By TomL
Where do I start well I did hear one person say his daughter got healthcare when she could not afford what they offered before Obama Care, she had a preexisting condition. I guess you could call it the perfect storm. You force everyone to pay for the insurance including the people who don’t want it that way the people who are not sick pay doff the people who are sick.
Where it gets sticky is who pays for the elderly who have paid in all their lives and the politicians have spent the money giving it to other country that don’t like us! I guess you could call it a “Like us fee”. Another sticky place is when half the people refused to pay for the healthcare it got really expensive. So not to have it fail the government subsidized people who could not afford Obama Care. Guess where that came from, yep the tax payers.
Gosh we came up with a shortage of nurses, the federal government subsidized that. I met a whole family that was being subsidized for going to nursing school. One of the four actually did some nursing but no RN’s. Guess where that came from, yep the tax payers.
They tell me that if you show up at the hospital for emergency care you will not be denied, so why is it so urgent to have a government run healthcare? Is it so we the Taxpayer will pay for the people who entered this country illegally? Is it because they are trying to dilute the vote of the American people?
Keep your hands out of my pocket…There is nothing there!
So I say keep your hands off my Healthcare!
“Looking back and, looking forward”.
Here we are; “The Year Of Our Lord 2021”. . .
Based on recent elections, half of the American Population laments that 2020 marked the end of (former) President Donald Trump’s time in the ‘White House’.
The other half is celebrating his departure from Washington and hoping for ‘better things’ from, ‘eventual’ President Kamala Harris.
‘Temporary’ President-Elect Joe Biden, is calling for ‘unity’ between Democrats and Republicans.
So, I looked up ‘naïve’, ‘ingenuous’ and ‘oblivious’.
Perhaps they all apply, does Biden think there is any chance at all of ‘reconciliation’ between our current warring factions?
Seems like the right of ‘Free Speech’ means that each of us has the ‘right’ to say anything we want to, about anything we want to!
Unfortunately, the is no ‘constitutional’ obligation, for anyone to ‘listen’!
As I See It, it’s a waste of time talking with people who agree. Who learns what?
For example, we all agree that the earth is flat.
But would listening to some ‘crackpot’ explain why they think the earth is ’round’ enlighten us? Continue reading
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! We hope that each of you enjoyed a blessed and safe holiday season with your loved ones. 2020 was quite the ride and many things have not turned out the way we would like, but God is still good and we know that he is in control.
The second week of January brings our first week of committee meetings in the Florida Senate and we are excited to be back in Tallahassee on your behalf to advocate for the principles that we hold dear. Faith, Family, Freedom, Opportunity, and Life. These principles are worth fighting for and we will not quit.
We are very excited that we have won a big fight on behalf of Life in Florida. Just a few weeks ago, Ocala, Florida become the first city in the state to receive a Safe Haven Baby Box. This “box” or “bassinette” as we call it is located on the outside wall of a building such as a fire station or hospital, with one outside facing door for someone to place the infant in, and an inside door for staff or personnel to accept surrendered children under Florida’s Safe Haven Law. The device has a dual alarm system that activates once an infant is placed inside, and staff is required to periodically check the device and ensure that the alarm system is operable at all times. This will save lives and is one more tool to be used to help someone in distress who feels that they have no other option. The message that we can send with this is that we do care about every life, and every little baby deserves a chance to live. We are continuing to work on legislation to expand our safe haven law and promote these safety devices so that every community in Florida has this option. Every life matters and we can make a difference! Continue reading
The Ocala Chamber & Economic Partnership is pleased to welcome two new primary employers the local business community: ZT Polygel and Big Daddy Unlimited.
ZT Polygel
ZT Polygel LLC has signed a lease on a 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Ocala to allow the company to manufacture its industry leading algae-based organic polymers used in hand sanitizers and surface sprays which are the only polymers third party certified and FDA lab proven to sequester and kill COVID-19.
The Ocala facility located at 500 NW 27th Ave, will eventually employ 90 people and will begin limited operations before the end of the year. This is ZT Polymer’s second location in Florida and when fully operational will have the capacity to manufacture enough polymer to produce over 50 mm gallons per month of personal sanitizer products. ZT Polygel is used in its sister company’s line of sanitizer products under the VARIGARD™ name.
When ZT Polygel is used in any hand sanitizer formula, the patented polymers create a three-layer barrier of protection that lasts for more than two hours. Pathogens are sequestered in the middle layer, which does not allow the transfer of the germ to another individual or surface. ZT Polygel has been lab-proven at one of the country’s top COVID-19 testing labs.
To learn more about the unique attributes of ZT Polygel and its sister company VARIGARD™, visit them at www.varigard.com Continue reading
2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay away from positive people.
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The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house & their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!
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This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her dog. It was obvious she thought her dog understood her. I came into my house & told my cat. We had a good laughed.
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The nicest place to be is in someone’s thoughts, the safest place to be is in someone’s prayers, and the best place to be is in GOD’S hands.
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Poor Children of every color picked cotton. Open a book and read about the cotton plantations. Children worked in the cotton fields all day barefooted and they were of all colors white, black, all minority’s. Everyone worked to get the job done! Continue reading
Coffee n’ Cream
201 NE Cholokka Blvd.
Micanopy, FL 32667
352-466-1101
A nice Sandwich and Ice Cream Parlor. A perfect place after Antique shopping in Micanopy.
After walking through the little shops, my wife and I stopped for lunch. We ordered drinks and their specialty, Chicken Salad Sandwich served with a bag of chips. We sat outside on the porch, where they had an acoustic guitar musician as live entertainment.
It’s a good place to rest after hours of standing and shopping. If you use the facilities, there’s a voluntary septic fee request. There’s only two food establishments in town. Continue reading
With the New Year upon us, many people, including me, are happy to say good riddance to 2020! Moving forward, the Lady Lake Police Department would like to remind you to check around your home to ensure that all alarms, monitors, and detectors are in good working condition. These include your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector. It’s a good idea to change the batteries in these detectors every year. You may want to have them replaced if you have not done so within the past 10 years.
It should come as no surprise that carbon monoxide deaths are the highest in winter. Cold weather increases the use of gas-powered heating or portable heaters using a fuel source. Homeowners should be aware of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, especially those that use natural gas as a heat and cooking source. These symptoms include feeling dizzy, light headed, and/or nauseated.
It’s a good time to remember the following safety tips to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Here are some tips from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
- Have your heating system, water heater and any other gas, oil or coal-burning appliance inspected and serviced by a qualified technician every year.
- Install battery-operated carbon monoxide detectors on every level of your home.
- Don’t use a generator, charcoal grill, camp stove or other gasoline or charcoal-burning device inside the home, garage or outside the home near a window.
- Don’t burn anything in an unvented stove or fireplace.
- Turning on an oven whether gas or not is not safe.
- Use electric space heaters with automatic shut-off switches and non-glowing elements. Make sure to keep them away from any flammable materials, like curtains or blankets. Never leave children unattended near a space heater. Check the cords on the heater to make sure that they are not damaged.
- Check with your local fire department if you want to use a space heater that uses a fuel source such as kerosene.
- Don’t let a vehicle idle inside a garage attached to a house, even if the garage door is left open. Carbon monoxide will build up and will put you at risk of serious illness or even death.
If a carbon monoxide detector sounds, leave your home immediately and call 911 from outside. Seek prompt medical attention if you suspect carbon monoxide poisoning and if you or someone in your household is feeling dizzy, light-headed or nauseated. The same goes for a smoke detector. Your safety is more valuable than any property.
On December 16, 2020, in News Releases, by Staff
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the State of Florida’s initial distribution plan for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Florida is preparing to receive 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine next week, pending Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Doses of the Moderna vaccine will be distributed to 173 hospital locations that did not receive doses in the first allocation of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. These hospital locations span 43 counties. Find the full list at www.flgov.com.
The state is able to distribute this vaccine to a large number of hospitals as the Moderna vaccine does not require ultra-cold storage.
Governor DeSantis has issued regular video updates on vaccine distribution in Florida, which can be found at www.youtube.com/c/GovernorRonDeSantis/videos
Floridians are also encouraged to opt-in to receive updates about the COVID-19 vaccine via text. Floridians can receive these text updates by texting FLCOVID19 to 888777.


