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Everything I showed you was work that he had completed in Michigan... some of it from several years ago. There were a few things tentatively lined up before we arrived in FL, but everything fell through when we got there. The bottom was falling out of the housing market and in our area, even the developments that had been started were brought to a halt. People weren't improving homes they thought they might lose in a short time or spending the money they thought they might need for eating on fixtures to stash their food in.

 

Bottom line: My husband didn't follow your advice. He rarely follows anyone's advice. That's one of the "issues".

 

Yes, he was with me in FL for a short time... if you re-read that quote you included in your last comment, you'll see that I reinforced that. He was there for approximately 6 weeks. He did not find any work in those 6 weeks, other than the one day with the jackass that never paid him. Then he went to Houston for a little over a month.... then he returned to Michigan Thanksgiving weekend and stayed there until this past October. He left again at the beginning of this month to return to Michigan. He was here in Atlanta for about 4 months.

 

I'm not ashamed to have lived in Florida... I just hated it. Absolutely HATED it.... just wasn't my bag.

 

Being a "Floridian" or "Texan", or whatever... is just as much about a state of mind as it is a location of existing. What I did in Florida was exist and wait for the time to vacate. Yes, I was a resident for a year... but I sure as hell was never a "Floridian". I was, and still am, an uprooted Michiganian. I love it here, but it will take time for me to feel like a Georgian.

 

 

Maybe it "doesn't sound right to you"... I don't really care how it sounds... but I never saw the ocean. My kids had long school days, I was existing pretty much a single parent, with 3 bodies to keep an eye on, a household to run and keep up on and virtually flat broke. There wasn't much in the way of resources to fund an hour long drive, extra food, life preservers (my younger 2 are not strong swimmers) and all that fun stuff that goes along with a trip to the beach.

 

Most of my outings consisted of going to the grocery store, the art supply, the gas station, the community pool, walking the kids to and from school, and an occasional dinner at McDonald's with the kids. There wasn't money for anything extra and I was in a totally unfamiliar area with a lot of anxiety about getting lost and not a soul to show me around. My sense of direction, which is normally very good, was gone while I was there (another thing I hated.) It's back now.

 

Do you need a urine sample, too? Or have I given you enough of the embarrassing details of my daily existence?

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WEll it certainly does explain why you know so little about a place you lived in for a year.

 

 

I am sorry it was so tough on you, there really is some great stuff and people here in Florida. I was under the impression you guys had it handled more or less or I would have had you move to Gainesville where I could have gotten him a lot of work.

 

 

At least you sound happy now, that is what really matters,

 

 

But you were a Floridian, lol

 

 

;)

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Your year in Florida, merc, probably only cost ya 3-5 IQ points.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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What do ya call a fornicator who supports state ownership of natural resources?

 

A phucking commie.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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good thing I had a few of those to spare! ;)
Unlike some.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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Unlike some.

 

Hey hugo, your the guy who can't seem to be capable of answering a direct question, lol.

 

 

 

Of course we do know why Texans put their name on the back of their leather belts..........so on the rare occasion they pull their heads out of their azz they can look up to see what their name is.

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

 

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

 

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is, to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it; avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts, which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen, which we ourselves ought to bear. The execution of these maxims belongs to your representatives, but it is necessary that public opinion should cooperate. To facilitate to them the performance of their duty, it is essential that you should practically bear in mind, that towards the payment of debts there must be Revenue; that to have Revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised, which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment, inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties), ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is, to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it; avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts, which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen, which we ourselves ought to bear. The execution of these maxims belongs to your representatives, but it is necessary that public opinion should cooperate. To facilitate to them the performance of their duty, it is essential that you should practically bear in mind, that to wards the payment of debts there must be Revenue; that to have Revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised, which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment, inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties), ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate.

 

I just figured it out!

hugo is really a bot!!!

 

 

Holy Cow we've all been duped!

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

 

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

 

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Ahmen...

 

 

 

 

bot

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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We have an obligation to the men and women who have given up their lives not to give the liberty they fought for away.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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we have an obligation to the men and women who have given up their lives not to give the liberty they fought for away.

 

Never Forgotten

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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I just figured it out!

hugo is really a bot!!!

 

 

Holy Cow we've all been duped!

 

lol, hugo has always copy/pasted other people's commentary as his sole method of conversation that does not involve providing false witness against people like Sarah Palin and the cop Obama decided was a racist.

 

If you pay attention, you will see that most of his rants tend to be against the same people Obama and his party is against.

 

 

Sarah Palin may or may not be a direct threat to Democrats on the Presidential ticket but she sure is a powerful figure for Conservatives to get attention for other people so the Liberals are scared of her, they try to diminish and belittle Palin so they can try and limit her influence......

 

 

And hugo is standing right next to Obama and company in this endever.

 

 

No, hugo is not a conservative.

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Yeah a liberal bot.

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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Gilligan and the Skipper strike again.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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We can't screw up again in 2012. The baby boomers are getting old.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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Gilligan and the Skipper strike again.

 

I guess that would make you Thurston B. Howell, III.

 

 

Your still fully in line with attacking everyone Obama and company does not like so your clearly on their side.

 

LMAO! OK they were both pretty damn funny I don't care who you are.

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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I guess that makes me Gilligan:cool:

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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We can't screw up again in 2012. The baby boomers are getting old.

 

 

That's the reason we will become a second rate nation. 2011 will mark the year the first of the baby boomers are able to get on social security and medicare.

 

Once this begins it will be all but impossible, under our system of government, to pass any kind of meaningful reform to those bloated entitlements.

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That's the reason we will become a second rate nation. 2011 will mark the year the first of the baby boomers are able to get on social security and medicare.

 

Once this begins it will be all but impossible, under our system of government, to pass any kind of meaningful reform to those bloated entitlements.

 

If ya rob Peter Jr. and Paul Jr. you can get both Peter and Paul's vote.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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But they have found replacements in groups like the Libertarians who supported Obama in the last election so they do not need those that they will lose.

 

Of course, about 70% of the Republican Party are liberals who favor taxing oil companies and spreading the wealth as long as it is a Republican doing it. The fact Republicans have no principles is why Obama got elected. Not the less than 1/2 of 1% of the voters for Barr. Republicans believe government spending and fornicating is great as long as they are the ones doing it.

 

Kay Bailey Hutchison's defense when labeled a big spender Washingtonian by the Perry campaign was she did not vote for any of Obama's big spending programs. Sadly, she voted for all of GW's.

 

TJ's site:

 

http://www.republicansforobama.org/

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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