Gun Control & the NRA

They are coming to take your Guns!!  Wayne LaPierre, David Keene, Charlton Heston & others before them have made that statement many times over the years, in the face of more and more gun related crimes.  Now, reader, I'm not for banning Guns, taking guns away from Americans, it's our right!  But lets face some facts, when those old white men in 1775-1776 wrote the US Constitution they were talking about Muskets & Kentucky Rifles not Uzi's, AR15's and .50Cal's.  The folks who claim these types of weapons are protected are, in my view, just as crazy as Holmes, Columbine Shooters, Jared Lee Loughner and many more have used Assault Rifles to kill. The NRA folks claim these assault rifles are used for hunting....Right and I drove sports cars for their GREAT GAS-MILEAGE!  Is there a Deer in Upstate NY in Full-Body Armor waiting & taunting NY hunters each fall?  No!  By banning Assault Rifles or at least making them hard to obtain is NOT an attack on the 2nd Amendment.  Why would any American want criminals to have better fire power than their own police?  I would hope not.

I own guns and believe in the 2nd Amendment, but I will never understand how the Right & the NRA keep using this very American right to push it further & further.  In Florida the "stand your ground" law is making the state an old west style shooting range.  The Tampa Bay Times looked over the past few years of shootings that used the "stand your ground" law and found that many of the people involved in these cases were the criminals themselves.  Drug dealers shooting Drug dealers, Gang Members shooting other Gang members and even one guy who chased down a suspected  robber and shot him in the back...after a 3 mile chase!!   Its Time to face some facts, We are become more and more like a society that resembles a Hollywood Western.  "Guns don't kill people, People Kill People," that's what the NRA & Right-wingers say...it would seem that they believe in more regulation of People.  Yes, Republicans for more regulation of the sick and the weak...and Black, Brown and Tan, in other words anyone not like them.  Yes, it's a slippery slope to some but sometimes you have to remember the SPIRIT of Idea, not just the Words.

The Night with Michelle & Wal-Mart

As my night my with Ms. Bachmann continued, I could feel an attraction building, her eyes, her hair with not a single strand out of place and her firm B-Cups...sure I'd do her.  Not for sex but for the party, Michelle needs a little democrat in her, a bit of liberal love juice to soften her up.  Maybe it could help her get back on the mainstream or maybe it would give her downs or some-other mental problem like the shot young girls take to stop pussy cancer.  Or at least that's what Michelle says.

When you start drink at 8 am, the people at Wal-Mart are much more friendly!  I pull into the parking lot with the Silver Shark warm and ready for long run, searching out BMW's and trashing them.  But first a run to America's favorite shopping palace, Wal-Mart, once the darling of the South now an InterNational Mega Chain supplied by China.  As I roam the aisles of the suburban trailer-park supply store I find I'm out of beer.  My cart make a bee line to the cold beverage section and grab a cold case of Rocky Mt Water, tear a can out and drink it down...as I walk through the store picking up steaks and chips.  Lays Chips seem to have a new flavor each week, Spicy Ketchup or Dill Pickle, no I choose Loaded Baked Potato!  God Damm I love America!!  As I approach the Menswear area a clerk stops me and questions why I have an opened beer in the store, what it's not ok to look the part while shopping at Wal-Mart?  No worries it, the can, was empty by now.  Jeans for $10!  Yes, that's Good Ol' American consumerism at its best.  If you cant make it cheap call China.  This Wal-Mart sits on the sites of a Sex Peep Show Place & Sticks & Stuff store, which is most likely an upgrade for the South Tampa area.

Has anyone noticed the Presidential Campaign is beginning to look & sound like the Reagan/Carter Election of 1980?  Reagan was not gonna win, Carter even though he was bright, he was not getting the job done.  A leader but not the leader the country needed at the time.  Reagan beat back the crazies in the GOP and made a race of it.  Carter played the same card over and over only to have his nuts clipped in November.  It was the only time my parents waited in line to vote, Reagan while not their favorite got their vote.  That's when I knew my folks were losing their grip.  They split up six months later.  The Whole Trickle Down thing never really made it to our family.

As I hop back into the Silver Shark, I open another can of the Beer and get behind the wheel. the shark welcomes me with a purr, The Band is playing on the CD player, The Weight...I pull out and head toward the great Trailer Park Beach that is Gandy Beach.  The only place where the lower class can go these days.  Confederate Flag and all that.  Women in two piece bathing suits, their fat asses bubbling over, men in cut offs and 15 year old pick up trucks.  The America that does the dirty work for the rich.  Just keep these folks stocked up with Natty Light, guns and cheap drugs and they will stay in their hole.  Away from your nice house at the Beach or Bayshore Blvd.  You call them when you need them.  

I was sitting with Ms. Bachmann having a Bong Hit

The other day I happened upon a great little place in the Bay area where the Sweet smell took me inside.  After paying a hefty cover charge to a very large man I stepped in to a world that was getting ready for the big show.  The manager took his time to show me around the place, this is where the big, no names mentioned, will enter so no one will know their here.  Which is odd since once inside wouldn't the folks inside then know Mr. "I shouldn't be here" is actually there?  The carpet was new the smell of freshly cut wood hung in the air like a cloud of smog that only means one thing...Republicans. The ladies, I mean "Entertainers," were busy practicing their routines and fixing their hair.  As a man with no hair on his head I found it odd how much time people spend on that grass like stuff that grows atop a persons head.  With all those ads for hair removal you would think that everyone wanted to look like me...but hey that's just my view.

After taking the grand tour the manager asked if I was interested in joining this private club, get in now cause in a few days we have to close our membership rolls, the suits in accounting had made a deal with the RNC not be too Showy during the Big Event.  Even if the folks from Fox News had already purchased 2 private party rooms at the club.  Who knew Sean Hannity was a closet freak!  No matter the cost I said I was in!  I want to see these scum-bags from Fox getting their freak on and then write about it.  The sights, the view and the ladies, not to forget the booze nor the finest grass from that Liberal Strong hold, California!  Which takes me to my chance meeting with Michelle.  She's kind of hot, that devo formed hair, that smile that reminds me of a drugged out Step-ford wife, Michelle Bachmann!  Who cares if she's married to a closeted gay man who just happens to be a preacher, that fact alone make this quest more fun.  Like having sex in a crowded bar or a public park, you know you shouldn't watch but its just too darn hot not to look.  I eased up to Michelle and offered a hit of my fine Cali bud and to my surprise she said yes but found Texas weed to be better. Ah, the fine herb that is carried across an international boarder by illegals under the fear of losing a parent back home in Mexico City.  Well, Of course I should have known that the Tea Party leader such as Michelle Bachmann would be for the little man.  Through the haze of booze & grass Michelle's face had a glow, like Jamie Gertz walking out of the pool in Fast Times.  I almost wanted to run to the mens room and do unspeakable things in private but I kept my cool.   I asked why she had worked to become the head of the Tea Party Caucus leaving her roots.  She was a small town girl who did well at school and was active in her community.  Now she is laying waste to any group that is brown or American.   She spoke on how the Isamlic peoples are coming for our rights, our guys and our Virgins.  Please God not OUR Virgins!!  I mean really what will High School QB's & RB's do on prom night with out our virgins? I pressed for more.  How would these people do this? What about Dearborn, MI aren't "these" people already here?  Aren't they Americans?  Why just "These" People, why not Mexicans?  I was told that Mexicans do better yard work and except lower pay.  So Nice, I reply, that the Tea Party & Many Republicans believe in low wages for all non-white males in America.  I ened up feeling taken advantage of, after 15 years of cutting the grass for a few dollars a week, I mean Dad could have paid me less or maybe even less.  Heck, Dad could have made me a supervisor over a ground crew.

The Herd is here and Tampa gets a its old time groove back

While riding the "Bat Bike" from my S. Tampa Home to the Center of the Tampa, you can see the changes happening...Not just the dead grass & trash from Trop. Storm Debby but new mass sightings.  New Trees, Plants, people and the RiverWalk may be mostly done...Yep the Right Wingers are coming to town and the People of Tampa are getting ready.  Well, maybe not Everyone, but the city leaders are making an it known that our city is ready to shine. ( And it did it without help from Tea Party Favorite-Rick Scott) Elephants are being placed everywhere, it was said that Lowry Park Zoo let them out, The Bush Family could be here soon but that was a misplaced story, Both Sr. and Jr., said no We'll pass. Now if the City & County could find the dollars to help the City's west & Central Neighborhoods...But I guess the Right Wing doesn't really go there.

The Grand Hotel on the City's North End is finally opening!!!  The Party is set for July 28th and "is" booked for the RNC.  Millions & Millions later The Floridan Palace is here.  The Tampa Mural is back to its grand glory.  I'm looking forward to hitting the "Sure Fire Room" with a fist full on $50 dollar bills.  The Grand party will sure be bumping.

Jobs, Tampa and Football

As the Country gets closer to the start of its great race both political parties are setting up their base command posts in Tampa & Charlotte. Here in Tampa the Right is looking to frame their party as the all things business while portraying the left, i.e. President Obama, as leader of a Socialist Government Takeover of the USA. All the while forgetting to mention that Mitt and his friends find good in these vary programs.  The underlining "Race Card" the right continues to play is beginning to show some "green shoots" of growth within the American people, only showing how far we have yet to go.  For every President Obama mistaken path, caused by letting congress do its job, you have Mitt running from his record and blaming everyone else...heck at this point the only real person who some Americans can believe is Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase, at least he makes mistakes and takes ownership of them.  Though if a "whale" can grab $6 Billion from him maybe he isn't the right guy for the job....

In a few weeks the Tampa area will be become Fort Tampa, making Harbour Island an island under siege.  With only one road in & out, the people of that patch of land will feel worst than the prisoners in an American Military Base in Cuba.  Well, maybe not that bad but I'm sure the lack of a grocery store will hurt.

On the road to no where...Hey JD, how's that new school coming?

The Duke- Tampa Base: the american worker

The Duke- Tampa Base: the american worker: As we watch our leaders "work" towards saving the American future most of us are struggling to make it in this ever changing world. The Righ...

the american worker

As we watch our leaders "work" towards saving the American future most of us are struggling to make it in this ever changing world. The Right & Left seem to have plans that could work, each with their own problems & possible pit falls.  Still the worker sits on the sidelines, waiting for a chance to "live the American Dream".  A Bill that could put workers to good use, AKA work, sits collecting dust while workers collect unemployment checks.  The target of any good leader is to deliver on a promise and for leaders of a country, a country as great as America,  a leader delivers jobs, and a dream.  A dream that anyone person can become what they want to become. Become a Bum or Become a Rich Sports star or a master of industry, that is the American Dream...And the GOP & Democrats are sitting back, thus forgetting that "Dream".  The American Worker may not be able to control its own destiny anymore, they lost that right a long time ago by getting greedy.  But at the same time, we must not fall for the "Profits at any cost" rule that many of the "masters of industry" claim we are have gotten fat from their profits. We have have lost our way, they say.  Maybe if the workers & the masters could look back they would see that they too were & maybe are just like our own leaders