The mind of a certified genius

OK, my little droogies, I'm out.  I've moved to TN, I'm done with the Lightening State.

I came to Florida in 1994, and I bought a house in three great school districts (elementary, middle and high) for $72,000.  I was able to get a job pretty quickly, to change careers, to get more work when I needed it and to live a pretty decent life.

What happened in Central Florida is what's going wrong with America - we became over confident.

Our grandparents lived in a world where the US had to struggle for its position.  They believed that the state had a responsibility to its own people, that the Fed was a solutuion of last resort, and that personal responsibility should take care of no less than 75% of what's going on in your life.

Now we believe that we're living in a Star Trek version of our world - where the real enemies are conquered, where we can ask the omnicient computer for solutions to our problems, if we can just phrase the question cleverly enough, and where taking care of us is someone else's problem.

Nothing could be further from the truth.  Right now, we are run by some of the most corrupt politicians in our history, and our news media are blind to it.  In Central Florida it's easier to resurface a road than it is to fund a school, because there is a MOUNTAIN of graft in the construction project and almost none in the educational system. 

In Winter Springs (which is awful for its corruption) we have all new fake-brick intersections down SR434, and the city sent out a secondary bill to fund the fire department, with a threat to slap a lien on your house if you didn't pay this secondary, un-voted-for tax.

In Orlando, homes and businesses will bear the burden of of a 14% tax increase to pay for the city's swollen welfare rolls, adopted after Katrina, to keep that base of loyal Democrat voters from moving. 

And you will all enjoy tighter and tighter water restrictions no matter how much it rains, and more dramatic sink holes (and more ways for homeowners to not be covered by insurance companies) as these politicians have allowed the state to be dramatically overbuilt in centralized locations, as they seek more tax revenues and accept higher and higher pay offs from developers.

 With 800+ people per day coming into the state for over two years, most of them from CA and the Northeast, stand by for Florida to become a blue state, meaning higher taxes, a state income tax, increased crime and more people like me fleeing for a better life.

In fact, you're already well on your way.  I predict that you'll have that state income tax within the next two years - just as soon as they can put a Democrat in the governor's seat.  I saw this happen in Connecticut.  Then all of the big insurance companies left and the big manufacturers with them. 

So good-bye for the final time, Florida.  Sorry to be so gloomy, but as Americans, we don't always get the government we want, however we ALWAYS get the government we deserve.

I was done blogging here, but this morning, here was Barack Obama, in a puff-piece interview with George "Bill Clinton is my Hero" Stephanopoulous.

During it, he gets agitated because George is daring to press him on his campaign's claim that McCain has been calling him a Muslim.  GS wants to set the record straight that it is right-wing bloggers, not McCain, that have made this accusation, and in fact that McCain asked them to stop.

After trying a few times to say that this is just bloggers acting under McCain's direction, he says, "Look, I know that John McCain has never made comments about my Muslim faith."

"Your Christian Faith," GS IMMEDIATELY corrects him, because, let's face it, George isn't going to take Obama down THAT road.

Obama leaps out of the question and changes the subject and, of course, GS doesn't press him, however, if you've every read either of Obama's yawner books, you'll be reminded of something he said in 'Dreams of my father":

"If the winds of political opinion ever really turned, I'd have no choice but to stand with the Muslim people."

So when Obama says, "My Muslim faith," I think it's a pretty legitimate question to ask, "WHAT Muslim faith, specifically?"

Kudo's and well done, Sarah - I was even able to overlook your frightening resemblance to Tina Fey.

You, my girl, have nailed it - you've done EXACTLY what it's going to take to win this election and to lead your party for possibly the next 16 years:

You took Obama on, you called him what he is, and you REALLY pissed him off.

The key to beating ol' big ears is to take him on directly, because he doesn't handle confrontation well, he doesn't like to be questioned or made fun of, and when he's off script he invariably says something stupid that he regrets later and that hurts him.

The key to this victory will be to get Obama to disqualify himself, and he'll do that by changing his story, making misquotes that can be used to show his lack of understanding of the world around him, and looking uncomfortable and unsure under stress.

Which is why he won't agree to the debates he initially wanted with McCain. 

Palin took Obama on directly and now he has to answer.  I'm sure that David Axelrod is writing furiously as I type this, but reporters looking to 'give Obama a chance to respond' are going to be waving microphones in his face while he's upset, and that bodes well for our party.

Well done, Sara - and as you put it so well, "The only difference between a pitbull and a soccer mom is the lipstick."

So here we have a little sneeze, Tropical Storm Fizzle - um, Fay.

Two days, no school for the kids.

Calling for an emergency before the storm is within 100 miles of Florida

Evacuations for moderate rain.

Why?

Because the people in power will be DARNED if they're going to have little Suzy Sunshine get hit by a flying branch on the way to the bus stop and the news vultures screaming, "Why wasn't school cancelled?"

Or someone who left their windows open crying their eyes out on the evening news, "Why wasn't I warned?  Everything is ruined!"

In general, Fox news casters have more class, but you know darn well that CBS news (especially) would be all over that, and no one with tax dollars to spend is going to let it happen.

I may sound cynical, but see if I'm wrong: this is going to be a VERY expensive, take-no-chances hurricane season.

Supposedly Kerry is on the short, short list for Obama's VP choices.

I PRAY that this is the decision he makes.

They look at Kerry as bring foreign relations experience, money and credibility to the ticket.  Kerry has recently started a web site to fight back against what he considers to be 'Obama smears,' like the #1 selling book right now: Obama Nation.

Of course, Kerry is also the genius who, standing 25 feet away from his Chevy Suburban, swore that he'd never own an SUV

Who made legendary the phrase, "I voted for it before I voted against it."

Who couldn't remember his own Vietnam experience, who admittedly lied before Congress after that experience, and then who couldn't remember if he'd thrown his own medals over the White House wall as a protest - or what the difference was between ribbons and medals.

I have a new phrase all ready for the Obama/Kerry ticket:

Dumb and Dumber

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=08080115110
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African American protestors holding a banner reading "What about the black community Obama?" heckled Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in Florida on Friday.

Three men stood up as Obama was talking about the economy during a townhall meeting in St Petersburg in Florida, a key battleground state in Obama's duel with Republican John McCain in November's election.

"What about the black community?" the protestors chanted, prompting Obama's crowd of supporters to chant his slogan "Yes We Can" to drown them out.

"Excuse me, young man, this is going to be a question and answer session, so you can ask a question later," Obama told the protestors.

"Sit down. You'll have a chance to ask your questions, but you don't want to disrupt the whole meeting. Just be courteous," he said, before going back to his prepared remarks.

Obama garnered huge support among African American voters during his Democratic primary campaign against Hillary Clinton.

But last month, civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, in a lurid remark picked up by a live television microphone, accused Obama of "talking down to black people," reviving the debate about race in the 2008 campaign.

Obama, son of a white mother from Kansas and a Kenyan father, has made a concerted attempt to ensure that he is not perceived solely as a "black candidate" during his campaign, even though he is trying to become the first African American president.

Does anyone even listen to this guy?

Today we learned that he's in the Middle East to meet the people with whom he's going to have to deal, for the next 8-10 years as President.

While campaigning, he claimed to have visited 57 states, with one to go before he hit them all.

He lost in Kentucky because, unlike his home state, Arkansas is a midwestern state with a lot more in common and proximity to Kentucky (Kentucky actually boarders Illinois, Obama's home state, to its east).

The first thing he plans to do as President is to call the Joint Chiefs of Staff and order them to begin the pull out from Iraq (the Joint Chiefs don't command troops on the ground).

He claimed that it was the Selma riots that brought his parents together  - these were four years after his birth

He claims that his uncle helped to liberate Auschwitz - which was liberated by the Soviets.

He insists that we should all be embarassed, if we don't speak at least one additional language.  Obama doesn't speak any language other than English

When addressing a group of WWII veterans on Memorial Day, he commented that 'this is a day when we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice - many of whom I see here, today.'

He claims in a recent ad campaign that he was brought up with values from the heartland.  He was raised in Hawaii.

He also claims to have gotten welform reform passed when he was in the state legislature.  In fact, he voted against it.

OK - no one is perfect, but come ON!  This clown is worse than Kerry!

This isn't mine, but I wish it was - THIS should be on your mind as you celebrate the 4th

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of  Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. 

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was  dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year, he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later, he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.

Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more.

Standing talk straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government!

Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July Holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: Freedom is never free!

I hope you will show your support by please sending this to as many people as you can. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.

I am SO sick to death of this.

I go to work, to work.  As a programmer, I work in an industry that is desperate for people so, if you can program, you're pretty sure to get a job.

I have no problem with this.  We are a nation of immigrants.  My grandparents would have LOVED to have been able to take a class, apply themselves and get a job, and I laud anyone who does.

However, it is utterly obnoxious when you sit there speaking Spanish or Hindi in a room full of English speakers, clearly because you don't want other people to be included in your conversation.

Especially when it turns into a loud conversation, and ESPECIALLY if you're going to play the race card the moment anyone comments on it.

What REALLY gets me angry is when you speak to someone about a work-related issue, and they can't understand you because their English isn't good enough, however they're making no effort to improve it.  Why should they?  As the Salvation Army found out, if you let them go for that, you better have a good lawyer.

You come here, you work here, you better be willing to contribute.  You can't do that if you can't understand the people around you, and they can't do that if they can't understand you.  Whether it seems 'fair' or not, English is the language of the land.

What the heck is this?

Our idiot governor Crist, in ANOTHER move to pander to the Left, has decided that, even though the state is low on cash and cutting everywhere it can, mostly education and law enforcement, we can spend $1,800,000,000 on the frigging everglades?

For what?  To preserve 300 square miles of uninhabitable, gator-infested swamp?

Crist is the RINO of all RINO's - we need to get RID of this clown

Today, Ted Kennedy was hospitalized for what was a seizure, but most likely not a stroke.

Almost immediately after, it was released that he was 'resting comfortably.'

Now he's described as 'clear and lucid.'

Uh - oh......

How long has it been since Ted Kennedy was either clear or lucid?

Possible brain damage for Teddy.

How DARE you say,

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position."???

Why - that's the truth!  As a Democrat, you can NOT stop pandering to them darkies on the Democrat Plantation.  Why - it's insulting.

Obama is offended now, you fiend!  Don't you understand how sensitive he is?  He's fragile!

This woman MUST be beaten with baseball bats by an angry mob, and soon!

If you read the transcript on 'The Smoking Gun':

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/031
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You see that the great and holy Gov. Spitzer, who cried about corrupt Republicans, was in fact such a sick little monkey that he couldn't get normal prostitutes to service him.

He 'likes things that you might not consider safe,' the hooker was warned - the one who charged thousands of dollars for her services.

What sort of depraved little turnip IS this guy?  How can anyone in New York NOT want to remove him from office if this is true (and he doesn't deny it).

More importantly, why isn't his wife running for the hills?

Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama both claim that they are going to increase the taxes on the rich.

Do you Democrats REALLY fall for that?

I mean, seriously, you DO understand that the Clintons, Kennedy's, Pelosi's, etc all hide their huge fortunes in municipal bonds and overseas accounts that they are NEVER going to put a tax on, don't you?  Very wealthy people have accountants and lawyers whose job it is to know where money can be put and not taxed, and the #1 group that these accountants and lawyers advise are the members of Congress.

Have you never wondered how these 'regular guys' who start a career in politics are suddenly multi-millionaires?  In 2000, the Clintons couldn't afford their house in Chappaqua, and now they're worth about $50,000,000.  Do you think they pay a 38% tax on that?

In 1976 when Carter decided to go after 'big oil' and car manufacturers with big tax demands, all he did was to drive production overseas.  If you think that Hillary Clinton is going to 'take away' record incomes from Exxon/Mobil, do you not understand that Halliburton has already moved to Dubai and Exxon/Mobil can do the same much more cheaply than they can pay another 30% tax on $39 billion?

Tax the rich REALLY means go after people who make more than $100,000 but less than $1,000,000/yr, and NEVER going after anyone who has a family fortune (like the Kennedy's, Getty's, etc) who vote Democrat and use that money to fill Democrat campaign coffers.  Tax the rich means "don't let a bunch of people get far enough ahead, where they can have enough disposable income to affect an election."

Honestly - do you people who want to 'tax the rich' not get this?