Oh my….another “Poor Little Elian” event, what is it with Florida?

[The Whiskey Priest]

Remember when the media and the right was going ape-shit over Elian? They wanted to take a little boy away from his father and give the boy to a guy with snakes on arms….when you think about it a moment…this sure seems like a “Poor Little Elian, let the guy with snakes on arms have him.”

[Southsideirish]

1. Scary place! I've never been there and now I sure never want to go.

They are as crazy as bedbugs down there!!

[Mika]

2. Where? Link?

Are they celebrating the magical dolphins who saved the boy, this palm sunday? ;)

[sui generis]

3. it is - one of the most hypocritical things about our society

is that we are artificially sentimental.

One the one hand we can't stand the thought that a cluster of cells that MIGHT grow up to be a human could be aborted because that "unborn" human has so much potential, while we rah rah every criminal we put to death through the judicial system.

We think so fondly of our own happy weddings and families and yet want to make sure that an entire group of Americans can never marry or have a family.

We love to get all misty eyed over the noble sons and daughters who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom but don't even think twice about the 100,000 civilians we've killed there in the name of those same "freedoms".

And the media plays on all of it, relentlessly. I keep thinking of a MadTV spoof on Extreme Home Makeover, where they go on and on about somebody getting his legs shot off and how poor the family is and then about the mother, and finish with, ".... and .... she doesn't have lips", and then cut to the character and indeed she doesn't have lips. Makes you all teary eyed.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. This has probably been posted but here is an article from ABC

about this whole thing about the memo sent out and why Terri Schivao.

Link: http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB6YQPTI6E.html

Snip: <xcerpt -
A memo from GOP leaders meant to be seen only by Republican senators
pointed out the political ramifications of the Schiavo debate and
how it could help them with Christian conservatives in the 2006
midterm elections. According to The Washington Post, the memo
singled out Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Tallahassee, who is up for re-
election next year.

"This is an important moral issue and the pro-life base will be
excited that the Senate is debating this important issue," said the
memo, which was reported by ABC News and later given to the
Post. "This is a great political issue, because Senator Nelson of
Florida has already refused to become a cosponsor and this is a
tough issue for Democrats.">

[AzDar]

4. You're right!! The situations are very similar....Law & Order Republicans

are all about it until the law doesn't swing their way...Then they are ABOVE the law.

[Fla_Democrat]

5. South Florida is nuts

:evilgrin:

[Catt03]

8. Hey! I'm in south Florida

I think north Florida is nuts.

I say we divide the state and have seperate governments; do away with all those radical right wind representatives in Congress from South Georgia....oops...I mean North Florida

[kittenpants]

11. me too! I say everyone is crazy but us!!!

;-)

[whistle]

6. Jeb Bush the brother of the president and his PNAC cabal of...

...resident neo-conservatives and right wing Christian fundamentalists that embrace the governor's agenda.

[kittenpants]

7. Don't forget Texas... that's where all the fundie mothers kill their kids.

but I'm in FL sh and we have more than our share of freaky news for sure.

[thinkingwoman]

9. the sun bakes their brains

Cooks those cells right in their skulls.

[UTUSN]

10. CNN Poll: Do you approve of Congress intervening in the Terri Schiavo case

83 No. 17 Yes.

[Auntie Bush]

12. Well...at last...a little sunshine in all these dark clouds.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. Really telling

I was telling a friend of mine this morning at church about this case. I told her about the Right for Life rule in '99 and what happend to baby Sun and the sixty-eight year old man and the rule they inforced when Bush was governor. She couldn't believe it (and she voted for Bush so :shrug:) and thought it was insane. I told her how I thought Congress and the Senate is doing crazy things lately and she agreed. The only reason why they're doing this is for 2006. The memo proves it. I just wrote to my Congressman expressing how pissed off I was about this and showed him a few links that could help my side of the story and how I was pissed off Congress wasn't doing anything about other important issues and named a few that meant a lot to me.

[ultraist]

18. wow! good for you for taking action

That's great you are bringing some truth to a Bush voter and letting your Congressman know where you stand.

:thumbsup:

[KarenS]

13. sorry DU Floridians,,,, but,,,,,, in December of 2000

I vowed never to knowingly spend even 1 cent that would benefit Florida,,,, I even check to see where my citrus purchases are coming from,,,, vacations are to the West Coast,,,,, too much weirdness coming out of there,,,,,

[alcuno]

15. There is something wrong with Florida. Remember Dead Ted's Head?

All of this stuff seems to happen near to where my parents live, but I'm from Florida and have long said that there is something seriously wrong down there. Take a trip down memory lane.....

Ted Bundy, serial killer, escaped to.....Florida
The Gainesville Killer...left the heads of his victims...never mind.
Elian Gonzalez
Andrew Cunanan (sp). After killing several people he went to...Florida.
The Florida Department of Children and Families
The first KNOWN female serial killer.
The adoptive parents who tortured their children.
DEAD TED AND THE FIGHT OVER HIS HEAD!
The 2000 Election

and on and on it goes.

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Strange

And disgusting on th ehead case. Ew. I wonder why Florida. Maybe Jeb? :shrug: Was he around back in those days?

[ultraist]

19. Fl (D) Rep on CSPAN is making some excellent points!

He stated that Congress is about to violate the Constitution by ignoring seperation of powers. They are trumping the Judicial branch's powers by doing this! (I missed his name).

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. And the state also has Serge A. Storms.......

:eyes: