"The bottom line is, I could argue that I don't have to create any jobs ," Scott said on 540-AM in Maitland.



Look at what you elected Florida. Just look.

FTA: However, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn was quick to give Scott a pass, noting mistakes can happen when you're constantly under the public microscope.

Yeah, like forgetting one of the major regions of the state you were elected to govern. Imagine the governor of Massachusetts forgetting that the big, hook-like part of the state is often referred to as "the Cape Cod region", or just "the Cape."

He's a friggin' modern-day carpetbagger. And you elected him, Florida, so suck it.

Way to go, Florida, you dimwits...

It's not like there's a major sports team from which Gov. Scott may have heard of the term "Tampa Bay" or anything...

/sarcasm

Nadie_AZ: Florida is no longer part of the South. They are North-Light. For old scared white people.

Depends upon where you go. Some places in Florida are still VERY much part of the South.

shivashakti: Nadie_AZ: Florida is no longer part of the South. They are North-Light. For old scared white people.

Depends upon where you go. Some places in Florida are still VERY much part of the South.

If you ask Floridians, sure. Go ask someone in South Carolina or Georgia if any part of Florida's part of the south, see what you get.

A Dark Evil Omen:
If you ask Floridians, sure. Go ask someone in South Carolina or Georgia if any part of Florida's part of the south, see what you get.

Well, then..they're full of sh*t. There's no way in Hell that Jacksonville or the surrounding areas...or the Florida Panhandle is not part of the South.

Only one man can save Florida.

shivashakti: A Dark Evil Omen:
If you ask Floridians, sure. Go ask someone in South Carolina or Georgia if any part of Florida's part of the south, see what you get.

Well, then..they're full of sh*t. There's no way in Hell that Jacksonville or the surrounding areas...or the Florida Panhandle is not part of the South.

Not south... "southern".

/world of difference

N. A. Coffey: Not south... "southern".

/world of difference

They are, indeed, Southern. Both geographically and culturally.

I never would have taken Jacksonville as southern. But, seeing as how I've only driven thru it, my opinion obviously holds very little water.

/scampers away

dahmers love zombie: N. A. Coffey: shivashakti: A Dark Evil Omen:
If you ask Floridians, sure. Go ask someone in South Carolina or Georgia if any part of Florida's part of the south, see what you get.

Well, then..they're full of sh*t. There's no way in Hell that Jacksonville or the surrounding areas...or the Florida Panhandle is not part of the South.

Not south... "southern".

/world of difference

If you have any doubt whatsoever that parts of Florida are "the south", search the Farkives for "Niceville". All will become clear.

The thing I've noticed is that the further you go north in Florida, the more southern it gets.

And vice versa.



And I'm a Yankee from Missouri and even I know about Tampa Bay. Although renaming the St. Petersburg Times the Tampa Bay Times sounds like an incredibly stupid idea for what is otherwise a decent newspaper I always enjoy reading when I'm on vacation down there.

Rick Scott and Herman Cain will be great friends. They should drop their political aspirations and join a country club together.

shivashakti: A Dark Evil Omen:
If you ask Floridians, sure. Go ask someone in South Carolina or Georgia if any part of Florida's part of the south, see what you get.

Well, then..they're full of sh*t. There's no way in Hell that Jacksonville or the surrounding areas...or the Florida Panhandle is not part of the South.

It's been 20 or 30 years since I was in the panhandle, but it was very definitely in the South back then.

I have lived in FL since '99 and I remember hearing on a national radio show once where a caller from SC said that Florida wasn't in the South.

"Well, it's south of South Carolina," pointed out the host. "If it's not the South, what is it?"
"It's one o' them Mexican states," the caller said.

/csb
//didn't vote for Scott. ugh.

Wish I had never heard of Rick Scott.

Want to fark up your state badly? Vote for a guy with Scott in his name.

Salt Lick Steady: N. A. Coffey: shivashakti: A Dark Evil Omen:
If you ask Floridians, sure. Go ask someone in South Carolina or Georgia if any part of Florida's part of the south, see what you get.

Well, then..they're full of sh*t. There's no way in Hell that Jacksonville or the surrounding areas...or the Florida Panhandle is not part of the South.

Not south... "southern".

/world of difference

You haven't spent time in Florida, apparently.

We call Florida's panhandle "F.L.A."

/farking Lower Alabama
//We also call Mims, FL "Mom Is My Sister."
///By Mrtraveler01's map, I am between the shuttle and the cow's head
////the alligator saying "ha!" cracks me up

Mrtraveler01: dahmers love zombie: N. A. Coffey: shivashakti: A Dark Evil Omen:--snip--
And I'm a Yankee from Missouri and even I know about Tampa Bay. Although renaming the St. Petersburg Times the Tampa Bay Times sounds like an incredibly stupid idea for what is otherwise a decent newspaper I always enjoy reading when I'm on vacation down there.

I live in St. Pete. the article the paper ran for itself about the change was kind of a load of waffle, really, something about having a lot of readers making a city not a good name. or something. It read like a stump speech for a politician.


and on the topic of the thread...really, governor? the rays? bucs, the lightning? none of our national sports teams are even known to you? how about the farking RNC that's being held downtown next year, didn't anyone tell you something? another little claim to fame, the lightning capital of the world? by not even knowing our area's name, you've dealt a bit of an insult to...*wikis...about a million people.

Tampa Bay should refer to itself as the "shiathole which surrounds several Spring Training facilities".

Any questions?

Salt Lick Steady: Mrtraveler01: And I'm a Yankee from Missouri and even I know about Tampa Bay. Although renaming the St. Petersburg Times the Tampa Bay Times sounds like an incredibly stupid idea for what is otherwise a decent newspaper I always enjoy reading when I'm on vacation down there.

It is a good paper, agreed. Don't know why the name change, don't really care as long as the quality doesn't change.

/didn't know people from Minnesota lived in the Everglades.
//Makes sense, they seem to enjoy being happily miserable

The name change is a marketing thing. I guess they're trying to attract more readers outside of St. Petersburg and to compete more against the Tampa Tribune, although the St. Pete Times is already beating them badly. Still doesn't make sense to me.

And yeah, a lot of Minnesota folks are down in the Ft. Myers/Naples area. The Twins have training camp down there so that might have something to do with it?

Mrtraveler01:
And vice versa.

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I think i'm in Buffalo

skullkrusher: Tampa Bay should refer to itself as the "shiathole which surrounds several Spring Training facilities".

You sound like a Red Sox fan. ;)

/kidding
//Actually thinks Tampa Bay is nice...compared to Orlando

Mrtraveler01: The name change is a marketing thing. I guess they're trying to attract more readers outside of St. Petersburg and to compete more against the Tampa Tribune, although the St. Pete Times is already beating them badly. Still doesn't make sense to me.

Aren't they owned by the same company? Remember seeing a peice of PBS about that.

Magruda: Mrtraveler01: The name change is a marketing thing. I guess they're trying to attract more readers outside of St. Petersburg and to compete more against the Tampa Tribune, although the St. Pete Times is already beating them badly. Still doesn't make sense to me.

Aren't they owned by the same company? Remember seeing a peice of PBS about that.

Nope, the Tampa Tribune is owned by Media General which also owns Channel 8 in Tampa. The St. Pete Times is owned by a journalism school.

Why I know this I don't know.