Protesters marred Gov. Rick Scott's state of the state speech yesterday. Orlando Sentinel Scott Maxwell provides a video "Malarky Meter" that is entertaining. What is in a donut? (Gov. Scott singles out a donut shop owner as an example of job creation.) A hole. Maxwell notes that Scott promises $1 billion in education to applause, but no mention that he cut $2 billion last year. And no commentators have asked the question of Gov. Scott's claim of job growth: what is the average hourly rate of those 125,000 jobs?
The Sentinel and others missed the dismal underpinnings of Scott's attempt at cheerfulness. Scott emphasized that, soon enough, with bright horizons like low taxes and good weather-- millions of New Yorkers and Illinois will resume their flight to Florida real estate. That logic-- economic growth fueled by unlimited population growth littered Florida with ghost suburbs and platted subdivisions in wetlands and condo canyons on Florida's coasts-- had the GOP audience delivering reliable applause. It also set back growth management and environmental protection in Florida back, by 40 years. A Great Leap Backwards!
"We need to continue our mission of slashing red tape in Florida..." "A reawakening of a mighty, prosperous nation." "It is a story told 1000 times with each generation." The applause was so timed and coordinated it reminded me of ...
If you missed the Governor's speech and are inclined to doubt ... , click on both these videos at the same time, sit back and enjoy the march of history.
8 comments:
Either Rick's a really bad public speaker or he's baked.
I suspect he's baked.
No kidding.
Gov. Scott said that as a youngster he flipped hamburgers for 85 cents an hour. The minimum wage has been $1.00 an hour since 1956. Being born in 1952, he apparently found work at the age of four. This explains his fixation on jobs.
Brilliant.
What is with the hand gestures? So strange...like a puppet.
Wow, these 2 videos do play together well. Perfect!
And speaking of sugar (G.O.D. above), listen to how Scott calls out a teacher from Immokalee, sugar country. No friggen coincidence, there.
He should have stuck to stealing money from Federal Government. I think he was better at that, maybe.
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