Friday Follies~Ridiculous Realities

Some news worthy items from our brilliant Florida government. Did you know:

That bottle water companies based in Florida do not pay any taxes on the water they suck from the aquifer and sell to consumers? There is a plan rolling around to tax them. Check it out at WFTV.

A teacher in Tampa will most likely be reprimanded for telling a student who refused to stand for the pledge of allegiance to "go back to Africa". Read about it hear on TampaBay.com. The story itself is pretty bad but the comments below the story are truly frightening. I am amazed every day by the people that actually respond to stories like this, where did they come from and how do we get them back to their home planet?

And finally the most disturbing story of the day comes from the Orlando Sentinel, Charlie Crist is all over the news blabbering about "what is good for Florida". Our schools are in disarray. Teachers are being laid off, programs cut, schools closed. We have one of the highest foreclosure and unemployment statistics in the country. BUT...our Lieutenant Govenor is a spendaholic, he and HIS family are traveling around on the taxpayers money. Jeff Plottcamp has a personal chauffer and bodyguard and a fleet of planes, SUV's and the Florida Highway Patrol protecting him. WHAT exactly are they protecting him from, does anyone know who he is? What exactly does he do? If you know please tell me....if the taxpayers of Florida are not outraged by this waste, something is wrong. The Sun-Sentinel broke this story, watch the video clip it is eye opening. Did we elect this guy?

So go have a bottled water (before the price goes up...) be sure your children respect the flag, and try and figure out what our Lt Governor does....most of all enjoy the weekend!

Good In A Crisis

I have not been a huge fan of Charlie, for lots of reasons, healthcare, schools, budgets, the list is long. But I must give him credit on his disaster relief. He has been all over this state during Fay and Hanna and now the possibility of Ike. He is great at disasters. He is at every briefing, he visits all the local emergency centers, he is calming, he asks for federal relief, he declares disaster areas, he just does a good job in a bad situation. I will give him credit for that. I am sure he would have loved to be the VP nomination, and yes, he was a better choice than the gun toting, fur loving, no sex education, right to lifer that John McCain picked. BUT...Charlie did what was right and stayed home from the RNC (SMART GUY, it was a train wreck) and tended to his flooded state.

Good Job Charlie!

Oil, Florida and Charlie

I think Charlie Crist is an idiot.

Charlie has not really done anything that he promised when he was elected....but he has been a party to the TOTAL destruction of the schools in Florida, he has been instrumental in the undoing of class size restrictions and putting our state DEAD LAST in children's healthcare. GO CHARLIE!!

So just when you think he cannot do anything worse....he DOES! Now Charlie has changed gears again, he is now supporting offshore oil drilling in Florida. IT is mind boggling how much he can waffle in order to become the Vice President. Read about it here...and understand, that 68 million acres of APPROVED areas for oil drilling are not being used.....






According to the trio of idiots(McCain, Bush, Crist)....this new support of Florida oil drilling will SAVE the country from our obnoxious gas prices....that is BEYOND ridiculous. Did you see the profits of the oil companies? Lets contribute to their profits and let them drill in Florida.

I should be clear, I am a registered Republican, for obvious reasons that is certainly embarrasing. I cannot vote for Obama, because, a vote for Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. BUT, then again, I cannot vote for McCain, who is contributing to BIG OIL profits and the further destruction of our state. . It is truly sad that we have no options. Why in the world do we as citizens sit here and allow a substandard govenor to wreck our schools, and now contribute to the destruction of our environment.

This new LETS SAVE THE WORLD and DRILL IN FL option is all about taking the focus off of the dismal and ridiculous OIL IS SCARCE propaganda..... This country is NOT using over 50% of its oil leases. IF we use them, the oil company profits will decrease, big oil wants big money, take a look at the multi-billion dollar profits. It is certainly disgraceful, when many people cannot afford to drive to work.

Charlie has sold out and is kissing up to whoever he has to in order to get to Washington.

Please Pick Charlie

This is a plea to John McCain....please help save the State of Florida. Please help save the education system in Florida. Please help save Volusia County Schools.

Please pick Charlie Crist to be your running mate!!

Lets start with the schools, behind our buddy Charlie, the biggest problem Volusia County Schools has is Margaret Smith the Superintendent. The Beacon has a great rundown on the school boards latest antics and their cutting of 659 positions including 384 teachers. The teachers union says the numbers don't support that deep of a cut, I would say they are right. Nothing else this idiotic board has done has made sense so why should this?

Local 6 reported this morning that our brilliant Governor was unsympathetic to Volusia County teachers and basically said they should quit whining. That is not a quote, I missed the whole story but that is the message he sent.

Rewind...to THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNOR, this website is insulting to our intelligence, there are references to President Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and he has quotes by Ronald Reagan, go check it out, if it does not make you want to vomit I will be amazed.

Now after you are done reviewing that ridiculous bit of propaganda, go take a gander at this..... FLORIDA GOVERNOR if you can get past the garbage news headlines he has listed take a look at the right hand side, the links to the Hope Task Force(Foreclosure Prevention), they sure say nothing on that one.

Amendment ONE this one needs no words, other than to point out what a success this plan was, it has without a doubt contributed to the destruction of our public school system, yes, each and every homeowner will save a couple hundred bucks and 384 teachers in our county alone will be out of work, only our children suffer, yes Charlie that was sure a smart one!

But my favorite by far is FLORIDA KIDS CARE he actually touts this on his website. Did you see the latest ranking on childrens healthcare? Florida is 50th? The only state that is worse is Oklahoma, now think about this for a minute....Florida does not beat West Virginia, Kentucky, and some other notable states that are not known for healthcare, we are only better than OKLAHOMA. You are kidding me.

So all of the above speaks for itself. Now our buddy Charlie has also jumped into the child custody arena, he signed a bill that takes away the term "primary custody" and replaces it with "parenting plan". Along with a variety of other nonsensical garbage that makes no sense. He obviously has not a clue about the reality of some of these "custody" situations. How will a "parenting plan" work for a mother who has children who have not seen their father in months or years, or those that receive no support, or a variety of other situations, use your imagination. Great plan Charlie, it is right up there with Amendment One and Florida Kids Care. Love it. I wonder if he read it before he signed it....or spoke to any actual parents...

So in conclusion, Mr. McCain, I am sad to say that it is unlikely that you can win the election, so do us a favor in Florida, pick Charlie to be your running mate, you may not be able to save the country but least you can save one state from total destruction.