Wednesday, August 3, 2011

You're Fucking Kidding Me, Right?

The following was printed in the Tallahassee Democrat this morning:

Rick Scott: Governor's workdays should be a tradition


Gov. Rick Scott
Gov. Rick Scott

My fellow citizens,

Like many of you, I have worked all of my life and am blessed that I have lived the American dream. My parents struggled financially, and I started school in public housing.

As do many similarly situated, I went to work at an early age. I was always proud of the jobs I had, and I learned valuable lessons from each one I was fortunate enough to hold.

A few weeks ago, someone shared with me former governor and U.S. senator Bob Graham's idea of "workdays," a truly inspirational initiative that should have been continued as a tradition in our state.

This week, I will resurrect that tradition with my "Let's Get to Work" Days initiative.

Beginning today, I will participate in at least one workday a month during my time as governor. The first business I started was a doughnut shop. It was run by my mom and my wife, Ann, and I got to work there with them. So my first workday will be in a family owned and operated doughnut shop in Tampa.

Following in Bob Graham's footsteps of experiencing "the lives of ordinary Floridians firsthand by working their jobs," I hope the experience is beneficial to all, and I know that I will learn a great deal during the process.

Please feel free to suggest jobs I might consider around the state. You can email ideas to Rick.Scott@eog.myflorida.com.

I look forward to hearing your suggestions for my workdays.

Now, let's get to work!

RICK SCOTT

Governor


Well goddamn. What in hell is this all about?
I can only assume that the governor is trying, for some unknown reason, to imitate a human being, something which up 'til now he has shown no real desire to do.
And I have to tell you that that letter has pissed me off to the point of irrationality.

For one thing, the "man" has lived in Florida for such a short time that he probably only vaguely knows who Bob Graham was and dammit, he could do thirty workdays a month and he would be no Bob Graham.
Nor would he resemble a human being. This man, this supposed human that the citizens of our state elected for no apparent reason to be governor, spent SEVENTY EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS of his own money in his campaign for governor. He had no political experience but made a fortune in the health care industry and oh, honeys, if you want to read some shit about how THAT worked, just check out his Wikipedia page. Just scroll down to the Columbia/HCA fraud case details portion of the entry to get part of why I am so outraged about this whole thing.

So in response to Prick Scott's letter to his "fellow citizens" I would like to suggest that instead of doing photo-op workdays in the state wherein he shovels trash or sells doughnuts he might consider doing a day a month in one of the many state offices in which he eliminated hundreds of positions and see just how well he can serve his fellow citizens in that situation. No, it wouldn't be too sexy to show him sitting at a desk in a windowless cubicle eating his bologna sandwich from home because he hasn't the time or money to go out and get Subway for his lunch, trying to figure out how to do an impossible job helping the people of this state whom he was elected to serve and whom he has instead, completely ignored and thrown into even direr straits than they were in before.

Hell, he could even walk to work from his downtown mansion, thus saving the taxpayers the money we're spending to send him off to fucking Tampa to work at a fucking doughnut shop where he's probably only getting in the way anyway.

What a cheap-ass, condescending, transparent ploy. He has no more interest in experiencing the lives of "ordinary" Florida citizens than I have in being governor. And the very idea that his doing an "ordinary" job once a fucking month is going to be beneficial to ANYONE, much less EVERYONE, is completely absurd.

Okay. I need to stop now before I really tell you what I think.

But honestly, Rick? why not do your next workday at the Department of Children and Families. You could even do the job that my son used to do.
Oh wait. You eliminated that position.
Haha!

Well, politics. I try not to get involved but sometimes, you just can't peacefully go around the huge steaming pile of bullshit in the road.

That's it from me this morning in the beautiful state of Florida where our criminal governor is trying to appear as human-like as possible while at the same time, destroying our natural resources, our environment, and quality of life in the name of The Free Market. Whose motto is "Let's Get To Work!" while firing as many state employees as he possibly can.

Who wants to privatize the prison system which, if there were any justice in this world, he would know intimately from the inside.

That's what I think anyway.

Yours truly...Ms. Moon





19 comments:

  1. Couldn't have said it better. He has to go do it in Tampa because no one in Tally would have him.

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  2. He has a ways to go if he wants to successfully impersonate a human. He could start with Facial Expression School.

    That is so awful. Stupid politicians.

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  3. Mungam's friend, the meth whoreAugust 3, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I got a job he do.

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  4. Me too, Mary. He just makes my blood boil. And he had the nerve to leave TWO messages on my machine ~ AAAARRRGGGHHH. I think it's a great idea about Children and Family Services. Are you going to suggest it to him???

    Is there any way we can get rid of this prick? Seriously.

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  5. DTG- I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING! No one here would have the prick.

    Amna- He is a strange one. But you know- we elected him, we citizens of Florida. Okay, not me.
    Lord. Not me.

    Mungam's Friend The Meth Whore- Does it involve cleaning out an outhouse?

    Stephanie- He even LOOKS like a dickhead.

    Lulumarie- I think I shall.

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  6. i wish all the suggestions he will most likely receive from his" fellow citizens" had mandatory public publishing.

    this has been a month of new lows in government..."for the people, by the people"...IF ONLY THAT WERE TRUE!

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  7. He's not much of a Floridian if he just found out about Bob Graham's workdays. I suspect he will find that those shoes are a little too big for him to fill. I hope his first workday involves sitting at Senator Graham's feet and learning something about public service and humility.

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  8. Rebecca- Oh my god. That would be rich beyond my wildest dreams! I can't believe he even put himself in the position of receiving the suggestions he's bound to get.

    Juancho- No. His first workday was spent at a doughnut shop in Tampa. You know- he was getting in touch with his roots. Which are definitely not in Florida.

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  9. AMEN, A-FUCKING-MEN.

    signed,
    Disgusted Democratic Floridian

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  10. Mary,
    I didn't know that much about your latest governor, but after a quick glance, I am so sad for your state. 48% of the population let him buy their votes, or voted on rigid party lines, and elected themselves a egomaniac with sketchy values and a frightful agenda. I think this take a kid to work idea is an insult amid the financial crisis your state is facing, and it smells of PR handlers trying to boost his ratings.
    I'm pretty disappointed at the ill informed half of the country who keep voting for these professional politicians who will make more problems for our kids than they can ever fix.
    xo

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  11. Now--tell us how you really feel...

    My first thought was :Holy Shit--that mofo has a creepy assed look! What are those eyes???


    I liked your email to him and all your suggestions. My freaking born again batshit crazy sister lives down there, in Homosassa...and I can promise you that her Republican Teabagger ass voted for him. She, and all her churchy Sarah palin worshipping friends scare the shit out of me.
    (Wow-I said shit and ass in one post).

    I am very worried about where we are going and how we are going to end up in this country.

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  12. Well, if he thinks he went to kindergarten in the public housing unit next to his, that splains a lot.

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  13. ~Ellen~ It takes one hell of a dumbfuck to make me look back on the Jeb Bush days as "better times."

    Mel- I don't know why he's suddenly interested in his ratings. He never has been before. Watch out- he may be thinking of running for president.

    Akannie- Now tell us how YOU really feel. Damn. I'm sorry you have a sister that thinks like that. What is wrong with these people?

    Joanne- Yeah. No kidding. His damn writer can't even write.

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  14. "Well, politics. I try not to get involved but sometimes, you just can't peacefully go around the huge steaming pile of bullshit in the road."

    I love your political rants and to this one I say "HOLY SHIT!" And "no fucking way!" Maybe we should put a blindfold on him and he could "be blind" for a day, too.

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  15. Why doesn't he just do what he was elected to do? Serve the people of Florida? No wait he is busy hurting the poor to help the rich.

    We got the same sh*t in Texas, honey. We don't have these quaint "work days" where the governor tries to imitate a working person. But the look down on the little people feeling is very real. 100,000 teachers will lose their jobs. Deep cuts in Medicare/Medicaid. Grannies out of nursing homes. No insurance for children.

    Between Florida and Texas we have some batsh*t crazy.
    (not swearing out of deep respect for you and your blog.)

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  16. The craziness is everywhere--look at good ole SC. Filled with religious right wing nuts. I don't understand how the American people can be so duped by these idiots who care not a whit about them.

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  17. Dude is a TOTAL ASSHOLE. There is no redemption possible. I'd like to take all the politicians currently in office and ride them out of town on rails, like they did in the old days. Seriously.

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  18. I don't know how you can stand it, Ms. Moon. If I had him for a governor I'd surely suffer from high blood pressure.

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