Monday July 31, 2006

[Fighting neighbor advocate] You are such a hypocrite!  Just the other night you were screaming at your mate and all the neighbors heard you.  How about being on your knees begging your mate to take you back when he kicked you out of the house.  What about the story of how you accidentally sent the mug shot?  It was cleaver how you also accidentally used your mate’s email address to deceive everyone.  Come on, what a crock. I’m posting here and it doesn’t happen by accident. What about the policeman who showed up to make the arrest being your ex-husband? How about letting people know about your being a police dispatcher?  Why didn’t you tell the policeman (your ex-husband) the whole story? i.e. the neighbor flying out of the house pushing a young lady. Maybe because you didn’t see or hear everything and only told part of the story like what happened at the end not what instigated the whole affair?  

Maybe you should just apologize to everyone about this and stop calling the kettle black.  In other words, get your life/affairs together before you start slamming everyone else around you.  How would you like it if your neighbors called the police every time you got into a screaming match with your mate? I think you would be right here slamming the neighbor for sticking their noses in your business because you have such a good temper, you are so mature; and lest I forget, so caring.  Hogwash!

[Mile Marker 24 band] Someone writes in that they don't like the band and don't know why the bar was crowded and did a good business? Duh! Maybe the band is good and maybe people like their music. Why is that so hard to understand or are you jealous of their talent?

Fareed Zakaria (Newsweek) said, "Donald Rumsfeld is deranged and lives on another planet."

On Sunday morning's talking heads I heard two different spin doctors say that Hezbollah hates the Jews more than they love their children. I have to agree.

This is a beautiful photo of a giant flag in Arizona.   The photo is authentic and UN-Touched. The picture  was taken on a regular Kodak 35mm film. The person who took the picture couldn't believe the image created by the suns rays.   Nice of them to share it with the world!

A US citizen joins the military to serve his country. While serving he/she loses an arm and a leg, the use of one eye and maybe has some emotional problems from seeing friends blown to pieces or dieing in their arms. And of course as a "compassionate conservative" you have to view the benefits paid from the VA as a handout! The biggest handouts are to the big corporations that get big tax breaks and tax loopholes that only they can use. Subsidies for finding alternative energy sources that they will later sell back to us for more inflated profits. No bid contracts to big companies where elected officials use to be executives. Those are handouts. Benefits and compensation to those that have served and sacrificed is a moral National debt that we all should be happy to pay.

Who stole my hand painted fish mailbox on Little Torch? Please pay the bills that were inside and bring it back!

[Woman who called the cops on the fighting neighbors (should) shoot them both, and then turn the gun on herself] It's obvious that you have severe mental problems. Talking/writing about shooting anybody is never something to joke about or to talk about with any degree of sarcasm.  As far as not wanting to read about it more than once, what the hell do you think this is called a gossip column for?

[Global warming report] Patrick Michaels is a paid lackey for Exxon etc. how scientifically sound do you think his research could be?

In 1998, Exxon devised a plan to stall action on global warming written by Patrick Michaels.
Patrick Michaels. Senior Fellow The Cato Institute ...http://www.environmentaldefense.org/go/paidskeptics/

For all the people that are against mini season; why not get together and have it put on a ballot for the residents to vote on next election.

[Global warming] There are many studies both pro and con. Global warming is here and what I've read so far says it is a natural occurrence that is exacerbated by burnt fossil fuel. How's that grab you?

It's time to invest in Exxon.

[All TV will be in HDTV format by 2006] That was pushed back by the FCC to 2009, and HDTV does not refer or have anything to do with a wide screen TV. It merely means the ability to receive and or process a high definition signal.  Most TVs that are sold now are all HD-ready. When you buy your next TV just make sure its HD ready. It doesn’t have to be widescreen it can be your regular square image. 

But by 2009 the FCC forces the cable people to put out a HD signal only. Currently Comcast will give out both HD or regular analogue (without a cable box) or digital (with a cable box but not the HD channels). 

If you have an HD-TV, that has a cable card, you are able to pick up the channels from Comcast for free, no need for a set top box.

Pretty much the whole thing is, if you don’t have a TV by 2009, then Comcast will get to force you to rent a cable box and remote from them every month in order for you to watch TV.

I'm new down here. Can anyone tell me the best way to cook Key deer? And will that collar it was wearing keep fleas off my pitbull?

I am a northern Florida redneck, but I'm not an idiot and I don't rob traps. I do however, like country music. Does this make me a bad person?

Who is the person that keeps attacking the MM 24 band?  Could this be another case of musician jealousy? I am guessing that this person is a frustrated guitar player with limited commercial appeal, but then again I could be wrong.

In addition to his global warming rhetoric Al Gore is now concerned about a creature called Manbearpig, Which he says is 1/2 man, 1/2 bear and 1/2 pig, and threatens our very existence. I think Tipper needs to give Al a little more attention, medication and math lessons. 

Whales, Key Deer, etc. Shouldn't we give them a little of our medical help, after all they don't have vets to do heart bypasses.

[Gas prices are $3.34 and it's all Bush's fault] If it makes you feel any better, the Europeans are paying double that amount.  I'm sure that's Bush's fault too, right?  I don't know what you are whining about.  The higher the price of gas, the less people drive.  The less people drive and burn fossil fuel, the sooner we fix global warming. Don't you people realize President Bush is single handily saving the planet?  Unlike Clinton, who tried to destroy it by keeping gas prices low and thereby encouraging people to drive SUVs.

[Florida Keys survive on an economy that is tourist driven]  Money, money, money, that's all you think about, isn't it.  Never mind what it does to the environment as long as you make a few bucks, anything goes.  Well it's time that those of us that care about this planet unite and protect the fragile ecosystem here in the Keys against the almighty dollar. I'm calling on all environmental groups to band together and help us save the Keys from the ravages of tourism.  The time is now--ban mini season.

Are there ten or twelve people out there with a hundred thousand dollars or more that want to invest, and buy the Key Deer Bar & Grill?  Just take a minute and think about it.  We can make it exactly the way everyone seems to want a bar/restaurant to be.  We know what that is, because they bitch about it on this site all the time.  What bands to get, what kind of service to expect and who they want the clientele to be. No kids, no old folks...we can't lose!  But then again, lets buy it, tear down the wall between the bar and restaurant, clean it up, I mean really clean it up. The ceilings are a nice wood that could have a nice shine to them, scrub everything, wash the windows and fan blades, get rid of the old fashioned booths, put some counter height tables in with cool bar stool seating, open up the dingy wall behind the bar so we can see into the kitchen, kind of like a Logan's Restaurant sort of thing.  Make the dance floor bigger and the stage bigger so a decent band can fit.  We can't lose.

The dog abuser suffers from erectile dysfunction.  Doesn't that explain everything?

The government has said all TV must be digital by, I think the latest date is August, 2009, but they keep pushing that back.  Each station will make up its own mind whether to broadcast in HD, what format of HD, or simple standard resolution digital (now called enhanced definition).  Using ED they can broadcast several other channels , including additional TV channels (but only one with Bob Dole commercials), digital music channels, etc., since a channel big enough to  broadcast a full HD signal is the equivalent of 6 of today's channels. 

You're right, though, that today's type of sets will no longer be produced.  There was some talk in Congress about making a converter available so people with today's style TV's would not be cutoff. The best idea if you are buying a TV now would be to buy a digital one. Most have tuners that pick up today's TV format. 

And the guy was right about Robert DeNiro's mole, ugh!  Leno isn't broadcast in HD yet.  The Vicora's Secret commercials are, however, pretty awesome.

My wife has this irresistible urge to kick the Orbit Gum girl in the teeth. Although I found her saucy "Stuff" magazine layout mighty hot, I must admit that those Orbit commercials arouse my ire more than anything south of the belt-line.  Anyone else harboring hostility for this Wrigley shill?

People who abuse animals were usually abused themselves as children. They are egomaniacs on power trips who feel empowered by withholding

food, water, love and kindness for their animal as it is the only thing they have power over and are rendered powerless in their every day lives over every one else thereby making them inferior and hence animal / child / alcohol / drug abuse.

Pound for pound and pounding for pounding, the Israeli military is one of the world's finest. But Hezbollah, with the discipline and ferocity of its fighters and ability to field advanced weaponry, has taken Israel by surprise.

United States officials worry that they're not prepared, either, for Hezbollah's style of warfare - a kind that pits finders against hiders and favors the hiders. Certain that other terrorists are learning from Hezbollah's successes, the United States is studying the conflict closely for lessons to apply to its own wars. Military planners suggest that the Pentagon take a page out of Hezbollah's book about small-unit, agile operations as it battles insurgents and cells in Iraq and Afghanistan and plans for countering more cells and their state sponsors across the Middle East and in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

[Bunch of petty whiners]  As much as I dislike whiners I realize this forum is made for both Kudos and Whiners.  It's good to vent. I didn't take your input as Kudos, by the way.

[I will be staying to make you low-life's miserable]  Oh goodie.  I wouldn't want you to miss the annual iguana roast and white tail dove shoot.  You can bring the watermelon.  Shirt and shoes are not required.

Say what? That you saw some dead lobster heads? I love it! What if you saw some dead fish heads? If it's a lobster Head you found, I think it is positively dead.

Kudos the person that said, "What a bunch of petty whiners you all are. Get a life."  I have to agree with you on this.  Some of the people griping on this website need to go somewhere else for a while and then they will appreciate what a beautiful paradise we really live in.  I wouldn't live anywhere else, and I'm right with you, on saying that if I ever catch anyone killing iguanas, or any other creatures, they will be sorry.  You have either lived here way too long and don't understand the really important problems out in the "real world", taking for granted what a wonderful place this is, or you just moved here, and want to change things to be like where you came from.

I recently found out that they are still collecting signatures on the alligator petition concerning the horrible killing of our little resident female alligator, Cola, that had lived in the Blue Hole on Big Pine for years.  The petition is asking the State Attorney's office to prosecute for the maximum for the charges of third degree felony of alligator poaching, rather than plea bargaining to lesser charges.  The State Attorney's office has a poor track record on prosecuting cases concerning animal cruelty and they hope the perpetrators, who have confessed to what they did, will plead guilty to lesser charges and then the State Attorney thinks he will look good at election time because he got his 100% conviction rate. BS!

If you haven't signed it yet, the editor of this fine website has it posted on the right side of the Gossip Column, right below the Manley deBoer link.  Just click on the "Alligator Petition" link, print it, sign, get other signatures if you are so inclined, and mail to FAVOR, P.O. Box 431840, Big Pine Key, FL  33043-1840.  We have to send a strong message to the lawmakers that animal cruelty will not be tolerated...studies have proven that young people who torture animals can go on to much worse crimes, if not dealt with early on.  I talked to one of the FAVOR board, and they said it doesn't matter whether you live in this area or not, since the crimes were committed in a Federal Refuge.  People from all over the world are signing this petition, so tell your friends, email everyone in your address book, and get them to sign.  Thank you for listening (reading).

[Iguana Killer Club Newsletter] Killing Iguanas is perfectly legal.  They are a different kind of rodent and there is always open season on rodents.  Kill all the rats and Iguanas you want.  Anyone who assaults you killing an Iguana is subject to arrest.  Confront me for killing an Iguana and I won't wait for the cops.  The new Florida law allows you to shoot anyone committing a felony against you. 

This guy is against killing Iguanas but he is ready to attack a human being. Who is screwed up here?  If you don't like people killing rats and Iguanas you have to live with it, like we have to live with the Key Deer, (useless disease ridden overgrown rats).  Go hug a tree and mind your own business.  Long live the IKC.  The law is explicit. Kill all the Iguanas you want, they are harder to kill than you would think. Kill some rats while you're at it.  If you really want some fun get an Alligator license, the state is having trouble getting people to help thin the population.  You can't hunt them in Monroe County, but the rest of south Florida is open (except for state and national parks).  You can use High powered semi-automatic rifles and blast away.  You can sell the hides for shoes, bags, belts and holsters, and the tails for food. 

Monday July 31, 2006

Sunday July 30, 2006

In response to the person who thought the Sheriff's actions were stupid on Wednesday; I was on that Pro-Line to the East of you.  I think you should consider a few things.  Were you not pulling your very small dinghy behind you that was not anchored?  Were you not directly in the center of Pine Channel just north of the bridge, where all the Pine Channel boating traffic runs?  Do you really think boats coming from the south could see you from the other side of the bridge?  Where did you go after you were asked to leave the channel?  Did you not go dive the shoreline, where it is illegal during the mini-season?  And, is it not true that you were breaking the cardinal rule of diving by diving alone?  Is it possible the Deputies were more concerned for your safety than writing tickets to the boats running the channel, who most likely couldn't see you?  Five deaths were five too many.  They probably prevented a sixth.  You should be thankful, not critical.  Now, whose actions were truly stupid?

[Mini lobster season] Choose to live next to train tracks or near an airport and your noise complaints fall on deaf ears. The entire length of the Florida Keys survive on an economy that is tourist driven. Get over it, it's not all about you and your new little piece of paradise! These "tourist's" who've been loyal to local business's for two or three decades buy the big ticket items with cash year after year that pay's for the piddly discount you demand every time you give up ten or fifteen bucks paid with a credit card. Yes, we do talk about you as soon as the door misses your hind end!

The whale] Has there ever been a greater testament to God's existence then allowing the human heart and soul's attempt to overcome his culling of sea mammals, sometimes in large pods, just because they can't understand the real harm is in their living? God has to love them more just for trying, yet he can't allow the whales and dolphins to live and pass on they're defects.

Calm has returned to our little neighborhood in Eden Pines.  The Terrible Neighbors have moved away.  People are once again neighbors and not just people. They are helping each other and security lights are being turned off at night.  Life is good.  Hopefully, this has been a valuable lesson for the Terrible Neighbors that felt they had to move away.  You must treat people like you would like to be treated.

I like the dumb ideas someone keeps sending in...ahhhh how do you spell me to, (two)m mmmm 2 ,,,, you nnow' imean youa'lKnow you know what i mean!

You say Winn-Dixie should prepare for mini season. Once again people wanting someone to take care of them. You knew it was mini season why didn't you stock up ahead of time?

Please remember that our local government has tried to eliminate mini season but that the state said, "F.U."

It won't be long, maybe a few more years and all of our labor force making below $50-60K/Yr will be from the mainland. If you think service is bad now wait until the people making over min wage have to start commuting 3-4 hours each way to do their jobs. Will they ride the buses with the lower wage earners or will they drive causing more traffic, accidents and pollution? The added fuel costs as we know will be eating into those higher salaries and creating less take home income and in turn have less disposable income.

Our community has been prostituted for the few at a cost to the public that we never will fully recover from again.

[Poison Wood Trees] Anybody who lives here in the Keys knows not to touch the tree.  And why would you want to lick the leaves anyway?  Why don't you stick to licking a lollypop?

Gas prices are $3.34. It's time to protest. We need to let the oil companies know this is not acceptable. And by the way I haven't received the $100 I heard we were supposed to get. Tell me one more time how wonderful Bush is and all the good things he's done for this country.

I hear that concerned Monroe county citizens may start a petition to ban mini season. Has anyone else heard this?

The difference, if we abolish mini season, is that you only have to put up with one vile hoard of poachers instead of two.  For those who say it is only a few bad apples I disagree; it is the majority who are the problem.  To the minority who follow the rules, operate safely, and respect the community and the environment; sorry.  

[One parting shot at Global Warming]  Patrick Michaels, a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia is one of about a dozen academics who for years have cast doubt on the so-called science surrounding global warming while downplaying the scientifically accepted idea that humans are causing it.  "We have had many predicted apocalypses through the ages that haven't shown up, and this is likely to be another one," Michaels said on CNN.  Now, let’s see, who shall I believe? 

To the writer saying, "Someone needs to stand up for animals".  How about you? What are you doing to make life better in the Keys?

I also had a $40,000 broken arm.  Thank God for insurance.

What a bunch of petty whiners you all are. Get a life. It is one thing after another, iguanas, BPK, min-season, Winn-Dixie, big-box stores, abortion. There is no end to your pettiness. This forum has gotten so pathetic; it makes me want to leave the Keys to get away from your constant complaining. To bad for you, that I will be staying and will strive with every ounce of my energy to continue to make you low-life's miserable. And if I ever catch you killing iguanas or discharging a firearm around me, you and I will have a major confrontation. Why don't you all move to Texas and make me really happy.

The printing of Mug Shots has never accomplished anything but hurt and embarrassment to the families of the arrested person. I doubt if the person ever sees their own picture posted as they are probably not in a position to use a computer. I hope Ed will stick to his/her resolve not to print any more.

Kudos to the lady who called the cops on her neighbors who were fighting.  Let's hope that couple never reproduces.  Lousy behavior like that should have been un-learned before they were old enough to start school.  It is not acceptable in civilized society.

I may be a Yankee as you put it but I have been here for over ten years. If you have cooked Maine lobster and found it mushy, you either prepared it improperly or it was bad to begin with. That Happens. As for the price per lb you've got to be kidding me! You all charge what for these "mudbugs" that are not even available yet. I tried to get real lobster and Publix in Marathon wanted 18.99/lb. I am not paying that. It's all a matter of taste and it depends on what you're used to. All I am saying is that for people to die over harvesting them is ridiculous. They aren't worth it.

To the woman who called the cops on the fighting neighbors. Please, next time, shoot them both, and then turn the gun on yourself. Maybe then we won't have to read about it but once.

[Green meat] That's why it's always like Christmas at Winn Dixie--red and green! Green meat and bright red tourists!

[Observing the Delta Aquarids] Meteors from these streams appear to come from the constellation Aquarius. The northern radiant is located in the northeastern portion of that constellation, while the southern radiant is located in the southern portion.

Home owners associations and their power to rule your life.  Very important information; read all of it and all pages. http://realestate.msn.com/buying/articlenewhome.aspx?cp-documentid=656249&gt1=8384  then get a lawyer named Mr. Bruno!

I think if the Sheriff asked a diver to move, it would've been because the diver was in the middle of a channel.  What makes more sense?  Ticketing every boat transiting a busy channel, which would be every few seconds during the mini-season, because some moron decided to dive right in the middle of it, or just removing the problem?  It would be a different story in open water, but not Pine Channel.  Based on all the compliments given to the Sheriffs during the mini-season, I believe they were looking out for the best interest of the diver.  Maybe what you did was legal, and the boat running the channel was illegal, but it makes much more sense to just ask you to move.

[Hints for next years Mini Season]  If a whale the size of a large motor home floats in the channel, have it broadcasted on the radio in English and Spanish (no skip that part). This was a big chum bag. Do not swim in whale blood and look for lobsters. One thing is not worth the other. The winner of who made the most money this week was the Coast Guard in the amount of time they got paid for looking for people. Pay your taxes, they need a bigger budget next year.

To those who blame Winn-Dixie for not being prepared for mini season, take some responsibility and stock up before the rush.

It was me that left the cake out in the rain. You see, the flea market park was melting, and all the sweet cream icing was flowing on the ground.

[Fighting neighbor advocate]  No, I have never had a loud screaming match with my mate or my next door neighbor.  It doesn't mean anyone is "far above" anyone else, it just means some people don't take disagreements to an unruly level.  There isn't any way you can come to a compromise or talk it over like normal people without having a loud screaming match?  That is out of control and hopefully you don't have children if that is how you behave.  I have had disagreements with my mate and neighbor, but I am still married and happily, as well as have neighbors that are good friends.  I have a dog and ask around if the dog bothers anyone to let us know.  One has, and the problem is now resolved and we are good friends with all the neighbors.  If I don't know something is bothering a neighbor I can't fix the problem.  It can be done without screaming like a juvenile when you have a good temper and are reasonable not to mention, caring.

You are right; the doctors here do over charge.  I had a broken wrist and was billed $23,000.  I was lucky to have good insurance.

I just do not understand why people think if they ban mini season the problem will go away. It will just move to opening day.

All TV will be in HDTV format by 2006. They won't even be making the regular TVs anymore.

If the mini-season is abolished, what would keep the same madness from happening when the actual season starts?  Everyone will come down on the first day of the season instead.  Then, more problems will be created because the northern Florida redneck idiots will rob commercial traps. 

"All the derelict junk heaps and their dirt bag occupants need to go too."  Oh, yeah?  And just where do you think they're going to go?  Is this what you want instead?  Well is it?  Be careful what you wish for.

We saw dead lobster heads at the reef the weekend before mini-season.  Just like the Eden Pines starving dogs, we are kicking ourselves for not telling anyone.

I saw Mile Marker 24 at the Looe Key Tiki Bar last night and I thought, "What?" There were a lot of people and the bar did a great job, but what is the big deal? The band even played some of the songs over again. People have been bofooned. There is no big record deal. This guy just tries to buy everything. I may be wrong, prove it.
p.s. and leave out the bs.

[HDTV] I could care less about high-def TV. What? Do I need to see that Jay Leno has spinach lodged in his molar? The close-up details of Robert DeNiro's mole? Egad! What's the point?

To the poster yesterday on country music. Could you tell us again what you think of it? And this time don't sugarcoat it.

This goes out to Kevin from Venture Out. Congrats on a great job done during this mini lobster season. Every time I was out and around on Venture Out there you were making sure all was going well and that everyone was happy. I know you stayed endless hours to watch over all. Also, Thank your store manager Cathy for a store well run and clean and thank your security guards for keeping things safe and running. An extra thanks to your guard, Terry, who was very polite and helpful while we needed help moving our boat trailer to the overflow lot. He made sure there was a spot and helped endlessly. I saw him more than your other guards, but Kudos to all the staff at Venture Out. I'll be back next year. 

[God's candidate (abridged)] Why is Sloan so biased against commerce? Sloan is not biased against commerce. He is biased against capitalism, which seems to have taken on an aura of holiness, and sometimes to make the point I have referred to capitalism as Capitalanity.

Sunday July 30, 2006

Saturday July 29, 2006

Editor, Please post this apology to the person who had their mug shot posted yesterday.  It was a stupid, immature thing to do and it really hurt a lot of people.  I did not mean to send it in the first place. It was not something that was supposed to leave my home.  I sincerely apologize for making him look bad to people.  My boyfriend's email was attached to the email as well, and he had no idea I did it.  I apologize to Mike, Derrick, and everyone else.  Derrick is not a bad person and I am truly regretful that such a cruel joke went too far.

Abolish mini-season! Down with the lobster heads! Raise the power lines! Save the Australian Pines! Hug the Poisonwood trees! Shoot the iguanas! Free Andrea Yates! Stop global warming! Boycott Winn-Dixie! Arrest your neighbors! Beach the whales!

Don't you just love this Web site?

The FWC said the whale was 30 ft.  I think is was 50 ft. How the hell can they measure a lobster?

Wow!  Miami Vice was intense.  Great firearms and boats. I would have invited Don Johnson back; he's much sexier than the other dude. Great film and don't forget to bring a few sweatshirts to the Key West theatre.

"Iguanas are an invasive, non-indigenous species." True.  Also, they're ugly, smell bad and are a major contributor to global warming.  I say go for it!  You'll be doing the planet and humanity a great service.

Make the legal size of lobster 12 inches.

I had the pleasure (misfortune) to be stopped last Wednesday by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol. The FWC people could take a lesson in manners from these guys. No hassle or B.S., just professionals doing their jobs. The FWC people last year were rude, threatening and overall just plain nasty. Thanks to the Sheriffs' officers; they need to run some training classes for the FWC people.     

I see everyone still likes to complain on this web site but there is good out there. I have been coming to Big Pine for years and good coffee has always been hard to find. 3 weeks ago I went to Bagel island and had a great cup of coffee. I went today (Lobstermainia) and met her husband who is a real nice guy. He was filling in for Donna and had me try all the coffee flavors. Wow, good stuff. I will be looking forward to being here this fall and winter with a great cup of coffee in hand. Good job Bagel Island.

MCSO, you are welcome to the Keys. You all do a great job and should have first shot at the lobster. Please don't think these comments are directed towards you. They are meant for the FWC.

"Mini-season means sacrificing our environment for the buck."  Yeah, where are all the environmentalists?  Why aren't they up in arms, creating petitions and filling law suits to stop the raping, plundering and pillaging of the fragile environment here in the Keys?  They have no problem getting involved when locals want to do something with their own property.  Is tourism the only thing environmentalists care about? 

Anyone who runs for office in Monroe Co. and will abolish Mini Season, I'll vote for.

"Good teacher said statistics are just a tool to be used by those with an agenda."  I'm not sure how "good" a teacher is that would make a statement like that.  But if you believe that, there's no point in debating the issue with you.  Good luck getting more government handouts.  Somehow I think that no matter how much you get, it will never be enough.  Oh yeah, and you're welcome for those you've already collected.

Does anyone know who left the cake out in the rain?

The truth be known is that mini season lasts about 8 days. That is from the time they hit town the Sunday before and start harvesting tails early until they pack up and leave by the following Sunday while they are still harvesting tails late.

FWC would be smart to put an inspection point at the County Line on the 18 mile stretch and start randomly checking coolers as the tourists leave. That might instill a little respect for our natural resources that are otherwise unprotected.

I think the Sheriffs dept. should hold a class for the FWC. Maybe after learning a little respect, we would respect them more.

I'm sick and tired of  WTC conspirators'  blogs.   The trade center was a foreign terrorist act. There are many people on this site whom may have a lost someone that morning so stop the crap

[To the Yankee who thinks that northern lobster taste better] I will end the argument with instructions to look at the price per pound and then tell me which has the highest demand. In my opinion the northern lobster are mushy and lack texture.

P.S. I would not turn one down either. 

Why can't the sailboats in Pine Channel anchor somewhere else until the electric company raises the power lines?

[Raise the power lines!]  No! Raise the Titanic, raise the roof, raise hell, raise a garden, raise your snotty kids, raise a barn but don’t raise the lines.  Get the boats out of Pine Channel.  And not just the sail boats...all the derelict junk heaps and their dirt bag occupants need to go too.

[Poisonwood trees] I'll take them all and plant them around my property to keep the mutants from attacking. How's that?

I had the luck of running into the Sheriff's water patrol in Pine Channel and although they were nice to me, there actions seemed a bit stupid. They approached me to tell me that what I was doing was legal but they noticed a boat come very close to me with my flag up and suggested I move. Why didn't they go after the boat that was going way to fast and too close to a dive flag? They didn't do a thing to him, yet they observed him acting recklessly and negligently. Good job guys maybe he won't get that close or hit someone else in the future.

Returning from fishing yesterday we spotted a boat (with a South Carolina hull number, by the way) sitting aground with its bow jammed into the mangroves.  We idled over and stood off a reasonable distance and asked what happened.  Judging from the visible equipment onboard they had been out for lobster.  Of the four obviously intoxicated young punk occupants, one of them slurred, “I guess I didn’t know how shallow it was in here.  Quite an understatement considering his position.  We asked if everyone was O.K. and were told, “Yeah, but we would really like to get back.”  Since there were no injuries and since they were in no obvious jeopardy of sinking or falling to other harm we told them, “Well boys, the penalty for being stupid is to wait about another 4 hours for high tide and float yourselves outta there.”  And that’s were we left them.  Maybe next year they’ll go to Disney World.

Whoever wrote about the meteor shower? What time and in what direction? Thanks.

[Thank you TDC for all the stinking lobster heads all over the place!]  The TDC will be quick to tell you that they do not fund nor promote Mini-season.  They do, however, get obscene amounts of money to promote hotels, motels, camping facilities, bars, restaurants, dive shops, innumerable other retail establishments, various tourist oriented publications and tourist visitors in general.  While it’s true they don’t actively promote or fund the actual event of Mini-season they would be the first to scream like a money bloated hog if our elected officials tried to stop it. 

The overwhelming opinion of Monroe County residents is that the event causes more havoc in neighborhoods and does more destruction to the ocean environment than it’s worth.  Mini-season was a bad idea that has turned into a once a year disaster.

It is against the law to harass or injure wild animals. Call the SPCA if you want factual info, not a gossip line

With all the Mini season diver deaths one thing concerns me. Is there a fair distribution of their possessions?

[Why don't the four local bands play any Country music]  Because the majority of us hate it.  Whining, bawling, silly lyrics singing about the same old stuff, set to twangy, been-done-a-thousand-times-before rhythm.  It has also been proven to lead to a completely stupid thing called line dancing.  The only thing more nauseous would be listening to old people belch.  ("Howdeeeee.  Swing your partner round and round, throw her in the toilet and flush ‘er down.  Yee-Haw")  Try moving to Texas.  You can get all of the country music you can stomach and the shit kickers to go with it.

To the woman who called the cops on the fighting neighbors, I am glad you are so far above everyone else and you never ever had a loud screaming match with your mate or a next door neighbor. As far as I am concerned, you fight every time you put something in this publication, the only difference between your fighting and your neighbors is that you do it on here, this way no one knows who you are. Aren't you the police dispatcher from Cudjoe sub-station? Grow up, everyone fights and yes sometimes it gets physical, just take a walk down to Duval Street some night.

[48,000 employees in the WTC and less than 1200 showed up for work]  We have here another example of brain dead stupidity.   This nut-case has 48,000 people in on the Big Conspiracy to blow up the buildings but not one person ever leaked a single thing about the Big Conspiracy or explained why 48,000 didn’t go to work that day. (And isn’t it interesting that 1200 people did go to work.  I guess they weren’t in on the “Big Conspiracy”)   It’s frightening to realize that we have such distorted mentalities living amongst us. 

Iguanas are not protected. And, yes, it is ok to shoot them with a pellet gun in Monroe County. Go for it, we all do.

If they abolish mini-season won't the tourist just come the following week when the regular season opens? What's the difference?

[Iguanas]  Shoot ‘em.  But be sly.  Don’t make a big deal out of it, kill them quickly (go for a head shot), dispose of the body quickly (not in the canal), don’t tell all the neighbors about it and don’t take any pictures.  If confronted by someone say that when you tried to shoo it away from your ganja plants it became aggressive and lashed its tail at you and you believed it to be a menace.

[Does anyone have any ideas on how to get some cabinets moved down to Big Pine from the DC area]  Please note the photo to the left of your posting that the editor so graciously placed there.  In the event you don’t know, it is a U-Haul truck that you can rent just for the purpose you described.  There are numerous other rental truck outlets as well; Ryder being one of them.  Or, you can contract with a moving company to do the job.  Oh, I think I may have missed something.  You probably want it done for nothing.  Are you hoping some shmuck will raise his hand and offer to use his truck and equipment, load and unload, assume the liability for damage to your goods and spend the time on the road so you can save a few bucks?  Now I get it! 

Looks like we are having the same problem with the pine trees as the Gulf Coast. http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/2006/07/pine_tree_troub.html#posts

[Poor people don't go to doctors] Are you totally insane or just blind? The emergency rooms are clogged with a constant flow of the poor. Why do you think we are paying the outrageous health insurance premiums?  The poor not only go to doctors, but they then sue them for unavoidable complications.  By the way the Keys have some of the most expensive health care in the country.  I had a broken arm that required surgery.  I told a surgeon friend of mine from the West Coast what the bill was. ($40,000) He told me that I was mistaken or just exaggerating by about a factor of four.  There was no way that that particular surgery could cost more than $10,000, so I showed him the bill.  He was floored.    

[You can't discharge a firearm in Monroe County] The Keys need target ranges now!

Isn't it illegal and unethical to leave emancipated and un-watered dogs in tiny barbed-wired kennels in the elements 24/7?  Why do all the neighbors ignore this and why does this individual neglect the animals?  A broken heart/deep unresolved issues?  If I lived that way, I would commit doggie suicide.  What a sad, pathetic way to treat mans best friend.  Someone needs to stand up for animals.

The Company has decided that we can hold a Company party. Due to liability issues, we can have alcohol, but will be limited to one (1) drink each person.  I am in charge of the cups.

[Country music] Check out Mike and Possum at Key Deer on Thursdays and Mangrove Mamas on Friday. They also play Geiger Key.

We could vote on everything by computerized ballot. That way the people would truly be heard.

This is for the person who wants to ship some Cabinets from DC:  Go to www.uship.com and check it out.

[Abolish Mini Season] Why not? I wouldn't eat one of those polluted bugs if you paid me. Same goes for fish caught near land. God knows what contaminates are in them!? I won't even swim in my canal/septic system, and I've lived here for 42 years!

Happy birthday Kimmy V.  Make it a great one! Cheers to you.  Love you lots.

Saturday July 29, 2006

Friday July 28, 2006
Mini-Season Aftermath Edition

I work on the water. I also have a business here on Big Pine Key. This has been a tuff Mini-season for me on the water but a great one at our business. What to do, what to do? Folks running their boat hard and fast looking at GPS numbers and not where they are boating, running hard with dive flags up, divers several hundred feet from the boat, no dive flag and coming off flats at 50 and 60 mph on PWC. It's just a few days, no telling how long the damage will last on the ocean and my nerves. I guess I am not able to deal with the "hurry and rush" of it all. I guess I am just getting old. That's it. Oh, poop! I bet that's it.

It costs extra, but since I quit drinking the free tap water and started buying Arkansas Spring water and taking Glucosamine / Chondroitin supplements my tennis elbow and joint pains have magically disappeared.  Recent studies show that fluoride is not a good thing for our drinking water through all of those old icky pipes. 

[Winn-Dixie cannot possibly maintain the staffing levels to cope with the logistical land-slide of rich over-zealous Mini-Lobster hunters] What, are you nuts?  Do you think that Winn-Dix might have some sort of clue that an event like this was going to take place since it's been happening annually for many, many years?  Don't defend those short-sighted mismanaged morons who can't think ahead enough to stock enough goods for what should be a banner time for them.  There is no excuse for such poor planning. Here's their opportunity to make extra money selling more products and how do they respond?  In the usual way, by running out of stuff and therefore not making the additional profits; and worse by pissing off their regular customers.  It's shortsighted and poor management no matter how you slice it.

Winn-Dixie, where the meat is greener than the vegetables.

It's Medication Time!  Alcohol makes depression worse. You know that old saying, "It'll kill you or make you crazy?"  Get help before it's too late to take those twelve steps. http://www.aafloridakeys.org/midkeys.html

The mug shot I sent in came up with my boyfriends email address by accident because his email is default on our Outlook Mail.  Please remove it or change it to latitude25n@hotmail.com because he is super f**ing pissed at me.

Editor, I have tried several times today to get you to change the email address attached to the mug shot posted.  My Outlook default address is my boyfriend's, not mine.  It was an accident that it was sent at all. I made the email Sunday night jokingly.  It got put into the outbox without my knowledge and automatically got sent with another email.  That email was not meant to leave my Outlook mailbox.  Please post a correction because it is now causing problems.  It was an email I made and got labeled with my boyfriend's address.  I wish you would just delete the whole thing because it was an accident that I have had to thoroughly apologize for.  Please post a correction. (Ed: Ok. It is gone and we will not publish any more mug shots because of this.)

Thank you TDC for all the stinking lobster heads all over the place!

Raise the power lines!

I think there were more diver deaths this mini-season than any other.

I just checked the Dish Network and DirecTV websites.  One lists 6 HD channels as available and the other 29.

Abolish Mini Season! 65% of the spiny lobster catch for the entire state is caught in Monroe County between Mini Season and the end of August. Most of this is by out-of-towners. Every year they wipe out the entire population of shorts in my canal. They know FWC can't catch them all. They rape our backyards and favorite spots and leave. The only ones that benefit from this idiotic practice is the Hotels, restaurants and a few other businesses that could care less what happens to the locals or the population of lobster. Let the rest of Florida go dive in their own waters and get their lobster there!

It should be that only Monroe County residents can harvest lobster in Monroe county. Don't let the big hotels and the Key West Chamber of Commerce tell you what to do!

Quit acting like a frightened sheep and get off of you butts and speak out. Raise your voices. Go to the meetings and let the world know we are not going to lay here and let everyone from all over come here and corn hole us for two days every year. Let's put a stop to the mini-season for once and for all!

Manhole covers are round because the manholes are round.  (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

[Why wasn't the community allowed to decide on the issue of Australian pines] Because you would get tired of paying for the costs of having a vote on every decision that needs to be made.  First it will be, "Should we outlaw certain trees?" Then lizards, then prohibiting ugly pool stores, then open season on tourists. For better or worse (you choose) this is why we elect officials; to make these decisions on our behalf.  If you want to make the decisions directly you should run for office.

I made the mistake of storing glass window panes atop one another for a long time and now the panes are discolored.  Does anyone know how to remove the discoloration? I've tried Soft Scrub and Lime-Away to no avail.

[Why get rid of the Poisonwood trees]  Why don't you give one a big hug and see if you can't figure it out.  Make sure you kiss the leaves too.

Mini season should be for the citizens of the county adjacent the water. We should have first crack at our resources before letting them pillaged and plunder for the almighty buck county businesses receive.

Manhole covers are round for a simple reason that with a round cover, it is impossible for the cover to fall into the hole after being removed and replaced. A square cover, improperly placed, can easily fall into the hole dangering people inside and people on the road. Keep sending in your dumb questions to the dumb idea guy.

I watched an ant climb a blade of grass this morning. When he reached the top, his weight bent the blade down to the ground. Then, twisting his thorax with insectile precision, he grabbed hold of the next blade. In this manner, he traveled across the lawn. Covering as much distance vertically as he did horizontally, which amused and delighted me.

And then, all at once, I had what is called an epiphany, a moment of heightened awareness in which everything becomes clear. Yes, hunched over that ant on my hands and knees, I suddenly knew what I had to do…Quit drinking before noon.

It must be a slow two days for bug brains, there were only 44 vehicles on Boot Road Thursday. 

[Six lobster] It should have read: Boat $50K, hotel, food, beer, ice, lobster gear, air refills, beer, ice, hookers, DUI lawyer, property damages, civil law suit...priceless!  And not to mention senseless.

See the Delta Aquarid Meteors. This small meteor shower hits its peak before dawn July 28. You might also see some a few mornings afterward.

Have you heard that a BP woman was found dead today diving? I heard it on US1.

Of course you wouldn't call the cops when crime happens in your neighborhood because you're thug criminals with drugs and illegal activity going on. 

Old is when "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.  

A bunch of soldiers with guns talking and playing with children. Gladiator, American Style

Two more dead divers trying to get lobsters.

I know I'm probably throwing a lit match into a tinder box, but here goes.  Iguanas.  They are an invasive, non-indigenous species.  They eat like horses and leave turds that would clog up a lot of people's toilets.  They scrap with pets and are generally a menace to the Keys.  I say shoot 'em.  I've heard that you can't discharge a firearm in Monroe County, but what about an air rifle?  I have a nice Gamo rifle that'll shoot a pellet at 1100 feet per second.  I'd like to thin the herd a little. 

The other day, when I was reaching for the gun, my wife went off on me and said that they, like everything else down in the Keys, are "protected."  She said that the tree-huggers and loonies would come after us if they found out I shot one of these precious lizards.  I say that's a bunch of bunk.  We decided to settle the argument by posting it on the K&W site and seeing what our fellow Big Piners think.  Now...let's hear it!  My trigger finger is twitching! 

Manhole covers are round so they won’t fall into the hole.  It is impossible for the round cover to fall in.  If it was square, you would be able to tilt/turn it a certain way and it would fall through. 

[Gov't statistics]  Here's are a few more. Clinton left office: gas $1.39/gal, a huge federal surplus, no unnecessary wars. Bush in office gas 3.00+/gal, huge oil profits, huge golden parachutes for oil execs, 2500+ needless deaths in Iraq and oh, yeah, a staggering Federal deficit that is cutting into benefits for Veterans, elderly health care and yet another thing the statistics don't show is the blatant disregard for the average American.

[Save The Endive Foundation] I donated all my Lottery winnings to this foundation then I found out they were fronting for the Purple Cabbage slaw movement...well that's $4 wasted!

[WTC trains stopped by a regular guy doing his job correctly.  That’s why so many more didn’t die.] That's the biggest pile of bull I ever read. For one, those trains can't be stopped by one man, it takes the control to do it. And two, there were supposed to be 48,000+ employees in those building and less than 1200 showed up for work. Get it right!

[Court overturned murder conviction] Yay! Free Andrea Yates!

Lobster Divers= 5,000,000. Lobster= 3

My good friend just had major surgery and said that he received fantastic care and treatment from the VA in Miami. I asked him why so many people complained about the VA? He said that all the people he had talked to who were complaining were trying to receive something for nothing. They all wanted more than was justified; a free ride.

When the number of dead tourists equal the amount of lobster taken I will be very happy.

I love country music. Why don't the four local bands play any? All they play is boring rock (Mustang Sally) or blues (The thrill is Gone). I guess I will have to go to Homestead to get good music. And another question; why are most of the guitar players down here fat as toads? Good living or bad diet?

[Raise the power line]  Yet another silly idea to waste money.  Why should the utility company spend thousands of dollars (the costs to be passed on to us consumers) to the raise the power lines because a few morons can’t adequately moor their boats during times of heavy storm activity.  Get the boats out of Pine Channel.

[Yes, the climate is currently warming, but this is part of nature's cycle] So that means people don't have to give a damn about pollution, excess consumerism, of over sized vehicles, of over population, of radiation, of everything that makes money and is unnecessary, right? Don't burry the problems under your greedy egos, fix them for our kids!

Did you see the tourist bug hunter that ran aground Wednesday? He was high and dry right off the 7 mile bridge where thousands of people could laugh at him until the next tide.

I love lobster season. That's the period where FWC officers who take all the lobster they want go out and arrest people that do the same. Code enforcement is great too. If they are your friends, you can do whatever you like and they look the other way. The system here is morally bankrupt. The people that are supposed to make it a fair playing field only make it more uneven by picking on those that are not "connected." Shame on you.

Why do all you people blame the Presidents for whatever went wrong (never right) during their administrations? The President does make decisions, but only because he is a mouth piece for the junta behinds him. The article a few days ago, explaining about the Electoral College should have made thing more clear, in that We the People have little say in anything, government wise. The Presidents are only for show.

[The junta would cringe in their leather seats...]  I actually had to look up the meaning of junta.  But are you sure a progressive metal band based out of Union City, New Jersey is responsible for the reverse evolution of the human race?

I, too, must give kudos to the Sheriff's Office.  One of their boats stopped me in Pine Channel on Wednesday.  While my attention was on the boat that stopped me, an officer on a jet-ski snuck up behind me and actually startled me.  The officer on the jet-ski did a complete safety inspection and checked my lobsters in a matter of only a few minutes.  He was so professional and courteous that I actually asked him to write me a ticket for not having my fire extinguisher.  He let me off with a warning and I've gained tremendous respect for them.  Other departments could take lessons from them.

If you use a web mail service you can reduce junk mail by setting your Internet Explorer to "Block junk mail" in Tools.

The best music can be heard at the Green Parrot in Key West. They book quality acts and never charge a cover. Of course they only hire three to four local bands a year.  Maybe because our local talent all sound like a karaoke contest.

[MCSO residency] A lot of sheriffs drive from Miami and so do about forty percent of the fire department employees. It's hard to live in the Keys and live on what cops and firemen make so they have to hire from out of town to keep enough employees.

[Gourmet Seafood] If you consider these overgrown crayfish gourmet seafood I feel sorry for you. They are pretty much tasteless except for what you put on them and every one pretty much agrees that the best way to cook them is on the grill. You must be a lifetime Floridian (not that there's anything wrong with that) to consider these mud bugs gourmet seafood. Try a fresh cold water Maine lobster steaming hot, dunked in melted butter. Now you are talking real seafood with flavor!

Dear Editor, Do you mean to tell me that you do not spend every waking [or sleeping/dreaming 24/7] moment caring for this website? You should be ashamed of yourself! I actually had to scroll sideways Wednesday. I might have missed something important.

BPK Funny Fridays: WARNING– Side effects may include headaches, dizziness, nausea, rash, loose stool, explosive diarrhea, lack of sexual desire, gas with oily discharge, and a strange desire to watch "Breakin' 2– Electric Boogaloo."

We need to get our government on this bird flu thing. I'd say we should send Dick Cheney to shoot any bird that even has a runny beak. If a walking piece of poultry even clears its throat– BAM!
~Christopher Titus

After nearly two weeks of violence and mounting casualties on both sides, help is on the way. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice finally cashed in her miles today and sprung for a surprise visit to Beirut's "Oh my God, don't let them shoot down my plane with a Stinger missile" International Airport.
~Jon Stewart

The internet's a creepy thing, especially if you have kids. It says something very creepy about the fact that I use the same machine to masturbate with as I use to teach my kid the alphabet.
~Greg Giraldo

Saddam Hussein has been on a hunger strike for seventeen days. They had to nurse him back to health with a feeding tube to get him healthy enough so he can go back on trial. And then be put to death. It is an odd thing. Two years ago, we were dropping ten thousand pound bombs on the guy. Now we're feeding him nutrients through a tube. No wonder he's confused.
~Jimmy Kimmel

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.
~Emo Phillips

I was walking down Fifth Avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson.
~Emo Phillips

We won the Miss Universe pageant. Meet Miss Puerto Rico, or as I call her, Miss "U.S.A.'s Territory with Commonwealth Status" Puerto Rico. She is so beautiful, you almost want to let her vote in federal elections.
~Stephen Colbert

What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them... eat a penguin.
~Dave Attell

This Friday, 'American Idol' winner Taylor Hicks will go to the White House to meet with President Bush. That's pretty cool, isn't it? Imagine an awkward Southern guy, who nobody thought could win anything, sitting down with the 'American Idol,' Taylor Hicks.
~Jay Leno


Despite the heat, President Bush is keeping busy. Earlier this week at the White House, President Bush met with the Prime Minister of India. There was an awkward moment when Bush asked the Indian Prime Minister, "Now that you're here, could you see why my computer is acting up?"
~Conan O'Brien


If you believe that there is a God... a God that made your body, and yet you think that you can do anything with that body that's dirty– then the fault lies with the manufacturer.
~Lenny Bruce

Can somebody explain to me why Pepsi and Coke advertise? Are we missing something? Seriously, everyone in this room has drank enough Pepsi and Coke in their lifetime they could piss it for a week. Did you ever go into a restaurant and say, 'Hey! I'd like a Coke.' And they say, 'We only serve Pepsi,' and you went, 'well, f**k you! Son of a bitch! What kind of a dump is this? Well, listen F**knuts, I'm goin' across the street. I'm gonna go eat at 'Buckets of Sh*t.' That's right! 'Buckets of Sh*t!' I know the food's lousy, but they serve a Coke!'
~Lewis Black

I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it "Irate". All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.
~Denis Leary

"There was one embarrassing moment today for President Bush when they phoned the Pentagon about evacuating Lebanese-Americans. He said, "I didn't even know Dick Cheney's daughter was over there."
~Jay Leno

I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'll use it.
~Steven Wright

This mini-lobster season stuff has gotten ridiculous. The people from Miami and parts north come down here and literally destroy everything in the ocean, including themselves. We need to get rid of this two-day fiasco. Even people from New Jersey act better then these mad mini-lobster-people.

Friday July 28, 2006

Thursday July 27, 2006

[One week mini season] No, mini-season is two days, 12:01 the last Wednesday of every July to midnight the last Thursday of every July.  Then it ends. Regular season starts Aug. 6. Mini-season is two days. And the TDC does not endorse mini-season and provides no money or publicity to support it.

I am so tired of seeing misinformation on this site.

Why are manhole covers round?

The TDC does not support mini season.

I've been down here for a couple months and the music sucks! I've seen one band that rocks at the Looe Key Tiki bar, but that's it. Most of these bands play all that old crap and not too well. I thought there were some big groups playing down here, where are they? While I'm venting, I don't get the Mile Marker 24 thing, what's the big deal? Would they have a crowd if they didn't buy drinks?

To believe or not believe (in God), that is the question.  The 17th century French mathematician and physicist, Blaise Pascal concluded that it is always a better "bet" to believe in God, because the expected value to be gained from believing in God is always greater than the expected value resulting from non-belief. And most of the world apparently agrees with him.  Religions differ in their description of God and what actions offend or please him.  But one common thread among most religions is the existence of God and a set of rules to be followed to produce a stable, productive society.  Maybe most the world is wrong and liberals are right.  Who knows?  But if you liberals are wrong, you guys are royally screwed. One thing is for sure, we will all find out soon enough.

[What ever happened to the fact that more than 3/4 of the employees didn't show up for work that day (WTC)]  Are we talking about New York or the Keys?

[Amen to the global warming response.]  Thanks for the sensible reply. In the seventies, there was a global cooling scare. Glaciers were coming to Central Park. Today it's global warming: palm trees are coming to Central Park. Yes, the climate is currently warming, but this is part of nature's cycle. It's not a permanent condition. Nature's cycles are everywhere, even in the birth-to-death cycle of sperm whales. Was the animal sick? Of course it was! None of us dies healthy, and that includes animals. We all get sick and die. Not front page stuff.

Winn-Dixie is here to serve the local customer's population size and I imagine that it cannot possibly maintain the staffing levels to cope with the logistical land-slide of rich over-zealous Mini-Lobster hunters that forgot to pack their lunch. And I really don't like to stand in the lines you people create every year. There is only the one store serving several Keys, so if you don't like it, take your boat and go catch your own damn lunch.

I'm Local. I got stopped in Big Pine Channel today by the Sheriffs Dept.  I was trying to back up in the current when the capt. of the MCSO boat said, "Stop. we'll come to you." He did exactly that without bumping into our boat and checked all our safety equip. We were on our way.  Also they were very courteous. Kudos to the MCSO.

[Fighting neighbors] To the person that said that neighbor was horrible and should have done something like call the cops, bahh.  Way to go neighbor for not butting in their business, we need more people like you down here, unlike the lets-call-the-cops-every-time-the-neighbor-farts-neighbor.  

[With regard to the ¾ of employees who did not show up to work at the World Trade Center on 9/11] I live nearby (in the much maligned NJ).  The day after the attack there was an article in the NYTimes about a man who worked as an engineer on the trains coming into the station that was the Trade Center.  When he heard the second building had been crashed into and was on fire he stopped all the trains from going to that all important stop.  The paper estimated he saved tens of thousands of lives.  Nothing more was made of him.  So…the trains were stopped by a regular guy doing his job correctly.  That’s why so many more didn’t die.

[What have environmentalists done for humans] Well, let’s see.  They have cost us billions of tax dollars due to needless obstructions to untold numbers of public works projects to “protect” some obscure species of moth or guppy that would probably just have moved out of the way if left on its own. They have prevented us from tapping into our vast oil reserves leaving us more dependent on foreign oil (yet continue to demand a solution to our foreign oil dependence).  They have prevented us from the construction of much nuclear power plants leaving us still dependant on coal fired power plants that add to the “greenhouse” effect they constantly howl about.  They have created a gigantic lobby at all levels of government that cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars every year so they can suck up more and more grant money to study the latest crises that they invented.  Don’t forget the tens upon tens of thousand of acres of public land that they have seized via court action for their own agendas and the additional thousands of acres of private land that they have stolen from citizens in every corner of the country to protect yet another “endangered” life form that no one ever heard of until they “discovered” it.  Let us not forget the global warming fiasco that is the latest craze that not even respected climatologists agree on.  That’s worth who knows how many more millions of tax dollars that they can stuff into their coffers for endless studies and research that never produce any definitive result.  (It does, however, give Al Gore and his Hollywood wacko pals something to hang onto in the absence of anything meaningful)  Yes, the environmentalists have contributed so much. 

[Fighting Neighbors]  How in the world do you think the guy got arrested?  I had my cell phone in my hand and called the Sheriff's Dept the second it got physical.  I also woke up my boyfriend to break up the fight.  Then, we were both up until 4am filling out witness statements to make sure justice was served.  No lecture needed about being a good neighbor, friend.  Decent people don't sit there and do nothing.  In fact, if I had not stood there and watched the whole thing, they would not have arrested the punk because there would have been no witnesses.  My street is a wonderful community of home owners. These renters are jackasses.  Don't be so rude until you know the whole story.  I thought it was assumed that I called the police when I said he got arrested.

This is not lobster season with lobster heads all over the place! It is maggot season.

Good grief.  Now we are going to get our collective shorts in a bunch and start to wring our hands and whimper about pregnant horses and their urine.  Is there is no end to the crises people will ferret out to have something to lose sleep over.  If you just have to have a crusade, try to find something really horrendous to occupy your mind and time.  I hear that curly endive suffers horribly when being chopped for a salad.  Really, something needs to be done about this cruel and herbicidal practice.  Please call the “Save the Endive Foundation” at 1-800-NO SALAD to make a donation.

All of a sudden you are too wide for my screen.  Please change back.

Dear editor,  I do not know what changed the format for today's postings but I hope it is not permanent.  It came out real wide so I not only had to scroll down as usual, but scroll side to side and that was a hassle. 

Dear Editor,  Why does the K&W page require all that back and forth. It is too time consuming especially if trying to read on company time.  Is this just a fluke or is it the wave of the future? Please put it back with the ads on the right so all the dialog fits the screen.  Pretty please. Thanks.

(Ed: I fixed it. I should have known that on the one day I didn't check the site after I published that it would be out of whack.)

[Another dumb idea] With all the retirees in the Keys riding Hoveround assist chairs, why not turn them into "Suckaround" chairs that have vacuum cleaners and bag attachments so they can suck up all the garbage, litter, beer cans, used condoms, syringes, etc. that are everywhere on the islands. The chairs could drag magnets around so they could pick up recyclable metal. How about lawnmower models that cut the grass (weeds) when they're on the way to the store to get more beer, syringes and condoms? Why not ones with extra seating to give locals an alternative to the lousy local taxi service? The elderly could deliver pizza, newspapers, even pick up your prescriptions for you. Why not? They're already there?  From what I see on TV commercials, they're practically giving the scooters away, or you can sign up to win one. There's no license or insurance required, and I don't think you can get a DUI on one. Where's mine? More dumb ideas to come...

[What has Bush done]  I wondered if Clinton's glory could hold a candle to our current president's performance. I decided to investigate:  According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the first four years of Clinton's presidency were marked with an unemployment rate of 6 percent, while the first four years of Bush's presidency produced an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent.  According to InflationData.com, the 8-year average consumer inflation rate during Clinton's presidency was 2.6 percent. The 5-year average inflation rate under Bush is only 2.55 percent.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average home ownership rate for all American citizens under Clinton was 65.53 percent; under Bush it is 68.38 percent.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty level across all demographics under Clinton was 13.29 percent; under Bush it is only 12.25 percent.  The Uniform Crime Report, administered by the FBI, lists an average of 1,429,000 violent crimes reported each year under Clinton, while there have been an average of 1,198,000 violent crimes reported yearly under Bush. Also, the arrest rate under Clinton was 49.66 percent; under Bush it is 50.81 percent. The numbers - all from credible sources - speak for themselves. These are simply the facts.    

[Fighting neighbors] some lady suggested that if your neighbors are fighting it is your moral duty to go over there and offer assistance. Is she does go over there she'd better wear a bullet-proof vest. Hey, Mable, mind your own business.

Reduce junk mail How To Get Off A Mailing List - Consumer Assistance .

[Whale] You had a great idea. Let the rotten carcass wash ashore and stink like shit, that should have been done before mini season.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get some cabinets moved down to Big Pine from the DC area? Know of any trucks with room? Ideas?

[who cares about my credit score] You should because it isn't just used for loans.  Just as an example, of the things people with bad credit scores pay more for is auto insurance regardless of their driving record.

Yeah, the censoring Editor had to be working Wednesday. Everything was just peachy clean.  Must be a broad!

My brand new DISH HD has 40 channels. Ok, 36 since 4, 6, 7 and 10 list that way plus with their actual satellite channels 64xx.  I can tune to them all. If you haven't installed since around May 1 you aren't getting signals from their new satellite launched in February.   Unfortunately, it does take a separate dish pointed east.

Hail, hail, I too. "wish people would just leave stranded whales and dolphin alone and let them die in peace. I know how people feel and how much they want to help, but screwing with these poor mammals just makes you feel good. It tortures the critters. Let them die in peace." Dang, half it's injuries could be caused by the stress incurred just by having the likes of you around!

[human species is in reverse evolution] Of course it is, and it's planed that way. Just think if we kept our best and strongest, and sent the mutants, the terminals, the mental, and criminals off to war. The junta would cringe in their leather seats, wondering who would push them out of their cushy jobs. Now we cannot have the good ones bothering the Rulers, now can we? They'd have to pay us more too!

Just to let you know DirecTV went full HDTV as of June 1st. And to the Dish guy on this site: Stop trying to make Dish what it's not. I had dish for 8 months and threw it away.

[Bring all your lobster to the United Methodist Church food pantry.]  Beautiful.  You want me to take ALL my lobster to the food pantry so some bum can feast on gourmet seafood that actually costs me more than it’s worth at the market.  Perhaps I should take along a nice steak and a bottle of merlot with each tail also. And we may as well throw in a Caesar salad.  Perhaps include a delicate crème brûlée for desert and an aged Remy Martin cognac for an aperitif.   We wouldn’t want the poor devils to suffer through an inadequate meal.  How about if we add an MP3 player so they can have a little mood music with dinner?  The theme could be Midnight in the Mangroves.  Harrumph!   I have a better idea.  You donate your lobster if it makes you feel good.  I’ll stick to donating SPAM and Beanie Weenies to the poor down trodden during the annual food drive. 

Letting that large whale die in peace?  How does one die in peace?  Didn't you see the whale 1/4 out of the water, with cuts?  Did you want the helpers to let it sit there and die and then rot for all to see and smell? 

Smile of the day     http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=70

[Stop using Premarin] I thought, "surely not".  But it is true http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3995076 

[Human species is in reverse evolution] Someone once said, let's have a Doctors Holliday. Let the doctors take off for two months a year, to cull the masses down to size. That would never work, simply because poor people don't go to doctors, only the rich do. Think about it.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish and he will open up a Deli, call the fish a weird name, and stick it on a piece of bread with a hole in it!

[Sailboats didn't cause power outage]  I've got news for you.  It happened twice last year and at least once the year before.  Granted, the power poles never should have been erected on the predominately windward side of the highway, but they were.  The law is being considered because the vessel owners have proven to be irresponsible.  They have failed to properly secure their vessels in the face of hurricanes.  If people were more responsible for their own actions, maybe the county wouldn't have to consider laws like this. 

[Australian pines] Why wasn't the community as a whole allowed to decide on this issue

Thursday July 27, 2006

Wednesday July 26, 2006

Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 or more for 411 / information calls when they don't have to. 
When you need to use 411, simply dial 1-800-FREE-411 (1-800-373-3411) without incurring a charge at all except for the minutes required to make the call. Pass it on!

[What have environmentalists done for humans] It's hard not to be insulting with my reply to the nature hater, but environmentalists' purpose is to protect and enjoy the environment--not humans.  Politicians are supposed to do things for humans. Maybe you can understand this example: A doctor for a sick person, a mechanic for a sick car, an environmentalist for a sick planet and a politician for a sick society.

Amen to the global warming response. One thing that grates on me is this sort of unconscious assumption that mankind is a contaminant of this planet. Man is this planet as much as he is of this planet. And when the planet decides to mutate mankind out of existence, the seas will continue to rise and fall, the temperature will do the same, and all without the help of some bureaucracy to tax the hell out of whatever other life form the planet decides to manifest. That is, until the sun engulfs the solar system. (Hey, maybe we can blame industry for that). Save the planet indeed.

I mean we are so taken with ourselves. We are so convinced that our species is so significant, that we can actually affect the basic functions of the planet. The planet has been through all kinds of things worse than us, been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drifts, solar flares, Sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages. And we're supposed think that some smoke and plastic is going to destroy the planet?
 
You want to know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. Want to know if the planet's alright? Ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or Pakistan or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. The planet will be here for a long, long time after we're gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself 'cause that's what it does. It's an ever-changing, self-correcting system.

What is with all the hype about knowing my credit score? And how does it compare to the national average? Unless I am applying for a loan is doesn't mean squat. By law the credit companies have to give you a free report once a year. I smell another scam that I am sure people are falling for.  More relevant numbers would be how one's weight or IQ compares to the national average. Now that would be worth something, but very un-politically correct.

[HDTV Channels] Dish Network has 25 and Comcast has only 18.

Peg Game Xraye - Blifaloo - Games

[Beware] Years ago when several Pilot Whales beached and were in Big Pine Key it was later found their sickness was the chicken pox virus.  People beware if you have had the chicken pox you won't get them again, but you could end-up with shingles.

Do not make Pine Channel a no anchor zone for sailboats and other vessels to keep them from knocking out power during a storm. Sailboats did not cause outage.  To the dumb county marine planners; raise the power line.

[Lobster mini season] A chance to bag few hundred. Originally held on the weekend for 3 days. They moved it to Wednesday and Thursday to reduce the fishing pressure. Ha,ha,ha, now it's 9 days. Thanks to the TDC shit heads. They take more lobster than they should--80,90,100. Us locals know.

The other day I was at the bank in Key West going through the drive through.  A van drove up in the parking area and opened her back door dumping about one half of a large bag of bird seed in the parking lot.  The pigeons and chickens were going nuts, eating as fast as they could.  The bank clerk came out about 5 minutes of the bird feeding and said something to the woman and she drove off.  What a mess she left in that parking lot, there outta be a law!

Ask a poor local if they eat lobster?

I wish people would just leave stranded whales and dolphin alone and let them die in peace. I know how people feel and how much they want to help, but screwing with these poor mammals just makes you feel good. It tortures the critters. Let them die in peace.

We do have a local DirecTV dealer here in BPK at The Phone Depot. The guy's name is Sammy. I was a former Comcast and Dish Network subscriber. Let me tell you something, cable TV goes out for no reason at all. Dish network completely sucks. Their HDTV, pricing, customer service, billing, etc. is totally unsatisfactory. So I called the 800 number for DirecTV and they gave me a run around.

Then I found out about the Phone Depot on MM 31 305-872-9099 and Sammy came right over and installed mine, and I've had no problems with the signal going out, even with all the rain. On top of that he's very dependable and goes out of his way when it comes to customer service. I found out about him last year during all the hurricane problems we suffered, when my Nextel was unable to make calls and only MetroPCS was working down here. I've been a MetroPCS and DirecTV customer since! From what I understand, they have a store in Marathon, BPK, Stock Island and Key West. Their main number is the one above. Kudos to the Phone Depot. At least we don't have to deal with the 800 numbers and wait weeks for some idiot from Miami who doesn't speak English (if he shows up) to make a disaster of my house installation, and I'm including Dish Network with this comment. Sammy has an amazing ability in remembering names and faces. Every time I see him he comes over and shakes my hand and treats me like he's known me for years. I've heard a lot of people make the same comments about him. Kudos to you Sammy!

[7 Mile Bridge] Let's leave it and you get the hell out of the Keys.

I picked up a new News guide today that is called "Florida Horse News" put together in Palatka and found a very disturbing article. I am going to retype it so please forgive errors.

Stop using Premarin now! Premarin--a prescription drug currently being used by over 8 million women with menopausal symptoms is responsible for agonizing conditions and ultimate death of thousands of horses annually.

Most women don't know that Premarin is made from pregnant mare's urine, and the mares are kept in horrendous conditions. The Mares are artificially inseminated and forced to spend their 11 month pregnancies in stalls so small they cannot turn.  If the try to lie down, their heads are jolted up right by their halter chains.  Long lines of pregnant horses stand, chained and strapped into cramped concrete and steel pens like rows of four-legged galley slaves.   They shuffle uncomfortable from hoof to hoof.  A forlorn look fills their eyes as they stare.  Their coats are dull, their ears droopy-tell-tale signs of a horse's misery.  Many get sore, swollen legs or become crippled from standing months on end, in their tiny concrete stalls.  The mares are kept constantly thirsty.  They are denied water so that their urine becomes thick.  Currently 75,000 pregnant mares are given the opportunity to aid in the production of the totally unnecessary prescription drug, Premarin. Stop using the drug now!  Stop the demand and the supplies will dwindle!  Ask your doctor for a healthy alternative to this drug. There are plenty available if you do the research.  Ask your grandmother!   Do it for the horses!

What happens to the foals?

A few are used to replace worn out mares on what the farmers call "pee lines"  but most are sent to feedlots where they are fattened, then slaughtered for meat.  Claude Bouvry, Canada's leading horsemeat exporter, says the pregnant mares' urine (PMU) industry is his biggest source of supply.

If you want to find out more about rescues or helping out in preventing this horrible kind of farming, there are numerous sites on the web.  Just search for "PMU" Mares

We would like to invite you to a party. Howard Livingston and The Mile Marker 24 Band will be performing at the Looe Key Tike Bar on Ramrod Key, Florida Saturday July 29th, 2006 (That is this Saturday!!) If you are in the area please stop by and join us. Also bring in your largest lobster tail for a chance to win stuff in our contest!!!! As always, have a free margarita on the band and let’s celebrate the wonderful Florida Keys. http://www.diveflakeys.com/tikibarandgrill.htm

After looking around, I have come to the sad conclusion that the human species is in reverse evolution. Any weak, fat, sick, slow, or stupid animal in the wild is quickly eliminated, thus ensuring only the strong breed and carry on the species.

Now humans, that's another thing. You can be big, fat, slow, smoke like Mt. St. Helens, drink like a fish, do drugs, get sick from all your bad habits, and someone steps up and provides whatever it takes to keep you alive. Then they let you breed, and surprise, more little idiots are born. So instead of getting stronger, the species is getting weaker. And this is the proof that Liberals and all their welfare are going to be the end of the human species.

Wildlife have rights too. Keep your cat indoors or get rid of it.

Speaking of the Monroe County Sheriffs Dept. I have a question I would love answered by someone in the MCSO. What is the percentage of Deputies working that are not residents of Monroe County? I heard some of them rent a bed at the Big Pine Road Prison and go home to there family in Miami after their three day tour. Is this true or False?

I would support tearing the old bridge down if you volunteer to pay for it. P.S. Put it in about 200 feet of water where it would make a fine fishing reef.

What the world needs to save it is absolute proof that god exists only in the mind of the individual, who has either been brainwashed as a child by their caregivers or traumatized into believing (there is no other category of believer) in the delusional fantasy.

When the mind of the human race matures to the point that people realize there really is no god, they will then realize that everything in religion is fiction.

At this time, few Christians even know that there were over a hundred men before Christ that claimed to be the son of god. They don't want to hear the truth and will not discuss the possibility that their version of god may not exist. It would be an insult to their parents (who brainwashed them).

If god and Jesus were true, everyone would know it; they would not have to believe it.

Because the believers need to keep reinforcing their beliefs they feel the need to force everyone else to believe the same fantasies and lies. Then there are the frauds selling it on TV; they are proof beyond a doubt that god  and religion are a fraud.

If Rick Wagoner, General motors CEO, thinks he's got trouble now; what will he do in three years when the Chinese perfect their auto industry and export cars to the USA that will sell for ten thousand dollars less than any car we have?

I just came back from the Post Office and I saw all this trash and several cans all set out by the new bank and that business in the rear, after all I heard about HoM and not having any dumpster. I thought you guys said if you own a business you need a dumpster? Do they not get the same pickup that homes get?

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.  

[Lobster vacation] $50,000 boat, $50.000 SUV, motel, beer food, water, hotel, beer, gas, oil and beer. Or 12 lobster from the fish house $80.00.

[St. Augustine visitor] Thanks for the advice. We'll bring plenty of skeeter and noseeum repellent as well as a fan (smile). Looking forward to checking out the Old Wooden Bridge and visiting each eatery mentioned. Thank you again and looking forward to my visit even if it is the hottest, most humid month. We'll be traveling with several luxury items for camping (another smile).

[Lynching's continue in the South] Kind of puts things in perspective, huh?

[Thank the editor for giving us all an opportunity to voice our opinions]  There is clearly more than one editor, unfortunately.  Most of time, they do an excellent job and don't seem biased.  But, there is one editor that can't seem to help themselves.  I'm guessing this was written by that editor, who frequently "edits" or omits postings to suite their bias.  If everyone that this editor censors stops posting, I'm guessing this web page would get boring pretty fast.  Cicadas are just not that interesting.

Have any of you seen the Human Cadaver Exhibit at the MOSI in Tampa?

An exhibition starring real, skinned human corpses arranged in poses—a soccer player in mid-kick, for example—is drawing record- breaking crowds and controversy to a Florida museum. Photo Gallery: "Bodies" Cadaver Exhibition >> The exhibit has been extended till Sept, 4th 2006 http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/local_entertainment/arts_museums/content_articles/050306_leart-05.txt

The mini season is not hurting the lobster. It's killing the locals. We hate it.

[Whales] News Flash. Attention all KW Citizen staffers, Sanctuary officials, environmentalists, Democrats, and others of the liberal persuasion. Guess what? Animals live their lives and die of natural causes. Whales get sick and beach themselves. This isn't front-page news. You can't bring them back to life. The only lives needing attention are yours; you each need to get one!

[World Trade Center] What ever happened to the fact that more than 3/4 of the employees didn't show up for work that day, and who were these employees?

That was a "giant orb spider" not a Golden Orb Weaver.

[Fighting Neighbors]  I wouldn't want to live in your neighborhood either.  If you're just going to sit there and watch neighbors fight and possibly hurt each other then you're no better than them.  Instead of watching, did you think about calling the police?  Did you think about asking if someone needed help?  Standing around and watching people fight makes you as bad a neighbor as the instigators.  You're the worse kind of neighbor…the one who sits around and does nothing but complain on a website!

Geeze, all I did was ask a simple question about liberal morals (or so I thought) and now I'm a religious zealot.  If you don't have a logical consistent basis from which to make moral decisions, how do you know that you're not just letting outside forces influence you?  Making emotional decisions will bite you in the ass every time. You don't have to be religious to know that it makes no sense that war is immoral but abortion isn't.  So far, no one has been able to explain this type of reasoning.  Is this question really that confusing for liberals? 

The old 7 mile bridge went from Marathon to Little Duck Key, not West Summerland Key. If it went to West Summerland Key it would have been the 14 mile bridge not the 7 mile bridge. 

[US-1 Radio] Seems the streaming signal is more distorted than it used  to be.  It now sounds like a cell phone call more than a radio signal.  The signal used to be cleaner.  Anyone else detect this?

Australian pines are actually classified as a weed and aren't even liked in Australia so why are they so cherished here where they take over all our beautiful natives.

Bring all your lobster to the United Methodist Church food pantry.

If we didn't have white crowned pigeons here we would be able to get rid of the poisonwood trees. In the Caribbean, the locals eat the white crowned pigeons.

This little dude was under the house last month.

[Environmentalists don't help people]  Are you kidding?  Where would FWC be without them?  Working at Wal-Mart, most likely.  And what about TNC?  They've managed to acquire some of the most desirable vacation property on the planet using other people's money with the help of environmentalists.  So you see, they do help people.  They just all happen to be environmentalist too.

[BPTV] I want my BPT, T, T, oh, I can't remember the last letter.  Anyway, I want it.

Wednesday July 26, 2006

Tuesday July 25, 2006

I heard yelling outside at 2am last night, so I stepped out on my porch to see what was up.  Instead of making my presence known, I just watched as my neighbors yelled at each other (a guy lives downstairs and a couple live upstairs).  There was a lot of cussing back and forth about making too much noise because the couple upstairs was having an argument and slamming doors...waking up the other tenant.   Finally the guy downstairs called them both "bitches" and went back in his house.  The girl upstairs wouldn't have it, so she and her little boyfriend came downstairs, knocked on the guy's door, and then started wrestling over getting the door open.  They got the guy outside and tried to beat him up.  At one point, the little boyfriend told his girl to "kick him in the balls for calling her a bitch" while he had him pinned down.  I am so glad I quietly watched this. 

They arrested the punk boyfriend and they should have arrested her too.  This girl instigated the entire thing and then stepped back and watched the mess she made.  These people live in Eden Pines and may soon be moving to a rental unit near you.  My street was a quiet, family street until these idiots moved in.  Is there any way we can come up with a "Survivor Law" in which we can vote these people off the island?

And a word to my female neighbor...next time someone calls you a bitch and walks away, go back inside and forget about it.  Women like you have no class and give the rest of us a bad name.  Please leave my neighborhood. 

[Kill everyone who messes with Israel] You can't defeat Islam and you can't kill them all unless we're worse animals than they are. Is that what the writer wants?

(Ed: Deer Abby showed up today. As it turns out it was the time challenged Editor's fault because I gave her the wrong date to show up. Oops!)

Someone referred to seeing White Crowned Pigeon nests. I didn't know they nested down here. I've never seen a nest. Are they large? What do they look like? I'd like to see one.

[Stop watch] I can hold my breath for two minutes and fifteen seconds.

Dang! All this time I was doing it wrong!

I want my BPTV.

[Australian pines are a beautiful sight]  It is all in the mind of the beholder as to what is beautiful or not. What is indisputable is the fact that these trees are displacing native vegetation and native wildlife.  Your post brings to mind the Geico television commercial where the caveman tells the supposedly intelligent spokesman, "next time do a little research."  I suggest that you do a little research next time before you support destructive trees.

[Monosodium glutamate] I'm wondering if restaurants should be made to post signs stating they use Flavor Enhancers in their food. So far, I have found six places that do, and after many headaches, I can't eat there anymore. Lots of people are bothered by these chemicals, but never realize what is causing their problems.

[What would it take for a liberal to be immoral] Who is this religious zealot who assumes people can't know right or wrong without the bible? Cast off your shackles and open your heart or give it a rest.

The cicadas usually arrive around the beginning of August.  I haven't really heard them yet, but my cat loves to catch and play with them and brought in a baby one about a week ago.  She loves the loud buzzing noise they make and the chase around the house when she lets them so.  So I guess they are out there and will be coming around soon.

[Old 7 Mile Bridge] Why don't we allow them to tear down the old bridge from Pidgeon Key to West Summerland? It looks pretty crappy. It is virtually useless, and a symbol of the industrialization of the country. Some of us need to realize that the past is gone. We now have a tier system, TBD's, and a FEMA list. Gone are the days of clean oceans teeming with an over abundance of sea life. Let's dump it in the Ocean at about 40-80 feet, to replace some of the dead patch reefs I see so much of.

The guy who believes our government imploded the World Trade Center and the one who believes global warming is merely a vast left wing environmental conspiracy should get together. They will either get along great or it will be like putting two colonies of fire ants together.

I believe in God, it’s all the groups that claim to be the personal representative of God that scare the crap out of me.

I went to the new Mexican restaurant on Friday night at Garrison bight and it was closed and their phone is disconnected.  Which restaurant did you go to at Garrison Bight?

I heard cicadas for the first time thins morning. It's officially Sweltering Summertime.

I went to Winn Dixie last night to do my weekly shopping and that place was pretty bare. No bread in the aisle or the bakery and among other things that were out of stock. Don't they know we have more tourist down here for mini season? Wouldn't you think they would take that into consideration and stock up a little?

[Is there a new editor on BPK site]  Or was that just a dig to the editor? Gibberish / beliefs crapola.  I have been reading and posting here for a while now and my posts do not get edited.  Not even when I have a typo and wish he would correct it for me.  How about a thank you to the unknown editor for giving us all an opportunity to voice our opinions and hear those of others, rather than criticizing?  If not, go somewhere else to do your nit picking.  He even posts your insults, how about that?  Kudos to the Editor!

It seems as though, the do-gooder environmentalists feel that the beached whale off Big Pine is so sick that it can't die on it's own. So, they in their infinite wisdom are going to kill it. I wonder what happened to sick whales before environ-medal-withs were around. You would think there would be a lot of old whales to sick to die, beached or swimming around somewhere. I really don't mean to put the environmentalists down, but have they done anything for humans? No. At least not here.

[Sign in front of my New Jersey neighbor's house] Well, yeah, it's a really nice sign.  Nice idea, nice materials, well painted, etc.  I'm sure it should make all us Piners proud.  (Jesus wept, but at least the idiot sign painter was able to spell "retard" right.)

I did something dumb today.  I was in Publix shopping with my wife. As I have little interest in dishwashing liquid deals, I sauntered over to the magazine section. I picked up a copy of Maxim with Carmen Electra on the cover; then was disappointed to see that it was the Spanish version of Maxim so I put it back on the rack. I put it back on the rack. I put the magazine with the pretty ladies back... I put the magazine that I only had been interested in the saucy photos back... I put back the magazine that had plenty of pictures of Latin hotties, but must have felt I could not translate the images from Spanish to English. Are you following me here? Are you taking the journey?  I am an idiot.

[Cicadas] I have seen several empty larval shells, for lack of a better word, on my Eden Pines Colony shrubs and have heard a few adults in the trees the last two days. Wilma did not kill them all. Thank goodness the surge did seem to kill all of the invasive Cuban snails that were all over my property. Unfortunately, I have seen the Cuban snail thriving on the Coconuts Lounge property recently, so it's only a matter of time before they become a big problem everywhere again.

[White crowned pigeons]  They are everywhere in Big Pine Key too, it is  fabulous to see them!

[Cicadas] I heard some last week for one night.  I have not heard anything since.  I'm in Big Pine Key.

[Miss Chernobyl 2002] From the looks of that picture I see at least two new County commissioners to run, and we now have our  two new candidates for the 2008 elections. Boobs, one and all.

I have to agree about the Australian Pines. They need to go.  Particularly any near power lines, homes or businesses.  They may be beautiful to look at, but it's very dangerous to own a house near one.  They have been known for having roots that are easy to tip in a big wind not to mention hurricane force winds.  They may look frail but believe me when I say they are one of the hardest trees around.  Imagine one if them falling on your house?  I have, during George. Sometimes you have to let go for the good of the neighborhood.

Here is proof positive that the Cicadas survived Wilma.  Or is it just another Parrot Head wannabe?

[Bush rambling like a child] Now, now, why don't you just get back to your important work on the Democratic National Stolen Election 2004 Commission and the Democratic National Stolen Election 2000 Commission and the 9/11-WTC Falling Towers-Global Warming Panel, and let the President and Ms. Rice get on with running the country, dealing with the Mideast, etc.?  Is the summer weather getting to you a little?

[Taxi cab] Taxis have no more rights than passenger vehicles. They are worse drivers than regular people because they are always in a hurry and take more risks in their hurry. To treat them like school busses is absurd. That attitude is another reason that cabs are in so many accidents.

[Global Warming. There's no real debate. What arrogance] Yes to the "what arrogance" post.  I'll only add that the global warming freaks, most of them liberals, have a real dilemma now.  Before, when the US, Canada, Japan, Europe and Russia were responsible for most of the CO2 production, it was easy to bash along the usual liberal line.

Now, more and more every day, the production of huge amounts of greenhouse gasses is shifting to the developing world--China, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Mexico, etc. (Not to mention burning of the forest and grasslands in South America, Africa and SE Asia.)

What's a Nervous Nellie to do?  We can't criticize our "friends" in the third world, who need our superior guidance and liberal sympathy so badly, but...

Terry isn't as old as a rock yet, but he is older than coal.

Tuesday July 25, 2006

Monday July 24, 2006

Dear Visitor from St. Augustine. I love your area too! Check out the No Name Pub on BPK, Blue Hole (not real exciting but they got gators), the Coffee Shop has good food, Ramrod Tiki Bar is fun as well as Boondocks, Big Pine Kayak has great eco tours, Old Wooden Bridge has boat rentals and Fishcutters on Summerland has awesome food.  Deer are seen mostly at dawn and dusk all over. Enjoy your stay.

Presidential Library destroyed by flood.--Crawford, Texas.  A tragic flood this morning destroyed the personal library of president George W. Bush. The flood began in the presidential bathroom where both of the books were kept. His two books were a total loss. A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had almost finished coloring the second one. The White House tried to call FEMA, but there was no answer.

[Deer Abby] It's so much fun reading the Big Pine blog. I can't wait to read some real problems! Your killing me! The best part is we will really know who is writing in every Monday. (Ed; Sadly, the much anticipated Deer Abby seems to have Keys Disease and forgot to send us the first edition. What can I tell you?)

[BPTV] I miss the cam, but understand your decision.  I'll be taking a peek anyway to see when it pops up again.

[Cicadas] where are they? I saw a dead one yesterday on my roof. On the bright side, I've seen two more silver orb spiders.

The only bill I can't pay by credit card is my Visa bill.

That was a great idea about transferring a shovelful of fire anthills. I'm going to try it. i sure need to do something about those pesky critters.

They might make Pine Channel (on the west end of the island) a no sailboat anchor zone because it seems that every time we have a hurricane a sailboat breaks lose and its mast hits the tie line and knocks power out to the area.

[Global Warming. There's no real debate] What arrogance! As you may have heard, there was a universe in existence before you were unleashed ten minutes ago. Thankfully there is more information countering the global warming lie than supporting it. There have been sweltering summers during past centuries. Sweltering winters as well. There are cycles in play that we aren't even aware of since we haven't been around long enough. But some infant shows up with his pseudo-science, "identifying" a problem, and we are to take his word at face value? There are thousand-year cycles that affect this planet. The Aztecs were aware of this. The facts show that the mean temperatures oscillate with tiny anomalies since ancient history. This we do know. You know, I think you should be made to pay for licensing and impact studies before you take another crap, with pending fines. Do you think we should shut down industry and business on your word that "there's no real debate on that anymore"?

I wrote in a couple of days ago saying my gas oven takes 24 minutes to reach 450°.  Well, here's another one, my coffee maker takes two minutes and forty seconds to brew a 14 ounce cup.

I'm sorry to bore you all with this nonsense, but I always wanted a stop watch and I finally got one. Hey, Ed, can I be the time editor?

The only thing I know about Muslims is that their religion says to kill everyone that isn't a Muslim. They will be a problem until the world is an Islamic world. What can we, in the free world, do? All future generations will have to bear this threat to civilization and freedom until the end of time.

The cost of medium homes has risen 66% in four years in Florida. That does not include the Keys, where I guess homes cost even more.

Former Army general and Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon finally died. He was in a coma for several months.

Find out when to save money on sales tax in your state so you can plan your purchases. FTA Bulletin - B-32/00 -- Survey of Sales Tax Holidays.

This sign showed up right in front of my New Jersey neighbor's house. They must have really ticked off someone in the neighborhood.

[Industry is causing global warming] When pollution controls are added, it reduces efficiency.  You can't have both, so pick one.  As far as alternative sources, nuclear power plants could replace those evil polluting fossil fuel plants.  But you don't want that either because you're afraid of what might happen.  France isn't.  They have mostly nuclear power.  What's that you say?  "They" need to invent a new source of energy.  Yeah, good idea.  Why didn't "they" think of that?  Now if "they" would just get off their ass and get to it...

While sitting in a bar in Key West, I watched people walking the sidewalks. They were not foreigners or jocks, they were fat. I realized then, how America will collapse.

Here's one of the most used links on the web:  http://www.gunbroker.com/  Tells you something, I hope!

If the sail boaters have to anchor in Pine Channel it seems only sensible that they take their masts down in light of what has happened in past hurricanes.  It seems likely that the bottom there is rock covered with a little sand that will not allow a Danforth type anchor to properly dig in enough to be fully functioning in severe conditions. 

During “Rodeo Daze Key West” the fun never stops. 

Here's the low-down on the speed limits.  The 35 mph zone applies both ways on Knights Key.  Only, there is a 45 mph sign at about the 46.5 mm to start slowing traffic down before going on to Knights Key.  Why 35 mph?  All the businesses between the bridge and the Marathon library signed a petition asking for slower speeds so drivers would be more likely to notice them and stop in.  As far as Big Pine Key, night is defined as one hour past sunset to one hour before sunrise.  The zone was extended over the Spanish Harbor Bridge at the request of the Key Deer Refuge.  Both cases were controversial, but we're stuck with them.  Don't ask about that 50 mph zone between Sunshine Key Campground and Veteran's Park.  I haven't been able to figure that one out yet.   

[I am visiting Big Pine Key for a week in Sept.]  You said you were camping at the Fishing Lodge and wanted to know if you should bring some donation for the wildlife.  My advice:  Forget the wildlife.  If you’re camping in Sept. (one of the hottest, most humid months) bring along plenty of supplies for heat stroke and gallons of skeeter and noseeum repellent.  Man, are you going to need them!

That pizza that taste like food from the gods is Rays pizza they are at the winn dixie plaza in K.W. The website was www.rayspizzakeywest.com  It's the best pizza I've ever eaten in Keys. I met the delivery person In Big Coppit and it only cost me a $3 delivery charge.

I live in the Keys, and I wish I were a Conch.

Jim Warren's painted world. (Can you spell D-A-L-I?)

[Sure fire way to get rid of Fire Ants] Sounds like just another blow up between Israel and Hezbollah, or Hamas, or Osamma or any of those idiot terrorists.  Go Israel! Kick their butts back to the stoneage and you'll just have to do it again in 6 more years.  When will the free world wake up and really try to exterminate these vermin in our midst.  Do we really have to wait till 20,000 more are killed or 50,000? What is the magic number to wake everyone up to the fact that this is getting down an dirty and the only way to stop it is to kill them before they kill us. 

I ate at Garrison bite yesterday. It's not closed.

The price of gas is a great motivator!

I agree the Sheriff's Office is doing a great job.

[Women sluts] Let's face the facts. Men are sluts too; and I'm not Bill Clinton (speaking of sluts).

[Fire Ant Solution] When you put a shovel full from nest #1 and put it on nest #2, Then a take shovel full from nest #2 and put it onto nest #1, Aren't you just putting the ants from nest #1 back where they came from?

Did you ever see a white rabbit? I did!

The Marathon 35 mph speed limit is there because of the business's traffic that has to back out onto the highway. As for Big Pine, do the highest speed limit you can see at the appropriate time the 45 mph sign becomes invisible due to clever polarization.  And Dish Network also carries NASA.

Australian pines are a beautiful sight  I was very mad, as were my neighbors, when the county came along and just cut down the pine trees on a vacant lot that the neighborhood kept cleaned. 

[Another dumb idea for the Keys] Why not have fireworks off the old bridges into the bays every evening? We could do it just like they do at Disneyworld, and I'll bet it would be wildly popular. Concessions could be set up, they could buy hats and t-shirts and hot dogs and beer and soda and fishing tackle and bait. More dumb ideas to come.

[New Band] Knickers Down is not and should not be compared to or categorized as a lame wedding cover band. they're more along the lines of groups like Me First, The Gimme Gimmes or the The Detroit Cobras. Knickers Down takes popular rock as well as edgy punk or alternative and changes it into something that is completely different, unique and their own. Still recognizable to the late night bar room crowd who likes to sing along to their favorites, but definitely not just straight ahead covers with cheesy lounge-ish vocals and note for note guitar solos.

It is this signature sound that beckons to locals and visitors alike in Florida and beyond to nod along from your stool or chair or jump up and get crazy with it wherever you are in any pub or venue across America. If you want to hear the way their songs are done by the actual artists, buy the record. If you want a rock and roll religious experience, call Knickers Down. If you haven’t seen Knickers Down yet, you have no idea what you are missing. Drawing from their punk and rock roots these guys play a style that is balls-to-the-wall from start to finish. Take no prisoners, show no mercy. Described by the former owner of Washington DC's 9:30 Club as "a rock and roll religious experience. I felt like I was at a rock revival except these guys aren't preaching fire and brimstone. They are preaching sex and rock and roll." To put it bluntly, this band is playing it the way it’s supposed to be played. With a nod to the old metal and props to the rock icons while maintaining a straight ahead punk rock swagger. Think of the Sex Pistols meet AC/D C and Thin Lizzy and you are almost there. “Is it a mob crew? Is it a street gang? No worries Mom. It’s just Knickers Down.”
Knickers Down will be at Coconuts Friday night from 11PM to 3AM.

I took of a Golden Orb Weaver. You can see the male above.

I drive a taxi here and the tailgating thing caught my eye. Why would anyone follow a taxi closely. We are not going to Miami and driving the full Overseas Highway. We could stop or make a left or right at any time. We are like a school bus or an emergency vehicle--stay away!

I was driving a Medicaid customer from Key West to Marathon last week, signaled right to pull off the road for bathroom facilities, and some idiot driving a Rutherford Construction truck almost caused quite a deal in Ramrod. To the Driver: DO You follow taxis as a habit or are you brain dead? Here's a clue: Big Yellow School Bus, Fire Engine, or Taxi, give us and our passengers room. Don't follow us. If you are on the clock, take your time, what's the hurry?

To Rutherford construction: That right turn signal you see blinking might be a strong indication that I am leaving US1 and making a right. All of us are not driving from Key West to Miami with no stops. Because of the almost tragic incident, I checked my turn signals just to see how visible they were and they are huge and visible. Maybe you were distracted because of a cell phone? Go Wireless $10. Call it a day. Make it happen.

While driving my personal car I see all types too. The brake action is funny. The drivers that constantly hit their brakes on the 7-Mile bridge or thru Big Pine instead of just releasing the gas pedal works wonders. Just like the cars that speed up to a red light. It's so funny to coast past them using some intelligence and driving skills. Please don't kill me or my neighbors.

[Poisonwood trees] From what I can tell in our wandering of woods Keyswide, all of our natives are blooming and seeding at different times this year, probably based on differing salt inundation and rainfall. You can see a big difference from one island to another. We're seeing dozens of white-crowned pigeons on Ramrod, as well as large numbers down in Key West yesterday. We really hadn't seen many since right after one of last year's storms knocked out their nests, so it's reassuring to see them in such numbers now.

[Morals without the bible as a guide]  The answers I've read so far don't make much sense either.  Do you know what morals are?  Maybe that should be the starting point.  What is the liberal's definition of morals?  Do you consider yourself moral when you're liked by others or is there more to it than that?  What would it take for a liberal to be immoral?  Other than vote Republican or fail to recycle, what would you have to do to commit a liberal "sin"? 

I want my BPTV.

Happy birthday Terry! Remember that we love you and feel you're not that old...yet.

Monday July 24, 2006

Sunday July 23, 2006

[Why are speed limits so inconsistent in so many places]  35 MPH on one side of the road and 45MPH on the other according to the placement of signs. Knights Key in Marathon comes to mind. What is the reason for the 35 zone that takes a huge part of Marathon, except more revenue for FHP? Big Pine is higher than this during the day. Speaking of Big Pine, before you arrive from the east, the "Deer speed limit" starts on the other side of Spanish Harbor? Do deer routinely cross the bridge? When is "Night" anyway? Sunrise to Sunset or Dusk to Dawn? What about at 12 noon during a heavy downpour when visibility is reduced? Anyone have any speeding ticket stories or the true lowdown on the signs?

I am visiting Big Pine Key for a week in Sept. and am so looking forward to it. I live in St. Augustine, Florida and visited the Keys in 2000 for a week. We stayed at Bahia Honda and I fell in love with the island along with Big Pine Key. We visited each island on the beaten path and choose BPK as our stay this time ending it with two days at Bahia Honda.
I'm wondering if any of the locals have any advice for me on what to see and what not. I will be camping at Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge. We are looking forward to snorkeling and the wildlife.  I know it says not to feed the deer and I am concerned about the berries not in bloom yet. Should I bring some type of donation for the wildlife? Visiting with the most respect for your island and looking forward to it. Thank you in advance for any advice. Peace to all Big Pine Key residents.

Between Bush rambling like a child about a roast pig when he's being asked about his take on the latest unrest in the Middle East; at the same event, jokingly trying to replace a member of the orchestra with Condoleezza Rice, giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel an impromptu shoulder massage, (which Merkel recoiled from), and breaking his Veto cherry by voting down stem cell research--the man's obviously gone quite mad. All that grouped together with the "shit slip" and looking like a complete tool during his, (long overdue) speech to the NCAAP it's been quite a week for Baby Bush. Someone needs to put him down for his nappy-nap and keep him away from the cameras.

Sometimes its good to take it nice and easy and sometimes you want life to be faster then a New York minute. That's why the Big Apple is what it is.

I checked the facts and it's beyond me who Al Moore and Michael Gore are. Nothing like a genius telling us what's going on.

It seems that if you don't wear a suit or some sort of brass covered uniform, you are considered a nobody in this country. The most important people in the world, the farmers, are treated like dirt! Where did we go wrong?

Thank you to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department. You are always there for us to protect and serve.  A job well done.  We citizens do appreciate you, very much so.  Thank you and Kudos.

Interviewed yesterday, Al Gore was asked what his thoughts were on the way the middle-east situation was heating up.  He said, “It’s global warming, just like I’ve been saying all along.  And it’s not just the middle-east, it’s going to spread all the way to Montana and even California.”

The new Mexican restaurant at Garrison Bight closed up and Shula's is closing July 29th. 

The 7 mile bridge tanker accident was caused by an SUV plowing into the front of the tanker at over 100 mph while trying to pass just as the SUV got onto the bridge.  That's the guy that got killed, along with the tanker driver.  I don't think anybody hit the tanker from behind.

As for tailgating you are right, people do it to much.  The NHTSA ran tests that came up with the finding that an Olympic caliber athlete at the peak of his training required 1.8 seconds to recognize an emergency in front of him and move his foot from the accelerator to the brake.  That's just to move the foot, not put on the brake and certainly not stop.  That's where their 2 second rule came from (pick a spot the guy in front passes and count off 2 seconds before you get there).  Even at that you'll probably hit the guy in front but not as hard.

[Wall Street Journal article on global warming] The last time I looked, the Wall Street Journal was not a scientific publication, and that article runs counter to the overwhelming scientific consensus that there is a rapid and alarming rate of global warming. There is no real debate anymore about that, and the consensus is almost as compelling that it is a man-made phenomenon. Moreover, the main profit motive is obviously on the part of the industries that have, collectively, trillions of dollars at stake in continuing the same practices without spending money on pollution controls, greater energy efficiency, and alternative sources of power (perhaps that is why the Wall Street Journal capitalized on that article).

Regarding nuclear power, I guess that person never heard of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island or the millions of tons of nuclear waster that have no safe place to be stored. Besides the possibility of a horrifically disastrous accident, nuclear power is more risky than ever in this age of growing terrorism. The mainstream recognizes serious problems with global warming and nuclear power and only an extremist few criticize them for doing so.

I've enjoyed the debut of the new shows "Psych" on USA network and "Eureka" on the Sci-fi channel. Both are funny and cleverly written. It's a great change from this onslaught of reality crap. I don't care about competing chefs and home remodeling challenges and what-not. We need more scripted TV. If there's any bright side to the reality trash, it encourages me to read more often.

Obviously the "woman scorned" is still crazy about her old man even though he is an alleged loser. Too bad, we could use a few more single women down here, but I am guessing that she will wait on her ex until the cows come home.

Quit giving Bush crap about that little massage deal. Clinton gave a lot of women massages with happy endings and yet you still seem to support him.

I'm not sure what point was trying to be made with the Bill O'Reilly posting.  To paraphrase, he said there were people, in this case liberal Jews, who were sympathetic to terrorists because they feel America and Israel were to blame.  Well, that statement is absolutely true.  Many far-left people do feel that way.  The posting, attempted as an insult to conservatives, made no sense. (Ed: I didn't understand it either, but like Bill O'Reilly, I was trying to be fair and balanced.)

[Version 1]How in the hell do will we have a new County Commissioner that did not receive one vote from the public? They would even be allowed do that in New Orleans with all of the government cooperation there. Wake up people this is why the Florida elections laws are the laughing stock of the entire nation and Monroe County is one level below that. This changes the entire definition of elected official. We get the government we deserve. Let's keep this in mind when the county government tries to continue with their efforts to remove Monroe County from the state's list of critical concern. They should make the county's election process an area of critical concern.

[Version 2] How in the hell will we have a new County Commissioner that did not even receive one vote from the public? Also the School District boundaries for school Board elections are not clear and they are going to ask the school superintendent to decide if his close friend, and who he contributed financially to her election campaign fund,  qualifies to be a candidate for the school board election or not. Give me a break. They would not even be allowed do this kind of stuff in New Orleans with all of the government corruption there. Wake up people, this is why the Florida elections laws are the laughing stock of the entire nation and Monroe County is one level below that. This changes the entire definition of what it means to be an elected official. We get the government we deserve. Let's keep this in mind when the county government tries to continue with their efforts to remove Monroe County from the state's list of critical concern. They should make the county's election process an area of critical concern.

Could someone remind me the name of the pizza place in KW that they paid $45 to have delivered?  Was it really that good?   I'm going to KW soon and would like to try it.

[Tailgating] I don't mind giving the space but it irritates me when the car behind me pulls into the space I left open.  Now, I have to give more space for the next driver behind me to pull into.

[Liberal morals]  No, you haven't got it yet...keep trying though.  Hint: Move on.

[The Wall Street Journal; China syndrome, it never happened] Then what do you call Chernobyl, a fire? Three Mile Island, a mishap? Just think what would happen if the maintenance personnel walked away form their stations at a nuke plant, or worst were blown up by war?

[Woman scorned, once a slut, always a slut] Why a Slut? If a woman isn't happy with her marriage, why can't she move on? I know kids are a ball and chain, but there is no need to suffer with a man that isn't worth staying with. If a divorce can't be had, take the kids and go. The same goes for a man. 

[New Crime: messaging friend's shoulders]  Bush is just practicing Clintonism, and hopes to "go down" in history as another macho man.

[Advice from a former customer] I have had Comcast, Direct TV and Dish Network.  Without question, go with Dish Network.  Comcast in my area would fail anytime more than two drops of rain would fall anywhere south of Miami and be out for at least an entire day or sometimes two until things dried out.  (And their customer service sucks)  My reception with Direct TV was very poor.  I now have Dish Network and have excellent reception and more programming than I could ever watch.  Rarely does the signal drop out, and even then, it’s only for a couple of minutes if a very big storm cell passes through. 

Can anyone recommend a good tax attorney? They must be reputable, as I haven't been for quite some time and I need to know how to make amends.  I honestly need some advice.

[Llama song]  Catchy.  Now I can't get it out of my head! Flash » The Llama Song

Ants? I don't know about Sugar Ants, but here's a sure fire way to get rid of Fire Ants and it's totally organic. You need two fire ant nests and one shovel. Take a shovel full of ant nest #1 and put it on top of ant nest #2. Take a shovel full of ant nest #2 and put it on top of ant nest #1. Step back. Your problem should be over shortly.

 [Pew Forum Fellow Explains "Why God is Winning"] Want to know how far these religious nuts can go?   www.pewforum.org 

I wish all woman drivers were taught the difference between the speedometer and the tachometer. 45 MPH and 4500 RPM are slightly different things girls!

I am a born and raised Conch. I was real offended at the person who said we should all be his slaves.  We moved out of the Keys because of that Northern rich mentality, like we were all from there and dirt poor.  I would say to you, "Grab a feather and dust off my ass, bubba.".

Does anyone know where Mike Emerson, the guitar player is playing? This guy is good and plays my kind of music.

One thing I really love about DirecTV: NASA TV!

Cicadas.  Usually at this time of the year the sound of cicadas could be heard all day long. I haven't heard any yet so far. Has anyone else? I hope Wilma's surge didn't kill all of the larvae.

Wednesday night I had the best Pizza from Pizzaworks. Hats off to whoever made it.

I am a Florida Conch who now is "forced" to reside in Northern Fl. I hate it.  But it does have its perks, I guess. I am able to live in a sort of peace on my 5 acres and save all the animals and wildlife I can; but I was raised on Big Pine and I miss everything about it. My new husband (from OHIO) and I went on our honeymoon there and I was real upset to see the state it was in.  Maybe more of us Conchs need to live there again.  The place looked horrible.

[Australian pines] I could not believe that the Monroe County Commissioners voted yesterday to keep  the pines there forever, even if it means planting new ones ( a violation of current state law). How ignorant!   There should really be a law that outlaws that tree everywhere in the state, even on private property.

Sunday July 23, 2006

Saturday July 22, 2006

[Woman scorned] All you men running around with married women just remember, if they did it to their husband they will do it to you. Once a slut, always a slut. Have a nice ride.

Complaining about New Yorkers and Jerseyites is like complaining about the conspirators.  It's just pointless.  There is no hope for them and they can't be changed.  They're the same people that travel to foreign countries and complain that the people there don't speak English.  Imagine living in a place where the sun only shines 4 months out of the year.  You'd be an asshole too.  Let them rant and rave all they want.  The bottom line is, they came here because we've got it so much better than them.

It takes my gas oven 24 minutes to reach 450°. That seems to be a lot of gas wasted.

The White House says that if we leave Iraq that country will descend into chaos. What do you call 7 civilians shot to death on a bus, Two bombs in a Shiite neighborhood, killing 10 and injuring dozens more. The execution of about forty Sunnis by Shiite militia. And on and on. And still no electricity. If that isn't chaos I don't know what is. This administration believes it can right the bitter historical divisions of centuries in a few years. Saddam Hussein had to use draconian force to control these bitter enemies.

[The Wall Street Journal published this paraphrased article last week]  Congress ordered a study on global warming data.  Independent statisticians reviewed all the data and determined that the data was inconclusive at best.  They further stated that the scientist deliberately deleted data from the last warming period, (1100 AD), to bolster their position.  The scientist shortened their time line to eliminate this data because it made their conclusions inconclusive.  They are guilty of fraudulently posting data to beef up their position.  The last warming period of 1100 AD was warmer than our period now and the data could just as well point to the coming of another mini-ice age like the one that occurred between 1400 through 1865.  The earth has warmed and cooled before but that won’t scare people so they left it out.  Check the information and don’t believe Al Moore and Michael Gore just because they put something on film.  Check the facts and make your own conclusions.  The facts do not prove global warming, nor do they disprove it.  There is insufficient data to make a definite conclusion.  I know this will not deter the nature freaks, these are the same people that claimed nuclear power would lead to a China syndrome, it never happened.  They are alarmist and they know they can get money and exposure by claiming a calamity. 

I thought Christianity was a bad religion with all its negatives, but Islam's got it licked. What do they want? Is it Americans out of the Mideast? That's Ok with me, but If we leave they will come up with another reason to issue terror on us. Islam will not be satisfied until the whole world is Islamic. And then these primitives will resum fighting amongst themselves. They are a warring peoples. And the biggest problem of all is that Muslims can't be beat at war.

It appears as if the web cam is not working.  (Ed: Because of the drain to out system we're only going to turn on BPTV during weather events; and you all know what they are. If we get more than two emails requesting that we leave it on all the time we will; as there are only two people who use it  anyway.)

[Editor's mood used as censorship criteria]  Why not?  If you prefer, buy your own website and have people read whatever you choose to print.

Sugar ants have rights too. Why can't we just leave the little fellows alone? They really don't bother anything and they eat very little unlike people from New Jersey and New York. If only there was a product like Terro that would help control them effectively.

Before you sign up with DirecTV at least check out Dish Network satellite.  Dish offers 40 HD channels including 4,6,7 and 10 from Miami in HD.  That's more HD than Comcast.  Also, I couldn't tell that DirecTV offered any satellite HD broadcast (I did look into it not long ago).  DirecTV advertises Miami local HD (well, one of the locals does) but its by plugging an off-air antenna (regular outside TV antenna) into the back of their satellite receiver.

You can do the same thing with a Dish HD receiver, but you can't get any local TV down here.

For the all the raving anti-liberal folks that have been piping up lately, let me print what your representative Bill O'Reilly said on his radio show the other day.

“We have a very big split in the Jewish-American community.  You got a lot of Jewish liberals, a lot of Jewish far-left people who basically feel that, you know, you don‘t have a right to go after terrorists because it‘s our fault, the United States‘ fault.  And some say it‘s Israel‘s fault because we have been mean to them.  Therefore, they have a right to do whatever they want, behead people on camera, all this terrible stuff.  OK, that‘s a far-left position.”

Yeah... and the liberals are goofy?

[Getting rid of sugar ants] Just take some pancake syrup and make a thin trail from your property to that neighbor you hate and all will be cool.

Nashville recording artist and Florida Keys’ own Howard Livingston and Mile Marker 24 will be appearing for one show only at the Looe Key Tiki Bar on Ramrod Key – Saturday, July 29 at 7:00 PM. When these folks get together it’s always a fun party; Saturday night will be no exception! There will also be largest lobster tail contest, so bring your big ones.

It’s true that Quebec is trading our fleeing liberals’ one for one, but luckily they are actually trading them to France in exchange for truffles and pâté.  It seems to be a good bargain for both parties.  The Canadians get fungus and a fatty goose liver and the liberals get to go live with the French that they so warmly embrace and hope to emulate.  The French philosophy of Run, Hide, Surrender and Collaborate has the liberals close to orgasmic nirvana.  

Canadian authorities are reporting increased interception of celebrities, university professors, and left-wing zealots attempting to sneak into Canada wearing grey wigs and playing Lawrence Welk CD’s trying to disguise themselves as American seniors on a discount prescription medication bus tour.  When questioned, if the individual can’t name Welk’s accordion player they are removed from the bus and returned to the U.S.  The French meanwhile are nearly incontinent over the long awaited arrival of Michael Moore and Barbara Streisand. 

After many years of research scientists have finally discovered the cause of morning breath.

[Yesterday's Crime] President saying shit in private conversation.

[New Crime: messaging friend's shoulders] I just watched the 5 second video of bush massaging the German chancellor's shoulders. Please explain to me how Republicans can keep defending his sad behavior. This man has no boundaries and is really embarrassing this country not to mention himself.

I know we are to do the speed limits and other things on the road, but after yesterday in the rains I discovered that you don't have to have your lights on when it is raining, two county sheriffs passed me without having theirs on, even when it was pouring so heavily.

To the person who refers to Conchs as "donks" lovingly or not, how dare you?  First of all, I am proud to be married to a Conch who has worked his butt off in this town for his whole life as well as has his parents and brothers.  For your information we all own our own homes so don't go shooting your mouth off where it doesn't belong. That's the kind of northerners Conchs dislike!

I love it when people write that they are smart and know that there is no God. Intelligence has nothing to do with believing in God. Einstein was a believer, and he more than likely was just a tad smarter than most of the colorful comment submitters down here. To say believers are ignorant is just plain ignorant.

Dear Editor, You did it again. In the input below you changes the word "gibberish" to "beliefs", which removed a very important point. If you, being the new Ed are not able to handle what people say and the points they try to make, get off the pot.  So much for freedom of speech, right?

[Since when is war moral] Not believing in religion or an imaginary deity, isn't a crime. Most people who are sane and logical, don't have weaknesses enough to need such gibberish, they conduct themselves the way they see fit to survive on this planet. That is all that matters--survival. Anything else is entertainment.

(Ed: I changes gibberish to beliefs because beliefs was less insulting and still made your point.)

Is the poster who mentioned the "dead" lobster in "their" canal possibly looking at molts? They look just like dead lobsters, but they are hollow.

Is the poison wood trees seeding late this year or am I just doom and glooming because of Wilms's destruction? It seems that usually by this time in the summer the trees are full of seeds and the White Crown Pigeons are feeding away. So far I've only seen a few pigeons and no berries.

Most often when you see what looks like a dead lobster it is actually a shed.  A lobster must shed their entire shell to grow.  The easiest way to tell if the shell you see is dead or a shed is to look at the eyes.  If they are clear it is a shed if black it is dead. 

I'm more susceptible To accepting counterfeit money these days because I don't recognize any of the bills. My perception is that they change the look too often. Unless I take the time to inspect these new bills I could be easily fooled.

[Conspiracy--blame the administration that had eight years to plan] I absolutely agree with you on that one!  As I have posted before, it is unknown who could have possibly been involved in such an act and this certainly could have been planned for eight years or “even longer” and it doesn’t matter who was in office.  Maybe it even goes all the way back to George Bush Sr.

I have noticed that the lobsters I usually see on my daily walks with my dogs have been missing for several weeks now. There is a spot with shelves below the water line and if one lobster goes, another will take it's place; it must be a sweet spot, but it has been curiously vacant for several weeks now, ever since the previous resident lobster was seen laying dead nearby for no apparent reason a few weeks back.

[Tailgating] Why do so many drivers follow so close behind a vehicle that they have no chance to safely react if it makes a sudden stop?  I'm not just talking about the tailgating morons.  I find myself feeling uncomfortable when riding with a number of friends.  I strongly feel that if drivers would just allow a couple of more car lengths when on the highway and be aware of what's going on behind them by checking the rear view mirror often, it would drastically reduce the number of accidents/injuries.  Isn't this just common sense? 

The 7 mile tanker truck incident is a prime example.  The truck jackknifed on the bridge for whatever reason and was plowed into by a following SUV causing fatality.  Driver inattention/distraction, speeding, following too close, whatever the reason, more space to stop would have probably changed the outcome of this tragedy. 
 

Please allow space for the unexpected.  In my observations, this also needs to apply to law enforcement vehicles.

[Guide book to morality]  No, I asked what liberals use as guidelines for their version of morals.  So far, from what I've read, it all depends on how you feel.  How do you know that what you "feel" is right?  If a society can't agree on a set of rules to live by, it can lead to chaos.  For instance, I'm sure the terrorists believe in their hearts that they are doing the right thing blowing up innocent civilians.  Jeffrey Dahmer thought it was normal to kill people and eat them. It made perfect sense to him.  Most people would disagree.  What if soccer (or any sport) was played the way liberals determine what's moral?  Both teams know the rules of the game, but one team chooses not to follow them, because that's just the way they feel. If you don't have some guideline for what's right and wrong, what do you teach your kids?  Don't piss off mommy or daddy is not really the moral guidance kids need to become productive responsible adults. 

[First walk on the moon. There was also a full moon.] Wrong. All of the moon landings took place during a half-moon phase, so the astronauts could see shadows and better judge distances. And before you raise the issue, the American flag was designed with built-in wires, to make it appear to be waving. In zero gravity, a regular flag would remain limp. That's why so many conspiracy theorists maintain that the whole Apollo program was bogus. They fail to do their homework and understand the details.

Can you explain? "Mortal man according to all religions is not the one to judge either. Am I missing something?"  Yes, I'm afraid you are.  Go back and read Matthew 7:1.  The whole verse, not just the first sentence.  If you don't understand it, I'll explain.  God is saying don't be a hypocrite.  If you're aware enough of sinful behavior to notice it in someone else, you have no excuse for practicing that behavior in your own life.  It doesn't mean look the other way while the whole world is going to hell in a hand basket--as most liberals would like to believe.

Why do most people assume that everybody from New York State is from New York City? I live in New York State and I've only been to New York City once in my life. I'm not a "uppity New Yorker". I live in upstate NY (which is huge) where there are lots of lakes and farmland. I work hard and I'm truly down-to-earth. I don't think I'm better than anyone, because I'm not.

[Why can't we all get along] I guess if you dislike so called "uppity New Yorkers" you must also dislike Bubba Rednecks, California Air Heads, West VA. Hillbillies, etc. There isn't one place in the US that another place doesn't have a problem with. Before you point at someone else look in the mirror none of us are perfect! But we are all Americans and this country was made by people running away from finger pointers like you. 

Dear Senator Nelson
As a native Floridian and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Immigration and Naturalization Service in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.

My reasons for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stem from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, what I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years.

I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out. Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of the last five years taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent return for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005 and I estimated a gross savings approximating $72,000. After the fine this would yield me a net savings of $70,000.

In addition, I would reap the other benefits of being an illegal alien such as free healthcare, avoidance of paying Social Security taxes, buying automobile insurance, serving on jury panels, etc.

If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.

Russia is replacing the US as the supplier of fighter jets (formerly American F-18's) to Venezuela. Socialist to Socialist. Putin to Chavez.

[State Troopers phone solicitors] I read that it was just a scam. The underlying message is that you won't get a ticket if you donate.

[Clinton got a BJ and lied about it, Big deal, get over it, move on] I think I'm starting to get it.  Liberal morals are anti-morals.  Just take what's been known to be moral and right by civilizations for thousands of years and reverse it.  The same holds true for liberal logic.  Simple enough.

Coming soon: Brad's rugs and more including full dock service.

[A woman scorned] Dear Boyfriend, You don't have to fix your teeth on my account.  I like a man with crooked trench mouth and dirty fingernails!  It's nice just being close to you and to smell your manliness combined with Busch beer.  Now why would she ever dump you when you're such a handsome winner?  My life evolves around you honey bunch; I have been longing for a fellow like you; you complete me.

Are you going to bring down all your guns?  It's fun to target shoot inside the house after a few shots of tequila.  Kisses from your girlfriend while your old one watches.  One woman's trash is another ones treasure.

Saturday July 22, 2006

Friday July 21, 2006

Lets all give a word of thanks to President Bush for stepping up to the plate in regards to the Mideast crisis. His strong leadership and intelligent diplomacy is a far cry from the rape that Clinton allowed of Israel. Dubya doesn't talk about it--he is about it.

[Getting rid of sugar ants] Move. Fire works too. I hate those little buggers. If you aren't going to move or burn your house down try Terro Ant Killer. It is available at Ace Hardware and every where else. Place a few drops on any surface and the ants will drink it and die.

Thursday's writer indicates that you can't be moral unless you have a guide book. I'm moral and I believe it comes from the heart; not a book written by a committee.

Is anyone happy anymore?   Remember when the little things in life would make us happy?  What happen to those times?  Remember when a falling star would make you smile?  Remember when a beautiful sunset would warm your heart?  Remember when you didn't care what you neighbor or anyone else had to say would bother you?  Take time to remember those little things in life that made you laugh or smile...and forget about all the big stuff that happens that you cannot control and smile and say, "Hey, I  am happy and who cares? My family and friends are happy and that's all that counts."  Count your lucky stars that you have someone or something to be blessed for.  Life is a once in a lifetime thing. It's what you make of it, not what it makes of you.

[Conspiracy. Structural engineers]  If you did any research on this topic other than from the conspiracy sites that are popular, you would have found out that the architects of the buildings themselves indicated that the buildings fell exactly as they should of, based on the way they were constructed. I guess you didn't see any planes fly into the buildings either.

You really have to wonder why people from other states pose as uppity New Yorkers on this site and try to tick off the locals. I think they like playing a game called that psychologist call "lets you and him fight."  Don't get me wrong, I dislike uppity New Yorkers as much as the next guy, but I despise fake ones.

[This site was a lot more enjoyable bashing local restaurants and fat women ] I disagree, and am not afraid of some intellectualism being displayed, rather than remarks towards unimportant topics. After all, we are on the verge of WW3, and I doubt the Fat Chick from NJ, gives a damn!

[How do you get rid of the sugar ants]  Look for Terro.  Magic in a small bottle.

[USS Reagan] Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective. Enormous!

Hey, my wife is a fat red-haired woman from New Jersey. Quit bashing her.  I am the only one allowed to do that.

The best way to get rid of sugar ants is to adopt an anteater. They make great pets and are easily litter trained. And bonus points--they love termites.

Commercial: How do you spell Aardvark? "Aardvark, A-R- (someone clears throat off camera) "Oh...Aardvark, a-A-r-d-v-a-r-k, aardvark." (applause)

I have come to realize that liberals are like the dog food company president who angrily demands to know why their dog food wasn’t selling.  “We’ve got the snappiest jingles”, he howls, the slickest advertising campaign, the best billboards, the flashiest labels and spend millions with the press!  Why aren’t people buying our dog food?”  Finally, someone explained to him: “The dogs don’t like it!”

It took nearly two years of planning and preparation for the implosion of Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia.  Please explain how Bush was able to orchestrate an implosion of two 110 story buildings, several surrounding buildings and a portion of the Pentagon in the few months he was President.  I'm really interested to know what your theories are on that.

[Nobody disputes that George Bush is stupid]  I do! If he and his clan were stupid, they wouldn't be rich, and be up there with the most powerful people on the planet.  Where's that leave the rest of us? No, I am not a Bush fan, but who else is there to take that job? 

[Since when is war moral] Not believing in religion or an imaginary deity, isn't a crime. Most people who are sane and logical, don't have weaknesses enough to need such beliefs, they conduct themselves the way they see fit to survive on this planet. That is all that matters--survival. Anything else is entertainment.

What the world needs is lots more Missionaries to breath on everybody in third world countries.

[Sugar ants] Put your sugar outside, honey.

[How do non-religious people without a bible or ten commandments find morality] Ok, here’s the answer:  How about compassion, empathy and common sense? Also, whether a person believes in a higher power or not doesn’t have anything to do with religion and as far as the 10 commandments, what loop hole do you use to get around Thou shall not kill or thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor

Religious Fanatics: Thomas Jefferson, American president, author, scientist, architect, educator, and diplomat.
“Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies.”
“Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.”                                                                                                                                         

“Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.”

I really think I've found a time warp when I read the rants and ravings of many of the depraved people's opinions on this site.  I would expect these thoughts to be found in little Appalachia, not Big Pine, Florida Keys.

To the ignorant northerner who made the comment about conchs; you're just plain rude. You do need to leave the Keys.  We would all be better off without people like you.  I own my home and four of those big pricey cars. So the next time you see dust on any of my cars, please lick them clean for me.

What could happen to the woman you love one day. Hide the Twinkies.

[American liberals crossing the Canadian border] You're killing me! I cracked up. Too funny!

[American liberals sneaking into Canada] Sir, this is not humor. The Canadians are trading Quebec commies for our fleeing citizens, one for one! Now who's in trouble the most?

[Speaking of State Troopers]  Those state trooper fund raising phone solicitors are the worst!   They just won't leave me alone.

This past week we have seen two dead lobsters in our canal on Little Torch.  They looked as though they just died in their tracks.  One was pretty small but the other was a really good sized one.  Has anyone else noticed similar problems?

[Show a little kindness to the ones that support you] That's a laugh. You don't support me and neither does Uncle Sam. As for you owning the home I rent, You don't. People like you should be rounded up and shot. You give nothing to this town, but expect everything.

You think we (those who live here all year) should wait on you. I think you should be thankful that you have such a wonderful place to come and visit. You should also be thankful that we are here to keep the Keys running all year round. Otherwise you wouldn't have anyone to walk all over while you're here, now would you? 

I don't think all Northies are bad. Just You. So, yes, take your pompous ass back up north and quit polluting my home with your hate.

This is in reply to the "donk's" statements. Its people with your attitude that makes customer service a burden.

I don't know if this will ever reach the top ten, but here's the LLama song video, "Ok, everybody, sing along!" Flash » The Llama Song

[Maybe a criteria other than the editor's mood could be established as guidelines for posting?] Say that to the Founding Fathers! 

Control sugar ants with Terro a sweat eating ant liquid bait.  And I mean control not eliminate.  Short of tenting the house they cannot be eliminated.

Could I get info on Direct TV and who to get it from? Business Directory>Utilities>Phone Depot

To the conspirator who thinks the World Trade Center fell too perfectly to be anything other than a government conspiracy and thinks those of us with any intelligence have our heads up Bush's ass, I say this.  At least blame the administration that had eight years to plan such a complex event and not the administration that only had a few months.  Even a professional demolitions crew couldn't pull off such a feat in only a few months. 

I see that "after nearly three years of waiting, answering and overcoming one challenge after another, Monroe County this week finally received a permit to fill the old boat basin.  I wonder when a home owner would get their permit for overcoming these same challenges.  I am convinced that with the County itself being another challenge, a homeowner would not live long enough to get a similar permit.

[Dawdling State Trooper] Did you ever consider that maybe that State Trooper lives in Venture Out and wasn't on the job?

[New Yorker "donk"] You from the big city, you do not support us, we support ourselves, usually with no help from you. "Get out and dust off your plate"? Don't make me laugh. Who do you think you are, the pope or some royal? I think your comments are rude and way out of line. We work very hard down here for little pay. We are expected to live in trailers because we would like to be able to feed ourselves. You are un-kind and un-caring. I lovingly refer to you as an idiot for the things you wrote. Get a grip and go back to your butler and your maid.

I make $7.25 an hour. I work very hard for everyone whether you have money or not. Maybe if you were  a little nicer people would serve you better. Maybe if you tipped more than three dollars you would get better service; and you thought three dollars was over-tipping. You're probably one of those that after the hurricane (we lost everything in our house) raised the rent and didn't fix a thing, so bite your tongue.

I would like for you to live a month in our shoes. My pay is just enough to pay for my apartment. If I want to eat I have to work a second job. Get a grip and watch what you say. If you want good service be nice, smile, and say thank you. We are not your slaves. Please engage your brain before you type your next time dumb rant. Love to all the conchs, locals and our good snowbirds who come down every year with a smile.

The woman who shot and killed her husband, the minister, said she was having money troubles and had just found out that thechecks she deposited from internet internet scams weren't any good. She was a victim.

I think she should spend her life in jail, not for killing her husband, but to get her off the street because she's so stupid. How could she possibly think that three different people from three different countries picked her to give millions of dollars--only iif she gave them thousands of dollars first? She thought the Nigerian scam was legit among the two others that she fell for. What a doozy.

[Conspiracy]  I did my own research on the questions of the collapse and found answers ranging from an engineers explanation of the weight factor of the upper floors on the weakened structure to our government's use of explosives.  There are some legitimate concerns about the apparent follow-up Federal investigation on this tragedy.  That said, I'm curious how a person with even moderate intelligence can truly believe that the U.S. Government would be involved with blowing up the Trade Centers.  There well could have been involvement by one or more traitors within the system, but the idea that our government sanctioned this deed is frankly, ludicrous.  To have to live with the conviction that our own government would do this would have to be frightening and make your waking moments rather unpleasant.  I honestly feel sorry for you. 

I had noticed a reference to the TV show 24 earlier and am proud to say I find it extremely entertaining.  I guess I'm old fashioned and really like the concept of a hero in our government.  I can't say I've seen many heroes in government service lately except for the servicemen and women, police and Fire Fighters which don't usually make the news.  Media doesn't appear too interested in using it's time to cover these individuals unless they find a bad apple.

I'd like to mention a grass roots political concept that could give the Democrats and Republicans some sleepless nights http://www.unity08.com/about      

[Conch Republic Passport has several stamps from foreign countries where it was accepted]  I have no doubt that your Conch Republic passport was probably accepted in some third-world shit hole of a country only because they didn’t care or were too stupid to know that no such place actually exists.  It’s just a tongue-in-cheek invention by Peter Anderson years ago and is now a marketing gimmick to sell flags and bumper stickers.  Try using it to re-enter the U.S. and present it to a U.S. Immigration officer and see how far it gets you.

Liberal morals are anti-morals.  Just take what's been known to be moral and right by civilizations for thousands of years and reverse it.  The same holds true for liberal logic. 

How do you get rid of the sugar ants?  You don't. You live in Florida insect capital.

[Miss Sunshine]  Oh sweetie, I can't wait to see you too and go out on our boat and lounge around in our PJ's drinking Busch all day.  We don't need no stinkin' medication as long as we got each other.  The compound will be all mine soon and the little dog Toto too.  With all that extra money I'm going to get my teeth fixed just how you wanted.  A big kiss from your boyfriend.

Hello Sarah. Yes, it's me, Carol. Do me a favor and put me on through to Penny G., so I can wish her a very Happy Birthday.

Friday July 21, 2006

Thursday July 20, 2006

It's time we cut the crap with the labels of conservative and liberal. I am as liberal as the day is long because I believe we are all responsible for our own actions. That makes me an enemy of the conservatives who want to control my actions, and it makes an enemy of the liberals who want someone else to be responsible for their actions. It also makes me an enemy of those on both sides who feel the opposite way.

Nobody disputes that George Bush is stupid, a puppet and set on world domination. History will portray him that way, but not US history. That's why I don't read history books written in the US.

And nobody disputes that Bill Clinton was a philanderer.

Anyone who disputes global warming, conservative or liberal, sits at the table with George Bush. Anyone who disputes that the rest of the world views us as the "Ugly American" sits at the table with George Bush.

Anyone arrogant enough to believe that we aren't hated the world over just plain hasn't left the confines of their own television in way too long.

Get over the name calling. Take responsibility for your own actions. If you have nothing constructive to say, stay off the internet and leave it for people trying to conduct their lives in a humane and normal fashion.

If you can't come up with something original, go spend a day with an artist or poet. Or better yet, go talk to your kids.

Whew....I feel better now.

[Mars, the Red Planet will be spectacular] This email has been going around for years.  Literally! It is true, or was, in August 2003. Check out snopes.com to find out the facts about this and many other urban legends.

I guess it was pretty cool if you're a techie space geek, but I think for the casual observer it looked like a star. A little brighter than usual?  Did anybody see it? http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

[Conspiracy] Structural engineers build stuff. Demolition experts take it down it neat piles of dust. And all of them will tell you it must have the charges in the precise places and timed to the second. If not it will go all over the place outside of the drop zone. So now are you going to tell me that two 100+ floor buildings just coincidentally fell perfectly?

And what about WTC 7 that wasn't hit by a plane but tumbled perfectly also. Anyone looking at things from W's point of view has their head up their ass. Make an appointment with a Neuro-proc-chiatrist.

Why do smokers in cars think the world is their ashtray and fling their butts out anywhere they please? Are they messy people or just plain inconsiderate? I would like them to keep the stink and trash inside the car.

[Where was all of this indignation and outrage when Clinton was ejaculating all over the Oval Office] Have you really forgotten the years of outrage and the millions spent on the Inquisition and his impeachment? Are you stupid?

I heard there is a new Mexican restaurant called Casa Bonita that will be opening soon in Key West. I can't wait. Bring on the burritos.

Ft Bragg hired illegal aliens too. 58 of them. Read this and worry about National Insecurity. http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,106043,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl

[Maybe I will just disconnect] Great plan. Get together with Captain Tony, run for office, on a platform of no laws. This rock will straighten out in a week.

[Notice to old people: Please shower before you appear in public] We do, and we use the best deodorant we can get called Umpire. It's especially made for foul balls.

The mosquito planes and helicopters spray the areas that the trucks can't get to.  The trucks can't get the spray more than about 30 yards from the road.  That leaves lots of places for the skeeters to breed. Otherwise, any of the little blighters within a half mile get to me at supersonic speed whenever I step outside.

[Bush ruined the opinion of the rest of the world towards Americans] Oh, yeah, the Muslims have loved us for the past 30 years or so, the Europeans and South Americans too; and "The Ugly American" must have been written around 2005, not 1955 like I thought.

Billie Tieman’s ashes will be scattered at sea sometime this weekend, probably on Friday or Saturday evening, sometime around sunset. I will keep anyone concerned updated as soon as I have more information. God bless & keep you, Billie.

Al Gore reveals his extensive research materials providing proof of his theories of global warming.

[takeover of this web site by censorship] It says in the Bible, He who censors a good punch line will burn in the Tiki Bar for Eternity! 

This site was a lot more enjoyable when we were just bashing local restaurants and fat women from Jersey.  All of political wrangling is endless because no one is going to back off what they believe to be true.  Can we put the political stuff away now that everyone has expressed an opinion and get back to talking about other things? 

[flood of American liberals sneaking into Canada] Whoever you are I wish you would post more of the same. I was laughing so hard I couldn't see the computer thinking of all the lefties heading North--poor Canada.  They keep saying they are going to leave (George Soros et al) but, alas they never go, and we have to keep switching the channel.  Conservatives unite!

[KW Cabby]  I wish to thank the two posters that yesterday responded to my post about the lost and found wallet.  For what it is worth, I would not have expected or taken a reward either.  But then I am not a laborer.  I do not expect anything from anybody.  I have lived a life of giving and plan to continue doing the same.  I am concerned about the loss of people I depend on; the cabbies, the food delivery persons, the food servers, the house cleaners, just to name a few.  I like to treat these people with respect and green stuff when they do things that I don’t care to do for myself.  When one of them does something that they don’t have to do and even possibly gives up a fare while doing it, I like to see them rewarded.  This is how I feel and I have as much right to post it here as you have the right to post your feelings.  Sorry you both had to resort to name calling to make your feeling known.  I don’t need to say what type of attitude that demonstrates, because you already did.  Oops, guess I too resorted to name calling.  Well, just goes to show, it takes one to know one. 

[Mad at Al Gore] Why? Because he found the real reason for Global Warming? Peasant Farts!

To all you so-called conchs (we lovingly refer to you as "donks") in the big city. Take a good look around. Be careful telling us northern homeowners to go home. First of all, if you are working at all in the Keys and not sucking free money from Uncle Sam, then you are working in a service related job. Meaning your job is to wait on us.

Chances are we own the home you are renting. That's the irony of it all. If it wasn't for us, most of you wouldn't even have a place to live. And you want us to go home? This is home. Where's yours?

Next time you're out and see one of those big pricey cars with northern plates, perhaps you should grab a hankie and dust off the plate for us. Show a little kindness to the ones that support you.

Anyone who has lived in the Keys for more than a few days, knows the significance of the Conch Republic Passport.   Remember, the Conch Republic is just South of the USA.   1) The original posting made no mention of US Passport.    2) Picture of Conch Republic Passport chosen by Ed shows he's aware of why there is such a thing.   3) As a 26 year resident of the Keys,  I have an early issue Conch Republic Passport.  It has several stamps from foreign countries,  where it was readily accepted (I do not have a US passport).   4) With the state of the world today,  the display of the US document to many places draws only hatred and hostility,  much as I have sadly seen too much of on this site of late.   So sad,  So bad,  but the Keys I have loved for so long,  has been largely been repopulated by people who don't have, and never could have, an appreciation for when and why there is a Conch Republic!     Will the last Conch to leave please bring the Flag?

[Liberals crossing the Canadian border] If only.

[Censorship] Venting ones ideas, hates, dislikes, opinions, ideals, etc, is what this and other "Freedom of Speech" forums are supposed to be about. If the person running such a forum censors the input, the form is invalid because the censoring culls the output from the chosen few. That is way many "Spout off" types of forums have sections devoted to the intensity of the user. Nazi lovers can talk about Jews, Catholics can ridicule Muslims, Global Warming geeks can argue with the MIC, and whatever else a person has to say to relieve pressure and be heard.

All adult type forums have a release statement, which the user has to click on to gain access to the forum, else the forum can be sued or worse--shut down by the sissies that can't handle reality. Times are tough on our freedoms, and like the Dude said, the meek are inheriting the earth.

The Marathon Press Hit the Nail on the head with their articles about the Key deer. The FWC should let the residents take over as we almost have. They should also stay off the water.

How do you get rid of the sugar ants?

[Florida under water] I believe that Venice Italy has made the whole "city underwater thing" work real well. This could just be a business opportunity waiting to happen!

It's very scary that those of you who defend Bush actually mean it.  I thought it was a joke of some sort.  I am shocked that anyone out there could still believe in this man and be proud you helped put him in office?  Are you asleep?  Have you not seen the mess he has created?  That is scary.  Wake up America.

Dogwood blossoms are yellow and they're in bloom now.

[Restored Morals and character]  Bush?  Are we talking about the same guy?  Okay, I'll give in. Yes, he is quite a character.  The stand up comedians have no need for material with this character in office.  Morals? Starting a war under false pretenses and you say morals?  Does it matter that he has no brain?  Clinton got a BJ and lied about it, Big deal, get over it, move on.  There truly is no comparing the two.  We may not be all be here for Hillary if Bush he keeps going at this rate.  "Restored morals and character."  What country are we talking about?  What planet?

All hats off to Dr. Grider and his wonderful wife.  My daughter (6 years old) was running a high fever for a few days. I was getting real worried about the hurricane and the hospitals closing and not having any options it we got hit hard.   On Monday he took time out of his own busy schedule of getting his  family safe and secure to see her at his office and set my mind at ease.  She need antibiotics and he had them available.  They are a wonderful asset to this community.   Once again you both are angles in my eyes, thank you. 

[Electoral College] If you think you voted for the President, think again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College

As I was always taught, religion (any denomination) was supposed to be based on love, respect, tolerance and trust. How you conduct your life determines your morality. Mortal man according to all religions is not the one to judge either. Am I missing something? The way religion is preached and practiced, it is intolerant, demonizing, accusatory and divisive. Wouldn't it be true justice if all those "believers" were sent to purgatory for the misuse of their religion's basic principles and message? Our founding fathers knew what they were doing.

[Since when is war moral]  This brings up something I've always wondered about.  How do liberals determine what's moral?  Christians, Jews and most other organized religions have a specific set of rules that define right and wrong.  Since you don't believe in God and think religion is for fanatics, what do you use as a guide for morals?  Is it just how you happen to feel on any given day?  Or, is there a liberal version of the 10 commandments?  I'd really like to know.

Ads in KW Citizen circa 2010: 
For rent 1 BR closet apt (150 sq feet) with bathroom rights across the hall. 3 People max $2500/wk.
Help wanted, experienced professional with college education, good attitude and team player. 60 hrs/wk, $10/Hr.

[Bush being in office hasn't pissed off liberals]  Oh, I think it has.  So much so, in fact, that they're sneaking across the border to Canada just to escape the onslaught of moral values that permeates the country since he took office.  I know for a fact that's true cause I read it right here on this web site.

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." --Chrissy, age 6.

[This nearly totally uncensored site]  You only see what the editor chooses to print, so only those who have been censored or had postings modified know it happened.  Seems to me that a lot of hate, distorted truths, meanness, etc. still make their way through.  It doesn't bother me though.  If I don't like what's being said, I just skip over it.  I do enjoy the witty posts the most!  Thoughtful--I can take it or leave it.  Mostly leave it.  It might be less frustrating to posters if it was clear what is and is not acceptable to post.  Maybe a criteria other than the editor's mood could be established as guidelines for posting? 

Oh, Baby!  Just a few more weeks and we'll inherit the Kingdom.  I think she's on to us; you didn't tell me how smart she was, loverman.  Anyway, kisses from your sweetie, can't wait until we're together in our home.  Be good and don't cheat on me.  I'll keep an eye on things as usual.  Maybe you'll be ready for mini-season in that great boat.  Oh I cannot wait! 

Happy birthday Moose from your two favorite sisters!

Thursday July 20, 2006

Wednesday July 19, 2006

[Bush restored morals to the White House] Since when is war moral?  Perhaps if Bush was getting a little more head he wouldn't have all this pent up anger making him lash out at other folks around the world.  When is this administration going to realize that not everyone wants to share our culture or political system?  Maybe the Bushies see our system heading south if we don't expand overseas and open more markets for corporations who have reached their limit here.  I think that many foreigners see America as corrupt.  All you have to look at is Enron, WorldCom, politicians fallen from grace in the past two years, Halliburton, oil profits, CEO compensation, drug companies, Rush Limp-baugh, and on and on.  Perhaps the rest of the world is beginning to see us as becoming something other than the biggest, boldest, and best country in the world.  And as a final thought, could it be that Bush is actually God's candidate who keeps writing these nonsensical ramblings every day?  Sounds to me like he could be, or maybe Bush is this guy's "Employer."

About 2 years ago I saw a documentary on the History channel that explained in great detail how the World Trade Center Towers fell as fast as they did. It was due mostly to the new construction method being faster and cheaper using lightweight materials. They fell from a sort of domino effect, as one floor collapsed it collapsed the one below it. But this was all put together by engineers so they probably don't know what their talking about as well as some conspiracy fool from the street does.

I wish American companies would answer their phones like this, "Hello, and thank you for calling. Please press 1 for English.  Press 2 to be placed on hold until you learn English. Thank you and have a nice American day."

Any one who saw the Michael Moore bag of lies and believes that all of the quotes were taken in context is more gullible than a two year old.  He is vermin.  (My apologies to the vermin out there.)   

[World Trade Conspiracy]  You seem to have little understanding about the properties of steel and concrete. Both will burn. I have cut concrete underwater with a torch, and concrete will turn to dust when exposed to high heat.  Knowing that metal also turns pliable and can be cut with a torch, why is it so difficult to believe that once the upper floors collapsed that it would start a chain reaction?  

The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The actions of President Bush are prompting the exodus among left-wing citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, utter a prayer, say “under God” in the pledge of allegiance  and perhaps agree with Bill O'Reilly. Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, Hollywood stars, animal-rights activists and environmentalists crossing their fields at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said a Manitoba farmer.  “He was cold, exhausted and hungry.”  “He asked me if I could spare a lite-café latte and an organic salad.”  “When I said I didn't have any, he ran off.”  

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into BMWs, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. "A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of drinking water.  They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though."  

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about a Bush administration conspiracy to establish re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NFL and NASCAR races.

[I have mine and you have your closed minds so you can continue to think what you wish]  I think you might have bent over a little too far with your open mind.  Do you hear a whooshing sound when you close your eyes?

It's nice to see that we pay State Troopers to just sit around and talk with Venture Out Security guards for hours on end. I thought State Troopers were supposed to be watching the roads not keeping security guards company. He was there for awhile earlier in the evening; left for about an hour or two and is now back again. This is an every night he works deal not just once in awhile. It's sad to see we're wasting on money on protection that isn't worth crap. 

Gay marriage: The penalty for being married is having a wife.

[Orangutan neighbor]  I wouldn't feed her.  The next thing you know, she'll wander into your yard looking for more food--or worse.

I listen to a lot of rap music, especially when I’m stuck at the red light.

I'm so sick of the liberal vs conservative vs conspiracy debates. Where the Iguana Killers Club (IKC) when we need them?

[Florida under water in 50 to 100 years]  I wouldn't worry, a meteor is going to hit the earth in about 22 years and completely wipe out civilization.  It's also possible that a nuclear war will ensue even before that, causing nuclear winter and thereby reverse global warming.  So you see, global warming is really not worth worrying about. 

[Jerseyite and New Yorker sniffing dogs] I truly believe that using dumb animals to sniff out people from NY and NJ is the worst kind of cruelty to animals- besides, these folks can easily be spotted by our astute people at Homeland Security. All they need to look for are any of the following: loud obnoxious behavior, excessive whining, pricey cars, attitudes, Italian accents, gold jewelry, and the omnipresent fat women with red hair.

It's a sad state of affairs when we have to make movies like United 93 or the World Trade Center disaster for entertainment.

[takeover of this web site by censorship] I normally hate name-calling, but really, you deserve it--Fool! What are you talking about?  Do you even pay attention to the vast diversity of drivel on this nearly totally uncensored (as far as I can see) site? (BPK.com Censor Dept: You wouldn't believe the hate, distorted truths, meanness, name-calling, unintelligible remarks, prejudice and just plain evil that passes thru these wires. Posters write comments on other people's posts and don't even reference what they're talking about. Every morning our editor wakes up, pees, goes to the computer and immediately is faced with all this evil and meanness--the first thing every morning! It takes its toll. Then the witty and thoughtful posts come in; and everything is all right in paradise again.)

The fogger truck has been doing a great job. What is the plane doing, trying to find mosquitoes upstairs?

Bush being in office hasn't pissed off Liberals. At first it pissed off the majority that voted for the guy he beat. Now the vast majority of Americans are truly pissed off at Bush's handling of the very office he weaseled his way into.

Did you ever notice that a conspiracy theorist is a lot like a lava lamp?  They’re fun to watch but not too bright.

[Great value can come from reading, only if you pay attention to what you are reading!]  Exactly.  So go back and read the post on Sunday July 16 and then read it again and perhaps a third time until the exact wording seeps into your context challenged brain.  The post asked about “a passport” to be used for going on a cruise.  It said nothing about a Conch Republic passport.  Our Editor just happened to use a Conch Republic graphic for the post.  A Conch Republic passport is nothing more than a souvenir and is utterly worthless as a travel document.

[Mad at Al Gore] If Al Gore didn’t have global warming to cry about he wouldn’t have anything to say at all.  He would just move his mouth and nothing would come out.  Another left wing wild-eyed-ado about a subject that not even the climatic experts agree on.  I’m sure the planet is warming up since we are in a cycle of warmth after the last ice age.  It is now estimated that unless we throw billions of tax dollars at the global warming issue all of the available party ice will be melted by 2050 and Hillary Clinton may begin to thaw.

[Readers cannot comprehend what they read] The original post was for a US Passport. I assume the photo next to it was inserted by the editor as is her custom. Don't you comprehend what you read? Were you reading words into the posting because of the photo? You should read the words. It's not nice to make speeches when you are guilty of the very subject that you disdain.

What selfish person equates Democrats with handouts? Is that the conservatives' only retort?

Notice to old people: Please shower before you appear in public. As you age your kidneys' functions diminish leaving "old people smell".  You can't help it, but you stink anyway. Always bath before you leave the house. I'm old, I stink and I know it. there is nothing good about getting old. There is no up side.

[What Bush has done] So far we have tax cuts for the upper crust, a marine sanctuary for the fish and restored moral integrity to the office of the President. I disagree with the moral integrity because it's debatable as a point of view and not a tangible act. I would like to know what tangible act he's done. I believe the other writers questioning President Bush's accomplishments are referring to tangible acts also. If you're going to write of intangible acts how about the fact that he's ruined the opinion of the rest of the world towards Americans?

Pam Anderson and Kid Rock are getting married on July 29.  Now there's a marriage that ought to last about 15 minutes.

I think God’s candidate should try that business of wrapping his head in tin foil to try and stop the Divine traffic being beamed into consciousness.

[Conspiracy] I think people who are into all those conspiracies like to believe in them. It does something for them. No matter how well you prove their theories are bogus they will continue to believe plausible circumstances, just because they are plausible!

I think the cabbie in Key West should be grateful that he got 20 dollars for returning a tourists wallet.  Why would anyone expect the tourist to give more? After all, the cabbie wasn't really entitled to even one penny.   Anyone who thinks differently suffers from extremely distorted cognitive thinking. Why does being an honest citizen always have to come with some kind of financial reward? 

Just think of the good Karma that can be passed around.  I would have gladly given the twenty dollars back to the tourist because I know that it would've been the best twenty dollars I could have spent.

[Cabbie's reward] I've returned money and property several times in my life--always refusing a reward. It makes everyone feel better about people when I do stuff like that. That's reward enough.

If someone offered me a reward for turning in their billfold with all their belongings safe, I would refuse it. Doing the right thing should be enough reward. Complaining about the amount shows your juvenile attitude. Did mommy and daddy always reward the little one for being good? Grow up buddy.

Winn-Dixie please wash your shopping carts please. My food sticks to them.

Structural engineers' theories on the fall of the World Trade Center Towers.   http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/wtc.shtml 

[Conspiracy 101] The World Trade Centers were just that, to control the world's trade; to create a new world order via the absolute control of trade and money. There's a hell of a lot more to what this is really all about, but I don't think, We The People, will ever find out the truth, until it's too late.

[What has Bush done to benefit the country]  Cutting taxes, restored morals and character (he is a cartoon character all right) to the highest ticket selling office in the land.  GW Bush and his cronies are the destroyers of worlds and builders of bank accounts. The Dems and Reps are all out for the Money. Yeah Green Party!

[Florida will be completely under water in 50 to 100 years] Look at the bright side. We'll all have waterfront property. It will be just one big Stiltsville. I wish the ostriches in Washington would get their heads out of the oil barrel and face reality. Global warming is very real--whatever the cause.

[N'otch you Mamas]  Never heard of it.  Where is it? (Food Editor: Inside Garrison Bight Marina on the west side of the causeway at the end of the City Marina.)

I didn't read Conch Republic in the passport request, sorry.  Now for one of those, I'm guessing Captain Conch of your local PirateDocuments.com supplier would be a logical source.  Business Directory>Gifts

[KW Cab story]  What ever happened to doing the right thing just because it's the right thing to do? No reward needed.  That's just one of the things wrong with this current society, profit from other's loses.  Keep what doesn't belong to you and expect a reward for doing the right thing even though It's not what you really believe in.  The world doesn't need people like you. Go away.

I didn't hear any uproar over Bush saying, "shit". What I saw was a report of his candid conversation with Tony Blair. I enjoyed eavesdropping on two world leaders talking in private.  They talk just  like real people. Everyone was waiting for a scandalous remark from either politician, but it was just a conversation between two heavy dudes.

[Maybe I will just disconnect, stop listening to and reading the news and just enjoy life with a cool beverage and happy music]  Now there's a man with a plan.

So President Bush says “shit” during what should have been a private conversation and the media goes into a frenzy reporting it.  Where was all of this indignation and outrage when Clinton was ejaculating all over the Oval Office?

[Keys Toll Money to be used to beautify the Keys] Yeah, that's great, just like the Bike Path Money which was fully funded for the entire route from Main to the Southern Most Point, and greedily diverted into pet projects by local politicians all along the route.

Besides that, what's with the unkempt bike path from Cudjoe Key to Key West. Where's the money to cut the grass after all the work and money put into that area. It is all BS!

[What has Bush done] Take away all the democrats and who have you got to blame?  The truth hurts doesn't it?  Quit living in the past and face today's reality.

To the guy in the IH Scout who rides around with those damn blinding driving and fog lights on, they hurt man. Turn the freaking things off.

[Warning From Pakistan]  Now, that made me smile.  Thanks I needed that!

Wednesday July 19, 2006

Tuesday July 18, 2006

InJade rocks the beach at the Parrotdise Waterfront Bar and Grille Barbeque. Sunday, July 23rd. Everyone get together for the first Parrotdise and Big Pecker Wines beach party located at 183 Barry Avenue in Little Torch Key, featuring the popular Lower Keys band, InJade. The barbecue starts at noon with live parrot contests, and at 4 pm InJade takes the stage with their fun energy and great rockin' tunes to add to the party. For more information call 305-872-9989.

Now the poor soul who answers legitimate questions with insults claims I am a doper. You already demonstrate that you have no interest in finding out the real truth or facts in any matter.

I have a good life and never touch any kind of drugs, prescription or otherwise and never drink any more than a glass of wine a couple times a year. Your feeble arguments for our blameless, heroic government just don't hold water. You want to label folks like me paranoid, but why are you so paranoid about someone investigating to find out the truth?

In case you don't know who they were, the Tories were the people in the 13 colonies who were dead set on keeping allegiance with England back in the day. They said exactly the same things about patriots who wanted a free nation as you say about those of us in search of the truth about our government.

You and many others will go on watching "24", having wet dreams about cops and believing anything the government tells you. Some of us, far from being afraid, have enough guts to challenge the beast to reveal the truth. "Liberty means responsibility, that is why so many men fear it." (George Bernard Shaw) 

[What has Bush done to benefit the country]  Beside cutting taxes, which I think is great, he has restored morals and character to the highest office of the land.  Something sorely needed after 8 years of Clinton. But best of all, just his being in office pisses the hell out of liberals.  You have got to love that!

I wonder how many lobster the FWC will get this year. They don't have to work for them. What a great job to have.

You just might be a Redneck if...

[Selfish and uncaring conservative]  Oh, no.  Please don't call me selfish and uncaring.  What can I do to change your mind?  I know, I can pay more money in taxes so you get more government handouts.  Would that make it all better?  Oh, wait, I have an even better idea.  I'll quit my job, liquidate all my assets and throw a big party for you and all your friends. When I have nothing and no motivation then we'll be buds, right?

Sunday night Discovery Channel had a special on Global Warming.  It is a fact that the entire state of Florida will be completely under water in 50 to 100 years.  One-half of our animal population will die and there will be more insects.  All of the reefs worldwide are bleaching and all coastal areas will lose much of the beach.  How sad.  How is this going to affect real estate  in the Keys?  Maybe I will just disconnect, stop listening to and reading the news and just enjoy life with a cool beverage and happy music.

[Warning From Pakistan] This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of Migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military action against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities will cut off America's supply of convenience store managers.  And if this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next, followed by  AOL &  Dell customer service reps.

It's getting ugly. 

[What has Bush done] Our President, GW Bush has done more for this country than ole Bill Clinton ever thought of. Clinton was a loser and he proved it in the time he "served" our country.

Don't tell me about Bosnia or Somalia. Oh, wait, maybe you should. Horrific failed foreign policy that has helped get us in the mess we're in today. I laugh out loud at you that say this mess is because of oil. I thank God every day that Bush is our President and not Al Gore. Vote for Hillary and see how bad it gets. The woman couldn't tell the truth to save her sorry ass; just ask Vince Fosters family. God Bless America.

There's an exhibition of Henri Rousseau's work at the National Gallery until October 15 in DC. I've always loved his jungle paintings and his fantastic visions of animals and plants. The details and delicate lines always captivated me. It wasn't until recently that I learned that he'd never even been to a jungle. He envisioned all his jungle plants and animals from the zoo and hothouses of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Isn't that something?

[Conch Republic passport] Seems to me a lot of readers cannot comprehend what they read and see.  The recent post was for Info on a Conch Republic Passport,  NOT a US Passport.  Perhaps more should have coffee,  or maybe read K & W before you roll that fat one for breakfast.   Great value can come from reading,  only if you pay attention to what you are reading!

[Dogs in restaurants] Get out more. The Dockside in Marathon allows dogs. Schooner Wharf is real dog friendly. Even that crappy Mex place, Salsa Loco allows dogs. Best Mexican food in KW, by the way is, N'otch you Mamas. Great view, cheap, friendly and they have tequila,  not just beer and wine.

Since the drastic takeover of this web site by unknown censorship moguls, I am hereby giving notice of withdrawal. What is the use of having a place to spout off, when whatever you say is altered into something totally different, and the point is all but gone? Was Bigpinekey.com bought out by the CitizensVoice?

[I would blame 9/11 all on the Illuminati or maybe aliens from Uranus]  I would have to agree on both counts. The perpetrators of the attack were aliens and their hiding place, his anus.  The rash of recent anal probes only goes to prove that they are planning more attacks.  Homeland security cannot help us now.

If anybody saw "W" on CNN Monday you could not help but notice that he chews with his mouth open.  And people called Clinton Bubba.

Hold on there conspirator!  We did not do the same thing when we were young.  At 16, my main concern was getting some action from some of the hot chicks in my high school class, getting my license, and earning a starting position on a sports team.  You know...the kind of thing most 16 year olds think about.  I joined the military at 19 with no political affiliation.  

Having been independent until recent years, I can say whole heartedly that 9/11 was not a conspiracy.  My own eyes have witnessed the terrible acts by terrorists like the Taliban, Hamas, and Saddam Hussein.  I have personally laid hands on Al-Queda members who bragged about 9/11.  Do not insult me with your insensitive ramblings.  Obviously, you are set in your misguided ways and my first-hand accounts probably mean nothing to you.  But, realize this.  Your opinion is not only very unpopular, but most definitely wrong.   

[Give me an example of just one civil liberty that we've lost] We haven't lost any of our liberties per se, they have been superseded by the Patriot Act, meaning that any liberty can be suspended if the Bush Gov't deems it necessary to national security; that's worse than systematically taking away our rights. It, in effect, gives us no recourse.

Mars, the Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.  Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and disturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again. 

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide.  At a modest 75-power magnification, Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.  Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its zenith at about 3 a.m. 

By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at
the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.

A KW cab driver found a wallet in the men's room at the airport and turned it in to security.  The wallet contained, in addition to ID and credit cards, $950 cash and 4 signed blank checks.  The owner of the wallet returned to the airport and inquired if anyone found a wallet.  He was sent to security, where his wallet was returned to him, contents intact.  He only left $20 for the cabby. 

No wonder service workers can't make a living here.  Maybe the tourist will throw his back out walking around with that heavy wad in his back pocket.

It's nice to know someone thinks enough of our band to call us the dog poop band. I guess it's a Ricky Nelson thing, "You can't please everyone so you got to please yourself."

[Off the record Bush and Blair conversation] Media caught printing all the cussing by the politicians, clergy, and now, even each other. Go figure.

Sometimes you just should have been somewhere else! 

[Taxpaying homeowner] Yankee Go Home.

Sure would be nice if there were no Mini Season. Most of the mini-seasoners are guilty of environmental rape anyway. Maybe they should stop all non-Monroe Co. auto tags and check for Bugs & Drugs.

Trying to talk to a conspiracy nut is like trying to teach a pig to sing.  It’s frustrating for you and just annoys the pig. 

[Conspiracies]  Hmmm, let’s see.  There was the great conspiracy that proved that Pearl Harbor was secretly arranged by our government with the Japanese for an excuse for the U.S. to enter the war (except at that time the war was in Europe against the Germans). 

Then there was the vast conspiracy that proved that man never landed on the moon.  It was all staged in a Hollywood set to cover up where the money really went. 

Let’s not forget the great conspiracies of the JFK killing (take you pick of numerous conspiracies, all of course proven as undisputable fact). 

Then we have Bobby Kennedy being killed by hit men from (take you pick here from at least three) each, all again, proven as fact. 

Don’t forget JFK Junior's plane being shot down by secret government agents.  (There are always a lot of secret agents involved in this stuff)  

We can’t leave out the "proven without a doubt" conspiracy about the loss of the airliner leaving New York that was said to have been shot down by a missile fired from a Navy ship.  (This great conspiracy actually came with its own fuzzy video.  Never mind that the actual cause was later actually proven to bean an exploding, partially empty fuel tank caused by static electricity.  It resulted in a retrofit of an entire fleet of similar aircraft costing the aircraft industry millions of dollars.  But the missile story was enough for the conspiracy zealots.)   

Then, more recently of course, there was Hillary Clintons “vast right wing conspiracy” designed solely to damage her husband’s sterling silver reputation (except that all the charges were true). 

And now we have the World Trade Center.  (Remember, part of that “conspiracy” was also that no aircraft ever crashed into the Pentagon.  The conspiracy folks just had a little bit of trouble explaining where all of those pieces of airplane came from and the thousands of people who saw the aftermath)

So, believe whatever you want to.  And by the way, your subscription to The Globe is about to expire.  Don’t miss the next issue where the feature is about the great government conspiracy to have alien beings from Jupiter secretly impregnate women in order to breed a secret race of beings that only vote Democrat.  No, really, it’s true.  I read it!

My northern neighbor does not have an orangutan as I previously reported; it was just his new hairy girlfriend that he met at the Cow Palace. But she did eat the bananas and peels I threw in their yard; and she smokes.

Keep an eye and ear out for the debut of the new band Montana and the Two Derelicts.  "Original and captivating" --Rolling Stone Magazine. "Best thing to hit the Keys since crack" --Key West Citizen.  "Another boring Keys band"  --Miami Herald.

I am not a fan of Dubbya, but what's up with those dolts at CNN. Breaking news because he used the word "shit", in an off the cuff remark? He's as dumb as a box of rocks, but the person who wrote that headline is even dumber, if that's possible, and apparently it is.

What is the deal with someone who proposed some kind of law which would guarantee that our state park in Key West will always have Australian pines?

[Conspiracy] Q: Why would you need to fly planes into the buildings?  A. It was a cover up for the government and it’s all about money.  Yes, really. And just what did you use for your comparison of imploded buildings?  I am not an engineer, but I do have common knowledge about collapsing buildings.

Q. 20,000 gallons of fuel? A. It has been previously reported that the fuel tanks exploded and burned on impact.  As you mentioned, it was a steel and concrete structure and one hour later both buildings crumbled to the ground.  Can you explain that? No?  Go figure, the government can’t either.

Gosh, you think you know so much. You sound as if you were actually in the building yourself.  First hand knowledge, huh?  Everyone has an opinion.  I have mine and you have your closed minds so you can continue to think what you wish.  I guess you never saw the Michael Moore documentary either.  You should see it; it shows how great our government really is.

Check this out. Go to www.google.com Put in the word failure in the search bar and click on “I’m feeling lucky” You will be surprised at what pops up.

Some people have proposed a toll booth at the top of the Keys to charge non-residents a hefty toll charge.  The profits would be used for improvements and beautification through the Keys. 

I would propose instead a check point staffed by enforcement personnel with Jerseyite and New Yorker sniffing dogs.  Those apprehended would be refused admittance and turned back.  Now that’s beautification of the Keys.

[Who is this guy Sloan, AKA God's candidate?]  He is one of the divine chosen who receive his life direction directly from the Supreme Being and also one of the people who the men in the white coats and nets missed the last time they came through the area on the annual screw ball round-up.

[Dogs in Restaurants] I've been here 27 years, and seen lots of places allowing animals. Tiki Bars, restaurants, snack shacks, etc., but almost none do anymore. Why? Because the animals' owners don't control them, just like they don't control their kids. After about a month the places are a health hazard. I doubt your animal or kid sits on your dinning room table while you eat.

I'm with you conspiracy theorists.  9/11 was caused by our government.  Also, NYPD, FDNY, Port Authority, the independent resources used to sort the debris in Jersey, countless media, and the thousands of other volunteers and recalled reservists were all part of the conspiracy.  Oh yea, and they used thermite in the Pentagon and the fourth plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.  The "Let's Roll" phone call was fake.  The Bin Laden tapes were fabricated.  The anthrax letters were fake. The 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center was also a conspiracy. 

 To further their cause, the government secretly launched missiles from the space shuttle and blamed them on North Korea.  Then, they kidnapped some soldiers from Israel and blamed it on Hezbollah.  Iran and Syria are getting a bad rap.  To make things even worse, they are sending pirates to loot ships off the coast of Somalia and using some new secret weapon to cause tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes.  All this, and no credible whistle-blowers!  World domination is near!  I'm so damn scared.  Hey sixty year old, save me some room in your dinghy.

[Scam alert]  Anyone having a credit card (Visa or MasterCard) issued by Chase Bank should be aware of a scam circulating throughout the U.S.  The scam is sent to card holders via e-mail and states that you must verify and update your account information by clinking on a link provided.  The e-mail message looks remarkably authentic.  It asks for your Social Security Number (a big red flag), your account number, security code, name, address and other information (that a legitimate company would already have).  When I received the e-mail yesterday I immediately contacted Chase Bank Customer Service and they confirmed that this is a fraud that they have been trying to track down and stop.  Credit card holders should always be aware that this type information would never be solicited from a legitimate company and anyone receiving such an e-mail should not reply in any way and immediately contact the company’s customer service department (the phone number is on the back of the credit card).

Tuesday July 18, 2006

Monday July 17, 2006

Discovery has landed! I'm so glad everyone's safe. We surely don't need another tragedy.

To the 60 year old dude that thinks the government is out to get him.  Please don't take this the wrong way, but if your paranoia isn't drug induced, you might want to make sure you don't have a bipolar disorder.  Seriously, it seems like you're letting this obsession control your life.  You make God's candidate look normal. Your wife must be saint, bless her heart.

[Jet de Eau] I really like that idea better than a big American flag. I love jet fountains.

No more House of Stink? I'm sure going to miss open mike with that dog poop band. There's just nothing to do here anymore.

You folks concerned about the so-called US government conspiracy obviously have never worked for or with the US government. The bureaucracy alone prevents original thought, so conspiracy plans would fade out rather quickly - and if that was not enough, they have more than their fair share of incompetent workers who they can never get rid of. It is amazing that the US government can even function at all. If I were you, I would blame it all on the Illuminati or maybe aliens from Uranus.

[Do people who smoke know how bad they smell]  Not until they give it up, then they're very embarrassed and apologetic.

[Can anyone tell me where to get a passport in the Keys that doesn't take a month to get or cost as much as my cruise?]  Go to the passport office in the Federal Building in Key West.  You can apply there and will have your passport much faster than applying by mail.  You can also pay a reasonable additional fee for expedited handling.  However, if you’re already whining about the cost of obtaining a passport you probably can’t afford to be going on a cruise in the first place.

[Bread, potato chips, cookies, cake] These are some of the reasons most Americans are overweight and clogged. Why would anyone feed them to a deer?

A lot of angry people submitted in post's Sunday.

[Sunday's road signs of life]  It just shows that you should always wear a helmet when riding your bike.

The Greens are the true American patriots.

[Washington DC] As reported yesterday: If you consider that there is an average of 160,000 troops in the  Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm  death rate of 60 per 100,000.

The rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 (according to FBI stats). That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest  gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.  Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington.

[Name calling] I think selfish and uncaring conservative is more like it.

[Ken Lay family members guilty of nothing] Bullcrap! They were just un-indicted co-conspirators that profited from his corporate theft. They will be living off the illegal gains he was convicted for. 

Kudos to the 16 year old with the intelligence to look for information before making decisions on things. I have been reading input from somebody clearheaded and open-minded. Somebody that looks behind what the government or the media is trying to make us Americans believe. I feel sorry for those people that call truth seekers un-American and ignorant. An ignorant person believes whatever is put in front of them without asking questions. An informed person seeks clarity and truth. I have renewed faith in today's youth. Wake up all you middle aged people that condemn today's youth for doing the same things you did when you were young and  were voicing disappointment with (and questioning)  our government's actions during the Vietnam War. You had a right to seek truth, yet you criticize today's youth and call them names for the same thing.

[Complicity] Zarqawi was located and eliminated because of inside information from an al Qaeda source. Then within days the CIA unit that was looking for Osama was disbanded. Hmmmm? Has he been found but we haven't been told about it? Or maybe the timing of his capture isn't politically advantageous for those in power and fearing a backlash from the electorate? Or is he just too well connected with those trying to establish The New World Order?

I think my northern neighbor has a orangutan living with him. Either that or he has a really ugly girlfriend. I was going to throw a few bananas in their yard, but I am afraid it would cause bloating.

[Bush Lover] I also ask you, sir, what has that man done to benefit the country? I've been reading all the back and forth name calling and the only accomplishment the right seems to agree on is the tax cuts for the affluent.

The tax cuts haven't helped the whole country. They've only helped a certain class (I am in that class that benefited). The tax cuts are a major factor in the country's astronomical nation debt. How has that helped the entire country? Also I know he created the largest marine sanctuary in Hawaii (which cost almost nothing and is basically just a designation on a chart). That's all I have ever heard that he's done of a positive nature. Is there something else I missed?

Sorry to say the Key West Citizen newspaper is a disappointment. The real cutting-edge bona-fide newspaper is Key West The Newspaper, or The Blue Paper. Go to their web site and take a gander at their journalistic prowess: http://www.kwtn.com

The Ancient Chinese advice that the first half of our life is spent in learning and following the rules of society and the last half should be dedicated to unlearning all that and returning to naturalness! 

All this misery, fire and brimstone comes from our attempt to hold on to partial truths, familiar roads. The very fabric of the stuff we thought we were made of.

The only way you can get a passport quicker is to go to Miami and wait or you can pay extra dollars for them to expedite and FedEx it to you. I got mine in two weeks a year ago online and delivered to me by FedEx. There are services like: http://www.unitedstates.org/passport.php that guarantee 24 hour service, but I don't know about them.

The right and the left can go on and on forever about the government and why we do this and why we do  that.  It's all a bunch of BS.  Watch this documentary and all the reasons become clear. "Why We Fight" http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21959 available at your local video store.

If you get a passport in less than a month anywhere it's probably forged!  These documents are only available from our federal government and they don't do anything quickly.  Also, I don't think the price is negotiable if you want the real thing.

[Key West Citizen is restricting the online version] It is called Freedom of the Press only if you buy the paper. 

[To the taxpaying home owner] I have a booth at the Flea Market and I only sell honestly purchased useful things; like a spatula for a dollar so that you don't burn your little fingers. Come and visit me, I can probably even find you a hat that will fit your pointed little head.

[Conspiracy] It's funny how two people wrote in as if they were the fat, lazy 60 year old.  Did I touch a nerve there?  Good!  Let me make this plain and simple.  If you believe that 9/11 was anything other than a terrorist act, you are a bona fide moron.  All you did was make yourself look worse with that long-winded response.  The more you babbled, the more scared you sounded.  I'll bet you wear aluminum foil on your head so the government can't read your thoughts from those spy cams.  You're making preparations to move offshore?  You must be terrified! 

The girl in CVS her name starts will an A at the photo station has no personality! Get someone new! ---kwhinn@bellsouth.net

You're a taxpaying homeowner? Well, good for you. We all deserve service with a smile, but don't always get it. As for you being a voter and wanting a Walmart, Guess what? You can vote for it all you want but you're not going to get it. You're more likely to get that service with a smile first. However with your attitude, you wont be seeing that either.

This might help some of you readers to understand some of the bigger words used on this gripe site. It's free too! http://www.freedictionary.org/

Does anyone know who the new owners of 2 for 20 pizza are?

[Bush lover] I am not the person you were debating with, just somebody who has been reading your drivel long enough and had to comment. I haven't seen any facts yet, just a bunch of hearsay. So give us some real facts to chew on. Many are waiting.

[Billie Tieman]  Can someone please post a picture of her? We know so many people here and not their last names. I know Judy had several daughters.

[Taxpaying homeowner...Putting perfume on a pig]  Why do you come down here if you don't like the local color or music? You need to stay home. You seem to be to full of hate to be visiting such a laid back place as the Keys. (Ed: I edited out yesterday's Taxpaying homeowner's real home of New York because I was selfish and didn't want to read about "Yankee, go home!" for the next three weeks; and also I suspected the author was not really from NY and was only trying to stir us up, but I was wrong to deny the locals the cathartic pleasure of telling a New Yorker to go home.)

Conspiracy [A building imploded looks a lot different than a building that collapses due to a catastrophic event]  Oh really?  And how many other 110 story buildings have you seen collapse due to a catastrophic event to use as a comparison?  Why would you need to fly planes into the buildings?  Why not just blow it up and blame it on terrorists?  Sounds like they made it unnecessarily complicated.  I'm sure that people with "reasonable common sense" know that the simplest answer is usually the correct answer. But, if that gets in the way of your prejudices, then a government conspiracy must be the answer.

[Conspiracy]  These aircraft that hit the centers were carrying probably close to a full load of fuel when they hit. That is about 20,000 gallons of fuel. Enough to fill two average swimming pools. Where do you think all of that fuel went? Stayed on that floor and burned? Hell no it didn't. It went down the elevator shafts, which are in the middle of the building and burned from the bottom up, and all the way down. Melting the steel structure in the middle and collapsing upon itself.  Again that is 20,000 (thousand) gallons of fuel. Think about it. Conspiracy? I don't think so.

[Brazilian pepper trees] I am another local who is very much against this plant. It is one of the most aggressive of the invasive exotic plants in Florida. It is invading our aquatic habitats as well as upland locations. They crowd out native plants and animals, reduce biodiversity, destroy ecosystems, and reduce available water supplies.

The primary method of invasion is by birds and raccoons spreading seeds by eating the berries. One mature tree can produce thousands of additional trees in the surrounding areas.

Thousands of your tax dollars are being spent in the Florida Keys to remove this pest from public lands. Each tree on private property is like a "Typhoid Mary" ready to re-infect widespread areas.

You can find out how to deal with all your exotic invasives including the Brazilian Pepper, Australian Pine and Asiatic Colubrina here: http://monroe.ifas.ufl.edu/invasive_exotic1.htm

[Dogs are legal in Restaurants] Not in the Florida Keys (yet). The Florida Bill, passed this year to allow dogs in outside seating areas of restaurants, creates a three-year pilot program, and the state will determine whether to continue it. Allowing dogs to dine will be up to each county, and even if it's allowed, restaurant owners will still decide individually whether to participate. I haven't heard that any such local rules have been changed in Monroe County (yet).

[Conspiracy] I the biggest proof against a Government conspiracy other than the fact that no one in Government can keep a secret is the tape from Osama bin Laden himself, jubilantly exclaiming his surprise at the collapse because it was beyond his wildest imagination that the Towers would collapse as they did. Do you think al Qaeda conspired with another more secret terrorist group in the  US who planted the bombs in the WTC?

[Be Nice] Deer Ed, this was taken from the archives of Dec. 2004. I was surfing while waiting for the Sunday edition. I was not the original submitter but do think it bears republishing and this is an appropriate time it seems.

I never was particularly thrilled by Kansas.

[A question for God's Candidate] What does your "Employer" tell you to do about helping to get the plugged canals open?

I just went through getting a passport. Get an application from any Post Office or the Clerk of Court office in either Marathon or Key West.  Be sure to specify new or replacement/renewal - the forms are different (new is orange).  Fill it out, get CVS, Walgreens, or a any of a bunch of other places to take a 'passport photo'.  Take all that along with a certified birth certificate (or other form of id) back to either the Post Office (if they process them, sometimes on only one day per week) or the Clerk of Courts office which processes anytime.  Write a check for $67 to the US State Department and $30 to whoever takes the application (prices set by the government and listed on the form), show your drivers license and your done.

It took me an hour to get the picture from CVS (they did have to develop/print it).  I had the passport and my birth certificate back in 2 weeks. For extra money, again listed on the form, you can get it quicker.

Monday July 17, 2006

Sunday July 16, 2006

[Is cracked corn and starches good for the deer] I saw this posting in the archives but didn't see a response.  Bread, potato chips, cookies, cake, and the like can form a massive, starchy, clump which clogs a deer's digestive tract.  Dear fed these types of food have actually died of starvation; necropsies revealed these messes.  Dried corn of any kind is not digested, but energy is expanded pushing this through the digestive tract.  It is of negative benefit to the deer.  Deer Chow or even Goat Chow is preferable if you're buying food for them.  Bananas, although they love them, causes unnatural bloating (how do you feel if you're bloated?) Avoid feeding them bananas.  Feed the deer vegetables, lettuces, some fruits, natural stuff.  You'll be doing them a real favor, but don't get caught.

I just got off of long-winded tomes.  Who is this guy Sloan, AKA God's candidate?  Is he for real, or is someone just trying to f**k with us?  God forbid the guy ever has a wet dream!

(Ed: This is to good not to print from God's Candidate who is a former lawyer)

I read in yesterday's Citizen of a third candidate joining George Neugent and me in the race for the District 2 seat on the Monroe County Commission now held by Mr. Neugent. Three candidates will generate more discussion and is a good development. Your ongoing coverage of this race, and all other political races and activities, is valuable and appreciated.

Your piece yesterday said that I had entered the race, then "wavered," then decided to continue. I had dreams telling me to come out of the race, just as I'd had dreams telling me to get into it to begin with. So I came out.

Then I had dreams telling me to get back into the race, so I got back into it. I take my dreams as coming from God, through angels assigned to look after me, and while it might look to some people that I wavered, I did what I was told to do by my Employer.

You have been receiving emails nearly daily from me, on a variety of subjects, as have quite a few other people in the Keys -- government officials, other journalists, private citizens. These emails also go to quite a few people not in the Keys. In nearly all of these emails, including the one sent yesterday, I speak of dreams in which I am told to do this and that, and given this and that information upon which to act. In yesterday's email, I also described a number of other ways that God speaks to me, when I am awake, and said God always meets me in dreams.

I was told in dreams last night and early this morning to write to you about all of this, and to ask you to publish this email as a letter to the editor.

Voters and the county commissioners are entitled to know that I am not the campaign director of the campaign it looks like I am waging, and that if I by some fluke end up being elected to this office, I will do what I'm told to do by my Employer; and that I am and will remain available by email to answer any questions or comments posed by Keys citizens, or by anyone else.

I really enjoy the stream-of-thought, mish-mash style that goes on in this column.  Please don't even try to get more organized!  Even the odd week-with-2-Wednesdays is a kick, though I think I'd go for double Saturdays myself.

That "too much make-up" woman is cute by Keys standards. She would do extremely well at the Cow Palace or any other bar down here. Is she local?

Why would Bush attend Lay's funeral?  The only reason to attend a funeral is to support the family in their time of grief.  The man had family members who were guilty of nothing and friends of the Bush family.

Jefferson Davis was captured and he was wearing a dress.  After that I don't know?

[New York Time exposing government "Secrets"] That's baloney. Have you ever heard of a government exposing a cover-up or scandal? Without the free press Bush will have succeeded in removing all our rights and we'd never find out anything.

[Deer Abby] My little Yorkie keeps trying to hump my neighbor's cat. Should I be concerned, or just except his alternate lifestyle? The cat doesn't seem to mind. Neither does my neighbor.

Dear owner, You must love your Yorkie no matter what it's sexual orientation. It was born that way and you should not try to change it.

We would like to invite you to join Bobby Green and Howard Livingston of the Mile Marker 24 band for an evening at the Pier House piano bar in Key West on Sunday, July 23rd. Bobby and Howard will be joining Larry Smith for this special evening. We will be performing some of your favorite Mile Marker 24 tunes as well as many others in a wonderful laid back setting. Parking is free and the show starts at 9:00 PM. We hope you can join us. 

[Cudjoe restaurant called Raimondo's]  That place opened and closed so many times you would have thought it was the door to a men’s room in a beer bar.  They were never consistently open for any length of time.  One day my golfing group called to ask if they would be open for lunch the following day and were told “yes, we’re open for lunch”   The next day when we got there we found it locked up and dark.  That was 6 months ago and we’ve never been back.  They are probably out of business again.

Do people who smoke know how bad they smell?

[Ann Coulter]  She is somewhat attractive in a wasted, anorexic sort of way but I really like her biting wit.  I have read a couple of her books and she does a good job of backing up her left-wing criticism with direct quotes and published facts.  She uses her sharp pen to tell it like it is. 

[Conspiracy] In support of what you are saying and in defense of your age and intellect; I have to shake my head in amazement at how many of my older peers actually believe that with age comes wisdom and intelligence.  How dumb is that? 

[Kids are the next generation] I am from the days of zero population growth and felt I was doing my patriotic duty to keep the U.S. population growth down by having only two kids.  Now that I am older I see the error of my ways. What happened instead was those groups of people who were not educated to help reduce the population have had so many children that they are the ones with the vote now. They have become the ruling party and now we have to learn a second language because of it. 

Raimondo's is closed for the summer, but will reopen in season.

Fishing Lodge housekeeping dept starts out around $10.50 an hour and offers benefits after 90 days.

The Key West Citizen is by far the worst newspaper I have ever seen.

The road signs of life!

[Why close the Tiki Bar at midnight] It's because of a noise ordinance, due to the subdivision behind it.

[To pay respects to Ken Lay] Then maybe "W"'s daddy should have gone to Ted Bundy's funeral too. After all, if Ken lay deserves respect after all the suicides Enron's failure caused, personal bankruptcies and so on, what's wrong with a murderer?

After denouncing all other programs proposed for dealing with the illegal immigration problem as foolish, Democratic leaders have proposed a solution that they claim will work.  They said that the massive tax increase required will be used to install these devices intended to capture the illegals as they try to cross our southern border.

Maybe the VA's budget goes up every year, but then why do they have to keep supplementing that budget throughout the year to cover shortfalls? Because they don't budget enough in the first place! Bush can't give the rich their tax cuts and pay the veterans that deserve it. And when they do try to figure the VA budget out it is never adjusted for inflation. They still use the same formula in 1980 dollars to try and fix an amount. How much have prices gone up since then and how many new Disabled Vets do we have to care for because of bad decisions?

VA spending should be a mandatory spending item in the federal budget just like defense spending. DOD doesn't have to fight for dollars in the budget process and neither should Veterans.

Can anyone tell me where to get a passport in the Keys that doesn't take a month to get or cost as much as my cruise? Yikes!

[Conspiracy]  Kudos to the sixteen year old that has a lot more brains than most people out there that don't have an open mind to what the truth is about our government.  I guess some people have never seen a building imploded. It looks a lot different than a building that collapses due to a catastrophic event.  A person like you and I with reasonable common sense can see this. That doesn't mean that the government was behind the conspiracy or that part of the conspiracy to bring the buildings down was to make an implosion look like a terrorist event by having a few radicals fly some planes into the building to start the process. Conspiracy, Yes! Government-unknown, individual-Bin Laden (co-conspirator), corporate-a lot of likely suspects.  But, there are definitely still a lot of unanswered questions from our government that lends itself to complicity.

I did take the time to watch all the video and I totally agree with you.  I am so glad to see a person as young as you have an open mind to all possibilities.  We will probably never know the real truth about what happened because it is a cover up just like everything else the government does.  Ha, they can't even catch Bin Laden and you know they could if they wanted to, but you see, Bin Laden is "very" good friends with W's Daddy so they can't do that.  The bottom line is, it's all about money.

I've got a great dumb idea. When I was in Geneva, Switzerland, there is what's called the Jet de Eau, which is a giant jet of water that shoots one hundred feet into the sky in the middle of the lake that Geneva is built on. It is an incredible sight to see and a fantastic tourist attraction. It is lit at night, something special. There is a jetty that runs from the shore to the actual jet. Being near it is exhilarating. I propose the construction of a similar jet in the water between Big Pine and Little Torch, on the bay side. There could even be several fountains, all the way down the Keys. More dumb ideas to come.
PS: Why haven't I seen any Key Flag ideas?

To the "open minded" supposedly 16 year old.  It's not the government that brain washed you; it's the public school system.  Or more specifically, the liberal teachers that reside there.  The events of 9/11 were broadcast live as they happened. I know because I happened to turn on the news just minutes after the first plane hit the World Trade Center.  The newscasters thought it was an accident at first.  Shortly after, another plane hit the second tower.  I don't recall the government trying to say anything to the contrary.  The fact that you don't understand how that impact and subsequent inferno could cause those buildings to collapse doesn't mean it didn't happen.  Given the numerous negative, anti Bush articles and so called documentaries, I hardly think he or anyone else is trying to limit free speech.  You're free to say anything you want.  Just don't expect everyone to agree with you, especially when you're wrong.

[how quick some people disappear when the tax cut/abortion spiel...] I'd be happy to respond if I could figure out what the hell you're talking about. Oh what the heck, here goes nothing.  I got that tax cuts are bad because they divert money from the government to private industry?  What?  Private industry and tax payers give money to the government, not the other way around.  Oh wait.  I get it.  You don't pay taxes, do you?  And you're afraid that if the government actually lets the people that work for their money keep more of it; there will be less for you, right?  Well don't worry honey, we'll keep on working and paying taxes so people like you don't have to.  We do it, because that's just the kind of people we are, kind, selfless and caring conservatives.

[Conspiracy] Did you guys even watch the video? I'm not going to grow up scared of my own shadow and to even suggest that is ridiculous. I never said I was scared .That was your own assumption. It actually makes me very angry. If it was the planes that brought the building down why were other explosions reported? And the chance to get the explosive charges in the building was pre set a couple of weeks before 9/11. Floors of the World Trade Centers were evacuated for supposed "security reasons" and bomb dogs were removed.  I have checked every thing in the loose change video. (Even calling to get numbers to follow up their resources.) So I've checked my resources and even made a few personal calls to get witness accounts. If you people want to live blinded by the government, go for it . But I'm not going to live my life believing everything the government tells me. Their into politics for the money, and scandals are not unheard of in our government. So sir/madam, excuse me for saying so but I believe it is you that is the "nutcase".

I hate kids in restaurants. They belong at the fast food burger joints. Get rid of them before I make my annual appearance for my lobster round-up later this month (and then again in October thru April).

[Conspiracy] To the individual who called me a "fat, lazy 60 year old who is afraid of his own shadow". Your argument is so lacking in substance you must resort to name-calling. How typical. I am 5' 9" tall and weigh 145 lbs. I can still wear clothes I had 30 years ago. I work every day and stay physically fit. I plan to avoid taking Social Security altogether, and have my own health-insurance plan so I'll never be a burden on the young people of our country.

Scared? Not hardly. The lying government thugs don't scare me. We're already making preparations to move offshore if they are allowed to steal America entirely. It's you, poor soul, who are afraid to face up to the truth and take action. What an easy life you must have, believing like a child that your government papa will always look after you. Grow up! This nation was founded by men who realized full well the danger of tyranny. They gave of their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to hold onto a dream that Tory sympathizers like you said would never happen.

Some of those men died broke. Some lost everything including their health and died young holding onto the dream of freedom. Most suffered rejection and were ostracized by Tory family members and friends. Sweet 16, you can become a fat, lazy wimp with his head in the sand who runs on the hamster wheel with the rest; or you can stand up and help expose the dirty thugs who are stealing your birthright. Your choice! 

You know reading these posts from people who are filled with blustery indignation because someone mentions the possibility of conspiracy makes one wonder, what in heck are they so afraid might be revealed? I hope the conspiracy theories are wrong.

The trouble is there is just so much evidence to the contrary. The government is trying to cover up facts about the World Trade Center Towers. Several experts in both engineering and demolition have stated that when the planes hit the towers they would have either stood up or the floors above the crash toppled over sideways. But it didn't happen that way. Both towers collapsed perfectly in their own footprint just like buildings do when experts bring them down with explosives

How many people take careful notice what maintenance crews are doing? Especially crews working in areas restricted to the public in the dead of night when no one is around? Why was the wreckage spirited away before independent experts could look it over, and the general public for that matter? Why do films of the towers show white puffs of smoke near the base of the buildings just before collapse which experts say is identical to timed thermite explosions?

There are just too many unanswered questions, and the whole thing was covered up by us getting into this crazy war with Iraq. By the way, wonder why Bush senior or his son didn't kill Saddam when they had the chance? They aren't allowed to. All 3 belong to the same Masonic order, and take a blood oath to uphold any of their lodge brothers. Yep. The more you learn about this stuff the worse it stinks. Sooner or later the truth will come out. I hope it's wrong, but there's plenty of room for doubt.   

[ex-President and father of a sitting President attending the funeral of a convicted felon?]  They went for the same reason they would attend the funeral of a sexual predator, accused rapist, felon (convicted of perjury), disbarred attorney, impeached and disgraced Bill Clinton.  It shows respect to the surviving family.

What in the world does FEMA and cleaning up our canals have to do with Republicans hating anyone? Get over it, Bud. Most of us "folks " don't hate anyone. Most of us are happy for any State, Local or Federal help we can get and most of us could care less what party is in charge when something good is done. Oh, yeah, most for us don't thing that our leaders blew-up our country on 9/11. Stop it, you sound like a very angry nut case. It's time to start bitchin about Mini-season anyway; and the storms and then there's...on and on and on. Chill, buddy. Go fishing, the snapper bite is on and hot.

[No storms this year]  That's not going to happen.  But it sure wouldn't hurt if you pack rats would tidy-up your stuff underneath your homes so they wouldn't blow away and become projectiles and end up in someone's living room, maybe even your own.  Plus you would hate to lose your stuff, now wouldn't you?  Things like concrete blocks could do an awful lot of damage to your neighbors home and you wouldn't want a lawsuit over something so silly.  You could start by moving the projectiles to a storage unit and tying down everything underneath your homes.  How about a yard sale for all that stuff you haven't used in years?  That way, you can just sit back until November and only worry about stocking up on cigarettes and alcohol.

Brad, I love you, man. We all love you. if things get too bad we can always call the "wah-bulance". You should have taken all that money and bought yourself a personality.

Sunday July 16, 2006

Saturday, July 15, 2006

[Conspiracy] How many people actually took the time to watch the video before trying to tell me I've got it all wrong? You say I'm brain washed yet at a young age of sixteen the government hasn't had time to brain wash me yet. My mind is still open to all possibility. And I believe what has the most facts supporting it. The government has given us no solid answer for what happened that day or their actions right after. Loose Change has scientific proof, eye witness statements, even interviews with the fire fighter who so bravely saved people in the mist of the actions. It all points to lies coming from our government.

Open your mind and search all possibilities; or at least have the same info as I do so we can debate on the same level. And please don't insult my intelligence.  Just because I don't see things the same way you do doesn't make me wrong. Different opinions are what America is about, right? Freedom of speech. Something your beloved Bush is trying to limit.

[The Facts] "President Bush's 2006 budget drastically cut financial support for up to 80 percent of the veterans"  What is the source of your data, loosechange.com? 

Here is the link to the official 2006 VA budget: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2006/veterans.html  and this is the link to budgets going back to 1976.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/sheets/hist05z2.xls  Following line 20, Veterans Affairs, I did not see a year where the VA budget decreased.  Am I missing something?

[Tiki Bar going to be a "rich peoples" place to go]  Great, I can’t wait.  Another close-by place where I could go and not be surrounded by slobbering, loud bums pounding down dollar cans of Busch.   

Good news. Keys Energy put a new pole up so the Ospreys can rebuild a new nest on State Road 4A. Thank you so much.  We love to watch them teach the baby to fly each year.

Yes, it is true that Billie Tieman (Carl & Judy Aufrecht’s daughter) has passed away. She tragically drowned in her parents’ pool. It was an horrible accident, and our hearts go out to Carl and Judy. Arrangements for her cremation and the scattering of her ashes have not yet been finalized. If anyone is interested in planning a celebration of her life, please contact me at pat@suncomm.us. I miss her very much.  

The old popcorn trick is done at the Tropic a lot, especially when they show the "Cowboyz" movie!

When I was three years old I remember that my father had already struck mortal terror into my very being. Profound fear. I did exactly and behaved exactly as I was told. (with a few exceptions when I was alone). But basically, because of my obedience, I was allowed certain other very important freedoms, and was brought to special events, such as plays like the original Flower Drum Song, the second premiere of Gone With The Wind, great restaurants like The Prima Donna in Reno, the Bucket Of Blood, and the Silver Dollar in Carson City, and the homes of celebrities and stars, Dan Blocker, Adolph Menjou , the Desi and Lucy Arnez's, Alan Young, and more, and created quite a treasure of memories. One look from my father would evaporate any idea of less than perfect behavior. I suppose most kids now wouldn't know the difference anyway, when their progenitors are underdeveloped kids themselves.

[Kids in Restraints, I mean Restaurants] This Is the Big Pine not the Miami column, right?  Yes, not a whole lot of Restaurants to choose from, but I guess you haven't seen The Ghost of Christmas Past yet. To let kids in or not let kids in. It all boils down to old fashion consideration.  If the child is having a bad day, go outside for a minute. If that doesn't work get dinner to go.  Kids have good and bad days. I love kids. I used to be a kid.          

[Brazilian pepper trees]  You say that the locals are not unhappy with them? Who authorized you to speak for all of us locals? Just because you are too ignorant to be unhappy with a tree that not only disrupts entire ecosystems and cost millions of tax dollars per year to keep under control doesn't mean that most locals don't mind them

[Conspiracy] Notice how quick some people are to disappear when the tax cut/abortion spiel don't quite explain the rest of what's going on? Hey "rightie", why did W's dad pay respects to a dead felon? How do tax cuts answer that one? Birds of a feather flock together. I know that if it wasn't for those tax cuts all those investors and employees that lost everything would be even worse off. Does that work for you? Not me.

The tax cuts were just a good way to divert Gov't revenues to a private industry (big oil) through public conveyance. In other words, all we are spending those tax cuts on is the increased price of gas and therefore contributing too $400,000 pensions for oil company CEO's. Do the words "Mission Accomplished" come to mind?

The gist of the VP's secret energy summit: destabilize the Middle East and oil prices will surge. So by over extending our military forces, we have weakened our strategic military superiority. Iran, N. Korea, Syria and China all know we can't handle another conflict right now which is why they are so emboldened and defiant. This has been the chief goal of Bush and Cheney since taking office. Not because they are republican but because they are oil men!

The sauce hides the smell.

Dogs are legal in restaurants with outside dining.  As for the Florida Holly trees; leave them alone.

[Kids are the next generation] I have one, and that's it. I will not be blamed for over populating an already over populated planet. There should be a law to get "fixed" after you have one kid, or a big Income tax incentive for getting sterilized.

The stocking mask as a fashion statement will never catch on. stocking video

Billie Tieman passed away on the 29th of June. It is unknown at this time when or if services will be held for her. I will not comment on how she died. The family will address that matter in their own time. My prayers are with them always. I love and miss you Billie; may you be at peace wherever you are.

Dear Editor, your "Kudos & Whiners" sign, doesn't jive with the "Kudos_and_Whiners" subject in the email. Which is correct? (Ed: Our spam filters recognize both iterations.)

[Jefferson Davis]  He was imprisoned by the US for two years after the war. When released he became the president of the Carolina Life Insurance Co, Memphis, Tennessee. He was more famous after the war than he was during the war. He died 12/6/1889 in New Orleans at the age of 81.

[House of Music]  As is often the case, it seems that the rumors of a re-opening were wrong.  I see no activity there that would indicate that anything close to “re-open” is going to occur in the near future.  It does seem odd though that someone would buy the business without doing their homework pertaining to all of the requirements necessary to get back up and running and begin to recover their investment.  Possibly, much like the former owners/operators they are dreaming more than dealing with hard realities.  Kudos though, to whoever is responsible for clearing the lot next to the building.  It looks much better. 

I give up! The women down here look like old shoe-leather, smell like cigarettes and have an attitude to boot. I guess this is because there are so few of them so they are always in high demand. Where can I purchase a blow-up doll with two working orifices?

[Pitbulls] I don't know what vet said "they get aggressive as they get older", but you need to change vets.  I have raised pitbulls for 19 years and I have never seen them get more aggressive.  I had one that was 14 and 3 more that were 12 before they got cancer.  They were more mellow as older dogs and I can attest to that as a fact.  People who treat their animals incorrectly will have animals that don't behave.  If that dog was peeing in your home, did you take it to the vet to see if it had a bladder problem or a possible tumor beginning to grow or just think it was a bad dog and scold it?  Not all dogs or breeds are the same so your statement is incorrect.

A picture of Cindy Sheehan snuggling with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.  Chavez has declared himself an enemy of the United States and vows to bring down our government and unite Latin America against the U.S.  Can anyone actually believe she has the slightest shred of credibility left with anyone who matters? 

Proposed examples:
1.[Underseas Dive Shop] Oh, yea, now we will have 3 more weeks of rehashing this tired post] 
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3. [Underseas Dive Shop (link)] Oh, yea, now we will have 3 more weeks of rehashing this tired post] 

Dear Editor, wouldn't it be better to have each input subject numbered (tough job I know) , so that subjects can be grouped and replies to that subject could be simplified by clicking on the number as a link? Just an idea, because people reply to any given gripe, without adding a lead in to what the hell they are talking about! It is getting frustrating. (Ed: I'm overwhelmed by the number of posts I have to edit and am not able to do any more. I don't think I would like to categorize them anyway. I kind of like the free-for-all mish mash. I've seen other sites that used threads, but I didn't like them. They didn't seem as communal and neighborly as this format.)

[Popcorn box trick] If that had worked you may have had a great submission for the Penthouse forum.  Maybe that's enough to make it worth a try.

[Homeland security] Driving from Conch Key to Marathon this morning, I saw the usual suspects driving dangerously. Passing too close to oncoming cars, and cutting back in without assured clear distance. Par for the course, you know. When I got closer I noticed they were passing a Deputy Sheriff taking her husband to work in her official vehicle. Whilst stopping for gas at the Chevron, I saw one of them return the key for the restroom to the attendant. I hope you all feel safe.

I child-proofed my house, but they still keep getting in.

[World Trade Center: steel girders were burned through with thermite”]  I’m sure you believe what you have written and all I can say is that I feel sorry for you having to go through life believing every crackpot conspiracy theory that tumbles from the withered minds of the people that come up with them.  Could any rational thinking person really believe that with as many as 50,000 people a day going through the World Trade Center complex structures not even one person would notice workers with air hammers chipping concrete away from the steel beams and then wrapping explosive charges in place for the weeks it would take to accomplish the deed?  (Demo charges have to come into direct contact with the steel girders to be effective not shot through overlaying concrete)  I don’t like to resort to name calling but you sir/madam are a real nutcase.  Have you ever considered listening to the strange voices you apparently hear and running for office?

[Pit Bulls] My insurance company said I couldn't bring my Rottweiler down or I couldn't get insurance when we bought our house. It broke our hearts to not bring Munchie with us. We had already paid big money for our house. Monroe Co. is screwed-up.

General rule of thumb: Anyone writing about how good or bad a band is down here is usually in one. Most people don't really care-just ask them.

You are a sick person to believe that our government blew up the trade center.

What ever happened to that little Italian restaurant in Cudjoe called Raimondo's?  I went by there a few weeks ago and it looked abandoned.

[FEMA to pay for canal cleanup] Are you telling me that us Republicans are finally going to benefit from a government handout?  Hell must have just frozen over and pigs are flying with the seagulls.  Hey, you never know, this could just turn us into democrats.

The  http://www.flkeysmls.com/ website has been down for several days. Anyone know the scoop?

[Landscapers] Try Accent Landscape on Big Pine. I worked for Russ and he is a fair and honest man. He is also licensed and bonded.

It's bad enough some people believe horrible accusations that 9/11 was a conspiracy, but to go a step further and compare it to a Nazi leader and his concentration camps is so far left that it's not even on the wing anymore.  Thermite? Did you not see those 2 very large airplanes hit the buildings?  I hope the 16 year old is reading this.  Kid, you are free to think and believe as you want, but think about this:  Do you want to become that fat, lazy 60 year old who obviously believes his own shadow is out to kill him?  Leave the bickering to the politicians.  You can't live your life scared like that.  

[Fishing Lodge in bad need of help] I'm in bad need of money. Can I make enough to pay my rent or do they have a place for me to live? I like to have enough left over after paying my rent to be able to eat.

[...why an ex-President and father of a sitting President would attend the funeral of a convicted felon]  To show respect. I'm sure they would attend Bill Clinton's funeral also.

Which is worse: A broad with too much make-up or not enough?  I say moderation is the best policy.  In fact, it can age a woman when she lays it on thick.  It makes her look really scary like it's Halloween. 

FEMA is paying for the removal of derelict and sunken boats from Hurricane Wilma.  What in the hell does someone's political preference have to do with it?  You're telling me that if FEMA offered to pay for the removal of a sunken boat in your canal, you'd say "No, I'm a liberal.  I'll take care of it."  Yea, right!  Let me ask you this.  After last year's hurricanes, did you insist on paying for the removal of your debris then too, or did you pile it up for the free pick-up like everyone else did?  If you say you paid for it, you'd be a hell of a liar.

[Gov't treats the poor like slaves] Read about old Jeff Davis here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis and learn. The Southern leaders were patriots, believing in our Constitution and therefore state's rights. Davis' treatment of his servants wasn't much different than the government's treatment of minorities today, (i.e. welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing) except unlike the system of today, with Davis there was opportunity for advancement and self-sufficiency.

Note: The Confederate flag most always shown, (stars and bars) is actually the battle-flag. The official flag of the Confederate States was a single large star on a field of blue, called The Bonnie Blue Flag.

These English photos have never been shown in any American newspapers or television news programs because we want to be careful not to offend the Muslims.

I have been to the Looe Key Tiki Bar several time since they have reopened and I have to ask: Why close the place at midnight, when there are 20 or more customers (I counted) still having fun in their establishment? Only in the Keys.

[Keeping car keys with remote by bed for the alarm function] Yes it does work.  Last night after reading about it, I took my keys and went to bed.  Patti's late night is Thursday so she wasn't home.  When she came in, I heard her messing around and set off the car alarm.  Scared the shit out of her.  She came to get me and I told her about it.  Boy was she pissed.  All I can say is that if you happen to be there when somebody breaks in or is outside snooping around, it's a good deterrent.  They don't know who can hear it.

Dear Editor, I want to compliment you on your managing and running of this interesting site. You really let everyone express there thoughts without getting into a personal pissing match with some one on the other side of your view. Your site, at least for this person, is by far the most fun reading site available anywhere.

Wow! I got some good pizza from 2 for 20. New management is making quite the difference.  Faster and better service. Kudos. We might have a pizza place worth spending money in. It's about time.

I can't believe that Key West Citizen is restricting the online version of their newspaper.  Now you have to be a subscriber to read all the articles.  What a bunch of bastards.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Friday July 14, 2006

Whatever happened to Jefferson Davis after he lost the Confederate war? Did he become a slave as punishment?

[Palmettos palms late blooming] I've got a few that are starting to bloom, but the majority them are still not producing those berries that the deer thrive on. I guess I'll continue to feed them goat food until the berries are plentiful.

Kids are the next generation. It is up to us to make them good people with good values, but for what I am reading in this site lately, our future is full of whiners. Yes I have a kid, and I go to restaurants with her, and nobody ever complained about her behavior, because I p ay attention to her needs and she is content.

The Looe Key Tiki bar has at least recognized that having the same musical act three times a week was just stupid. There are too many good musicians and singers down here to do that. I know I will go more often then I did in the recent past.

[Reliable Landscaper] Call Green Acres Lawn Maintenance. The owner's name is Ernesto very nice and very reliable. I have had him do a lot work. Very impressed with his work and he always shows up. His number is 305-304-0213

Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge is in bad need of help in the housekeeping department if anyone's interested.

One of the reasons, in fact the main reason, I enjoy reading this web page is because unlike so many other similar sites, this one is unique.  It's unique in the fact that postings on almost any subject can be found here and all sides of a discussion are usually represented.  I rarely got the sense that the editor projected his views through the postings he selected to print.  And that's what makes it interesting.  That and the unusual group of people we have living on this Island that contribute to this site.  Not something you find on most other sites which are usually tilted to the views of the editor.  I think it would be a shame if this site followed down that path.

[Kids in restaurants] Restaurants and the expense of them were for my pleasure and gave me a break from the kids.  Glad to see there are others who feel the same.  Nothing against kids, but adult restaurants were more enjoyable and relaxing that way.  Kids have their restaurants and we have ours. 

Dear Ed, what's happening? It must be mini season or something. Things are getting crazy, like it does in season.

[Not everything is black and white. There are many gray issues] You complained that conservatives don't use facts when defending Bush.  You even challenged conservatives to use facts, so I gave you facts.  They contradicted your ranting, so you ignore the facts and defend your position with that lame "gray issues" retort.  Like I said, debating with you is like talking to the wall.

 [Popcorn box] Duh, and your surprised she didn't fall madly in love with you?

[Underseas Dive Shop] Oh, yea, now we will have 3 more weeks of rehashing this tired post. The best part is it was posted by someone by his own admission does not even live here. We must assume he or she must be here for the annual mini lobster rape. Next we will be hearing how we should be thankful they are here and are spending their hard earned money and we should smother their butt's with thankful kisses.

First, the House of Music was going to reopen June 1st, then July 1st, now July 16th and always with "limited food service and a new interior." Somebody is full of crap and that place smells like it to prove it. They have not hired anybody, pulled any licenses or gotten the ok from the health department. In fact, the State Health Department has condemned the place.

Ann Coulter is gorgeous? I don't think so. I mean I would do her, but if you think she's gorgeous you have been down here way too long!

[Pitbulls]  Years ago I adopted an adorable, neutered male pit bull puppy from the shelter in my area.  The dog was very well cared for, never, ever abused in any way, was well fed and was a loving companion for about three years or so.  Then, for no apparent reason the dog started to urinate in the house and started to get snappy and growl when approached or petted.  After a few months of this he gave my wife a small but nasty bite on the wrist requiring four stitches.  He never saw another sunrise.  I took him to the vet that afternoon and had him put down.  The vet said that it wasn’t uncommon for a pit to change and said “it’s the nature of the breed to be more aggressive as they get older.”

Get well wishes going out to Larry Johnson (Dee) who's recovering from a blockage in Ohio.  He has many friends in Big Pine and has worked tirelessly for Eden Pines Colony.  We are very happy to hear that he's on the Road to Recovery.  Get well soon, Larry and we also hope that Dee is doing okay through all of this.  Stay the course. Keep the Faith.  Our thoughts, prayers and love are with you both. 

[Seeking a landscaper]  Octopuses Garden supplies you with best and lowest priced landscapers in the Keys.

Don't let this happen to you. Time to move Video.

It's so typical of myopic drones to consider a young person a doper or loser just because he/she refuses to spin the same hamster-wheel they are stuck on. If there were more bright inquisitive kids like that these greedy trolls would have a lot harder time getting away with their crimes.

Conspiracy "kid stuff"? That's just what they are counting on us to believe. The Trade Center Towers wreckage was a crime scene. Why did the Bush administration hustle all of it onto barges and have it taken clear over to communist China? Because if independent experts got a look at some of the steel girders they could easily tell they were burned through with thermite, which is used by demolition companies to collapse buildings. 

If you believe your government actually cares about protecting you and your stuff, you also must believe in Peter Pan. It's amazing how people can be so gullible, but most of the population of Germany went happily about their business while Hitler's gas ovens were cooking thousands of "undesirables" mere yards away. 

Sweet sixteen, you just keep on seeking the truth. You are the future of this nation and our world. Look for the insidious lies of those trying to cover up the real truth, and ask yourself why? Think about what great gain is made by fascists and other thugs when they keep the truth from common, honest people.

Next month I will be 60. I have sought out the truth since I was 16 and it has served me well. We need bold honest journalists who are not biased in favor of the ruling class. Always remember when revealed the truth stands on its own. Sweet 16, you give me hope there's a chance our beloved America will somehow stay a free nation for all our people, not just the privileged few.  

keysnews.com went pay per view for a significant portion or the paper.  That blows.  To get the daily paper in my locale, it would be lagged by three days due to mail.

[disgruntled humanities ex-teacher]  I think it's cute how you can't stop thinking about me and imposing me (implicitly or explicitly) onto every situation remotely related to liberalism, despite the fact that I've never been involved in any of the political debates here.  And "disgruntled" even, well that just makes me so hot. 

[Waitress tired of piggy children]  I think you should work at a titty bar--not many kids there.  A good attitude is not the most important asset, so you're all set there, too.

Imagine my surprise to find out today is only Wednesday. Damn, I already worked 3 days this week. Please Ed say it ain’t so. (Ed: Ok, give me a break. I've been very good about dates for a while now. What's a day or two between friends?)

FEMA is going to pay for the survey and cleanup of all the boating canals in the Keys.  I'll bet the farm not one of you whining hypocritical republicans will say no thank you, we'll take care of our own canal front or pay someone to clean it up at our expense.  Just another example of your "it's all about me" attitude.

Pit Bull and Dobermans are illegal?  Since when?  Not all Pit bull dogs and Dobermans are vicious.  And as far as the "ass is mine" comment; do something to someone and we'll be looking at your arrest record too.  Other breeds bite and there is no difference between them--they can all bite.  So just say you don't like dogs and make your kids aware of their surroundings and you'll stay off the record list.

“There is no conclusive evidence of life after death. But there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know. So why fret about it?” --Robert Heinlein

Yes, this was actually on display on I-43 a couple weeks ago. It was placed near the scene of the 60 car accident in Sheboygan County when they were repairing the area of highway. This picture shows the "censored" version. Prior to the State Trooper arriving on scene and taking the picture, the sign was fully functional, displaying all words completely. Needless to say, dispatch got a few Cell 911 calls from concerned motorists whose attention it attracted.

I hate to tell you, but Pitbulls are not illegal in Monroe County.  They are illegal in Miami-Dade, but not here.  Vicious dogs are made to be vicious by owners and it is not exclusively a breed problem.  Certain breeds are prone to violence, true, but as of yet there is no law on what breed of dog you can own here.  Get your facts straight before you embarrass yourself next time.

Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.

This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. It makes sense to  me. Besides, I like free stuff that works and makes sense.

The old popcorn trick was done in a film called “Dinner” too.

[Spelling police] Regarding viscous animals. Since when is a Doberman or a pit bull sticky? Did you mean vicious or were you being silly intentionally? 

Ever wonder what happens to your lost luggage?

[People cannot own viscous animals] viscous: adjective - gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, having the properties of glue. The only viscous animals I worry about are the Portuguese Man-of-War.

[Ed: We didn't print today's message from God. Should we?] If I write in and reveal I have received a very different Message from God can I get a not so long winded tome printed that includes lots of cool (my opinion) information Something like this:

It is almost time for another Lobster Season God told me this was going to be a banner year since so few were caught the last two years. He also said "The ones that survived the last two years are two and three times the legal size."

God also told me he has been enjoying his afternoon conversions with Islamorada's Bonefish Bob. If you hadn't heard Bob passed away in May and is sorely missed.

Last night I asked God if it was a good time to change jobs and He replied, "Florida Keys are very hot since so many people have been moving out of the Keys. In fact there is one Lower Keys business that is having a contest and offering a $75,000 a year job and a house to live in to the winner.

In a dream last night, God told me this story.

The Atheist and the Shark. A diver surfaced on Molasses Reef, off Key Largo and is swimming back to his boat when he sees a shark behind him in the water. He starts swimming faster but when he looks back he sees the shark turn and head towards him. He's scared to death, and screams out "Oh God! Save me!"

Suddenly time is frozen and a bright light shines down from above. The voice of God says, "Aren't you an atheist? Why do you call upon me when you do not believe in me?"

Knowing he can't lie the man replies, "Well, that's true I don't believe in you. But can you make the shark believe in you?" The Lord replies, "As you wish." The light retracts back into the heavens and the atheist looks back to see the jaws of the shark start to close down on him when, all of sudden, the shark stops and pulls back.

Shocked, the man believes he has been saved as the huge beast closes its eyes and bows its head and says, "Thank you Lord for this food for which I am about to receive..."

Now that is my kind of God.

[Viscous animals] What is the viscosity of a pit bull? 10W-30?

I am a landscaper, but I have Keys Disease so I'm probably not that reliable.

[Ken Lay] Can someone tell me why an ex-President and father of a sitting President would attend the funeral of a convicted felon? I guess money is thicker than blood in the Republican Party!

Red Buttons. R.I.P.

That is some calendar you have Ed. This week has 2 Wednesdays! Couldn't one of them have been sunny?

Guess who attended Ken Lay's ( the man who ran an energy company that ripped millions of consumers and investors) funeral? George and Barbara Bush. Go figure!

[Pit bulls, Dobermans] I don't think they are illegal but there is something called a leash law. You can make any animal mean just by treating it badly enough. Usually you can look at the handle end of the leash and see the problem.

All you liberals and conservatives are correct, you can't blame the politicians no matter what they do. Want to blame someone look in the mirror, we voted for these dumb asses. We have a recurring intelligence failure problem in this country and it has nothing to do with the CIA or FBI or DOD.

BPK Funny Fridays. Caution: Keep out of reach of Children and anyone who's seen the movie, "Batman and Robin" more than once. You can't trust their ability to make safe decisions.


Labels can be misleading. I saw a news report about a lesbian protest march, and the reporter said, "Coming up next, a lesbian demonstration." My first thought was, "Cool. I always wondered how those things work."
~Michael Dane

Doesn't it bother you when people litter? Their most creative rationale for throwing an apple core out the window is, "It will plant seeds for other trees to grow." And of course our highways are lined with apple trees... right next to the cigarette bush."
~Nick Arnette

Don't you hate it when you date someone and they say this, "I love you, but I'm not in love with you." You just want to go, "I want you... but not inside me."
~Felicia Michaels

I don't like magic, because I try and figure out how it's done, and I get frustrated. Just like porn videos.
~Garry Shandling

I went home and saw a trail of clothes leading to my bedroom. A bra here, another bra there, two pairs of panties, jeans over by the chair. I hear moanin' and groanin'. My heart pounding, I opened the door and my wife was in bed with a beautiful young woman. I said with disgust, "You nasty, no-good, double-crossing, unfaithful... move over! "
~Bernie Mac

I will not cheat on my wife because I love... my house.
~Chas Elstner

A man is incomplete until he's married, and then he's really finished.
~Henny Youngman

Some things aren't funny. Beatings aren't funny. Stabbings aren't funny. Mimes aren't funny. But beating and stabbing a mime... why is that hilarious?
~Dave Attell

I was a ballerina. I had to quit after I injured a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.
~Rita Rudner

When I went to college, my parents threw a going-away party for me... according to the letter.
~Emo Philips

A two-year-old is like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.
~Jerry Seinfeld

I moved back in with my mom and dad. It was my wife's idea. She suggested– in fact, demanded– that while we're apart we have sex with other people. I hear it's going great for her.
~Chris Elliot

There's a product called Mr. Big Cream. Just rub it on your d*ck and it gets bigger. Well, if it worked, then wouldn't your hands get bigger, too?
~Robert Schimmel

The sonogram. We had fun looking for early traces of family resemblance. "Gee, honey, it looks just like your mother... if she were bald, had no eyelids, and was floating in amniotic fluid." "Yeah, but from this side it looks like your father. Presuming, of course, that he was a Hawaiian prawn."
~Paul Reiser

So how do I pick a president? Much the same way I choose a driver to the airport. Which ever one will cost me the least and not get me killed.
~Dennis Miller

Every politician we have, liberal or conservative, who gets caught drinking or chasing women is thrown out of office. It's backward. It's more dangerous to have a clean-living president with his finger on the button. He thinks he's going right to heaven. You want to feel safe with a leader? Give me a guy who fights in bars and cheats on his wife. This is a man who wants to put off Judgment Day as long as possible.
~Larry Miller

I've been studying Zen Buddhism. Zen teaches the value of thinking and doing nothing. I thought, "Cool, I was fired for being a Zen Master."
~Dana Snow

My grandmother spends all of her time out in the garden...
because that's where we buried her.

What happened was she fell down in our driveway and she went to press the button on her LifeCall emergency pendant–
and the garage door came down...

In her will, my grandmother stipulated that she wanted to be buried with all her favorite possessions...
and the cat was not happy about that decision.
~Tom Cotter

[boat in Cudjoe Bay] Who says it's a derelict boat? It belongs to a property owner that has little, if no regard for his neighbors. It will be dealt with very soon!

[Kids in restaurants]  I was once in a quite nice, but also quite small, restaurant when a young couple came in with a small child who was already whining and fussing.  No sooner were they seated than the kid started to cry and howl.  After about one long minute the owner went to the table and nicely told the woman that the restaurant wasn’t really equipped to accommodate young children and could she please take the child outside until he settles down.  She and her husband (having not ordered yet) got up and on the way out the door she loudly told the owner, “We will never come back here again.”  The owner just smiled and responded, “Thank you. We all appreciate your cooperation.”

[Ann Coulter gorgeous] Man, the only taste you have is in your mouth. She's so skinny, if she stood sideways and stuck her tongue out, she'd look like a zipper. Maybe Spy magazine was tongue in cheek, but the venom she spews isn't. Fang in cheek is more like it.

[Poster who hates anything Hispanic]  I agree.  I’m tired of having to “press 1 for English” to have the opportunity to speak to someone in my native language.  And I’m tired of seeing part of my hard earned dollars going towards printing labels, documents, ballots and what all in two languages because our Hispanic "friends" are too stupid or lazy to learn and speak English.  This is the United States of America.  If they want to live here they need to speak our language.

I saw something here a few weeks ago about Billie's (Judy and Carl from Sea Center) daughter dying on Thursday. Does anyone know for sure. I never saw anything in the paper about it.

The Key West soccer team takes to the field.

[To solve the derelict boat issue the county needs to enact an ordinance]  There are enough rules and regs on the books for the FWC to solve the derelict boat issue.  Certainly the bums who live on those half sunken junk piles don’t have required safety equipment, don’t have proper ground tackle or stable moorings, don’t have working heads or use pump out services. Most of the boats are unregistered, have no numbers displayed or have expired registrations in someone’s name other than the bum living aboard and are generally unfit for navigation.  Last year there was rumor of a big crackdown from Key West to Marathon on these derelicts but it never seemed to happen.  Pine Channel south of the bridge (a real bay of pigs) would be a great place to start.

Two Wednesdays? Boy, did you have fun last night, Ed?

[reliable landscaper] One guy we used is Dennis Rose from BPK.  His Cell: 305-896-7800.  Good luck.

[Mug Shots] I vote don't print them.  Every time I've ever seen one on your site, it's meant to be destructive. Otherwise, kudos to you for your great website.

[Underseas Dive Shop's Brazilian pepper trees] I am always excited when someone sees a travesty like this. God must be on your side, when you are in line at the drug store buying crotch oil by the gallon. The world's about to blow to pieces and all you got time for is f**king pepper trees. I hope your DNA isn't contagious!

[Reliable Landscaper] For a very reliable landscaper contact Steadfast Security 305-395 1573. Very dependable and honest (very rare in the Keys).

Shut up already about the Brazilian pepper. You did Underseas a favor by going some place else. The locals are not unhappy with them or the pepper trees.

Dear Editor, My wife wants to see a blow-up photo of Arnold. Please put the same one on. Please make it larger.

[Kids in restaurants] I love kids in restaurants, either boiled or fried, with French fries and a good beer!

The new owner might be remodeling the Tiki Bar and it's looking a lot better than it did (I agree w/ a lot of people) however, the new owner doesn't give a crap about the locals that are there all the time. I really think that when it all is done with he'll probably jack up the prices. Then it is going to be a "rich peoples" place to go.

[Duped by these radical left wing conspiracy theorists.] Who says those who make a statement about something are Left or Right, Up or Down, In or Out Wingers? Can't a person state their opinion without being branded to a group? Individuality is the backbone of America, or was, and it's the "groupies" who seem to hate everything, especially free thought. This isn't Naziland yet, or is it? 

[Facts on Bush and Veterans] (Or, picking on Bush with Facts) President Bush's 2006 budget: 
Drastically cut financial support for up to 80 percent of the veterans in the nation's 129 state-run homes. 
Let the VA reduce the number of nursing-home beds from the 13,391 required by law. 
Put a hold on $104 million in grants slated to rehabilitate and build new state veterans homes.

I knew this was a strange week - two Wednesday's.  Thank goodness it wasn't two Monday's!  But our dear editor is getting better - the date was right.

Friday July 14, 2006

Wednesday July 13, 2006
(Correction: It really was Thursday)

[Rumors]  Domestic draft beer returns to the newly redone Tiki Bar no later than Friday.  The all new restaurant will reopen late next week.  New chairs/stools are on hold for now (too bad).  In other breaking news the former House of Music is said to reopen under another name with new owners on July 16 (or thereabouts) with a made-over interior and limited food service to start.  Stand by.

Ann Coulter is the Phyllis Schlafly of this decade.

[Small addition] Biz-Baz is on the air Monday through Saturday  (it used to be only Mon-Fri).  Tune in on Saturday and hear Steve Miller make you laugh.

[Kudos & Whiners] Never has so many had so much to say about nothing using so little factual information.

Yesterday's post about popcorn reminded me of an incident from my troubled youth. I was at a drive-in theater with a new car and new girl. While she was in the girl's room I slipped my erect penis through the bottom of the pop corn box. When she returned and reached in the box for more pop corn she got more than pop corn. That was our only date. I guess I'm not surprised looking back at it.

[Kids in restaurants] Here's a different one for you. I have three kids and never took them to restaurants until they were well in their teenage years. My rule has always been that when it stops being fun for me, it's time to go home. (Many of you will know who is writing this just by the saying)  When I go to a restaurant, I don't want to have to spend the time stopping my children from acting like kids. Only people who have had kids fairly recently really know what age appropriate behavior is for each age group. So when my kids were with me, we would go to only kids friendly places (i.e. fast food that kids love) That's not a restaurant that I choose to eat in so when it was my turn, kids stayed at home and I have adult time. Nobody is bothered and I'm not stressed. Simple solution.

[Re: Bush lover] I hate to say this but your constant rabble makes you look silly yourself. Not everything is black and white. There are many gray issues.

In honor of Barbie, I have requested that my money manger buy some Mattel Stock today.  You never know if Paris Hilton wants to model a doll after herself.  That would make the stock go up much faster than, say, a Miss Piggy dolly.  He would not sell off my fleet of Submarines, so I would like to tell you what a great ride they are if you're ever in an exotic locale for underwater sightseeing. 

A day without sunshine is like, night. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

I guess Halliburton is a marvelous American company. Instead of setting up decent trailers and hiring locals to clean up the Katrina mess in New Orleans they trucked in hundreds of Mexicans. These were made to sleep on stacked bunks in old flooded out warehouses with one porta-potty to a hundred guys. Of course they were paid less than minimum wage. Yep, to a business owner it would sound like a "marvelous American company" (Latin-American, that is)

[The government is to blame for September 11] I don't want to be snotty to somebody who's just 16 and trying to learn, but kid, that video should be from "Loose Cannon," not "Loose Change."

Since you're 16, you haven't yet lived through the (sometimes very persuasive but still B.S.) conspiracy theories which flourish in this country after every bad event. (Death of JFK, death of JFK Junior, bungled Katrina response, and on and on.)

Bubbles game. Use your keyboard arrows to catch the nice bubbles. If you hit the ugly bubbles you loose. BuBBleS

[Ed: Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up]  Have someone bring the computer down to you.  The "board" seems a little biased. (Ed: It is not an editor's bias if there are not enough people sharing your view for us to publish them.)

[Pitbulls] What you need to do is call the SPCA / Animal Control in Stock Island at 294-4857.  If you can find out where the dogs live, the owners will be cited.  Better yet, if someone can catch one of the dogs - either with a trap or a slip-knot leash, tie the dog up to a tree and call Animal Control and they will come pick up the dog.  That way, if the owner wants the dog back they have to prove the dog has had a rabies shot, pay a fee for housing the dog, and they will get a lecture on keeping their dog contained.  Keep in mind that Animal Control will only come out during business hours, so if it is at night give the dog access to water until morning when they can respond.  They will only respond to calls at night for an injured animal.  Don't call the Sheriff's Department unless the dog is an immediate threat to someone. They have no means to catch a dog better than a civilian can.  A deputy might come out at night to pick up a dog that has already been detained.

The bottom line is, if you can get your neighbors together to do something about it, the problem can be resolved rather quickly.  Find out where they live or catch the dog yourself.  The SPCA may even have traps to rent if you call them.

[Government cannot afford to support veteran affairs with the cost of the war]  There was no war when Clinton was in office. More money, a lot more, is going to the VA now then ever did under Clinton.  How do you explain that?  If you want to pick on Bush, why don't you at least find something that the facts don't contradict?

This fake billboard stayed up in Houston for two weeks before anyone realized what was going on.

Ordinarily, the ranting and ravings of some extreme liberals can just be shrugged off and ignored.  But, to go as far as to even suggest the government is responsible for 9/11 is sinking to an all time low.  Do you actually think someone with a fair and balanced political agenda made that video?  What's worse, do you actually think the government could pull off something like that and get away with it, without any witnesses or whistle-blowers?  You wonder why you are referred to as whiners.  It's accusations like that which make your entire political party look like absolute morons.

I love cats. I think they taste like chicken.

[Hate the renters]  Walk around buck naked for a few days. That ought to offend them enough to at least keep the kids out of the pool.

Just as Halliburton pops up in our comments the Army has decided to fire Halliburton over a $1 Billion worth of billings that can't be justified. Services that were supposed to provide meals, fuel and clean bathing water for our troops have been found to be unacceptable. $45 cases of soda (pre-delivery), triple billing for meals never served and the bathing water for our troops was contaminated.

We always hear about the earnings and tax returns of our leaders while they are in office, however they have put their investments into a so called "blind trust" while in office and those earnings are not available. But after they leave office we never hear about it again. I bet when Bush and Cheney leave office all that Halliburton and Oil company stock in their blind trusts will be worth Billions. Why did we attack Iraq? Oil, oil, oil--not 9/11.

Before you get me for bashing Bush, I would suggest Clinton's blind trust be checked too. These guys don't want the job for the good our country anymore, they want it to line their pockets and the pockets of their corporate buddies. That's why most companies play both sides of the political field when donating to candidates.

If you live in a country: Speak their language. Period.

[Children in restaurants] This is just one manifestation of a much larger problem: totally permissive parenting. Children today are never taken behind the woodshed, literally or figuratively. Overly permissive parenting leads to a later lack of self discipline when the child is grown. This results in young people in their late teens or early twenties who already have "maxed out" credit cards and bad credit scores. The "I see it, I want it, I get it" philosophy instilled during their formative years. 

Parents, do you kids a favor now by saying, "No" and backing it up. If your child exhibits bad behavior in a restaurant or other public place it is your responsibility and reflects on your parenting.

I recently read an article by a psychologist who stated that middle income children today get 90% "wish gratification." Adults in the same income class get only 25% "wish gratification." Many young adults have trouble making this major transition to the less sympathetic real world, resulting in serious financial problems at an early adult age. And yes, I am a parent with two grown children and two grandchildren.

[Sixteen years old and already sick and tired of fascists] Sounds like you're a brainwashed victim of that disgruntled humanities ex-teacher.  What the hell do they teach in school these days?  Obviously not physics or you wouldn't be so easily duped by these radical left wing conspiracy theorists.  My advice to you kid is put down the joint, get off the internet and get a job. 

Man, a lot of people seem to hate kids don't they? I'm glad I'm not one of them.

[Big Pine Pizza] The people are locals that work hard to put out a good produc