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I'm walking along one of the roads that run parallel to the waterfront, but it's not one of the roads a tourist would be likely to see. There are no jewelry stores and no T-shirt shops. No one is asking me to come inside because they "have the best junk," or "speak broken English perfectly." No enormous white ships can be seen sitting offshore like office buildings lying on their sides. None of the things twenty thousand cruise passengers a day might remember about this island are on this street, but it does have a few attractions of its own. I pass a bougainvillea, pouring over a mission style wall like a waterfall, exploding with red flowers. The color is so intense in the setting sunlight that it doesn't even seem real. On my left now is a bright orange house I never tire of seeing. The locals are fearless about their use of color in decorating, with vibrant yellows, blues, and reds everywhere. My neighborhood back home was brown and gray. The sidewalk under my feet is mostly cracked concrete, but in the center of every rectangular section is a small, bright blue square of tile, set like a jewel. Jewels of a different kind for those of us that pass this way.
Yin and yang, good and bad: each needs the other. I enjoy the frequent blasts of beauty I see while walking here all the more, because ugliness is not that rare either. Cozumel is never neutral, and never dull. One minute I might pass a house or restaurant and exclaim, "Oh my god! What is that smell?" as the intoxicating aroma of a delicious meal being prepared escapes into the air. The next, while passing a vacant lot, might produce the same exclamation -- but for a different reason entirely -- as I smell something dead and decaying amongst the garbage and empty beer bottles. It's a feast for the senses here, but good or bad, everything is set to maximum. When I returned home for a visit last summer, I was struck by how ordinary everything seemed. There were identical houses with identical lawns, no highs and lows, no wild oscillation in the range of sights and smells. Beauty isn't as valuable without anything to compare it to.
I walk past a municipal jungle, my name for the empty lots dotting the town. Green rectangles of unrestrained nature, they are usually bordered on four sides by man's handiwork. In these places nature makes a stand, and fights back with a ferocity that can only be seen in the tropics. I smile at the notion that the whole island looked like this once, and would look like it again if it were not held at bay every single day. Sky blue flowers, the size and shape of a petunia are everywhere, giving the jungle the look of an out of control garden. A young egret stands near one border of this wild spot like a garden ornament: slim, graceful, and white. But it's real, and a reminder that nature is patiently waiting to take over if it gets the chance. I often hear we need to save the planet, but I think the planet will do just fine by itself if one day we aren't around to interfere; it's we that need to be saved from ourselves.
I heard a parable once about an old man standing near the gates of an ancient walled city. A family approached carrying all their belongings in a wagon. The father spoke to the old man, telling him they were looking for a new place to live, and asking him what he thought of this city. The old man asked, "What was the place you came from like?" The father answered, "It was a terrible place, dirty, ugly, and full of liars and thieves. No one was kind and everyone looked out only for himself." The old man replied, "You won't like it here then, because this city is just like that." With this, the family moved on. Soon another family approached and asked the same question of the old man, as they too were looking for a new place to live. Again, the old man asked, "What was the place you came from like?" They answered, "It was a wonderful place, clean and beautiful, full of loving and kind people that were always ready to lend a helping hand." The old man said, "Then you will like it here, because this city is just like that." Well Cozumel is just like that too, and like any other place, it is exactly what you make of it.
The sun has plunged toward the sea now, seeming to set faster here somehow. The sky to the west is on fire with yellow and orange and red. The clouds look like something from an oil painting, illuminated from within as if they are the source of this light and color. I'm on my way to a local nightspot. It's not some noisy bar full of twenty-somethings, swilling beer and flashing their tattoos and body piercing. It's a quiet oasis of cosmopolitan flair called Ambar, another example of the surprising range of this place. I walk through the lounge; past eclectic art and machine turned tabletops, thinking this place would be at home in the most hip of districts in any metropolis. I head through the back door into a garden seating area, where jazz plays softly from speakers hidden in the plants. I love the way the architecture in Mexico blurs the distinction between indoors and out. My wife is waiting for me at one of the tables, with two ice-cold bottles of dark beer at the ready. The moon is full, or nearly so, and those areas not lit by the garden lights are bathed in bright blue moonlight. I shake my head, thinking that back home the snow is two feet deep and it's thirty degrees below zero. We clink our bottles together, making a toast, and drink deeply; it's hot out tonight.
Travelers to places like this probably go home thinking they have a notion of what it's really like here. They tell their friends and family they have been to Cozumel. Sadly though, they have likely seen only a sanitized and carefully prepared set, designed to empty as much cash from their wallets as possible.
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, the main shopping street along the waterfront, is all of Cozumel most people will ever see. They are warned not to wander onto the dangerous back streets, and to be wary of the local eating establishments. Patent nonsense, as this is the safest place I have ever been, and I'd rather trust local restaurants (that feed their friends and families day after day) than tourist joints that serve you once and never see you again. Make the effort to break free of convention and see the real Cozumel, because you won't find it on
. Sure, you might see some garbage on the streets, or smell something bad, but you might see some unexpected beauty too.
My wife and I are walking home now. The streets are quiet but for the occasional taxi driving by. They still flash their headlights in case we want a ride. I guess we'll always look like tourists no matter how long we live here. Overhead, the moon is bright and clear, and seems impossibly large. Closer to home, we are passing by another municipal jungle when something catches my eye. We stop to look more closely, and within the densely packed leaves and vines is a natural marvel. Hundreds of tiny flickering yellow lights are moving this way and that throughout the plants. They are fireflies, and they look like Christmas tree lights that have been freed, as if by magic, to float away from their wires and do as they please. I stand and stare in wonder. It's dark, and though I'm sure this jungle is just as full of trash as all the rest, it's the fireflies I will remember. Each one of us lives in a world of our own making, given form by the power of our thoughts and perceptions. We can see the beer bottles and garbage, or we can see the flowers, birds, and fireflies: the jewels of a different kind. Each one of us is in charge of how we feel.
I feel lucky.
©2004 Fox Hill
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Skip to comments.St. Lucie recount results shows Murphy picked up votes on West (Nothing certified yet)
Posted on 11/18/2012 12:24:37 PM PST by smoothsailing
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"They had all of the votes on six memory cards. One of them wouldn't upload, but the guy in charge Todd Mowry who knows the total recount numbers was quoted earlier as saying "Happy Days" which would indicate he knew that West had more votes.
So, the only reason they "missed the deadline" is a memory card glitch. Murphy and co. want to disenfranchise every vote on that last card. There are lots of people at that recount location screaming bloody murder at this moment."
In a split second, all someone has to do is run a magnet over the memory card and the data would be gone.
where are the military votes..and I thought something was wrong when they found more votes...who knows what year they were cast
That vote manufacturing scheme at the desk of the election supervisor is was going into overtime
However, from Article I Section 5, "Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, . . . "
If, for instance, 900 votes in a precinct with 7 registered voters (as per another post) went for Murphy, there is reason to think (yeah, I know) the GOP House would question and hopefully refuse to seat Murphy.
Also, Allen West will demand and hopefully be entitled to examine all of the votes cast in his district. He should make examples of those who participated in the fraud.
please don't hang your hat on Bonehead seating West. Your in for a huge disappointment.
Why is it the 'Rats always pick up votes in recounts?
I don't think that is accurate.
Tallahassee does the final certification, and I believe their deadline is Tuesday.
Also, West has the right to contest the results and/or the certification up until Nov. 30th, IIRC.
They control (or lack of) the manufacturing and the distribution of election ballots.
The House isn't going to do a thing. It's over. Sad.
Let's Lift West up in our prayers FRiends. It takes guts to go against the Fed Monster, and you better bet they're monitoring closely. We complain about the conservative's who don't do anything, but they have no support and are up against a monster with a 16 trillion dollar treasure chest at it's disposal. Prayers please.
They sure made cheating easy with all the federally mandated changes to voting after the 2000 election. Imagine a system where a memory card upload can throw a whole election. Where one card can just be switched with another to change the vote. And so on. All votes should be recorded on paper and sent to the secretary of state in some hard paper form. But people so love the modern digital world. Let them die by it.
Agree. House will do nothing.
Are these individual voters identified? Mo doubt votes were added. Proving it is the hard part.
Trump should spend reward money there.
West would make a great Commander of the New Continental Army 2013.
They count the votes.
Who do you think is more likely to be in these civil gov't positions, center-right or liberals?
From this position it looks like West is on the verge of becoming the next Al Gore.
Inappropriate comment.
Well, the GOP elite has been busy as bees dissing any and all Tea Party candidates, Sarah Palin, Allen West; they've joined hands with the Democrats to try to pressure one of our Tea Party congressmen from Tennessee to resign his seat. (They've perpetuated a smear campaign against him.) He's a doctor opposed to Obamacare; which, frankly, I think they're probably chomping at the bit to get fully enacted.)
Sarah Palin and Allen West have been about the best star power the Republicans have had going for them. - I also fear that Fudge's attack on McCain may only elicit an "apology" from him; hope not, but, you know how it is.
I thought they said they didn't make the deadline so the election goes to the fake Murphy.
if the machine can't count the vote the vote goes in the round file no exceptions... This is how Dems steal the vote!!!
libeals got that for which they asked..certainly not what they earned..talk about entitlements..they think they are entitled to all>
UPDATE: Final Tally Is In. Murphy Wins
Posted by: Robin Cross/CBS12.com
The official word came in about 2 O'clock Sunday afternoon that Patrick Murphy is the clear winner. Officials at the St Lucie County canvassing board counted more than 37-thousand early votes, write in candidates ballots and provisional ballots. The final total for all 8 days of early voting showed Allen West getting nearly 53 thousand votes and Patrick Murphy received nearly 66 thousand votes. In the recount, West gained 32 votes and Murphy gained 274 votes. Murphy's team team says this proves that he is the clear winner in the congressional race and that it is time for West to concede. West's team says they will go over the data from the recount to make sure that everything was done correctly. After that they will decide what their next step will be.
Tallahassee has to do final certification NLT Tuesday. After that Col. West can file to contest the results. He has until Nov. 30th to contest. He would appear to have a very strong case, given all the shenanigans coming out of the Gertrude Walker election office.
gop thinks its more important to defeat Tea Party than their pals in the Dem party..partners in crime you know.....
"crybabywest; soreloser; "
So who was the liberal troll who posted these in the keywords?
Hey liberal troll, we see you don't want the DUmb Dems to be exposed for their obvious cheating voter fraud.
And it will be the crybaby Dems who will be whining like stuck pigs that they are if they get exposed for their crimes.
I hope West takes this as far as he can go and then some more. Heh.
Guys, we need to start a page that has vote cheaters and crooks pictured on it. It would be best to know their city or county. Then you can look to see who in your county/state thought their beliefs were more important than yours, so they had to pad/subtract voters or take bribes so their views could dominate over the majority of voters. I have never bought the hand ringing that Romney voters didn't show up. I have read way too much to believe that and have never seen people so fired up to fire Obama. My husband travels and works all over the US and it's all people have talked about since Obama started showing his true colors after the 2008 election. We knew he was a disaster before then, but not everybody has spent the time reading that we do here.
I wish I lived in Allen West's district so I could be making my voice heard there. I am passing along information as it comes out, donated, am keeping a folder of articles, sending notes to Congressional leaders, the RNC and others to say this president is a fraud and no one has given us a good reason to believe the votes.
This President let people die and had no trouble going to sleep that night. He has been caught in lie after lie so anyone drinking the koolaid that we just didn't show up to vote is wrong. All news channels based the election night numbers on what one stinking firm feeds them. We are asked to believe Obama is so loved that he won against all odds compared to every presidential election in our history. He never could get his numbers above 50% and was reelected with 7.9% unemployment while no other president could jump that hurdle if the number was over 7.2%. One of the driveby's did a story on a small Tx town that only gave Obama 5 votes and he was shocked. Imagine how we feel when cities had thousands of voters and dozens of their precincts had only 2, 1, or 0 votes for Romney! Allen West saw a precinct with 8 registered voters in FL get loaded with 900 votes at 2 minutes before the deadline of the recount today!
We must pray if we do not live in FL that someone with integrity will finally call out the democrats on their fraud. Send reports of busloads of people getting paid with bags of groceries to vote Obama, over 100% turnout in democratic districts, people going to vote and someone had voted for them, there is a whole list of things. If they can add 892 votes in an area with 8 registered voters in West's district then you better believe they stole an election nationwide. Some people refuse to believe it could happen.
Spend some time studying the articles out there now and the many that will be coming in days ahead. We need access to voter registration and voter sign in books. West has not been allowed to see those yet as they are probably adding names as I write this.
One creative guy in Mass. is going to send congratulations for voting cards to everyone signed in on the voter rolls and see how many are returned as not deliverable to get a rough idea of illegal voting. He shouldn't have told because he has had to come back and apologize for saying some rural counties that are all white had busloads of blacks they had never seen before that day. He is now a racist for stating a fact.
Did you hear the report from a poll watcher that said they had an app that would show someone's registration info and she kept seeing people vote more than once but give the name of an obviously different voter. For example, an 18 yr. old voting for a 50 yr.old voter. People didn't know their own address which they are supposed to be able to state so the people signing them in just told them what their address was and they said, yes that's it.
I'm not going to ramble more about it, but Allen West specifically was targeted by the DNC because he's not afraid of them and has no trouble questioning why there are so many muslim brotherhood associates and communists that have been appointed by Obama. He's one of the few republicans that will fight for We, The People. Send him recount money if you can—if he can get past this latest scam they have pulled. I'll tell you something else that stinks—the dirty SOE has managed to not be present to answer questions as she is in the hospital. She locked everyone out during vote counting originally, wouldn't talk to the press and called a secret meeting so they could get to work making the fraud sell. She got several thousand more votes than Obama. Oh yeah, that makes sense. You should be in prison lady, enjoying a bunk with your other vote fraud crooks.
You guys willing to cheat for your brother all over this country have set race relations back immeasurably along with brother O. It's like the stupid OJ Simpson case where truth lost out over power and revenge on people that had never done a thing to harm you.
We have to double down on cleaning the voter rolls up with guidance from True the Vote, report any irregularities you saw with them and appropriate officials in your state, and keep pressure on the republicans to demand action for the fraud we are just getting a peek of so far.
God Bless our warrior in the trenches Allen West!
How is that done after the article is posted???
Any poster can add to the "keyword" word list even after the article gets posted.
The mods know who did it. There should be a fine for such abuses, it would be paid to the Freepathon or else the poster is zotted for eternity! :)
Allen West Camp to Contest Suspect Result on 'Behalf of all Voters in District 18
Make sure your election process is transparent and fair to both parties. Precinct workers from both parties required, poll watchers from both parties, counting in public with representatives of candidates included.
Elect the people who count the votes. If you find a bad apple, make the penalties strong enough to deter cheating.
Every election we hear about possible corruption- but somehow once the results are in, we lose focus. Inaction empowers the crooks to continue- and it has to stop.
"In a split second, all someone has to do is run a magnet over the memory card and the data would be gone."
That would not do it... Magnetics are not used in memory cards.
I remember a few days before the election, a Dem operative interviewed on CNN or Fox stating as a matter of fact that the "same day registration voters" would be the key to Obama's victory.
She turned out to be correct about the illegal voting.
I don't believe this.
If they used magnetized storage media they can be degaussed by a magnet.
However you're correct if they are using flash memory.
"If they used magnetized storage media they can be degaussed by a magnet."
The last magnetic media other than hard drives and the magnetic strips on credit cards, was floppy drives... They clearly are not using those.
However you could probably zap a memory card with enough static to damage it.
I agree.
Or throw it in the microwave...
"Or throw it in the microwave..."
That would probably work. It might catch on fire though, or melt the plastic.
An interesting tidbit... We all know better than to put metal in a microwave. It arcs and sparks. However, if you put a box from a Chinese restaurant in the microwave, the little wire bale is not effected. Ever wonder why?
Ans; It's made to be exactly a multiple of 1/4 of the wavelength of the frequency of the microwave. At 1/4 wavelength the wire appears as an insulator. This did not just happen by accident. Oh, those clever Chinese...
Has anyone noted that St lucie's residents must be raciest?
Well, the Reverend Al Sharpton did pop up and say that he didn't think Congressman West should get a recount.
As far as Reverend Al is concerned, the white guy won!
Real barrel of laughs, that Reverend Al.
That would not do it... Magnetics are not used in memory cards.
Static electricity on the other hand...
See post #40
West has been "Frankened."
RINOs want to get rid of West. Impossible for Murphy to pick up that many votes unless establishment GOP and democrats are are not in cahoots. FRAUD. But then again Obama's entire election was a fraud. RINOs take it up the rear and never say a word and they also want to purge their roles of any real conservatives.
hell...the house could seat West regardless of outcome.
Key word is 'could'...but the gutless wont.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Sometimes economists go to great lengths to explain things that seem pretty obvious to the rest of us, including the "wealth effect." Put simply, it means people spend more when they feel richer. If the stock market soars, people buy more houses, luxury cars and nights on the town. Gee, you think?
The same thing presumably happens when home values go up, but until now the power of this effect has been unclear. Now academic research shows this is indeed a key factor in consumer spending, and has a powerful effect on the economy as a whole.
The findings also indicate how unwise this behavior can be.
"Our finding has been very controversial," said Karl E. Case, senior fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard, in an interview for the Squared Away Blog on the site of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
"Some people say housing's wealth effect doesn't exist. Our own earlier work suggested that it works when the housing market is on the way up but not on the way down. We now have evidence that it works in both directions."
In his paper, Wealth Effects Revisited: 1975-2012 , Case and his co-authors say a 10% increase in home prices causes a 1% increase in consumer spending, and a 10% drop in home prices causes a 1% drop in consumer spending. The approximately 35% decline in home prices during the Great Recession therefore caused a $350 billion drop in consumer spending.
One of Case's co-authors is Yale economist Robert J. Shiller. The two men are creators of the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices , a widely followed measure of home prices.
Part of the wealth effect from housing is psychological, as homeowners feel freer to spend when they feel richer. But rising home prices can also supply spending money as people convert equity to cash with home equity loans or cash-out refinancing. This is one reason so many homeowners got into trouble during the recession: They borrowed against their growing equity, and, after home prices collapsed, could not sell their homes for enough to cover the debt.
That's why the large home-related wealth effect measured by Case, Shiller and their co-author, the late John M. Quigley, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley, is somewhat worrisome. Spending the extra wealth caused by rising home prices can lead to trouble later.
And in some respects, that wealth is an illusion. As the value of one's home rises, the price of the homeowner's next home is probably rising as well. The homeowner could have trouble maintaining his standard of living if tapping into the current home's equity will leave too little to buy a similar or better home later.


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e0y2e3 wrote:Oh absolutely Pup.
"Urban Liar!!!!!" was an OSU rally-cry from 2006 forward. The fans went nuts about the Floyd dream thing too. He was too slimy for OSU, etc....
A LOT of hypocrites out there right now. Like 75+% of the fanbase.
On shit. I abused the crap out of him for that one. And I also called his first retirement a gimmick to get his team focused for their bowl game.
Much like I kill James Harrison for being a thug, but if he becomes available as a FA I'd take him.


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5 Not-Terrible Options for Holiday Travel Procrastinators
Just a few days until Thanksgiving and a month and a half removed from Christmas, we feel pretty confident in saying that if you're just starting to price out holiday shopping, you're not finding deals. None. Anywhere.
You say United just offered a winter fare sale? Yeah, but the holidays are blacked out . You're just waiting for that great, last-minute Thanksgiving deal? In the words of FareCompare Chief Executive Rick Seaney, "You waited too long."
You have only a few options available now, and they all fall somewhere on the scale between "bad" and "worse." Even airfare alerts won't help you this close to the holidays. We can't point you toward deals or even suggest discounts. With the help of the folks at FareCompare and SmarterTravel (TRIP) , though, we can provide a handful of tips that will deaden the pain a bit and get you through your holiday travel without going into hock:
Take the hit on Thanksgiving
We're not the ones who have to break your family's heart because you were too lazy or stingy to get tickets earlier. Seaney recommends buying tickets as soon as possible, as prices only go up with each passing day.
If you have frequent-flier miles to use, now is the time. There are going to be last-minute redemption fees, but would your rather pay full price? Also, consider flying Thanksgiving Day. You'll miss the parade unless you're on a flight with DirecTV (DTV) , but not getting to mock Matt Lauer is the price you pay for your sloth. Meanwhile, you'll be flying on one of the least popular days on the airline calendar and make it home in time for turkey and stuffing.
Forget your regular destination airport
Oh, what, you've never flown to mom's house in New Jersey without going straight to Newark? Get over it.
Folks in the New York metro area have three major airports to choose from, but around this time of year none are particularly good options. New Yorkers may want to consider flights into Newburgh, N.Y., Philly or Hartford. Heading home to Seattle this season? Try Portland, Ore., or Vancouver. Want to get back to Chicago but don't want to deal with Midway or O'Hare? Join the Notre Dame fans in South Bend, Ind., or the Cheeseheads in Milwaukee.
It'll cost you an hour or two in driving, but could save you as much as $100 if you pick the right routes.