There are rallies in every major city today in Florida. Take a moment and find one near you!
Rick Scott and his allies say they are not concerned about these protests, but their actions say otherwise.
Rick Scott is calling on his teabagger army of idiots to counter the protests, saying he is concerned we might be another Wisconsin.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce is running attack ads accusing Florida protesters of being bused in by "union bosses". (Big Surprise--Politifact rates it Pants On Fire!)
I'll give you something to cry about...
The events today won't end when the rallies are over... they are only the beginning. Everyone attending will be asked to sign up so we can be a coherent force against the well-funded teabagger apparatus that took over Tallahassee last November.
If you are in Florida and tired of living under the thumb of GOP rule... and hate what the current regime is doing... I need you to come out.
People need to know just how much of a MONSTER Rick Scott really is. I don't use that word lightly. How evil is he?
Forget gutting education, high-speed rail, and the litany of abuses I've documented in my series. (The goddamned legislative session hasn't even started yet!)
This one example really hits home.
Florida was hit extra hard by the recession, with the GOP focused for years on giveaways that only benefit the superwealthy, the working class saw sky-high unemployment and the worst housing crisis in the nation.
Homeless children in this state have reached an epidemic proportion. It's so bad that the CBS show 60 minutes showed a heart-breaking tale from my own Seminole County (where I get the name SemDem).
You can watch it here if you are interested.
It's the kind of story that would make most people misty-eyed. But what does Florida's Mr. Burns want to do? The criminal that the teabaggers put into office?
Completely eliminate ALL homeless help in this state!
The contempt he has for the homeless is so great, he is even cutting a homeless awareness day, designed to bring attention to the plight of the families in our state that are living in thier cars in Wal-Mart parking lots, which costs NO MONEY WHATSOEVER.
Fucking. Monster.
(Again, I'm not exaggerating. I met a mom with her two daughters begging for money at the Wal-Mart on Colonial Dr., and one entire family living in a van at the Sanford Wal-Mart.)
Even if you think the $7 million that helped the 74,000 people last year is too generous, how can you, Mr. Teabagger, justify our governor demanding an extra $343 million for his OWN OFFICE BUDGET?
Evil.
If you can't make it today, then donate your time, write a letter to the editor, volunteer to canvass, contribute, or at the very least, DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP TO OTHERS. Get Pissed Off.
I am.