Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The writer says, “The bottom 50% of the wage earners in this country pay no federal income tax.” The writer also says, “Remember, this is a group with a less than 50% high school graduation rate, 35% of whom speak little or no English, and 1/3 of which are not even in the workforce. And, not only does the bottom 50% not pay federal income tax, many of them actually get money given to them by the government through the Earned Income Credit program, not to mention other state and federal welfare payouts.”

Now for an aliens view: I have met many Spanish speaking people in the USA. Some are from Mexico, some are from Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and some from Cuba. The differences between them are quite stark. Some are hardworking and legal, some are very hardworking and very illegal, some are not hardworking and are refugees from the Wet Foot Dry Foot rule from the Islands.

My suggestion would be for Mr or Ms Anonymous to determine if an immigrant to the US, whether legal or illegal, or a refugee, is a good productive future citizen or not. Most are, some are lazy, some rely on government benefit scams. Some are engaged in the worst possible crimes in the US. We come in all shapes and sizes.

The fallacy of “you immigrants don’t have to pay taxes for 5 years” is completely incorrect. I have paid taxes every year I have lived in the US, which is over 3 decades. I have never relied on any government programs, or ever taken a dime from the US government. It’s a matter of principle, and these programs are meant to help the poor in the greatest country on earth.

Expose the scammers, and call in the criminals, but do spend a few minutes each day spreading the milk of human kindness that sloshes inside all of us and help the needy, or just help one needy person each day. I do. All immigrants are not the same. We stand on the shoulders of other 500 years of immigrants and members of the Native American Tribes, who came before us new immigrants.

Regards, an anonymous immigrant who does speak rather good English and a few other tongues, can write rather well in same, looks very different than most Americans, pays taxes, is not on the dole, and did go to a little college too.

You aren’t going to change the world, or even one person’s mind with this stuff. You are either preaching to the choir or to someone else who is just looking through your spew for something to call you down about. You may think you are making the world a better place for your children and grandchildren through your rants, but all the while, they are more than likely either laughing at you behind your back or feeling sorry for you because of your emotional turmoil.

Go for a boat ride or go catch some fish. Get an enema. Go outside and sit in the sun for a few minutes. You live in the Florida Keys! Your life is better than 99% of the rest of the people on this planet. Quit whining.

Please do away with the usual trying to point out what I’m really trying to say. Read my words not your interpretation of them. I never said it would lead to a “windfall of taxes”. You did. Speak only for yourself please. Thanks for reading my humble postings.

Like Conch?

Using ½ Saltine crackers and ½ Fritos, crush them into a fine meal like bread crumbs by using a rolling pin or pulse in a food processor.  Crack eggs into a deep bowl. Put the bread crumbs in a pie plate.  Heat vegetable oil to 375 degrees in a deep pan or Dutch oven.  Dip the conch steak into the eggs, shake off the excess and then place into the bread crumbs on both sides to coat.  Fold the steaks around a green chili and use a toothpick to secure the steaks if necessary. Flash fry the bundle for just about 30-40 seconds per side.
Enjoy with a couple of cold Cuban or Bahamian brewskies. We like Hautey or Kalik.

A short review, it was started by two brothers as a place to show their hobby, it started growing by leaps & bounds.  Soon they were joined by other model railroad clubs and other craftsmen. Some were electricians, model makers, Carpenters, computer programmers. Their wives would stop by to see what they were doing and usually bring them a lunch. One thing led to another. Three of the ladies had worked at a bakery, several visitors would ask if they had a snack bar. The idea was planted; some of the carpenters came and built a nice restaurant area for the bakery and a kitchen too. If the fresh coffee smell didn’t get you then the bakery definitely would.

This was about 5 years ago. One of the breweries came and furnished all of the tables and chairs, serving counter, etc. Their latest finished area is the airport. Planes look like they are flying and landing. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that this is all in miniature! Video

As a special bonus, your donation will generate double benefit since it will be matched by local business owner and animal lover Richie Moretti.

Forgotten Felines has neutered and vaccinated more than 6,000 cats since its founding nearly twenty years ago.  Many have been placed in loving forever homes while others have been returned to colonies which are monitored and fed.  Forgotten Felines currently feeds more than 500 cats on a daily basis at nearly forty feeding stations.  While 500 abandoned cats sounds like a lot, the number has been drastically reduced through the organization’s Trap-Neuter-Release program.  Ask any old time Marathon or Big Pine resident about what it was like twenty years ago around every dumpster in town before Forgotten Felines came on the scene.

Mark your calendar and be sure to make your donation on Friday, December 12.  Phone pledges between 8 am and 8 pm.  Drop offs during regular business hours.  PayPal donations at any hour.

The abandoned cats of the Middle and Lower Keys need your help  Don’t be the one to let them down! Events

We are currently in a geogical epoch know as the Holocene (it’s a big word so say it slow it’s easier that way). The Holocene began at the end of the last ice age. Scientists call this last icy glacial period the Pleistocene, that’s Plei-sto-cene. Again say it slowly so you understand.

The Holocene is a geologic period of warming that began around 10,000 years ago and continues to the present. I’m going to repeat the first part so it really sets in. The Holocene is a period warming. We currently, are living during the Holocene.

Now here’s the hard part. It’s hard because your going to have to think. When your in a period of warming, that would be the Holocene, it means on average every year should be warmer than the last. Every decade should be warmer than the previous decade. Every thirty year climate period should be warmer than the previous thirty year period. And if every year, decade and thirty year period is warmer then accordingly every year should on average show record setting warming. Every decade should set record warm temperatures and …yes…say it with me…every thirty yer climate period should show record high temperatures. Thats the science folks, that’s nature, that’s normal. Record high temps every year are what should be happening. The same for each decade and climate period. Unless you believe we are no longer in the Holocene and are once again descending towards another glacial epoch.

Now the clever cult leftie realizing they’ve been trapped by science and logic (an evil combination for the cult left) will say “it’s not about the temperature but the rate the temperature has been increasing”. And to this the literate responds: the only increase in temperature rates are found in your precious computer models. Actual measured temps show no rate increase for as long as we’ve measured temps. And not coinscidently, all of the computer models were written by your fellow cult lefties. And of course 97% of all cult lefties believe the computer models…or so they say.

So let me summerize, whenever a cult lefty runs around screaming ” we set another record high temp this year” just say “calm down, breath I know we’re in the Holocene

Not concerned about the man that killed over 3,000 innocent Americans?

Every American should visit YouTube and watch the video of Bush saying Bin Laden doesn’t matter. You should also have your children when they get older watch that little gem of Republican appeasement.

FTR’S RESPONSE: The critic seems unable to disagree with out salting his posting with juvenile insults.

The fact is that NOAA can’t seem to get its act together. If you check the data to be found at Link

You will find a graph entitled GLOBAL LAND TEMPERATURE INDEX, it is a NOAA product. If you examine that graph, you will find that the 5 year running global mean temp actually began decreasing in about 1998. According to NOAA, today it is cooler than it was in 1998. That report is dated November 13, 2014.

Here’s what NOAA said at Link

“The most likely explanation for the lack of significant warming at the Earth’s surface in the past decade or so is that natural climate cycles—a series of La Niña events and a negative phase of the lesser-known Pacific Decadal Oscillation—caused shifts in ocean circulation patterns that moved some excess heat into the deep ocean.” You should take careful note of the language NOAA used when giving their excuse for lack of warming. They said that their explanation was “the most likely explanation.” Translation…they don’t know WTF is going on…Deer Friends, “most likely” is not settled science.

We should all think about the fact that all the forecasts that call for the world to suffer massive pain from anthropogenic warming are based on computer models. If the computer models are flawed, then the forecasts will be flawed. Dr. John Christy, professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) analyzed the parameters of the various models, and found that not a single model accurately predicted that the Earth’s temperature would remain flat since Oct. 1, 1996. Link

Deer Friends, please note that all the data that I have posted is not opinion, rather it is data presented as fact by NOAA.

Part 2) Certainly you are aware of the nationwide riots that followed the justifiable homicide of Michael Brown by a white police officer.

You may not be aware of the fact that a white man was murdered by 3 black youths armed with hammers in a community very near to Ferguson Mo. while the riots were in progress. It’s likely that you haven’t heard of it because major media has chosen not report it. The local authorities have taken great care to claim that the murder was not racially motivated. Yet the victims head was beaten to a pulp. It was not a robbery.

The victim was inside his car after returning from a St. Louis bar. Out of nowhere, a group of teenagers approached his vehicle and began violently pounding on it. When the victim stepped out to confront the teens, he was relentlessly beaten. His wife, who was with him as he was assaulted, watched helplessly and in horror.

In a TV interview Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, a black minister, stated: “We Will See “More white Americans under attack by black Americans.” He was right.

Another victim, in Ferguson, reported being attacked by a group of teens with hammers about an hour before the murder. The man, though, was fortunate to only escape with minor injuries.

In another episode, a white hot dog vendor was robbed and assaulted by four black suspects wielding a stolen hammer at a Ferguson Home Depot.

In another episode a white man who was apparently a protestor himself was chased and beaten by an unknown number of black attackers.

In another episode a White former Marine suffered a severe brain injury after a group of Black men beat him at a Mississippi restaurant in an apparent ‘revenge’ attack for the killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The authorities insist that these violent hate crimes have nothing to do with race. That beggars belief. It is patently obvious that race was a motivator in each of these episodes. Why is the White House and the Attorney General silent on these racial assaults? Why is there no talk of a Justice Department investigation? Why was there no outcry from the major media? Why is there no initiative from The White House to address the massive numbers of black on black crimes? Why is there never any protest when a black police officer kills a black suspect or a white suspect?

Why is The White House silent on the fact that homicide is far and away the leading cause of death for young black men, overwhelmingly at the hands of other black persons? This nations young black men are nearly six times more likely to die from homicide than young white men. But the White House, with a black man residing therein, has failed to address these horrific facts. Why aren’t the liberal/progressives/Democrats apoplectic about these facts? Why?