Everyone here should read "Kick Ass" by Carl Hiaasen.

Its a collection of his best columns that he writes bi-weekly for the Miami Herald.

After reading it, I have zero respect for the politicians and the voters of South Florida and a newfound understanding and respect for the Florida tag.

FLORIDA =

The Cubans and Mexicans can have it. Please take down the American flag.

Detour



The Cubans and Mexicans can have it.

Might want to run that by the Seminoles first.

Detour, thats a real stupid thing to say.your ignorance is amazing. I live in Miami and love the fact that there are many types of folks down here. The Cuban population is huge down here but they are not bottom feeders. These people come over here and work very hard to make it. In fact,per minority the Cubans are the most successful in terms of percentages in the population. As for the Mexicans ,there arent many that I see on a daily basis,mostly South Americans from Venezuela,Brazil, Columbia etc. Honestly it adds to the beauty of this city. The women here are by far the hottest in any state,anyone who has been here can attest to that.

You morons will still show up in droves. Driving slow in the left lane and pointing at ridiculous shiat. And quit wearing those Disney mouse ears in public. Stay home and keep the IQ of both states higher.

/and keep the hell of my grass. Meh.

Detour
The Cubans and Mexicans can have it.

Don't see see many Mexicans here (probably because we are not close to Mexico.) However, the Cubans that live here add quite a bit to the culture of places such as Tampa, Miami and Key West.

LandOfChocolate

Everyone here should read "Kick Ass" by Carl Hiaasen.

QFT. And everything else by Hiaasen except Nature Girl. Oh, and add John D. MacDonald to the list. Excellent stuff. Randy Wayne White doesn't suck either.

I love those Florida authors...the place, not so much.

Detour: The Cubans and Mexicans can have it. Please take down the American flag.

Cubans aren't the problem; all the Haitian criminals they let "escape" to Miami are. Mexicans are biggest around Plant City and Ocala (produce & fern pickers, an honest job), but the ones who work high-rise construction in Miami aren't a problem either. Methinks you don't get out much.

As for all the other Florida haters: stay the hell out! We don't want you anyway. Florida doesn't need tourism to survive anymore; we can make soylent green from all the nursing home rejects.

So now they'll spend double the amount of money for people across the world to find out what a bunch of dumbasses they are.

Good use of funds for the rest of us. For them, not so much.

Hey, I live in Florida and ... ahh, nevermind...

/Going to the Keys for Xmas!
//Suck it Yanks! :P

Randy Wayne White is my favorite. Although his last book was a little...weird.

I don't know why people would come to Florida on vacation anyway. There is nothing to do here except bake on the beach. I hate the beach. It's hot, crowded, and sandy. There are some decent theme parks but you can only do that every few years or so. Thanks to all the farking morons who keep moving down here, we're running out of space to go do stuff that is fun only when the weather is decent (hardly ever) - hiking, canoeing, riding, biking, etc.

I don't think more money for advertising is going to help anything. Spend it on buying up the last remaining tracts of undeveloped land instead.

Still do not understand all the Fl haters. I guess cause we can jump on a cruise,go scuba diving,boating,deep sea fishing,jet skiing,have hot chicks at the nude beach, can basically do anything and everything under the sun or moon,have great night life etc... yeah guess if I lived in a place where the highlight was hanging out,drinkng beer by a dirty lake I'd been mad at Florida as well.

jram You for got to mention the crystal-clear Freshwater Springs in all their snorkelling glory, 72 degrees Farenheit year-'round, hot college chicks (ESPECIALLY the St. Augustine Flagler College for Wayward Women,) and the nation's oldest continulally occupied city.

Oh, did I mention the great fossil hunting, Alligator & Bear hunting in the same swamp, awesome seafood, no State Income Tax (yet,) and mostly syringe-free beaches? :) Suck it, Yanks!

Someone name a state better than Florida...

btw...this weekend I'll be taking the Harley for a ride up the coast, while all you northern bike riders are tearing yours down for the winter.

Vinz_Clortho: btw...this weekend I'll be taking the Harley for a ride up the coast, while all you northern bike riders are tearing yours down for the winter.

Haven't been paying attention to the weather reports, have you?

jram: yeah guess if I lived in a place where the highlight was hanging out,drinkng beer by a dirty lake I'd been mad at Florida as well.

I think it more had to do with you guys screwing up a voting system that an 8 year old could have handled. After that, things have just snowballed ;)

Vinz_Clortho: Someone name a state better than Florida...

btw...this weekend I'll be taking the Harley for a ride up the coast, while all you northern bike riders are tearing yours down for the winter.

I'll remember that the next time I'm watching your state get steamrolled by a hurricane on CNN.

Wow, so Rhode Island is just perfect,huh? What can you do there after you've walked around the whole state in a few hours? Or watched the women shave their beards? Yeah, I'd rather live in a place that had hanging chads but offers me a wealth of opportunities and fun.

Vinz_Clortho: IXI Jim IXI:


Not YOUR weather report, nitwit...us northeners :D


Of course, if you have to put your bike away for the winter because of that kind of cold...you must be from Florida.;)

name a state better than florida? how about state of enlightenment?

IXI Jim IXI:
Since Florida is probably responsible for global warming as well...you should be thanking us...but we can compare weather reports in a month also.

Seriously what do you expect, we house all of the rich old crotchety rejects from up north along with a strong base of redneck.

The funniest thing is how most people that live here are amazed at those of us who were born and raised here. All of the smart ones upped and left as soon as they could... and.. yeah... sigh..i'm going to go sulk in some rc cola and moonpies.

IXI Jim IXI: you guys

Okay, not to get picky, but the majority of the problems were with 1) South Florida, whose main population base is a mix of expatriate Yankees, and intelligent, beautiful Americans of African descent who didn't take the damn time to learn how to use the hole-punch machines, after getting goaded by the Democratic party to get off their fat asses and vote for the first time in 30 years.

/Not our fault the Bell Curve goes both ways in any ethinic group.

thespindrifter: /Not our fault the Bell Curve goes both ways in any ethinic group.

All things being equal, most of us up North still view Florida as the place where old people migrate to die ;)

"All things being equal, most of us up North still view Florida as the place where old people migrate to die ;)"

sadly they are allowed to vote before they do.

IXI Jim IXI: All things being equal, most of us up North still view Florida as the place where old people migrate to die ;)

I always thought it was running 50/50 with Arizona. Seems like half the population of the greater Buffalo area flipped a coin to see if they wanted to dry rot in Phoenix, or melt from somewhere near Ocala on South. The smart Yankees move to North Carolina and piss off the locals. There they can get the feel of home (snow/hills), without the usual four seasons: June, July, August, and Winter.

Newlyweds and almost-deads!


Of course, if you have to put your bike away for the winter because of that kind of cold...you must be from Florida.;)


A couple of weeks ago it dipped down to the high 60's. In the middle of the night, I staggered to my AC and flipped it to heat before I froze solid where I stood!

IXI Jim IXI: All things being equal, most of us up North still view Florida as the place where old people migrate to die ;)

So I guess we'll be seeing you in a few years?

Vinz_Clortho: Since Florida is probably responsible for global warming as well...you should be thanking us...but we can compare weather reports in a month also.

Get back to us in July and August.

BTW, repealing mandatory helmet laws was pretty farking stupid, but I'll save that for the next dead biker thread.

ZzeusS: A couple of weeks ago it dipped down to the high 60's. In the middle of the night, I staggered to my AC and flipped it to heat before I froze solid where I stood!

LOL. Last month during the annual Leonids meteor shower, my wife and I were accosted on Atlantic Beach for "looking suspicious", wearing hoodies and gloves. Bloody hell! It was 37 degrees Farenheit out, what the heck was he expecting? Bermuda shorts and a curry-stained wife beater? Geez.

ScreamingInDigital
BTW, repealing mandatory helmet laws was pretty farking stupid, but I'll save that for the next dead biker thread.

You need a law to tell you wear a helmet? Whatever happened to personal responsibility (yeah...I wear a helmet.)

thespindrifter: LOL. Last month during the annual Leonids meteor shower, my wife and I were accosted on Atlantic Beach for "looking suspicious", wearing hoodies and gloves. Bloody hell! It was 37 degrees Farenheit out, what the heck was he expecting? Bermuda shorts and a curry-stained wife beater? Geez.

Hell, if I saw you in a wifebeater in shorts in 37 degree weather, I'd think THAT was suspicious...

Vinz_Clortho: Whatever happened to personal responsibility (yeah...I wear a helmet.)

Welcome back. How was your long LONG trip overseas? ;)

Vinz_Clortho: You need a law to tell you wear a helmet? Whatever happened to personal responsibility (yeah...I wear a helmet.)

Like I said, will be happy to discuss it when the thread pops up.

They'll need to TRIPLE it to counteract the Florida tag.

Vinz_Clortho

Since Florida is probably responsible for global warming as well...you should be thanking us...

taking credit for global warming??? what would al gore think????

/maybe "i want a sammich"

Rik01: The clear air is often foggy with a polluted haze

You were correct about everything but the polluted haze. Believe it or not, in the summer, the pine forests put out more hydrocarbon emissions into the atmosphere than all the traffic in the state combined. I remember it from when I was a kid, and there have been several studies that prove it. (Now don't go asking me to find them right off the bat; we're talking stuff that was in the Jacksonvile paper ten years ago or more, and in the local news broadcasts.)

Granted, man-made pollution adds to the mix, but a good sea breeze takes care of that on any given day. A lot of the other airborne crap that comes into the state is from other states, and driven downwind on the Gulf Stream. On a windy day, especially with a good Nor'Easter, I get the wonderful congestion that can only come from ragweed, which does not grow well here.

If anything, I think FARK would have the opposite effect. As someone who has visited the Sunshine State on numerous occasions, you just have to see it and experience it to believe it. FARK just whets the appetite.