Thread: Why is it Always Florida?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

There was a radio station that I used to listen to and the morning show was called: Mike and Magan they had a bit that they did regularly called ‘Crime Makes You Stupid” they would report on things about the stupid things criminals would do!!

One was a guy who held up a bank in a full length bunny suit with an open face and no disguise to cover his face!! Another was a guy who robbed a bank with the note written on the back of his bank deposit slip!

My favorite one was actually local: 911 got a call and when the dispatcher asked what the emergency was she was asked:

“Has anyone reported a stolen Jeep”? She said no and then asked why he’d asked, she was told that he’d just stolen one. She started a trace and 5 count ‘em 5 police cars screeched to a stop surrounding him while he was still in the phone both talking to 911!!

Yes Brethren, crime does indeed make you stupid!!

I beg to differ. Crimes involving drugs or passion can make the criminal stupid. White collar criminals can steal 50 to 100 million and if they get unlucky and get caught they serve only 5-10..... Meanwhile most of that is hidden offshore for when they get out. If you are rich and stupid you can buy your way out of most anything.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Wow! Quite a statement coming from a Californian. Good thing you didn't go to Ft Lauderdale or Miami . I heard a joke once, What's the difference between Homestead, Florida and Port au Prince Haiti? Answer, there is none.

As a young adult I always heard about the Strange World of California & it's inhabitants, then I actually got to travel there several times during the late 90's & early 2000's; spending a week there at a time. I loved it. I even love downtown L.A. , love the beaches, the real seafood, the women, California is a great state, I just can't afford to live there.

Homestead is my birthplace. It used to be the sleepy "Good Ole Boy" town. Agriculture it's life blood; now it has grown so much with new housing, that I actually can get lost in if, if I leave the main roads. Mainly the population is Central & South Americans, very few Haitians in numbers. Not as much trouble in Homestead as you might think.
The Haitian population is biggest in North Miami, ,,,Miami Lakes area. 25 years as an officer in the surrounding area, I rarely had a problem with the Haitian people. There were & still are known for being the hardest working people you can meet. They left a hell & found paradise on earth & they knew it. The problem began, as it has with many immigrants, some had children that did not necessarily continue down the path that their parents wanted them to. About 20 years ago, wayward Haitian youths formed a small but very violent, tight street gang in the North Miami area. There were few Creole speaking officers, we didn't need many at the time, very few problems out of the Haitians.

The gang got ignored for the most part , as they fought other drug gangs from the Miami areas that wondered in to their area & stayed in the area that they choose. Now the battles are weekly & some weeks the casualties rival that of Chicago.

Such is life, I guess.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I loved it. I even love downtown L.A. , love the beaches, the real seafood, the women, California is a great state, I just can't afford to live there.

Yeah but there politics are insane, the state is broke and the water at the beaches is about a constant six and a half degrees

[/QUOTE] Homestead is my birthplace. It used to be the sleepy "Good Ole Boy" town.[/QUOTE]

Florida's full of such towns, I live in one myself. When I was a kid there wasn't much out here but orange groves and cattle. Now...cars, traffic, and lots of folks from...uh...let's just say larger cities in the northeast and leave it at that, who always seem to be in a hurry. The culture in Florida has changed a bunch since my childhood and IMHO, not for the better. I went to Homestead in the early 80s for Water Survival School. Our practice area (before we moved out into Biscayne Bay) was directly behind the Turkey Creek Nuclear Power Plant. Instructor's joked about mutated barracuda's. Student's weren't amused. I felt like one of those guys in the old video's who are looking into a nuclear explosion wearing only raybans. Anyway, I think the joke was from the aftermath of Andrew during which time, there was no difference between Port au Prince and Homestead.

[/QUOTE] The problem began, as it has with many immigrants, some had children that did not necessarily continue down the path that their parents wanted them to. [/QUOTE]

I think they added an 11th commandment that says something like "Yea, verily, thine off-spring shall be feces craniums"