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Tony The Italian Has Died

I don't know if people heard that Italian Tony the cab driver has passed away.  Tony was a long time driver of over 25 years.  He was known for his sour outlook on life.  He was a nice guy, but he never had a good day.  Every day with Tony was the shits.  He always believed the dispatchers were out to screw him.  He would tell anyone that would listen that life sucked and he was getting the short end of the stick.

Nobody really knew why he was that way, but it was.  He lived  a pretty sad life.  All he did was work like a dog and he never had any money.  He never took a day off or a vacation. 

Perhaps death will give him the rest he needs.  I don't mean that in a bad way, but I have never known anyone that lived such a misserable, suffering life.  I will miss him.  He was a friend.  This may be a blessing

Grady Judd Sheriff Of Polk County And The Abuse Of Power

Charging that Craigslist remains a "one-stop shop for all your prostitution needs," Polk County Florida sheriff Grady Judd yesterday announced the arrest of 28 women who allegedly advertised sexual services on the popular on-line classifieds site. Dubbed "Operation Hot Date," the undercover police action also netted several pimps who worked with the alleged hookers, said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

It would be a good thing for police resources to be used to capture criminals, unfortunately, the only criminal here is Sheriff Grady Judd.  This is an abuse of Power issue that seems to plague his term as Polk county Sheriff.  Judd "cleaned up" the smut industry in Polk county years ago by eliminating all of the XXX rated video stores and strip clubs, I mean ALL of them.  He was abusing his power to intimidate, threaten, and browbeat people.  Violating peoples constitutional rights without any court precedent makes his department corrupt since it is controled by the Religous Right in Polk County.  That was not good enough for Grady Judd, he is now going after the internet.  Even though web host servers are located in other State, because they send their signals into Polk county that makes them in violation of his laws, and the Christian Right, not the laws that the courts have imposed.

None of the women he arrested are from Polk County.  They are mostly from Tampa and Orlando and out of State.  He used the internet to beam his emails out of his County to entrap these women.  He is out of control  There is more

The women, pictured in the mug shots on the following pages, offered a variety of sexual acts carrying prices between $125 and $800. Two of the alleged hookers who arrived for appointments with undercover officers were pregnant, and a third arrived with fur-lined handcuffs. In announcing the sweep, Judd criticized Craigslist for "facilitating prostitution" and deriving proceeds from the illegal act, since the site charges for the placement of the adult ads. Judd added that he wanted to press charges against the web site, which has previously pledged to law enforcement agencies that it would crack down on ads promoting prostitution.

Now, he is going to track down the men who's phone numbers are listed on these women's cell phone. Does that mean he is going after Tampa Cab Drivers.  Many of these women have MY NUMBER and use the taxi service to get where they are going.  IS GRady Judd going to contact me? 

He can go to Hell. 

Unfortunately, most of these women will plead out for reduced sentences.  Too bad.  The ones that actually go to Court would win.

Gady Judd exhibits classic symptoms of a man that was sexually abused as a young lad in a homosexual way.  Grady Judd may have performed gay sex when he was young, and a way to purge himself from sin is to go after sinners.

Drivers License, Tire Tariffs, Price Of Gold, Football Picks

My drivers license was to expire on September 13 and it was Friday the 11th.  I went by the drivers license office on MLK, and thought I could just get in, and get out.  Boy, was I wrong.  The place looked like the waiting room at the welfare office.  I am not snob (a little bit), but nobody in this place looked like they had any money.  They looked like poor people.  Where are the middle class people?  There must be another way to get this done.  I ask the lady at the information desk if I could take care of this on-line.  She looked at me, and with broken English tried to tell me that my only option was to wait 5 hours in this line.  Honestly, I don't think she understood me at all.  Is this what the waiting room is going to be under the public option of the health care plan.  I went home and did it on-line for $48!  Wow.  At least my license will be current until 2015.

I heard on the news this morning that President Obama is imposing tariffs on Chinese Tires.  This is fantastic.  This President said he was going to protect American jobs, and tariffs are the only way to make things equal because the outsourcing scum who take their factories overseas are circumventing the US labor laws.  These laws define what is legal, right, moral, fair, and ethical.  You can get around all of this by going overseas.  Lets hear it for the Pres.  he is 100% correct on this.  Good job.

When I heard about the tariffs, I told the guy in my cab that the spot price of gold would go down today.  Reason?  The US dollar would now start to become stronger if investors know that this American President would use this tool to protect the country he is in charge of.. Gold went down today.

Lehman Brothers stated on their Website this afternoon that "underlying indicators were bearish for Gold."

NFL FOOTBALL PICKS WEEK ONE

I posted my NFL picks on Saturday on Youtube so that it would be proof that I was 75% against the spread on my four lead pipe locks.  Not bad for week one.  I plan to do this every Saturday.  Make money with the Taxi Man!

Is Muhammad Foretold In The Bible? Why We Were Attacked On 9-11-01

Muslims are angry at the West because unlike every Great Prophet that has ever  lived (ones they believe in), Muhammad is not mentioned in any Gospel, Bible, Torah or any other writting.  He seems to have come along 600 years after the party. 

Muslims have searched exhaustively through the "Law and the Gospel" (the Tawrat and the Injil, the Old and New Testaments respectively) for proof that these two books indeed contain prophecies of the coming of Muhammad. The Qur'an seems to suggest that these prophecies would be found in the Torah and the Gospel without much difficulty, but when Muslims have applied themselves to finding these alleged predictions, they have been unpleasantly surprised to discover that in these two books it is Jesus who is the subject of the many prophecies in them and not Muhammad. The birth of Jesus, his ministry, parables, miracles, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, second coming, deity, glory and honour are the concerns of the prophetic texts of the Torah and the Gospel, and so extensively do these prophecies herald his advent as the ultimate climax of God's revealed truth and love towards men that one cannot help but be struck by the fact that the Bible makes no allowance for the anti-climax of a "prophet" to follow him. Such prophecies are conspicuous only by their absence.  Ahmed Deedat has lectured on this subject in the United States

The Fabulous Sports Babe Of ESPN 1040 Tampa Bay

I had "breakfast with the babe"  The fabulous sports babe at Peggy O'neil's sports bar.  I listen to her morning call-in show now, because Ron Diaz and Ian Beckles are becoming annoying.  The Babe is fresh and talks about sports.  She once had a nationally syndicated radio show (the first women to do so) for about ten years.  She left radio for several years as she battled breast cancer.  She seems to be fine now and has lost about 100 lbs. 

She is back in the Tampa market, and I hope she sticks around for a while. 

The Ghost Of Tom Joad - United States Economy Is Now Killing People

Tony the Itlalian died today.  He was worked to death by an economy that took more than he could give.  Taxi drivers are dying every week now.  They no longer have it in them, and their lives are no different now then Tom Joeb in the John Stienbeck novel The Grapes Of Wrath.

Don Rickles Roast Ronald Reagan And Dean Martin...LMAO!

Perhaps you have to be over 50 to see the humor in this.  I simply could not stop laughing at a time when I needed a good laugh.  Don Rickles really gives it to President Reagan, Dean Martin and others.

Raheem Morris And The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Prospects For 2009 Football Season

Raheen Morris will turn out to be the best coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ever had, or flame out as the worst.  I don't see any real middle ground.  He fired his offensive coordinator, he went "all in" with his first draft pick, he got rid of veteran players over 30 years of age when he got the job.  No doubt, he has been active, and all this before he hears his fist National Anthem in a game that  really matters. 

Personally, I like the moves.  He wants a power running game with a down field passing game.  That needs running backs and a big, tall quarterback.  We now have all of the above.  I really don't know what he problem is. 

Nobody is picking this team to do anything.  I disagree.  I think they will  contend for a divisional title and that tempo will be established on opening day next Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys at home.