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Scott turned down the rail system for the same reason. They lose money And tax payers can't afford what they have already. Isn't Florida billions in debt.
WILL THE TRUE FLORIDIAN PLEASE STAND UP...
Here I am. As a Fl resident for all of my childhood and most of my adult life, I know my state is a mixed bag of Republican and Democratic Corporate Opportunist. Through out the years we have had idiots and morons as Govenor. Maybe one or two half-wits that did try to represent the People, Protect our Enviroment, and help our economy flurish...Gov Bob Grahm to be specific. But that's about it. But again I blame the People for continuing to be neive and allow themselves to be fooled over and over and over...
First DICK Scott is a theiving scum bag. During his campaign his slogan was "Lets put Florida Back To Work". he wasn't even in office for more than a minute and declined to accept federal funding to build a passange rail system conecting major cities like Tampa, Orlando, Miami, and eventually Jacksonville. Studies showed that doing so would create over 10k good paying jobs as well as create a multi billion dollar surplus over the next ten years. But that didn't set well with DICKS cronnies. Now he wants to deny ALL Floridians healthcare...There is one thing that DICK don't get...He only eeked his way into Govenorship by 1%. DICK YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED. I suggest you get out of dodge before dodge gets you.
On a side note I personally do not support Obamacare...It isn't a single payer medicare for all healthcare system. More so it forces small buisnesses to pay for overpriced healthcare coverage, which only benifits the Insurance companies. There are some in the medical field that support Obamacare but none have had a good enough argument to change my opinion.
What's really ironic is that Rick Scott himself would be relatively poor were it not for Medicare and Medicaid being there for him to rip off.
Johngutta: I agree!
By the way...if you are using Ubuntu version 12.10 Unity then it probably has malware installed on it. This is rather old info...I just learned of it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and...
Yes kend, it is pretty much a bait and switch, a good example is our social security act of 1935, quote from the act: " beginning 1949 , 12 years from now, you and your employer will each pay 3 cents on each dollar you earn up to $3000 a year. THAT IS THE MOST YOU WILL EVER PAY." We now pay 6.2 percent up to 112,000 dollars. I guess their crystal ball was a little foggy. Why we allow these temporary politicians to enact these massive government programs is beyond me. Look for Obamacare to become a black hole for continued increased taxation.
Well really, I think Obama is going to have to accept a certain amount of blame for Rick Scott harming poor people. In fact, I think Obama should accept all of the blame. After all, it's not Rick Scott who is black, it is Obama. And it is not Rick Scott who is at least sort of liberal some of the time, it is Obama. And finally, it is not Rick Scott who thinks that poor people are human, it is Obama. Ergot cogito summa what laude, ex postit facto, and ex cathedral, Obama should blame himself for what Rick Scott is doing.
But don't get me wrong, because even if Obama resigned the presidency, admitted that the republicans are right about everything, and moved into a sharecropper's shack on a cotton plantation in Texas, everything that Rick Scott does to poor people would still be Obama's fault.
Why is that, you ask? And the answer is: well now, if you have to ask a question like that, you're not from around here.
When it looks like a country is about to disintegrate from within, even the rich get worried (isn't that right...International Center For Non-Violent Conflict?). And when they get worried they will either consider mass murder and/or police state repression or they will have to stop their hatefulness and give back some of what they stole from us to begin with.
The ICNC(International Center For Non-Violent Conflict) knows how to go into other countries, foment unrest amongst the natives and get them to overthrow their governments from within....all without the US having to invade...sort of what the CIA had been doing all these years but now can use front groups (like ICNC) to take the heat. The CIA has earned a very shady reputation...but ICNC sounds so...well, so liberal..so "peace" oriented...how could you think of them is any other light?
You see, it's ok for the US to do this to other countries but so so bad when citizens within the US feel the need to demonstrate...like OWS...where the police use physical violence and intimidation on the demonstrators.
And yes, what Gov. Rick Scott is doing to Floridians is Obamanible, or is that Abominable, but then what the US does to other people in other countries is even worse.
I used to consider myself an independent voter after the last four years i dont even look on the republican ticket. philibuster after philibuster after philibuster. I get it. It's used so the minority has a little power but, when thats your only tactic for 4 years coupled with an unwillingness to even compromise. then add that since "we lost fewer seats then exspected" is their "mandate". what kinda mandate is that? losing the ball game is still losing the ball game doesn't matter if you beat the spread. Worst part about it AMERICA ISNT A GAME. If they would have picked up seats i might understand the unwillingness to budge on issues but, they didnt. I wish that democrates could figure out how to commuincate with brickwalls so the sons and daughters can comehome from afghanistan, so we can figure out a plan to keep healthcare costs affordable so america's debt raiting dosent get lowerd again. When all your enemy wants is the moon its hard to negotiate with apple pie.
Sinister 66, would you mind editing out the useless hard returns? It's just rude.
I think that the more people who speak out against the injustices and speak out very expressively (I didn't say violently) the more these blockhead rulers get the message. They are certainly monitoring what we say and getting, at least, the general drift of our feelings. Just hope they don't start sending the feds out to knock on our doors. With enough of us ranting...maybe they won't have enough manpower to visit us all. At first, they'll try to fight us with very low intensity and covert tactics...with propaganda and blogger shills and sock puppets.
They'll fight back with scare propaganda tactics like ... "Homeland Security ordering a zillion hollow point bullets" ... trying to scare us back into our reticence but just maybe they will decide to relent some...enough, perhaps, to at least agree to a decent universal healthcare system and hands off of social security and medicare... but, I doubt it.
No one wants to see violence break out but it seems that that is the only thing that will ever change things. It wasn't the innate benevolence of FDR that compelled him to do the New Deal. There was a lot of poverty and suffering...but most important of all..lots of violence and active rebellion against the crooked system.
Remember, that FDR, when he first took office, didn't even want to pay the WW1 vets what the government had promised them to get them to go to war in the first place. Even congress approved paying them but FDR wouldn't go for it. Those vets and their families, during the height of the depression desperately needed those bonds/certificates to be made good. Perhaps it was Douglas MacArthur who led bayonet wielding troops with tanks and horse against those vets and their families camped out in front of the Capitol, burning what little belongings the vets had, that shamed FDR into relenting...don't know.
It is becoming more and more obvious that staying the present course will only put the majority of us all into our graves a lot earlier. And I am beginning to wonder if that is not what they planned all along.
"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; …"
Samuel Adams.
"Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."
George Washington
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Thomas Jefferson
"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that … it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; … "
Thomas Jefferson
"The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals.... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." (Albert Gallatin of the New York Historical Society, October 7, 1789)
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244)
"...but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights..." (Alexander Hamilton speaking of standing armies in Federalist 29.)
Does this suggest the average citizen should be just as well armed and trained as a standing military?
Hopefully something here answers your question.
No kidding...Kend..I agree with you. and you ken ware...and you Johngutta!
The Obamanible 'No' Man...The Ice Man Cometh!
'No'--because he really is from the party of 'NO'...a Republican subversive...
Hum, so the Feds lure you in by keeping your payments low at the begining but then after you have Obama care your costs go way up, FOREVER. Kind of sounds like the sub prime mortages that got the US in so much trouble in the first place doesn't it?
If you want to bring in a Constitutional comparison, you can even sue a newspaper for libel despite the First Amendment. Letting people file suit against gun manufacturers should be a no-brainer. It doesn't mean they'll win, but they should be able to try.
I agree with what you are saying. But I really think those who understand what is happening to their wages are not aware of the reason why. Many people do not even understand what the Free Trade Agreements have done to diminish their standard of living. And as we have seen from the elections, half of the nation seems okay with what is happening and have bought into the lies that have emanated from Washington.With a President that the people are just now starting to realize is in it for himself and his legacy and not the American people who put him there and, with the House swinging further to the right for the sake of their masters on Wall St., I do not think anyone is too optimistic about the future of the middle class and the poorer Americans. If we could have had a primary to determine whether the Democrats wanted to retain Obama things would look different today. But, alas the whole system is rigged against the American People. Now we see that the health care act that was pushed through is full of loop holes for the Insurance Industry to make more profits than ever. Can anyone really believe these loop holes were not intentional? I believe Obama is a tool of the elitist in America. After all he also agreed to decrease his taxes on the millions he has made and the multiple millions he will make after leaving office. The politicians knew that the Free Trade Agreement(s)- (N.A.F.T.A,)- would hurt the American worker and that is why they included in the agreement that displaced workers could opt for retraining for six months and not just unemployment benefits from losing their jobs. Does anyone out there know of a six month course that would take the place of a tech professional job? They have known all along that these trade agreements would cost many Americans their jobs. We were sold out and will continue to be sold out as long as we lay dormant. JG, I do agree with what you have commented today on this blog. I am just not sure if enough people will actually step up and march or do whatever is necessary to scare these crooks in Washington, starting with the White House. I really think the nation will end up with riots all across this nation of ours if the politicians and wealthy think they can continue this type of behavior against the people of our country. Let’s hope there are marches and not riots. But as we have seen in the past it only takes one critical event to send this country and its people into a violent demonstration, and that is a very scary scenario to contemplate with a nation of angry people well-armed for combat and ready to use them. I watched the rightwing nut on CNN the other night about what would happen if anyone tried to take away his weapons, too bad he didn't mention taking away his other rights that are being stripped away by Washington and the Governors of several states!
SLOW YOUR ROLE ALICE!!!
Thanks to all the "frady cats" who didn't cast an honest vote we are still up the creek without a paddle...And our snake tongue leader is President OBAMNEY!
I read a few different statistics recently that showed more than 33% of the people that cast a vote for Obama actually prefered a 3rd party candidate; out of that 33%, 27% said they liked Jill Stein, and a wopping 24% of registered republicans voted for Green Party Candidate Jill Stein. To bad those 27% didn't follow their gut.
What all of us need to do from now until the next campaign is push hard to get Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson in the debates. The more people I talk to the more people I discover that felt their fear vote was a waste. We just need to build and fund a strong 3rd party platform and stick to it!
Good luck with your letter...Don't forget to mention to MR Obamney that you unwantingly cast your vote for the lesser of two evils. Wait, he already knows that!!!
Cheers!
Well, I guess two wrongs make a right for Alex Jones. Since there isn't enough complaining about innocents killed by drones, we shouldn't do anything about domestic mass murder.
And Dianne Feinstein said her assault weapon ban would not be retroactive. I wish right-wingers would actually pay attention to details. If everything were reducible to black and white, Congress could meet one day a year.
Hmm. A trillion dollars of platinum wold weigh about 49,000 tons. (1,000,000,000,000 / $774 per ounce). Wikipedia says the Titanic's displacement was 52,310 tons, which is equivalent to the volume of the under-water part of the ship. It's depth (presumably at tare) is given as 19.7 m and its height as 53.3 m from keel to top of the funnels (smokestacks). It does seem as if that platinum would just about deepen the ship to the gunwale, meaning it would take on water and sink completely.
Question...?
Isn't the National Guard the "well regulated militia"...? Is that not close to what the founders imagined...?
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I heard a musical comedian named Robin Roberts on the radio and looked her up on YouTube. It turns out she's recorded some of non-humorous pro-union songs. Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hquyGWaR_U0&list=UUcbnsq6lTx88L084j5zFA-Q
Aliceinwonderland: Well, I voted for the third party candidate. Obama was pretty much a shoe-in in the state in which I live anyway. I too am glad that Obama is there instead of Romney, in a way. He's way more charismatic and he didn't get rich ruining people's lives by playing capitalist games like buying out companies and trashing jobs. On the other hand...had Romney got elected...maybe the revolution would have happened already. Maybe it would have happened had McCain/Palin won in 2008. Maybe that was the whole ruse by the ruling elite...to put in a charismatic, young, black man speaking a form of rebellion in his campaign speeches who may have presented an associative appeal to the growing rebellious crowds. And he may have been put in for the very purpose of diffusing the angst of the potentially rebellious crowds. Maybe that was their plan all along..Obama is really their man, playing a role. ♫ It's Howdy Doody time. It's Howdy Doody time. ♫ or..How about Lamb Chop. That may very well be just what Obama is...and he has gotten away with it...rather...the ruling elite has gotten away with it because many people still have hope that Obama will change.
Would that have been good? Bad? Violent? Non-violent? Who knows? But at least it would have been a change from the current status quo. And the revolution would have occurred on the Republican's watch..not on Obama's.
The only thing I heard from Obama supporters prior to the 2012 elections was "Once Obama is reelected..he'll change and do things differently than the first term". I highly suspected that this would not happen. So, all of you Obama believers and supporters...hey, thanks a lot for delaying the inevitable revolution. The longer we wait the weaker we become...and yes, I realize that I sound like I am full of fury...signifying nothing. I'm certainly not going to be the first one to start a revolution. Not martyr material for other fellow cowards too chicken to even follow. But it sure feels good to rant sometimes.
And speaking of rants.....Hey, how about that Piers Morgan interview of Alex Jones!?
That was really something wasn't it? I've never heard Piers Morgan so shut up and shut down by any of his previous guests. I almost felt sorry for Piers....naw!!!! I do hope someone produces a transcript, however, it was really hard to understand everything that was said...and Alex Jones had a lot to say...for sure. Check it out on YouTube...it went viral. Alex Jones going viral? Now there is an understatement! By the way...I'm all for deporting Piers Morgan...sounds like a great idea...send him back to England where they even lead the US in domestic spying and gun control and speech control.
good eye! just seeing if people are paying attention!! she does work amature night for tips!lol
Old Blue: You are right, of course, but cathartic feels so good...guess that's a form of instant gratification...got to relieve the stress some way. Maybe that's similar to voting for Obamatron...the automatron. "We are Borg...you will be assimilated...resistance is futile"