Posted On: Friday - April 14th 2023 8:26PM MST
In Topics: Liberty/Libertarianism Holiday from Stupidity President DeSantis
It's not like it's divided into Vichy Florida and Free Florida, though it would be interesting to speculate on where a divide might be. There's only one Florida, and I'm lovin' it as they say - not just the state of that State, but the sudden interest in Federalism by the people (whether they know it or have ever heard that term or not). That Kung Flu PanicFest with the varying degrees of Totalitarianism seen among the various States may have gotten Americans deciding that they may want to actually change residency based on politics.
It helps a lot that Ron DeSantis is the Governor.
(I am surprised that I have never heard this slogan before.*)
I just don't ever see tourist stores so overtly political, especially in the direction of Conservatism. They had the usual funny signs about fishing - "Old fisherman never die - they just smell that way", etc., but this was but one of only a couple of such stores, and there were no political items pointing in the other direction in either. So, that was refreshing!
The B&B place we stayed in is owned and run by a lady who came down from the northeast a few decades back. It didn't take long to figure she was cool enough to talk to about a few things. Not just that, but she was steering ME to Michelle Bachmann Globalist China-run W.H.O. videos by the next morning. I had to ask, rather than speculate later, "Were you Conservative before you moved down to the South?" Yes, she was. I try to get myself to remember, no matter how "blue", or more like Totalitarian, any of the States are (yes, even California), there is a big percentage 30% 45% even, of the population that is Conservative and "didn't want ANY of this shit." Some end up in Florida.
I want to soon write that post on tipping, and then another about cash being King, the latter being brought into my mind on this trip. As we figured the bill, though I had a CC on file, I was offered a better deal - simply, no CC fee, was all - if I paid with check or cash. I didn't have quite the cash to spare (nothing like the amount in the image was required!), so I used a check. I ventured that, "yes cash is a good way to go", and she volunteered "yeah, why give the Government any more than you have to?" A woman after my own heart, she is. I'll write more on this in another post.
The guests of the B&B are all on this same page, politically, I was told, but this proprietor didn't know about the same regarding the Snowbirds in the town. I sure hope they don't screw up this nice neck of the woods, errr swamp. Our time was made that much nicer there by the like-minded people.
PS: I wish I could tell you where, but this is a very small spot and that wouldn't be keeping OpsSec, as the ex-military preppers will tell you.
* In the comments, I wrote "making American Florida", but that doesn't make sense ... yet.
Comments:
The Alarmist
Saturday - April 15th 2023 12:00PM MST
PS
I’n my younger days, the Gulf, particularly around Tampa-St. Pete, was the old-folks side, and the Atlantic was for the young. Now it seems to have flipped to some extent.
To your question about the divide, the boundaries of Vichy Florida start to firm up as you approach Palm Beach county heading south, but there are pockets in Orlando and Tampa-St. Pete. I don’t need to point out what ethnic groups dominate in those areas. The Cubanos offer some resistance around Miami.
I’n my younger days, the Gulf, particularly around Tampa-St. Pete, was the old-folks side, and the Atlantic was for the young. Now it seems to have flipped to some extent.
To your question about the divide, the boundaries of Vichy Florida start to firm up as you approach Palm Beach county heading south, but there are pockets in Orlando and Tampa-St. Pete. I don’t need to point out what ethnic groups dominate in those areas. The Cubanos offer some resistance around Miami.
Moderator
Saturday - April 15th 2023 10:58AM MST
PS: " I hear Apalachicola is nice this time of year." It ... errr ... probably is. /Coy mode
Mr. Blanc, if they really put Mr. Trump into the slammer I could see a lot of us writing him in. I know in Black! areas it is perfectly fine to elect people - I mean, if they're Black! - who are on probation, have indictments hanging, are in jail at the time, what-have-you.
Mr. Blanc, if they really put Mr. Trump into the slammer I could see a lot of us writing him in. I know in Black! areas it is perfectly fine to elect people - I mean, if they're Black! - who are on probation, have indictments hanging, are in jail at the time, what-have-you.
MBlanc46
Saturday - April 15th 2023 10:20AM MST
PS Glad to hear you encountered some simpatico folks. But. Whilst a week in politics is a long time, and it’s more than a year too early to make any hard predictions about the 2024 election, a dickey bird told me that it doesn’t look like Mr DeSantis will be the Repub candidate for prez. Mr Trump appears, at this point, to have the inside track. Unless Mr Trump is a guest of the Graybar Hotel. And, if that is the case, the Repubs will not give you Mr DeSantis. They will give you Vindaloo Vicky Randhawa. Or Tim Scott. Or Vindaloo Vicky and Tim Scott.
Adam Smith
Saturday - April 15th 2023 8:42AM MST
PS: I hear Apalachicola is nice this time of year. ☮
Moderator
Saturday - April 15th 2023 5:21AM MST
PS: Gulf.
The Alarmist
Saturday - April 15th 2023 4:38AM MST
PS
Atlantic Coast or Gulf?
Atlantic Coast or Gulf?
The Panhandle is Conservative, with lots of ex- or current military families, most not Southerners. A little away from the coast there, up to Alabama or Georgia is The South again. There are probably plenty of pockets of Southern partisan resistance on the other side of the lines too.