Sunday, June 5, 2011

Who can you believe?

Florida Governor Rick Scott is the typical republican who believes that government should be small as possible and stay out of the people’s business. That’s ok with me but I find a lot of  fuzzy thinking when it comes to the real deal.

Our esteemed leader has signed a bill that requires welfare folks to submit to a drug test so they will not use taxpayer’s money for a “hit”.  It’s the same thing we have seen in the past when people used food stamps to buy tobacco and booze.  We can agree that it is not the right use of our money but it flies in the face of the republican creed to stay out of other’s business. We also find this strange attitude with the abortion issue, in which the republicans try to mandate how women should manage a crisis in their lives.

Mr. GOP, I have news for you. You cannot have it both ways. Do not talk out of both sides of your collective mouths. If you want to downsize government, that includes staying out of private  domains. #end

1 comment:

  1. Good points. The GOP is hypocritical and inconsistent. Pro-life Texas Governor Rick Perry, for example, voted AGAINST a bill that would make it illegal to text while driving - he said it was an infringement on people's personal behavior. Good grief!

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I was born in 1921 in Jarrell's Valley, W.Va., right in the middle of the famous coal mine war....graduated from Morris Harvey college (now Charleston University) and was a columnist for the Charleston Daily Mail... moved to Florida in 1955... appointed assistant city manager in 1957 and continued city management career in various locales until 1985, then retired. During the early sixties I was program chair for the Ridge League of Municipalities, an organization of 22 cities in Central Florida who met each month to exchange information of an educational nature. I have been a writer most of my life, starting in high school as sports editor , then in the US Navy as editor of the base newspaper in Coca Solo, Panama. In addition to writing for the Charleston Daily Mail for five years, I served as municipal reporter for the Lakeland Ledger two years. I have a high regard for the power of words.

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