City of Miami Beach

[SkyDiveJunkee]

Originally Posted by BornInTheGrove

just keep in mind when you read the article; today's April 1st

The irony did not escape me; neither did the symbolism. Topeka is an obvious front runner.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by SkyDiveJunkee

Topeka is an obvious front runner.

Obvious? Why do you say that?

[SkyDiveJunkee]

They've garnered the attention of Google in a way that cities, such as Miami Beach and Orlando, have not.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by SkyDiveJunkee

They've garnered the attention of Google in a way that cities, such as Miami Beach and Orlando, have not.

Oh...you posted that with so much conviction that it seemed like you knew something about the program.

Garnering attention does not make them an "obvious front runner"?

That is like saying Bombsell McGee is the obvious front runner to Ms. America because she has garned attention in ways that other contestants have not.

[SkyDiveJunkee]

Originally Posted by Roark

Oh...you posted that with so much conviction that it seemed like you knew something about the program.

Garnering attention does not make them an "obvious front runner"?

That is like saying Bombsell McGee is the obvious front runner to Ms. America because she has garned attention in ways that other contestants have not.

What hogwash this post is; no need to disagree just to be disagreeable, Roark.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by SkyDiveJunkee

What hogwash this post is; no need to disagree just to be disagreeable, Roark.

Is this opposite day too?

You post that something is obvious, when not only is it not obviously true, it is not even true...and my post is hogwash.

[SkyDiveJunkee]

Originally Posted by Roark

Is this opposite day too?

You post that something is obvious, when not only is it not obviously true, it is not even true...and my post is hogwash.

How silly -- I will leave you to your own devices (how stressful it must be).

[Roark]

Originally Posted by SkyDiveJunkee

How silly -- I will leave you to your own devices (how stressful it must be).

Please accept my aplogies, didn't mean to get you all upset...I really thought you might know what you were posting about.

Does anyone have any reliable information regarding the Google Fiber program?

[clean_polo]

I don't want this to sound racist or snobby or anything but damn, its a shame that the beautiful neighborhood of South Beach has to host Memorial Day Weekend. Where the ghettoist of ghetto people come from different cities and states to Miami to party on SB for the weekend. Restaurant and store owners have been complaining about how they are trashing everything. I'm sure the NORMAL tourists are thinking "bad timing". It really makes Miami look horrible but luckily its only a week.

[1772]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

I don't want this to sound racist or snobby or anything but damn, its a shame that the beautiful neighborhood of South Beach has to host Memorial Day Weekend. Where the ghettoist of ghetto people come from different cities and states to Miami to party on SB for the weekend. Restaurant and store owners have been complaining about how they are trashing everything. I'm sure the NORMAL tourists are thinking "bad timing". It really makes Miami look horrible but luckily its only a week.

I love the Memorial Weekend because it makes all the liberals extremly nerbous.
They hate when it turns super-ghetto, but their white guilt wont allow any complaining. Thus you get some wacked out explanations on why it is what it is.

[miami305]

I dont hate Memorial Weekend...just the fact that you have to wear a bullet proof jacket everytime you leave work in South Beach. I dont understand why this particular crowd of people have to get so violent and rude? . I even heard that there was a shooting on Ocean Drive that weekend with some casualties....not sure how truth that is....but the beach was a gargabe can...everywhere you turn there was garbage. And forget enjoying the beach.....ewww.

[clean_polo]

The only problem I have is, South Beach is supposed to be like a nice upscale neighborhood where all sorts of people come to enjoy the beach, shops, restaurants, clubs etc. When people like the Memorial Day Weekend crowd come down to hangout they don't know how to act and they mess everything up. It's like all the locals and regular tourists abandon SB when Memorial Weekend is in session.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

I don't want this to sound racist or snobby or anything but damn, its a shame that the beautiful neighborhood of South Beach has to host Memorial Day Weekend. Where the ghettoist of ghetto people come from different cities and states to Miami to party on SB for the weekend. Restaurant and store owners have been complaining about how they are trashing everything. I'm sure the NORMAL tourists are thinking "bad timing". It really makes Miami look horrible but luckily its only a week.

Originally Posted by 1772

I love the Memorial Weekend because it makes all the liberals extremly nerbous.
They hate when it turns super-ghetto, but their white guilt wont allow any complaining. Thus you get some wacked out explanations on why it is what it is.

Originally Posted by miami305

I dont hate Memorial Weekend...just the fact that you have to wear a bullet proof jacket everytime you leave work in South Beach. I dont understand why this particular crowd of people have to get so violent and rude? . I even heard that there was a shooting on Ocean Drive that weekend with some casualties....not sure how truth that is....but the beach was a gargabe can...everywhere you turn there was garbage. And forget enjoying the beach.....ewww.

Originally Posted by clean_polo

The only problem I have is, South Beach is supposed to be like a nice upscale neighborhood where all sorts of people come to enjoy the beach, shops, restaurants, clubs etc. When people like the Memorial Day Weekend crowd come down to hangout they don't know how to act and they mess everything up. It's like all the locals and regular tourists abandon SB when Memorial Weekend is in session.

It's an embarrassment from the "I'm in Miami bitch!" T-shirts on down the line. If the city tried to put an end to it, I think they'd be justified. I don't think it's worth whatever revenue it generates because it scares a lot of tourists away, and many locals stay home during that weekend, including me. At this point, let the racist accusations fly. We need to be realistic about this!

[1772]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

It's an embarrassment from the "I'm in Miami bitch!" T-shirts on down the line. If the city tried to put an end to it, I think they'd be justified. I don't think it's worth whatever revenue it generates because it scares a lot of tourists away, and many locals stay home during that weekend, including me. At this point, let the racist accusations fly. We need to be realistic about this!

Isn't it nice when you just drop the PC BS and talk plainly and openly?
I don't think we need to get racist; just like you say "realistic".

These aren't "urban youths", they are a degenerate bunch of low-lifes born out of a ghetto culture which has to stop growing...

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by 1772

I don't think we need to get racist; just like you say "realistic".

These aren't "urban youths", they are a degenerate bunch of low-lifes born out of a ghetto culture which has to stop growing...

Something really terrible has happened in this society. The way I learned as a child that one should not behave is now considered culture? I don't buy it. BS is what it is. American society is moving backward in time rather than forward.

[miami305]

Agreed and is not just in Miami, FL, that's everywhere along the east coast....when Memorial Weekend comes along. I mean...today going to work I was like....wow....what a difference, you could actually smell the fresh air...sort-of-speak.... the streets were clean, traffic was moving at a steady pace, pretty much everything was back to normal today...

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

Something really terrible has happened in this society. The way I learned as a child that one should not behave is now considered culture? I don't buy it. BS is what it is. American society is moving backward in time rather than forward.

Originally Posted by miami305

Agreed and is not just in Miami, FL, that's everywhere along the east coast....when Memorial Weekend comes along. I mean...today going to work I was like....wow....what a difference, you could actually smell the fresh air...sort-of-speak.... the streets were clean, traffic was moving at a steady pace, pretty much everything was back to normal today...

Last year, at my mother's memorial service, I met a six-year-old 2nd cousin for the first time who was amazingly intelligent, articulate, and well-spoken for his age. Of all my younger relatives that I've met over the years, he is the one who is the most like me out of all of them. It was if I had been given a vision of what my son would have been like. His mother says he's very savvy with the computer and since his biological father is not in his life, she asked if he could keep in touch with me. Of course I said yes! I welcome the opportunity to get my strength and influence in there so that the kid doesn't buckle under peer group pressure to fit in and turns into some kind of ghetto child with lost potential. It's a cycle that must be broken.

You guys might not see any aerials for a while because I've promised to take him with me the next time he comes to Miami, which will be some time this summer before he has to go back to school. I sent a picture of the Miami Seaplane Cessna (along with a link to my Shutterstock gallery) so that he can see what the plane looks like and the fact that it's on the water so that he'll know what to expect. He's not afraid. He's very excited about it!

[DShoost88]

Hey Quantum, you notice you just gave a spiel about how great a father-figure type you'll try to be for your 6-year-old cousin and then ended the post about him with a beer-chugging smiley? A little ironic, that's all.

[Aceventura]

That fits my uncles! (Wait and me too now!)

The drinking habits have been passed along

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by DShoost88

Hey Quantum, you notice you just gave a spiel about how great a father-figure type you'll try to be for your 6-year-old cousin and then ended the post about him with a beer-chugging smiley? A little ironic, that's all.

How do you know that's beer? It could be cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc, Dos Equis, or cranberry juice for all you know. All of which I drink, along with Jameson Irish Whiskey or Bailey's Irish Cream. Anyway, the point is, you don't know what's in that glass, but I hope to one day teach my young cousin how to appreciate a fine wine when he's old enough, like the sauvignon blanc I'm drinking now along with some Alaskan king crab I just cracked myself that I bought from the Miami Shores Publix. It's too expensive to have it cracked at the Oceanaire in Brickell Village thanks to the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch".