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  1. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    Absolutely stand up for our freedoms. Listen and learn to be informed. Protect Democracy by voting and encouraging others to vote. Those two groups are different. I know it is hard to see the difference sometimes but they are different.
  2. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    White Supremacist are a very small minority. Christian Nationalist are a much bigger percentage of the population and is what is driving much of this extreme movement toward the right. America has an identification crisis. Who are we? What do we want? Do we want to hate or do we want to...
  3. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    We all marginalize. Very few are racist bigots etc. It is almost like we choose to be divisive and hate others regardless of skin color. We assume everyone must be a racist bigot etc. if they vote a certain way. What you are describing is fear which is part of human nature. When people fear...
  4. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    My point is that we just can't call people and groups of people these hideous names just to feel superior in morality or anything else. It is more than insensitivity. It hides our own imperfections which is not honest. We can't improve ourselves like that. I think we all want the same things...
  5. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    Would you like my thoughts? Sometimes I wish I had the insensitivity of Poppaj and use words that would make your head spin :)
  6. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    No you can't connect those dots. I do not think anyone has purposely glorified slave trade. You can even make a case that if your or I buy any products from China we are on the hook for glorifying cheap labor. Please everyone just use common sense. Stop blaming and shaming. It is...
  7. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    I will take reasonable and equitable over hate any day of the week and twice on Sunday :)
  8. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    I get out just about every day. I talk to people every day. I have never heard anyone say that slavery was moral. That is the subject matter. I agree with what seems like an easy judgement of the people you speak about but the truth is we will never move forward if we hate and castigate. It...
  9. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    This is why liberals are now more open to conservative values than I believe ever before. Not one person has condoned slavery in my entire 67 years of life. Born and raised in the South. Proud of my Southern Heritage. I honestly do not know of anyone who would condone anything that is...
  10. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    All those things are a part of human history, part of human nature and part of life on this good planet. That is the truth and you know it. Judging other groups of people does not make you better AND is not helping any cause. The more you do this the more it becomes a "lost cause"...
  11. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    Our heritage is important. There is good and bad in all things. Some of us just like to blame and shame other groups without looking into the mirror at least every once in a while :)
  12. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    That is ridiculous story telling nonsense. Someone just posted that "we are better than that". You can trash Southern Heritage (my heritage) if it makes you feel better about yourself :)
  13. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    Choosing sides is not the answer unless your goal is conflict. If the goal is truth there is only one side. If the goal is wisdom then we should listen to all sides.
  14. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    I believe the United Daughters of the Confederacy probably understood their intentions better than we do. If any of us are going to judge their intentions then lets also judge Sherman, Lincoln, Grant and many others on the "right" side of moral behavior. Maybe we should Judge ourselves just a...
  15. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    I respect everything you say about the monument. I also believe the flag is a part of our history. Neither should be destroyed and erased. However there is a time and a place for everything. Time has changed all of us because we learn. I have learned that African Americans and Native...
  16. M

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    Leaving it is not in anyone's best interest including mine who respects Southern Heritage as well as understands the nature of racism, bigotry and lack of sensitivity in most all human beings no matter where you are from. It should be moved but not erased from history. It should be a reminder...
  17. M

    Dune Allen Property Owners Trying New Way To Steal Beach

    Based on the human greed it takes to exclude other humans from the beach logic would suggest that God is fallible...
  18. M

    Dune Allen Property Owners Trying New Way To Steal Beach

    IMO The old way would be greed and never satisfied. The new way would be greed and never satisfied. So you make a good point. The word "steal" should be your trigger word. I don't think it is stealing beach but I do think it is hoarding and not caring or sharing with people who do not have...
  19. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    What would our species do without music to help us with truth and consequences :)
  20. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    I agree that it is much worse when a rich and powerful person tell us that "progress" is for our own good because those type people have missed something in life and replaced it with an untruth about what progress actually means. Government should be able to define progress for all the people...
  21. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    Yes you are probably right! We all live in a capitalistic society where money is king. It is the reason why law and regulation is important. Quality of life in society require Law and Regulation and is a responsibility of those we put into government offices. Many abuse that responsibility...
  22. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    The "county" are humans with power. Humans make mistakes. All of us make mistakes. Okay now we have these issues. Have we learned anything from mistakes made is something that we should be able to ask of those in power. The only thing they can do now is purchase land for beach access. What...
  23. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    I do not see or feel the envy that you speak of building on a sand dune next to the ocean. I think that would be called disrespectful to our ecosystem which is done every time we build on natural resources anywhere. We may all be somewhat responsible which is another issue. The issue we have...
  24. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    Gult Power, CHELCO and Regional Utilities extending easements to each other is one thing but FPL has gotten too big and very aggressive and powerful. The smaller utility companies are worried and they should be. They are between a rock and a hard place. I just talk to people who work for the...
  25. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    I would be very surprised if Chelco shared their utility easement but strange things do happen when a lot of money is involved. I would not doubt that FPL does not have to pull permits along Hwy 331. I am not surprised by anything much anymore. We may not like what they are doing but unless...
  26. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    FPL just wants to monopolize our electric service. They are trying to take Chelco's customer base. They do have to have permits and easements because their lines extend over public and private land. Only Chelco has the easement. FPL has not yet applied for permits which are required.
  27. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    We don't want the lines because Hwy 331 is a hurricane evacuation route. We don't want the lines because they are an eye sore on a scenic Hwy. If we need the lines then they should put them in the ground. FPL has a lot of money and power and we all know what that means. I am already seeing...
  28. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    I see beachfront owners as producers and achievers which I use to admire. I do not think anyone should be building on sand dunes or marshes but that is a State or County issue and the relationship between government and wealthy people and developers. That said I now see the ugly truth of...
  29. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    Here is the truth about greed...we all have it in our DNA. Some of us just can't admit it. Once we accept it we can look in the mirror and find a better self because admitting the truth is very important for a purpose driven life to be a good steward of this miracle called life. Rules of...
  30. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    LOL Huckabee gave himself way too much credit :) Go back and read his comments. I really hope there is something called regulated capitalism so that we all have a piece of the pie instead of monopolized wealth. Your fear of socialism is not justified and you know it. You like me have a hard...
  31. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    What Huckabee did for this County is unforgivable. Yes there were issues that needed to be solved and the County tried. We can debate whether they tried hard enough but the point is Huckabee is wealthy and because of his wealth and power we the public are losing valuable resources. Let that...
  32. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    I believe our County had to spend whatever it takes to protect beach access for the public. Whether we agree with the settlement or not we have a new reality for beach access, beach safety and all the emotions on both sides. I personally hold one man responsible for this mess and I think we...
  33. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    Yes that is their plan! Monopoly utility companies and monopoly insurance companies are here in this State and consumer watch dog groups seem to be having it's members replaced with retired lobbyist. Seems fishy to me...
  34. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    Yes they do and the primary reason is politics. Both utility and insurance companies spend a ton of money lobbying government officials. This is a just a fact. Their profits are off the charts. Notice how FPL is advertising. They will eventually put smaller companies out of business. In...
  35. M

    Power lines proposed across the Choctawhatchee Bay

    FPL is being very aggressive with the power line. They are offering money to property owners along 331 even before they have anything approved with the County or State. It should go underground and that is the position we are taking.
  36. M

    Florida Home Insurance

    I think you are wrong but the truth is that we have gotten ourselves so divided that you might be right. If we the people of Florida were smart we would demand changes to a system that only works well for the wealthy...
  37. M

    Florida Home Insurance

    We Floridians should all be on the same side and demand our political candidates to do something about insurance and infrastructure. Everyone should ask themselves why we are not able to put serious issues above a political "side"...
  38. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    That settlement is hard to read and even harder to believe. Private property owners now own the sunset!!! Wow...
  39. M

    Walton County Customary Use in the News

    It sounds like we are all going to have a "heavy heart" and wealthy corporations will take another 1/3 of our beautiful natural resources. Wow!
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