Thursday, October 26, 2006
From the Party that tried to Kill Santa
so they tried to kill Santa, but the Republicans killed superman
(H/t to everyones favorite Hot Phillipino Republican blogging/media phenome)
Google Bomb, Sure why not
The Democrats through this site have set us up the google bomb
i figured sure why not i'd return the favor
I feel very dirty now
Senate
Connecticut:
TARGET="_blank">Ned Lamont
Maryland:
TARGET="_blank">Ben Cardin
Michigan: TARGET="_blank">Debbie Stanbenow
Missouri:
TARGET="_blank">Claire McCaskill
Montana:
TARGET="_blank">Jon Tester
New Jersey:
TARGET="_blank">Bob Menendez
Tennessee: TARGET="_blank">Harold Ford
Virginia:
TARGET="_blank">James Webb
Democrat Held Seats
(CO-03):
TARGET="_blank">John Salazar
(GA-03): TARGET="_blank">Jim Marshall
(GA-12): TARGET="_blank">John Barrow
(IA-03):
TARGET="_blank">Leonard Boswell
(IL-08):
TARGET="_blank">Melissa Bean
(IL-17):
TARGET="_blank">Phil Hare
(IN-07):
TARGET="_blank">Julia Carson
(NC-13):
TARGET="_blank">Brad Miller
(PA-12):
TARGET="_blank">John Murtha
(WV-01):
TARGET="_blank">Alan Mollohan
Republican Held Seats
(AZ-08): TARGET="_blank">Gabrielle Giffords
(CT-04):
TARGET="_blank">Diane Farrell
(CT-05): TARGET="_blank">Chris Murphy
(CO-07):
TARGET="_blank">Ed Perlmutter
(IA-01):
TARGET="_blank">Bruce Braley
(IL-06): TARGET="_blank">Tammy Duckworth
(IN-02):
TARGET="_blank">Joe Donnelly
(IN-08):
TARGET="_blank">Brad Ellsworth
(IN-09): TARGET="_blank">Baron Hill
(FL-13):
TARGET="_blank">Christine Jennings
(FL-16):
TARGET="_blank">Tim Mahoney
(FL-22):
TARGET="_blank">Ron Klein
(KY-03):
TARGET="_blank">John Yarmuth
(NC-01):
TARGET="_blank">Heath Shuler
(MN-06):
TARGET="_blank">Patty Wetterling
(NM-01):
TARGET="_blank">Patricia Madrid
(NY-20):
TARGET="_blank">Kirsten Gillibrand
(NY-24): TARGET="_blank">Michael Arcuri
(NY-26):
TARGET="_blank">Jack Davis
(OH-15):
TARGET="_blank">Mary Jo Kilroy
(OH-18):
TARGET="_blank">Zack Space
(PA-06):
TARGET="_blank">Lois Murphy
(PA-08): TARGET="_blank">Patrick Murphy
(PA-07):
TARGET="_blank">Joe Sestak
(PA-10):
TARGET="_blank">Chris Carney
(VA-02):
TARGET="_blank">Phil Kellam
(WI-08): TARGET="_blank">Steve Kagen
i figured sure why not i'd return the favor
I feel very dirty now
Senate
Connecticut:
TARGET="_blank">Ned Lamont
Maryland:
TARGET="_blank">Ben Cardin
Michigan: TARGET="_blank">Debbie Stanbenow
Missouri:
TARGET="_blank">Claire McCaskill
Montana:
TARGET="_blank">Jon Tester
New Jersey:
TARGET="_blank">Bob Menendez
Tennessee: TARGET="_blank">Harold Ford
Virginia:
TARGET="_blank">James Webb
Democrat Held Seats
(CO-03):
TARGET="_blank">John Salazar
(GA-03): TARGET="_blank">Jim Marshall
(GA-12): TARGET="_blank">John Barrow
(IA-03):
TARGET="_blank">Leonard Boswell
(IL-08):
TARGET="_blank">Melissa Bean
(IL-17):
TARGET="_blank">Phil Hare
(IN-07):
TARGET="_blank">Julia Carson
(NC-13):
TARGET="_blank">Brad Miller
(PA-12):
TARGET="_blank">John Murtha
(WV-01):
TARGET="_blank">Alan Mollohan
Republican Held Seats
(AZ-08): TARGET="_blank">Gabrielle Giffords
(CT-04):
TARGET="_blank">Diane Farrell
(CT-05): TARGET="_blank">Chris Murphy
(CO-07):
TARGET="_blank">Ed Perlmutter
(IA-01):
TARGET="_blank">Bruce Braley
(IL-06): TARGET="_blank">Tammy Duckworth
(IN-02):
TARGET="_blank">Joe Donnelly
(IN-08):
TARGET="_blank">Brad Ellsworth
(IN-09): TARGET="_blank">Baron Hill
(FL-13):
TARGET="_blank">Christine Jennings
(FL-16):
TARGET="_blank">Tim Mahoney
(FL-22):
TARGET="_blank">Ron Klein
(KY-03):
TARGET="_blank">John Yarmuth
(NC-01):
TARGET="_blank">Heath Shuler
(MN-06):
TARGET="_blank">Patty Wetterling
(NM-01):
TARGET="_blank">Patricia Madrid
(NY-20):
TARGET="_blank">Kirsten Gillibrand
(NY-24): TARGET="_blank">Michael Arcuri
(NY-26):
TARGET="_blank">Jack Davis
(OH-15):
TARGET="_blank">Mary Jo Kilroy
(OH-18):
TARGET="_blank">Zack Space
(PA-06):
TARGET="_blank">Lois Murphy
(PA-08): TARGET="_blank">Patrick Murphy
(PA-07):
TARGET="_blank">Joe Sestak
(PA-10):
TARGET="_blank">Chris Carney
(VA-02):
TARGET="_blank">Phil Kellam
(WI-08): TARGET="_blank">Steve Kagen
In the more election Stupidity Department
On the campus of the good ole University of South Florida the Kathy Castor campaign was handing out some material... now, Kathy Castor is running in a district so democrat Osama Bin Laden could probably win if he had a D next to his name
Here is where the great fun and stupidity comes in. My friend noticed a date sticker over the Vote on paraphenelia
They have November 7th put over the Vote September 5th information from the Primary.
So in the Primary where MASSIVE GAS PRICES were a major issue, that is the info she has out to the voters today when MASSIVE GAS PRICES are less of an issue
good job Kathy we see congenital idiocy is a family trait for you Castors
and with the dates confused by the stickering how many Democrats may think their voting day is November 5th not November 7th
hooray for stupidity. And because of this stupidity I would suggest you give Eddie Adams Jr. (republican canidate for the 11th district) some votes because I am sure he would not try to crudely recycle old campaign materials
Here is where the great fun and stupidity comes in. My friend noticed a date sticker over the Vote on paraphenelia
They have November 7th put over the Vote September 5th information from the Primary.
So in the Primary where MASSIVE GAS PRICES were a major issue, that is the info she has out to the voters today when MASSIVE GAS PRICES are less of an issue
good job Kathy we see congenital idiocy is a family trait for you Castors
and with the dates confused by the stickering how many Democrats may think their voting day is November 5th not November 7th
hooray for stupidity. And because of this stupidity I would suggest you give Eddie Adams Jr. (republican canidate for the 11th district) some votes because I am sure he would not try to crudely recycle old campaign materials
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
I want to hit things.......
"Stay The Course" and "Cut and Run" are words that make me want to brutally hit people.
So I was watching the Florida Gubenatorial debates which I should have known right away was a big mistake and I heard stay the course used as a word that failed to retain any semblence of meaning.
So I first want to slay these dragons as they are used in the Iraq war debate. Now their is a small minority which may be literal "cut and runners" and "Stay the coursers" but I am not talking about them I am talking about everyone else.
Stay the Course:
From a political party which elected a man who debated what the meaning of *IS* is this should not be so counter intuitive.
In the context of the political debate Stay the Course ment sticking with the Iraqi march to democracy. That doesn't mean stick with just a military strategy since we worked on political systems related to the post war period (poorly in some serious ways) BEFORE we even had the war. And out political interactions and actions have evolved and changed and adapted. So its not like the government all Guns and no butter... its just that butter makes weaker press then guns
Likewise the guns part doesn't stay the same. It can't stay the same because folks who are making a lot of money and wearing cool uniforms make corrections (and outright shifts) based on the details that folks who say Stay the Course as if it means something else.
Cut and Run
This likewise has evolved into political gobbeldygook.Setting a goal of "we want to be out of Iraq by___" isn't cutting and running. Saying "We will leave Iraq by ___ turn out the lights when you leave." is.
now both positions are rather foolish for reasons which fuel the pejoritive use of Cut and Run
But in the genere of intellectual dishonesty We have people saying they want a more political and not military solution. To use the bogus term they are "cutting and running" from reality to sell to a certain animus in the American political culture. Instead of speaking to the conditions on the ground they say things like "The Iraqi's need to take responsibility" to cover for their ultimate logic "being against the war gets me political points" rather then "The Iraqi's aren't being helped enough to take more responsibility for their own defense."
The truth is both sides need to be more honest with how they cover the events of this war. While I am not in the "cut and run they are going to cut and run" camp its very clear that by blatantly misrepresenting whats happening to the American People for political gain they simply aren't trustworthy right now with handling a war. Nor is a administration that at an institutional level shuts down information and access (both good and bad) and doesn't likewise level with the American people. They don't talk about the pressures from outside countries (and for some good reasons). They don't talk about their political solutions in Iraq (nor the political solutions applied by the Iraqi leaders) with any of the voice they do when guns come into play. Wars are lead by adults, all we seem to have are adolescent children.
So I was watching the Florida Gubenatorial debates which I should have known right away was a big mistake and I heard stay the course used as a word that failed to retain any semblence of meaning.
So I first want to slay these dragons as they are used in the Iraq war debate. Now their is a small minority which may be literal "cut and runners" and "Stay the coursers" but I am not talking about them I am talking about everyone else.
Stay the Course:
From a political party which elected a man who debated what the meaning of *IS* is this should not be so counter intuitive.
In the context of the political debate Stay the Course ment sticking with the Iraqi march to democracy. That doesn't mean stick with just a military strategy since we worked on political systems related to the post war period (poorly in some serious ways) BEFORE we even had the war. And out political interactions and actions have evolved and changed and adapted. So its not like the government all Guns and no butter... its just that butter makes weaker press then guns
Likewise the guns part doesn't stay the same. It can't stay the same because folks who are making a lot of money and wearing cool uniforms make corrections (and outright shifts) based on the details that folks who say Stay the Course as if it means something else.
Cut and Run
This likewise has evolved into political gobbeldygook.Setting a goal of "we want to be out of Iraq by___" isn't cutting and running. Saying "We will leave Iraq by ___ turn out the lights when you leave." is.
now both positions are rather foolish for reasons which fuel the pejoritive use of Cut and Run
But in the genere of intellectual dishonesty We have people saying they want a more political and not military solution. To use the bogus term they are "cutting and running" from reality to sell to a certain animus in the American political culture. Instead of speaking to the conditions on the ground they say things like "The Iraqi's need to take responsibility" to cover for their ultimate logic "being against the war gets me political points" rather then "The Iraqi's aren't being helped enough to take more responsibility for their own defense."
The truth is both sides need to be more honest with how they cover the events of this war. While I am not in the "cut and run they are going to cut and run" camp its very clear that by blatantly misrepresenting whats happening to the American People for political gain they simply aren't trustworthy right now with handling a war. Nor is a administration that at an institutional level shuts down information and access (both good and bad) and doesn't likewise level with the American people. They don't talk about the pressures from outside countries (and for some good reasons). They don't talk about their political solutions in Iraq (nor the political solutions applied by the Iraqi leaders) with any of the voice they do when guns come into play. Wars are lead by adults, all we seem to have are adolescent children.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Bernie Sanders
Radical Socialist and Democrat also canidate Bernie Sanders Claims that Usama is more popular then George W. Bush when asked about Club Gitmo
in some areas it may be a valid point but my problem is not that Bernie Sanders said something Anti-US but that it was utterly stupid...... which I think will lead to possible huberis there if things open up
in some areas it may be a valid point but my problem is not that Bernie Sanders said something Anti-US but that it was utterly stupid...... which I think will lead to possible huberis there if things open up
Friday, October 20, 2006
Amusing blog post that was not what I intended it to be
I saw over on Fark a post that directed me to this DKos page
DKos had an evil popup ad script trigger an add for this
yes thats right a pop up add for a movie that glamourizes the founding communist thinkers in the United States and doesn't mention till about the last 3rd of the movie "Oh wait... communism might be bad"
as an add on the DKos
DKos had an evil popup ad script trigger an add for this
yes thats right a pop up add for a movie that glamourizes the founding communist thinkers in the United States and doesn't mention till about the last 3rd of the movie "Oh wait... communism might be bad"
as an add on the DKos
O RLY
The Orifice earns its nickname again
Demonstrators stage walkout in protest of Ann Coulter's lecture Thursday night at the Sun Dome
By Victoria Bekiempis, Staff Writer
Ali Hall and Ally Rhodes stood quietly. As they walked down the aisle at the Sun Dome, a hundred others in red shirts followed. Another hundred or so joined the exodus, some rising sporadically, others as groups or couples.
'according' to my roomate the speech had 400 attendies and at MOST 25 walked out joining 2 protesters outside.
Bill Clinton: a comment so stupid its given me cancer
Bill Clinton in a speech about the illogicalness of conservative arguments has set standards of stupification so high I feel utterly brain dead after reading them.
I start out with this one first because it really is less insulting to the intelligence of the reader and the listener.
Every political leader has a foriegn policy ideology EVERY ONE. because foriegn affairs are (yes) a political science. And as such people have philisophical views about them. Now Bill could have argued that they are to ideological.... that would have at least been intellectually honest. But to attack some one for having an ideology in a speech about political logic and honest debate makes my brain explode because of just how blatantly idiotic the very notion is.
You have to have an ideology because of how we humans work. Our brains take complex situations togther and try to find rules/systems/philosophies that explain them. Its what we do as monkeys with pants. You even have ideologies that govern things in your day to day lives.
but, the MOST stupid and MOST intellectually insulting/dishonest part is right here.
Bill, this comment is so insulting I am not even going to go make the basic cursory effort to find the instances where you have demonized your opponents just THIS YEAR. I am also not going to address the fact that you said because you don't have a world view your more right then some one who does is in fact a claim to the whole truth.
I won't point out the fact the chairman of the democratic party says its not the democrats job to have ideas to oppose republicans.
Bill as a former DeMolay state officer I am ashamed that a fellow former DeMolay politician can't form a better argument then this. I know that you didn't see the moral lessons in DeMolay as important and its very clear by this speech you don't even see keeping the same moral lesson in a single speech as even nessecary
"They favor unilateralism whenever possible and cooperation when it is inevitable," Clinton said without specifically mentioning members of the Bush administration.
"The problem with ideology is, if you've got an ideology, you've already got your mind made up. You know all the answers and that makes evidence irrelevant and arguments a waste of time. You tend to govern by assertion and attacks
I start out with this one first because it really is less insulting to the intelligence of the reader and the listener.
Every political leader has a foriegn policy ideology EVERY ONE. because foriegn affairs are (yes) a political science. And as such people have philisophical views about them. Now Bill could have argued that they are to ideological.... that would have at least been intellectually honest. But to attack some one for having an ideology in a speech about political logic and honest debate makes my brain explode because of just how blatantly idiotic the very notion is.
You have to have an ideology because of how we humans work. Our brains take complex situations togther and try to find rules/systems/philosophies that explain them. Its what we do as monkeys with pants. You even have ideologies that govern things in your day to day lives.
but, the MOST stupid and MOST intellectually insulting/dishonest part is right here.
"Most of us long for politics where we have genuine arguments, vigorous disagreements but we don't claim to have the whole truth and we don't demonize our opponents and we work for what's best for the American people," he said.
Bill, this comment is so insulting I am not even going to go make the basic cursory effort to find the instances where you have demonized your opponents just THIS YEAR. I am also not going to address the fact that you said because you don't have a world view your more right then some one who does is in fact a claim to the whole truth.
I won't point out the fact the chairman of the democratic party says its not the democrats job to have ideas to oppose republicans.
Bill as a former DeMolay state officer I am ashamed that a fellow former DeMolay politician can't form a better argument then this. I know that you didn't see the moral lessons in DeMolay as important and its very clear by this speech you don't even see keeping the same moral lesson in a single speech as even nessecary
Thursday, October 19, 2006
more posts from Malaise
I sent a letter to the editor of my school paper
here is a preview
here is a preview
I watch a lot of the controversy over Ann Coulter and it happens when the
Missionaries make their semi-annual appearance on campus. For both people
are outraged, counter protests occur, and people are harassing those who
present the alternate point of view.
Both say what they say for their own reasons. The missionaries are
actuated by a world view which sees every day as your potential "last
chance" for salvation. You could be hit by the bus tomorrow and be
condemned to the lake of fire. In their world view their is no time to
waste on subtle presentation, you folks are just doomed.
But in a world where almost every religion teaches that the sovereignty of
the soul is at your on choice why do people with a deeply passionate world
view matter?
"Huh look at that they believe differently then I do."
but when you engage them in a way of conflict and agitation they view you
as a "preachable moment" and as a chance for them to inspire the change of
Christ in your life.
Ann Coulter likewise says outrageous things, but she says them for
different reasons.
Every pie in the face Ann gets, every angry student with purple hair and
piercings that gets broadcast on the news Ann knows she just sold another
couple of hundred books. By experssing her views in such an extreme way
she guarentees sales of her books. Just as simply passing by the
Missionaries means they will not view you as a target passing by Ann
Coulter and leting her say her piece with no reaction means her books
won't sell and eventually she to will fade away.
It sounds hokey but you control what you think and what you feel. And when
you give random street preachers and Ann Coulter the power to make you
angry then you weaken yourself
Let them say their peace and then fade back and find more fertile ground
if you truely believe them to be so wrong
Monday, October 09, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Ok Links Phase I
Got the links put on here
but it will take a while before I get all the stuff back up and right
but it will take a while before I get all the stuff back up and right
Missing Links and other site issues
I hope to get those all fixed tonight after class. But I may have to prep for a Japanese test
Personal Life issue fading away
I am no longer the sole wage earner in my apartment
My roomate is working for CompUSA which I will avoid for as long as I can calling Compusary
My roomate is working for CompUSA which I will avoid for as long as I can calling Compusary
Ok......this is odd
got this in the email from a HIGHLY dubious source but if true it puts a weird wrinkle in things going on in Iraq
note I say its HIGHLY dubious
note I say its HIGHLY dubious
Palestinians must leave in 72 hour
Roads to Iraq
Quds Press reported that Shiite militias threat Palestinian families living in Baghdad, a 72 hour to leave ” or to be subjected to burning and killing.”
Residents in the “Shia” neighborhood said that leaflets were distributed on the Palestinians homes, threaten them with death and burning unless they leave Baghdad within 72 hours. Sources confirmed that these leaflets distributed in curfew time, which was imposed on Baghdad since Friday evening until Sunday morning.
Also confirmed that these militias used for the first time, loudspeakers mounted on governmental cars, the Palestinians and threatens to kill them unless they leave Baghdad. reminding them that their fate would have been the fate of their fellow citizens in the municipalities located east of Baghdad.
According to the official statistics, the numbers of Palestinians who have been killed in Iraq by a Shiite militia are about 172 Palestinians, in addition to the tens of abductees and prisoners
Intresting info from Transperancy International
BRUSSELS: Indian, Chinese and Russian exporters pay bribes more often than companies from other countries, according to a survey released Wednesday that ranked Italian businesses as the most inclined to pay bribes among European Union countries.
The findings, covering 30 leading exporting countries, were released by Transparency International, a nongovernmental monitoring group. The survey found that companies from Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Austria and Canada bribed the least to win foreign business. Britain ranked 6th; Germany 7th; the United States 9th, along with Belgium; and Japan, 11th.
arrrr Bribe Me
What makes this intresting is countries with cultures that accept bribary happen to bribe more often then those that don't.....
Which should shock no one.
Ok this has Cajones
Seems the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran has found a way to get good media coverage fir his side of the case
... "Let in the tourists"
Oh Honey... Lets go see the Nuclear Reactors in Iran.....
funny dodge of the issue, but not an effective ploy for long
... "Let in the tourists"
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s hard-line president has ordered nuclear facilities opened to foreign tourists to prove that the nation’s disputed atomic program is peaceful, state-run television reported on Wednesday.
“After an order by the president ... foreign tourists can visit Iran’s nuclear facilities,” the head of Iran’s tourism division, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, was quoted as saying.
Mashai said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued the order to show that Iran’s nuclear program it aims to generate fuel, not weapons.
Oh Honey... Lets go see the Nuclear Reactors in Iran.....
funny dodge of the issue, but not an effective ploy for long
While I am tinkering and Updating
Lets listen to what Ben Bernanke Has to say
The Chairman of the Fed's big claim to fame is on how the US trade deficit doesn't matter because we can pay for it.
If he is telling us we can't pay for our social security and welfare state... WORRY
"Reform of our unsustainable entitlement programs" should be a priority, he said in prepared remarks to the Economics Club of Washington. "The imperative to undertake reform earlier rather than later is great," Bernanke added.
It marked the Fed chief's most extensive comments to date on the challenges facing the United States with the looming retirement of 78 million baby boomers.
In his remarks, Bernanke did not offer Congress and the Bush administration recommendations on how the massive entitlement programs should be changed. Efforts by the administration to overhaul the Social Security program _ once a centerpiece of President Bush's second-term agenda _ sputtered last year, meeting resistance from Republicans and Democrats alike.
As the population ages, the nation will have to choose among higher taxes, less non-entitlement spending by the government, a reduction in spending on entitlement programs, a sharply higher budget deficit or some combination thereof, Bernanke said.
Government spending on Social Security and Medicare alone will increase from about 7 percent of the total size of the U.S. economy to almost 13 percent by 2030 and to more than 15 percent by 2050, he said.
The Chairman of the Fed's big claim to fame is on how the US trade deficit doesn't matter because we can pay for it.
If he is telling us we can't pay for our social security and welfare state... WORRY
I like the new upgrade but........
My links list got Ate. I lost my script stuff
so I have to go out and find new stuff
I may however have saved some of it elsewhere on my computer... so I will look for it
And the new stuff has ended my blogging Malaise
so I have to go out and find new stuff
I may however have saved some of it elsewhere on my computer... so I will look for it
And the new stuff has ended my blogging Malaise
Ok then
Upgraded to blogger BETA and it gremlinized my haloscan links
luckily I think I can fix that... after class
luckily I think I can fix that... after class
Larry Votes you should to
Ok Kids Uncle Larry got his Absentee Ballot so its time for Larry telling you how he voted.
Federal Offices
United States Senate
I was Very torn on this one.
On the one hand, I *DO* oppose a lot of the positions Bill Nelson has taken as a senator, but I am against Katherine Harris even more.
So I decided to split the difference. Belinda Noah was a canidate for the primary before the deadline and I decided to give her my vote.
US CONGRESS
I also had some conflicts here. Vern was slimy and Jennings was a tool. This one was resolved by a coin flip
State of Florida Offices
Governor of Florida
This one was also difficult for me. Charlie Crist and I agreed on more issues, but a good friend John Wayne Smith is running and I have always voted for friends when electing people.... so I decided to go with Friendship because I think Crist is a lock at this point.
Cabinet of Florida
now for the state Cabinet officers. I picked the Republican for Attorney General (Bill McCollum) because I don't want to see any monkeyshines like we have out in California. I voted for the Republican for CFO (worst elected position name ever) -(Tom Lee)- just based off of the fact I haven't seen any reason not to. And for my most flippant vote Charles Bronson for Agriculture commissioner because.... Well, He's Charles Bronson
State Legislature
for Florida District 69 I am voting for a Republican Woman (Laura Benson) because I think the GOP has done a good job running our legislature and she hasn't done anything critically stupid.
Weird Local Offices
Charter Review Board
I voted for all the republicans.... just because I have decided as long as I am still a voter in sarasota County I am going to alternate each year the parties of the local board members I vote for
JUDGES
As I do every year I voted NO on all the judges. In the 12th circuit group 21 I eleced Preston DeVilbiss who IIRC did a good job last time he was a judge
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND CHARTER AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Amendment #1
Amendment 1 was to limit the amount of non recurring general revenue for recurring reasons. That sounded fishy from the start... then it wanted to establish a joint committee to handle aspects of the budget process and then I grabbed my wallet and voted no.
To technical, taking power into a smaller groups hands.
Constitutional Amendment #3
The "No Whacky amendments" Amendment
I voted no because frankly I think simple majority vote to approve amendments is just fine
Constitutional Amendment #4
The Anti-Youth Smoking Class
yes it would palace a new class or program in our schools to teach kids about not smoking using the money that has been stolen from smokers via the annual tobacco settlement money.
We don't need issue education we need total education and this is a waste of state money so PASS.
SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOU. when you inhale smoke you feel sick
no one needs a class or program to learn that just have them inhale near a fire
Constitutional Amendment #6
Increased Homstead exemption for poor old people
I voted yes
Constitutional Amendment #7
Permenent Discount for Disabled Veterans Homestead Ad Valorem Tax
I voted yes
Constitutional Amendment #8
Eminent Domain Reform
I voted yes because it would mean that the State Legislature would have to by a 60% majority authorize takings of private property and transfers
Charter Amendment:
Paper Ballots
I figure Sure, why not
Federal Offices
United States Senate
I was Very torn on this one.
On the one hand, I *DO* oppose a lot of the positions Bill Nelson has taken as a senator, but I am against Katherine Harris even more.
So I decided to split the difference. Belinda Noah was a canidate for the primary before the deadline and I decided to give her my vote.
US CONGRESS
I also had some conflicts here. Vern was slimy and Jennings was a tool. This one was resolved by a coin flip
State of Florida Offices
Governor of Florida
This one was also difficult for me. Charlie Crist and I agreed on more issues, but a good friend John Wayne Smith is running and I have always voted for friends when electing people.... so I decided to go with Friendship because I think Crist is a lock at this point.
Cabinet of Florida
now for the state Cabinet officers. I picked the Republican for Attorney General (Bill McCollum) because I don't want to see any monkeyshines like we have out in California. I voted for the Republican for CFO (worst elected position name ever) -(Tom Lee)- just based off of the fact I haven't seen any reason not to. And for my most flippant vote Charles Bronson for Agriculture commissioner because.... Well, He's Charles Bronson
State Legislature
for Florida District 69 I am voting for a Republican Woman (Laura Benson) because I think the GOP has done a good job running our legislature and she hasn't done anything critically stupid.
Weird Local Offices
Charter Review Board
I voted for all the republicans.... just because I have decided as long as I am still a voter in sarasota County I am going to alternate each year the parties of the local board members I vote for
JUDGES
As I do every year I voted NO on all the judges. In the 12th circuit group 21 I eleced Preston DeVilbiss who IIRC did a good job last time he was a judge
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND CHARTER AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Amendment #1
Amendment 1 was to limit the amount of non recurring general revenue for recurring reasons. That sounded fishy from the start... then it wanted to establish a joint committee to handle aspects of the budget process and then I grabbed my wallet and voted no.
To technical, taking power into a smaller groups hands.
Constitutional Amendment #3
The "No Whacky amendments" Amendment
I voted no because frankly I think simple majority vote to approve amendments is just fine
Constitutional Amendment #4
The Anti-Youth Smoking Class
yes it would palace a new class or program in our schools to teach kids about not smoking using the money that has been stolen from smokers via the annual tobacco settlement money.
We don't need issue education we need total education and this is a waste of state money so PASS.
SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOU. when you inhale smoke you feel sick
no one needs a class or program to learn that just have them inhale near a fire
Constitutional Amendment #6
Increased Homstead exemption for poor old people
I voted yes
Constitutional Amendment #7
Permenent Discount for Disabled Veterans Homestead Ad Valorem Tax
I voted yes
Constitutional Amendment #8
Eminent Domain Reform
I voted yes because it would mean that the State Legislature would have to by a 60% majority authorize takings of private property and transfers
Charter Amendment:
Paper Ballots
I figure Sure, why not
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
First they came for the smokers
And I did not say anything because I was not a smoker, then they came for the guns... and I said a little bit but not a lot, then they came for fastfood and i said "doode whats wrong with you" and now......
This stuff should simply be laughed out of court
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and four other automakers were sued by California for making vehicles that contribute to global warming, causing pollution and erosion that costs the state millions of dollars.
The lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court in Oakland said General Motors, Ford, Toyota Motor Corp., DaimlerChrysler AG, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., the six largest automakers in the U.S., have created a ``public nuisance'' by making millions of vehicles that emit huge quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
This stuff should simply be laughed out of court
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