Don't It Turn My Red State Blue

Ah, the color map that all the talking heads referred to as the election unfolded changed a bit. Now the Florida Republicans are wondering what in the Hell happened to turn this traditionally red state a bright, patriot blue. Well, DUH!

I think the next thing that Florida, especially Tallahassee, needs to watch out for is the backlash against the poor financial planning, the fact that the developers and real estate management companies have these legilators in their hip pockets and the fact that we are really dragging behind in education among other things. As I have said many times on my other blog, Motherhood Deleted, the adoption industry in this state and the CPS are also among the most corrupt and unfair in the nation. People don't like to put up with that kind of crap for very long. It's about time that the buckle of the Bible Belt, the deep south and other areas that are home to intolerance and ignorance, learned that we've been mad as Hell for 8 years and we aren't going to take it anymore.

Most of us voted for hope and for change. Some of us were still voting from fear but not the same kind of intolerance and gloom that is shouted from the fundie pulpits. We were staving off the specter of the, so-called, Moral Majority and their push to embed their doctrine into the law of our land. I know that was one of my biggest fears. Watch out, Florida..gay rights is next.

Ever since that self-righteous entity came into being and started being courted by the reactionary right wing of the Republican party, I have shivered in my boots at what could come of this partnership if they were allowed to have their way. "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood is one vision of this awful possibility. The results of this election give us, in every state, a chance at retaining the precious and necessary separation of church and state. Florida just needs to suck it up and get with the program.

Paradise could do with some cool blue. It's hot, sticky, buggy, tacky, overcrowded with rude people and the self-entitled elite and whoever laid out the roads system was on something pretty potent during the planning stages. There are only three seasons, "Not As Hot," "Hotter" and "Gasping For Air." Those who have jobs down here are fortunate. Those who are able to keep their homes are even more fortunate.

Well, at least gas dropped to $1.89. But, I have a feeling that the next tourist season will, as usual, see a rise in that area.

So come to Florida, all you touri$t$. Pay $50 for a tee shirt and ride up and down strip-center lined avenues. You might want to get here, though, before this entire state is coast-to-coast concrete.