No shiat. Scott skipped over "Bond villain" and went straight to the comic book rogue's gallery.

"Florida's statewide unemployment rate remained stuck at 10.7 percent in July, the same as June, well above the nation's 9.1 percent jobless rate. "


I'm surprised at this, given how Rick Scott made it almost impossible for people to claim unemployment.

fatalvenom: "Florida's statewide unemployment rate remained stuck at 10.7 percent in July, the same as June, well above the nation's 9.1 percent jobless rate. "


I'm surprised at this, given how Rick Scott made it almost impossible for people to claim unemployment.

They're still unemployed, they just can't collect on it.

dionysusaur: Step 1) Gut the middle class
Step 2) ?
Step 3) Business collapses

And the P.S. to this new paradigm:

4) profit
5) reduce taxes on those who profit and blame brown people
6) run

The newest thing today (Scott's shady dealings are almost daily), the missing emails regarding his shady actions have been traced to his staff. No shiat.

He literally could release Smilex gas and the Scarecrow's hallucination formula over Wasinton DC and cause a natural disaster on the west coast to make money on real estate and a simple, "I will start an investigation on this!" will let him scate.

The Onion is prophetic: fatalvenom: "Florida's statewide unemployment rate remained stuck at 10.7 percent in July, the same as June, well above the nation's 9.1 percent jobless rate. "


I'm surprised at this, given how Rick Scott made it almost impossible for people to claim unemployment.

They're still unemployed, they just can't collect on it.


Pretty much what I meant.

And yet... Florida is a Tea Bagger stronghold. They will preach endlessly about how "blessed" we are to have not just Rick Scott, but also Allen West and Marco Rubio working tirelessly on behalf of Floridians.

It... just... boggles... the... mind.

karmaceutical: And yet... Florida is a Tea Bagger stronghold. They will preach endlessly about how "blessed" we are to have not just Rick Scott, but also Allen West and Marco Rubio working tirelessly on behalf of Floridians.

It... just... boggles... the... mind.

Well, Florida is a lot more diverse than that but I can't blame you for coming to that conclusion.

jst3p: I am all for teabagger hate but it seems to me this was not a result of the teabagging governor

It is, to a degree but this is more incompetence than pure evil. He would rather stories like this come out than stories about the graft that he pulls directly.

Mugato: karmaceutical: And yet... Florida is a Tea Bagger stronghold. They will preach endlessly about how "blessed" we are to have not just Rick Scott, but also Allen West and Marco Rubio working tirelessly on behalf of Floridians.

It... just... boggles... the... mind.

Well, Florida is a lot more diverse than that but I can't blame you for coming to that conclusion.

I live here... I know how diverse Florida is. I didn't say that all Floridians are Tea Baggers, but there are more here by volume than in many other well populated states.

fatalvenom: The Onion is prophetic: fatalvenom: "Florida's statewide unemployment rate remained stuck at 10.7 percent in July, the same as June, well above the nation's 9.1 percent jobless rate. "


I'm surprised at this, given how Rick Scott made it almost impossible for people to claim unemployment.

They're still unemployed, they just can't collect on it.


Pretty much what I meant.

I know, I probably deserve a "thatsthejoke.jpg" for that one

Bob16: karmaceutical: I live here... I know how diverse Florida is. I didn't say that all Floridians are Tea Baggers, but there are more here by volume than in many other well populated states.

Seems like a a sure sign to start looking for some other place to live.

It will take more than Tea Baggers and skeeters to get me to leave. I like it here.

egomann: Arkanaut: Mugato: No shiat. Scott skipped over "Bond villain" and went straight to the comic book rogue's gallery.

How many cakes did he steal?

He wished he was Lex Luthor. He is barely Captian Cold.

He's not even the most stupid, corny, useless, one-dimensional villain ever:



// but Vinny Price is awesome anyway

DSF6969: Too_many_Brians: dammit dammit dammit! And I'm now stuck down here looking for work! aarrgh. I have the worst luck. And now the place that I moved from (NC) is starting to get big jobs starting up. haha. this is pathetic.

i wonder what it takes to become a vigilante?

/why yes, i do look good in costumes

I moved down from Michigan 7 years ago. I'm actually starting to regret it.

Is wherever you moved to worse than Detroit?

he crossed that line between everyday villainy and cartoonish super-villainy.

Rick Scott assumed office as the 45th Governor of Florida on January 4, 2011.

Clearly the net loss of jobs from 2008 to 2010 is his fault.

flsprtsgod: Rick Scott assumed office as the 45th Governor of Florida on January 4, 2011.

Clearly the net loss of jobs from 2008 to 2010 is his fault.

Do you know anything...anything at all about what this person has non to the employment situation in his state?

...done, that is.

DSF6969: Mugato: DSF6969: Too_many_Brians: dammit dammit dammit! And I'm now stuck down here looking for work! aarrgh. I have the worst luck. And now the place that I moved from (NC) is starting to get big jobs starting up. haha. this is pathetic.

i wonder what it takes to become a vigilante?

/why yes, i do look good in costumes

I moved down from Michigan 7 years ago. I'm actually starting to regret it.

Is wherever you moved to worse than Detroit?

South Florida, and not on the beach. So...debatable.


Move close to the water. Then get a boat. Drink at the sandbar on weekends. Rinse, repeat.

/I only go back to Boston to visit

MayoSlather: fatalvenom: DSF6969: Mugato: DSF6969: Too_many_Brians: dammit dammit dammit! And I'm now stuck down here looking for work! aarrgh. I have the worst luck. And now the place that I moved from (NC) is starting to get big jobs starting up. haha. this is pathetic.

i wonder what it takes to become a vigilante?

/why yes, i do look good in costumes

I moved down from Michigan 7 years ago. I'm actually starting to regret it.

Is wherever you moved to worse than Detroit?

South Florida, and not on the beach. So...debatable.


Move close to the water. Then get a boat Make friends with someone with a boat. Drink at the sandbar on weekends. Rinse, repeat.

/I only go back to Boston to visit

FTFY...Why not save money and misery while still getting most of the benefits.

Yeah, but if you wanna go out on the boat and your friend doesn't, you're screwed.

All you need is a 17' center console, and some mechanical knowledge. Break Out Another Thousand doesn't really apply then.

Whatever you may think of Rick Scott, he wasn't in office until 2011. Charlie Crist was in governor 2007-2010.

tricycleracer: In Florida, the vast bulk of businesses to evaporate in that era were small construction firms. Nearly 17,000 went away between 2008 and 2010. Also going away were 4,230 finance and insurance businesses, 3,981 real estate businesses and 1,763 firms in the wholesale trade, EMSI said.

And nothing of value was lost.

When I first went there, it was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a house on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what I have now , Lad, the strongest modular home in all of Florida.