One of the larger Tax Day Tea Parties held across the county on April 15, 2009 was held here in Fort Myers. Organized by then WINK Daybreak host Mandy Connell and her husband Chuck Ley of Ley
The landowners and developers of the proposed Calusa Cay shopping center at Pine Island Center today brought a proposal before the Local Planning Agency to crave out an exception that would a
Pine Island Lions Club will be holding a Raffle/Auction.
Get your tickets now and be a $3,500 winner, other prizes are $500, or even $100.
Raffle will be held March 26th 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Pine Island residents time to discart unused & Expired medications.
Bring unused or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter medications for proper disposal.
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Pine Island was honored to have Dianne and Kent from FISH as their guest speakers and to present Dianna Higgins with a check for $1000.00.
Trey Radel, popular conservative host of “Daybreak” on 92.5 FOX radio, will be the featured speaker at the Lee County Patriots; March meeting. The meeting will be held on Friday,
There will be a Veterans Appreciation Day on Saturday, March 26, at the ranch off Roberts Road in Pineland. There will be entertainment, food and real Pine Island people to mingle with.
On March 3rd St. James City residents, Phil Buchanan saw a work crew going up and down Galt Island Avenue offering to prune trees for a reasonable price.
Kiwanis Scholarship Applications Available
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Pine Island is once again providing several financial college scholarships to Pine Island students.
This morning the club had a few guests from the Gateway to the islands Kiwanis Club, which coincidentally is where the upcoming interclub will be. One of the members Connie, helped us at the
Who's The Real Enemy? Average Prices as of 3/10/22 Russian's pay $.44 per gal. of natural gas & $2 a gal for gasoline. The U.S. pays $5 gal + del for propane and $4.35 for gasoline _________________ UPDATE: Temp Extremes on Earth's surface These ARE "everyday" & NOT Record Temps! 7-20-2016! Iraq: 126deg. F. Antartica: -91deg. F. 217 deg. spread 8-4-2021! Samoa: 129deg. F. Antarctica: -96deg. F. 225 deg. spread 4 deg. warmer 5 deg. colder >In over 5 Years< ________________ Sea Levels in Pineland have NOT gone up 1 inch in 50 years - But the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles away has risen 3 feet? _________________ The Dollar's Value IS Tanking! '92-'05 ~ $400 oz. 2011 - $1800+ oz. The Gold Story ________________ Money Isn't Counted in Venezuela, It Is Weighed: 10-31-16; Wall Street Journal, 1 Doz. eggs, $150 ________________ In 1757, Lomonosov fathered the theory crude oil originates from biological material. The Story ________________ Little Known Arab Facts The Story ________________ The REAL “Cellular Therapy” Story The Cell Story ________________ Read: Climate Change "Consensus" a Fallacy ________________ Read: Astronauts Object to Global Warming "Crisis" Assertion ________________ 17,000+ children and teens are treated for lawn mower injuries each year. The Story
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Actual Photo of the Calusa Golden Mask discovered over 40 years ago
Wisdom From 450 BC
Just in case you or anyone you know or heard of thinks they have had one original thought in their entire life. . .some technology excluded.
“The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents."
“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
"I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”
Quotes from Thucydides translated from the classic Greek text: Born:460 BC, Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos) Died:400 BC, place of death unknown Thucydides was an Athenian historian and a general having fought in many Greek battles. Most notably fighting in and cronicaling the Pelopeneasean War in the fifth-century BC between Sparta and Athens manuscript of which he didn't finish for unknown reason. (more to come)
Relevant Quotes
The U.S. Constitution is just words on parchment. If no one protects and defends. . .protects and defends it, God won't bother.
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” — Thomas Jefferson
When accused of colluding with the Russians, Winston Churchill said, “If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself in the House of Commons."
". . .while the excesses of McCarthyism may be fairly described as a witch hunt, it was a witch hunt with witches, some in government.... " (Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 11th May, 2000)
"It (not being conclusively exposed until 1999) meant that he (Alger Hiss, assistant to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius under Franklin Roosevelt) could take pride in acting as Soviet agents in the United States were instructed by their handlers to act. Never reveal your covert existence, they were told; if exposed, categorically deny any complicity; if convicted (he WAS convicted with the help of Richard Nixon), strenuously maintain your innocence as long as you live... (G. Edward White, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars - 2004)
In 10,000 years no one ever sacrificed their arms, their legs, their family or their life for "progress."
Speaking of Iran's crude nuclear bomb technology and inaccurate delivery systems, "If I were the (west bank) Palestinians, I'd be a little nervous." --John Wohlstetter, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute
"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops. " --Salman Rushdie (On the death of Christopher Hitchens, Dec.,16, 2011) UPDATE 8-22 (See link)
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."...."To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson
"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare… The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."--Alexander Hamilton:
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill