More info on Dick.

After being elected Fl. Govenor, Dick Scott signed into law Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's bill that would further restrict/limit fellons from having their civil rights reenstated; specificly the right to vote and obtaining state licenses required for skilled trade jobs, i.e plumbing, electrition, etc. for a minimum of 5 years AFTER completeing their sentince. Minimum meaning even after waiting five years a person convicted of a felony can still be denied the right to vote and practice a trade that requires a state license.
I know two men that did time in the Fl State Penal System; while in they obtained their GED and upon release went on to complete vocational trainning in Plumbing, but unknowing to them when they applied to take a state licensing exam were denied.
One man went on to work as a plumbers assistant, while the other took a job in a local window manufacturing company. I applaude both of them for not allowing the system to continue to beat them down, but can't help but ask; "Why do conservatives hate everyday people"?

The day the bill was passed into law Pam Bondi was asked why she felt the need to further punish those who had completed their said sentence and payed their debt to society. Here reply was - and I am paraphrasing here - "We are sending a messege that the State of Florida means buisness when it comes to punishing those who commit a crime."
The truth of the matter is we don't need to be more and more and more tough on crime, all these additional laws and punishments do is further create problems that often stem from economic woes and lack of education. Extended punishments that block people from trying to better themselves only exacerbates crime in our communities. Both prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, police officers, and correctional officers agree that anytime you deny a convicted felon access to education and opportunity for a better job - a career - the chances of them reoffending increases by more than 30%.

Lets also not leave out that to deny a person who has completed their sentence, the right to vote yet still require by law that they pay taxes...That is taxation without representation.

The gig is up...It is obvious what these neonazi conservatives like Dick and Pam are up to. In order for their party to fulfill their agenda they first must divide and dismantle in order to conquer.

Woe are we ad nauseum . . Labor provides health care, and money pays for it. We have the labor, where's the money? - see the last sentence of comment #2

Kend -Without elaborating on the subject the answer is yes, it is true. Without Medicare the parents are forced to take their children to the emergency room at their local hospital. After being seen by a doctor there, they are directed to seek help at the Public Hospital for further medical care. Without Medicare these kids do not have a primary or family doctor to see when they get sick, so they end up suffering more than needed So many parents wait until the last minute before going to the public hospital. Picture a very over crowded hospital where you wait 8 or more hours to be seen by an over worked doctor and that is what our Public Hospitals are like in California. People have died in wheel chairs waiting to see a doctor as they sat in the hallway! And I have had personal experience with the Public Hospital system, when my uninsured father was diagnosed with lung cancer. I brought him to see his treating oncologist and it was a nightmare and he received substandard care there. I have seen children and babies waiting in the arms of their parents trying to breathe with asthmatic lungs, not a pretty picture. And it costs the state even more when untreated illnesses get worst and need more care to recover, than it would if they had seen a primary care doctor to start with. Sad my friend, but true.

I hear ya KEN...LIFE IS CHEAP!!!

At least it seems so to the Theiving Flag Waving Jingo Corporate Oportunist; who doesn't mind sending your kid off to die in some trumpted up illegal war, or cut medicade, or deni uninsured sick people treatment...Just to turn a profit.
SHAME ON US ALL FOR ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BECOME SO CARELESS AND FOOLISH WITH OUR RIGHTS & RESPONSABILITIES AS U.S. CITIZENS.

Unfortunately the issue is not about Scott, it is about poor adults and CHILDREN who are going to suffer because their governor will stop at nothing to try to make Obama look like a fool to his Republinut constituency. Why is it we have funds for weapons and no funds for sick poor children who in many cases will suffer and die without State and Federal help! We can point out the faults in the Not so Affordable Health Care Act, but a Governor is supposed to look out for all the citizens of his or her state. What Scott is doing is trying to slam "Obama Care", at the cost to children who have no other avenue to get health care. They can be brought into the emergency room on the brink of death from severe asthma or any of multitude of diseases that kill our children each year OR they can receive help through federally funded programs that will help stop the disease before it becomes life threatening! I am sick and tired of you guys on the right saying we cannot afford health care for the poor, when in reality what you’re saying is you simply do not give a damn what happens to these PEOPLE! After all they are not your problem and why should you help pay for it with your taxes. WHY? Because they are human beings and are suffering because the richest nation in the World wants bombs more than healthy babies. We spend an ungodly amount of resources to destroy other nations and their children and apparently you have no problem with destroying our kids too through medical neglect. Any of you on the Right should be ashamed of yourselves, especially if you have kids or grandkids at home! If there is a God he must be confused and angry at how we could destroy young lives to save a few dollars, but are willing to spend whatever it takes to keep America safe and our Defense Industry bulging with funds to kill others. I am ashamed to be an American when I hear that it is just too expensive to help suffering children. How many of you that say we can't afford the Presidents Insurance and help to the poor in the form of Medicaid, but would do anything to make sure your kids and grandkids are covered with the best medical help available? I do not care about some damn rail system or Scott. I just cannot believe how evil and worthless someone like Scott is and actually has people believing in his B.S.! We as a nation will reap what we have sown. If there is a God out there, I hope he strikes down the black souls of the people who think it is just too expensive to save children from suffering and dying because they are poor and cannot afford medical care. Especially those who think and believe the dogma that people like Scott spew out of their cold and worthless hearts. They would allow children to suffer and die because they hate the President of the United States and would do whatever it takes to stop anything he proposes to help the poor. My comment may not seem to be about what this Blog is about today, but I am just sick and tired of people acting like poor children are just casualties of the political war we see raging around us and in Washington. Politics is about how people believe we should act to solve problems we face and if you do not think poor, sick and dying children is a real problem we need to deal with, then you have a real problem with your soul...

You're right...."those greedy rich bastards WOULDN'T make money...The state would along with about 10k working middle class people. As well it would go nicely with our multi-billion dollar a year tourist industry.

Another thing you don't get KEND...There is a small portion of my generation - small but growing as it expands to younger generation - that has a long term vision; one that isn't selfish with a "what's in it for me NOW" mentality. We are realizing that we need to look to applying what works for EVERYONE and not just a group of takers. We are Leavers, much like those discussed in Daniel Quinns novel Ishmahl. We also realize that it will take time and patience much like how a new Orange grove takes 5 years to mature and produce a good quality yeild. Along the way we must tend to our crop, occasionally pruning off that which posses a threat to a good crop, as well as watering and amending the soil as needed. Oh the times they are a chang'in

One thing you may not know about me...I am fair and honest. I believe - to a point - people get out what they put in. However there are two simmilar but seperate classes of people that constantly get more than they put in...The Uber wealthy who rob their employees of fair wages and healthy bennefits; so that they may put more money in their p[ockets, and Wellfare scammers. That being said I don't have anything against a person who has gained finacle success. Nor do I want to cut funding for social services, because some multi Billionare dosen't want to pony up a few extra tax dollars and a few scammers.

KEND I am NOT interested in furthering this discussion with you...least not until you pull your head out of your ass...eh! Don't you have your own issues to deal with in Canada?

the nra is americas answer to fear. i don't know what the answer is to the nra, but i know the answer is not more people with guns know matter how well trained and pointed they are. A gun used in fear is like hate used on fellow humans... hate consumes those with hatrid only rarely dose hate consume the hated. Guns used in fear or protection hurt more people with out defences than they ever stop with design to maim and kill.

If there was money in it those greedy rich people would build it. Public transit is subsidized almost always.

Pay no attention to KEND or Global for that matter...They are NUUUUUUTS!

Palindromedary,
You are framiliar with M.Gandhi? He would say; "First they ignor you, then they ridicule you, then they attack you, then you win".
As discouraging and unjust as this protocal is, it's true. The squeeky wheel eventually gets the grease. Unfortunatly more often than not it gets whacked with a hammer first.

There is a very scary truth to ALL that has been and is taking place...It is no secret that this country is coming to a head...Like a zit, some want to peacefully (nonviolently) workout our issues, unfortunatly the U.S. Government has a loooooooong and violent history, not that there were never any victories through nonviolent resistance, they just aren't as sexy to record and publicly exploit. HISTORY HAS TOUGHT US NOTHING!!!
Wealthy Americans - in general - (NOT ALL), are spoiled rotten and are a greedy violent lot. A bunch of rich white men who take, take, take, and take some more; all the while claiming to be patriotic do gooder job creating christians...Paying back only a teensy wheensy fraction to those who do ALL the work...So little that the companies actually create poverty. And when labor workers try to organize and rationally request better wages, and bennefits...People are harrassed, threatened, even killed. Good example; the Ludlow Masacre of 1913, where the govenor of Colorado at the request of J.D. Rockefeller, sent in the National Guard to break up the tent encampment of striking coal miners and their families, who were hard workers, and wanted better wages and improved living conditions. When the smoke settled several hundred men women and children were slautered by Gatling guns. Many who "Ducked and Covered were later found burned to death.

Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue...Why the f did so many want to come here???
Wait that's right to live the American dream; a life better than where you came from. All those huddled masses, tired and poor urning to be free, seeking the EQUAL RIGHT to LIFE LIBERTY and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

The late great George Carlin, my favorite social, political comedian, one said; "The reason they call it the American Dream???
Cause you have to be asleep to believe it!
THE GIG IS UP!

Cheers!

A little paranoia here? That isn't what the program does.