Government Assault On The Florida Peninsula

There was no bailout for the owner of this now underwater townhouse purchased just beffore the 2008 economic crash.  Wall Street was bailed out but not Florida mortgage holders.  Top Economist Greenspan did not realize there was a mortgage crisis.  Neither did the consumer,  The Banks and brokerage houses were bailed out by the US Government but not the consumers who were hoodwinked into overpriced homes by their policies.  Previous under water Florida properties used to be caused by Hurricanes.  The most recent underwater Florida properties were caused by negligent economic policies promoted by the US Government. SEND FEMA!   FLORIDA REAL ESTATE NEEDS A BAILOUT NOW!!!!!! 

1. First our votes didn't count in the Presidential Primary(especially Democrats.)

2. The Space Shuttles and Constellation Program were canceled leaving 6,000 to 9,000 Kennedy Space Center Workers unemployed.

3. Trickle down unemployment in the Brevard County will make it 14,000 out of work.

4. Now oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico potentially damaging the Florida beaches to obtain a small amount of oil.

5. Insufficient government push for clean energy such as manufacturing solar panels in the Sunshine State.

6. An education plan to penalize teachers for foolish state mandated curriculums,insufficient technical and business high schools,an  impractical US education college prep programs for all, benchmarks that require teaching to the test and other impractical philosophies that assume only one level of education for a diverse population .

7. A perpetuation of anti-teacher and anti -public school attitudes by people who went to private or parochial schools

8. In other words, the Democrat dominated US government bowing to Drill Baby Drill, Fire Bad Teachers, Privatize Space Travel, Eliminate Kennedy Space Center Union workers and other favorite Republican/Conservative views.

8. Neither party needs Florida anymore to get elected, All the chads have been counted. All the Bushs(GW,GWIand Jeb) are out of office. The Democrats have no interest in the Space Coast. The Republicans don't need Florida anymore.

9. Liberals are now Progressives and Repubicans have Tea Parties

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Florida's Wonders

10. The US is Spaced Out with manned flight being done by the Russians and space flight privatized in the USA.

11. Anyway Florida is out of the Space Race and into Oil Drilling

12. So Florida is going backwards as recommended by the US Government.

13.  What ever happened to environmental and global warming concerns?

14.  The citizens of Florida have not been bailed out of the government promoted subprime mortgage debacle.   Florida is first in foreclosures but soon no longer in space.

Create A Little Controversy

What else is new? There's always a rebel rouser. Or is it a rabble rouser? That's what America is all about.Rebellion! We celebrate it every Fourth of July since 1776. Listen my children and you shall hear of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere on the 18th of April in '75. Now barely a person is now alive who remembers that day and year. That's Longfellow talking about 1775 for you youths of today who might think it's 1975.
America began with the Pilgrims in 1620 who were seeking religious freedom from the state controlled religions in Europe. By 1775 they were organizing a rebellion. Tea Parties were protesting Taxation Without Representation by throwing tea shipments into Boston Harbor to create a little controversy. Eventually that tea party became the Shot Heard 'Round The World. Revolutions happened in every country. America founded by Christian Separatists became a gun toting people's militia. By the 1860's Civil War between North and South broke out. The Union won after hundreds of thousands were killed. This rebellion didn't work like the one in 1776 did. But hang onto your Confederate dollars,the South will rise again.
So the moral: Be Careful What You Wish For!

Removing The Battery

I couldn't call for tech support from India. When my computer froze last time, I had to call India for help. The poor man had worked all night helping people with technical problems. It was dawn. Soon he'd be able to go home. I was extremely dense. I promised him I would never call again. So this time I didn't. It was hard to get the battery out mainly because it isn't labeled and you have to push the switch and bang on the computer so that it will fall out. My husband couldn't figure it out. He wasn't as patient or helpful as the man from India. He was very angry that I would ask for help. So I did it myself.
Still I do thank again the technical support from India. It wouldn't hurt for HP to label the battery case and explain how to restart your laptop when it goes down. Maybe the technical support in India wouldn't have to deal with such inane simple questions.
So again thanks to the techies in India for their support.

Johnny Damon

The one Yankee Game that we could see vs The Nationals was rained out. Thanks heavens the Yankees sold Johhnny Damon to Detroit so we got to see a Yankee/Red Sox play Now that Damon is away from the Yankees, he has his beard back. so hopefully like Samson, it will give him power.
Thursdays are not Hispanic holidays so we saw Pudge Rodriguez,Avila,Ordonez but not Cabrera. It was fun even though it wasn't NY
it was semi-big league plus there were fireworks. This is the end because suddenly a YouTube ad is on. It's loud!!!

Hispanic Player Holiday on Monday

We went to the Nationales vs. Mets game in Viera. There were no name Mets players. They were alll playing golf. Still we had fun watching the Mets lose in the Homer Field to the Nacionales.
We ate at Brookln Pizza and Five Guys Burger in Viera. Apologies to Bizzaro on the Beach-still Florida's best if not most bizarro!!!

KANSAS

SAY IT AIN'T SO? Number one is out of March Madness. Maybe if we click our heels together like in the Wizard of Oz, we can get Kansas back. Isn't there another Kansas? Is it Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas City, Kansas?
FREE KANSAS

Consider The Source

    Massa's in the cold,cold ground. Jesse Ventura the former Governor of Minnesota did not understand Rush Limbaugh's play on words about Congressman Massa and Barack Obama's Massa. He had no idea if it was prejudice or a racist remark. He did not know what Massa was.
     Yet Jesse Ventura is on every cable talk show telling about conspiracy theories. Patrick Kennedy the nephew of two politicians who Ventura assumes were  killed by conspirators not crazed lone gun men ranted in Congress about the media devoting its time to Congressman Massa who is not in the cold, cold ground but disgraced and forced to resign from Congress.   Patrick Kennedy screamed that the media should be covering Congress's debate on the Afghanistan War instead.   He and Rush Limbaugh have one thing in common mainly addiction to prescription drugs.  Whether Jesse the former wrestler and now history expert(except for massas and slavery) is developing his conspiracy theories while on prescription drugs or brain damage from years of steroid use is uncertain.
But the media loves to show this fierce independent and his great knowledge of history. I say: Consider the source when the voices of history speak.

OH,OH IT'S MAGIC

      WE WENT TO THE MAGIC VS CLIPPERS BASKETBALL GAME IN ORLANDO FOR OUR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.  IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO A PROFESSIONAL GAME TOGETHER.  IT WAS FUN AND PRETTY EASY BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE IN ORLANDO ANYWAY.  FIRST WE HAD DINNER AT CITRUS A MAUDLIN YUPPIE RESTAURANT ON ORANGE AVENUE IN THE SHADOW OF THE WACHOVIA BUILDING.  EVERYONE EXCEPT US WAS DRESSED IN BUSINESS ATTIRE.  ALTHOUGH IT'S ORLANDO SO ALL THE MEN HAD LEFT THEIR SUIT JACKETS IN THE CAR OR OFFICE.  THE MEN WERE IN WHITE LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS AND TIES.
     CITRUS WAS VERY CORPORATE AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT.    THE FOOD WAS GOOD ALTHOUGH THE CITRUS SALAD HAD VERY FEW ORANGES(IN FLORIDA!), TWO TEENSY,WEENSY GRAPE TOMATOES(IN FLORIDA!)  AND TOO MUCH GORGONZOLA CHEESE SPRINKLED ON TOP.  MY BELOVED HUSBAND OF 25 YEARS HAD THEIR  VERSION OF PAELLA WITH POTATOES INSTEAD OF RICE.   THE SCALLOPS WERE FROM MAINE NOT FLORIDA.   IT WAS ADVERTISED AS CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN.   THE FURNITURE LOOKED LIKE OFFICE FURNITURE.  WE WERE CRAMPED AGAINST AN ORANGE WALL WITH ABSTRACT PAINTINGS ABOVE US.  THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OWNS THREE MORE IN ORLANDO.  
      AFTER THAT LITTLE SHOT OF PRETENSION, WE HEADED FOR THE AMWAY ARENA TO BE WITH THE DRESSED DOWN WHITE FOLK.  EVERYONE WAS WHITE AND PRETTY YOUNG.   EVEN THE MAGIC CHEERLEADERS AND DANCERS WERE MAINLY WHITE.  THE ONLY BLACK PEOPLE WERE THE PLAYERS AND THE SCALPERS OUTSIDE.    IT WAS A BLOW OUT BUT STILL FUN FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE ANY GAMES.  DWIGHT HOWARD GOT 22 POINTS AND THEN RESTED DURING THE FOURTH  QUARTER SO THE CLIPPERS COULD GET A FEW POINTS.  THE GAME STARTED AT 7 AND WAS OVER BY 10. THE NOSE BLEED SEATS WITH AN EXCELLENT VIEW WERE $20 JUST LIKE THE ENTREES AT CITRUS.
      MY HUSBAND  TALKED BASKETBALL WITH THE BLACK MAN NEXT TO HIM.  HE HAD BEEN A PRISON GUARD AT RIKERS ISLAND IN NYC AND NOW WORKED AT THE JAIL IN ORLANDO.  HE WAS VERY POLITE AND SAID NICE TO TALK TO YOU WHEN HE LEFT THE GAME A LITTLE EARLY.
      SO WE  SPENT A NON DISNEY DAY IN ORLAN DO FOR OUR 25TH.  IT WAS GOOD CLEAN WHITE FUN AS WE WATCHED THE PROFESSIONAL TEAMS PLAY FOR US A LA HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS.  THE ONE CONCESSION WAS A LITTLE SHOT OF HIP HOP MUSIC AS THE PLAYERS WARMED UP.  I ASSUME IT'S THE WAY MR. SCARSDALE DAVID STERN, THE WORLD'S SHORTEST COMMISSIONER OF BASKETBALL WANTS IT.  THE ONLY GREAT WHITE HOPE PLAYERS ARE IMPORTED FROM EASTERN EUROPE. IT WAS A MAGICAL AND VERY WHITE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.  IT WAS NOT VERY FLORIDA  BUT PERHAPS LIVING IN THE SWAMP WE'RE A LITTLE FLORIDAED OUT.  ACTUALLY IT WAS A GOOD CLEAN EXPENSIVE SCARSDALE EVENING. 

Changes

You will make a lot of changes before winning.
Let's hope it doesn't take until the ninth inning!

You can change your socks and underwear.
No one will shout or even really care!

You can hang a left instead of a right.
You can run to avoid a major fight!

You can check in but you can't check out.
That's what the Hotel California is all about!

So loose change,lost change,less change-
Change is gonna do you good!

Winning isn't everything!
It's not whether you win or lose,
It's whether you change or just
perpetuate enertia?!

WHAT IF THEY SHOT OFF AN ATLAS ROCKET AND NOBODY WATCHED

IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR YESTERDAY. THERE WAS NOT ONE MEASLY CLOUD IN THE SKY. HUMIDITY WAS MINUTE. THE ATLAS ROCKET CARRYING A WEATHER SATELLITE BLASTED OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL JUST AFTER SUNSET. THE LOCAL CABLE CHANNEL DIDN'T EVEN ANNOUNCE THE IMPENDING BLAST OFF.
THERE WERE NO LIVE PICTURES. WHO KNEW? IT WAS SCHEDULED IN THE FLORIDA TODAY PAPER RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE. I BOUGHT THE PAPER AND FORGOT TO CHECK FOR THE LAUNCH OR LOOK UP IN THE SKY TOWARD THE INDIAN RIVER THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
JUST LIKE WASHINGTON HAS DECIDED TO IGNORE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER EMPLOYEES SO HAS MUCH OF THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC.

American Idull

The fix is on. A quirky blond who had been sick suddenly recovered and was able to perform last night. She was good but a Black woman singing spectacularly a Kelly Clarkson song written by one of the judges was told it lacked soul (feeling, emotion,heartbreak). She smiled too much probably to mask her tears knowing the fix was on for the great white hope a blond singer songwriter to win.
I've been watching the Olympics so I had no real emotion invested in any of the singers. But the beautiful talented black woman was obviously great. That's the music business run by vultures like Simon Cowell who see singers as a commodity.
So we may have progressed since the Emancipation Proclamation, but slavery still goes on. Even if the beat doesn't. IDULL rearranged the performance schedule so the great white hope could perform. Got heart? No!

Vice President Biden Visited Orlando But Not The Space Coast

     What else is new?  Another national politician came to Florida but didn't take the Bee(Beach) Line to the Space Coast from Orlando.  Vice President Biden, We are losing 6,000 Space Industry workers because our Space Industry is not worth saving.  The trickle down effect will be 14,000 jobs lost.  Then federal help will kick in -aka Welfare.
     The next time national politicians visit Florida,it will be to the WELFARE STATE NOT THE SUNSHINE STATE.  The workers at the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WILL ROLL OUT THE NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE TO THE LAUNCH PAD SOON.  A WEATHER SATELLITE WILL BE LAUNCHED TONIGHT AT CAPE CANAVERAL.  Where are the Carpetbagger national politicians to celebrate these workers?
     You do the math.  Which is a better investment?  Asphalt on roads that are fine and trains ( a form of transportation that has been dying out since the invention of the automobile) or Space Travel, the most amazing achievement of  MAN SINCE COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA.
     Our DEMOCRAT Florida votes did not count in the Presidential Primary in Florida.   So since Florida doesn't count give us to Canada.  Maybe they won't allow oil drilling off our coast and we'll finally have universal health care.  We had a workers rally for Soon to be unemployed Kennedy Space Center workers in Titusville this weekend.  It was freezing and rainy in the Welfare State(formerly Sunshine before global warming) but 1500 people attended.  That's more than attended Carpetbagger Biden's speech alongside the world's most expensive roadway construction site.
Then he went off to the Mafia controlled AFL-CIO Winter Convention in Orlando.
     So asphalt and train sets are in and rockets are out.  Yes Virginia, the US is going backwards.

THE FULL MOON

                                                             The Full Moon rose quickly
                                                             Like an orange

                                                              Across the Indian River
                                                              From Titusville

                                                               The Full Moon was right
                                                               Next to the Vehicle
                                                                  Assembly
                                                               Building.

                                                                The Kennedy Space
                                                                    Center's
                                                                     Moon
                                                                 Return has been cancelled

                                                                 No vehicles will be
                                                                      assembled
                                                                  There for a long time

                                                                 Perhaps that orange globe
                                                                  Was the Moon's party
                                                                              lantern

                                                                  Celebrating that man won't
                                                                   Plant another US flag on it

                                                                   No astronaut will hit a
                                                                    Golf ball there-FORE

                                                                    The Moon's glow reflected
                                                                     Across the Moon River

                                                                     Moon River for you
                                                                      And me

                                                                      FLY ME TO THE MOON
                                                                       AND LET ME LIVE
                                                                            AMONG
                                                                          THE STARS

                                                                       IT'S ONLY A  PAPER
                                                                             MOON
                                                                        BUT IT WOULDN'T BE
                                                                         MAKE BELIEVE

                                                                         IF YOU BELIEVED
                                                                            IN ARES III!

ZEN AND THE ART OF POETRY WRITING

                   I'm having a Billy Collins moment
                   Waiting for the plumber to come.

                   Or maybe it's a EUGENE O'NEIL moment
                    THE PLUMBER COMETH

                    Perhaps it's a Samuel Beckett moment
                    WAITING FOR GODOT

                    Whichever moment waiting slowed me down.
                     I saw a rose,some weeds, and a parched plant.

                     I turned on my patio fountain
                     To hear the water trickle over the rocks.

                      That's why THE PLUMBER COMETH
                      Somewhere in my house water is pouring freely.

                       My water bill is high as in astronomical
                        Water is expensive in Florida.

                        The Global Warming crowd never
                         address the coming Florida water shortage.

                         Florida is overpopulated for the amount
                         Of natural water available .

                          So this ZEN moment has become
                          A global warming rant.

                           Thank God not every one is a
                            Budding poet like Longfellow

                           THE PLUMBER COMETH AND
                            Hopefully fixeth the leak

                           Oh PLUMBER Boy the pipes
                            Are leaking.
                                    
                            God Bless TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
                            Oh PLUMBER Boy we need you so.