A Pin Drop...

Every household needs to see the movie trailer America, Imagine the World without Her..

Once upon a time our politicians tended to apologize for our country's prior actions.  Here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.

These are good

JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded,

"Does that include those who are buried here?"

DeGaulle did not respond.

You  could have heard a pin drop.

When in England ,

at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of
'empire building' by George Bush.

He answered by saying,

"Over the years, the United States has sent many of
its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
in return is enough to bury those that did not
return."

You could have heard a pin drop.

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There was a conference in France

where a number of international engineers
were taking part, including French and American. During a break,
one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you
heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intend to do, bomb them?"

A Boeing engineer

stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three
hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to
feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand
gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships;

how many does France have?"

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A U..S. Navy Admiral

was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries..
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a
French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many
languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that
we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
speaking French?"

Without hesitating,

the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
have to speak German."

You could have heard a pin drop.

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AND
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

Robert Whiting,

an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport

in his carry on.

"You
have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked
sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting

admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."

The American said,

"The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible..
Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !"

The American senior

gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen
to show a passport to."

You could have heard a pin drop.

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I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA

Polk Community Forum on Medical Marijuana

In case you missed the Polk Community Forum on Medical Marijuana you can view it here at this Ledger link 


Why Approve

Medical Marijuana is already providing relief and therapeutic value to residents in 21 states and the District of Columbia where laws are currently in effect, working well, and protecting both patients and doctors from arrest. A clear majority of the public and many prominent religious and medical organizations support the right of seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana without risking arrest and imprisonment.

Marijuana’s Medical Value

• Studies show that many patients suffering with HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and other debilitating illnesses find that marijuana provides relief from their symptoms.
  
• “Nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety are all afflictions of wasting and can be mitigated by marijuana.”
— Institute of Medicine, Marijuana and Medicine: "Assessing the Science Base," 1999
  
• Evidence not only supports the use of medical marijuana in certain conditions but also suggests numerous indications for cannabinoids.”
— American College of Physicians, "Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana," 2008
  
• Available prescription drugs often come with far more serious side effects than marijuana, and many patients who find relief from marijuana simply do not respond to prescription medications. Smoking or vaporizing marijuana are much more effective delivery methods than pills for many patients: The drug works instantly, the dosage may be controlled by the patient, and there is no problem “keeping it down” since it cannot be vomited back up.
  
• Cocaine, morphine, and methamphetamine may all be legally administered to patients — so why not marijuana, which has a far lower rate of dependency and for which there has never been a recorded overdose.

State Laws

21 states and Washington, D.C. currently provide legal access and protection under state law for seriously ill patients whose doctors recommend the medical use of marijuana.  Generally, these laws are working well and providing patients with relief and protection from arrest. Since 1996, when the first effective medical marijuana law passed, data have shown that concerns about these laws increasing youth marijuana use are unfounded: Of the 15 states with available before-and-after data, none have reported statistically significant increases in teen marijuana use. In fact, 11 have reported decreases.

Support from the Medical Community

American College of Physicians • Institute of Medicine • American Public Health Association • American Nurses Association • American Academy of HIV Medicine • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society • Lymphoma Foundation of America • American Medical Student Association • The state medical societies of New York, Rhode Island, and California

The American Medical Association believes that “effective patient care requires the free and unfettered exchange of information on treatment alternatives and that discussion of these alternatives between physicians and patients should not subject either party to criminal sanctions.”

According to a 2003 WebMD Medscape poll, 76% of physicians and 86% of nurses favor “marijuana for medicinal purposes.”

Support from the Religious Community

United Methodist Church • Presbyterian Church • United Church of Christ • Episcopal Church • Unitarian Universalist Association • Union of Reform Judaism • Progressive National Baptist Convention

Support from the Press

The Economist • New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • Washington Post • New York Daily News • Las Vegas Sun • Roanoke Times • Los Angeles Daily News • The Tennessean • Rocky Mountain News • Newark Star-Ledger • Los Angeles Times • New Haven Advocate • Providence Journal • Hartford Courant • Honolulu Star-Bulletin • Baltimore Sun • Daily Record • Reason Magazine • Scientific American

Hazardous Waste Dumped at Lake Ashton - Update

Asphalt is considered Hazardous Waste. 

These asphalt piles of which are to the left of the Health and Fitness Center’s (HFC) tennis and pickle ball courts which is to the left of the HFC building (HFC, 6052 Pebble Beach Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33884) as you look from the street. 

Winter Haven Code Enforcement is looking into the issue, Case no. 14-1080.  

Apparently Winter Haven Code Enforcement has had to address illegal dumping with the developer in the past and is surprised to see the practice continues.

Hey RVer's and ARC Representatives, where is the outcry? 

It seems that ARC Representatives prefer to go after fellow Residents yet turn a blind eye to REAL issues within the community.

The following pictures were taken over in the RV Storage area - Hey RVer's and ARC Representives, where is the outcry?

 Abandoned equipment 

massive oil leaks considered to be hazardous waste.

Tires are considered to be hazardous waste.  

More Pollution at Lake Ashton

First a dumping ground now water pollution!  

It is time to contact your respective CDDs to complain [note - it is the JOB/Responsibility of CDDs to manage our property and to make this kind of thing does not occur] - 

Please contact Swift Mud at (813) 470-5700 and ask for Environmental Compliance to complain.  

Please contact the Lake Wales Mayor - note - the respective towns are supposed to have a CDD oversight committee to ensure developers comply with the law.

• Lake Wales - Mayor Eugene Fultz   (863) 678-4182

Is Lake Ashton becoming Dumping Grounds for Winter Haven and Lake Wales?

Lake Ashton Residents (East and West) - Do you know that our Community is being used as an illegal  dumping ground?  

The following pictures were taken 0n 26 Aug 2014, of land within both Lake Ashton East and West areas.

We all know that the developer defaulted on what has become known as the '58 acres' which had been 
turned back over to the bank - so who is watching out for OUR interests?

It is time to contact your respective CDDs to complain [note - it is the JOB/Responsibility of CDDs to manage our property and to make this kind of thing does not occur] - 

Please contact Swift Mud at (813) 470-5700 and ask for Environmental Compliance to complain.  

Please contact your respective Mayors - note - the respective towns are supposed to have a CDD oversight committee to ensure developers comply with the law.

• Lake Wales - Mayor Eugene Fultz   (863) 678-4182
• Winter Haven - Mayor Nathaniel J. Birdsong, Jr. (863) 291-5600  

 Abandoned Equipment Rusting and leaking oil

  Abandoned Equipment Rusting and leaking oil

  Abandoned Equipment Rusting and leaking oil

 Abandoned tires

 Abandoned fire extinguisher 

  Abandoned fuel drums and pumps

 Abandoned fuel drums and pumps

Abandoned fuel drums and pumps

Trash hidden in overgrown berms hiding dumping ground

Abandoned pesticide containers

Trash buried in overgrowth

Sock Hop (by Meals on Wheels - 3 Oct 2014)

Mark your calendar, get out your dancing shoes and best 50's attire

Lets Support Meals on Wheels!!

When:  3 Oct 2014

Where:  Lake Ashton Club House

Only in America

Canadian's Version of David Letterman's Top 10… Just makes you wanna shake your head in disbelief.
This is Canada 's Top Ten List of America 's Stupidity.
Of course we look like idiots .... because we are.


Number 10)  Only in America ...could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 per plate campaign fund-raising event.

Number 9)  Only in America ...could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a black President, a black Attorney General and roughly 20% of the federal workforce is black while only 14% of the population is black 40+% of all federal entitlements goes to black Americans - 3X the rate that go to whites, 5X the rate that go to Hispanics!

Number 8)  Only in America...could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner (the head of the Treasury Department) and Charles Rangel (who once ran the Ways and Means Committee), BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

Number 7)  Only in America...can they have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

Number 6)  Only in America...would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege, while they discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' become American citizens (probably should be number one).

Number 5)  Only in America ....could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."

Number 4)  Only in America ...could you need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

Number 3)  Only in America ...could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. Oil company(Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).

Number 2)  Only in America....could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.

And Number 1)   Only in America...could the rich people - who pay 86% of all income taxes - be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.


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