Florida Senate and House Call a Special Session - Subject: High Speed Rail

The Florida Senate and House are calling a Special Session for this December 3rd and for it to run to Wednesday the 11th. The issue is the future and funding of High Speed Passenger Rail, specifically, a High Speed Rail between Tampa and Orlando.

Here is a link of the Call for Special Session.

Here is a link to a summary of the Proposed Legislation provided by Senator Jeff Atwater.

Here is a Link to the Letter Senator Atwater sent out explaining the reason for the special session.

Here is a anti-rail summary presented (for now) without comment. (h/t Mr Sid Dinerstein)

I am currently doing research on this issue and expect to hear from sources inside the State Senate with regards to the actual scope and cost of this endeavor.

I will publish a post on Saturday on what I have found out about the economic consequences of building this rail system. I encourage everyone getting or reading this post to look into the economics (including tax burdens and revenue requirements) of moving people in Florida by rail.

I will say this. Calling for this Special Session during the time when most people's attention are focused on getting their own lives in order in preparation for the Christmas Season is not amusing. The sheer scope of this effort means that NO FUNDS should be appropriated until our representatives in Tallahassee can come home after the special session and hear from their constituents regarding this issue.

For Florida, this is the state equivalent of the Health Care debate that is occurring in Washington. Time, coupled with thoughtful and deliberate consideration, is called for.

THERE SHOULD BE NO RUSH TO PASS THIS BILL BY DECEMBER 11th.

BloggyBayou Banned Again From the Northwest Florida Daily News

Here is the Text of an Email I sent to our Local Paper, who, for no apparent reason, has blocked my access to post on their "Open to the Public" blogsite:

Mr Stone and Mr. Rice:

I just got the Below message from Mr. Stone:

Hello,

Your Pluck account with nwfdailynews.com has been blocked. Should you care to discuss the matter you can contact Pat Rice at 699-2039. Bear in mind further abuse will require nwfdailynews.com to take other action.

Del Stone Jr.
online editor
Northwest Florida Daily News

Please detail "Other Action" and please detail, specifically, what "abuse" I have committed? I don't challenge your right to ban me, but I would like to know where I made a supposed mistake or crossed the Line? In writing, please.

Have I made any false statement of facts? Is having an opinion different from Mr. Rice a reason for blocking my account?

I quote Mr. Rice from the latest article I posted on:

"Vigorous debate is a key ingredient of democracy, but too often these days the notion of civility is lost in the process. Need proof? Just read the mean-spirited anonymous comments some people post online to vilify those on the opposing side."

Here are a few other of Mr. Rice's own Comments from some of his own Blog Entries:

1) Now, there's no need to be uncivil here. If you do, you'll have to go get those terrible electric shock treatments again.
2) I'm happy to see your still around. Or perhaps the aliens finally brought you back with new instructions.
3) curt22, Good luck with your therapy.
4) Dogwood2009,Question: Do you have a personal relationship with the Morris family or any of the people who have been charged in relation to the kickback scheme Charlie Morris was running at the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office?
5) Sorry it offended you when I called a fellow anonymous commenter a coward who doesn't have the courage to put his own name behind his mean-spirited comments. But I think I accurately described that commenter.
6) trycycle, I would double the dosage of your medication, or stop taking it altogether. Or maybe just get some sun!

Well, here I am, freely putting my name on my posts, making no attempt to hide myself (from Mr. Rice's comments, it appears he considers such people as cowards). Did I criticize Mr. Rice when, in my opinion, posted a blog entry that exposed him to charges of unprofessionalism? Yes I did, and I stand by my comments.

Can you tell me exactly where I crossed the line?

Was this the Post that got me banned the second time?
http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/decline-of-defenders-of-first-amendment.html

Or Was it this:
http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/our-local-paper-reaches-out-for-more.html

Or was it this?
http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/someone-please-find-pat-rice-new-job.html

Or was it This?
http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/how-dare-i-call-out-pat-rice.html

And why was I banned a third time for my latest Posts on the Sunshine Law, where I essentially agree with Mr. Rice with some minor caveats:

Post # 1

Mr. Rice:
If it utilizes tax payers dollars, then I say, it should be open to public inspection, Period. To say otherwise is to say "ACORN" is exempt from federal investigation. However, some would argue the Sunshine Law has been used as a vehicle for partisan political gain. But I digress.

As For "the mean-spirited anonymous comments some people post online to vilify those on the opposing side" I could counter that some "Directors of Content for Florida Freedom Newspapers" arbitrarily bans posters (one in particular - twice) who do sign their posts with their real name just because the poster had the audacity
to question the quality and performance of NW Florida Daily News, who despite being a privately owned company, is a part of the Public Trust protected under the 1st amendment.

Cheers,
ER White (aka BloggyBayou)
blogbayou@gmail.com

FYI: For you posters, go to http://www.bloggybayou.com/, scroll down and try to find the post that got me kicked off the site.... A free soda for the first one to email me... (yeah I know, I'm a tightwad)

Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving Pat... I didn't go for seconds and stuck with the white meat of the turkey.... a first for me....

PS: Is this civil enough for you?

Post #2:

I just thought of an exception to the use of tax dollars means open books to the Public. Black ops and Military R&D. There's a conundrum. With the lack of faith that the American public has for its politicians and the general Anti-American stance taken by a vast majority of the MSM, how do we go about those tax dollars are being spent wisely.

Issues are classified for security reasons (literally sometimes to keep a person/informant from getting killed) and so are hardware/software projects (don't want to give our competitors a heads up)

The reason I say the MSM can't be trusted is that when the NY Times released classified data about the War on terror during the Bush years, it was done under the Guise of "Freedom of the Press". Now with the release of the Emails from the heart of Pro-Global Warming Crowd, many on the left are saying you can't use them because they were "stolen". The MSM, for the most part are downplaying the issue, but it is of vast importance because it reveals that science has been corrupted because of politics. This is a VERY dangerous situation. Science is about truth. Now that the "truth" of the fallacy of man-made global warming is out, Time for Al Gore to return his Nobel prize.

Cheers,
ER White (aka BloggyBayou)
blogbayou@gmail.com

Post 3: I will have to summarize here since I didn't keep a copy, but it was a link to the NY Times exposing a Secret Prison in Kandahar , but refusing to acknowledge the "Climate gate" story.

With the announcement of your content sharing agreement with the Tallahassee Democrat and the Pensacola News Journal, your paper has, for all intents and purposes have a stranglehold on the Print media between Tallahassee and Pensacola.

I see this as a "bad thing". Despite your being a private enterprise, you still hold a constitutionally protected duty in the form of the 1st Amendment and you hold, for better or worse, a public trust.

What is truly upsetting is there is apparently a different set of rules on your blogs. One set of rules allow Mr. Rice to freely insult citizens who post on the blog and one set that doesn't allow citizens to voice legitimate criticism.

You apparently reserve the right to ban such people who are willing and able to hold their own against you and knows how to "drill for data" and do research.

I was able to find out that senior management took millions of dollars of bonuses before it declared bankruptcy, including people working for Florida Freedom Newspapers. I then pointed out that it is now difficult, indeed impossible for you to go after Chris Hughes over his use of performance bonuses. Instead of putting your side of the story in print, you banned me.

That speaks volumes about your journalistic integrity.

You tell me that if I want my account reactivated, I must call Pat Rice. I suggest another venue. We meet at a neutral site, camcorders and assistants at hand and discuss it over a cup of coffee.

ER White

For anyone interested in contacting Mr. Stone or Rice, here are their Emails:
dels@nwfdailynews.com
patrickr@nwfdailynews.com

Remember: The MSM cannot handle being challenged. That's why we need to use the Internet and talk radio to get our views out there.

Cheers
Muckraker

It Must Be "Democrats Say The Stupidest Things Day"

I quote Nancy Pelosi:

"The American people have an anger about the growth of the deficit because they're not getting anything for it. ... If somebody has the idea that the percentage of GDP of what our national debt is will go up a bit, but they will now -- and their neighbors and their children -- will have jobs, I think they could absorb that, and then we ride it out and bring money in"

Here is a link to the entire article

What this means is the Democrats are looking for a second stimulus since the first one was a complete bust!!!

This "Bon Mot", coupled with comments from everybody's favorite DNC Chairman, Howard Dean, should make for some interesting Political Ads.

Manna from Heaven folks, Manna from Heaven.... November 2010 can't get here quick enough.

Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid

Here is the Story.

I am amazed. Don't the Democrats realize this will cost them more votes than ACORN can steal?

BloggyBayou's Take on the Current State of The Florida Senate Race

Currently Charlie Crist is riding the St. Petersburg Times "The Buzz's Fact Checker" call that Marco Rubio, despite having said he never raised taxes, did so as a city councilman and, in a series of convoluted votes, also while he was serving in the Florida House.

Here is a link to the article.

And here is a link to The Buzz article where they blow their own horn by asking Governor Crist what he thought of the "Fact Checker" article.

Needless to say, our esteemed Governor was pleased with the article.

I read the article and here is a quote from the article:

"The resolutions spell out that, without raising tax rates, the city was increasing property taxes — 1.402 percent in 1998 and 5.545 percent in 1999. The roll call has then-Commissioner Rubio as voting "Y" both years."

I suspect that the increase was due to the housing bubble that occurred that artificially inflated property values. But I digress.

What struck me about the article is ... it was so convoluted that I had trouble following it. (See above quote: perfect example of Doublespeak)

Now, as a young man I studied Mandarin for my first Masters Degree (Did it so well, I was able to seduce this wonderful and attractive Chinese lady in Norfolk, VA. and make her my wife of 17 years), was a damn good Intel officer in the Navy (I would still be in the Navy today, but I got a bum ticker) and after I was medically retired, went on to get a Masters in Software Engineering. My sisters tell me that I can be a real jerk, but even they will admit that I'm a fairly intelligent jerk.

So if Charlie Crist is hoping to use this article as a springboard to win back us conservatives... Uh... No ... It is so much unintelligible BS from MSM site that has its own agenda (i.e., Liberal and Stop Conservatives from winning in Florida).

Don't get me wrong, I read "The Buzz" everyday, it is one of the better updated political blogs out there, but I never fool myself that it is not a partisan MSM tool. Nor do I trust the MSM "Fact Checkers" cause they so often distort or fail to report the facts that endanger your typical liberal agenda.

In addition, I visited both Rubio's and Crist's web sites today. And I got to tell you, to me, Crist's site stood out above Rubio's, but for all the wrong reasons. Down in the left hand column of Crist's site, he brags about getting endorsements from current Republican Senators including:

A) Senator Lindsay Graham: The Poster Boy for RINOs

B) Senator John Croryn: The man that single-handedly launched a hundred Republican Florida County Organizations proclamations telling the National Republican Senatorial Committee to butt out of our Senate Race.

C) Senator John McCain: The "Maverick" Republican that led the Republicans to one of its greatest electoral defeats in history, lost to Obama in Florida and by all accounts, ran one of the most inept Presidential Campaigns in History. (Remember the "Time Out" that led to "TARP"?)

Governor Crist: With all due respect, with friends like these, who needs enemies. You have, with apparently little or no effort, hit the perfect "Trifecta" for shooting yourself in the political foot as far as Conservatives and Tea Party folks are concerned. Congratulations (?)

Look at the embedded pictures I grabbed from the Governor's site. Odds are, once he realizes that reminding voters that he is the RINOs choice for Senator, they will be coming down, fast...

Marco Rubio has Senator Jim DeMint in his corner; Marco Rubio has pundits Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity singing his praises; Marco Rubio has RedState, one of the more influential Republican Blogs, backing him; and , of course, the " Pièce de Résistance ", yours truly backing Speaker Rubio.

Also Governor, one trait I want in a Senator is the ability to smell a Rat. In this case, the "Rat" I am referring to is your good buddy, Scott Rothstein. For you folks who are not familiar with our Good Governor's relationship with Mr. Rothstein..here is a link to get you started.

Like I said, with friends like these, who need enemies.

The BloggyBayou take on the current state of the Florida Senate Race: Advantage Rubio...BIGTIME.

Chairman Of The DNC Admts The HealthCare Bill A Ripoff

Here, again Howard Dean proves to be the Gift that keeps on giving...



We Must kill this Healthcare Bill. Call Your Congressman and Senators. If they are Democrats, ask them why their own Chairman calls this bill a ripoff of the American Taxpayer.

Some of the Press Gets it..Too bad it is in the UK

Daily Telegraph mocks the Scaremongers of Climate Change.

Update:
I stand Corrected.. Wes Pruden of the Washington Times gets it..

Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to all

Cheers,

Muckraker

PS: I managed to eat only white breast meat, one small scoop of dressing and a scoop of Mashed Potato(e)s. Had some veggie casserole on the side and finished it with a small slice of Slice of Cherry Pie.

I walked away from seconds... A first for me...

Global Warming With the Lid Off

The Wall Street Journal weighs in...Soon the rest of the MSM will HAVE to take Note

This will be a HUGE issue for Conservatives, Republicans and Americans in2010... Science is supposed to be base on observed truth. It is the one of the Pillars of our Modern Western Society.

Al Gore, The Left and environmental extremists have distorted Science to their political goals. Sooner or later, the truth had to come out.

Remember, the truth will set you free...

I am so glad I didn't buy Sunday Ticket this Year

Redskins- 6
Cowboys -7

I would have suffered another coronary... The pain, the pain

How Dare I call Out Pat Rice?

Mr. Rice doesn't like my Answer:

Mr. White,

Rather than simply writing around the specific issue, why don't you actually address the question I posed?

Thanks,
Pat Rice

I respond:

Mr. Rice:

I did, You ignored it.

Quote:

One could argue that with the ever increasing cost of college tuition, that local colleges are becoming a more attractive option to our families looking to get their child a better education. A new arena for sports that also can be used as a emergency center is not out of the question and makes the school more attractive.

Unquote

Every 4 year college in America has a Sports Arena of some type.

What you are trying to do is make an issue of a non-issue. There is no crime or malfeasance here. However, You are abusing your constitutionally protected role to make it one.

And please, don't lecture me on ignoring issues. You paper and your online efforts ignore issues every day.
.
However, I am questioning your competency. Example A: your feeble attempts to update your web site:

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/sections/election-news/

According to it, Barack Obama hasn't won the election yet and the tea party you reference isn't even the latest one that was held.

I know you covered it, because I saw the article. Why didn't you put on your election news site?

By the way, here is a much better piece on that event:

http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/musings-on-fort-walton-beach-tea-party.html

Like most of the MSM, you get flustered and defensive when challenged, and have to resort to banning people from your site and pulling their posts. I readily agree with your right to do so, but it is telling that you ban people who dare to challenge you with examples of your own shortcomings and lack of professionalism, like your post on the Sarah Palin Autobiography. Here is another gem you can read (if you haven't already)

http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/decline-of-defenders-of-first-amendment.html

As for the Bonuses your management took out before they declared bankruptcy I am waiting for the front page story on that issue. To refresh your memory:

http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/our-local-paper-reaches-out-for-more.html

I answer your questions, why not answer mine, without the immature snarky comments you often throw at posters on your site....

Why hasn't your paper hasn't taken your management to task for taking these massive bonuses right before your company went belly up? While you are at it, try throwing some resources towards this issue, believe me it is going to be HUGE:

http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/global-warming-fraud-at-highest.html

Cheers
ER White (aka BloggyBayou)

PS: have some guts and reactivate my BloggyBayou account.

Someone, Please Find Pat Rice A New Job?

Pat is questioning the new Arena at NWF State College...just now..A little late Pat...It is almost finished...

Here is my response:

Dear Mr. Rice:

You are a day late and dollar short... as usual.

One could argue that with the ever increasing cost of college tuition, that local colleges are becoming a more attractive option to our families looking to get their child a better education. A new arena for sports that also can be used as a emergency center is not out of the question and makes the school more attractive.

Why not think outside of the box and ask why do we allow tenure at our State-run universities and colleges? Many professors are overpaid and not really worth what the state pays them. Why are we wedded to the concept of a Four year degree? Why don't we base a student's tuition on what subjects he is taking. For example, Science majors get more of a break and grants, while liberal arts majors have to pay the more of their tuition out of pocket.

Journalism Students would get zero grants or favorable student loans as it is one of the disciplines that really have no meaning in today's modern world. In fact, I would recommend we remove that subject from our curriculum all together as anyone with a little effort, can do a newspaperman's job.

Let's face it, If Katie Couric is at the top of your profession, then let's make "perkiness" a requirement to be a top flight journalist.

Cheers
ER White (aka BloggyBayou)

PS: If you are so interested in checking into possible ripoffs, I suggest this is a good place to start:

http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/our-local-paper-reaches-out-for-more.html

Cheers,
ER White

Our Local Paper Reaches Out for More Content...Since They Can't Produce It On Their Own

Our Local Paper (currently in chapter 11) grasps at survival by argreeing to share content with the Pensacola News Journal and the Tallahassee Democrat.

I suggest a story for the Northwest Florida Daily News to be their first investigative story to share with their two new partners:

Quote:

Dear Mr Rice:

On your content sharing: Wow, more lazy, poorly researched and biased leftwing journalism is going to make it into our newspapers. I can't wait to vet it!

By the way, have you seen this News report?

http://azcapitoltimes.com/azpolicywonk/tag/freedom-communications/

Darn, I thought only evil Wall Street Firms plundered their companies before going bankrupt..guess I was wrong...

Question: Do any of the three people below still work for Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc?

Thomas Conner – Florida Freedom Newspapers
$30,000 (three MBO bonuses)
Karen Hanes - Florida Freedom Newspapers
$63,000 (four MBO bonuses)
Erik Thomason - Florida Freedom Newspapers
$18,000 (one MBO bonus)

If not, were they laid off (with severance packages), fired or did they just abandon ship?

Better yet, are any of Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc going to put this story in any of their papers?

Was there any kickback of bonuses to others, a la Charlie Morris? Has anyone of your paper looked into this? Just want the truth...Just asking a question, not accusing...

I bet Chris Hughes would point to this as justification of handing out Performance Bonuses..Darn, makes it kinda hard now for you guys to go after him without first cleaning out you own house?

Now before you reply with one of your "witty repartees" or worse, ban me again and pull my posts as is your right (No doubt in the spirit of the First Amendment /s off). I'm just practicing the journalism of the future...informed citizens keeping an eye out for biased or corrupt MSM outlets... No doubt Freedom Florida Newspapers, Inc, now that you, personally, are aware of this, will publish this in your "Deadwood" papers and launch an investigation into any possible malfeasance at your company.

As "Director of Content for Florida Freedom Newspapers" I fully expect you to take the lead on this..and hopefully it will show up in the Pensacola and Tallahassee Papers As well! Would be a great Kickoff to your new content sharing agreement.

Cheers
ER White (aka BloggyBayou)

Unquote

SNL Nails Obama

Sometimes, Saturday Night Live comes through for our side....

Global Warming Fraud at the Highest Scientific Levels

Pajamas Media has the best roundup.

In a nutshell: One of the major scientific institutions pushing Global Warming got hacked (or it was an inside job) and 172 MB of emails and data were taken. If authenticated (and the university in question isn't denying it) then:

a) Fraud and manipulation of data has occurred
b) Efforts to deny Freedom Of Information requests have been subverted
c) The Entire Theory of AGW (anthropogenic global warming, or “climate change.”) has been shattered.
d) Cap and Trade is based on politicised and bad science
e) Al Gore needs to return his Nobel Prize and retire to Tennessee.

If the left howls that the data, while accurate, was illegally stolen, just say three words: "The Pentagon Papers"

UPDATE: How the MSM is covering this. The Daily Telegraph is the conservative paper of record in Great Britain

The Decline of the Defenders of the First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

As I am writing this, it has become apparent that The Harry Reid has his sixty votes for cloture and to begin the debate of the Democratic Health Reform Bill. This battle has been lost; Sometime in the next few months, the Federal Government will inject itself into the everyday lives of normal Americans, and, if left uncontested and unchallenged, will become the final arbiter on when and how we die. Make no mistake. This will happen.

The Obama Revolution continues unabated, regardless of the overwhelming disapproval of the American people, who are now just realizing of the consequences of the 2008 presidential campaign and election. Only the Cap and Trade Bill's future is in doubt and don't be surprised some form of it will pass Congress. We have no one to blame but ourselves. All the information on what the troika of Obama, Pelosi & Reid intended was readily available in a plethora of mediums, of which the most important were blogs and yes, Fox News.

Admittedly, John McCain ran a horrible campaign, but to have lost to such a neophyte as Obama was due, for the great part, the complete dereliction of duty by our Main Stream Press to vet then Senator Obama. If a white Republican had gone to a church led by an unapologetic racist for twenty years, been married in it and raised his children in such an environment, he would have been, rightly so, eviscerated by the MSM press. If a white conservative politician had openly associated with a Ku Klux Klan member who in the sixties bombed black churches, this fact, would (and should!) have been shouted from the roof tops by the NY Times/Washington Post and all the three of the big three network news programs.

But reverse the politics and race and you get a docile press that ultimately resulted in President Barack Hussein Obama on 20 January, 2009.

Let's face it, despite all the new technology and the Internet, the VAST majority of Americans are still dependent on traditional media for their news. At best, Fox News gets 3 million viewers a night. This is in a nation of over 300 million. For all my fellow conservative bloggers, the information revolution will not be complete until we convince the majority of Americans that, for the most part, the Main Stream Media cannot be trusted to tell the truth.

I do not type these words with joy, but with sadness. Our Founding Fathers envisioned a vibrant press as a bulwark to keep our government honest. It was supposed to shine the harsh light of truth on the likes of Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha and yes, Barack Obama and to keep the American People informed of what these people stand for. Instead what has happened is Washington Politics and Press have merged into some loathsome hybrid creature, both feeding off the other and both parasites on the body politic. The press has become both lazy and biased, a toxic combination for our nation.

It is not just at the national level this has occurred, but also at the local level. Our local TV news are slaves to ratings and sweeps months and offer no real political insight. They are sound bite machines, with news practically regulated to second status to the weather report.

For most of America, our newspapers have been become a vehicle for delivery of non-news. The Sunday Paper, once the staple of investigative reports and serious news, is now a mere shell of its former self with the bulk of the paper being devoted to advertisements for the latest sales, comics and Parade magazine. While many papers are transitioning to Online versions, they are essentially tabloid in nature ("Nude man shoots Bear") and their professionalism has deteriorated to the point of self-parody.

Take for example my local paper, the Northwest Florida Daily News. Its parent company as well as its subsidiary, Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc are undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. From Panama City to Fort Walton Beach, Florida Freedom Newspapers is, for all practical purposes, the only print newspaper in area. It has a stranglehold on the area with regards to local print and online local news. Its "Director of Content for Florida Freedom Newspapers" is one Pat Rice. He was editor of the NW Florida Daily News, but has taken on this new position while the company restructures. He is a regular columnist for the paper and has an active blog. His new job is, by his own admission "a promotion that carries with it additional responsibilities for all 10 newspapers our company owns in Northwest Florida."

On November 18th, 2009, Mr. Rice posted the following on his Blog:
__________________________________________________________

Will you buy Palin's book? Will you (gag) read it?
Posted 11/18/2009 11:07 AM CST

The cable stations have been all atwitter these last few days about former Alaska Governor and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's book, which hit stores in Northwest Florida and elsewhere on Tuesday.

The title of the book is "Going Rogue," and Palin is certainly that. Some pundits also think she is a possible contender for her party's presidential nomination in 2012. You betcha!

I'm happy to admit that I probably won't buy Palin's book or read it if someone gives it to me. But not because of her political message, which I generally find to be devoid of anything but catchy phrases that only work if you are exceptionally attractive and know how to wink. Rather, I just don't like autobiographies period, and I especially don't like autobiographies by political people.

They always come off as self-promotional, self-aggrandizing, and self-interested to the point of being a dishonet (sic) baloney. That's why I haven't read Barack Obama's autobiography, that's why I haven't read Bill Clinton's autobiography, and that's why I won't read Palin's book.

Much better, I think, are biographies written by at least somewhat objective and dispassionate observers. There are a number of excellent biographies out there about Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower. The biography of Bill Clinton, "First in His Class," by David Marannis is also exceptional.

But enough about the fact that most autobiographies make me gag. Today's question is: Will you buy Palin's book? Will you read it? And do you think she's a possible 2012 presidential candidate for the Republicans?

As always, let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Pat

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Here is a man, who by his own admission one of the more important journalists in our area, bragging about how he doesn't read the autobiographies of current political figures. Unfortunately, I suspect that his position is held by most of the MSM. His gratuitous use of the word "Gag" when referring to reading Mrs. Palin's book is obnoxious as it is ineloquent. It comes across like a twitter "tweat" from a twelve year old. But what is truly disturbing is how this post reveals the intellectual vapidity of this critical player in my area's sole source of local "deadwood" and online papers. I strongly suspect this intellectual laziness is endemic across much of our newspapers, especially in areas like ours, where one franchise has a monopoly.

The hard left agenda of Barack Obama is not a surprise to the online conservative community, who read Obama's works. Sean Hannity, for all his bluster and bulldog approach to punditry, was well aware of Obama's autobiographies and was one of the early sounders of alarm. Indeed, of all the major news outlets, only Fox News and Talk Radio warned us to how radical the Obama's agenda was, based in no small part, by reading both of Obama's books; Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance and The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. For a political journalist not to have read these books in preparation to cover the 2008 election is inexcusable and irresponsible. To brag about it is unforgivable.

Autobiographies are almost as old as man. It started with crude drawing in caves, documenting a tribe's recent hunt , moved on to hieroglyphs chiseled in stone by Egyptian Pharaohs and then to the written word. Julius Caesar, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan are among the many who have put pen to paper to write about their life. It is up to the informed reader to discern fact from fiction and self-aggrandizement. But most importantly an autobiography offers the reader a rare glimpse into the subject's soul; It offers a prism to help you see the man in all his varied aspects and help one determine what he is made of and what he intends to do in the future.

Perhaps the most famous example of the press ignoring an autobiography of an active politician is Adolph Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggle). At the time he wrote it, he was in prison and was just another emerging figure in the chaos of Post WWI Germany. But in this rambling, chaotic screed, he laid out, for all to see, what his intentions were. The renunciation of the Versailles Treaty, the plan to gain lebensraum (living space) and above all, the plans to eradicate the Jews were painstakingly written out and defended. The Katie Courics and Pat Rices of that time failed to read it, or if they did, dismissed it as so much hyperbole.

Winston Churchill, Warrior, Politician, Pundit and Journalist, read it, warned Europe and America and was ignored until it was almost too late. The result was millions dead. Ironically, arguably the most poignant testament of the holocaust was the short autobiography of a young girl named Anne Frank, who was eventually consumed in the horror but has been rendered immortal by her decision and courage to put pen to paper before her death.

The lesson for my fellow conservatives, is that do not wait for the media to assist us in our time in the political wilderness. Indeed, I urge you to take what actions you can to stand up against the biased and lazy main stream media. The sooner we put local papers that fail to serve us out of business, the quicker a new press that will arise, in exciting new forms and unburdened the bigotry, prejudices and sheer laziness of the current press.

The road to 2010 and 2012 will be difficult. But our first lesson we must learn is not to depend on the "Professional Pundits" and "Press" to speak "Truth to Power". They lost that ability years ago. We can only depend on ourselves to get the word out to our fellow citizens. Start putting "pen to paper" and spread the word. We are the heirs to the most successful revolution in mankind's history. We will honor our ancestors by keeping the dream alive....

Jim Greer must Go NOW...He is Hurting Our Party and Our Image

Earlier this month I posted a blog about Jim Greer, Ray Sansom and how one (or both) of these men are lying to our State Senator, Don Gaetz. Here is a link to that post.

On 5 November, the Hillsborough County Republican Party nailed Mr. Greer and his, for lack of a better word, henchman, Rich Heffley, for going into the black bag business of dirty political tricks. In a display of sheer ineptitude, both men got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Here is a link to the Hillsborough County GOP complaint. The only thing worse than being sleaze bags is being incompetent sleaze bags.

Congratulations Mr. Greer on single handily launching a revolt in the Florida GOP (I am assuming that Governor Crist had no knowledge of this, but only a full an open investigation into all RPOF financial and and electronic communications can we really be sure)

On 16 November, 2009, The Okaloosa County Republican Executive Committee, in a overwhelming vote, formally asked that at the next quarterly meeting of the RPOF that Mr Greer be given a vote of "No Confidence" and that he formally resign his post as Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.

I strongly suspect that other counties are going to soon follow suit. Enough is Enough. I have been attending Tea Parties in our area and they point to the morass and air of corruption that Mr. Greer has fostered. They also point to the embrace of "Porkulus" by Gov. Crist and then his comical attempts to backtrack on his endorsement of it, despite numerous documents and YouTube videos of him backing same said Porkulus fiasco.

In Okaloosa County, I have made it clear to the Tea Party leaders that if they want to keep Mr. Crist from going to the Senate, that they HAVE to register Republican so they can vote against him in the Primary. I have made no secret of my desire to see Marco Rubio elected and I have pushed him to the local Tea Party Patriots as a man they can trust. I hope I made a good enough arguement to get them to urge fellow Tea Party members to register Republican in order to stop Crist and vote Rubio. Time will tell and I WILL NOT stop trying.

We, the Grassroots Republicans, can also garner Tea Party Patriot votes (and respect) by showing to them we mean business when it comes to cleaning up our own mess. If Jim Greer had any sense of decency, he would call an emergency meeting of the RPOF County Chairs and State Committee men and women tomorrow, resign and allow the County Chairmen and State Party reps find someone who can restore trust to the RPOF.

I state again to my Senator, Don Gaetz. You have been lied to by either Ray Sansom or Jim Greer or, as I strongly suspect, both. In addition, Jim Greer has been caught doing a very poor imitation of Dick Nixon. Talk to the Hillsborough GOP chair if you don't believe me.

It is time to man up Senator. Either you are with us or against us on this. It is a black or white decision..there is no gray area here. I and all Grassroot Republicans expect action and Tea Party members are watching to see if they can ever again put their trust in the Republican party.

Jim Greer's resignation or firing is the first step back for Republicans to show we can be trusted to do the right thing.

Musings on the Fort Walton Beach Tea Party of 14 November

The first Tea Party I attended months ago was a somewhat chaotic affair, it was held outdoors under threatening weather and there was no real organization, just enthusiasm.

The Tea party I saw yesterday was still enthusiastic but it was light years improved with regards to organization. When I first got there, a young lady with an orange flag stopped me and asked me if I had special needs parking. I said no and she told me where to go park. I was waved into my parking space by a volunteer wearing a neon green t-shirt with the word "Staff" in big bold letters and "fwbteaparty" underneath. The cars parked ran the gamut from Mercedes to ancient Pick-up trucks

Unlike the last Tea Party, this was held inside the Fairgrounds building. The entrance was decorated with both professionally and hand-made signs, all geared towards the concept of limited government and against the present course our country is on. As I entered was asked for a 2 dollar entrance fee to help offset costs and then was asked if I was a veteran. I said yes and they gave me a gold badge to wear to identify me as a former member of the military. Booths were there, most were for candidates running for various political offices (Including Henry Kelly who is running as an independent for FL District 1 House and is Vice Chairman/Legislative Team leader of the FWB Tea Party). Other candidates were there with booths (Not as many as we had at the Republican Caucus last week) as well a T-shirt sales. John Krause was there running as a Republican for the District 1 House seat, as well as Craig Barker, Mayor of Destin running for the State District 4 representative. Numerous people were walking around with the "Staff" t-shirts and everyone was polite.

I met with Chris Saccomanno (He is the Tea party Leader and we have been exchanging Phone calls and Emails but this was our first face-to-face meeting) and he was very polite (note: he was wearing gold badge) and our combined conversations have revealed that we had much more in common politically than not. People were vying for his time, so I said my goodbye and said good luck!

It was reported by the NW Florida Daily News that the number of attendees was 200. There were people like me that came for the first half, but had other duties and had to leave (I had to play "Mr. Dad" that day for my son)..I am also confident that others showed up after the NW Florida Daily News posted their article (it was posted online almost 45 minutes before the event was over). So I would say the number of folks there was around 300 and I may be undercounting. And remember, this was being held on a "College Football" Saturday.

Entering the auditorium, there was a stage, with sound system and a video projector for films and slides on a screen and a digital camcorder to record the speakers. (FWB has their own Website and YouTube page) Rows of chairs were aligned neatly around the stage.

Henry Kelly started things off with a the pledge of allegiance and national anthem and then had a rundown of the day's schedule and emphasized that they had reserved time for members of to come forward and speak. There were to be talks about the census, cap and trade (both sides of the issue represented) and a talk from the supervisor of elections.

I had to go after the first hour and half (Dad duties), but from what I saw impressed me in terms of organization, tone and presentation. There was no anger, there was no extremism, there was only very polite people who had taken time from their day off to express their concern for the path that our country is taking us.

Now I quote from an article on Tea Parties written in the Washington Post by David Corn:

"A recent poll found that only 25 percent of Americans have a positive opinion of the Republican Party (compared to 42 percent for the Democrats). Hanging out with "Nazi"-shouters who wave racist and hateful signs is not likely to boost the popular appeal of congressional Republicans. Boehner and company are not merely playing to the base; they're saddling up with the worst elements of the right. It won't be a pretty ride."

Here is a link to the Article and here is a link to David Corn's Bio. This man is far left and yet he is considered a main stream commentator in the Washington Post. His article is a pure hit piece on a movement that scares the left. That should be a call to Republicans to listen to these people. It hasn't been the Republicans generating headlines, it has been Tea Parties and Town Halls. The left knows where the threat is and are preemptively trying to short circuit it.

What I saw today was a group of everyday folks who are worried at the direction our country is on and determined to change that course. They know spending has gotten out of control, they see our President apologizing for imagined sins and they see a administration that is in the process of abandoning the war on terror and, in effect, going back to a 9/10 mentality. (There were many veterans there, but we in the panhandle are home to many retired veterans so I wouldn't attribute this makeup to other tea parties in the country).

I am a committed Republican. I believe that only through the Republican party can we generate an opposition that can slow down the Obama administration in 2010 and kick it out in 2012. However, I understand the frustration of the Tea Party crowd. When they speak of Republicans, they are speaking of the entrenched elite that have consistently "played" the game of compromise politics with the compromise always being in the Democrat's favor.

For Example, Eric Holder was confirmed as Attorney General with wide Republican support. Yet here is a man who engineered the Marc Rich pardon, was a partner in a law firm that was in the forefront of defending terrorists who have sought to do our country harm and now has decided to grant the architects of the 9/11 attacks the same freedoms and rights that they sought to destroy and bring them in our country for trial. Not one Republican should have supported his nomination, yet here is a list of those Republicans that did:

Alexander (R-TN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Chambliss (R-Ga)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Sessions (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Voinovich (R-OH)

While there are some true conservatives in the list, for the most part it's like "Casablanca"...you know..."Round up the usual suspects".

What I would say to the FWB Tea Party members: Take time to sit with the members of the Okaloosa Republican Party leadership. You will find people just as frustrated as you with our "establishment" GOP. Look at my blog and you will see someone who decided to become active in Republican Party politics in order to, in a very small way, help it renew its roots with the American people and turn itself into the party of limited government and an unapologetic strong foreign policy. Go to websites like "RedState" and you will find Republicans who feel as you do.

I cannot speak for other Republicans, but only for myself. However, what I see in the Tea Party movement is a way for the Republicans to regain their soul and passion for their country. Republicans should not try to take over Tea Parties, but nor should they object to Tea Party members joining our ranks. What we need to do is find common ground in races that we can have major impact on.

In Florida, there is one obvious race that many reform minded Republicans can join forces with the Tea Party. It is the Senate Race between Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist.

One of the reasons I went from passive voter to active Republican was because of a bipartisan TARP program, followed by a totally wasteful stimulus package that has, by all accounts, been useless and whose only achievement has been to triple our deficit and will eventually trigger inflation and burden us with debt for generations to come. ( Here is a link to my take on the current spending.)

This was a bright line for me and Charlie Crist crossed it when he embraced Obama/Pelosi economic plan. That was not the actions of a true Republican. So I went out, looked over the list of candidates that could defeat Crist and came up with Marco Rubio. I'm sure there are issues that I would disagree with Mr. Rubio, but he is closest to my core political beliefs and is the only real threat to keep Crist from winning the Republican nomination. It was a practical decision on my part.

For Tea Party members here is a way you can help stop Obama. First, you have to vote for Rubio in the Primary and the only way to do that is to register as Republican. If Rubio fails in the Primary, you are looking at either Charlie Crist as Senator (an Arlen Specter clone) or worse yet, a Democrat who will vote the Democratic party line. There are no Independent threats to Crist (or the Democrat nominee) in the general election. The only way for you to stop Crist is in the Primary. So I urge you to spread the word to fellow Tea Party members statewide who are not registered Republicans to register as one in order to vote for Rubio and stop Crist. 2010 favors the Republicans and I am confident Rubio, if nominated, will win.

In Okaloosa, I am well aware that Mr. Kelly is running for Congress. Registering Republican will not prevent you from voting for Mr. Kelly in the General Election. Principles are the core of politics, but tactics are crucial in implementing those core principles. One Senator is worth 10 house seats and it is in the Senate where a minority can more easily stop a majority. Odds are Democrats will lose seats but not control in the house in 2010. Increasing the Republican conservative numbers in the Senate are key.

Conservative Republicans across the country are making their feelings known. For example, Senator Bennett of Utah, one of the most pliable of the Republicans, is facing open revolt from the Republican Right in his state and may not survive the primary. I have no doubt Tea Party Members are a key part of that conservative ground swell in Utah.

So here is where I suggest it is in our best interests to join forces. You would not be making a pact with the devil, but with friends. Republican hands are open to you. To Okaloosa Republicans, I urge you to listen and attend Tea Parties. Let's have a booth at the next one held by the FWB Tea party and start talking. All I ask is both sides listen to the other. Both of us might be pleasantly surprised.

This Post is to Celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall and to Congratulate the Okaloosa Tea Party!

This weeks marks the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. It also marked my third attendance at a Fort Walton Beach Tea Party. I will write more tomorrow on my Tea Party experience, but I will say I was very impressed with the organization and the presentation of what I saw. Democrats and Republicans: Underestimate these people at your peril.

In Honor of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I present to you a sample of Communist run TV at its finest:



This is a link to Background on this masterpiece of Art

Florida Republicans: Jim Greer Must Go

Jim Greer says he has the backing of the state GOP executive board.

I made my feelings clearly known here.

Fact, In Okaloosa County, for the first time in decades, there are more people registering as independents than republicans and it isn't even close. The Tea Party folks and other non-affiliated voters have HAD IT with politics as usual.

If we are to have ANY hope of getting these people to trust Republicans again, then it is time for Jim Greer and Ray Sansom to go. Mr. Sansom should resign for his political ineptitude alone. Mr. Greer should resign because there are serious questions about his financial management of RPOF funds and his stonewalling about questionable dirty tricks by his staff.

When I saw him cut up his AMEX credit card in front of the Press, it felt more staged than a Professional Wrestling match and less honest than a guy hustling a "Three Card Monte" game on the sidewalks of New York City.

Republican Party Chairs: Firing Jim Greer would be the best move and the best signal to the independent voter in Florida (and to the Republican Grassroots) that you mean business when it comes to running a party that cares about honest government.

Charlie Crist is Toast. His embrace of Obamanomics and then his doubletalk about it once Obama tanked in the Polls have made him damaged goods. If he is the nominee then Independents will a) either vote for the opposition or b) vote by staying home. The same goes for your ordinary local Republican. Crist drank from the poisoned chalice when he embraced Obamanomics and no amount spin will change the fact that he did.

My fellow Republicans: For the good of our party and for the good of our state and country, Jim Greer must go.

Why I was banned from the NW Florida Daily News

I recently was banned under my Blog name "BloggyBayou". If you are interested why, here is the Link:

http://www.bloggybayou.com/2009/11/nw-florida-daly-news-freedom-of-speech.html

Freedom of the Press was recognized as a critical right by our Founding Fathers. It was supposed to be the people's watchdog over an overzealous government and (1st amendment and all) It was supposed to be freewheeling and rambunctious and open to all points of view. At least that's how our Founding Father's envisioned it.

What they didn't foresee was the rise of the Press as an insular institution, that dictates views and limits expression. With the rise of radio, then television, the power of the press was becomingly increasingly centered in the hands of a few. With the advent of TV, newspapers were dealt a near mortal blow with the result being that fewer print papers (deadwood media) exist and once dominant magazines such as Time and Newsweek are fighting for their financial lives.

The end result is communities like Fort Walton Beach, Destin and Niceville have only one small paper to meet our local print newspaper needs. To make it worse, it and its parent company are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the paper has shut its local Fort Walton offices down and moved the operation to Panama City. Such is the nature of the economy we live in. But, with the NW Florida Daily News being the only game in town, they get to set the tone of the debate in this area as far as print media goes. On the Internet, it's a different story.

In a recent Blog post, Pat Rice, referred to Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson as "Uber-conservatives" . As you can tell from my above post, I called him on it. It was an ugly, vicious smear because its connotations of the right wing of the Republican party as being Fascist were obvious. Once I called Mr. Rice on it, he changed the "Uber" to "Hyper", but his true feelings were already laid bare for all to see.

Then, after Mr. Rice indicated that I was under some type of alien mind control, I pointed out succinctly and accurately that his stewardship of online site left much to be desired. As a retired Navy Officer, it was a gentle dress down in my opinion, but it apparently was too much for Mr. Rice to handle. He had me barred and my Posts taken off the site. I stand by my posts and you can read them for yourselves at my Blog (www.bloggybayou.com).

Mr. Rice recently advertised that they were looking for "citizen bloggers" to work for free, but advised they needed thick skin and have to be able to take the heat and be able to dish it out. If banning criticism and banning people from his site for making accurate observations as to how good a job he is doing Mr. Rice's idea of thick skin, then I suggest it is time for the NW Florida Daily News find a new "Director of Content for Florida Freedom Newspapers" (my posts point out his, in my opinion, dismal performance...It took him almost 10 months to correct his own Bio to reflect his true status in his organization). In the wild wooly world of the Internet, what I did was just a slap on the wrist. If you want to see some really vicious stuff, go to the "Daily Kos".

When DARPA came up with the internet, it saved us from the tyranny of the elite Main Stream Media. Making people disappear from photographs and comments and writings vanish was once stock-in-trade in Stalinist Russia. The Internet has made that infinitely more difficult. We "Citizen Journalists" are just getting started and number one on our list is to hold our political elites accountable (Latest Example: Charlie Crist denying he supported "Porkulus"- That didn't take long to disprove). Number two on the list is to hold the mainstream media accountable.

Finally, the Email sent to me by the paper said the following:

"Your account has been blocked from posting at nwfdailynews.com. To restore
access, please contact Pat Rice at (850) 747-5092."

I won't contact Mr. Rice, but I will meet him in a neutral public place with third parties to tape and record our entire conversation. I get to ask questions and query his motives and methods, as he mine.

As for being blocked to post at NW Florida Daily News..You really must get more tech savvy Mr. Rice.... I just posted again (and got a screen shot to prove it if you ban me again).

Cheers,
BloggyBayou

Brilliant piece of Political Insight

The Folks at "ReasonTV" are to be congratulated:



Simply Brilliant....

Pat Rice Edits his Post on "Uber-Conservatives"

Pat Rice originally described Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson as "Uber-Conservative".

I pointed out the inherent "insult" with such language in this Post (before I was Banned).

Since then he has replaced "Uber-Conservative" with "Hyper-Conservative"... (another win for BloggyBayou!).

For ANYONE with a modicum of political astuteness and awareness, there is no way Fred Thompson can be classified as either "Hyper" or "Uber" conservative... Only someone who is, in his deepest darkest soul, "hyper-Left", could consider Thompson as an extreme right-winger. (I'm talking to you Pat...Just in case you still don't get it)

Palin is in the Rightwing of the party (and that is nothing to be ashamed of or wrong), but I strongly suspect there is a strong libertarian streak in her...time will tell. If you want to read the writings of a true libertarian Republican... always remember to read http://www.bloggybayou.com/!

Oh Dear, this doesn't help the "Climate Change" folks!

This October the third coldest on record....

NW Florida Daily News: "Freedom of Speech as Long as We like it"

I got this in My Email Basket this AM...

Quote:

Good morning,
Your account has been blocked from posting at nwfdailynews.com. To restore access, please contact Pat Rice at (850) 747-5092.
Regards,
Sean Flynn

Below are links to the offending Blogposts that got me banned

Blogpost #1

Blogpost #2

Rough? yes. Tough? Oh yeah. Sarcastic? yep. Folks, as they say, Politics ain't bean bag (Unless you are Pat Rice, "Director of Content for Florida Freedom Newspapers"....)

Folks, The NW Florida Daily News is a microcosm of what has happened to the American Press. They show contempt for Common folk of RedState/Flyover country, yet are surprised that their subscription or ratings are going in the tank.

The MSM cannot tolerate criticism and when confronted they edit the tape, edit the interview, or in this case, ban the user and delete the posts. (go to www.bloggybayou .com and surf around...you will see the Posts.)

Never fear, your Intrepid agitprop Blogger is not deterred and will shortly expose another flaw in our local left wing rag's Defenses. They say they are libertarian, but we all know they are your typical knee jerk Liberals. The Libertarian schtick only came about when they FINALLY realized they were going broke last year and filed for Bankruptcy. But instead of going out a hiring new blood with a fresh, new conservative perspective (or even libertarian perspective) they just kept the same old Slobs in charge and they pronounced themselves "Libertarians".

I'm throwing the "BS" Flag. Folks...You cannot win by trying to cozy up to these people. You confront them and challenge them. If your goal is to be liked by them... then they have won the battle...

I'll get a screenshot of my next move, because I'll be quickly banned (again)....

Thomas Paine is rolling over in his grave due to the decline in our Press..It's up to us free spirited Bloggers to remember what he fought and wrote for...

Votes for Sale In Congress

Here is the Article..Democrats prove they can still be bought...But was there any doubt about that?

Pat, Pat, Pat

Pat Rice goes for the Kill on Yours Truly:
Quote:

bloggybayou,

I'm happy to see your still around. Or perhaps the aliens finally brought you back with new instructions.

Anyway, thanks for your continuing oversight and predictable derision. I'll have someone look into the issue you bring up. But with 5 million-plus page views a month, we must be doing something right!

Cheers,
Pat

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Yours Truly responds:

Quote:
Pat, Pat, Pat....

Once again, I state facts and you respond with insults... The Only Aliens I object to are the illegal kind...

First, Your most popular site is Mugshots... Admit it....

Second, I am merely pointing out that you are failing in your PRIMARY Duty to maintain up to date content.. You, Pat, are failing to do your Job.... In the real world, People get fired for the quality of work you are doing.. really! I mean this as constructive criticism... You really need to get to work....

Let's face it, there is major Election news out there and you still have stuff from January 2009 On your "Election" site. I know you had a orgasm when Obama won, but, let's face it... Hope and Change are wearing thin (Wanna make any side bets as to how many seats the Republicans win in 2010?)

But let us get back to your personal work ethic, or lack thereof....I told you about your Election Website weeks ago, and you have YET to even put a place holder there (like "Under Construction" or "Pat Rice Is too lazy or lacks authority to get this fixed" or "We haven't a clue"...you get my drift...)

So Now, I forced you to redo your title Mr. "Director of Content For Florida Freedom Newspapers" (win for Me) and are you just refusing to do your job to spite me? Seems so...

You and your company are in Chapter Eleven and on your Freedom website.. I strangely can't find your name on it.. But I do see Fox New's John Stossel... and other conservatives...

Please explain to me if you have ANY say so as to the content of www.freedompolitics.com ? Or are you merely a sometime blogger/editor who is well past his due date...? Perry White, you ain't...

Also, Tell Me, Are advertisers paying for you to have their ads on out-of-date web pages? Some would consider that Fraud....Or are you giving them Free ad space (Which may explain why you are broke...)

Oh... The Mothership rang, gotta run!

Cheers!

ER White
Unquote

I got way too much time on my hands... Ida...You are keeping me from My Day Job....

Club for Growth Weighs in On Crist

Folks, NO MATTER HOW HARD HE TRIES TO DENY IT, Charlie Crist was FOR THE PORKULUS BILL!!!!!!!!!!!



This is a Republican Gut Check issue: No Person who supported that monstrosity of wasteful spending has the right to be called or elected as a Republican....

Remember Folks, 2010 WE GET TO CHOOSE!

Great Ad: Pass it along:



Democrats: protecting Lawyers before Seniors.....

Pat Rice Strikes Again

Last time he caught my eye, I was stuck in the house playing Nursemaid to a sick family... Today, I'm stuck in the house due to a nonexistent Hurricane.

Here is a link Pat's idea of In-depth and intelligent political commentary.

Here is My response:
Mr. Rice:

If Palin is "Uber" Right (with all the fascist undertones such a label implies) I guess that makes you and Pelosi "Trotskyite" Left....

And Thompson is more of a buddy to McCain...The Press's favorite Republican (At least until he ran as President)

Really Mr. Rice, you need to stop commenting on political matters until you at least start doing your job as "Director of Content for Florida Freedom Newspapers"

Example A is still awaiting your fix: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/sections/election-news/

It's November 2009, Not January 2009....

But, I guess quality newspaper and Web management are not your Forte...

ER White

He will ignore me.... Seems he won't argue with someone who points out his world is going the way of the Dodo Bird, and that he is the lead Dodo...

PS: Here is a link to another stellar effort by the NW Florida Daily News :

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/sections/special-reports/

If it looks empty to you, it's because it is....Click on the "Archives" link and you get another fat goose egg....Real good effort there Pat....

Army chief: Avoid speculation about Hasan's faith

The Top Officer in the U.S. Army tells us to avoid speculation about the Shooter's faith.

Uh...No... We already know he was a devout Muslim and we know he had made disparaging remarks about our country and our fight against terror... There is no "Speculation" here..only facts.

When our Military goes PC, that's when we put the lives of our son's and daughter's on active duty in danger....

On Monsters and Madmen In Our Midst

13 of our fellow Americans are dead. Over 30 wounded. The Shooter, one of own. A man whose professional existence was made possible by the generosity of the American taxpayer and our system of government that espouses the ideal that all are created equal and a one's religion is one's own business.

We are told not to jump to conclusions. Our President, says not to judge until all the facts are in. CAIR (Council on Islamic-American Relations), the Islamic front group, condemns the act, but fails to note that the FBI severed its once-close ties with CAIR as evidence mounted of the group's links to a support network for Hamas, which the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization.

The known facts so far is that Major Nidal Malik Hasan was shouting "Allah Akbar" as he coldly snuffed out the lives of 13 people. The facts are Major Nidal Malik Hasan has made numerous complaints about the Global War on Terror and has expressed sympathy for those Muslims who strap bombs to their bodies and blow them and innocent others to bloody chunks of humanity. There are reports this Physician was proselytizing to his patients. By all accounts he is a devout devotee to Islam and it plays a central role in his life. He made no attempt to hide his anger at being deployed to the Middle East and his behavior was noted by our military. The man was a ticking time bomb of Islamic religious fervor and in our politically correct and cowed society (where we do not hold a President accountable for attending a racist, anti-American church for 20 years), the best our military could do to stop him was give him a poor performance report.

I will not play the "PC" fool. At 1:34 PM Central Standard Time on 5 November 2009, the worst Islamic terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11 took place. There is no other way to look at it. No amount of CAIR statements will convince me otherwise. We are dealing with a religion whose epicenter allows no non-believers walk. We are dealing with a religion whose main bastion and amongst many of its adjacent states, treat women as chattel and embrace violence as a legitimate method of converting the infidel.

Islam is still, at its core, a religion of barbarism, mired in its beliefs that are still stuck Middle Ages. It uses the tools of freedom that the West makes available to protect itself and its way of life (Here is the link CAIR's to "Know Your Civil Rights" site) and then, as their numbers grow, begin to insist their "religious law" (Sharia) trump our civil law. Relatives committing honor killings on young people are on the rise. Just because their children decided the gifts of Western Civilization offered them a better life.

These acts are happening in the West! Can you imagine the horrors that women and children under the Taliban suffer? Can you imagine the abuse and terror that is inflicted on the women and children of Saudi Arabia? I am not talking about the families of the rich in Saudi Arabia, who let their wives and daughters travel and live in the west to escape the prison of Islamic law, but of the everyday woman who has never known a day where in public she can let her face feel the warmth of the sun or the kiss of gentle wind on her face. Why does the West not stand up to such barbarism?

Why? Two reasons: Our dependence on foreign oil and the imposition of concept of "Political Correctness" by our intellectual and political elites that threatens our lives as much as any terrorist organization.

The United States has become the crack whore of foreign oil. America’s goal should be the country that has the cheapest and most abundant energy supply on earth. We are an energy rich nation, both in natural resources and scientific knowledge. Nuclear power is American power. Forged in the crucible of war, this uniquely American source of power is the key to our future energy independence. We are rich in hydrocarbon fuel in the form of oil, shale and coal. Why are we afraid to embrace it?

Because of the Political Correctness of "Global Warming". The same elites who tell us not to consider the murders committed by Major Nidal Malik Hasan as a "Islamic Terrorist act" are the same people who espoused “Man-made Global Cooling” in the Seventies are the same people who are scare-mongering to drum up support for “Man-made Global Warming” today. These people are not concerned with the practical running and operation of an economy for the greater good. Their intent is to impose on the United States a set of naïve and dangerous ideals that were formulated by the extreme left in the Sixties that have no real basis in rationality or progress.

Don't expect the current administration to counter this dangerous philosophy, because they are the leaders of it. Even as I type this, there are brave young men and women in Iran rising up against the Islamic State and President Obama has sided with the corrupt and evil Mullahs and their stooges. So much for being the Light of Freedom for the World.

Don't expect the current Congress to step up and make a stand. We have, over the past 50 years, allowed our elected officials (both Republican and Democrat) transform themselves into privileged "Mandarins" who are no longer public servants and are, for the most part, unaccountable to the normal rule of law that we, as citizens, must live under. Re-election is how they measure their personal success and any action that makes that possible, justifies it, regardless of the consequences of those actions.

I say now: The Front Line on the Global War on Terror, The Front Line of this Clash of Civilizations is not on in the mountains of Afghanistan or the deserts of Iraq. The Front Line is on Main Street, USA. There is where the real battle is being fought.

Do we make the effort to rid ourselves of energy dependence?

Do we condemn and resist the obvious, that Islam, as it is practiced at its heart, is cruel and dangerous philosophy that endangers our children and grandchildren?

Do we call out the apologists for this distorted religion and shun them in the way we finally did to the likes of the KKK and segregationists?

Do we continue to hemorrhage our wealth and work to support these reactionary regimes?

Do we continue to be afraid to speak the obvious truth that when a devout Muslim wantonly kills, whether he does it on his own or with an organized cabal, that it is intrinsically an act of Islamic terror?

Or do we take the blinders off and start speaking the plain and obvious truth about our war with Islamic fundamentalists and take the obvious and necessary route to regain true independence from the despots of the Middle East?

The Elections of 2010 and 2012 will answer these questions.

Allen Boyd -D FL District 2 says "No Mas" to healthcare

He knows a loser when he sees it!

Still, lets remind the voters he voted for TARP, Porkulus and the Budget next November

Folks, It is behavior like this that gives the GOP a bad name

Here is the link to RedState...

He is just a less macho version of Alren Specter......

Did Sansom offer to repay RPOF for European vacation?

Here is a Link to the Item in "The Buzz".

ENOUGH. Either Jim Greer or Ray Sansom (or both) need to go NOW. This has turned into a farce and now is threatening the future career of a decent and honorable man.

Republicans of NW Florida. No matter if you feel Ray Sansom was the target of a rouge prosecutor...if this story is TRUE and Ray Sanson took his family along with him to Europe on the RPOF dime and Greer refused to accept reimbursement then Jim Greer needs to immediately resign. PERIOD.

Ray Sansom may have had good reason to go to Europe to promote Florida, but if he took his family and the RPOF picked up the tab, then that is WRONG. Maybe not legally (I am not a lawyer and this was party, not public funds), but it was certainly morally wrong.

We cannot stand by for "politics as usual" from our own Party and expect to be taken seriously when we go after corruption in the Democrats while we let our State GOP office and party become a punchline for jokes and subject of derision.

Our State Senator, Don Gaetz, is now embroiled in this. His name is in the paper directly asking Ray Sansom for the truth. Senator Gaetz is now on the hook to find out who is lying and should be first in line to insist Jim Greer step down if Jim Greer refused reimbursement.

I know and admire Senator Gaetz. But he is now embroiled in this mess up to his neck (Sorry -- No one said life is fair). If he wants to save it, he better get to the truth and insist Jim Greer resign if Ray Sansom offered to payback the money and he (Greer) refused to take it. If Ray Sansom lied to Senator Gaetz, then Senator Gaetz needs to demand Ray Sansom resign. No matter how you look at it, Don Gaetz needs to make a "head role" over this if he wants to save his own politcal scalp.

Someone is lying (or both are hiding the truth) and has put Senator Gaetz, an honorable man, in an untenable situation. It isn't fair to Senator Gaetz, but such is the burden of public office. Sometimes doing the right thing will hurt a friend. But doing what is right trumps friendship and political expediency.

Independents are outnumbering both Democrats and Republicans combined in recent voter registration in our neck of the woods. One reason is that both parties have tolerated crap as described above. I tell you now, while Democrats might shrug off such stuff, Conservative and Libertarian Republicans do not. Hence the rise of the "Tea Parties" and Townhalls filled with people outraged over our politicians behavior and spendthrift ways. If Republicans ever want to get back in the good graces of these people and garner their votes, then they better make sure they have a clean house.

Senator Gaetz knows how to contact me if he has a problem with this post. I will grant him "Carte Blanche" to reply on my site. The same goes for Ray Sansom and Jim Greer.

After the NW Florida Daily News 1 Nov Editorial...Ya just need to Remember the ground truth...

I know some people take their Amberjack seriously... But just remember, Crist is "Arlen Specter" Lite....

Nine More Banks Fail

115 to date this year.

The article makes only a glancing observation about the Commercial Real Estate Loan looming crisis and declares the home mortgage crisis over....

Wait till January. It will be a weak Christmas Season, lots of stores will close and the chickens will come home to roost. While India and China come out of recession, the price of Oil will again spike due to demand, and our economy will be at best flatlining....

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