CountryWatchdogs by Committee

2010-09-11T21:00:00.002-04:00

--------CountryWatchdogs by Committee
-----------THIS WILL BE THE LAST BLOG !!!!!!!!
--I started the blog because it was removed from Countryside's speak-out.
The intention was for transparency of the board, for members to have a way to express their opinions, and let all members that go home know what was going on in our great community.

Some of those thing indeed happened, transparency ,
as the new President " Marcia Feeney" it happened, she changed the way things got done at Countryside.

Good things have happened, but I am most disappointed of members participation "The Blog " gets over 300 hits a day out of 1,133 members that's dam good. Problem being comment's
I could not post, not signing their names to reasonable comments made.
Members voice concerns all the time but do not take ownership or responsibility, they want someone else to voice the concern. --I am not being critical just disappointed.

--------The blog was for the members.
The Board works on policy and management on procedures.
-----So, if there is a concern about an employee the member should go to management.
Anytime, a member has a policy issue they should go to a Board member.
-----For all those who enjoyed it and participated in it. Thanks

-----------Don't forget
"MEMBERS FORUM" -- A GREAT PLACE TO BE HEARD
Web Master---John Flueckiger

I reserve the right to bring it back should things change to the way they were !
-------------Read post below ---

2010-09-11T20:51:00.000-04:00

Yes there are other patriots here at Countryside and I hope this message reaches them for their support,. I also hope it reaches the Board and the committee responsible for this change.

Please bring back our large AMERICAN FLAG as soon as possible. I am proud to be an American and can't tell you how great a feeling it was to turn down Davis Blvd. on our way into Countryside and see our large American Flag flying in all its glory. At night it was awesome to see it aglow in all its majesty.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all at Countryside. May this 21st year at Countryside be a banner year for all who dwell here.
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. Dennis Cummins, Country Hollow III

2010-09-10T14:50:00.000-04:00

More information about "Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps" (DFIRMs). You can call at 239-252-2942 with questions about DFIRMs................Carl Hicksthis websight might be helpful: http://www.gov/hazard/map/firm.shtm for the new flood plan.......

2010-09-10T12:22:00.002-04:00

I have dug into this proposed insurance change on flood insurance due to change next September 2011. Looks to me that FEMA is shoving it to us....You should contact your insurance brokers for more information...It,s still ongoing..Probably should get the State and County Reps invoved also.

After you check with them you might want to get an elevation certificate.....Carl Hicks

2010-09-07T13:58:00.000-04:00

JURY Duty Scam
DO NOT DELETE WITHOUT READING !
------------Pass this on to your grown children. This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.

The caller claims to be a jury DUTY coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo, your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado . This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system.

The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites , warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

And here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

Yep! It's true

Please make sure and pass this on!

2010-09-06T20:26:00.002-04:00

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government” --Thomas Jefferson “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” --Thomas Jefferson

2010-09-06T11:20:00.003-04:00

Lately comcast is removing channels from there programing. There is a failure in the reception and when it comes back on, we are a few channels less. Several have disappeared in the last week or so. We have to look else where for a provider. We have a year or 2 left on our present contract. So lets start now. R L

2010-09-06T11:18:00.003-04:00

There are plenty of year-round golf members who would like to play in club tournaments but are fed up with step-aside shamble, 10% handicap formats (a sandbaggers dream). Tinkering with the handicap system is a turn off for many of us. A team of 25 handicappers loses 90 strokes while a team of 10 handicappers lose 36. Where is the equity? Why do we bother establishing handicaps only to disregard them in tournaments?
I think the system, as conceived by USGA experts, should not be disregarded on the club level.
Our 4th of July tournament was canceled due to lack of interest and this Labor Day field is only about 60%.

2010-09-04T15:29:00.003-04:00

THIS

>IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

HOW

> LONG DO WE HAVE?

This is

> the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad thing

> about it? You can see it coming.

I have

> always heard about this democratic republic countdown. It is interesting

>to see it in print.. God help us, not that we deserve it.

How

> Long Do We Have?

About

> the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution

> in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University

> of Edinburgh, had

> this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years

> earlier:

'A

> democracy , or democratic republic, is always temporary in nature; it

>simply cannot exist as a permanent form

> of government.'

'A

> democratic republic will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover

> they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.'

'From

> that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise

>the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every

>democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is

>always followed by a dictatorship.'

'The

> average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history,

>has been about 200

> years'

'During

> those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following

>sequence:

1. From

> bondage to spiritual faith;

2. From

> spiritual faith to great courage;

3. From

> courage to liberty;

4. From

> liberty to abundance;

5. From

> abundance to complacency;

6. From

> complacency to apathy;

7. From

> apathy to dependence;

8. From

> dependence back into bondage'

Professor

> Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St.

> Paul, Minnesota points

> out some interesting facts concerning the 2000

> Presidential election:

Number

> of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29

Square

> miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000

Population

> of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143

> million

Murder

> rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2

> Republicans: 2.1

Professor

> Olson adds: 'In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican

> won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this

> great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens

>living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms

> of government welfare...'

> Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the 'complacency

>and apathy' phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with

>some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached

>the 'governmental dependency' phase.

If

> Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders

> - aka: illegal immigrants - and they vote, then we can say goodbye

>to the USA, as we know it, in fewer than five years.

If you

> are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.

If you

> are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how

>much is at stake,

knowing

> that apathy

> is the greatest danger to our freedom.

>WE

> LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE,

>ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE

2010-09-03T16:42:00.000-04:00

NEW STAMP - THE SECOND TRY

Apparently they think that putting hearts and butterflies on it will make most people not realize that the rest is Arabic and probably not something we want to support.

New Stamp - the second one!!!
USPS New 44-Cent Stamp Celebrates a Muslim holiday. If there is only ONE thing you forward today... let it be this!

President Obama has directed the United States Postal Service to REMEMBER and HONOR the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a new commemorative 44-Cent First Class Holiday Postage Stamp.

REMEMBER to adamantly & vocally BOYCOTT this stamp, when you are purchasing your stamps at the post office.

All you have to say is "No thank you, I do not want that Muslim Stamp on my letters!"

To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors. REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of Pan Am Flight 103!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon !

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Military Barracks in Saudi Arabia !

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa !

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on 9/11/2001 !

REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

2010-09-02T17:42:00.002-04:00

Shocked ? we were to gain room in the lounge it's smaller & tacky plywood ? painted are you kidding popcorn machine in the Atrium This is not the model I was looking at, if indeed the
G M was the project manager he has a lot to answer too. How much did this project cost the membership ?

2010-09-02T17:21:00.000-04:00

CBS RATE YOUR PRESIDENT:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6116297-503544.html?tag

2010-08-31T10:47:00.001-04:00

Carl,

All will say is if you have friends down there call them,
my opinion is when members come back they are in for a shock
we once had a classy lounge some one dropped the ball.
Just my view others may feel differently----- J H

2010-08-30T21:26:00.000-04:00

Last week received a notice from my insurance company

relating to flood insurance. A few days later my agent called.
She related floor, I refused.----- R.L.

2010-08-30T19:21:00.002-04:00

What's going on down there in Countryside? Is the sunken bar finished? How does it look? Is the back gate fixed yet ? Has there been anymore break ins? Does anyone know if the new code (flood plans) will effect our insurance premiums in Countryside? It would be good to know as soon as possible seeing that we start working on our yearly budgets around the end of September.......................................Carl Hicks

2010-08-27T20:05:00.000-04:00

TWO OF THE YEAR'S BEST COMEBACK RESPONSES

If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the police officer's credibility .....

Q: 'Officer --- did you see my client fleeing the scene?'
A: 'No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away.'

Q: 'Officer -- who provided this description?'
A: 'The officer who responded to the scene.'

Q: 'A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?'
A: 'Yes, sir. With my life.'

Q: 'With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?'
A: 'Yes sir, we do!'

Q: 'And do you have a locker in the room?'
A: 'Yes, sir, ... I do.'

Q: 'And do you have a lock on your locker?'
A: 'Yes, sir.'

Q: 'Now, ... why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?'

A: 'You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.'

The courtroom EXPLODED with laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's 'Best Comeback' line -- and we think he'll win.

Number 2:
Now We Know Why He Was a General -----

In an recent interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America.

His answer was classic Schwarzkopf.
-------The General said, "I believe that forgiving them is God's function .... OUR job is to arrange the meeting."

You got to love them both!

2010-08-27T14:18:00.000-04:00

RADIO ROAD ENTRANCE
Due to a lightning strike, the Radio Road entrance gates have been disabled. We are working on this issue, expecting a resolution by Monday August 30th. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

2010-08-26T11:33:00.000-04:00

Driving in the rain......This may save your life

GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR
How to achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour.
We are not sure why it is so effective; just try this method when it rains heavily. This method was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it. It is useful...even driving at night.

Most of the motorists would turn on H IGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield is still bad......

In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle! All of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.

Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by giving him this idea..

Try it yourself and share it with your friends! Amazing, you still see the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling.
You can see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too.

Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi or car in the rain. They ought to teach that little tip in driver's training. It really does work.

This warning is a good one! I wonder how many people know about this~ A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car. A resident of Kilgore , Texas she was traveling between Gladewater & Kilgore. It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!
When she explained to the highway patrolman what had happened he told her something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON . She thought she was being cautious by setting the crui se control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain. But the highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on when your car begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane. She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred.

The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat
sun-visor - NEVER USETHE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN
THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY,
along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry.

The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had a similar accident, totaled
his car and sustained severe injuries.

NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on. If you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn't know about this, then it was all worth it. You might have saved a life.

2010-08-24T10:39:00.001-04:00

http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

2010-08-24T10:36:00.001-04:00

A Must Read I almost didn't read this. Glad I did.

Way to go Congress…….I now have even a bigger respect for Arizona !

Born and Raised…this is so wrong!!!
My name is d'Lynn. I'm a disabled Vietnam vet. I don't look too bad for a beat-up old fart, do I? And that's my ride. She's looking pretty good also, especially when you consider that she'll turn twenty this summer. That's right, it's a 1990 with a 1990 sidecar. I can't ride a solo bike, ergo the sidecar rig. It's my sole means of transportation - rain or shine, snow or wind, and this summer also marks a milestone in both of our lives, as I will finally be able to pay her off. Twenty years old? What? Why did it take so long? You weren't paying attention, were you? It's right at the beginning of this paragraph.

I am a disabled vet, which means I receive a veterans administration disability pension, which also means "I'm broke!" Just one step ahead of being homeless every month, and that's not an idle statement or an "Oh, woe is me" dire complaint. There’s a point to this, so hang in there a minute or two and read on.

There's a 25-year-old illegal immigrant woman living in Florida , with eight kids. Yes, eight "anchor babies" and she receives just shy of $1,500 per month per kid, plus medical, plus food stamps.

Oh, wait. I've been informed that I shouldn't call them Food Stamps anymore. That's not PC. It's all called “Social Assistance” now. You do the math on that yourself. I'd say that she was schooled early in how to make it in the system. Twenty-five years old, eight kids . . . . . Yep, she started early.
You can whip out the calculator if you want, but this woman, who never has paid a dime in taxes of any kind, (and still doesn't – she's 'illegal,' remember?) is here in this country illegally. She hasn’t paid out one cent in medical for all the “anchor babies,” makes more in one month, legally, than I receive in over a year and a half in disability payments and I can't even get food stamps! Oops, I mean “Social Assistance.”

Technically I am eligible for “Social Assistance.” I was told it would be a walk through – a gimme – being disabled. No problem, and in the very next breath I was also informed that under the law the amount I received in “Social Assistance” would be deducted from my disability pension.

Let's say I take a great photograph. It was just luck, a one of a kind accident, in the right place at the right time shot. My local newspaper offers me fifty bucks to use the photo in a featured story. (I live in a small town and fifty bucks is all they could afford.) I have to report that fifty dollars to the VA as earned income, which will immediately be deducted from my next month’s disability check. If I don't report it I’m in violation of federal law and technically they can stop my disability pension and prosecute me under a federal felony. Pretty cool, eh? For fifty bucks.

I see no point in dealing with two federal bureaucracies, so I don't bother. What's the point?
She's here illegally and with just one kid would make over twice what I receive per month. She has eight and she’s not a stand-out case. She’s not alone. That's the way the system works. Millions of illegal immigrants know this, know how the system works and know how to use it. (Haven't you seen the pamphlet? It's handed out all along our borders, "The Illegal Immigrants' Guide to Keeping America Just The Way It Is.") and that's just the way it works.

Did you know that the federal government provides a “refugee” in this country with a monthly “stipend” of $1,890, plus $580 a month in “Social Assistance?” That’s $2,470 a month, tax-free. That's two and a half times what I’m allowed to receive as a disabled vet. And just what did they do to earn this? All you have to do is show up on our collective doorstep, raise your right hand and swear that you're a refugee and, bingo, receive $30,000 a year, tax-free. That's more than someone making $15 an hour, and they have to pay taxes to boot!

Now, in defense of the Veterans Administration, they are doing what they can with what they've got. This is precious little compared to what they should have to get the job done. At least this country has a VA.

It's the Senate that keeps passing laws, rules and guidelines, cutting their budget, denying requests for more staff and computer systems to handle the massive work flow. Their hands are tied by the very government that's supposed to give them what they need to get the job done, by the government you voted into office. Don't scream at the VA. I have. It's misguided anger.
The point to this “story?” Just why are you paying such high taxes to support this incredibly screwed-up government? Why? And I’m not proposing you stop paying your taxes. That's wrong. There are good programs and reasons to pay your taxes and support our government.

What am I proposing? It's quite simple. Vote.
The government, our government, is broken and we as the voters serve as the maintenance crew. We fix it . . . . . by voting. If your state Senator has been in office more than two terms, vote 'em out at the next election. If your state representative has been in office more than two terms, vote 'em out of office. We put term limits on just about every publicly-elected official in the country except the House and Senate.

Why? Believe me, they know this and love it! Ahhh - the power!
I don't care how much you believe your Senator or Representative is doing a good job. They're not! Look at the government you have....that we have. How can you state they are doing what you want as the voter that put them there? How?

Vote them out of office. Do it.
Change the course of this country's history by what you are granted and guaranteed under the law. Vote! And if you have the guts, the anger, the outrage, start a petition in your state for a state-wide initiative to be placed on your next state ballot. Limiting the terms of office for your state senators and state representatives to your federal government to two terms.
The federal government will never pass such a law, but you can. You can get it done. You can force it. You can make it a law.

This is the first step in “getting it right.” Just vote. It's simple. It's easy, dammit!

This first step will send a very clear message. It’ll work. It’ill put “us” back in control of “them.” As it should be. As it was intended in the first place.
Are you an American? Born and raised? Then vote!

Side note: I sent this e-mail to a little over one hundred on my e-mail list. If you believe I’m wrong or misguided or you simply don't agree, that's fine. Go right ahead and delete this e-mail. No problem. Sorry to have bothered you. But if you think I just might have a worthwhile idea, something we can easily accomplish, something that could be a small part at getting this country back under “our” control, then please pass this along.

2010-08-23T17:48:00.001-04:00

Members absent from Naples may not have had an opportunity to catch up with the flurry of commentary in the press concerning the above, whereby residents of Golden Gate appear to have been impacted more than others by the new dispositions. Regardless however it behooves us all to be acquainted with the measure to be certain that any changes implemented do not impact adversely our community at Countryside. A copy of Brent Batten’s commentary “Maps spur flood of questions” published in the Naples Daily News on August 22nd. Is attached for reference.

Flood zone categories have changed and it is possible that buildings rated/ zoned in years gone by have experienced a fresh rating due to new data available. I have not made any comparisons. However a quick analysis of Countryside based on the new data indicates the following.
1. Single Family Homes: X - YELLOW - a low risk flood zone

2. Countryside Condos:
1, 4 & 5 are X - YELLOW - in a low risk flood zone
2 & 3 are PURPLE - a limited risk flood zone

3. Countryside Verandas:

1 is PURPLE - a limited risk flood zone
2 has PURPLE & ORANGE - a survey is recommended for the Orange - it is AH flood zone.
3 & 4 have buildings in YELLOW - PURPLE AND ORANGE - survey recommended.

4. Country Haven Condos:
1 is ORANGE - AH - an elevation survey recommended.
2. is PURPLE - X500 - survey probably not necessary.
3 & 4 .are ORANGE - AH - survey recommended.
5 has PURPLE & ORANGE - survey recommended

5. Country Glen Condos:

1 is PURPLE - X500 - survey probably not necessary.
2, 3 & 4 are ORANGE - survey recommended.
6. Country Manor Condos
1,2,3,4 & 8 are PURPLE - survey probably not necessary – limited risk zone.
5,6,& 7 are YELLOW - in a low risk flood zone.

7. Country Hollow Verandas:
1 ORANGE & PURPLE - Survey recommended for the ORANGE.
2 PURPLE - X500 - Survey probably not necessary – limited risk zone.
3 ORANGE & PURPLE - Survey recommended for the ORANGE.

Those of you who may like to explore the matter further could use the following link to access data.
http://maps.colliergov.net/websites/dfirms/femaprelimdfirmviewer.html
.
The surveys are recommended to secure an ELEVATION CERTIFICATE to confirm or otherwise dispute the elevation defined on the FEMA document. Some readings may be borderline and an adverse elevation could impact insurance, as also a banks willingness to extend a mortgage to potential buyers of property in the buildings.

Responsibility for certification measures lies with the individual associations thus you may wish to give this matter some thought in advance of the October Presidents Council meeting, at which the item will be on the agenda for discussion. Should surveys become necessary it would seem logical that a system be developed for the work be farmed out to one entity that could take care of the requirements of the entire community rather than have several different companies on the job. Cost would be lower also!

2010-08-23T17:30:00.001-04:00

TRUE................. USA - YA RIGHT!!
We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans,
Homeless etc.,?????????
In the last month we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey ..

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income'
receive no aid or get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour Hundreds of Millions of $$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries!
We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to
make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.

USA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children
going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc,etc.
YET...................
They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water,
tents clothes, bedding, and medical supplies.
Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US'
the same support they give to other countries. ---------- Sad isn't it?

2010-08-22T21:08:00.002-04:00

President Obama kept his promise and is pulling all the Combat troops out of Iraq. Seven years and several months since President Bush invaded Iraq, Over 4300 of our troops killed in action, around 25 thousand severely wounded, not to mention the thousand that have Post Traumatic Stress. Over a" Trillion" spent on this war. Iraq doesn't even have a Government. What did we accomplish by going to war in Iraq?

I remember seeing those planes crash into the Twin Towers in New York. I remember shortly after the terrorist attack, Bin Laudin taking credit for such a cowardly act. I thought this government would go the end of the earth to bring this pig to justice. Almost nine years since and he's still not been captured. For seven months after the attacks we were hot on Bin Laudin's trail in Afghanistan, then we made Iraq our number one priority loosening the effort to get Bin Laudin.

Don't get me wrong, I think President Obama has made some mistakes, but when he does good, like keeping his promise to pull out of Iraq, he should be commended.

If he thinks that a mosque should be erected near ground zero, he absolutely wrong.

Your thoughts----Carl Hicks

2010-08-22T10:06:00.001-04:00

APPARENTLY, THOMAS JEFFERSON FORESAW EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY!!!!!!!!!

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement:
"This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to
gather at one time in the White House with the exception of
when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .---Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
---------It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. -------Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. ---Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. -----Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. --------Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ---Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation,then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property -until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
I WISH WE COULD GET THIS OUT TO EVERYONE!!!
I've done my part!

2010-08-22T10:01:00.001-04:00

Food for thought! REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER !

---------Just a little incentive to show up at the polls....every time!
More significant evidence to throw out the incumbents in November 2010! In case you haven't figured out what's happening, here's a wrap-up of the program.
Overwhelm The System Wayne Allyn Root

Barrack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing.

He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.

Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University , class of '83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward and Piven, two professors at Columbia University .
They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted
on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no
responsibility to pay for it.

-- Universal health care. The health care bill had very little
to do with health care. Â It had everything to do with unionizing
millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding
15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

-- Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to
do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global
warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income,
government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kickback hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama spread the wealth around."
----- Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state?
Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama's plan all along.

His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

-- Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12
million potential new citizens free health care alone could
overwhelm the system and bankrupt America . But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

-- Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went
to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions --
including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government
employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America . The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

-- Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government.
--------Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.
With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created
a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.
------------Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama using the Cloward and Piven Plan.------Wayne Allyn Root

2010-08-21T18:22:00.000-04:00

Viet Nam virtual wall
http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

2010-08-21T17:02:00.000-04:00

State of golf not pretty:
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2010/08/21/us_golf_clubs_in_the_rough_as_members_drop_away/?page=1

2010-08-21T12:43:00.001-04:00

County Pulls Maneuver to Permit
Taxation on Countryisde's Residents
Without Their Representation
..More on the Radio Rd. MSTU

The scope of the original County Ordinance (No. 86-84) was to provide landscaping of the median on Radio Rd. between Airport Pulling and Santa Barbara Blvd. Before the Ordinance was created, all the property taxing units within the boundaries of the Radio Rd. MSTU were asked for their approval. This included the residents of Countryside, Embassy Wood/Glen Eagle, Fox Fire, Berkshire Lakes, Briarwood, and several of the manufactureredMSTU and create the ordinance..

The County transportation officials and the County Commissioners had to approve the Board of Directors for the Radio Rd. MSTU. Those approved for the Board represented Windjammer, Berkshire Lakes, and Briarwood. Those approved for the MSTU taxing unit in Countryside, Fox Fire, and Glen Eagle communities were not represented on the Radio Rd. MSTU Board of Directors. Two years ago, Countryside resident, John Weber, applied as a private concerned citizen and was accepted on the Radio Road MSTU Board.

HOWEVER, IN 2002, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED ORDINANCE 2002-59 WHICH EXPANDED THE RADIO ROAD MSTU TO INCLUDE DEVONSHIRE BLVD. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED ONLY BY THE RADIO ROAD MSTU BOARD MEMBERS. THE RADIO ROAD MSTU BOARD DID NOT REPRESENT THREE OF THE LARGEST PROPERTY TAXING UNITS IN THE MSTU. THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO SURVEY THE RADIO ROAD MSTU PROPERTY TAXPAYERS FOR THEIR APPROVAL OF EXPANDING THE ORIGINAL MSTU OR EVEN NOTIFY THESE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE EXPANSION. THIS IS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

I BELIEVE COUNTRYSIDE, GLEN EAGLE, AND FOX FIRE COMMUNITIES HAVE A CASE TO PUT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO REQUEST RESCINDING THE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2002-59. HOWEVER, WE THE PROPERTY TAXPAYERS ON THE RADIO ROAD MSTU NEED TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR RESCINDING THIS ORDINANCE TO OUR MASTER BOARD DIRECTORS.

I recommend you drive down Devonshire Blvd. and see if you believe, as I do, that this roadway that now has curbing, lighting, grass, irrigation, shubbery, and trees looks fine as it is. The Radio Road MSTU Board is planning to redo the curbing, re-do the landscaping to bring it from a level "C" to "A" to match the current median on Radio Road using our future special assessment tax dollars.-------Marlene Sherman

2010-08-21T11:42:00.001-04:00

BREAK-IN ALERT ! ! ! !
NOT ONLY WERE CAR AND GARAGES BROKEN INTO
I'M TOLD A HOUSE WAS AND THEY TOOK THE CAR,
A GPS WAS STOLEN FROM A CAR. THESE ARE ONLY THE ONE'S THAT ARE KNOWN !!! IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS DOWN THERE YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY ASK THEM TO CHECK YOUR PROPERTY. IF YOU DON'T PERHAPS YOU CAN CALL THE OFFICE AND HAVE THEM CHECK YOUR PLACE.
GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS

2010-08-20T11:37:00.000-04:00

Great job Marlene. Thanks for your hard work.

2010-08-20T11:32:00.001-04:00

Censored Protest at Ground Zero

Stop the Mosque at Ground ZeroPart II
June 16, 2010, New York , N.Y. , - by El Marco
Americans Stand Up Against Radical

Islam in New York - We Will Not Submit!
Not one major network sent a satellite truck or camera crew to this event. Without bloggers this newsworthy event would have remained unknown to the public and history On Sunday, June 6th, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of Americans opposed to Islamic violence and intolerance rallied at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City . 9/11 families were joined by immigrants from India, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Africa, Iran and Europe to show opposition to the construction of a mega-mosque at Ground Zero. Others flew in from overseas to speak or just to share their particular ethnic communities' experiences at the hands of Muslims.

These are parents and spouses of firefighters killed on 9/11. The rally took place just a minute's walk from Ladder 10 Firehouse, where their loved ones were stationed for duty that terrible day. Ladder 10 lost seven firefighters.

Crowd estimates ranged from 5,000 (NYPD) to 10,000. The crowd overflowed the police barrier enclosures that ran the full length of two city blocks. This photo shows the enclosure in front of the stage at the intersection of Liberty and Church Streets. The second enclosure ran the length of the next block and can be seen on the other side of the traffic lights.
Thousands of additional participants filled the treed area of Zuccotti Park . Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller are the founders of STOP ISLAMIZATION OF AMERICA, which sponsored the rally. Ms. Geller is a citizen journalist and blogger who runs the human rights web site Atlas Shrugs.
Mr. Spencer is the author of several books on Islam and head of the
influential web site Jihad watch. Pamela Geller:
"Ground Zero is a war memorial, Ground Zero is a burial ground. We are asking for sensitivity. It

is unconscionable to build a shrine to the very ideology that inspired the jihadist attacks at Ground Zero, right there. We are asking the imam Rauf and Daisy Khan to be sensitive. For mutual respect and mutual understanding that is demanded of us every day.
There's a hair-trigger sensitivity in the Muslim world, you can't run the cartoons, you can't say Mohammed, this is offensive. This is an offensive mosque. To build a shrine, an Islamic flag of conquest on the sacred ground the cherished site, of a conquered land. This is historic, this is Islamic history. It's
what they do. The St. Sofia in Turkey , the al-Quds, at the holiest Jewish site in Israel . Not here. This is where we take a stand. We must take a stand. We must say no."I do not believe that the landmarks commission controlled by Mayor Bloomberg, is going to stop this mosque. It's not going to happen. Here's Omar Muhamedi, on his human rights council, a CAIR lawyer, who sued the airlines and the Jane and John Does that saw something and said something on those airplanes, if you remember. That's who's on his human rights commission. It ain't gonna happen with Bloomberg. We have to make it happen. You have to get involved." (Pamela Geller)
Police enclosure on left, with crowd flowing out of park on right. The new Tower 7 and World Trade Center site are in the background. The green tent, center, is located immediately behind the stage.
Port Authority and NYP officers kept watch over the rally and were well aware of the need for heightened security at this event. One of their own Port Authority
officers, WTC Sergeant Alan T. De Vona was on duty at the World Trade Center on 9/11, 2001, and was one of the first to help victims of the terrorist attack. He spoke these words to the SIOA rally:
"It's almost nine years.
I'm hoping that America is watching. I'm hoping that America is remembering. Because, make no mistake. September 11 was an act of war. And thank the military that has lost almost 5,000 troops from that day, defending us. I don't know what to say to jar America 's memory. I want America to remember.

Port Authority Police and FDNY firefighters are seen here gathered beneath this banner.
The issues at stake will certainly affect the heart of American freedom, democracy, cultural values and tolerance. America is a tolerant country that allows for the free worship of all its citizens. But our tolerance has limits. Do we have to tolerate intolerant Islamic ideology and Muslims who preach intolerant Islam?"
Hindu human rights activists Narain Kataria, Prasad Yalamanchi and unidentified friend came from Mississippi and Chicago with banners and flyers highlighting the radical statements of imam Rauf and his jihadist roots.
Stephen Dyer and Gary Jules journalism students at York College, with Pamela Geller. Not one major network sent a satellite truck or camera crew to this event. Without bloggers this newsworthy event would have remained unknown to the public and history.
Pamela Geller is greeted by Hindu human rights activists Prasad Yalamanchi and Narain Kataria.
Bhupinder Singh Bhurji, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer. Singh Bhurji is the president of the NAMDHARI SIKH FOUNDATION. The foundation is a member of the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI). HRCARI is a coalition of Hindus, Sikhs, Christians from Sudan, Egypt and Iraq, moderate Muslims and Jews - who are victims and targets of radical Islam around the globe. He said, at another rally:
"Radical Islamists are killing people in India , trying to dominate that nation. And here too they come with violence against "infidels." We are "infidels united," standing together, brown, black and white, against this
epoch's fascist movement. Radical Islam wants to dominate entire
world. They want everyone to surrender. Islam radical or otherwise. They want to put the Islamic flag on White House."

Because of Islamic terrorism, America and the world have seen massive new security measures become a way of life. Anyone openly critical of Islam, or terrorist ideology, must surround themselves with security, or live in hiding. Those courageous enough to confront Islamism are criticized by the cowards and appeasers of the left who seek safety by supporting the enemy. Moderate Muslims were silent when Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered in Amsterdam ,just as moderate Muslims in the United States are generally reluctant to speak out against violent Islam. Moderate Muslims also face great danger in speaking out. Geller and Spencer will press on despite the danger.
They hope to inspire Americans to stand up and say enough of political correctness and work to stem the galloping islamization of America and Europe .
Have you seen anything about this story on the evening news?
Of course you haven't! So please forward this email to all those
you know who feel the way you and I do about this country . . .
Thank you!

2010-08-19T17:34:00.002-04:00

MUST READ :
Marlene Sherman IS ALL OVER THIS, SHE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING IT FOR YEARS WE PAY FOR THE MEDIAN
STRIP ON RADIO RD. THIS IS ON YOUR TAX BILL YOU JUST RECEIVED OR WILL SO READ CAREFULLY. MSTU stands for Municipal Service Taxing Unit. This is where a community, or a group of communities, can ask the County for median landscaping to be financed by their property taxes. Countryside signed on to the Radio Road project some 13 years ago along with Fox Fire, Glen Eagle, Berkshire Lakes, Briarwood, and several of the manufactured home communities. The County officials must approve of the citizens in the contributing communities that are placed on the MSTU Board of Directors. The MSTU Board of Directors are then advised by County officials on how to improve the medians within the MSTU scope and what planting they can choose. The original scope of the Radio Road MSTU was for median improvement on Radio Rd. from Airport Pulling to Santa Barbara Blvd. An MSTU Board of Directors has no oversight by either the County officials or the citizens whose property taxes support the MSTU. The County officials do whatever work is requested by the MSTU Board. The Radio Road Board of Directors are made up of the following members: Chairman Dale Lewis from Windjammer Community, Bill Jaeger -Windjammer, Helen Carella-Briarwood, Betty Schudel-Berkshire Lakes, and John Weber -Countryside. John Weber petitioned the County Commissioners and the County DOT to be on this Board a little over 2 years ago. To my knowledge, John is not working under the guidance of Countryside's Master Board or our Club Manager. Also note, that Countryside was not represented on this MSTU until John Weber, a good caring citizen applied. The communities of Fox Fire and Glen Eagle are also not represented on the Radio Rd. MSTU..

I believe an illegal action was taken by the Radio Road MSTU, before John Weber became a member. This act was to agree to include Devonshire Blvd in the Radio Rd. MSTU. The reason that I believe this was an illegal act is that the original Radio Rd MSTU was voted on by the members of the communities whose taxes now support the MSTU. The voters had to have a 60 percent agreement before the project MSTU could be formed.

I believe The expansion of the original MSTU should have also been put to a vote by the supporting communities.

The plans for Devonshire Blvd. are to re-do curbing and put in all new trees and shubbery. The plan is for Devonshire Blvd to look like Radio Rd does now. Take a drive down Devonshire and you will agree that it looks fine as it stands. Another thing, the MSTU Board agreed to take on Devonshire (was told this request came from Commissioner Henning) knowing that the maintenance would continue indefinitely. Radio Rd. does have an agreement with the County that the County will take over the maintenance of Radio Rd. once the plantings are completed. I know of no other road in Collier County that has taken over a decade to complete its landscaping. I think the Radio Rd. landscaping is beautiful - but it is also over-kill. The MSTU Board re-did the landscaping and curbing on Radio Rd. taking it from a category "C" to a category "A". At the last meeting of the Radio Rd. MSTU, the chairman requested the County redo the mulching on Radio Rd. He said the mulch was put down only 1-1/2 deep and it should be 3 inches deep. He then requested that the County get labor into pull out the weeds in the median strip. The chairman authorized an overall 15 percent hike in the maintenance contracts which go through to 2012.

Countryside, Glen Eagle and Fox Fire should get together and petition the County Commissioners to provide some type of oversight on the Radio Rd. MSTU and to rescind the inclusion of Devonshire Blvd. until a vote can be taken by all the members of all the communities that support the Radio Rd. MSTU on whether they want to expand the scope of the original MSTU.

Marlene Sherman

2010-08-19T13:41:00.002-04:00

I've heard that we will now need to use our ID cards to enter through the walking gates and the fitness center. Apparently people from Berkshire have been walking in to use our driving range. I got this from the rumor-mill so don't know how accurate this is.

2010-08-19T09:37:00.000-04:00

Mr. Hicks: You are absolutely right, the gates were put there to stop the flow of traffic. If someone wants to gain entrance to countryside, all they have to do is walk in behind a vehicle coming through the gate. I walk a lot and I never knew the code for the walking gate as I always followed a vehicle coming through. If you took a walk through Foxfire, you will notice that there is no lock on their walking gate and that is the way to go.
---------If someone wants total security from the outside world, they should find a community with high walls around it.
Mr. Hicks I like your articles you seem to be a person that knows what he is talking about.
Pasqual

2010-08-17T20:00:00.000-04:00

Actually the walking gates do not have a lock -- the mechanism is out at the moment. Burglars don't have to climb walls -- they can walk right in. I recall in the early 90's this happened too where they broke into garages and cars.

2010-08-17T16:14:00.002-04:00

On the subject of "break ins and thefts in Countryside" We all should keep our doors and car doors locked. As far as the perimeter of Countryside, well, there is no fence where Glenn Eagle abuts up to Countryside, and that's almost all of Countryside Drive. If you make a wall 8 or 9 feet tall, all you would have to do is have a ladder to get over it very easily. You could wade through the water around the back gate entrance to gain access. You could follow the power lines on Davis Blvd to get around the front gates to gain access. As I recall, the gates were mainly put in to stop the go through traffic from Davis to Radio RD., especially people coming from Falling Waters, which is across the front entrance from Countryside, More motion lights near the wall would be another way to go. Don't be fooled, short of hiring guards to patrol the perimeter, your not going to stop a thief from gaining access.................Carl Hicks

2010-08-16T19:05:00.000-04:00

Bloomberg: A " Sad Day" If Mosque Opponents Win
Bloomberg you are an embarrassment to all American citizens not just New Yorker's.

I know of no one that supports this but you and the President
not to worry your sorry --- will be gone next election.
Proud to be a New Yorker, not proud of the present Mayor !!!

2010-08-16T14:35:00.000-04:00

I agree webmaster can't do everything for this to be effective members must contribute.Just look at all the transparency the has come about since Fleckiger started the blog.
another grateful member

2010-08-16T14:29:00.002-04:00

Please, once again , do not assume the reason that the bar is not open is because they are waitiing for the snowbirds to return. :Perhaps it might look ready for reopening but I bet you they are waiting for equipment or something to be delivered. If information is not available on the blog, then call or email the GM. His door is always open. Countryside is a wonderful community to live in. Let's all be good neighbors. Ann Marie

2010-08-16T11:01:00.001-04:00

Country Glen security what a joke, when they put up the wall the board was advised of the problems there . They put in bushes "bushes" oh yes that was the answer now we have garages being broken into verandas ? houses ? condo ? I know the cart barn was broken into last year and tore up the golf course did you? This summer there was a golf cart being driven onto greens, on the driving range, allegedly, did you know that ? of course not if your a snow bird. I know the blog was created to keep members abreast of the goings on at Countryside , but all I see is political stuff.
Can't blame webmaster he is not there full time, too bad the people that are there don't take the time to report the goings on.
When I read about the break-ins my first thought was this was brought up at board meetings the Country Glen people must feel vindicated with there strong concern about having their investment protected like everyone else now maybe they will do something about it. Thanks for the blog but please find someone down there to keep us informed.

2010-08-16T10:24:00.000-04:00

Does anyone have any idea when the lounge will reopen?

It looks as if the work has been done for weeks. What are we waiting for the snow birds to return ?

2010-08-15T21:39:00.002-04:00

Subject: Breakins in Countryside

I just got a call from a Countryside resident who reported that someone broke into several cars in garages in the Verandas/Hollows area Saturday night. So far no one has reported anything of value taken. It was also reported that someone was seen climbing over the chain link fence in the Country Glen area Saturday night about 3 AM. The police were called about the breakins. However, there unfortunately, is nothing that can be done unless something of value is stolen. The members will be making sure their garage doors are locked from now on. Of course the club could replace the 6 foot chain link fence at Country Glen with a 9 foot fence with barbed wire on top like the one that the county installed around the EOC in Lely, per the Safety Committee recommendation about 2 years ago. I am not sure this was the method of ingress for the folks that broke into the cars, but it might help.

2010-08-15T21:36:00.002-04:00

I just listened to the Steve Wynn tape.. I wonder if his entire decision moving some of his business's to China has anything to do with the CHEAP LABOR FORCE they have in China and oh yes, they treat the workers in China so well.

2010-08-15T17:16:00.000-04:00

Dear President Obama,----(poster 2009 if you missed it )

I read of your administrations plan to re-define September 11th as a National Service Day. Sir, it's time we had a talk.

During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition. We noticed.

During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states. We noticed.

Every time you apologized to other countries for America's position on an issue, we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great country. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us. We noticed.

When your pastor of 20 years damned America and said that 9/11 was "America's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be. When you later disassociated yourself from that church and pastor because it was politically expedient to do so, we noticed.

When you announced that you would transform America, we wondered why.

With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth. Sir, if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now. Prior to your election to the highest office in this country, you were a senator from Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a remarkable one. We noticed.

All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions to which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special affection or respect for this country and her traditions. We noticed.

You are seven months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation. We noticed.
------------We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled "un-American," and "racist." We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated. We noticed.

----------On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans. And we noticed.

There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation even more. In seven months you have done more to destroy this nation than anyone since 9/11. You have failed us. We noticed.
---------September 11th is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day." While we know that you may not share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is...a disgrace.
--------When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office. You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.

We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you.
Faye Parrish is a concerned American citizen

2010-08-15T15:04:00.000-04:00

A Must read
This is good info. We did not know that you should not lie down while waiting for the EMT
Heart attack info NEW ASPIRIN/ Serious stuff, no joke!!

Just a reminder to all: purchase a box, keep one in your car, pocketbook, wallet, bedside, etc.
IMPORTANT READ......
Something that we can do to help ourselves. Nice to know.
Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.

Why keep aspirin by your bedside?
About Heart Attacks
There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.. The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
-----------If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.

Afterwards: ----CALL 911
- say "heart attack!"
- say that you have taken 2 aspirins..
- phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by
- take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and...DO NOT lie down
A Cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life can be saved!

I have already shared the information- - What about you?
Do forward this message; it may save lives!

2010-08-15T14:57:00.000-04:00

Subject: Wrong Court Ruled on AZ Immig. Law!!

In a stunning development that could potentially send the nation into a Constitutional crisis, an astute attorney who is well-versed in Constitutional law states that the ruling against the state of Arizona by Judge Susan Bolton concerning its new immigration law is illegal.
(Daniel Bayer/CBS News via Getty Images). The inept U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder.
---------The attorney in question submitted her assertion in a special article in the Canada Free Press. Her argument states in part,
-------"Does anyone read the U.S. Constitution these days? American lawyers don’t read it. Federal Judge Susan R. Bolton apparently has never read it. Same goes for our illustrious Attorney General Eric Holder. But this lawyer has read it and she is going to show you something in Our Constitution which is as plain as the nose on your face.

"Article III, Sec. 2, clause 2 says:
"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction."

In other words, the Judge in the Arizona case has absolutely no Constitutional jurisdiction over the matter upon which she ruled. As the Constitution makes abundantly clear, only the U.S. Supreme Court can issue rulings that involve a state.

This means that neither Judge Bolton nor the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco , to which the case is being appealed, have any legal standing whatsoever to rule on the issue.

Thus, U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder filed the federal government's lawsuit against the state of Arizona in a court that has no authority to hear the case.

The attorney whose heads-up thinking concerning the Constitution provides the legal remedy for dealing with this blatant disregard for Constitutional law in the article at Canada Free Press, which can be accessed at the link above.

In a related development, another explosive discovery was made by those who actually take the Constitution seriously. The Constitution specifically allows an individual state to wage war against a neighboring country in the event of an invasion, should there be a dangerous delay or inaction on the part of the federal government. This information was cited by United Patriots of America.

From Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution, we find these words: "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."

No one who is actually familiar with the crisis at the southern border can deny that Arizona is endangered by the relentless assault of lawless Mexican invaders who ignore our laws, inundate our schools and medical facilities with unpaid bills, and even endanger the very lives of citizens with criminal drug cartels that engage in kidnapping, murder, human trafficking, and other mayhem, including aiming missile and grenade launchers directly at U.S. border cities from just across the Mexican border.

This is every bit as much of an invasion as the nation of Iran sending in a fleet of warships to the Port of Charleston .
The Constitution that forms the basis of the rule of law in this country says that Arizona has legal right to protect itself in the case of inaction or delay on the part of the federal government, including waging war in its self-defense.

This, when coupled with the clear Constitutional mandate that only the Supreme Court hear cases involving the states, should be ample legal basis for attorneys representing Arizona to go after the federal government with a vengeance.

Governor Jan Brewer and the stalwart members of the Arizona legislature have ample legal reason to stand firm against the illegal bullying of an arrogant, lawless federal government.

Be sure to catch my blog at The Liberty Sphere.

2010-08-14T17:25:00.000-04:00

Hi John, Carl, the number for Bill z is 203-316-9188. I believe ,John, you may have put 230 in as the area code instead of 203. Let it ring as he is a bit slow in answering the phone. If you could correct and send this number to the others you so graciously sent it to, I would appreciate it. I know Bill will be happy to hear from everyone. He has a cell phone as well, 203 807-6864; however, he prefers to use his house phone.

2010-08-14T17:10:00.001-04:00

SORRY FOLKS BILL ZACK'S # IS------ 1-203-316-9188

2010-08-13T15:50:00.003-04:00

A long time member of Countryside's family Bill Zackanino:
Bill became ill and his son came down to take him back to Connecticut.
--------Bill Zack as he is known could use a little pick me up so please take the time to give him a call just to say hi, I know it would mean the world to him. 1-203-316-9188
---------Bill I believe is an original owner has served on many committees at Countryside, Bill is a great man, a giver of his time whenever needed.
When they coined the phrase "salt of the earth" they were speaking of people like him.
I personally am honored to know and respect him.

Bill get well soon without you there Country Glen would not be the same your friends---John & Betty Flueckiger
Please give a call:------1-203-316-9188

2010-08-12T15:31:00.000-04:00

Below is a short interview with Steve Wynn. Some of you know of him. He's a Multi Billionaire, Hotelier and Real Estate Investor in

Las Vegas, Asia and Macau. He's been a guest from time to time on all the network financial news programs

If you listen to this recent CNBC interview (short & to the point) and nothing else today, you will be better informed than your neighbor about the state of the union.
I would suggest sharing this with your children so they know what to expect once they're faced with the results.
http://www.infowars.com/steve-wynn-takes-on-washington/ click below
Steve Wynn Takes On Washington
It was only 2 hours after Steve Wynn's interview that he received a invitation from the tenants at
1600 Pennsylvania blvd,Washington ,DC. 20500 wanting him to explain in person why he said what he said !

2010-08-12T15:22:00.000-04:00

On July 28, 2010 a letter was sent to all members signifying the Countryside Master Association annual dues for fiscal 2010-11 Social members would be $2,160, and $3,580 for Golf members. The letter additionally states these "Annual assessments are due October 1, 2010." On July 31, 2010, and within the July billing statement, the 2010-11 annual dues have been billed to all member accounts. Please note, the billing of the annual dues within the month of July is not an arbitrary date. Rather, this date is the last possible period to bill members, and comply with Article VII, Section 2, Paragraph (C)(2) of your Countryside Master Association by-laws which state:
"Send written notice of each assessment to every Owner subject thereto at least thirty (30) days in advance of each annual assessment period."
This paragraph was reviewed by the Association's attorney, and an opinion was rendered that the billing for the annual dues should occur no later than July 31. Annual dues have also been billed in July in years past.

Therefore, please remember that your fiscal 2010-11 annual assessment is due by October 1st, 2010. You may elect to pay in two installments, with the first half due by October 1st, 2010, and the second half due with finance charge by April 1, 2011. This dues payment option is provided in more detail within the July statement mailing, as well as the statement stuffer area of the website.

2010-08-10T16:34:00.000-04:00

LONG BUT WORTH THE READ
This is not about being a Democrat or Republican, this is about you and me and our kids and their kids, and having the common sense to say enough is enough! EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.

Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
545 PEOPLE--By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them..
---------Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits..... The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red .

If the Army &Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power..
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it......... Is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.

Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table, At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes ---Are the rule.
Tax his work,Tax his pay,He works for peanuts---Anyway!
Tax his cow,Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,Tax his coat.Tax his ties,Tax his shirt,Tax his work,Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,Tax his drink,Tax him if he--Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,Tax his beers,If he cries Tax his tears.Tax his car,Tax his gas,
Find other ways -To tax his ass.
Tax all he has--Then let him know--That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;Then tax him some more,

Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,Tax his grave,Tax the sod in
Which he's laid...Put these words Upon his tomb,Taxes drove me--to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,--Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.. --Accounts Receivable Tax--Building Permit Tax--CDL license Tax--Cigarette Tax--Corporate Income Tax--Dog License Tax

Excise Taxes--Federal Income Tax--Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)--Fishing License Tax--Food License Tax

Fuel Permit Tax--Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)--Gross Receipts Tax--Hunting License Tax--Inheritance Tax--Inventory Tax

IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

Liquor Tax--Luxury Taxes--Marriage License Tax---Medicare Tax---Personal Property Tax---Property Tax---Real Estate Tax---Service Charge Tax---Social Security Tax

Road Usage Tax--Recreational Vehicle Tax--Sales Tax--School Tax--State Income Tax--State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)

Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service FeeTax--Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes--Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax--Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax--Telephone State and Local Tax--Telephone Usage Charge Tax--Utility Taxes--Vehicle License Registration Tax--Vehicle Sales Tax--Watercraft Registration Tax--Well Permit Tax--Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, &our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!

GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

2010-08-09T18:30:00.001-04:00

All you have to do is click at bottom, new feature no more copy and paste !!!
WOW!!!! This is tremendous!!---Turn your sound on.
November Election Ad
I don't know who put this together but it is directly aimed at Obama voters.
Awesome sound too. Don't know how much longer this may be around.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/01/025329.php

2010-08-08T18:37:00.000-04:00

GOOD QUESTION INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW
WHY DON'T YOU CALL THE OFFICE AND LET US ALL KNOW !

2010-08-08T18:34:00.002-04:00

I wonder what the reason was last year when they had to repair the grass from cars parked there and the years before-------JK

2010-08-08T18:33:00.002-04:00

Thanks for the information about the wild boars and the repair to the "parking" area. Perhaps we should wait to see what caused the problem before we put the blame on other things. Asking the GM would have been the thing to do and then putting that information on the blog. Thanks Webmaster for this blog.......

2010-08-07T20:57:00.002-04:00

Was the damage to the property in Countryside caused by vehicles parked or the "wild boars?" Has that problem been resolved?

2010-08-07T20:56:00.002-04:00

IN RESPONSE TO THE BLOG ABOUT THE OVERFLOW PARKING AREA BEING REPAIRED.THIS WAS NOT

DUE TO THE PARKING OF THE OVERFLOW OF CARS DURING THE SEASONAL GOLF GAMES.

I BELIEVE THE REASON THE GRASS WAS BEING REPLACED WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE

WAS A FEMALE SOW AND 3 PIGLETS WANDERING IN THE PRESERVE. THEY HAD ROUTED THE

GRASS LOOKING FOR GRUBS FOR FOOD AND IN SO DOING, UPTURNED THE GRASS. A TRAP HAD BEEN

SET TO CAPTURE THEM, BUT ALAS, ONLY THE 3 PIGLETS WANDERED INTO THE TRAP AND WERE CAPTURED,

MAMA AND PAPA HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN LATELY AND PRESUMED TO HAVE LEFT THE AREA.

2010-08-07T11:42:00.000-04:00

Subject: Brit's opinion of the mosque at ground zero

We don't know WHY it takes a Brit to put into words what every New Yorker, and every American should be saying. He may be a stand-up British comedian, but he isn't joking here!
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/pat-condell-on-ground-zero-mosque-is-it-possible-to-be-astonished-but-not-surprised.html
Pat Condell is a British stand-up comedian, but this video isn't comic, t's pure truth, and utterly brilliant.

2010-08-06T09:46:00.002-04:00

"The Nixon administration wiretapped journalists' phones and audited their taxes. G GORDEN LIDDY and another Nixon henchman plotted to murder Jack Anderson, That's "murder" as in "Kill as in "Dead"

"In addition to spying on domestic environmental and poverty relief organizations, Bush's FBI dug into reporters phone records"

" During the last Presidential campaign John MCain palled around with the infamous G. GORDEN LIDDY, A real pillar of the community"

2010-08-06T09:44:00.000-04:00

Some statements from the past by "REPUBLICANS"

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is" Dan Quayle

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this oval office"

President George W. Bush... May 12, 2008
'When the President does it that means it's not illegal".......President Nixon, 1977

"I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."....VP. D. Cheney, on the insurgency, June 20, 2005

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs

2010-08-05T13:51:00.000-04:00

GREAT ORATORS OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY

"One man with courage makes a majority."
- Andrew Jackson

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The buck stops here." -
Harry S. Truman

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." -
John F. Kennedy

And, from TODAY'S genius Democrats...

"It depends what your definition of 'Sex' is?'' - Bill Clinton

"That Obama .... I would like to cut his nuts off." - Jesse Jackson

"Those rumors are false ... I believe in the sanctity of marriage." - John Edwards

"I invented the Internet." - Al Gore

"The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ass."
- Joe Biden

"America is - is no longer, uh, what it - it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was - uh, and I say to myself, uh, I don't want that future, uh, for my children." -

Barack Obama
"I have campaigned in all 57 states." - Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)

"You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)

"Paying taxes is voluntary."
- Sen. Harry Reid

"Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he." -
Hillary Clinton (Quoted 1998)

And the most recent gem of wisdom from the
"Mother Moron":
"We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." – Nancy Pelosi (Quoted
March, 2010)

HOW LUCKY CAN WE BE - TO HAVE
SUCH BRILLIANT MINDS IN CHARGE OF OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY?
''Life's TOUGH .... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - John Wayne

2010-08-05T13:26:00.001-04:00

Required reading all you retires ( YOUR SCREWED )

Keep in mind, this is for your Federal Taxes only!!!!!!! Add on your State Taxes, County Taxes, Sales Tax, Property Taxes, and very possibly a Federal Value Added Tax (VAT TAX) or a Federal sales tax on all goods and services which is being considered by the current Administration and Congress. Not a very pretty picture!!!!!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT:
Your 2011 Taxes
In just five months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:

First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families.

These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:
- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%

- The 25% bracket rises to 28%

- The 28% bracket rises to 31%

- The 33% bracket rises to 36%

- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
Higher taxes on marriage and family. The "marriage penalty" (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care and adoption tax credits will be cut.
The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.
Second Wave: Obamacare
There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include:
---------The "Medicine Cabinet Tax" Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA),
or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).
-----The "Special Needs Kids Tax" This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on flexible spending accounts (FSAs) of $2500 (Currently, there is no federal government limit). There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children.
There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education.
Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington , D.C. ( National Child Research Center ) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education.

The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.

Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes
When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, they'll be in for a nasty surprise-the AMT won't be held harmless, and many
tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include:

The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress' failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families-rising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.

Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or "depreciate") equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000. Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be "depreciated."

Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the "research and experimentation tax credit," but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs.

Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Covered Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.
Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual "required minimum distribution." This ability will no longer be there.
PDF Version Read more:
http://www.atr.org/six-months-untilbr-largest-tax-hikes-a5171#%23ixzz0sY8waPq1
Now your insurance is INCOME on your W2's......
One of the surprises we'll find come next year, is what follows - - a little "surprise" that 99% of us had no idea was included in the "new and improved" healthcare legislation . . . the dupes, er, dopes, who backed this administration will be astonished!

Starting in 2011, (next year folks), your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that's a private concern or governmental body of some sort. If you're retired? So what; your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.
You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen. Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many, it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it's even worse.

This is how the government is going to buy insurance for the15% that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases.

Not believing this??? Here is a research of the summaries.....

On page 25 of 29: TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET

PROVISIONS-(sec. 9001modified by sec. 10901) Sec.9002 "requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income."

Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters. Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what is above.

Why am I sending you this? The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book.

People have the right to know the truth because an election is coming in November. It’s past time to clean the House and the Senate, not to mention the White House.

2010-08-04T12:57:00.002-04:00

"Fact check" states that this "H. R. Bill 1388 is false....It states that "This latest rumor is a double-header. It recycles one false claim and alludes to another"..........................C.H.

2010-08-04T12:53:00.002-04:00

THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH :
"As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given

the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his

name, because America gave him the White House based on

the same credentials."--------~Newt Gingrich

2010-08-04T12:41:00.000-04:00

Did the chef at countryside get fired? Thanks, Ellen Hall
Answer-----Yes and 1 Sui chef

2010-08-04T12:36:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I watched Countryside crews work on the grass on the other side of the club house where the over flow golfers park in season. I watched as they removed several yards of grass and loam which must be contaminated from fluids coming from vehicles parking there. It would only make sense to mandate that the golfers park in the parking lot where the newspaper stand is. It makes no sense to keep fixing this piece of land each year or the other alternative is to put down green asphalt. Has the Board of Directors and the GM read the news papers lately or watched the news on t/v we are in tough times in this country and they still give out large raises. Something is very wrong.-----------J. K.

2010-08-03T17:15:00.000-04:00

Arizona governor vs. Phoenix Suns owner
The owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, Robert Sarver, opposes AZ's new immigration laws. Arizona 's Governor, Jan Brewer, released the following statement in response to Sarver's criticism of the new law:
"What if the owners of the Suns discovered that hordes of people were sneaking into games without paying?

What if they had a good idea who the gate-crashers are, but the ushers and security personnel were not allowed to ask these folks to produce their ticket stubs, thus non-paying attendees couldn't be ejected.
Furthermore, what if Suns' ownership was expected to provide those who sneaked in with complimentary eats and drink? And what if, on those days when a gate-crasher became ill or injured, the Suns had to provide free medical care and shelter?"
- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
Thought this was great.... (Even Peolsi should be able to understand this.)

2010-08-02T13:40:00.000-04:00

Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Aug. 1, 2010:---------Letter of the Day: Our comeback or demise
Editor, Daily News:
Defining the elements of a recession is easier than suggesting the steps that are necessary to begin the building blocks to lead us in the direction of a new and invigorated society. To the point, we have no option and must begin the restructuring immediately.
--------The “attack politics” prevalent today between Democrats and Republicans is the most intense I have witnessed in my lifetime.

Each side is in an attack mode with no limits in terms of the rhetoric being used to demonize the other side. Someone has to step back and defuse this debilitating and destructive mode in which we find ourselves.
Heroic and non-self-serving measures are required to defuse a situation that could eventually lead to destruction of the state. It is difficult not to overstate the gravity of our current impasse. Both sides share equally in the current state of affairs, and it will take the actions of a true patriot with actions taken above and beyond party loyalties to rescue the nation from the abyss into which we are looking.
Statesmanship is a quality that is difficult, if not impossible, for the current crop of politicians to embrace. The apparent inability by either party to understand the nature of the life-and-death struggle in which we find ourselves is a condition not acceptable if we are to survive as a society.
— R. Michael Hoy,,Naples

2010-08-02T13:39:00.001-04:00

Give us what we pay for Editor, Daily News:
Bruce Buchanan wrote suggesting Collier County has wasted funds on the “redo” projects on Radio Road.

This landscaping has been paid for by 6,000 homeowners whose property abuts Radio Road through a municipal service taxing unit (MSTU).

This MSTU has no sunset provisions. For 10 years, my property tax bill has had a $40 line item for this MSTU.
---------Ten years ago, the county and the state did finance Davis Boulevard landscaping. At that time, the county decided not to complete landscaping on a half-mile section from County Barn Road to Santa Barbara Boulevard.
I have met numerous times with the county to plead for completion of this small section of roadway. The response received has been to establish another East Naples MSTU or wait 15 years for the county to decide if they will widen Davis again!
The commissioners are now planning to spend millions on Jackson Laboratory. Then, I read about possible Collier road projects for widening Interstate 75 and Collier Boulevard.
How about finishing the Davis Boulevard landscaping from County Barn to Santa Barbara before spending millions
on other projects?— Marlene Sherman, Naples

2010-08-02T13:27:00.000-04:00

Good for the goose Editor, Daily News:
Re: Letter by Richard Ulrich published Thursday.

Ulrich states that Big Brother is alive and well and is the Fox News Channel.
--------He further says that Fox’s agenda is “get President Barack Obama, get Democrats, get liberals get foreigners or any Republican who even talks to Obama.” He claims that the owners of Fox News want the country goose-stepping to their right-wing beat.
---------In actuality, the goose-stepping program is emanating directly from the White House, with the Democratic Congress bullying through laws against the will of a large majority of their constituents, the socialistic agenda of wealth distribution, the takeover of automobile and financial institutions and the indoctrination of our youth, those too young to see what’s happening to our country, most not even knowing who Obama is, by having them sing songs praising him.
-----Think back, Mr. Ulrich, to pre-World War II Germany. The very same tactics are in play by the current administration. If we continue down the present disastrous path, those naive children will be goose-stepping to the Obama beat by the time they’ve reached their teens.
Ironically, on the same page of the Daily News was this Bible quote, “Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.”
How apropos to the current gang of thieves, tax cheats and Marxists now in charge of this once-great country. God bless and help America.
— Al Whiffen, Naples

2010-08-02T13:15:00.000-04:00

Carl copy and paste so I can post for everyone

2010-08-02T13:13:00.002-04:00

I would urge everyone to read the "Letters to the editor" section, Naples Daily paper. on Sunday, 8/1/01. An posting from a R. Michael Hoy.........................Carl Hicks

2010-08-02T13:12:00.000-04:00

John, The text size is now perfect!!!!!!! Thank you.
Paul Connors

2010-08-02T13:08:00.000-04:00

Thanks for words, will try to keep improving
Request :
Those that are there in Naples should report what's going on and share them with other members.
You do not have to sign (would rather you did) just be responsible.
Web Master

2010-08-02T13:00:00.000-04:00

Love new format now I can get my watchdog fix e-mail it to others
and ck-out you tube. Thanks John I know it's a lot of work.
Those that don't know you don't know how much you love Countryside and this is a labor of love for you

2010-08-01T16:22:00.001-04:00

This has to reach as many people as possible. The destruction of America has got to be stopped!
In case you haven't figured out what's happening, here's a wrap-up of the program:
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Overwhelm the system

WAYNE ALLYN ROOT : Barack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.

Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University, class of '83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University. They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.

-- Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

-- Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."

-- Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama's plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

-- Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America. But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government.Â Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

-- Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America. The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

-- Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.

With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama using the Cloward and Piven Plan.

See more about Cloward and Piven at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy

2010-07-31T13:32:00.001-04:00

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2010-07-31T13:09:00.000-04:00

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2010-07-31T12:54:00.003-04:00

The "Surge"
Featured Blog Comment of the Day:
- The average score on an 18-hole regulation golf course was 97 in 2004. Average score was 95 for men and 106 for women.
----- The percentage of adult golfers by score category are: Score under 80 (8% of golfers); 80-89 (20%); 90-99 (31%); 100-119 (30%); and 120 and above (11%).

- Average score is a statistic that is very unlikely to change over time, because the pool of golfers is constantly being refreshed by newer, less skilled ones. Also, average score increases as golfers age, which tends to balance out better scores by younger players. I hope i'm playing that well at 76. Good luck."
T Medley

2010-07-31T12:39:00.005-04:00

I see that the workout room is completely state of the art now, new machines, new televisions and new floor. I hope this puts and end to any discussion on any enlargement of the facility, especially after we have spent thousands at this time.....

2010-07-31T12:36:00.001-04:00

Paul is this better ?

2010-07-31T12:31:00.007-04:00

John,
Love the new format!!! The only change I would like to see is adding a "Text Size" option.
Keep up the good work & Thank You!
Paul Connors

2010-07-28T14:11:00.001-04:00

THE ROOM WAS FULL OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH THEIR PARTNERS. THE CLASS WAS IN FULL SWING.

THE INSTRUCTOR WAS TEACHING THE WOMEN HOW TO BREATHE PROPERLY AND WAS TELLING THE MEN HOW TO GIVE THE NECESSARY ASSURANCE TO THEIR PARTNERS AT THIS STAGE OF THE PREGNANCY.

SHE SAID "LADIES, REMEMBER THAT EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR YOU. WALKING IS ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL. IT STRENGTHENS THE PELVIC MUSCLES AND WILL MAKE DELIVERY THAT MUCH EASIER!"
--------SHE LOOKED AT THE MEN IN THE ROOM, "AND GENTLEMEN, REMEMBER -- YOU'RE IN THIS TOGETHER --- IT WOULDN'T HURT YOU TO GO WALKING WITH HER."

THE ROOM SUDDENLY GOT VERY QUIET AS THE MEN ABSORBED THIS INFORMATION.
------THEN A MAN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM SLOWLY RAISED HIS HAND.

"YES?" ANSWERED THE TEACHER.
"I WAS JUST WONDERING. IS IT ALL RIGHT IF SHE CARRIES A GOLF BAG WHILE WE WALK?"

2010-07-26T11:15:00.001-04:00

Isn't it wonderful that we are able to express our opinions and beliefs without any kind of retribution. Let's keep it that way! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

2010-07-25T12:00:00.002-04:00

I'm surprised Mr Hicks at your latest comment regarding the US Budget Derficit. You usually are complete in your analysis and comments but I need to clarify a point. It is true in my opinion that not all our problems are caused by President Obama.If you would have completed your analysis and/or completely reported re Clinton's surplus you would have reported that Congress was under the control of the GOP for the last 6 years of his presidency.Not so currently. I think there is a message here. LNJ

2010-07-25T11:58:00.003-04:00

It does not matter which party you belong to, the president needs authority from the Congress & Senate
to spend this money and the Democrats have controlled Congress for years. I am a democrat but I will not vote for any democrats this year, I am voting for the other side in November and I hope the Democrats lose control of either Congress or the Senate, both would be nice. No one wants to talk about what they take for benefits for them self's. If they were in Social Security, the problems would be fixed over night. In the news last night, The senior Senator from Mass John Kerry a democrat purchased a boat for seven million dollar's and he parks it in R.I. because they do not tax it, if it was parked in Mass he would have to pay $500.00 tax.

Vote them all out,

Pasqual

2010-07-25T11:56:00.002-04:00

Check out C/S web site to see boar damage.

2010-07-24T13:18:00.002-04:00

President Bush's "tax cuts to the rich". Do some research to find out how much money it has cost the American people. Don't be surprised when you find it's close to a trillion dollars.

2010-07-24T13:16:00.002-04:00

Dear Mr. NO NAME,

It matters to me when all I read on this blog is blame for "ALL" our problem on President Obama and the democrats. We didn't get in this situation from just democrats. Clinton handed a nice surplus to President Bush and he drained it in the eight years he was in office leaving "ALL" of us with the worst deficit in History. I think it's about time that everyone try and work together and clean this mess up instead of listening to ----'s like Beck. Limbaugh and Coulter.

God Bless America

Carl Hicks

2010-07-24T13:06:00.000-04:00

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/north-korea-vows-nuclear-response-to-us-drills-in-sea-of-japan/19567080?icid=mainhtmlws-main-wdl1link3http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fworld 2Farticle%2Fnorth-korea-vows-nuclear-response-to-us drills-in-sea-of-japan%2F19567080

2010-07-24T12:55:00.000-04:00

Hold on to what is good,

Even if it is a handful of earth.

Hold on to what you believe,

Even if it is a tree which stands by itself.

Hold on to what you must do,

Even if it is a long way from here.

Hold on to life,

Even if it is easier letting go.

Hold on to the hand of your neighbor,

Even when we are apart.

- Native American Prayer

2010-07-24T10:14:00.002-04:00

Last year Naples Heritage had a problem with boars they had to bring in 4 wheelers and dogs to capture them no small task. Not there can't report, what's going on ?

2010-07-24T10:13:00.000-04:00

What wild boars? I have never seen or heard of them being in Countryside.

2010-07-23T17:36:00.004-04:00

JUST CLICK LINK NOW YOU CAN FORWARD POSTINGS
SEND THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS TO ALL COUNYRYSIDER'S
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2010-07-23T16:29:00.000-04:00

[One of our partners has sent us this suggestion; we submit this idea to you now for your own prayerful consideration. When all is said and done, the Cross of Christ IS our Good News today, and always!]

When driving to, from, and through Frankenmuth, Michigan, I'm always intrigued with the many small simple crosses in the front yards of the homes we pass by. Those crosses are a statement of support for Frankenmuth's Christian foundation. Two years ago an atheist living there complained about two crosses on a bridge in town. He requested that they be removed and the town removed them. He then decided that, since he was so successful with that, the city shield should also be changed since it had on it, along with other symbols, a heart with a cross inside signifying the city's Lutheran beginnings. At that point, the residents decided they had had enough. Hundreds of residents made their opinions known by placing small crosses in their front yards. Seeing this quiet but powerful statement from the community, the man removed his complaint. Those simple crosses remain in those front yards today.
After passing those crosses for two years, it finally hit me that a small cross in millions of front yards across our country could provide a powerful and inspiring message for all Americans passing them every day.
I think it might be time to take this idea across America. We have an administration that says "we are not a Christian nation." And everywhere you look the ACLU and others are trying to remove from our history and current lives any reference to God, prayer, or the fact that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Our administration can't bring themselves to talk about "radical Muslims or Islamic terrorists" for fear of offending them, but they can talk about Americans "clinging to their guns and their religion," or insinuate that our own military troops coming home from service overseas might turn into terrorists. The majority of Americans are Christians, why are we letting this happen to us?
IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND MAKE A STATEMENT. A SMALL QUIET BUT POWERFUL STATEMENT. IF YOU AGREE, PLACE A SMALL WHITE CROSS IN YOUR FRONT YARD OR GARDEN FOR ALL TO SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. It would be a beautiful thing to see crosses all across America.
Please share this. Encourage all you know to stand for America's Judeo-Christian heritage and our religious freedom.

God Bless America!

2010-07-23T16:21:00.002-04:00

Mr Hicks,
OPEN your eyes, democrats - republicans it doesn't matter, you, we ,us, them
citizens of this country are getting screwed ! and all you have to say is what about republicans. It's supposed to be about whats good for American citizens.

2010-07-23T15:21:00.002-04:00

I agree that congress shouldn't have given them selves a raise but come on, it wasn't just the democrats that voted for the raise. It was republicans too.......................................Carl Hicks

2010-07-23T14:27:00.001-04:00

The wild boars are having a "field" day in Countryside. Some have been trapped and more will be soon we hope. This from the overflow parking area across from the club.

2010-07-22T15:14:00.000-04:00

Subject: NOVEMBER PAY CUT

You might want to print this, cut it out and put it on your fridge so you won't forget!
Retribution is less than 1 year away!
Take a look at this and just remember elections in November 2010.
U..S.. House & Senate have voted themselves $4,700 and $5,300 raises.
They voted to NOT give you a S.S. Cost of living raise in 2010 and 2011.
Your Medicare premiums will go up $285.60 for the 2-years
You will not get the 3% COLA: $660/yr.
Your total 2-yr loss and cost is -$1,600 or -$3,200 for husband and wife.
Over these same 2-years each Congress person will get $10,000
Do you feel SCREWED?
Will they have your cost of drugs - doctor fees - local taxes - food, etc., decrease?
NO WAY.
Congress received a raise and has better health and retirement benefits than you or I.
Why should they care about you?
You never did anything about it in the past.
You obviously are too stupid or don't care.
Do you really think that Nancy , Harry, Chris, Charlie, Barny, et al, care about you?
Send the message to these individuals --- "YOU'RE FIRED!"
In 2010 you will have a chance to get rid of the sitting Congress: up to 1/3 of the Senate and 100% of the House!
Make sure you're still mad in November 2010 and remind their replacements not to screw-up.
It is ok to forward this to your sphere of influence if you are finally tired of the abuse. Maybe it's time for Amendment 28 to the Constitution..
28th Amendment will be as follows:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
Let's get this passed around, folks - these people in Washington have brought this upon themselves! It's time for retribution. Let's take back America ..
If you don't forward this to all your friends you're just part of the problem of national apathy.