Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum

I'm thinking that this Somali pirate thinks he has died and gone to heaven.

I'm betting that life in an American prison is better than freedom in Somali.

He will receive 3 meals a day, a bed to sleep on, clean clothes, free health care, TV, probably a room all to himself and an education if he wants it.

Let's just hope he doesn't write home and tell his buddies about it.

Disclaimer: This is an opinion - to which I am entitled.

Hooray For Iowa

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled, in a unanimous decision, that a state law limiting marriage to a man and a women is unconstitutional. Iowa joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in allowing same-sex vows.

I always knew Iowa was a great state to call home. My roots run deep in Iowa soil. Even though I have lived in Florida for 36 years, when someone asks me where I'm from, I always say Iowa.

Iowa has always been a progressive state. It has one of the best educational systems in the country and right now it is the number two state in wind powered energy production. The windmills standing in all the corn fields produce 12% of the state's energy needs. Last year they were able to sell power to North Carolina and they are just getting started.

Hooray For The State of Georgia

There is an article in today's St Pete Times titled "Ga. wants drivers to speak English". It says that the Ga legislature is considering a bill that would require new drivers to take a written test in English without a translator or other aid.

Some employers and immigrant advocates worry that it would keep people unfamiliar with the language from being able to work.

I say, if you want to live and work in the United States - learn the language!

I could not go to Mexico or France or Italy and live and work without knowing their language so why shouldn't people coming here be required to learn English?

I applaud the state of Georgia. I hope the bill passes.