual sex; at least the person is 3D and you do not have to spend a copious amount of time passing notes and downloading their ten year old photos.  A lot of us do not want just sex and that is way too risky with all the people infected with so many things they do not even tell you about before rolling in the hay.

[Postal Service Question] Wow and I thought I worried about trivial stuff.

[Bocce] Deer Ed. Thanks a bunch again for your efforts. It looks great on the site and people are checking in to see the Bocce scores

Serenity

"Bed Bugs* I think some people think there are no longer any effective, and safe chemicals to rid a place of them.  This is not true. You must be a licensed pest control operator to obtain these chemicals but they get the job done. Don't let anyone tell you that everything must go. That is rarely the case ,in most cases, if there are no holes in it, even the mattress can be saved. More, often than not the box spring has to go. Also, don't waste your money on expensive mattress covers because the bed bugs will just go behind the headboards or any where else they choose.

Check out hotel rooms BEFORE you bring  your luggage into th e room. Pull up the blankets and check the seam around the mattress for a rust colored substance that looks like it can be brushed off but can't, that's their fecal matter. Also check around the edge of the box spring too and also behind the headboard to see if you can see any of them behind there. If any of things appear get out of that room & ask the hotel to give another room that is NOT adjacent to that room. If that is the case repeat your inspection in the new room. Hotels don't have to be dirty to get them. Bed bugs are great hitchhikers and are spread by other travelers who stayed in that room a while ago. These are "rules of thumb" when your traveling. There is no guarantee this will keep you bed bug free, but it can give you  a chance not to get them. I hope I have been of some to help you guys. And, in ending, I have to say "THANK GOD I MARRIED MY BUG MAN!"

[Malemen] I would like to respond to the podter that said there are no " post-man"/men delivering the mail anymore. My "postman" is named Ron and he is one of the finest carriers that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and delivering & picking up my mail that I have ever had. I live in the " Coral Shores " area and we have no problems what-so-ever. Keep a closer eye out for the drivers & forget about the sex of the carrier.

[AA Perfection] I think that the A.A. basher makes a rather moot point, unless I am mistaken A.A. never claimed perfection, just to strive for that elusive term, usually A.A's sucess rate parralels the effort put into trying to achieve perfection. Perfection itself is an elusive term, however using the broad parameters that society uses when defining the term one can usually fullfill the requirments needed to satisfy the meaning of the term, thats what I did and it seems to work for me. I still haven't got any Info. from the basher on his plan as to how to terminate the insane alcoholic style of drinking, he mentioned sciences latest breakthroughs , something to do with a pill or injections or some such thing, sounded very interesting, I asked for more Info. but alas, at this point no answer. he seems like a bright individual so I would like to hear his thoughts not some remote blogger,  put into print on this perplexing subject.

The Prediction. Strange & Amazing on Yahoo! Video

[National Flood Insurance] Want to know how screwed up our, "National Flood Insurance" really is... Read the article below and you too will realize how the downstairs enclosure issue here is the Florida Keys is a joke. Look over what they have been paying for on houses that have flooded 34 times since 1978.. In the example the house is worth $69,000 y...et federal flood insurance has paid more than $663,000 for this house.. Insanity or stupidity, or one and the same? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-25-flood-insurance_N.htm

Scientists at the Institute for the Preservation of Bachelorhood (IPOB) are warning bachelors that the use of alcohol can increase the risk of getting married.

Men often lead great and exciting lives going about their business and remaining single. They are able to control their lives and their bank accounts. Getting married often results in death and divorce and much worse things like ending up with a spouse that puts on the extra pounds.

Once married men often suffer the effects of heaver drinking, henpecking, headaches, jealous wives, breeding excessively, checking account overdrafts, running up credit card debts, having to listen to her constant bitching, her farting, the inability to meet hot babes, restrictions placed on their ability to participate in hunting, fishing, and other sports, and numerous other maladies.

Scientists working at the IPOB have discovered that drinking alcohol often results in men meeting their future wives in night clubs and dance halls, and parties. Men will often end up with a future wife after excessive drinking

The experiments conducted at the IPOB have proven beyond a reasonable doubt the alcohol usage leads men to chase women that they would not even have taken a second look at if they had remained sober.

Did you meet your current wife while drinking a few drinks that you paid for with your unemployment check?

NEBRASKA. More triplets are born here than in any other state

[Mario we didn't forget! George you represent OUR interests not Yours! Learn from this.] George is a land thief......And defiantly voters in the keys want that.....Too bad you guys pay for it in the end......Just look at your property tax bills.....Guess where all the money to buy them is going.  On your bill idiots. ~salkeylargo@keylargokey.com

Mosquito Control.  Thank you Jesus. Amen

The World is the Battlefield. U.S. Special Forces are now operating in 75 countries, up from 60 under President Bush. End the Wars.

Shhhhhh! JSOC is Hiring Interrogators and Covert Operatives for 'Special Access Programs' | CommonDreams.org

[Refinancing] Has anyone had any luck trying to refinance with negative equity or upside down situations? Who was able to help?

[Proposed County Taxes] Do the figures 14.1%  17.29%  33.9% and 39.29% mean anything to you?  Would they not be great if they were a raise your employer gave you? But how about the INCREASE in PROPOSED TAX RATES shown in columns 2 and 3 of your Notice of Proposed Property Taxes!

14.1% is the increase from 2009's (9.9769 rate to Your Tax Rate this year if no budget change is adopted. New Rate is 11.3843

17.29% is the increase from 2009's (9.9769) rate to This Years Proposed Tax Rate if Proposed budget is Adopted. New Rate is 11.7024

33.9% Would be for Mosquito Control District Proposed Budget

39.29% Would be for Low/Mid Fire/Amb District Proposed Budget

Now as bad as these numbers are, insult was added to injury by increasing the assessed value of my property, to end up with a possible a 15.89% to 19.1% total increase. Why do they need these percentage increases while the rest of us are cutting back on spending? Don't these public servants understand were in a recession?  Or perhaps they are patronizing and lining the pockets of the employees of one of the largest employers in Monroe County, themselves or are they the same?

Maybe in November we can vote the rest of them out!

DO NOT PAY THIS IS NOT A BILL

OIL SPILL

[Oil-eating microbes working in Gulf] I hope these are unionized microbes, otherwise the prez and his cohorts will tax the hell out of them. We cannot allow any non-union workers in the Gulf; it is un-American- (unless they are from Mexico).

NATIONAL POLITICS

[Cutbacks] First, you have to live with the consequences of terrible economic policy that is destroying America, next

Budget cuts are forcing police around the country to stop responding to fraud, burglary and theft calls as officers focus limited resources on violent crime.

Cutbacks in such places as Oakland, Tulsa and Norton, Mass. have forced police to tell residents to file their own reports — online or in writing — for break-ins and other lesser crimes.

Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, the nation's largest police union, said cutbacks are preventing many police agencies from responding to property crimes.

This surely makes criminals happy. And Obama voters, since property crime is more prevalent among those in heavy Democrat Party voting areas. Disadvantaged areas and those going through renewal are usually the hardest hit, as well as in urban areas.

Don't expect this situation to improve anytime soon, O-bots. Your messiah has not a clue what he is doing, so, just suck it up, buttercup, when your collection of kool aid glasses are stolen.

A map of unemployment in every county in the USA.  Take note of the dates above the US map as it advances month by month. Note the first year or so appears quite slow to display any changes (2007--mostly yellow, then watch what happens)! YouTube - Updated 07.15.10, The Decline: The Geography of a Recession by LaToya Egwuekwe (OFFICIAL)

[Proof Reading] To the poster who criticized the cave dweller in yesterday's posting:  Please proof read your postings.  Have you ever heard of using periods at the end of sentences?  Your entire posting was one sentence long.  It was difficult to read and understand.  Did you go to school?  Where have you been?  Maybe you're the cave dweller!

Our far left president just hauled the State of Arizona in front of the UN Human Rights Council. For the record, this sham council includes human rights offenders Cuba, China and Libya. The Obama administration told the United Nations Human Rights Council that America’s human rights record was less than perfect in a report this week.
AIP News reported, via Free Republic:

Apparently Barack Obama is not content to make a federal case out of his immigration feud with Arizona; he just made it an international one.

[how come the radical liberals who say they hate religion so much, love Islam and protect it with their politically correct  b.s.?]

That's the problem with right-wingers. They can only operate with two simplified extremes - "love vs. hate", "religion vs. atheist", "us vs.them". Their world is black-and-white and I think I can guess what color they perceive themselve to be.

Obama's Muslim Czar Dalia Mogahed. It turns out that the Islam embraced by Mogahed is decidedly fundamentalist — a brand that endorses Shariah or Islamic law (which, of course, goes against American laws), approves of a restricted role for women (including the wearing of the Muslim headdress, hajib, in public), and calls for a global Islamic government.

The U.S. will need to address its ballooning budget deficit to protect its triple-A credit rating, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services' sovereign-ratings committee chief said Thursday, urging U.S. lawmakers to consider "very carefully" recommendations from President Barack Obama's commission on fiscal responsibility.

[Left and Right Wings] Tower (to pilot after landing): "Just to let you know, on the approach you were a little bit left of the centerline."
Pilot: "That is correct, Sir. And my first officer was slightly to the right."

[North Korea] After years of refusing to cooperate wth Google Maps, North Korean officials announced this morning that they were finally ready to reveal detailed map data about their reclusive country. Now casual internet users have access to some surprising new info about one of the most secretive spots on earth.

[Political] I don't consider myself a very political person, just a straight talking person leaning towards getting the right things accomplished, and have been told numerous times to run for the commissioners seat( sorry not for me,) but in response to the postings on the mosque, do the posters on this subject know just how many of them already exist in NY, and how close the next one is in relation to the 911 site to begin with?? I know the constitution was written to protect all, but did our forefathers foresee 911? We change laws and adapt new ones all the time right? Well why shouldn't we,(as a nation) be able to come together and revise ones that protect US!  Do you see what us stands for,, US, that's right, us represents the United States , I say change whatever is needed to;

1) Protect our borders

2) Get illegal's out of our country

3) And most important, allow the state of NY the right to say what can get put in front of our wound, and what cant !! Its their state, its their people who got hurt, killed, maimed, lost, and as the years go on, forgotten, so I say let them (the legal citizens of new your) vote on what to allow there. OR, better yet allow the families of those damaged by 911 to vote on what gets allowed, how's that for fairness ??  That's called the American way !!

Sarah Palin wants to make a difference but she's still wandering around Walmart looking for the ingredients.

The policy change could turn into a hassle for seniors who hadn’t intended to switch plans during Medicare’s open enrollment season this fall.

And it risks undercutting President Barack Obama’s promise that people who like their health care plans can keep them.

A new analysis by a leading private research firm estimates that more than 3 million beneficiaries will see their current drug plan eliminated.

[Muslim Arm Crush for Thief] No religion  can ever justify such hideous crimes.... What sort of a civilization is this?

[Obama] Well summers turning into fall which means its time for kids to get ready for school.It should be an interesting time politically.The President has said he will as other Presidents have in the past address kids before their upcoming school year.I'm curious to see if the Republicans again try and drag our elected President thru the mud as they did last year.Last year he told the kids that working hard and depending on yourself are the keys to a prosperous  and successful life.He told them to not depend on others and to look forward to getting a solid education.Republicans told us that in reality that it was the type of speech a dictator would give and that it reminded them of North Korea's leader speaking.I hope this year they skip the "attack the President even when he does a good job" mindset and join our President in giving kids some positive encouragement. We shall see.I'm curious to see if even one Republican commends the President for such a positive talk to Americas kids.I wont hold my breath but  it could happen.That's one cave mans opinion.Please note that yet again no backhanded insults were used in this posting.Namecalling I believe removes credibility Ugg

[Islam] As the son of a Hamas co-founder who became a Christian, a spy for Israel and a consultant to the Holy Land Foundation terror-finance trial, Mosab Hassan Yousef, offers a rare perspective on the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood – at once the spawn of nearly every major Islamic terrorist group and of "mainstream" operatives in the U.S. such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Yousef, who recently was granted asylum in the U.S. after the Department of Homeland Security tried to deport him, said in a telephone interview Americans must understand that the ultimate goal of the highly influential Brotherhood is not terrorism but to establish a global Islamic state over the entire world.

"If they can establish this in a peaceful manner, that's fine," he said. "But they are required by the Quran to establish this global Islamic state on the rubble of every civilization, every constitution, every government."

NO NAME UTILITIES

CHOICE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION The few No Name Key residents who want to remain off the grid can and will, as they are not being "forced" to pay for or connect to the grid.

The super-majority of No Name Key residents who would like to rid their homes, lives and island of the loud, smelly, polluting generators and lead-acid-batteries, and who would like to participate in the only sustainable modern green solution, grid-tie, will pay be the ones paying for this "modern utility" and will be be able to connect to the grid. 

Frankly, the 70% majority group is tired of being "forced" to do without simply because their neighbor doesn't want it.

The equitable and simple solution to the tiresome No Name Key issue is every person gets to choose their own way of living in their own home, and the "forcing" ceases.

Any other person in the Keys who would like the "off-grid" experience can have it: stop paying your electric bill and you too will be "off-grid".

[No Name Key’s fight to remain off the grid]- that facts in that article are well researched-about as much as saying the No Name Pub is on No Name Key. Obviously Ms. Jennifer has never been near No Name- and the fact that she lives on a 160 acre spread tells me even more-  

No Name electric folks are like coiled snakes waiting for someone to mention “utilities” and up they pop. Another barrage of “solar isn’t green” crap.

Don't ignore environmental benefits of grid-tie solar: 

People that want to remain "off the grid" on No Name Key should have that CHOICE.  But, it says a lot about the character of these off the grid" proponents that they continue to mislead the general public, journalists, county employees and our elected officials about the real situation on the island.  Just to clarify (again):

Fact: No one will be forced to hook up to the electricity grid, ever.  You can remain off-grid forever even if your neighbors hook up.

Fact: No Name was never a designated solar community, people bought lots, built homes and expected utilities just like any other community in the U.S. 

Fact: Grid-tie solar has huge advantages over "off the grid" systems.  No generators, no batteries, and you can feed the grid your excess energy when you have a surplus.  You unfortunately will never hear a NNK off-gridder even acknowledge grid-tie as a viable, widely accepted solar option.

 Fact: The 70% of people on No Name who want the option of grid tie solar will pay for it out of their own pockets.  It speaks volumes that these people are willing to pay in excess of $20,000 per household for this option.  We realize that for our own quality of life, and for a greener NNK these expensive costs are worth it.

We commend those who live on NNK year-round and choose to remain off-grid, you are a dedicated but hardy few.  And it's understandable that the snowbirds that flock here in the winter might also make that decision.  However, what is most appalling is the fact that the off-grid proponents and their followers continue to spew misinformation to anyone naive enough to listen, refuse to acknowledge the benefits of grid-tie solar and net metering, and somehow feel empowered enough to feel they have a right to deny the 70% majority a choice in the situation.  This haughty, community-wrecking behavior needs to end.

Friday August 27, 2010

Thursday August 26, 2010

The past 24 hours have been an overwhelming experience for me and I am sorry that I have not been able to write this thank you until now. There are so many people that I would like to thank, but I would like to thank one person in particular, Jay Marzella.  His kind words of support have meant a great deal to me. Over the last ninety days or so Jay and I have spent a great deal of time together and I have come to respect him for what he has done for our community and I consider him to be a friend.

When we started this campaign together Jay and I shared the same goal, that the Mosquito District needed change  to meet he needs of the taxpayers. We knew in the end that one of us would prevail, but we both agreed that we would support who ever won. On Tuesday, almost 5,000 votes were cast in District 2 for a change. For us to accomplish this goal I will need the support of every one of you and more. Together we can do this and make the County a better place for us, our families and children. Thank you,

Dan Dombroski

Don't honk at old bags, they might set off your air bag. YouTube - Don't Honk At Old People

A few days ago we took our grandson Michael to the reef for his first snorkeling adventure.  Now, I have been snorkeling and diving these fabulous waters many times for many years, however, this day was exceptional.  Pulling away from the dock we could see summer storms in all directions, but a small window was clear directly ahead in the direction we needed to go.  Our five-mile trip to the reef was fabulous because of the ominous storms on both sides with brilliant lightning and black clouds all the way down to the water.  Michael has always been interested in weather and this was something straight out of a movie.  One particular storm was forming to our left and started out with just a small rain shaft.  But in a matter of minutes turned into a

We arrived at the reef and tied up to a mooring buoy.  I immediately put up the dodger on the front of the boat, which is similar to a pup tent and we all crawled under until the rain passed.  Amazingly, all the storms dissipated and the water was flat calm and the skies were sunny, rewarding us for not giving up.  I helped Michael put on his tiny fins and mask and then downed my own and jumped in the water first.  Immediately as I looked down onto the reef I could tell this was going to be a very special day.  Visibility was probably 80 feet or so and my boat had already become a haven for hundreds of fish.  As Michael joined me in the water his nervousness was quickly overrun by his excitement.  After probably an hour and a half of snorkeling seeing thousands of fish including two beautiful sharks, it was time for Papa Howie to take a break.  Michael on the other hand wanted more and had to be coaxed out of the water.  He just did not want to stop, which was way cool.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Michael, Cynderella and I, and fruity rum drinks for the adults topped off the day as we sat there enjoying the beautiful water.  No matter how many times I do this there is always something very special and that day was as good as it gets, seeing it all through the eyes of a child.

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[A/C Needed] I am involved with some volunteer work here in Big Pine, and the one facility that I tend to most, is in need of an air conditioning system. The size would be around a 1.5 to 2 ton capacity. We are definitely looking for either someone to do a rather nice donation,($2,200) or if a company has a used system in their warehouse and would like to recieve some credit on their tax return this year for a considerable donation, we would be most honored to have them step forward to do this. We have our own people who have volunteered to install the system and maintain it, we just need the equipment. All the children who come there from all over the country would be able to rest from the outside heat and be safer and cooler. Please, if you cant or dont have one, ask your neighbor or your friend if they know someone who might be able to help out for this noble cause.  . if you would like to help out you can email me. Thanking you in advance. fishw3176@bellsouth.net 

The Evening News is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

[Hometown Democracy] Push to give voters a say in major projects. Amendment 4 will give voters a seat at the table when decisions are made about major projects that would raise their taxes and affect their quality of life.

The website address is www.floridahometowndemocracy.com. 

[Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite] On Tuesday, the pest control company Terminix released its list of the 15 most bedbug infested cities in the nation. To compile the rankings, the company used data on the number of calls received by its service centers nationwide that reported a bedbug problem. Per Terminix, here how the list shakes out.

1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Detroit
4. Cincinnati
5. Chicago
6. Denver
7. Columbus, Ohio
8. Dayton, Ohio
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Los Angeles
11. Boston
12. Indianapolis
13. Louisville, Ky.
14. Cleveland
15. Minneapolis

Bedbug populations are on the rise in the U.S. since the country banned the use of DDT, which nearly eradicated the critters in the 1950s.

[Remember] I too am very proud of the Monroe County Voters....they do have a long memory...Last member of "The Gang of Three" will be gone in November. His money and mouth did not get him the votes he needed.  Now we need to work on the 2,282 or 35.21% of voters that did vote for Mario DiGennaro.  Got a good system to get the word out from the Upper Keys to Lower Keys....how can we reach these other voters to make sure they are aware of the issues, anyone got any ideas?  Thank you for voting and turning out...to protect our unique Florida Keys...our home... hope to hear of some offers of ideas for a better way to comunications with our fellow Monroe County voters....

[Muslims] A group calling themselves "White Roses" created a video to inform non-Muslims about Islam. The name of this video is Three Things About Islam.

White Roses is headquartered in Sweden. This first version is in English. The name "White Roses" is based on a student resistance group "Die weiße Rose" in Nazi Germany. The group became known for an anonymous leaflet campaign, from June 1942 until February 1943, which called for active opposition to Adolf Hitler's regime.

This is informative and worth watching. YouTube - Three Things About Islam

Comedian Heywood Banks plays the toaster. YouTube - Heywood Banks - Toast

Sloan, Save your beloved taxpayers money get out of the race.  Regarding your issues, this is the way it is 

1) Downstairs enclosures will not be accepted in your lifetime.  
2) Growth Management will soon be set straight.

3) Code Enforcement, you are partly right, code enforcement needs to be restructured to assign officers to enforce solid waste and sewer codes, along with illegal trash businesses that have popped up in several areas of the county.  Code enforcement has focused so much on the downstairs enclosures that the officers do not know how to enforce anything else.  This county is giving

away hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly, by allowing people to get away with coming to Monroe County and doing business 

without businesses licenses.  It is time that code enforcement be refocused to enforce all codes not just downstairs enclosures.

Postal Service Question, Except for the great 2-3 guys in the BP office, can someone tell me why whenever I see a mail carrier vehicle from Marathon down to Big Coppitt, they are all driven my women? It has been this way for a long time now, and I wonder why there arent any men doing the deliveries? Is it because of a woman postmaster? Is there or will there ever be a chance for a male mail deliverer? (Dose the word postMAN) still exist ?

[SUFA Scandal] Linda Gotwald, of course, ought to be held responsible for the misdeeds she did.  What the poster meant was that usually the Exec. Director and the Board work in concert and don't work behind each other's backs.  And usually the Board orchestrates the actions of the Exec. Director.  Linda obviously had a longer leash (excuse the pun) than some Exec. Directors have.  

She's wrong 100%.  

I just want to say how sorry it is that MOOSE  lost his home...He was in New York getting his eye fixed from an retina detachment and his house burnt down and its been a couple of days now and NO ONE is talking about a FUND RAISER for him.....Anyone have any idea, how many FUNDRAISER"S  Moose has done for everyone else.. People he didn't even know!!!!!!   If you asked, Moose and his Blue's Band was there...Rain or Shine!!!!!!!!!!!  He was Always there..If you think we should have a FUNDRASIER for Moose, please contact me, I have no problem helping out or organizing whatever is need to help Moose.

My name is Norrene Beck and my email is buggennb@aol.com.....

Also, if you have not signed up for Meeting Of The Minds in Key West in November, you should consider doing so.  It is one of the best music festivals you will ever attend and all the proceeds go to charity.  For information visit www.phip.com/motm.asp

Did Bozo the Clown Tell Lies and Sleep Around? Just prior to his death in 2008, Larry "Bozo" Harmon penned the recently released memoir "The Man Behind the Nose," about his adventures who was a professional clown, ran for President, bonded with dangerous cannibal tribes in New Guinea, and was saved from being swallowed whole by a murderous python in Thailand by his 83 AAA shoes.

But now Harmon's second of four ex-wives, Sandra Harmon, the author of two relationship books and "Elvis & Me" with Priscilla Presley, is biting back with claims that the crazy tales are a result of him being a "pathological liar...

Another childhood hero and memory - Shattered!!! What next, Captain Kangaroo?

Tinamen Mountain, China. Slide Show

5 million men suffer from Male Menopause. No kidding. Male Menopause: Myth or Fact? 

[DJ George] I agree with the poster yesterday, about having fun at Parrotdise on Saturday nights, these last few weeks.  I do love most of the local bands, but I can only listen to songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" so many times.  The DJ at Parrotdise (George) is a breath of fresh air, as he has thousands of songs to choose from.  They have a bar downstairs, and the bartender (Lisa, I think) is great!  And there is no cover charge, like one person told me they had heard, plus they have great drink prices downstairs. 

I wish more people would come check it out on Saturday nights.  The sand is packed down, so you can easily dance, with or without shoes.  This past Saturday, it started raining, but that didn't stop George.  He just covered everything up, put the music on "auto-pilot", and joined everyone under the building, where we could still dance and have fun until the rain stopped.

Kudos to Parrotdise for having this venue, and I hope they continue!

I just heard that Terry Cassidy has been in the hospital for a vocal problem.. I hope you feel better, didn't know anything was going on.  If you need anything, just contact me buggennb@aol.com and we will help you anyway we can..

So Called "Capt Dan's" adopted daughter!

Angel Flight - Magnificent Song & Story - Please Listen & Pause for Reflection

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgkxiqKj0nU&feature=player_embedded

[AA Basher] AA Advisory #121: Honesty plays a very big part in AA.  Rigorous honesty. Honesty is in the big book of AA 18 times. “Honesty, Open-mindedness, & Willingness is the H.O.W of the religious cult program.” This often-repeated slogan is tossed around in meetings, supposedly to inform newcomers that THIS is how the program works. There are many lies in the AA meetingrooms and dishonesty is just another defect of character within the rooms. Look around the room and listen to what the members are saying. How many AA members are collecting unemployment or are on Social Security Disability and at the same time illegally working under the table for cash. They must be working their own dishonest program. Many AA members talk the bullshit talk but they certainly don't walk the walk. Are you one of the dishonest AA steppers? Remember that this is a program that demands rigorous honesty.

OIL SPILL

A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

In this image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. And the microbe works without significantly depleting oxygen in the water,

NATIONAL POLITICS

how come the radical liberals who say they hate religion so much, love Islam and protect it with their politically correct  b.s.?

NO NAME UTILITIES

No Name Key’s fight to remain off the grid. http://greenlivingideas.com/topics/alternative-energy/keys-fight-remain-grid

Thursday August 26, 2010

Wednesday August 25, 2010

The last member of the Gang of Three, DiGennaro is defeated!

Dombroski beat Marzella for Mosquito Control. Marzella had two shady things going against him: renting his Homestead Exempted property and seemingly trying to bribe teachers with a 20% discount at his resort.

Because of the abuse of the Acevedos to the system, the climate is totally wrong for the public to vote for any seemingly corrupt person. We want squeaky clean candidates. If they can’t manage their own affairs how will they handle millions of tax dollars?

It looks like we’ll be hiring our School Superintendants from now on—more fallout from the Acevedos.

[SUFA Scandal] Shouldn’t that lady be indicted for abusing the public trust or something? I’m so sick of corruption and financial scandal in the County. It started with the Acevedos, the Bahama Community Land Trust, and now SUFA.

David Rice said he is flattered and surprised at winning 64% of the vote.

Mr Rice, don’t think we voted for you. We didn’t. We voted against DiGennaro and don’t forget it. A dog could have beat DiGennaro.

My ex-boyfriend / stalker had a windfall settlement and he put all the winnings in real estate and now he is dirt poor except for a dilapidated mansion his mother owns and lets him live in for free while he cuts coupons and waits for her to cross the rainbow bridge.  He was such a phoney show off and loved to flaunt his wealth while he had it.  Some of the richest people do not exhibit that type of high school behaviour.  Real estate is not a good investment anymore.  Too bad for the house proud.

What's up with Rob's Island Grill?  Did he go out of business?  I see his ads are gone.

[Beyond The Call of Duty] I would like to thank Sammy Sam the DIRECTV man for informing me of the coconut telegraph, and also for his professionalism. This man took a day off from his vacation to install my DIRECTV. I sgned up with him a month ago, but I left town. It was only supposed to be for 3 weeks but turned out to be a month and a half. Sammy called me to confirm if I was back and told him not yet. Finally when I did call him, he told me that despite the fact that he's on vacation he would show up to my house the next day to get me installed. He actually showed up the next day! Florida Keys Satellite is a GEM here in the Keys! Keep up the good work and you will get very far here in the keys. I will never call the 800# for DIRECTV again.

The stretch of highway that this ad was filmed on is in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada.

The car is a Mercedes Gull Wing. There is no substitute for cubic inches.  Video

Where's that oil again?

[SUFA Scandal] It's not uncommon, especially for nonprofits in the Keys, to act as if they are lucky even to have anyone on their board. Wrong! They deserve -- and should always expect -- to have a very participative board. 

Sometimes I wonder if people actually have demonstrable experience in what they are writing or if they're just writing what they think should be the case.  Non-profits deserve a lot of things, but what they get are complaints, thankless hours of hard work, and lots of criticism.  People who have time to volunteer generally are too busy fishing, playing bingo, or want to be paid; the bulk of volunteering comes from people who work a full-time job and who just don't have that much time.  Those non-profits who have "a very participative board" should consider themselves lucky - all one of them.

MISSOURI Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.

School has begun.

[Cat control] A must see video clip of a woman who comes across an innocent cat who only acted kind to the lady. Her reaction will leave you speechless to say the least. Video that will leave you speechless.

Let me be the first to congratulate you Sloan on not breaking your incredible life-long losing streak by once again failing to get elected. A loss for you is a win for me.

[Prescribed Burns] What I want to know is, how did these habitats survive before these fire experts came along?  If Mother Nature wants an area to turn into a hardwood hammock, then maybe they should let it happen?

[Bright Lights] Two extremely bright stars illuminate a greenish mist in this image from the Spitzer Space Telescope's "GLIMPSE360" survey. This mist is comprised of hydrogen and carbon compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which also are found here on Earth in sooty vehicle exhaust and on charred grills. In space, PAHs form in the dark clouds that give rise to stars. These molecules provide astronomers a way to visualize the peripheries of gas clouds and study their structures in great detail. They are not actually green; but are color coded in these images to allow scientists see their glow in infrared.

This image is a combination of data from Spitzer and the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). The Spitzer data was taken after Spitzer's liquid coolant ran dry in May 2009, marking the beginning of its "warm" mission. 

The best glue commercial ever. Video

[Prescribed Burns] When they do the proscribed burns on Big Pine, who protects the tortoises (box turtles) and other slow moving animals?

[DJ George]  It's been a lot of fun at Parrotdise the last couple of Saturdays (except for the rain) with DJ George spinning some great tunes and dancing on the beach.  It's a nice change from the bands!  Wish more people would come out and enjoy the cool breeze and great drinks.  It would have the same great energy that another local bar down the street has if you all would step out a little and come over! 

I recently had the privilege of attending the Liberation Celebration of the City of Pilsen in the Czech Republic.  May 6th, 2010 marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Pilsen by General George Patton's 3rd Army.    My good friend Bob Nueske, was relentless in making sure I experienced what he had a couple years ago.   We both had served in the United States Army back in the late 60's, and not far from this city.   This trip was life changing for me in so many ways And I was lucky enough to witness all of this... along with a new friend, Brigadier General Miroslav Zizka - 1st Deputy Chief of Staff - Ministry of Defense - Czech Armed Forces.

[Prescribed Burns] I hate the burns, but don’t want them to stop because they are necessary. The last burn filled my house with smoke and the clothes in our closet stank for weeks.

[SUFA Scandal] Linda Gottwald does not run the show at SUFA... she has a Board of Directors.

So who told the SUFA person to drive a County truck out of the county?  Her or the SUFA Board?  Did the SUFA Board also approve spending SUFA money on her rent, utilities, fence for her Michigan property, whatever?   Nice try, but no sale. Stop spinning.  Or if you must continue to spin, at least include your version of the details about the rent, fence and out of county trip in a County vehicle.

I don't even want to know.

[How come no one ever says nice things about Mr DiGennaro?] Let me clarify - because there's nothing nice to say.

[Honoring Fallen Veterans] I have no words for the depth of this man's devotion, except I hope someone carries on when he no longer can. http://www.comcast.net/video/honoring-fallen-vets/1536192981/

Mario's out -only got about 35% of the vote! I guess his actions DID speak for themselves! Yeah ! Woo Hoo!

Personally I really like the new no-edit format. I think it is important to see just how the person intended to communicate his ideas without any grammatical assistance from Ed. It also makes the site much more humorous to see what a poor command of the English language some people have. On a completely different subject try doing a Google Image search on “Deer Ed” and check out the third picture. I think it is pretty amazing that this relatively obscure website ranks that high on Google. Many companies pay big bucks (pun intended) for that kind of ranking.

[Found Dog] Found a golden retriever.Tuesday.  Male dog about 2 or 3 years old.  Well kept and well mannered .  He was on US -1 in front of Fast Action Marine dodging traffic. He is a well kept animal ( nails trimmed ) so I am sure someone is looking for their dog!!  Please call Jim at ( 305 ) 393-3024  Classified Ads > Lost & Found

[BJ Queen] Mechanical contractors? So that's what they are calling it now.

I'm actually liking the "less edited" Coconut Telegraph.

Rice defeats DiGennaro in County Commission primary. http://www.keysnet.com/2010/08/24/251366/rice-handily-defeats-incumbent.html 

[Proud of Voters] I will go to sleep to tonight proud of being a Monroe County voter, proud of knowing my fellow voters understood the issues, and proud of the outcomes. Thank you friends.

[Flood Insurance] People forget that the County signed up for the  FEMA National Flood Insurance Program in 1975 at the request of homeowners who  desperately wanted affordable flood insurance.  Then the property owners  embarked on a wholesale program of cheating the system and putting in illegal  downstairs enclosures to rent them to tourists to pay for their mortgage.  The  characterization of DSE's as affordable rentals is a lie.  I am a 20+ year  resident with a good paying job in public service and I've never been able to afford  a DSE rental.  What the County needs to do is back away from the FEMA  insurance program and put the responsibility where it  belongs:  on the the DSE property owners.  Once the County withdraws from the FEMA program,  they can revise their codes and will no longer have to enforce the FEMA floodplain regulations and  the DSE codes that have been enforced by FEMA.  The DSE property owners can figure out on  their own how to insure, or not insure, their downstairs enclosures, and the County can  be be done with it.  Of course, clean-up of hurricane debris from destroyed DSE's is still a problem that FEMA won't like to reimburse the County for their  removal expenses as is commonly done, but they can work that out in time.  The County  needs to dump this problem back onto the backs of the property owners where it belongs and make  them pay for the insurance of their homes in whatever manner is available to them.

And to 'Citizens Not Serfs':  as soon as you start getting the bills from Lloyds of London to insure your home, will you be back at the door of the County screaming for them to subsidize you?  Sorry, I am simply not interested in subsidizing your extra un-taxed income.

Those who want the added income of a DSE can deal  with the added expense of a DSE. Period.

OIL SPILL

Whoa, i get real nervouse when someone says "highly trained specialists will be conducting…” like thoses at bp?

[Booms] More than 90 percent of the hard boom initially deployed as part of the federal-led response but now potentially posing more risk than it offers protection for vital shorelines in Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle has now been recovered. Because virtually no visible oil has been spotted on the surface of the Gulf in these areas recently, and in order to protect shorelines from any potential damage caused by boom in severe weather, the Incident Command Post at Mobile (ICP Mobile) announced that more than 1.5 million feet of hard boom has been recovered from those state waters. 

Responders remain vigilant and ready to deploy boom should it be needed to protect the coast from any new threats from oil that may emerge in the coming days and weeks.                                                                                                             

“Removal of hard boom is the right operational decision,” said U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Steven Poulin, Incident Commander at ICP Mobile.  “We remain fully committed to this response and stand prepared to redeploy boom should that be necessary as well as remove any oily material from the shoreline as quickly as possible in our continued effort to protect the Gulf Coast and its natural beauty.”

ICP Mobile has worked with federal, state and local officials to evaluate plans for boom removal.  During extreme weather the boom could become a navigational or safety hazard, or could damage environmentally sensitive lands. After the boom is removed, it is inspected, cleaned, repaired (as necessary) and stored at sites along the Gulf Coast for immediate redeployment should the need arise. Boom that cannot be redeployed is recycled or reused to the fullest extent practical.   

NATIONAL POLITICS 

[Private contractors Evicted] They were taking the best recruits from the army and police they were training, effectively decimating the native security forces in Afghanistan. The Americans hired the contractors to train the Afghans, but when they were trained the contractors hired them away. They got troops they had trained at no cost. We were paying them to train a security force only to have the trainers hire them away to their private security firms. Nice deal for the contractors, bad deal for everyone else. Afghanistan: Ouster of Contractors Throws US Strategy in Doubt | CommonDreams.org

Love how FTR (Fudging Text Reliability), urges us to read an article on the Bush Tax Cuts authored by Brian Riedl of The Heritage Foundation; (a conservative "think tank" *scoff*) which is published in the Wall Street Journal- a Rupert Murdoch publication. Way to go out on a ludicrous note, FTR.

I'm just glad that when my mother-in-law goes in for her hip replacement surgery, thanks to President Obama's Healthcare Reform, the insurance companies won't be able to suddenly drop her, like the three insurance companies that testified that they had "rescinded", or dropped, coverage for nearly 20,000 patients between 2003 and 2007. http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_
111/20090616/rescission_supplemental.pdf

Hate Muslims] A Christian Nation cannot put up a Christmas scene of the baby Jesus in a public place, but the Muslims can stop normal traffic every Friday afternoon by worshiping in the streets. Something is happening in America that is reminiscent of what is happening in Europe. This is Political Correctness gone crazy.

Theres a new Gallup poll out that says that for the first time in 3 years Americans have a positive view of the American auto industry.Maufacturing is coming back and I have not seen 1 post from FTR or any FOX talking heads giving us the great news.Wonder why?

The Economist (a Magazine thats all for free markets) wrote that it feels President Obama

deserves an apology because the takeover of GM didnt go wrong.

In fact the article said that GM is indeed planning on selling back its public stock to private investors.And is repaying the loans with interest.Thats a free market economy folks.

The lesson for American Voters to learn the article says is that "Their President for all his flaws has no desire to own the commanding heights of industry.A gambler yes, an interventionist yes but a Socialist, NO".

When you hang all of your hopes on bad news and chicken little stories you cannot enjoy the facts that American industry thou lacking in jobs so far is rebounding.These are manufacturing jobs people.And the FTR crowd wanted them to fail.Some of the jobs may go to Mexico at least a portion but the cars will be sold here in America and around the world.That means American dealers, mechanics, salesmen, office staff and auto support companies, American truckers will haul the cars and pay the road taxes to continue rebuilding Americas failing infrastructure. 

And yet the poor guy cant enjoy the successes this country has because of him not having the ability to see good in his own country.And why exactly isnt the FOX news network all over this?Bad news and fear sells better.

The article can be found in politico.com.

Glad this cave has a sign out front that reads "No snakeoil salesmen allowed".UGG 

Note that no insults were used in this post.Watch the responses.

This cartoon was in the Chicago Tribune in 1934! Look carefully at the plan of action in the lower left corner.

[Three Topics] Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed.
It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.
 

"The Case for Impeachment: Why Barack Hussein Obama Should be Impeached to Save America"   

"This is the beginning of the end for the United States unless the people exercise their precious remaining liberties and stand and demand that their elected representatives impeach this president before further mortal damage is inflicted upon America," the report concludes.

With our number one export being meaningful well paying jobs, now is the time to support candidates who will stop our trade with Communist countries (who have sworn to bury us).
It is time to stop trade with Communist China and Communist Vietnam.

[Obama born on Mars] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jhx_2TqffE

[Immigration] Local Houston radio guy.  Listener got inspired and put pictures to his words.  Last check there were over 100,000 viewers to the results. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrATS4mthX4

The new "Border Wars" season begins Sunday night on August 29^th at 7pm (cst). TBV(?) will be mentioned during the Wednesday showing on Sept 1^st at 8pm (cst). It is believed that our organization will have additional exposure and some interviews during the subsequent episodes of this series.

[Redistribution]  . . . " an economic Paradise ! "

And in less time than one can imagine, the lazy and dependent will be poor again while the hard working and industrious will reacquire wealth.  Such is the nature of mankind.  You cannot legislate away stupidity.  The poor will always be among us which requires compassion and charity . . . not charity through government redistribution of wealth, but individually as your heart dictates.  In times of need Americans have proved to be the most generous and giving people on earth.

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Wednesday August 25, 2010

Primary Tuesday August 24, 2010

[Bagel Island] Last week people were writing about Bagel Island being for sale and how it made them feel. My wife and I know Brian and Donna and frequent their shop regularly. The reason they are selling it is because their original plan was to work it as a family run operation. After Brian got hurt and Donna’s wheat allergy got so bad they had to hire full time help and take jobs elsewhere to support their business and their community.

After almost 5 years they are selling it not because it isn’t profitable, but because of Donna’s health and the fact they can’t work side by side to keep it a family run operation. So keep that in mind as they didn’t close down and leave anyone hanging when times got tuff.

By the way editor, its 5 years in business now you have their ad saying 4 years!  (Ed: I changed it. Five years is a long time!)

Am I wrong, or is the anti lower enclosure rules a mandate from FEMA and not a law? Even if a law, it is our duty as Americans not to obey bad laws.

The Housing Crisis if Over!  I just got my tax statement from the County - the house I bought 3 months ago has already appreciated 43%, that's an annual rate of 172%.  Whoa, I think a worse bubble is on the way...

[Sloan] Automated Tele-marketing. I set up the robo-calls for Mr. Coll through a firm that does that work in Massachusetts. One call only was made last week-end and one call Saturday the 21st. The firm will confirm that. No politician in his right mind would schedule more than one call per day. Danny did make a call tonight directed only to Hispanic Republicans, necessary because of the anti-Hispanic hysteria being spread by Neugent’s advocate Sloan Bashinsky. [emphasis added by me, Sloan] This poster is either mistaken or deliberately posting false information. Robocalls can be effective in delivering “breaking news” too late for print ads. In his call Danny pledged to the voters that he would do his best to ensure that county taxpayers never again face an 11 per cent tax increase. That should be important information for those who want to chose candidates on the issues rather than on receiving a single robo-call!

If I had to wager a tidy sum, I would say this Tim is Tim Gratz, Danny Coll’s not entirely squeaky-clean campaign manager, with whom I probably exchanged two dozen emails, all initiated by Tim in his efforts to persuade me that Danny would be a better county commissioner than George Neugent. Along the way, I decided Tim stretches the truth to make points. I decided I wouldn’t know when to believe Tim and when not to believe him.

The only people I see spreading Hispanic hysteria are Danny Coll, Tim Gratz, Richard Sands and the Citizen. Inasmuch as I wrote several times that I liked Danny Coll and thought he might make a good county commissioner in four years, if he got his business and personal life straightened out, I now have to retract that. Someone who invents and promotes racial hysteria is not someone we want on the county commission.

Hispanic Republicans are voting for Danny simply because he and they are Hispanic. Is that bigotry? Is that racial prejudice against Anglos?

Imagine what would have happened if I had not filed to run for the District 2 county commission seat and Hispanic Republicans had joined forces with Democrats and Independents, combined outnumbering the rest of the Republicans more than 2-1, and voted George Nugent out of office. What better proof that we need to get rid of partisan voting in local elections in the Keys?

If elected on November 2, I will try to end partisan local elections. And I bet I will be accused of being bigoted, racially prejudiced against Cuban-Americans, nearly all of whom are Republicans, thanks to John F. Kennedy’s abort of the American/Cuban-American invasion of Cuba.
The rest ... GoodMorningFloridaKeys.com

[Advertising] The North Face brand was established in 1968, in San Francisco, California, when Douglas Tompkins and Kenneth "Hap" Klopp created an equipment retail store that eventually acquired the current name "The North Face". This name was chosen because the north face of a mountain in the northern hemisphere is generally the steepest, coldest, and most difficult face to climb.

The North Face's easily recognizable logo consists of a slightly skewed quarter-circle with two lines running within it. This image is supposedly an interpretation of the famous Half Dome rock formation in Yosemite National Park. Adjacent to the symbol are the words THE NORTH FACE embroidered in large block letters.

Changing the English language one word at a time. The Unword Dictionary

Hummers in slo-mo! YouTube - NATURE | Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds" | PBS

[SUFA Scandal] Can I remind everyone that Linda Gotwald does not run the show at SUFA?  She's a paid employee, the Exec. Director.

Just like all 501(c)3s, she has a Board of Directors.  She has to answer to them.  If they are complacent or aggressive, we'll all find out but at this point, they have some position here and I have not read any where about them.  

It's not uncommon, especially for nonprofits in the Keys, to act as if they are lucky even to have anyone on their board. Wrong! They deserve -- and should always expect -- to have a very participative board.   They ought to attend to major decisions about the nonprofit. Who knows how SUFA's board was built and maintained.  Maybe this board does not include highly committed and active members.  I can't find their names to share with you.  It'll all come out.

Blood Drive for our own Terri Miller this Friday, August 27^th at TIB – Bank of the Keys, 30480 Overseas Hwy, BPK 11am – 5pm. All blood donations made at that drive will designated for her use in the coming weeks.  All blood types are accepted and very much appreciated.

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." - Will Rogers

Did you listen to Mario on US 1 Radio on Monday?  Mario said “His actions speak louder than words”! Take a look at his contribution records…Totals of over $93,000.00…”42% of his total contributions are from NON LOCALS”….”30% of his total contributions are from developers, lobbyists, and disaster recovery companies.”  Should or Do these people who have contributed to his campaign expect preferential treatment and favors?

Voters of Monroe County help make sure we can say bye-bye to Mario (Last one of “The Gang of Three”) on Tuesday night after the polls close.  ~mollyhanson18@gmail.com

[Save the Reef] A lab in London is doing just that. They are collecting samples of all the coral species in the Caribbean. They are saving the chunks in liquid nitrogen and freezing them to -319 F. they hope to do all this by 2016. They hope someone will be able to thaw the coral when we finally finish destroying our reef and grow new reefs.

It has been said that voters have short memories. Mario DeGinerro is counting on you…. to forget the last 3 ½ years.

Who can forget Mario’s buddy Dave Clark and the “Cay Clubs” experience? You can be sure that the hundreds of our friends who lost everything when the smoke and mirrors magic show folded won’t forget any time soon.

Speaking of magic, how about the “Gang of Three” and their dirty tricks running the County finances straight underwater. The team of McCoy, Dixi Spehar, DeGinerro and County Supervisor Tom Willi operated with total distain and arrogance as they funded pet projects ( remember Hickory House?) and promised County support to developers for some of the most hair brained plans imaginable. Does everyone remember the developer from “North Phili” who was going to build luxury hotels at both airports with County ‘help’?  Our personal favorite, however, was the takeover and building condominiums on Pigeon Key …. What was he thinking? 

After just a few years with the ‘Gang of Three’ at the helm the County was left in financial shambles. When the picture of our financial devastation finally came to light our ex County Administrator Willi was given a ‘package’ he couldn’t refuse ($300,000!!). Well, friends are friends right?  Mario, as he so often does, says it best; “I have total confidence in Tom Willi”.

While we’re talking about confidence in friends how about his good friend Randy Acevedo and his wife’s systematic bilking of the school system’s coffers. Quote Mario “Randy is a good friend of mine and he’s innocent until proven guilty”…. how’s three felony convictions?

In Mario‘s recent radio interview he was confronted with his poor choices regarding past alliances and ‘friendships’. His response was that he’s ‘a changed man’ and has learned by his mistakes.

Even so, new Mario reminds us every so often what lurks just beneath the surface. Let’s look at campaign finances. As of the most recent public disclosure, Mario has raised over $91,000, far and away the most ever raised by a candidate for this office. Interesting to note that over 30% of the total was from developers, lobbyists and disaster recovery companies, one assumes for preferential treatment and ‘favors’; sound familiar? Perhaps as interesting is the fact that 42% of the total was raised from non locals and another $10,000 from ‘personal’ funds.

Over the past year and a half the “Gang of Three” was broken up and Mario has been, thankfully, isolated by four Commissioners who seem to have the best interests of the County as their number one priority. They don’t always agree but there is a mutual respect that enables ideas and dialog that may allow us to get out of the current financial mess. There is a lot of focused, hard work in front of our officials who have actually been elected and they really don’t need Mario’s grandstanding and personal agenda to deal with.

Give us all a break.  –Bill Ehrhorn, Marathon

A celebration of the life of Green Parrot owner James Bean, who passed away suddenly on July 31st, will be held on Sunday, August 29. The celebration will begin at The Parrot at 12 noon, and transportation will then be provided to a special service at Fort Zachary Taylor, which will begin at 1:30 P.M. Immediately following the service, all are then invited back to The Green Parrot where Jim's family and friends will be encouraged to share a story, a memory, or a song to help us all celebrate Jim's life and remember him as the vibrant, unique person we all knew and loved. 

 "Travel light through life, take only what you need 
Good friends, a loving family, simple pleasures. 
Someone to love, someone to love you. 
Enough to wear, enough to eat, and a little more than enough 
To drink; for thirst is a terrible thing."
Bulletin Boar

[Sugarloaf School] Please, a moment of silence for the students, parents, and staff of Sugarloaf School.  Harry Russell is now their principal.  They will need all the help they can get. ~ Tryin2FindIt@aol.com

[The Anti-Sloan Responds]  So you think I'm wasting your oxygen in this room? That hurts my little feelings. I guess that makes you the Anti-Anti-Sloan. As I have stated before: as long as Sloan is free to post his insane ramblings here I will also be here to give an equal and opposite response. Very Newtonian of me. But thank you for taking the time out of your day to dismiss me anyway.

And speaking of the Sloan, did anyone else take a good look at his refutation of the racism charge against him? He claims to have physically attacked ("beaten up" is his words) men, women, blacks, homeless and even cities for being racist. The man is amazing! He has left a trail of broken bodies and has never even been charged for assault once. And just how do you "beat up" a city, Sloan? Do you head-butt the front door of city hall or maybe kidney punch the police station?  You are a very violent person Mr. Bashinsky and a threat to the historic buildings in Key West. They are old and fragile and can't defend themselves from an assault by you. Try to limit your attacks on the city of Key West to the more recently built structures. 

[Protectors] When we consider ridding ourselves of Australian pines we hear from those who want to protect them.

When we consider ridding ourselves of iguanas we hear from those who want to protect them.

When we consider ridding ourselves of feral cats we hear from those who want to protect them.

Who is going to stand up and speak out in behalf of the poor lion fish?

[Sunbirds] Hey - don't complain about our being halfway to the return of the sun birds (snowbirds that come in summer). If they were to choose to stay away most of the businesses and jobs down here would disappear. Remember on which side your bread is buttered.

Besides, their migration has additional benefits. Their arrival here raises the average I.Q. of both the Midwest and the lower Keys.

[Coconut Light] Dear Ed.  Please resist the urge to fiddle with the submissions to your website.   You are altering the tone and intent of the folks who send them in after they have been ambitious enough to take the time to create something they wish to share.   I am sure the readers are smart enough to figure things out for themselves.    I hope you are not doing it just to be annoying.  

From a regular reader and contributor who appreciates the opportunity you have provided.

MISSISSIPPI ... President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here
... that's how the teddy bear got its name.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.

Joey lost interest in the proposed camping trip when he found out there was no wifi in the woods.

Driving across Kansas on cruise control I overtook and passed a raggedy little silver car seemingly driven by a turban.  As I passed it, I got a quick glimpse of angry looking eyebrows, a ratty grey white beard, and the stereotypical robes of a mullah or imam right off today's front pages.  He evidently wasn't in a peace-and-love frame of mind, because he stomped on the gas and glued himself to my rear bumper for the next several miles, until he had to peel off for his exit.  He was headed to Leavenworth.  Imagine my lack of surprise.  Jumping to my own conclusions I figured he was on a recruiting tour.  He certainly looked in the mood for promoting jihad.

[Editing Lightly] Having "evaluated" (read edited and graded) thousands of graduate student papers, and fewer doctoral dissertations, I must say that editing becomes habitually compulsive, and no small error is comfortably overlooked.  Most painful, however, is that it is far easier to rewrite a poor paper from the beginning than it is to attempt to make a bad one read grammatically correct, and make sense, too.  My sensitivities are abused almost daily by diurnal speech, and local newspaper writing, but ED, you need not feel an obligation to educate.  Breaking the habit will come hard.  I have tried to quit numerous times.  If you can get past Step Three, without starting to smoke again, and scarf down fewer than 12 cups of coffee before noon, maybe you can convince me that breaking the editing habit can be accomplished.  Good luck.

[CPR] Learn something new every day.  This just might just save a life.  Continuous chest compression cpr. http://medicine.arizona.edu/spotlight/learn-sarver-heart-centers-continuous-chest-compression-cpr

OH! Cold Wipes! Cold Wipes!

Zombies were arrested and jailed for two days for dressing up like zombies in downtown Minneapolis on July 22, 2006, to protest "mindless" consumerism. Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to zombies | StarTribune.com

You are what you drink.

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right in the world.

Is this a catamaran or what?

[Editing Light] Good job Ed - the site looks fine, and if it's less effort for you, all the better.  Good luck with your therapy - congratulations for being the last Keys resident to need therapy!

[Bark Park] Just an update on the Bark Park event at Parrotdise this Sunday, from 3-7, if you would like to purchase a wrist band for all you can eat and drink, its $30, but everyone is invited to come and enjoy the music, beach friends and more! there will be raffles, silent auction items and its a great time to get out and socialize your pooches! Any and all donations are appreciated, we are REALLY close to being able to open! for more info email BigPineBarkPark@aol.com

[Vote Mario] How come no one ever says nice things about Mr DiGennero?

NATIONAL POLITICS

I loved the "Five Myths about the Bush Tax Cuts" posted yesterday from the Washington Post. I went into their "Five Myths" archive and read a number of previous articles on various topics. I noticed that most of FTR's posts were myths according to these experts.

[Immigration] From a Police Officer in Texas:

I have personally arrested several illegal aliens with felony amounts of narcotics intended for distribution, DWI, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and multiple other charges.  I have seen the bottleneck at University Hospital in San Antonio caused mainly in part by illegal aliens seeking and receiving medical care amounting to bills that will not be paid.  Sometimes the wait in the Emergency room is over 24hrs (to be seen. not treated and released) I have stopped illegal aliens driving vehicles 95% of the time without a driver’s license or insurance.  I have worked accident scenes where the other party was left to fix their own vehicle and pay their own medical bills due to the illegals driving...illegally.  Many of the people I encounter have been arrested and deported several times before.  We arrest them again and turn them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).   We are seeing an influx of violent gang members from Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras.  The drug cartel violence is not limited to south of the border.   
Illegal aliens are receiving food stamps and housing in San Antonio.  Many times I have found that the housing being provided to them is used for the sale of narcotics and prostitution.  
The housing, food stamps and medical care is provided to the aliens at no or minimal cost.  The victims of anyone unlucky enough to be in a vehicle accident with an alien are just that, victims as they will bear the cost of the accident alone. Remember your Economics classes?  "There is no such thing as a free lunch". Somebody pays.  
I was involved in the last part of a vehicle chase that after traveling through 3 counties ended with a rollover accident in my district.  The suburban evading the police care was carrying 15 illegal aliens when it rolled.  4 died at the scene, 3 ran off and the remainder was transported via ambulance and air life to local hospitals.  As the highway had to be closed, accident investigated and injured treated this took 8 police units and 6 ambulance units, 2 crime scene units and follow up supervisors out of service for 6 plus hours.  This made them unavailable to respond to other emergencies (for example if you were being robbed, your car was stolen, or you were having a heart attack... you would get help, but you would probably be waiting several hours).  By the way...taxpayers covered the bill for this.

Ah, the cave man has delivered his latest dispatch, interesting that in doing so he has told me to pull my head out of my behind, very clever people these cave dwellers they come up with such clever unique sayings, one could really evaluate the content of his entire post, by the descriptive way he uses for folks that don't agree with him. there is a reason people call them cave dwellers.

Income redistribution!!  People have done many studies on the scenario that this poster presented. The general consensus is that within 10 Yr's. over 92% of all the wealth of the nation would be back where it was before the redistribution.

[McCain 894th out of the 899 at the Naval Academy.] When you consider the academic qualifications required to get into the Naval Academy you realize that even the last place student arrived with brainpower to spare.  They all come out trained leaders or not at all.

[Trading Up] As far as I can tell I am very willing to make a trade with any of you Libs , you can have Pelosi, Kagan, Helen Thomas Etc. I will take Sarah. Just think you get at least 3 while I get just one. it doesn't seem fair but I will sacrifice for the good of all.

[Iran Bomber] We come with peace in our hearts. Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber (AP)

FTR,  I will accept your challenge.You challenged anyone to show  you that a majority of the American people want the Bush taxcuts to expire.Gladly, thanks for asking.Go to Politico.com and look under the title politico44 and you will see that just over 50% of Americans want the Bush taxcuts for the top 2% to expire.

Hope this helped.

Your point of saying the vast majority of Americans do not  want them to expire was untrue.

Make something else up.

Americans standing up for Americans. War Veterans/Military Family Members Successfully Blockade Fort Hood Deployment to Iraq | CommonDreams.org

[From the Right] On the one hand it is a good thing that some Obama fans have decided to actually weigh in with their beliefs, on the other hand it is a shame that they can’t (or refuse to be) truthful and/or accurate. One dude yesterday accused me of lying, he/she said that I was lying when (and if, because I don't remember making any such claim) I said that “most Americans don’t want the Bush tax cuts to lapse.” Then the poor soul really stepped in it when he/she said quote: “60% of Americans do indeed want them to lapse.” The poster claimed that Politico.com was his/her source; he urged that we all check it out. So I did. What follows are direct quotes from the Politico.com article that discussed the Bush tax cuts: “51 percent think tax cuts should continue only for families making less than $250,000 a year, while 31 percent feel the tax cuts should continue for all taxpayers. Only 18 percent think all of the tax cuts should be allowed to expire.” Hey Gang! Only 18% of Americans believe that all the tax cuts should be assassinated. 51% of us think that families making less than $250K should keep the tax cuts.  31%of us think that no matter what the family makes should still get the tax cuts. The Politico article actually tells us that 82% of us want the tax cuts to continue is some fashion.  While only 18% of us want all of the Bush tax cuts dead. That’s a tiny minority! That’s only the very hard core left. That’s the socialist nutty fringe that want to redistribute all wealth. It is an important  fact that about a third of us believe that the cuts should continue for every taxpayer regardless of income.  I hope that the Obamphile just made a simple mistake and was not trying to mislead us on purpose. I don't want to think that he/she was lying.  Another poster urged us to read an article entitled “Five myths about the Bush tax cuts” by Gale in the Washington Post. I doubt that the poster actually read the article. Here are some quotes from it: “As a stimulus measure, a one- or two-year extension (of the tax cuts) has one thing going for it -- it would be a big intervention and would provide at least some boost to the economy.” Gale wrote: “Although the cuts were large and drove revenue down sharply, they are not the main cause of the sizable deficit that exists today. In 2007, well after the tax cuts took effect, the budget deficit stood at 1.2 percent of GDP. By 2009, it had increased to 9.9 percent of the economy. The Bush tax cuts didn't change between 2007 and 2009, so clearly something else is to blame.” Just for the record, Gale tells us that the Reps were in charge when the deficits were low, and that the Democrats were in control of the economy when the deficit soared.  To be fair, Gale concludes that the permitting the tax cuts to die is a better course than saving them. That opinion is vigorously disputed by other researchers who are convinced that raising taxes during the worst economy in 25 years is a profoundly bad idea. Liberal author, Gale, was a staunch opponent of the tax cuts when they were enacted. Gale is on staff at the Brookings Institute. Time magazine has described the institute as the “nation’s pre-eminent liberal think tank.”  I suspect that you actually have interest in this issue, because you’re still reading this. To learn why the tax cuts should live on, I suggest you take the time to read a WSJ article entitled “The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth” by Brian Reidl.

(Part II) My Deer Friends, this will be my last posting for a while. I’ll be out of commission for several days, perhaps a little longer. I’ll be having hip replacement surgery today (Tuesday) and I don’t think that the hospital will permit me to bring my beloved pedal powered Radio Shack Trash 80 into my room.  I would not bore you with this bit of personal trivia, but I damned sure didn’t want anyone to think that the Obamaphiles might have shut me down. I’ll be in read only mode for the near future, so I sure hope that our Right Wing frequent fliers will keep up the great work. I’m eager to stay current on the ongoing fray. Back soon.

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Monday August 23, 2010

(Ed: I’m trying something different. I’m going to attempt not to edit as much as I normally do. I’m a compulsive editor, I can’t help it. I'm in rehab, I’ve signed up for EA’s (Editing Anonymous) 12 Step Program and I am reading the Big Book every day. Let me know if you like the new Coconut Telegraph Light better this way or the completely edited old way.)

[Tortugas] Don't take your 21 ft boat to the Dry Tortugas. yes it will probably make it there & back under ideal conditions but more than likely the weather will blow up and you will be stuck down there for a very long time. there is no food, water or gas for sale down there and you will be at the mercy of any bigger boats as to what you can bum from them. when I used to lobster trap down there I saw that scenario play out too many times. a couple of times when I felt sorry for some fool that was stranded there I would tow them back to Key West. You should see their eyes as they watch their 25 ft Mako surfing down a 15 ft wave as I drag it behind my trawler. everyone I have towed back said they would never do any thing that stupid again.  from the Marquesas to East Key is a very nasty stretch of open water. many seaworthy commercial boats have to pick their weather before crossing. you are asking for a lot of grief if you take a skiff to the fort.

The SUFA saga continues. According to Saturdays' Keynoter, more shenanigans from SUFA. They won't let a county employee (the auditor) onto county owned property (the shelter's building), to look at county records (their accounting books). Now all of a sudden, after the county wants to look at the SUFA accounting books they have every right (by signed contract) to look at, the SUFA accounting books have been relocated from the SUFA shelter (county owned) building to SUFA's accountant's (private)office.  Why, why, why?  This is moving towards looking really bad for SUFA.  And once again,  it's the animals that will suffer for the wrongs of the humans supposed to help them.

[Downstairs Enclosures] My heart goes out to Sandra Carter.  Monroe County has won the latest round of appeals and has destroyed this woman's life.  But who is Monroe

County?   The people of Monroe County have destroyed this woman's life. 

As a county of people, we aren't a particularly compassionate bunch.

Come on, people; we are better than this.  When will we as the people say enough is enough.  The entire rest of the nation is allowed to have downstairs enclosures without the scrutiny that FEMA has suggested that our local elected officials impose on ourselves.  And we, the people don't have the outrage to elect county officials to stand up to FEMA's crap.

Lion fish, just another example of humans screwing up the environment or another enevitable form of evolution.   Take your pick.

[Where to go in Maine] I don't know where to go, but I know when to go: during the two days they call summer.

[GLEE Picnic] What a great time we had out at Pigeon Key Sunday at the Florida Keys GLEE sponsored "thank you" picnic!  The people were great, the food fantastic, and the scenery spectacular!!!  Thank you Keys GLEE, YOU ROCK!! 

Does anyone remember when Mario DiGennaro was trying to lift ban from Tom Willi appearing before the BOCC after he was fired?  “Tom Willi with the help of the “Gang of Three” (DiGennaro, Spehar, and Sonny McCoy) walked away with almost $300,000.00 dollars of hard earned money from the taxpayer’s, and you, Narior, see no harm or hurt? Taxpayer’s don’t forget about $300,000 for the Sterling Program, close to $500,000 for hired outside attorney Jerry Coleman Willi cost the citizens of Monroe County.  Commissioner Neugent and Commissioner Murphy stated very plainly where they stand.

Remember this at the polls on Tuesday.  Please get out and VOTE.

Some observations on the eve of election day.

1.  I'm not real wild about Danny Coll, but George Neugent's smug arrogance is wearing very thin.  Lately he's been acting as if he were anointed to his commission seat.

2.  We now have our chance to get rid of the last of the "Gang of Three" who reeked such havoc on our County when they had the reins of power.  Mario finally has opposition and it's time to have him join Sonny and Dixie as ex-commissioners.

3.  Morgen McPherson wasn't even a good enough mayor to win reelection in Key West.  It's hard to imagine him being effective in Tallahassee.  Don't forget, too, that he was Randy Acevedo's number one cheerleader as well.  Good judgment does not appear to be his long suit.

4.  Time to send another Acevedo apologist packing as well.  Debra Walker needs to go.

5.  Avoid any potential of another scandal such as that mentioned above.  Vote to have the school superintendent as an employee (appointed rather than elected).

Remember, if you don't vote, you have no right to complain about who gets elected!   ~Tryin2FindIt@aol.com

The Snowbirds are Coming!!!!!  Today was hump day for me.  Half way between coming from and going to Big Pine Key for the winter. (Jan-Feb-Mar)  So you can start your complaining. 

[AntiSloan] I don't always agree with Sloan, and sometimes vehemently disagree with his ideas.

I have spoken out against some of his blog material in this forum several times in the past couple of months, particularly with regards to "The Spill".

But the person calling him or herself "the anti-sloan" is simply wasting oxygen in this "room".

You are dismissed.

Begone.

Thank you.

[Black Fawn] You found me out! The Colored Fawn was a ruse to divert your attention from the feral cat thread. How clever you are.

[Incest] In the UK more than 50 per cent of British Pakistanis marry their cousins TAZEEN AHMAD: Three of my uncles are deaf. Five aunts died as babies. Why? My grandparents were first cousins who married | Mai

[Sargent Majors eat Strawberrys] Tied up to a mooring Ball At Looe Key, eating strawberrys I chuck the not eaten tops with leafy green attached into the water, The Sargeant Majors, come to the surface rolling in a feeding frenzy, I find they relish equally as well, Potatoe chips, A storm skirts moving N. N.E. lightening bolts, winds increase to 20-25, donning Pink Mask and fin’s, Karen’s Blue we jump in for a swim, 3 Dusky sharks circling , a hog fish there, Parrot fish , Snapper, and all those crazy little sargent majors everywhere, I am hearing Paul Mcartneys Jet, La La La La La Sargeant Major, I heard your were gonna be Marrying soon. I looked it up the lyrics that is to Jet, there seems to be some argument to what he was writing about some say his dog, others say David Bowie, and even others say nothing, He was just stringing words together together, because he could do what he liked, Anything. I rather like the latter concept. But the more I think about it, he was singing about the Sargeant Majors eating strawberrys at Loo Key, you know the Beatles did visit Key West.

[Flying's a Drag] iReporter Lisa Oaks posted an iReport this week that caught our eye -- a photo of a man in the Dallas Fort-Worth Airport wearing short shorts and a halter top. "This is ok for a male revue nightclub, but not for public daytime," said Oaks, whose husband Mark snapped the shot.

According to Mark, the passenger was allowed to board his American Airlines flight, which he said came as a surprise. "If a woman was dressed like that, there's no way she would get past the parking lot," he said.  Lisa echoed his thoughts. "Rules of dress in public places like airports should be uniform policy and enforced for all sexes," she explained.

American Airlines' conditions of carriage state that passengers who are "clothed in a manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers" may be refused entry on flights. We have contacted the airline for additional comments on this issue.

MINNESOTA . Bloomington 's Mall of America is so big, if you spend 10 minutes in each store, it takes nearly four days to shop all.

[Three Downstairs Lawsuits] Sandra Carters plight,  Sandra must truly be wondering "why me"  and all along our esteemed bureaucratic brain class had been telling her that they were just their to help.

Old age kills off more people per year than any disease ... why isn't any one searching for a cure for that, huh?

[Homestead Exemption] I was ready to vote for Ron Martin but with this story about the Homestead Exemption I am afraid I cannot. What in the world is going on around here? Does anybody else feel the same way about the two other officials who have done the same thing? Break the law.... and if you get caught plead ignorance. Do we really need more ignorance in the Florida Keys?

[Tipping] Thank Goodness for Researchers
After surveying 374 waitresses, professor Michael Lynn, who teaches marketing and tourism at Cornell University, concluded that customers left larger tips to those with certain physical characteristics such as being slender, being blond or having big breasts. Lynn told the Cornell Daily Sun in May that his study was important in helping potential waitresses gauge their "prospects in the industry."

I gotta tell you the guy from the cave is something else , he reads a post puts his own mystical spin on the subject then passes his own judgement on what he has done and thinks he  is somehow speaking to truth he must live in an adolescents world, his thinking and the real world are 180 degrees opposite of each other.

Rice Cereal? I don’t need no stinkin’ rice cereal! 

Code enforcement doesn't use gestapo tactics. If code enforcement really used gestapo tactics none of the illegal downstairs enclosures could ever have been built in the first place.  Unfortunately many people took advantage of that situation and now it has caught up with them and the rest of us.

[Shells Stolen] Saturday the 21st, around noon, someone stole a shell collection that has  great sentimental value, from the steps of a home on Spanish Main Dr on Cudjoe.  This military family is asking for that person to please return the collection to that house. No questions asked.  Thanks

[Get rid of all generators] The planet rapists demand that all environmentalists be fanatics or they say they are not environmentalists. The fact is you can be an environmentalist and still drive an SUV or a twin engine boat. It’s the planet rapists that ignore the world’s plight so they are never inconvenienced.

[Missing dog] Chocolate and tan miniature pinscher. his name is Tico. he was last seen Saturday, August 21st in Cudjoe.  Specifically last seen on La Fitte Dr., right behind the Square Grouper.  He is truly missed and the best dog.  He's only one year old.  If you have seen him or have him, please call 305-849-2260. He does have a chip as well.  Please, please, please turn him in to me or the proper authorities. Classified Ads > Lost & Found

Cialis moment in real time.  When, after your pestering her everyday for about three weeks, she finally decides to let you have a little.

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