If YOU believe:
You have the right to defend yourself,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
This is still the greatest Nation in History,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
It is nobody's business what doctor you trust,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
The wealth you have, is yours,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
Human life is precious and unique,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
Washington does NOT have all of the answers,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
That "leading by consensus" is not leadership at all,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
You don't need Washington to mandate what you eat,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
That not voting for a person does not mean you are a Racist,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
Individual Freedoms and rights trump anything Washington can mandate,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
Everyday is Veterans' Day,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
If YOU believe:
In God,
You just might like the "Tea Party"
Feel free to pass it on. You now know the truth, if you are willing to accept it, Mr. Phelps.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
One of these Days:
One of these days:
the Statue of Liberty will be considered mean and not Politically Correct because not everybody has the Freedoms we enjoy.
One of these days:
MLK will be a democrat
One of these days:
waiting for a bus will be a crime
One of these days:
Sports scores will be eliminated from the game
One of these days:
There will be a netting around the baseball field
One of these days:
Cable TV will be free for Welfare recipients.
One of these days:
Marijuana will be legal and cigarettes will be banned.
One of these days:
Gasoline will be paid for by a food stamp card.
One of these days:
Minimum wage will be the normal wage for most Americans.
One of these days:
Cookies will be rationed by the Federal Government.
One of these days:
Free Speech will be gone.
One of these days:
Anything with the word "God" Will be banned
One of these days:
Snow skiing will be highly taxed for its hazards to Health.
One of these days:
There will be Laws written and passed to "advise" people what they can and cannot do to protect their health.
One of these days:
The Confederate Flag will be banned.
One of these days:
An illegal alien will be elected President.
One of these days:
The Government will tell us how far, from work, we can live.
One of these days:
The US Government will be broke .
...and that day may be Today.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
the Statue of Liberty will be considered mean and not Politically Correct because not everybody has the Freedoms we enjoy.
One of these days:
MLK will be a democrat
One of these days:
waiting for a bus will be a crime
One of these days:
Sports scores will be eliminated from the game
One of these days:
There will be a netting around the baseball field
One of these days:
Cable TV will be free for Welfare recipients.
One of these days:
Marijuana will be legal and cigarettes will be banned.
One of these days:
Gasoline will be paid for by a food stamp card.
One of these days:
Minimum wage will be the normal wage for most Americans.
One of these days:
Cookies will be rationed by the Federal Government.
One of these days:
Free Speech will be gone.
One of these days:
Anything with the word "God" Will be banned
One of these days:
Snow skiing will be highly taxed for its hazards to Health.
One of these days:
There will be Laws written and passed to "advise" people what they can and cannot do to protect their health.
One of these days:
The Confederate Flag will be banned.
One of these days:
An illegal alien will be elected President.
One of these days:
The Government will tell us how far, from work, we can live.
One of these days:
The US Government will be broke .
...and that day may be Today.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
National Vehicle Inspections? Yes!
Since the dawn of the Model "T", we have been paying taxes to drive by paying for the fuel , tires, oil, and tolls, and, of course, "violations".
The problem here is, that the vehicles are becoming more fuel efficient and it won't take very long before the hybrids, CNG, and other newer technologies on the horizon, are going to become an issue for the government's budgeting.
I live in Florida and moved from New Jersey. Vehicle inspections are optional and some Counties require it, but Sa-ra-so-ta!, does not. In New Jersey, there were yearly vehicle inspections and never made much sense to me. You would spend an hour in line to have them fail you for anything from a build up of emissions from sitting in line for an hour, to not having a watermark on your proof of insurance card or letter.
It is my vision, in the not so distant future, the vehicle inspections will be National and will be yearly for the main intention of recording mileage and you will have to pay the taxes in that way. It will start with the type of vehicle. For example, a Tesla, will pay the most per mile, since it is a real full time electric vehicle. Since Golf Carts are not allowed to be on the public roads, they will be exempt except for the tires and batteries. Gas powered cars will pay the least per mile as a result of paying for it through the gas/fuel sales.
If the technology exists, now, or in the future, for hydrogen vehicles, a vehicle which runs on a hydrogen/oxygen separator would only require water in the fuel tank. - Good luck in the winter, though.
But, how about antifreeze in the tank to keep the water from icing up? Problem solved.
I have procrastinated in writing this blog for several years. I'm glad I have finally documented it.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
The problem here is, that the vehicles are becoming more fuel efficient and it won't take very long before the hybrids, CNG, and other newer technologies on the horizon, are going to become an issue for the government's budgeting.
I live in Florida and moved from New Jersey. Vehicle inspections are optional and some Counties require it, but Sa-ra-so-ta!, does not. In New Jersey, there were yearly vehicle inspections and never made much sense to me. You would spend an hour in line to have them fail you for anything from a build up of emissions from sitting in line for an hour, to not having a watermark on your proof of insurance card or letter.
It is my vision, in the not so distant future, the vehicle inspections will be National and will be yearly for the main intention of recording mileage and you will have to pay the taxes in that way. It will start with the type of vehicle. For example, a Tesla, will pay the most per mile, since it is a real full time electric vehicle. Since Golf Carts are not allowed to be on the public roads, they will be exempt except for the tires and batteries. Gas powered cars will pay the least per mile as a result of paying for it through the gas/fuel sales.
If the technology exists, now, or in the future, for hydrogen vehicles, a vehicle which runs on a hydrogen/oxygen separator would only require water in the fuel tank. - Good luck in the winter, though.
But, how about antifreeze in the tank to keep the water from icing up? Problem solved.
I have procrastinated in writing this blog for several years. I'm glad I have finally documented it.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Daylight Savings Time Revealed
DST meaning has been changed over the years from check the batteries in your smoke detector to "saving energy", to children waiting for school buses.
For radio people it is easier to understand DST in terms of daily AM power and pattern changes.
Time is an invention and the clock is a visual representation of that invention. When farmers awaken, they are basing the start of their day by the sunrise. Sunrise occurs at the same time every day.
But wait, "my clock shows different times each day!"
Yes it does, because a clock does not use the rotation of the Earth, which is what determines local "sunrise".
If we were to use the reference of the Rotation, we would be changing our clocks every day as we used to do with a radio station sunrise sign-on.
The reason we use DST, twice a year, in the way we do, is a compromise because to get millions of people, in just this Country alone, to change their clock 365 days a year would be impractical at best. Disastrous at worse.
The FCC deregulation changed the requirements, over the years, to minimize the amount of different changes, which is why your AM radio station changes the time of the power and pattern at the same time at start of each month instead of everyday. Politics determined the minute with which that occurs.
The human body responds better to awakening to the sun than it does to dark. Going to sleep doesn't negatively affect the body near as much as waking up.
We don't really need DST in this State because as you get closer to the equator, the less the swing between the amount of daylight between Winter and Summer (as we call it).
Quiz:
Between Anchorage, New York, and Sa-ra-so-ta!, which has more daylight over the year?
Ans:
None. The further North you travel, the more the difference between the Summer Solstice and the Winter, but averages the same 12 hours of each in every place on the Planet.
Florida has 2 time zones because it spans a large distance East to West. I-10 alone, is over 362 miles long, and the Palm Beach Inlet at 80* 02' 14w is even further East. It is easier to keep it in line as the areas up North most influential to that longitude.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
For radio people it is easier to understand DST in terms of daily AM power and pattern changes.
Time is an invention and the clock is a visual representation of that invention. When farmers awaken, they are basing the start of their day by the sunrise. Sunrise occurs at the same time every day.
But wait, "my clock shows different times each day!"
Yes it does, because a clock does not use the rotation of the Earth, which is what determines local "sunrise".
If we were to use the reference of the Rotation, we would be changing our clocks every day as we used to do with a radio station sunrise sign-on.
The reason we use DST, twice a year, in the way we do, is a compromise because to get millions of people, in just this Country alone, to change their clock 365 days a year would be impractical at best. Disastrous at worse.
The FCC deregulation changed the requirements, over the years, to minimize the amount of different changes, which is why your AM radio station changes the time of the power and pattern at the same time at start of each month instead of everyday. Politics determined the minute with which that occurs.
The human body responds better to awakening to the sun than it does to dark. Going to sleep doesn't negatively affect the body near as much as waking up.
We don't really need DST in this State because as you get closer to the equator, the less the swing between the amount of daylight between Winter and Summer (as we call it).
Quiz:
Between Anchorage, New York, and Sa-ra-so-ta!, which has more daylight over the year?
Ans:
None. The further North you travel, the more the difference between the Summer Solstice and the Winter, but averages the same 12 hours of each in every place on the Planet.
Florida has 2 time zones because it spans a large distance East to West. I-10 alone, is over 362 miles long, and the Palm Beach Inlet at 80* 02' 14w is even further East. It is easier to keep it in line as the areas up North most influential to that longitude.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
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