I Could Be Wrong.

 Living in Florida can be really interesting at times. Some people may use other words like bizarre and strange, but I still like to say interesting. The interesting thing starts with our governor, Governor Ron DeSantis. He is the guy who started calling us the Free State of Florida. He began calling us that about the same time, he began to eliminate things like Diversity, Training, and Inclusion. We are the Free State that bans books. We are the "Can't Say Gay" State. We are the state where Climate Change is not part of the Government's vocabulary or record. We are the State if you disagree with the Governor's interpretation of things he may threaten to sue you. Yes, Florida is a very interesting State but, if you want to say disturbed or bizarre I won't argue with you.   Florida was hit by two hurricanes in just a couple of weeks so we have been seeing an awful lot of DeSantis trying to look like an effective leader during a crisis. He is in front of the cam

 The Free State of Florida. That is what DeSantis has called us. I see freedom first as what our Forefathers gave us when they wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The freedom they gave us was the freedom of self-government. The freedom to create our own unique government that had never been done before. After they finished they came up with a way to amend that form of Government as time passed and the needs of the people and society changed. Still, the basis of the government was self-government. The first ten Amendments are called the Bill of Rights. The people's voice is their vote. Whether they are voting for a candidate for office or for an Amendment to the Constitution their voice is their vote and that is something that should never be suppressed but too often is.  We have several Amendments on our ballot in the State of Florida. Two of the hottest are the Marijuana Amendment and the Abortion Amendment. Both amendments are controversial both statewide

  Why all the lying? Do people really think that it is good for America? Two major hurricanes hit the country in just a few weeks, Florida needed more time for all the trash to be picked up from Helene, and along came Milton. It is like first being punched in the face and then being punched in the gut. The people are suffering enough but the lies are making it just worse. Where are these lies coming from? Would you believe many of the lies come from a man wanting to be President? That's right, Donald Trump is the one who is mostly responsible for most of the lies that are being told. This is a time the nation needs to unify because there is a huge number of people in desperate need of help and having a political candidate lie for votes should automatically disqualify that candidate.  Let's look at some of the lies that Trump has said about FEMA, Hurricane relief, and President Biden's response to that Hurricane relief. Right off the bat, Trump said Georgia Governor Brian Ke

I just can't become a believer. As I get older and the more I reflect on my life I find myself drifting farther away from the church than moving closer to it. Some of it could be when my heart stopped for six minutes. Mostly it is because the lessons I learned in the church as a child and as a young adult don't seem to be working today.  What I see people practicing today is not what I learned in my youth.  I have never had trouble resolving the difference between science and the Bible. It was always easy for me to understand the science that we know today would never be understood when many of the books of the Bible were written. 2000 years ago most people couldn't read or write. They believed what their eyes told them and their eyes told them that the world was flat and that everything revolved around the world. We were the center of the universe as far as they were concerned. Everything they were told they would have to be able to understand so things were written as sto

And the lies continue. I have heard it said that both sides lie to the American people. I used to believe that but not anymore. No time in our history have we been lied to more than we are being lied to by the Republican Party and by their candidate running for President, Donald Trump. With all the lies we have been told I can no longer trust anything that the Republicans say.  Yesterday, Trump went to Georgia saying he was there to help. What he was there was a photo op. You don't show up to a disaster area in a suit and tie to help. Jimmy Carter would have been there with his work clothes and his gloves and would just start pitching in and not having an impromptu stage built so he can give a speech. When it comes to being a humanitarian Trump can't hold a candle to a person like Jimmy Carter but the Republicans will try and project him as such. Trump's presence was more of a distraction than anything else and he should have stayed away. In my opinion it took away availabl

I am so tired of being lied to. Aren't you? What are some of the biggest lies? Let's start out by the Republicans saying that Climate Change is a hoax. We can then go to the one they say a Green economy is too expensive. We can then go to the lie that Democrats won't secure the border. How about that oldie but goody the Democrats are weak on crime. I just love it when they say Democrats are weak on Foreign Policy. I am so tired of being lied to when I can see and read the truth.  Helene formed in the Caribbean as a tropical storm. When it moved into the Gulf of Mexico it formed into a Category 1 Hurricane with the forecast saying that it would strengthen into a Category 3 or stronger storm. Before it made landfall it was a Category 4 Hurricane. All along they said it would make landfall in the Big Bend area in Florida which would make this the 3rd hurricane to hit the Big Bend area in just 13 months. The first one was Idalia. The second one was Debbie. The third one was Hel

A reporter made a statement to Trump "I've spoken with some economists about your Tariff proposals and they say they don't see how it won't make items cost more". Trump's reply to the reporter was "I don't need Congress, but they'll approve it. I'll have the right to impose them myself if they don't". I see two problems with that statement by Trump. First, he doesn't address the statement the reporter is asking. Nothing in the statement was about Congressional  approval. It was about the cost that would be passed on to the American people. The second thing that bothered me is the fact that he dismisses Congress as someone that has no say at all about the economy and how it will affect the people.  I am not anti-tariff. In some cases they are very necessary to protect American jobs.  In some socialistic systems and communistic systems some of the industries are supported by the government to ensure employment. This support can lead

They say that we can't afford more green initiatives. Maybe the right question is can we afford not to. Since 1980 there have been 396 weather climate disasters where overall damage/cost reached at least 1 billion dollars. The total cost of these 396 events exceeds 2.780 trillion dollars. Just look at all the disasters that can be attributed to climate change, Drought, Floods, Tropical Storms. Freezes, Wildfires, Severe Storms, and Winter Storms. Climate Change has affected all of these. All of these problems have been around since the beginning of time but because of man's influence on the environment it has gotten more extreme. 2023 was a record year for billion dollar events with 23, surpassing 2020 which had 22 billion dollar weather events. Between 1980 to 2023 we have averaged 8.5 billion dollars CPI adjusted events. The last 5 years between 2019 to 2023 we have averaged 20.4 CPI adjusted events. Things really do seem to be getting worse.  I live in Florida where we are v

Trump brings chaos. I keep posting on X formally called Twitter that "Racism, Bigotry, and Threats of Violence are what Donald Trump brings to the Table". You combine those three things together and what you have is the chaos that we now have in America. There has been another thwarted assassination attempt on the life of Donald Trump. Are you surprised? I am not. It appears a White 58 year old male was seen at the fence line of the golf course Trump was golfing on pointing an assault style weapon toward the course. The Secret Service opened fire on the suspect. it was not known yet at the time of the article that I was reading if shots were fired at the Secret Service. No shots were fired at Trump. The man has a history of having run-ins with the law. He had several postings on social media as being a supporter of Ukraine and Hamas. He also appears to he an unaffiliated voter who voted for Trump in 2016. To me he looks just like all the other crazies that have come out of th