What a beautiful memorial to the tragedy that happened at the Pulse nightclub. What is wrong with people ? Cant we offer some token of comfort to the people affected by this event ?
All over the country, the trickle down of the Trump administration is wasting tax payer money on nonsense. We can’t have nice things (e.g., health care, food, clean energy) because we’re wasting money on National Guard picking up trash and spreading mulch; arresting people for throwing sandwiches and chalking crosswalks; and workers for going to work. We are so great now, I can hardly stand it!
Jonathan, Thanks for sharing these regional stories and highlighting their absurdity. Looks like a profoundly foolish way to waste tax payer dollars. When will Amercans wake up to these people they're voting for, who have their own personal agendas paramount before the actual needs of the communities they serve. If the American people really want to get tough on crime, they should start with the elected officials who actively perpetrated them.
We're getting financially killed by massive increases to homeowner's insurance here in Florida, and all the Republican-dominated Legislature has done is... made it impossible to sue your insurance company when they refuse to pay for the damage to your home.
My former state Senator, Blaise Ingoglia, was just appointed Chief Financial Officer of Florida by Gov. DeSatan.
Ingoglia's big accomplishment while in the FL Senate?
Renaming the main highway through the city of Brooksville to "Rush Limbaugh Road."
DeSantis and his ilk are bad actors and they always have been he has spent his time as governor taking b power away from cities and citizens. As a person who had a personal connection with pulse and who lost people they new, who friends survived that tragedy I can never forgive all those who have disrespected the LGBT community, all those that died and all those that lived
Sadly DeSantis is just another link in the authoritarian want to be chain , when that tragic night happened we had Rick Scott as governor, his government was hostile to the LGBTQA community as well. Thank you for your piece JVL.
I believe that were I a police officer or state trooper tasked with crosswalk chalk art enforcement, I’d seriously reevaluate my commitment to my career.
Hmm. I'll bet there's one type of street art that wouldn't be touched by DeSantis. You could find it all over Europe in the 1940s. Make America Germanic Again!
Ah, yess, the problem with 'degenerate art' in the land of the free and home of the brave. Crucifix in a urine bottle, anyone? Nixon on a toilet? Have you no sense of humor, sir?
I'm starting to feel like sane Americans are being treated by Republicans like the British treated the Irish prior to the Easter Rebellion. Perhaps it's time that over half the country foment a bit of rebellion of our own.
So when Trump dies, there should be no flags added or lowered along streets, no signs with his name on their sides, no artwork of him - all of which would be "political" street displays. And it would presumably be illegal now to erect a temporary cross or lay flowers where someone died in a traffic accident - so commonly done in many states. Cruel and ridiculous policy! If all the angry people, especially all the straight people, hung rainbow flags in their front windows, that might be a good memorial of Pulse.
I live in Florida - God Help Me - and I'm amazed at the blatant homophobia of Ron Desantis and his wife. You can always tell when it's personal for a politician. Gay bashing is a pleasure for the governor, and you could see that it in his face when he was engaged in his pathetic war on Disney (If you had said years ago that a Florida Governor would be bashing Disney you would have been dismissed). His Don't Say Gay bill and other efforts showcase the serious anger he feels for people who love differently that do he and co-governor Casey, his venomous spouse who seems to relish comparisons to the infamous Anita Bryant. It's serious psychological stuff for this declining political couple and people should remember that homophobia is defined as someone who is themselves afraid that they are Gay. Desantis is term limited, thank the Angels of Mercy, and leaves office after 2026. But he'll be ok. Those strange militia groups in Northern Idaho must need a lawyer.
Isn't it rather sad that it took 7 generations after McCarthyism to arrive at a society that uses evidence to base it's decisions upon, but has now reverted - in a blink of an eye - to reptilian-brained McCarthyism again.
and disturbingly we find ourselves being dominated by a public-servant-cohort-class whose implied refrain is, essentially: "We're just following orders"
What a beautiful memorial to the tragedy that happened at the Pulse nightclub. What is wrong with people ? Cant we offer some token of comfort to the people affected by this event ?
All over the country, the trickle down of the Trump administration is wasting tax payer money on nonsense. We can’t have nice things (e.g., health care, food, clean energy) because we’re wasting money on National Guard picking up trash and spreading mulch; arresting people for throwing sandwiches and chalking crosswalks; and workers for going to work. We are so great now, I can hardly stand it!
Jonathan, Thanks for sharing these regional stories and highlighting their absurdity. Looks like a profoundly foolish way to waste tax payer dollars. When will Amercans wake up to these people they're voting for, who have their own personal agendas paramount before the actual needs of the communities they serve. If the American people really want to get tough on crime, they should start with the elected officials who actively perpetrated them.
We're getting financially killed by massive increases to homeowner's insurance here in Florida, and all the Republican-dominated Legislature has done is... made it impossible to sue your insurance company when they refuse to pay for the damage to your home.
My former state Senator, Blaise Ingoglia, was just appointed Chief Financial Officer of Florida by Gov. DeSatan.
Ingoglia's big accomplishment while in the FL Senate?
Renaming the main highway through the city of Brooksville to "Rush Limbaugh Road."
Gag me with a chainsaw.
DeSantis and his ilk are bad actors and they always have been he has spent his time as governor taking b power away from cities and citizens. As a person who had a personal connection with pulse and who lost people they new, who friends survived that tragedy I can never forgive all those who have disrespected the LGBT community, all those that died and all those that lived
Sadly DeSantis is just another link in the authoritarian want to be chain , when that tragic night happened we had Rick Scott as governor, his government was hostile to the LGBTQA community as well. Thank you for your piece JVL.
I believe that were I a police officer or state trooper tasked with crosswalk chalk art enforcement, I’d seriously reevaluate my commitment to my career.
Hmm. I'll bet there's one type of street art that wouldn't be touched by DeSantis. You could find it all over Europe in the 1940s. Make America Germanic Again!
Every act of resistance matters. We need to use our voices and choices to defy the regime.
Ah, yess, the problem with 'degenerate art' in the land of the free and home of the brave. Crucifix in a urine bottle, anyone? Nixon on a toilet? Have you no sense of humor, sir?
I'm starting to feel like sane Americans are being treated by Republicans like the British treated the Irish prior to the Easter Rebellion. Perhaps it's time that over half the country foment a bit of rebellion of our own.
So when Trump dies, there should be no flags added or lowered along streets, no signs with his name on their sides, no artwork of him - all of which would be "political" street displays. And it would presumably be illegal now to erect a temporary cross or lay flowers where someone died in a traffic accident - so commonly done in many states. Cruel and ridiculous policy! If all the angry people, especially all the straight people, hung rainbow flags in their front windows, that might be a good memorial of Pulse.
What is happening to the country I love(d)?
I live a couple of miles from the Pulse crosswalk. The entire city is extremely pissed about all of this.
I live in Florida - God Help Me - and I'm amazed at the blatant homophobia of Ron Desantis and his wife. You can always tell when it's personal for a politician. Gay bashing is a pleasure for the governor, and you could see that it in his face when he was engaged in his pathetic war on Disney (If you had said years ago that a Florida Governor would be bashing Disney you would have been dismissed). His Don't Say Gay bill and other efforts showcase the serious anger he feels for people who love differently that do he and co-governor Casey, his venomous spouse who seems to relish comparisons to the infamous Anita Bryant. It's serious psychological stuff for this declining political couple and people should remember that homophobia is defined as someone who is themselves afraid that they are Gay. Desantis is term limited, thank the Angels of Mercy, and leaves office after 2026. But he'll be ok. Those strange militia groups in Northern Idaho must need a lawyer.
As one who has family members in law enforcement ... ironically also have certain staunch biases...
It is my FIRST assumption that the CHP officers involved in this endeavor are the ones with the
LEAST professional training, qualifications, ethics and regard for the society of which they are employees. ... ... as well as supposed Guardians
Isn't it rather sad that it took 7 generations after McCarthyism to arrive at a society that uses evidence to base it's decisions upon, but has now reverted - in a blink of an eye - to reptilian-brained McCarthyism again.
and disturbingly we find ourselves being dominated by a public-servant-cohort-class whose implied refrain is, essentially: "We're just following orders"