By Carlos Miller
Here is your chance to vote against me.
That means you, Jorge, and the rest of your First Amendment bashing crew.
My post, March on Mayors Protest Proceeds through Downpour, is one of four posts in the running for “Post of the Month” on the South Florida Daily Blog.
The post includes video and photos from a protest in the pouring rain, so it will probably irritate the handful of haters that can’t stand Freedom of Expression.
The good news is that even though I damaged a camera because of the pouring rain, Canon is fixing it free of charge because it was still under warranty. I hope to get it back before the Fourth of July.
Please read through all four nominees and vote for which you think is the most deserving of this honor.
Popularity: 3% [?]
45 responses so far ↓
1 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 11:09 AM
I won’t lie Carlos- Christian’s and Scott’s posts were pretty good…that’s not to say yours wasn’t it’s just that I can identify more with a lost love and a parent’s passing than I can with a protest.
2 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 11:15 AM
MCM,
That’s what I love about you, your sheer honesty.
3 mad hatter // Jul 2, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Carlitos,
You’re in the lead, by a lot. It looks like the First Amendment bashing crew is putting you over the top. I wonder, does Rick employ the same methodology that you use to determine if the same person is posting multiple times?
I voted for you and I might vote again for you, if I have the time.
I read all of the posts and I’m not one for the sappy stories, so that eliminated the first two. The third was nice, but it was old; that guy’s had the opportunity to win awards at various other times for that post, so I was left with you.
There was nothing really wrong with your posts; it stayed within the bounds of decency and common sense, so I gave it my vote.
BTW, get out to SW 4 Ave and 8 St to photograph a couple of protesters regarding some construction labor dispute. Another group is at SW 2 Ave and 7 St with the same banner, but complaining about a different company. The protesters look like they need to stop drinking Mad Dog and start looking for jobs.
You know how it goes: vote early, and vote often.
4 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 12:46 PM
mh,
Maybe by me telling them to vote against me, they voted for me so they could still defy me.
Thanks for your vote.
Maybe those construction workers are hoping to find work as they protest.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/590506.html
5 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 1:54 PM
This pertained to the thread from a couple of days ago where Magic Mama pasted some articles of dirty cops, I went ahead and posted my reply to her here as well just in case she doesn’t check the other one:
jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Magic City,
What is your agenda? You posted a few instances were cops actions have gone awry. In your profession (????writer/loafer????) I’m sure there are many dirty people….but we dont label them as “all” criminals. So what are you getting at by posting all of the stories of dirty cops?
I can find you a job if you need one, they are looking for cooks at versailles restaurant in Little Havana.
6 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Carlos,
You’ve got all of these people drinking your Kool-Aid. I voted against you..but you are leading at %51. This is a sign of the times. This is why Obama will be our president in 09. I mean who’s cock are you sucking?
7 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
jorge,
Would you prefer another four years of Bushit?
8 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Although President Bush is now being credited with our current circumstances, it might be good to note that he has been in office for seven plus years; it is only now that all our economic woes have surfaced… do you think possibly there might be something else involved?
In just one year. Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democra tic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it’s Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what’s handed to him.
A ‘liberal’ is a person who will give away everything he doesnʼt own!
9 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Mad Hatter,
You seem to be a comepinga as well. Giving tips to this pendejo on where he should stage his camera?
10 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM
jorge,
As a democrat, I’ll be the first to tell you that this Congress hasn’t done a damn thing but sit on their asses.
The current state we’re in is a result of the bottom finally falling after years of Bushit.
11 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Quote from Andy Rooney, I think it’s accurate:
Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize their lives. They believe in freedom so fervently that they think it should be compulsory. They believe that the poor and ignorant are victims of an unfair system and that their circumstances can be improved if we give them help. Republicans (I think to myself) are conservatives who think it would be best if we faced the fact that people are no damned good. They think that if we admit that we have selfish, acquisitive natures and then set out to get all we can for ourselves by working hard for it, that things will be better for everyone. They are not insensitive to the poor, but tend to think the poor are impoverished because they won’t work. They think there would be fewer of them to feel sorry for if the government did not encourage the proliferation of the least fit among us with welfare programs.
12 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Let’s talk about this:
http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/591476.html
13 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 4:48 PM
jorge,
That’s huge news. My mom called me all excited about it because she is Colombian.
I’m looking forward to hearing their stories about what went on all those years while they were in captivity.
14 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Now that’s what you should write about. Take all the photos of the cops off your website and put in the photos of these heroes. They were held captive for 6 years.
15 mad hatter // Jul 2, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Let’s talk about the release of the hostages! That is spectacular news, not only from the human angle but also from the political one!
Uribe has shown time and again that he has a huge pair. For decades, Colombian presidents have been weak against the FARC, allowing these crminals to take over entire swaths of the country. Uribe came to office and persevered against the threats from the leftists and he won!
Hugo Chavez and the rest of the FARC appeasers will be having a healthy serving of liver for dinner tonight.
16 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Jorgito-
Wow, me buscas. I’m flattered but still saddened by your lack of knowledge. Those damned semantics keep getting the best of you.
By definition alone, a dirty writer/loafer is not a criminal; a dirty cop however, is.
I’m glad the Democrats were in office when the Cubans started making their way to Miami. They believed that the Cuban immigrants were poor victims of an unfair system and believed that their circumstances could be improved with a little help.
Had it been a Republican’t, you’d be in a sugar cane field today with no idea wth a computer was.
I’m sure the owner of Versailles won’t disagree…
17 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Just to clarify- my peeps came post Eisenhower.
18 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Your peeps came por el Mariel!
As for the me being in a sugar cane field, if it would have been republican, we would not have been embarcado in the bay of pigs and we would not have a dictator 90 miles from our shores.
Your cop comments make you appear shallow.
19 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM
jorgito,
If your republicans are so supportive of Cubans, then why was Reagan able to defeat communism in Europe but unable to beat it 90 miles away from the U.S.?
Why don’t you and mad hatter come over to Miami Beach 411 and join this thread?
http://forums.miamibeach411.com/index.php?/forums/viewthread/2669/
20 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 9:42 PM
The Mariel boatlift? That would mean I’m Cuban, which I’m not. They arrived in the early 60s papo. I ‘arrived’ smack in the middle of the 70s.
Save your conservative locution for someone who can be fooled easily, does not have access to WIKI or cannot read; Eisenhower was in office in the late 50s when the wave started.
Your comments in general make you appear dumb.
21 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:04 PM
As much as I loved Reagan, Russia toppled by themselves. Cuba just can’t do it because the majority of people left are Kool-Aid drinkers….but that’s for another day
As for joining the Miami Beach thread….
Sorry Caluch, too much commitment for me. I am not a Blogtog, just started now cause you pissed me off with your disrespect of the “chosen ones”….so I felt the need to express myself.
Then you’re crew of misfits egged me on so I continued to write.
mama, You are not cuban? Let me break it to you, if you were born in Miami and went to La Salle High School, you are Cuban. If you don’t think so, take a trip to Valdosta, GA and spend a few days there. Ask for the lobster at the local eateries.
22 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Cuba can’t do it because the ones who are not Kool-Aid drinkers come to Miami and complain about Castro – but that is also for another day.
23 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Jorge,
I hate to break it to you, but that little hospital next to La Salle (AHA- you did check the MB411 thread), where I was born, is in the good ole US of A. Try Google maps if you’re unsure.
That makes me a bona fide Americanita- just like my mom is Cuban and not Spanish like her parents are. It’s geography papo.
24 jorge // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:17 PM
In Cuba there was no Little Galicia or Little Barcelona like we have Little Havana in Miami. Deja de cuento arrepentida!
25 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I will admit that if my mother sees that ‘americanita’ comment, I’m out one babysitter this weekend…
26 Magic City Mama // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Jorge:
That’s because in Cuba they don’t let you believe/practice/be who & what you want to.
That’s what makes this country so great. You don’t have to lose your identity. The Nicaraguans can have little Managua and the Haitians have Little Haiti.
27 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I will admit that if my mother sees that ‘americanita’ comment, I’m out one babysitter this weekend…
And she will say, “eso no pasaba en Cuba!”
28 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:27 PM
In Cuba there was no Little Galicia or Little Barcelona like we have Little Havana in Miami. Deja de cuento arrepentida!
But there was el Barrio de los Chinos.
29 mad hatter // Jul 2, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Carlos,
I tried to post on the 411 thread, but I had trouble logging-in. I think the verification e-mail went to the spam filter and I never got it. Oh well…
Here’s one that should be right up Suzy’s alley:
You know you were born and raised in Miami when …
…one of your high school classmates is Willy Chirino’s manager.
It may turn out that we have a few friends in common.
Also, Jorge and MCM, er Suzy, why don’t the two of you stop the high school show already and ask each other out? This is a blog about dirty cops, not eharmony.com.
30 Carlos Miller // Jul 2, 2008 at 11:38 PM
mh,
Check your junk mail, it may be there.
I don’t think Jorge can handle Suzy.
31 mad hatter // Jul 3, 2008 at 8:03 AM
Carlos,
I checked my junk mail and it wasn’t there. Is there a way to request that the verification e-mail be re-sent?
32 Gus Moore // Jul 3, 2008 at 8:17 AM
Hi, mad hatter, thanks for signing up. I resent the activation letter. Let me know if it still doesn’t work.
33 mad hatter // Jul 3, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Gus,
Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out. I got the e-mail, but when I clicked on the link I received a “file not found” message. It actually takes me into the website, but whatever it’s trying to do in there is not working.
I tried logging-in, but I got the message that my membership had not been activated.
34 Magic City Mama // Jul 3, 2008 at 9:02 AM
MH:
Willy Chirino’s sister was a counselor/moderator for a few retreats when I was in high school- does that count?
35 mad hatter // Jul 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM
MCM,
No. You were in the Class of 1993, correct? Do you remember someone named Nelson Albareda?
36 mad hatter // Jul 3, 2008 at 9:11 AM
MCM,
By the way, another “You know you were born and raised in Miami when …”
…Willy Chirino’s sister was your peer ministry teacher.
37 Magic City Mama // Jul 3, 2008 at 10:08 AM
No, but I’ll dig up an old yearbook. I’m curious- how’d you get my class info?
38 mad hatter // Jul 3, 2008 at 10:29 AM
MCM,
You have your birthdate on your profile on Miami Beach 411. You sent an open invitation yesterday to look at your pics and that’s how I came upon your profile. Then Carlos told me to go over to 411 to look at the thread he started and that’s where I found out that you went to La Salle. After that it was just a matter of putting two and two together.
39 Magic City Mama // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Holy smokes…a ‘REAL 5-O.’
40 Carlos Miller // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Meanwhile, Jorge is still scratching his head.
41 mad hatter // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:34 PM
hehe.
42 jorge // Jul 4, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Just got back from good old New York, caught the New York Yankees in their final season at Yankee stadium. Carlos’ that’s sports..you wouldn’t understand.
While I was there, I had a deep experience. I was walking down time square when I looked up at a building that was about half the size of the twin towers. I thought to myself, how caotic it must have been for a buidling that size, let alone the towers, fall to the ground.
And then it hit me…..hatred…….Why? because many of us have forgotten. Why? because many of us care so much about so called “freedom” that we will hand ourselves up to terrorist.
So Carlos, MCM (now she has an acronym?) and all you other liberal mutts, leave our country to us repblicans to save the day and take a “cup of shut the fuck up”
OUT
PS: I don’t know MCM from any other broad, I only know her name is Suzy and she went to La Salle. I don’t want to know any more about her…oh and yes I could handle her and twenty more. (In a debate, not anything else…. sickos)
43 jorge // Jul 4, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Carlos, is there a way to share pictures on this site? I wanted to upload some photos of a friend who is in Iraq risking his cuello for you.
Disregard, It’s not a cop in a conflict with some loser reporter so it’s not something for your thread.
44 Carlos Miller // Jul 5, 2008 at 2:16 AM
“I was walking down time square when I looked up at a building that was about half the size of the twin towers. I thought to myself, how caotic it must have been for a buidling that size, let alone the towers, fall to the ground.
And then it hit me…..hatred…….Why? because many of us have forgotten. Why? because many of us care so much about so called “freedom” that we will hand ourselves up to terrorist.”
Jorge,
You’re kidding me, right? You’re saying we should give up our freedoms because the terrorists hate us for our freedoms?
If you want to share photos, upload them to a host site like Flickr or Photobucket, then post the links here.
If you post two links or more, your comment will be held for moderation because spammers like to post a bunch of links.
But I will have no problem approving the links if the photos are relevant to the discussion. If the photo is good enough, I will even post it in a blog post.
45 jorge // Jul 5, 2008 at 8:35 AM
You know you were born nd raised in Miami when…….
Materva is your favorite soft drink.
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