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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 2, 2012 at 4:05pm

Roma, as you know, you and I mix it up regularly.  I don't think some of the others are used to it :).  You know it isn't personal.  I just don't much like the hijacking thing and you are a chronic hijacker!

Comment by Maxine Jessica Roberts on July 2, 2012 at 2:55pm

The amount of Phobia and Bigotry in this blog post comment section is too damn high!

Comment by Leanne King on July 2, 2012 at 11:33am

Pat, do not let one or even a few stop you from posting your outstanding ariticles. We need you here sharing what is critical to our city, our state and our Nation. Many people including me rely on you for this great information. I will post as well, the thing is that I will not engage when someone wants to challenge. I let them go, we all have options and some people you will not influence even with facts. I move on. Please do not stop posting, please.. L

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 2, 2012 at 11:24am

I no longer care what Roma does, because she has decided what she wants to talk about is far more important that what anyone else might have posted to talk about.  She has said I was trying to limit her freedom of speech a couple of times, and certainly I don't plan to do that, but I will opt off the web site and let her handle things permanently pretty soon.  Then, she can have the site all to herself, and it will go back where it was the day I came on here and realized the newest thing on the site was over 2 weeks old.  I tried to post some current news on pretty much all levels and spend a good bit of time staying current (and that was what I was doing before I started sharing information on the web site too), and then, enter stage left Roma who decides that any subject that takes off is ripe for switching to topic to Ron Paul and the federal reserve (and they are interchangeable and overlap tons as they do everywhere she posts the info).  There is a point where you realize, she hasn't got the time or inclination to do what I was doing, but she does have to time to come in and hijack any blog that gets any attention, so I will allow her to do the work that goes with it too!  I still will be informed, but I won't be wasting my time posting current news that no one pays attention to once the federal reserve and RP become the subject of the day yet again.  It is to say the least extremely inconsiderate and rude, but no John, I am not mad.  You have to care enough about something to get mad.  I just can't see wasting my time and getting inundated with Email (and yes the "stop following is gone" so my in box is loaded with notices, and usually I can at least stop that part of it).

Comment by Leanne King on July 2, 2012 at 9:56am

Jay and others. Yes I will keep you all updated on any activity with regards to the Ordinance. The best information that I have right now is that it is up for vote at a city council meeting on the 24th of July. We need to FILL THE ROOM.  If I hear otherwise I will let you know. Additionally, Pat is a great resource for knowing what is going on at city hall. Pat if you hear of anything please let this group of bloggers know and send me an email as well.. I will be out of town for a while but never far from a computer. God Bless you all and God Bless our America. Have a wonderful 4th, sign loud and be proud. Leanne

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 2, 2012 at 5:09am

John, I agree that everyone has a right to their opinion.  I never said they didn't, but every blog Roma comes on ends up being about Ron Paul and the federal reserve.  It doesn't matter what subject you post about, that is the direction she takes the blog in at her earliest convenience.  And then, we get miles and miles and miles of posts about her subject of choice.  She doesn't post her own blogs about the issue, because when she does, no one posts anything.  My Email box gets filled with notices indicating "Roma posts" until most of the time, I come in and take my self getting responses messages (there is also something wrong with the mechanism, so I get 2 to 3 for every single post).  If this was the first time it happened (as I did the first time), I would just let it go, but any blog I post that gets a following and discussion of any kind, gets switched over to what Roma wants to discuss (ie Ron Paul and the federal reserve) at her earliest convenience.  I understand truth is a beautiful thing, but there is a great deal going on right now, and on no other site that monitors posts would allow what she does.  They just wouldn't approve the comments to be posted if they were way off subject.  They wouldn't have probably posted the health care bill posts.  I didn't care about that, but we are right back to Ron Paul and the federal reserve AGAIN which is where each and every blog I post goes, so I am off.  Too much else is going on right now to do the Ron Paul and the federal reserve yet again, and by the way Roma, no membership is not dropped off (but the membership that used to come to the web site and post comments has dropped off).............................

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 1, 2012 at 5:47pm

Ken, based on your argument about Ron Paul, Herman Cain also could re-enter, but I think he cares enough about the country (and also doesn't have the ego Ron Paul and Obama have), so doubtful Herman would resurrect himself, because he understands it throw the election to Obama. Is that really what you want, or don't you care unless your guy wins?

I understand Roma can't get off beating the dead horse and fills each and every blog with her personal opinion even if it doesn't have a thing in the world to do with whatever is being discussed, because she has zero respect for those who post the blog, but really. The man can't win; he couldn't win in the 2008 election, and he has run and run and run and no one will elect him. Even McCain took the nomination and he was a loser piece of icky and still is, and Ron Paul couldn't take the nomination from him. Please, dear God in heaven give this up. I am sick, sick, sick of hearing Ron Paul did this and Ron Paul did that and you never quit!!! Post your own blog and draw people to it. Don't come into every single blog and take it over by posting miles and miles of the Ron Paul stuff! If you can't get anyone to talk to you about it, that should be a message to you, but you just can't accept that! I am all but done posting on this web site period, so you guys can post whatever the heck you want and the vestige of anyone coming here at all, which has pretty much disappeared anyway since no one monitors and you are free to hijack blogs or whatever you want to do, will be gone, because you Roma will be the last man standing, and by your own admission no one came on the blogs you post or talked to you on the posts; therefore, you had to come to my posts and take over with whatever subject you were pushing at the time and hijack! You post some very good stuff at times, but this is lunacy. It has now gone from bill 296 to the health care decision and now, you want to talk about Ron Paul, someone foolishly mentioned his name so not we have miles of Ron Paul..................here we go again!

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 1, 2012 at 6:08am

And Jay as far as the sexual predator thing goes, I am well sure you know about what happened in San Francisco where on the last day of the "gay pride" month long celebration, the leader of the event was arrested for having child pornography, so let's don't say it ain't so. But let's say it happens in all communities and across the spectrum. So yes, there are members of the gay community that are also considered sexual predators.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 1, 2012 at 6:02am

Jay, this has nothing to do with changing the city to a more "modern version" (but certainly that is the approach being used..............what can be wrong with "updating us" is about as rational as calling me a racist, because I appose Obama and his policies; one has nothing to do with the other and is the rhetoric used to make uninformed people not think about losing their freedom of speech and freedom of religion and freedom of association and to make this bill sound innocuous and it isn't. It creates huge problems for small businesses and those religiously apposed to promoting this chosen life style (and that is not to say they are rude to people or cruel to them, they just use their freedom of association not to associate with them). The problem is that this who bill is so much garbage and most of us know it. What this legislation does is turn a group of people, many of whom are emotionally lit on hormones and heaven knows what other kinds of meds, to haul anyone they perceive has slighted them into the human rights council to a trial of sorts and fines or maybe worse. I mean I had a transgender who came on this site say I called them sexual predators and I never said any such thing and wouldn't, but maybe you think it would be "modern" for me to be accused of doing something I didn't do and fined for it, because a group of liberal wanna be shrinks decided in thought I felt that way when I don't. And we are doing that in a city that does not have gay discrimination and has a large group of gays that are well accepted in the communities they live in (one of the members of our group said they have at least 4 gay couples living in their community and they love them as they are good neighbors and active members of that community who keep up their homes and help out anyway they can etc). This is a slap in the face to all the various communities around Jacksonville that have no issues and who have gay couples living within them (and given the whining about not being able to get jobs, I might add that this particular community is what I would call "for the well healed" and on the higher end of the echelon price wise, so it might be safe to say, some gay folks are getting not just jobs but good paying ones). We are ranked 4 and 3 on 2 national polls about being a good place to live and a friendly place to live (and we almost tied on that one for number 2). What issue exactly, that our city has, does this bill address, and are we willing to give our city a black eye by saying we discriminate against gays when that is clearly not true. Usually legislation addresses a problem that needs a solution, and this bill does not. So let me add a little something here in addition. At one of the city council meetings, I sat next to a man who was transgender and dressed like a woman. My observation was unkept dirty long nails, unshaven legs, crumpled clothing and in general a very unkept look. If this person went looking for a job, based on their less than well groomed appearance, a person might be forced to hire them because they are gay and might not be able to not hire them based on their general appearance (and as most of us know, appearance and well groomed appearance is important when you are looking for a job).

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on June 30, 2012 at 8:52pm

It is my understanding if your business requires a specific uniform (say like Olive Garden) that requires white shirts and black pants for ALL employees (male and female), then, if someone shows up dressed as you described, you send them home as they are not in uniform! As far as the hair goes, there is little you can do about it, but the uniform you could!

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