The Land of Village People

It was reported in 2006 that
The Villages
had experienced several outbreaks of some
sexually transmitted diseases,
normally associated with younger people,
amongst seniors.
Let us meet their
Viagra loving,
French hating, work skipping
politicians

French-Fried Ideas

8:51 PM Mar. 13, 2003
By Gregory E. Favre (More articles by this author)
Leadership & Management Faculty

The nation is standing on the precipice of war
and obviously some members of Congress need our help.

They are busy changing the name of french fries to freedom fries
and french toast to freedom toast.

Or, as introduced by
Florida Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite,
proposing digging up the graves
in Normandy and other French war cemeteries and bringing the remains of American soldiers home to be buried in "patriotic" American soil.

What about the French soldiers buried over here after the Revolutionary War? Send them back?

And what's next? That's where you can help the folks in Congress who we sent there to make sure that these important issues were handled properly.

Here are some to start with:

Take apart the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, and send it back with the message that we don't want her anymore?

Do away with the statue of Lafayette and rename that square in Washington?

Change the name of the French Quarter in New Orleans to the Freedom Quarter? Or maybe the British Quarter. And change the name of those Café DuMonde delicacies from beignets to just donuts without a hole.

French bread? Switch to sourdough. French cheese? Don't forget Wisconsin. French wine? Think California. Paris in the springtime? Why not Des Moines? The French Open tennis tournament? Get real, they only play on clay.

The French language? It's beautiful, but it isn't Cajun. French perfume? J-Lo has a new one on the way. The French Connection? Ban it from Blockbuster. Jerry Lewis? Send him to France. French Lick, Indiana, home of Larry Bird? Call it Nothing But Net, Indiana. French kiss? That's a little too much tongue in cheek.

Wait, I just remembered, my name is French. What am I to do? How about just spelling it like many people pronounce it, Favor. Does that sound French? Can it pass congressional scrutiny? Or do I have to be Gregory Freedom in order to be a true American?

All you journalists and wordsmiths out there, it's time to pitch in. There may soon be a war where American men and women will be fighting. And, like all wars, many people, soldiers and others, will be killed. And the press will have to report on it and some of those Congress folks may have to start paying attention to something besides fried potatoes.

So let's hear from you soon.

Au revoir.

I'm sorry. So long, y'all.

January 8, 2009

We think: Stearns' choice of the Gators over governing is outrageous

Throw a flag at Florida Congressman Cliff Stearns for unstatesmanlike conduct.

Mr. Stearns, an Ocala Republican, had the gall to ask Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reschedule House business so he could go to tonight's college football championship game between the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma. In a letter to the speaker, he requested that House votes set for the next two days be accelerated to conclude by this morning.

Ms. Pelosi refused, showing the responsibility and common sense that Mr. Stearns clearly lacked.

Votes scheduled this afternoon include one to certify the Electoral College choice of Barack Obama as the next president.
While Mr. Stearns claimed that other members of the Florida and Oklahoma delegations
wanted to choose football over lawmaking,
none was selfish or clueless enough
to sign his letter.

US 'casino' mentality blamed for planet's meltdown

MANY seniors
$$$ fund the excursions with their Social Security checks$$$
and return home worrying about
not being able to cover basic living expenses!!!!!

"I used to spend a lot of money on grandkids,
but
now I spend it on gambling

said Beverly Osborne, 72

Forbes:
Orlando 49th for working moms
The popular business magazine ranks Orlando
second from the bottom
for working moms.
Out of the 50 largest U.S. cities,
the City Beautiful ranks
a dismal forty-nine.
View the complete list at Forbes.com >>>
Only
“sin city,”
Las Vegas,
is worse.
WWJD?
According to ForbesWomen,
things aren’t much better in other parts of the state either.
Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami
all came in the bottom ten along with Orlando.
Grandchildren left in car while Fla. woman gambled

Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:24 am ET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida woman has been sentenced to 14 months of house arrest for leaving two grandchildren alone in a parked car while she went to play the slots.

A Broward County judge also gave the 54-year-old woman three years' probation Monday.

Authorities say the woman left the children in a car parked outside a Hallandale Beach casino in August 2008. The windows were down, but the air-conditioning was off.

A witness saw the 2-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy in the car and told the casino's security.

The prosecutor tells the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the woman
had pleaded guilty
to charges including felony child abuse
and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Will
"OUR FLORIDA"
legislators
gamble away
state's future?
The newest plan to save Florida involves turning it into Nevada.

Roll those big, fuzzy dice.

Line the state with casinos, rake in the billions and live tax-free ever after. It's enough to make the conservatives in Tallahassee swallow their principles and sit down to deal.

It spares them from making responsible choices about taxes and budgets.

It would double down on everything that is wrong with Florida.

Let's see how the Nevada/Las Vegas gig is working out these days.
"Nevada's budget is so far out of balance that by one account the state could lay off every worker paid from the general fund and still be $300 million in the red.
The economic downturn has hit so hard
that prisons may be closed,
entire colleges shuttered
and thousands left without jobs.''