Sunshine and lollipops!

The left leaning media in this Nation has been so biased in this election coverage, a biased organization came out and said this week that 65% of the coverage of McCain was biased and negative. These pukes are jumping up and down right now. Obama is already picking his cabinet according to an article online this evening. There is even a new discussion of a new cabinet position, the department of peace. Isn't that wonderful. Maybe Oprah can get that cabinet position, the sales of Kleenex would go through the roof, then they'd get to get taxed more and help those less fortunate. How's Oprah spreading around her wealth? A few give aways on her show from product placement people getting free advertising? Bullshit on that. You watch, the tax increases will only apply to white Americans. If you are a minority and own the company, you won't have to pay increased taxes.

I have faith in you America. We underwent this same scenario with Kerry and Bush in 2004. Going into the final weekend Kerry was supposedly up by 8 points prior to the election. Bush won. We heard all of the same rhetoric in 2004, that Kerry energized all the young voters. They were going to push him over the top. Not so much. The polls are tightening as I expected them to. This Nation is NOT socialist at heart and the worst thing that you can do in the current economic climate is to raise taxes, and that is what the class warfare candidate Messiah Obama wishes to do. He wants to appeal to peoples fears and not their hopes and dreams. He feels our Constitution is a document of negative rights telling citizens what the state and federal government can't do to you instead of what they must do for you. We don't want the government doing anything for us because they screw it up each and every time they try.

This Nation was founded by intelligent men that somehow could see into the future. (imagine that and they didn't need more funding for public education) they knew that this Nation needed checks and balances in government to prevent tyranny against the citizens.

We are on the precipice of going over the cliff. The Constitution. The Supreme Court. Unions taking over small businesses. The open discussion now of a Second Bill of Rights. They are all at risk. Your 401K is at risk of nationalization, it's being discussed currently by the democrats in the house. You can read the article on the Wall Street Journal. I don't make this shit up. Barney Frank has come out in the last week stating that the military budget should be cut by 25% to pay for domestic programs and that deficit spending should occur over the next 2 years and then make up the difference by taxing all the rich folks out there. Barney, wasn't your butt buddy boyfriend head of Fanie Mae? Didn't you tell the American public, Fannie and Freddie were fine in mid July on CNBC, because I swore I heard your lispy voice tell America everything was fine. I was watching that afternoon. LIAR!

I love this Nation. I don't want a safety net. At multiple times I've tried to create a new business and I've failed, but that is what makes this nation great. In 1998 when I started shipping seafood, the demand got larger than I could handle and I was faced with a dilemma, invest and expand or retreat. I retreated and I'm glad I did with the shipping costs having skyrocketed. However that doesn't defeat me. And I didn't ask for a government handout.

I come from a family where all the male members except for myself, have proudly served in the military. My great grandfather was one of only 9 individuals to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor twice during the Civil War. My grandfather and father both served during World War II and my uncles and half brother served during Vietnam. These members of my family served this Nation in order to insure our protection as well as defend the Constitution. I have no doubt the military personnel would suffer greatly under the Obama watch.

We cannot elect a person president who has allied himself with a multiple of persons who openly voice their hatred for this Nation, and even more, have committed terrorist attacks against this Nation and innocent civilians. And then once questioned, dismisses all associations.

It is important in the next 144 hours, talk to your friends. Engage people who are going to vote. Try to persuade them to Vote McCain/Palin. This Nation, at this crucial time cannot afford a leftwing dictatorship running this Nation with no checks or balances. Please help save free enterprise, help save the Constitution, help save America as we know it.

Good night and God Bless.
And even though the Phillies won, I'm so damned proud of the Tampa Bay Rays.

A 10:07 pm EST first pitch?

A you freakin' kidding me? MLB is doing it's damnedest to make sure future generations of young children will finally stop playing baseball and move towards other sports. I won't make the entire game tonight, and neither will many other fans. How about a day game once in a while guys? This is bullshit tonight. Never mind the fact a major early season snowstorm is headed towards the east coast early next week.

Sarah Palin can't be president?

Over the past month the left wing main stream media has been running story after story about how Sarah Palin was the worst possible choice for vice president McCain could have ever made. It's so nice to see the New York Times and MSNBC helping out the McCain campaign in such a dubious fashion. The fact is, many Americans connect with Mrs. Palin. Her appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend drew the largest viewership of that lame show in the last 14 years. Why? Not because Tina Fey looks like her, it's because Americans' like her.
To steal a line from the Tom Cruise movie, Jerry Mcquire, "You had me at hello."
Sarah Palin's husband is a commercial fisherman. I've seen video of Governor Palin pulling gillnet from years ago from family video before she was ever a politician in the public eye. Any woman willing to go out commercial fishing with her husband, and undergo the hardwork associated with that job, understands the ordinary everyday life of the "Joe the Plumbers" of America. The socialist redistributionalists on the left wish to discredit her and her straight talk to the American people. I happen to think what she says speaks for the majority of the people I know in my life, and she and her family are welcome to break bread at my homestead any day, any time.

Mrs. Palin represents a threat to the liberals, and they constantly point out how little experience she has. Never mind the Messiah hasn't even served one full term in the US Senate. When this Nation was founded, there were no "experienced" politicians to draw from. After all, we had just broken away from the Motherland of England, after the citizens which risked everything to come to the new colonies were fed up with being taxed out of their gourd to finance projects back in England. Taxation with Representation. Get ready for that phrase fellow citizens. So who exactly were our first founding presidents?

George Washington 1789-1797
He was a surveyor and joined the military. He did not want to be president but is the only president in history to win 100% of the electoral votes in 2 elections. He also never joined a political party.

John Adams- 1797-1801
Lawyer. Need I say more? Went to Harvard and graduated when he was 16. In 1800, I don't think there were too many ads for 1-800-ASK-GARY. Too bad for him.
Even though he was an attorney, before the legal profession was corrupted by frivolous lawsuits and easy money, he wrote the anonymous letters in 1765 to the Boston Gazette opposing the Stamp Act on the basis of 2 principals. There should be taxation with representation and those facing trial should face a jury by their peers.

Thomas Jefferson- 1801-1809
Another lawyer. (the trend was set early on in this Nation)
Jefferson distrusted banks, and supported states rights instead of centralized federal control. He must be doing cartwheels in his grave today. Jefferson was also a strong supporter of separation of church and state.

James Madison- 1809-1817
I wasn't around during the Madison era, but if I had been, I'd have voted for my hero more times than an ACORN volunteer can sign up welfare recipients in Cleveland to vote for Obama.
This man had it right. James Madison should be the Father of the Country. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, we were new, shaking out the process, then we finally got to the heart and soul of what made this Nation great. The primary author of the Federalist papers, which should be mandatory reading in every US History class in public schools in America. The shortest president in US history at 5' 4" and also the first, non lawyer! Mucho bonus points there as well.
Madison believed in a strict, limited Federal government and one of his strongest beliefs was non other than the checks and balances system in our government. No doubt he is doing cartwheels along with Jefferson.

James Monroe-1817-1825
Nothing really significant here about Monroe, other than he was key in securing the state of Florida for the US in 1817. 183 years later, Florida could be known for the hanging chad and the butt of all the latenight tv shows jokes. Thanks James.

So during the infancy of this great Nation, prior to the advent of 24 hour news channels, the internet, blackberries, cellphones, and all the other devices which make our lives simpler, but the media will tell you are causing so much more stress. Take some time out and look at the folks which formed this great nation. The first 5 presidents of this nation undertook a great challenge, not knowing if this Republic would survive. They undertook their leadership position by believing in the American people, not the government taking care of the population. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison didn't have focus groups polling people to see how they'd react to a particular issue, they knew what Americans wanted, they wanted to be free and free of oppressive government. Imagine how they ever got elected without a New York Times endorsement.

Sarah Palin understands that and that is why she resonates with so many American people. She is one of us. And that is why the media despises her so much. The media despises you and me and everyone else out there working in the trenches for a living. They feel that we are not taking care of the disenfranchised, those without a voice. I say horseshit. They are wanting to facilitate a cradle to grave government care society because they feel that we are incapable of taking care of ourselves. We have 12 days to go in the most important election in the history of this Nation. Are we going to follow the path of my hero James Madison and insure checks and balances in the government or are we going to simply become France Lite? It's up to you voters. This 220 plus year experiment in democracy is up for grabs. Please vote. And vote correctly! McCain/Palin.

Perry Mason was gay?

Reports surfaced this week about Raymond Burr being gay and spent his life with a partner while he was a star on Perry Mason and Ironsides. WOW! Why wasn't he jumping up and down using his "celebrity" as a platform to further an agenda? Ellen Degenital has certainly picked up the slack for him.

Slant Pete Times doesn't fail to dissapoint

The self appointed "Best Newspaper in Florida", the slimy ambulance chasing rag which loves to report hardcore news such as DUI and drug arrests of locals, came out today with a glowing endorsement of who they consider will become the next presi......I mean Messiah of the United Socialist States of America.

I won't even waste bandwidth to link the endorsement here, but if Michelle ever decides to leave the Messiah's side, suffice it to say, the editorial board of the Times will be more than happy to slide into bed along side his majesty and keep him warm at night. At least, the Fort Myers Newsless-Press refused to offer up an endorsement.

It's time America for you to conduct a gut check. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Hopefully, you were educated in the school system prior to 1990 and have a firm grasp on how the election process works and understand US history. It is time to understand the ramifications of electing a Messiah who will control both houses of Congress and both leaders. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi can't wait to take this Nation so far left that you won't even have a chance to feel the whiplash.

House democrats are already discussing taking, not a voluntary contribution, but taking your 401k and retirement monies and putting them into the Social Security trust fund. This idea, just simply fueling on the fears of the media over the radical moves on the Stock Market over the past few weeks, is rooted in the arena that the government knows better than you on how to manage your money. If this plan is enacted, and there is no reason not to believe it won't be enacted with the Messiah holding court over a democrat Congress, your 401k will be taken over by the Social Security Administration (and boy aren't they doing a bang up job) you'll be given a 3% annual bond, and when you retire, you'll get one check from your 401k and your SSA monthly check, all in one. Isn't that sporty? One stop shopping. Never mind the fact that any contributions for any further 401 contributions will no longer be tax deductible. Socialists don't want folks to be personally responsible, they want you sucked right up to the government tit. Then if you die, your 401k will be subject to a 50% death tax.
How many more folks does that move into the 250,000.00 threshold? The American dream stops at 250,000.00 according to the Messiah. So do you want to suck on the government tit or be free to try your hand at trying to get a handle on the American dream? Quit sucking and get a job.

WAKE UP AMERICA. THIS ELECTION WILL DETERMINE WHETHER WE WILL BECOME A NATION OF HANDOUT RECIPIENTS WHILE PUNISHING THOSE WHO PAY THE FREIGHT OR WE WILL ELECT A PERSON WHO WILL CREATE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WHICH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED.

ATTENTION LEE COUNTY FOOD SERVICE PERSONS

The above photo is of Rob Duca, a "journalist" for the Cape Cod Times newspaper, which in circulation numbers means he basically writes for the a newspaper no larger than the Observer newspapers which are thrown on our local driveways once a week.

Everyone in the service industry needs to become aware of his face and his name. I'll bring this up again on the blog as we get closer to the spring training season after the first of the year. His face and his words will be circulated to all the service industry folks I know in various locations throughout Lee County this Spring Training.

This individual is a lapdog for the Red Sox and during the offseason, wrote a column about how "gritty" Fort Myers is. How horrible Ft Myers is, "requires traveling on the busiest street in Ft Myers, Imagine an airport runway-flat and straight-with and endless stretch of fast-food shops, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, strip malls and seedy motels. That's Cleveland Avenue, and that's pretty much Fort Myers."

Rob Duca couldn't sing enough praises for the Red Sox moving from Ft Myers up to Sarasota, referring to Sarasota as "Swanky Sarasota" He obviously dislikes Ft Myers terribly.

He wrote his column about how bad Ft Myers was as he was on his way to the Bell Tower Shops to eat at Blue Pointe Oyster Bar and Grill to eat a high end meal. So, you servers out there, be on the lookout for this man come late January, early February, no doubt he will be hitting the high end locales in Ft. Myers on the expense account of the Cape Cod Times, and without a doubt telling you waitresses and bartenders how important he is as a member of the "national" media. He despises Ft Myers and dislikes Florida in general. DO NOT GET SUCKED IN WITH HIS BULLSHIT WHILE HE IS HERE. I'll revisit this post again just before spring training.

Rob Duca should simply stay home if Ft Myers was so miserable last spring training.

The Next Arrogant Opponent

Philly. PLLLLLEEEAAAAASSSEEE. I've read some of the dribble coming out of the City of Tampa Bay's Brotherly Love today. Have another cheesesteak sandwich and shut the hell up. Philly you exist to be the Bay area's bitches.

We can revisit recent history. The Bucs, in your beloved dump, known as Veterans' Stadium, January 20th, 2003, NFC Championship game. The snapshot above is Barber running back a McNabb interception to seal the 27-10 win in Philly so we could advance on to the Super Bowl and win. Something Philly has been unable to do. Then in an unprecedented scheduling move, the World Champion Bucs open the 2003 season on the road in the new Philly Stadium, and administer another beatdown of the Buzzards on Monday Night Football.

As far as the Bucs history goes, we can go all the back the the 1979 season. Another Tampa worst to first scenario. The Bucs went from worst in the NFL to win the NFC Central Division. NFC divisional game, in Tampa, where the Doug Williams led Bucs defeated the Buzzards, 24-17, and my childhood hero, Ricky Bell carried the ball 38 times for 142 yards. It was unfortunate his life was cut so short.

The Lightning eliminated the Flyers to advance and eventually win the Stanley Cup.

Now we are down to baseball. The Phillies are another speed bump on the way to Bay area history.

Philly thinks they are bringing history and national heritage to this series. Hmmm.

Philly has the cheesesteak but, the bay area was the birth place of Hooters- +1 Bay area. I've got to add +2 for Hooters for the Bay area, they did launch an airline franchise and opened a casino in Vegas. Are there any cheesesteak casinos in Vegas?

I'll add a +2 for the creation of the Winghouse, much better wings and much hotter women.

Philly is the "birthplace of Independence" but the majority of the city is voting for Obama, many illegally registered by ACORN, who don't believe in independence so thats -1 for Philly.

Philly was the genesis for the Rocky films and after watching the last Rocky film, that's another -1 for Philly.

Thats a +3 for the Bay area on the surface. I'll delve into deeper analysis of the cities tomorrow.

This is going to be a great series. And if the Rays don't manage to win the series outright, then so be it, but I just have the feeling that they will. This team is playing so well and has all season as a team, each night someone else steps up to be the star. Never underestimate the power of more cowbell!