Hunting tragedy

Is it possible to find a more tragic hunting story than this? No pythons killed during python hunting season this year. DANG!

Python hunting season ending with zero kills BRIAN SKOLOFF, AP 1:41 p.m. EDT, April 16, 2010

WEST PALM BEACH — Florida's first python hunting season ends Saturday with no reptiles being reported captured and killed, wildlife officials said Friday. The season opened March 8 for anyone with a hunting license who paid a $26 permit fee to hunt down the nonnative reptiles on state-managed lands around the Everglades in South Florida. In addition to Burmese pythons, hunters also were allowed to kill Indian and African rock pythons, and green anacondas and Nile monitor lizards... Hardin said nine out of 10 pythons that scientists had been tracking with radio collars in Everglades National Park apparently died from the weather.

I would just like to know one thing: how do you put a radio collar on a python?

Stupak is not Florida, but he could be declared an honorary Theresa LePore wannabee.

You have to wonder at the navigational skills of Rep. Stupak. He is not a Florida politician, but he is almost imbecilic enough to be declared an honorary Florida Democrat, following the tradition of Theresa Le Pore and friends.

Rep. Bart Stupak Announces His Retirement After Health Care Controversy April 09, 2010 Chad Pergram and Dominique Pastre FOXNews.com

Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, the central player in a grueling abortion debate underlying the health care law, announced Friday he will retire from Congress at the end of this term, because "it's time to begin a new and exciting chapter."

Exciting chapter? Euphemism. His mind must run on euphemisms.

And what did he think he was buying when he voted for Pelosi's ram-through? He sold her his vote and then falls on his sword? No, you are supposed to sacrifice yourself for what you believe, supposedly for pro-life concepts, not for Nancy Pelosi.

Maybe he was hypnotized by botox waves from the unwavering, unblinking eye of Pelosi. Yes, that might explain it.

Hon. Stupak, you are welcome, like many Michiganders, to fly south to Central Florida, and find a new nest as a snowbird. Maybe you can get a job with Governor Crist.

Obama health-care supporters: Democrats outraged by Florida doctor who tells Obama supporters to go elsewhere

Tough guy Democrat party politicians whine like little school girls with no date for the prom. "Free speech for me but not for thee" seems to be their operation plan.

Obama health-care supporters: Democrats outraged by Florida doctor who tells Obama supporters to go elsewhere Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel April 3, 2010

MOUNT DORA — Doug Bell isn't a patient of Dr. Jack Cassell's, but he almost wishes he were. The Sorrento salesman heard about the firestorm over a sign that the Mount Dora urologist posted on his office door — it reads, "If you voted for Obama…seek urologic care elsewhere" — and wanted to see it himself. "We need more people like him to speak out and take a stand against Obama-care," said Bell... But Cassell's former medical partner in Eustis, urologist Dr. James Young, 57, a self-described liberal Democrat, said a patient's politics should be no more important to a doctor than his favorite baseball team. "It'd be like me saying I'm not going to treat a Cubs fan," said Young, a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. "There are a number of thoughtful doctors who feel like Jack and probably a like number who feel the exact opposite, but they're not going to put a sign on their door. As doctors, our chief concern should always be what's best for the patient." Posted using ShareThis

Democrat hate-activists make a living by character assassination of anyone who dares to challenge the plantation owners. Free speech, to Democrat hate-speech activists, is a privilege for those who agree with them; speak contra the prevailing Democrate hate culture and your free speech privileges are suspended.

Florida Obama poll: Voters turn against Obama, Nelson and health care bill - OrlandoSentinel.com

I attempted to sway Rep. Kosmas' vote on the health care takeover plan, but they rammed it though anyway, disregarding voters. This makes Kosmas, Obama and Nelson the co-chairmen of our new national death panel.

Florida Obama poll: Voters turn against Obama, Nelson and health care bill William E. Gibson Orlando Slantinel

WASHINGTON - Florida voters have turned sharply against President Barack Obama, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and a sweeping health care law they helped push through Congress, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Saturday. The statewide poll of 625 registered voters found that Obama's favorable ratings have plunged to 37 percent from 50 percent when he was elected in 2008... Only 25 percent of those polled who were 65 and older said they support the bill that was signed into law. Nearly two-thirds, 65 percent, said they oppose it. "I'm a Democrat, but I'm going to vote Republican," said Arnold Ruskin, 74, of Margate, who was not polled but reflected the changing attitude of many senior citizens. "I want this [health care law] repealed. I'm not saying the Republicans are right. But I think the Democrats are just brutal on this thing..." Posted using ShareThis

What they did is an enormous blunder. This kind of pride, hubris will lead to them falling. I hope it happens before the USA collapses catastrophically when the overleveraged entitlements overwhelm the economy.

Democrats are now the nationwide death panel

Woe to the government politicians that ram through this health care takeover.

Democrat party is now the nationwide death panel.

Natalee Holloway skeleton?

Whether or not this is Natalee Holloway's skeleton, or whether it is even a skeleton at all, someone will have to dive down to this location to verify.

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Maybe it is a skeleton, though. I took the image from foxnews.com, then modified it slightly, to bring out details, using the simple color controls in the Apple Preview application. A real photo-analyst could probably do better, but here is what I did:

1. Optimized sharpness
2. Desaturated the color to black and white
3. enhanced contrast, brightness and exposure.

but when I did these enhancements, it did bring out some maybes:

1. Near arrow, a human mandible, slightly detached from skull?
2. Near arrow, a row of human teeth?

Maybe an expert photo-analyst will have more success.

Some caveats:

1. I am not sure why the image is all blue; did the news agency do this for some reason?
2. Also, I am not sure if that banded creature in the lower right is a sea snake or a moray eel. I thought sea snakes were only in the Indian and Pacific, not the Caribbean.

Everyone hopes that this and all the other mysterious disappearances are solved as soon as possible.

Rep. Kosmas, keep your vote NO on health care bills; no ram through!

Rep. Suzanne Kosmas contact info:

1. Email form
2. Telephone in D.C., (202) 225-2706
   Fax: (202) 226-6299
3. Telephone in Port Orange office (386) 756-9798
   Fax: (386) 756-9903
4. Telephone in Orlando office (407)-208-1106
   Fax: (407)-208-1108
5. Toll free hotline 1-877-9-KOSMAS
   (1-877-956-7627)

Hon. Suzanne Kosmas, forget the speaker's ARM scheme. Your fiduciary responsibility is to us voters in your district.

Why, yes, Madame Speaker, I'd love to co-sign your A.R.M.

Why, yes, Madame Speaker, I'd love to co-sign your trillion dollar A.R.M.

Tim Cahill slams Barack Obama, Dems on health care By Jessica Van Sack Wednesday, March 17, 2010

State Treasurer Tim Cahill, taking swipes at both Gov. Deval Patrick and President Obama, boosted his bipartisan chops yesterday, telling Herald columnist Howie Carr on WRKO, “I voted for John McCain, believe it or not.” Cahill, saying he was barred from the 2008 Democratic National Convention because he wouldn’t endorse either Obama or Hillary Clinton, said, “My own party basically voted me out.” “I was afraid of what we had already been getting in Massachusetts, and at that point in 2008, I was aware that it wasn’t working,” he said. Separately yesterday, Cahill accused Obama of “propping up” the Bay State’s health plan with federal aid in order to help push the Democrats’ plan through Congress.

And Cahill's official .gov website contains the following statement:

State Treasurer Tim Cahill today faulted Gov. Deval Patrick for mismanaging the state’s health care initiative and warned that the consequences would be disastrous if a similar health care program were enacted nationally.

“If President Obama and the Democrats repeat the mistakes of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts on a national level, they will bankrupt this country within four years,” Cahill said. “It is time for the President and the Democratic Leadership to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new plan that does not threaten to wipe out the American economy.”

Thanks for selling our A.R.M. to the Chinese, Madame Speaker.

Tim Cahill slams Barack Obama, Dems on health care

Tim Cahill slams Barack Obama, Dems on health care

Office of the State Treasurer - - Press Release

Office of the State Treasurer - - Press Release

Ereck Plancher -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution roundup

Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an Ereck Plancher roundup page.

Somewhat out of date! Come on, AJC, no slacking!

Hon. Suzanne Kosmas, keep it NO!

I sent another mail message to Rep. Kosmas this morning, related to the Rasmussen poll results:

Fifty-seven percent (57%) believe that passage of the proposed health care legislation will hurt the economy. Just 25% believe it will help. (Rasmussen)

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Rasmussen poll looks grievous for health care scheme.

Hon. Suzanne Kosmas,

The poll from Rasmussen today indicates broad LACK of support for this health care takeover fiasco. I highly recommend you keep your NO vote a good solid NO.

You stay WITH us, not with Speaker Pelosi and her kamikaze charge AT us.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

Bad news from Rasmussen polling: America is refusing to buy it.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

Fifty-seven percent (57%) believe that passage of the proposed health care legislation will hurt the economy. Just 25% believe it will help...

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Reprise: Three Cheers for Mike Sola!: Meet the Patriot Who Took on Dingell

When I advocate against the health care takeover, I think most about Mike Sola and his son. Blogger Debbie Schlussel wrote in August:

Three Cheers for Mike Sola!: Meet the Patriot Who Took on Dingell

He admits that the health insurance he has (and that most people have) is bad, but notes–as all of us opposed to ObamaCare know–that government health care is far worse.

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Let's stand with Mike Sola and his son.

Rep. Kosmas, keep your vote NO on health care bills

To Hon. Suzanne Kosmas,

I still cannot consent to this health care fiasco. It is way over-leveraged and has INFINITE AND ETERNAL DEFICIT written all over it.

Creating another Ginnie Mae-Freddie Mac to cause an economic collapse and dollar collapse is no way for a liberal to plan for the future.

No offense, but you guys are just not smart enough to craft this thing safely and reliably. Your own leader, Pelosi, has come up with some real whoppers in this context. You voted NO in 2009 on this health care fiasco. Keep it NO.


Mike Sola, defending his son

Speaker Pelosi, Super-Genius

It seems inevitable that this speaker of the House of Representatives goes down in flames, with verbal gaffes like this:

But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it...

It reminds me of another famous super-genius beloved by Hollywood: Mr. Wile E. Coyote.

Ereck Plancher death: UCF attorneys laughing at the family's suffering

For some reason the atletic program seems to accept that their attorneys can obstruct and even laugh at the suffering of the family of Ereck Plancher.

Ereck Plancher died as a result of intense football team practice from which he ought to have been excluded, if anyone had realized he had sickle cell trait. Now it appears that the head athletic trainer, Mary Vander Heiden, cannot remember if she went over the test results with young Plancher.

However, under questioning by Plancher's family's attorney in a deposition, the UCF attorneys tell Mary Vander Heiden to keep her mouth shut. Getting too close to the truth, probably.

Ereck Plancher death: Family attorneys question whether UCF told football player he had sickle cell trait Iliana Limon, Orlando Sentinel 11:16 p.m. EST, March 6, 2010 OrlandoSentinel.com

Vander Heiden gave a second deposition Feb. 16 in the pending wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Plancher's parents. The deposition transcript was entered into Orange County Circuit Court records Thursday and obtained exclusively by the Orlando Sentinel. When Plancher family attorney Steven Yerrid asked whether Vander Heiden told Plancher about his condition she responded, "Well, I can't say with certainty that, yes, I did or, no, I didn't." Yerrid then asked Vander Heiden, "Ma'am, you didn't tell Mr. Plancher, did you?" UCF attorney Daniel Shapiro objected because it the question was addressed during a previous deposition and advised Vander Heiden not to respond. Yerrid was forced to move on to other questions... The exchanges between attorneys from both sides were at times heated in a deposition that took more than nine hours to complete and filled 416 transcribed pages. When UCF attorney Daniel Shapiro objected in the first 10 minutes of the deposition, Plancher family attorney Steven Yerrid responded, "I'm going to let that go a little bit longer and then we're going to, we're going to stop and go see the judge again because you made 33 form objections to the last deposition that I participated in. You gave a lot of instructions not to answer. And that's not in the spirit, nor within permissible conduct of an attorney conducting the defense of a deponent's deposition." Shapiro responded by saying he did not need a lecture. After more disputes, UCF attorneys eventually called Circuit Judge Julie H. O'Kane to request that she force the Plancher family attorneys to behave professionally. She was out of the office and did not respond. The Plancher attorneys argued that UCF's legal team was laughing, making disparaging remarks and constantly interrupting the deposition.

It seems inconceivable to me that an attorney can display this kind of cowardly, raucous, callous laughing at the pain of Ereck Plancher's family.

Pelosi says bill worth election sell-out by Kosmas

I certainly hope that Rep. Kosmas can keep her vote intact, NO, instead of selling out Florida voters to purchase some pie from Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi says bill worth election risk

Pelosi said that "in a matter of days" Democrats will have specific legislative language on health care to show to the public and to wavering lawmakers. She predicted voters will warm up to the bill once they understand its details.

"When we have a bill," she said, "you can bake the pie, you can sell the pie. But you have to have a pie to sell."

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It is obvious that our district does not want the Pelosi/Reid health care takeover plan rammed through. If she changes her vote, it will be a response to Pelosi, not to us voters.

PETA won’t use golfer’s image because he is not sufficiently vulnerable

Bloodsucking PETA concerned about little dogs and cats but won't abuse Tiger Woods on the streets where he lives, because he has lawyers and a billion $$ in the bank. However, some politician off the beaten track will suffice.

Tiger Woods billboard: PETA won’t use golfer’s image - OrlandoSentinel.com

The animal-rights group PETA has put its plans "on hold" for a cheeky billboard with Tiger Woods' image.

Instead, the group plans to use South Carolina's governor as the poster child to encourage people to spay and neuter pets.

The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals said it decided to temporarily abandon the idea of using Woods' image for the ad after having "conversations" with the professional golfer's attorneys.

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This shows how much real compassion the PETA have for animals: zero. They care about control and abuse of vulnerable people like this Governor Btfsplk from South Carolina... and Tiger Woods as long as nobody is looking.

Teleprompter phony

The president is a total phony with his Teleprompter use.

1. He deliberately sets them so that they are above eye level, forcing himself to always be looking up. This is campaign artifice designed for tv cameras. His audience is usually not above his eye level, so he ends up talking to the sconces and ceiling.
2. Even in an elementary school he feels the need to pose for the cameras. What a worthless phony. And he thinks the kids will appreciate him more? They spot a phony faster than anyone else.

CNN calls Obama a liar. Pelosi, too.

It's a rough day in the DC Beltway when the CNN talking heads turn on the DC Beltway establishment.



Good for you, Cafferty. It's been a long time since I felt like listening to CNN.

Breitbart.tv » The C-SPAN Lie? See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiations

Breitbart.tv » The C-SPAN Lie? See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiations



It could not be more clear -- that campaign promise is unfixably, deliberately broken. Pathetic leadership.

Rep. Kosmas, keep your vote NO on the health care takeover

Rep. Kosmas, please keep your vote NO on the health care conference bill.

The fact that your leadership is keeping it some kind of top secret and not letting it go through a normal conference procedure is a BAD sign, like a Ken Lay Enron scheme.

It is like a used car salesman pushing back the odometer in the dark of night. Very bad.

If it is supposed to be secret and cannot even be allowed on CSPAN, you are carrying water for a bad piece of legislation. Your leadership is willing to sacrifice YOU.

Plus, the little I do understand about this scheme is that I will lose my Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage if I change jobs, or when the most lovely woman alive finds a new job here. She will lose her Cigna coverage and I will not be able to enroll her in my coverage. She is a breast cancer patient.

I am a schoolteacher. And we are about to buy a house. We are first time homebuyers. So if we get foreclosed because you vote for higher insurance premiums or I have to pay for her cancer care out of pocket, how will that make you feel?

So you have GOT to stay solid on your NO vote on the health care takeover.

Prodded by Obama, House and Senate Democrats to skip formal talks, act quickly on health bill - OrlandoSentinel.com

Prodded by Obama, House and Senate Democrats to skip formal talks, act quickly on health bill - OrlandoSentinel.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is prodding House and Senate Democrats to get him a final health care bill as soon as possible, encouraging them to bypass the usual negotiations between the two chambers in the interest of speed.

Obama delivered the message at an Oval Office meeting Tuesday evening with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his No. 2, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined in by phone.

They agreed that rather than setting up a formal conference committee to resolve differences between health bills passed last year by the House and Senate, the House will work off the Senate's version, amend it and send it back to the Senate for final passage, according to a House leadership aide, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the private meeting.

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This shows how weak the congressional health care takeover is. Another rush job (like the pork-o-rama stimulus bill that didn't work) and they have to jam it through without ordinary public scrutiny. A bad business.

Senator Bill Nelson, please vote against the health care takeover

Senator Bill Nelson, please NOT support the health care takeover legislation!

1. Our public debt is too darn large, and it is going to kill us in the future.
2. I think you can be a good liberal and still vote down this monstrous debt magnet.
3. I absolutely do NOT believe any of the "assurances" that you guys give that it will not accumulate monstrous public debt.
4. I expect you guys to really mess it up.
5. Set it aside for another day, and take it up again when you can
   1. construct it within our means and
   2. with less political division.

Obama to 9/11 victims: You don't count.

It is amazing that someone could govern in such a callous way. Yet that is how the current president and his attorney general govern: ignore the public now that they have unchecked power.

1. Ram though health care takeover in the middle of the night and no public review.
2. Ship the 9/11 terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to New York and give them a regular trial instead of a military tribunal.
3. etc.
4. Then fly off to Japan to escape immediate scrutiny: get to the fresh sushi, evade embarrassing questions.

He has unchecked power but no courage.

A Florida student now has spoken out against the terrorists getting a trial in NYC.

9-11 victim's brother at UCF: Don't have trials in NYC By Willoughby Mariano Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer November 13, 2009

News that self-described 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be tried in New York federal court drew mixed reactions from victims' families. Locally, University of Central Florida freshman Brian Holland, 18, worries the decision will make it easier for killers to escape justice. "It's all of our worst fears — them getting off scot-free," Holland said Friday. Brian Holland's brother Joseph Holland III, 32, a trader, died during the World Trade Center attacks. The new father was killed 10 days after the birth of his son Joseph Holland IV... During the proceedings, as authorities described Mohammed's alleged actions, he looked toward family members and smiled, Joseph Holland Jr. told his son. "They have no remorse for their actions," Brian Holland said. "They sat in court happy about what they did." The civilian legal system offers loopholes that can help Mohammed get off on a technicality, Brian Holland said. The trial's New York City location puts that city under too much risk for more terrorism, he said. "We don't agree with bringing them to America," Holland said.

They are going to be smiling with glee at our entire nation from the NYC courtroom. This is a disaster.

Terrorists are cowards that hide behind women and children and innocent civilians. Now our own president has shown the same kind of cowardice by refusing to protect innocent victims in NYC and elsewhere.

But at least the sushi is fresh and healthful in Japan.

Yay

Some notable sayings from a citizen of the ozone layer.

1. Teachers never have an empty class.
   They always have at least two pupils.
2. Dentists are always sad.
   They look down in the mouth.
3. Eye doctors live to a ripe old age.
   They dilate.
4. Chiropractors are the hardest working profession.
   They work their fingers to the bone.
5. The profession I trust least is podiatrist.
   They get their knowledge from footnotes.
6. Lawyers are buried in 10-ft. graves because they are really nice guys down deep.
7. Mail carriers don't die -- they lose their zip.
8. Professional bowler -- brought up in an alley.
9. Dead parachutist -- nothing opened up for him.
10. Violinist couldn't succeed.
    He was too high strung.
11. The trapeze artist couldn't get into the swing of things.
12. The magician was a huge success but he suddenly vanished.
13. Ideal couple:
    He had money to burn -- she was a perfect match.
14. Cleaners work for a tidy sum.
15. Politicians build pies in the sky using our dough.
16. Diplomat -- when it comes to the parting of the ways, he uses both.

New wave of Hannitization

I got Hannitized in 1993-1994, before getting Hannitized was cool. It was the Hilary Health Care mess. Now we face another attempt from BHO.

But the more the Democrat politicians rig their town hall meetings or duck the town hall electronically, the more they will Hannitize their voters.

I expect a new wave of Hannitization to sweep the land before this health care takeover takes place. Leave a comment with your Hannitization story.


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Alan Grayson hosts town hall meeting in Orlando

Honorable Grayson of our House of Representatives did not act like a leader last night. He acted like a suit, on account of his being owner of a big telephone calling card company. The article in the Orlando Slamtinel shows a missed opportunity. Can you see it?

Alan Grayson hosts town hall meeting in Orlando By David Damron and Willoughby Mariano Orlando Sentinel August 18, 2009

Grayson's hastily called meeting took place in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall, which limited attendance to about 120 members of the public. It also was scheduled just after a regular meeting of local Democrats, some of whom stayed behind for the town hall in the scarce seats. Outside the building, hundreds of frustrated people who could not get inside waved signs and chanted for and against the proposals. Posted using ShareThis

And the Fox news local reports more on the missed opportunity, viz.

Tensions flare at health care town hall VALERIE BOEY, FOX 35 News Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009, 12:24 AM EDT

Before the public meeting began at 7:45 p.m., the Democratic Executive Committee gathered for a special question and answer session with the congressman. While they were asked to give up their seats at the conclusion of the session, not all of them left. Outside were dozens of angry people who thought they would have a chance to be heard. Shared via AddThis

Grayson had the Orlando executive committee present. These are esperienced political activists. Also, there were tons of people to talk to, nore than could fit in the meeting hall.

Grayson ought to have shooed out his executive committee members, all of them, to let more regular civilians in. He ought to have told those executive committee members to stay out in the parking lot and improvise a mini-town hall meeting with the folks who could not get in. If he had a sense of leadership, he would have deployed his people to get the message out and broaden contact.

It is what I would have done.

Unfortunately he did not have this instinct. Instead, he kept his bodyguard close, like the suit that he is.

PROFILE IN COURAGE: Grayson picks union hall for "balanced" town hall meeting

The Orlando Sentinel reporter seems to be reporting several inconvenient facts about the Hon. Alan Grayson's town hall meeting at 820 Virginia in Orlando, 7:45 PM, Monday, Aug. 17.

Grayson picks union hall for "balanced" town hall meeting David Damron Orlando Sentinel 12:29 p.m. EDT August 17, 2009

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, picked a somewhat small union hall to host a town hall meeting tonight at 7:45, but a spokesman said the location was not picked to "stack the deck" and avoid critics. Grayson's spokesman Todd Jurkowski said moments ago that the choice of venue -- the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall at 820 Virginia Dr., which holds 125 to 150 people -- was picked because it was free, available, and would not hold a crowd so large as to become unwieldy. A union meeting will be breaking up right before the meeting is to start -- but Jurkowski said the timing of Grayson's session was not planned to keep out critics. Posted using ShareThis

This reminds me of all the innocent guys in prison. Somehow, they all got framed or something. Similarly, the honorable Grayson

1. is not stacking the deck,
2. is not avoiding critics,
3. did not time the event to pre-fill the hall with IBEW union thugs,
4. and did not withhold notice until the day of the event to keep it out of the news as long as possible.

No, Hon. Grayson is innocent.

And if a politician claiming innocence is not enough, it appears that the address they published is just a narrow storefront, not designed for crowds. Maybe this is just a coincidence.

And regular IBEW meetings are mostly on Tuesday nights. Why all of a sudden on a Monday night?


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What a profile in courage. Honorable Alan Grayson, multi-zillionaire, cannot risk exposure to his constituents without a bodyguard from IBEW. What a joke.