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By Allen Wilson
And they’re off . . .
Thursday night marked the first in what is sure to be a long series of candidate forums and debates in the 2012 Florida Congressional District 9 race.
Hosted by Tom Long, President of the Osceola County Landlord Association, the kick-off event was attended by the people of District 9…
By Allen Wilson
If you were walking down the street with your family and met another man walking down the street with his; and if this man pulled out a gun and threatened you and your family, would you shoot him?
And then, would you shoot his family?
By Allen Wilson
Tempers will flare; careers will be made and lost. I’m willing to wait for justice to prevail, what ever the result of that justice.
But I just can’t sit by and watch this media circus without commenting on the shoddy work they are doing.
By Allen Wilson
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that while acknowledged by the government was not heard by them. It made them smarter, more aware but not more responsive.
So the 2010 election was a protest, also acknowledged and unheard. Must we now employ a tactic that forces them to listen? Or, can we simply remove the need for them to listen by sweeping them aside in favor of a new ear?
By Allen Wilson
This isn’t a Tom Hanks movie or documentary or a book. This is just a part of the passenger list on the first Honor Flight leaving from Orlando International Airport on Saturday March 24th.
Most of these men didn’t march down Fifth Avenue under a rain of ticker tape. They just came home, got a job, and went on with their lives. On Saturday that will change…
By Allen Wilson
Agendas don’t matter, programs don’t matter, legislation doesn’t matter until our representatives all are abundantly aware that we the people are willing to take control.
Once that fact is firmly ingrained in their psyche then we can get them to govern, to listen, and to act. Until then everything else is just background noise…
By Allen Wilson
Good bye Presidential hoopla we’ll see you in August.
But for now, let’s turn our thoughts to more pressing problems for Florida and the nation. Fasten your seat belts folks; it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
This won’t be a Tea Party vs the Establishment event, that’s just so 2010. No, this is a showcase for Agenders, Fair Taxers, Occupiers (well they don’t really vote do they”), and GOOOH’ers…
By Allen Wilson
I remember the instant that the mood changed.
As my lens focused beyond the Washington Monument and upon the Capital Dome I recognized that I no longer felt proud of this city. I was embarrassed that under that dome sat men and women who first thought of themselves before they thought of their nation.
By Allen Wilson
I’m not going to suggest reasons why you should pick a certain candidate. It’s your vote and it’s your reasons.
I’m not going to quote something someone said years ago as a reason why you should or shouldn’t select a candidate. We change as time passes, hopefully for the better learning from our mistakes.
I’m definitely not going to suggest that some talking head on television has insight into
By Allen Wilson
The PTC has allowed the wind industry to grow providing 75,000 jobs in 42 states including right here in Central Florida.
The cost of generation for wind has been reduced to about 5 cents per kilowatt hour and it is headed lower as volume increases. But, it is still a few cents higher than the more traditional methods at this point.
By Kim Carroll
Women have the power. They take their right to vote seriously and show up at the polls in greater numbers than men according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
In 2008, 60.4 percent of eligible female voters cast their vote versus 55.7% of eligible males. According to the same study, more women are registered to vote than men, 66.6 million versus 63.5 million. Maybe that’s why the “War on Women” has taken a front seat in this election…
By: George Noga
This post kicks off a three-part series about the crisis of spending, debt and deficits.
The next part deals with the interval between now and the inevitable arrival of the Minsky Moment, i.e. the unknown and unknowable time when an unsustainable economic phenomenon suddenly collapses.
The third post will address Gotterdammerung, or what happens after the Minsky Moment.
By Tom Tillison
It’s a fair guess that Connie Mack has seen some recent polling that has gotten his attention.
As the week closed out, the rhetoric coming from the Mack campaign took on a rather fervent pitch. In a press release sent out Thursday, it made the claim that opponent George LeMieux has “endorsed raising Florida’s sales tax to a nation-leading 16 percent.”
By L. Persona
Florida Democrats believe they can win a few Republican seats in Congress and are preparing a major offensive against several Republicans facing tough challenges this year. They believe that redistricting gives them a chance to offset the seats they are sure to give up.
However, the Democrats still fail to realize the albatross that ObamaCare places on their party’s efforts…
By Lloyd Marcus
A big well dressed black guy attended the Dallas, TX tea party rally with his white buddy. Both men missed my singing performance on stage minutes earlier.
I asked the black gentleman who had an impressive physique how often he worked out. He replied, “Everyday.” His white buddy said with a chuckle, “He thinks the Tea Party is racist.”
