sabaii's Blog

I was surprised to know that Orlando is second only to New York City for the number of Puerto Ricans (Boricans)  in our population. One of their religions is Santeria and it involves animal sacrifice which has been determined by the courts to be legal. With the movies out dealing with Saneria "The Believers" and "Perdita Durango" which involves human sacrifice and consumption of aborted fetuses I wonder to what extent this religion is killing living things to support their beliefs. This religion has been featured on various TV shows like Miami Vice and other crime dramas and Moe on the 'Simpsons" practices Santeria. As for myself, I'll stay with the occasional wafer and kool aid to express my beliefs.

Last week I went to the Lynx Central Bus Station in downtown Orlando on my way to the VA Clinic. As I needed to get two bus passes to save on gasoline purchases I asked for one weekly pass and one monthly pass. I showed the lady my disabled card which allows me half price passes. Much to my surprise the cashier told me she thought that I was re-selling the passes for profit and warned me that if I got caught they would be seized and I would no longer be able to buy passes. I strongly objected but she said it was Lynx policy to tell seniors/disabled people that they were being watched. I bought my weekly pass $7 and my monthly pass $22 and left the terminal. I wondered just how much I could earn by selling these two passes. The amount paid was $29 and regular price of the passes would be $58. A bonanza if I made the full amount of $29? I know scalpers make money on buying and selling Majic tickets across the street but at the bus station? The security and police on duty don't even allow panhandlers and the passes have distinct colors showing the driver what kind of pass you are using.

I went on Channel 9 TV today May 19th even though Lynx ordered us off the property while filming the comments. They claimed Lynx to be private property although Lynx is a subsidized State sanctioned local  bus service. I was denied my civil rights of freedom of speech and Channel 9 was denied their media rights and forced off the property. Lynx says that in Jan 07 only 1700 senior bus passes were sold but in May 08 2000 were sold indicating a 30% increase. How much has gasoline increase percentage wise since Jan 08? There appears to be a nexus between more seniors riding the bus now because of their limited income. Are seniors and disabled people turning into gangsters because of the economy?

I would appreciate readers comments.

 

 

Why didn't the FHP notice the smog that caused the horrible crash?  Surely it didn't just show up in 5 minutes.