Thursday, July 24, 2014

Use idle speed in the canals. Yield to incoming and outgoing vessels at the canal entrance. Do not enter the cut if a boat is coming towards you. The cut is not wide enough to pass.

Observe speed limits on roads. You have arrived, please slow down. We have children that play on our roads and many bikers and walkers. Dogs must be leashed, and “doggie doo” must be picked up and disposed of properly. Outdoor lighting can improve visibility and safety, as well as enhancing appearance of your property, but too much of a good thing can be a nuisance to your neighbors. We have some of the clearest sky in the country and we want to see them from our yards. We can’d do that if your lights are blocking out the sky.
Set out garbage and recycles the evening before pickup day, and remove containers from curbside as soon as possible after pickup. Garbage pickup is Tuesday and Friday and Recycle is Thursday. ~ From Breezeswept Beach Civic Association

[“Composting toilets”]

As far as what happens to gray water (showers, laundry, sinks other than kitchen) while using a composting toilet, that water will go into the sewer system. Here, we have multiple water saving devices in place on everything possible so as to minimize the amount of water used. This has also helped our water bill go down considerably. As far as other black water (kitchen sink and dishwasher), that water will also go into the sewer system.

The last time we checked (which was pretty recent) the State DEP has no regulations for gray water. It can be basically released onto your own property as irrigation with minimal treatment. There are Biomat filters available through Sancor Industries that will work for the gray water and also the kitchen sink and dishwasher black water. You can find that information on Envirolet.com

A: It has just been revealed that less than a year before the terrorist attack that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, a terrorist group rented the house immediately adjacent to the Benghazi Consulate. The group was Ansar al-Sharia. the group that assaulted the Consulate. They used the location to help plan and take part in the attack on the American Consulate on Sept. 11, 2012. State Department brass was notified of their presence, and enhanced security was requested. Requests were made for installation of sandbags and a belt fed M240 machine gun. The requests were denied because the installations might “upset the locals”, and because “making shooting positions was too aesthetically unpleasing.” Shameful.

B: Mr. Obama and the left are screaming that $3.7 billion is desperately and immediately needed to manage the tsunami of illegal immigrant Central American children immigrants that are overwhelming our southern border and our resources to handle such matters. That tsunami was created by Obama’s Executive immigration order. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said if Congress doesn’t act, “they’re going to run out of money.”

It must be noted that about a year ago, the Border Patrol determined that an overwhelming tide of immigrants was brewing. In 2013. In a 41-page report to the Department of Homeland Security, the team from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) raised alarms about the federal government’s capacity to manage a situation that was expected to grow worse. That situation is this situation. Team Obama’s response? -0-, nada, ninguno.

Now Team Obama demands long dollars to “fix” the problem. The Democrats, the President, and the main stream press won’t tell you that only a tiny fraction of $31.7 billion demanded is to be spent this year. Nor will they tell you that the President’s and the Senate-passed immigration bill would create millions of new green card opportunities for non-U.S. citizens — about 30 million over the next decade. That could allow almost every Central American family to enter the U.S. legally.

And so, the first question must be, are the Democrats and the President telling the truth that the need for the $3.7 billion is an emergency, and therefore should not be subject to the normal order of funding?

According to the Congressional Budget Office, often quoted by our Democrat friends and the President as being the last word on fiscal matters, just $25 million would be spent during the rest of FY 2014, which ends in September. Most of the rest of it would be spent in 2015, and spending would continue through 2020. That’s plenty of time to evaluate the need and to make wise fiscal decisions. The Democrats and the President are not telling you the truth on this matter.

Look, legal and measured immigration is a boon to America, it brings in new ideas, new blood, and new talent. It brought me my first wife. We are a nation of immigrants. But the President and the Democrats are laser focused on making our southern border a super highway with little or no constraints that limit access to our heart land. They refuse to secure the border. That policy robs Americans of jobs, creates massive strain on our entitlement system, and facilitates entry of criminals and terrorists to our nation. Is there an upside? Yes, but only if you are a Democrat politico. They are convinced that the influx will largely vote Democrat. Link

PART 2) I appreciate the kind words in yesterday’s postings. As for “Danielson”, please don’t be too hard on him/her. We all have a right to express ourselves, no matter how inane, foolish, or simply dumb those expressions might be. I still wonder why no one has even tried to tell us of a single accomplishment of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. After all, we know that there are robust numbers of the CT community who live in left field. I’ll even offer a prize for the first posting that lays out any single substantive accomplishment of Hillary as Secretary of State. The prize will be the first “Scott for Governor” bumper sticker that I can get my hands on. What could be better?

Thanks for stopping by. Respectfully submitted: FTR