florida - Gawker

posts about #florida more →
2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
Psychic Wife Swap Lady: Richard Heene's Balloon Plan May Not Work Out
Old People Continue To Rule Us With Iron Fists
Priest in Pregger Scandal
Tucker Max Eaten by Alligators
Disney Staging Its Own, Narcissistic Comic-Con
Disney World Killing Everybody
"I Get It. Florida. Flo Rida."
Florida Senator Mel Martinez Pulls a Palin

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

Colonel Mustard
11/09/09

In reply to 2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
Was DeVore in rehab or something when Bush springboarded the Patriot Act off the back of 9/11?

Yeah, let's go with rehab. #2010
Reply

Colonel Mustard was starred Colonel Mustard was unstarred

BicycleShed
11/09/09

In reply to 2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
I think Matt Fong in 1998 was a half legit challenge to Boxer. She ended up winning by something like 10 points, but I remember some Boxer supporters being at least a little nervous in the weeks before the election. Bill Jones, on the other hand.... #2010
Reply

BicycleShed was starred BicycleShed was unstarred

AndPreciousLittleofThat
11/09/09

In reply to 2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
The big problem for both parties is balkanization. There aren't very many reliable voting blocks any more, and candidates on both sides have shown they're willing to do almost anything necessary to get those blocks "locked up."

That being said, I think the increasing prevalence of "purity tests" among the Republicans and the lack of a coherent party message will ensure that they continue to marginalize themselves. Bill Buckley's characterization of conservatism as a force standing astride history shouting "stop" is frighteningly correct, and right now it feels like the whole Republican party is just yelling "STOP." That's not a party slogan, but the reds are working hard to make it one. #2010
Reply

TheExperience
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
The mere thought of dying in the corporate hive that I work at is enough to make my stomach turn. Nobody should have to die in a place where the last thing they see is coffee stained taupe carpets and walls. #death
Reply

Airvault promoted this comment TheExperience was starred TheExperience was unstarred

Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
btw... if you want to feel safe, hang out with me this week. A few days ago an off-duty cop slammed into us while we were just driving along, minding our own business. Now I have to haggle for months, I'm sure, while he lies his way out of a higher insurance premium. Then, this morning, sitting there at my favorite breakfast place, solving the world's problems with a pal o' mine, and who walks in and sits down next to us but two uniformed officers. This has never happened before. Oh, yeah... on the way to breakfast, I'm stopped at a red light and a motorcycle cop comes driving towards us, slows down and gives us a good long look before speeding off. This has never happened before. Oh... and just so we don't think this is just coincidence, or the "you just haven't noticed it before" phenomenon, a federal agent of some sort (they have the sticker in the window anyways) moved in right next door. #death
Reply

Kitten_Witawip
11/06/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Contanct internal affairs of you local police department. #death
Reply

Uncle_Billy_Slumming promoted this comment Kitten_Witawip was starred Kitten_Witawip was unstarred

Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/06/09

@Kitten_Witawip:

Thanks KW. I will if it looks like it's going to impact me record.

Unless you're talking about the restaurant police... that I don't mind since it confirms that I'm eating good food. (even if it doesn't) :) #death
Reply

scroll_lock
11/06/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: A smartly placed pre-emptive tasering from you should clear the decks. Word will get around and you'll be able to eat your bagel and schmear in peace again. #death
Reply

scroll_lock was starred scroll_lock was unstarred

goetz
11/06/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: This sounds like a really good story. #death
Reply

Uncle_Billy_Slumming promoted this comment goetz was starred goetz was unstarred

Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/06/09

@scroll_lock: hmmm... if they do the tasering, OTOH, the victim could justifiably yell: "Don't tase me, Big Bro!" #death
Reply

Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/06/09

@goetz: It only lacks fine detail. For the record, I had a fluffy belgian waffle with sweet, ripe, strawberries, passable eggs, and a two thin strips of bacon. (I won't be able to support the contention that the waffle was in fact belgian, however. The coffee was rich and fresh, and, you've noticed by now, a little too strong).

Sorry about cluttering up this thread... wasn't respectful. #death
Reply

Botswana Meat Commission FC
11/06/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming:
A few heavy-handed racial overtones and it could be "Crash 2." #death
Reply

shostakobitch
11/06/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: the Dream Police will come to you in your bed. #death
Reply

shostakobitch was starred shostakobitch was unstarred

Dave J.
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
OH GREAT the Haitian rapper just played the "race card"

man this building got 1800 people who work there but 4 blacks shots he must ot like black people his a engineer asshole #death
Reply

Dave J. was starred Dave J. was unstarred

Gregoire
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
According to this site, there is a Jason Rodriguez of Florida that donated money to the Barack Obama campaign. $366! (Almost the mark of the beast!)

Which clearly means there is one Jason Rodriguez in Florida and that he is a personal murder czar for B Hussein Obama:

[fundrace.huffingtonpost.com] #death
Reply

mattchew03 promoted this comment Gregoire was starred Gregoire was unstarred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
I will tell you that as someone who has had the authority to hire and fire people, I think about this kind of tragedy whenever I've had to let someone go, especially in desperate times. It's sad whenever you have to fire someone, no matter if the firing is deserved or because of budget cuts. It shouldn't be scary, too. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

BadUncle
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: The NRA's answer is that you should keep a concealed weapon on you, at all times. And master those quickdraw skills, pard'. Remember: peace of mind is only a gunfight away. #death
Reply

BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred

WFROSE
11/06/09

@BadUncle: because that worked on a military installation yesterday... #death
Reply

Uncle_Billy_Slumming promoted this comment WFROSE was starred WFROSE was unstarred

filthy tongue
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: I feel for you, as it sounds like you care and are in between a rock and a hard place. But the clinical way in which firing is done by many corporations these days (hiring an outside HR firm to deliver the news, not allowing employees a chance to say goodbye to coworkers before being escorted out of the building) makes it easy to see how an already stressed out person could become even angrier. I'm not saying that these circumstances justify mass murder, only that it's easy to see how a person could become alienated and angry. How they deal with those feelings is up to them. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment filthy tongue was starred filthy tongue was unstarred

Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/06/09

@WFROSE: People don't walk around with weapons on most military bases. at Ft. Hood, all personal firearms are registered and locked up. Other than that they can take out guns for the range or for maintenance. There's probably not a few soldiers today though walking around with pistols tucked into their waistbands.

Ft. Hood has a population of about 70,000 people and they attribute the very low crime rate, in large part, to the fact that they don't let people walk around with guns. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@BadUncle: Yes exactly. The next time someone shoots up a daycare center, the answer will obvs be that if those kids had guns, they could have defended themselves. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: Bad economies and joblessness and social stresses of every kind in every direction don't kill people -- guns do.

I hear you. Firing people sucks. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

@filthy tongue: Very kind of you. And yes, even the language of firing is cold and clinical: "reduce headcount," "RIF" (first time I head that, I thought "Are we going to be forming jazz combos?"), "termination." The coldness of the technocratic jargon makes it possible for the management doing the firing to forget that there are human beings involved. I guess they are just budgetary collateral damage. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Hey, I agree about guns. There is no earthly reason for any civilian to have a handgun, a semi-automatic rifle, nothing. And hunting is sheer barbarism.

Firing does indeed suck. But as I also know well, being fired sucks more. I could tell you stories... #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Brilliantly done! I also believe we should give animals rifles just to even up their odds against hunters. I used to have a button that said "Support the Right to Arm Bears." #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

BadUncle
11/06/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Really. You're never too young to pack heat. Fischer Price needs to put out My First Semi-Automatic. #death
Reply

BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred

aurora*raby
11/06/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I guess you didn't eat a hamburger at the Rod & Gun Club the last time you visited that neck of the woods. #death
Reply

aurora*raby was starred aurora*raby was unstarred

Scooter34
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: I fired a guy once who went off on me about "fucking women" as I was trying to explain. He was arrested two weeks later for attempted breaking and entering. He followed a girl home from the bar next to my worksite and she managed to get the door slammed in his face. When arrested, he was wearing nylons, a black skirt, and had a butcher's knife taped to the inside of his arm. I got out of management right after that. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment Scooter34 was starred Scooter34 was unstarred

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@BadUncle: My First AK-47 #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: I've seen a lot of deer the past few weeks; it's their season. I often stop to admire them. And I ask myself, what is the difference between people who take photo safaris and people who kill animals? I have concluded that it's pretty much the killing for fun and "sport" and the more I think about it, the more reprehensible I think it is. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@Scooter34: Holy crap that's scary. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

@Scooter34: Dear God, what a story. Years ago I worked for a company that laid off a man who had worked there for 25 years. He was a good guy, a real straight-arrow, and very old-fashioned, at least to my twenty-something eyes: he wore a starched white shirt, black necktie and a tie clip, and had close-cropped that would do a Marine proud. He was controlled, polite, formal. His wife of many years had recently died. And then he got laid off. Several months later, he drove to the George Washington Bridge, got onto the pedestrian ramp, climbed up on the cables, and threatened to jump. The police arrived, and they tried to negotiate with him as he hung on to the cables. One brave cop suddenly made a grab for him. My co-worker instantly pulled out a knife, stabbed himself, and fell into the Hudson. Of course he didn't survive.

I think of him every time I have to fire someone. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: I've been fired, laid off, acquired ... and I've hired people and let people go.

Spray painting things gold for the school fundraiser is almost as high pressure. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Early in my career, before I had hire-fire power, a management type told me that some people went out and got drunk before they had to fire someone. For some reason that surprised me at the time. Now I know what he meant. Again, however, I hasten to point out that all the sympathy should go to the fired person unless he is a totally evil incompetent. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: Exactly. Yes. #death
Reply

If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred

krismry
11/06/09

@TheBusinessGuy: Hunting is sheer barbarism? Really? Wildlife refuges, national parks, management of wild bird, deer and elk populations, the great land and habitat conservation movements started in the era of Gifford Pinchot, Teddy Roosevelt and other rich hunters make up a major part of the barbaric splendor of American wilderness today, if any. I think maybe you might mean that killing animals for sport is barbaric, but if you turn eyes toward the book "Eating Animals" and find out how "livestock" are raised and killed, you could see the true meaning of real torture, pain, fear and barbaric methods of slow death. Sorry to derail thread but couldn't let 'barbaric hunters' idea go
unchallenged. #death
Reply

krismry was starred krismry was unstarred

TheBusinessGuy
11/06/09

@krismry: Just because hunters did good things, however major, doesn't mean hunting itself isn't barbaric. And TR certainly killed for sport, even in the parks he helped create. Finally, the barbarism in the food industry again has nothing to do with whether or not hunting is barbaric. Both are awful. #death
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

CumaeanSibyl
11/06/09

@Scooter34: Hey, everybody, there's an earthly reason for civilians to own handguns if I ever heard one. #death
Reply

CumaeanSibyl was starred CumaeanSibyl was unstarred

goetz
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
This Haitian guy needs his own show. #death
Reply

Dave J. promoted this comment goetz was starred goetz was unstarred

Dave J.
11/06/09

@goetz: Wolf Blizter or Haitian rapper--who ya got? #death
Reply

Dave J. was starred Dave J. was unstarred

goetz
11/06/09

@Dave J.: This Wolf Blister guy sounds inTENSE! #death
Reply

goetz was starred goetz was unstarred

Dave J.
11/06/09

@goetz: Wolf Blizter is probably my new porn name. #death
Reply

Dave J. was starred Dave J. was unstarred

mattchew03
11/06/09

@Dave J.: I think they should do a show together. Haitian Fresh can narrate the broadcast and Wolf will watch him very closely. #death
Reply

mattchew03 was starred mattchew03 was unstarred

momof3wildkids
11/06/09

@goetz: I think he should be a guest editor or intern at Gawker.

I bet some of the stories the Rapping Haitian could tell would beat James Frey's. #death
Reply

momof3wildkids was starred momof3wildkids was unstarred

lalaland13
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
I can see a guy like this planning something like this for a while, and then yesterday happens and he gets mad at the Fort Hood shooter for "stealing his thunder." So he says fine I'll do it tomorrow! That'll teach em!

Or maybe he hadn't thought of it today. But I doubt it. #death
Reply

lalaland13 was starred lalaland13 was unstarred

Dave J.
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
This Haitian rapper's tweets make for some strangely compelling theater:

i ont trust white people this recession we n 4 floor they only clear 12 floor everyone yelling fuk my lawyer i dont see this quacxker no wh #death
Reply

Dave J. was starred Dave J. was unstarred

Botswana Meat Commission FC
11/06/09

@Dave J.: ya im good ya know haitian parents going krazy nigga keepin it kool at least they know who they looking for jason rodriguez he still loose

he still loose indeed! #death
Reply

Dave J.
11/06/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: I think at least half of his tweets are dealing with the shooting, the other half are complaining about the shooting preventing him from eating. Dude is hungry! #death
Reply

Dave J. was starred Dave J. was unstarred

goetz
11/06/09

@Dave J.: He's gonna eat that c? What is the c short for? Cheese? Cracker? Coffee cake? Cat food? CAT?! #death
Reply

ms_priestypants promoted this comment goetz was starred goetz was unstarred

ms_priestypants
11/06/09

@goetz: oh please don't let it be the cat. #death
Reply

ms_priestypants was starred ms_priestypants was unstarred

ms_priestypants
11/06/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: and so it ends:
"yaaaa they just sad they caught him his mom snitch on him now let me get the fukk outa here man i wanta punch rodrigues w bigass taco bitch" #death
Reply

ms_priestypants was starred ms_priestypants was unstarred

ms_priestypants
11/06/09

@Dave J.: it took me about eight of his tweets to realize he meant "cracker" when he wrote "quaker". Quakers with m16s what? #death
Reply

ms_priestypants was starred ms_priestypants was unstarred

thatgirlinnewyork
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
blame it on the mouse. can't always be bringin' the happy down there.
Reply

Edited by thatgirlinnewyork at 11/06/09 1:47 PM thatgirlinnewyork was starred

AzureTexan
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
At the risk of sounding flippant, I'm waiting for BookishLookish to pin this one on Texas, too. #death
Reply

Cicada promoted this comment AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

Cicada
11/06/09

@AzureTexan: ZOMG! Rodriguez is from Texas, how did you know?!?!?

Kidding. #death
Reply

Cicada was starred Cicada was unstarred

BookishLookish
11/06/09

@AzureTexan: Texas is the reason you lack a sense of humor. #death
Reply

BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred

BookishLookish
11/06/09

@Cicada: I expect better from you, hon. #death
Reply

BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred

Cicada
11/06/09

@BookishLookish: Oops, did I stumble into something? I was trying to make an innocent funny, honest. #death
Reply

Cicada was starred Cicada was unstarred

AzureTexan
11/06/09

@BookishLookish: Some things, like some people, simply aren't funny, though I'm sure you've heard that before. #death
Reply

AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

Cicada
11/06/09

@AzureTexan: Ah, I see. Yeah, I want no part of this. #death
Reply

Cicada was starred Cicada was unstarred

BookishLookish
11/06/09

@AzureTexan: Fail, toots. When you get over five hundred follower and a bright shiny star here on the ol' Gawk, then we'll talk. Now go off to one of your charming little 6th Street saloons and get drunk, buh-bye. #death
Reply

BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred

AzureTexan
11/06/09

@BookishLookish: Look. I don't know where you live, but I live in a cool place and have better things to do than engage in rhetorical shootouts with pompous windbags. I don't care who you are, and I don't care if I get banned. Take your star, your 500 followers and have a nice day.
Reply

Edited by AzureTexan at 11/06/09 4:27 PM AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

email4blogs
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
I notice that my comments never get published, guess they don't lean to the left enough. Oh well taking gawker off info list, eventuall it will disappear and go the way of valleywag.
Reply

i'm a bottle promoted this comment email4blogs was starred email4blogs was unstarred

i'm a bottle
11/06/09

@email4blogs: Maybe it's because of your lack of commas. #death
Reply

i'm a bottle was starred i'm a bottle was unstarred

Airvault
11/06/09

In reply to 1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
Call me crazy, but I'm setting the Hatian rapper's tweets to a beat in my head and it's not half bad. #death
Reply

Airvault was starred Airvault was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

SUBSCRIBE TO Gawker

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment