HALLOWEEN AIN'T OVER

Until I say it is ..... or until you have seen this funny Vid called Dry Halloween from

Tiki Bar TV

Robots among us

They are here. Not just the super life like Fembot the Japanese showed off at there recent
exhibit but on the web.
Any time you try to sign up for a blog etc. and you see the box with the letters to type in to verify yourself and you have to reply to an email address and you see the message "please reply to this email so we know your not a robot" you know its for real.

We can still stay ahead of the machines for now..........

Walter you ain't wrong

About whats not right .... even here on 30A

The Article

Sister Johnson at Ceruleans 11/25/06

Sister Johnson and a whole host of Family and Friends brought their show to Ceruleans Saturday night and the place was packed.
Everyone had a good time.

Longer hours and a Menu of tasty tidbits are coming soon.

And Riki Comeaux will be playing this Saturday.
This Gal can sing and plays original material.


photo Copyright 2006 Shawn O'Neal All Rights Reserved

Whats up 30A Hurricane watchers ?

That includes I believe every local.
Remember this story in May 2006 Story

Whats up?
We went to the moon
We have Direct TV
We have hybrid cars
We have dual core microchips
We have DSL and Cable


But we don't know what the weather is going to do 10 days from now.......

Poly want's 30A blog

Poly Don't want a cracker, Poly want's to hear the latest scenic 30A Blog.....

Rich getting Richer $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

One in every 825 households earned at least $2 million last year, nearly double the percentage in 1989, adjusted for inflation, Mr. Wolff found in an analysis of government data. When it comes to wealth, one in every 325 households had a net worth of $10 million or more in 2004, the latest year for which data is available, more than four times as many as in 1989.

More info at: www.econ.nyu.edu/user/wolffe/

3oA spared with mild 2006 HurriCane season

This is Matt Drudges Headline this morning:
BLEW IT: HURRICANE PREDICTIONS OFF TRACK; QUIETEST SEASON IN DECADE

Let's Get This Christmas Rollin.........

Holiday Mood tip:

Sitting outside of Starbucks at Destin Commons after 7:pm Sipping your favorite hot drink while whatching the big Christmas tree as the fake snow blows around.

MAP of Scenic highway 30A

Well were exactly is this fabo place anyway?

Right here Bucko (click here)

Temple Myst

All that was Man's glory vanished
The dusty facade crumbled to reveal
A Human mentality that can't be changed
By time, technology, or the veneer of civility

Let the Cataclysm of Consciousness come
And lift this fog of ignorance
As the morning Sun lifts
The Myst from the Temple

All of our brightest moments
And our crowning advancements
Have happened inside our heart of hearts
Not in the factories and machines of our minds


Cast your truest desires to the fates
And be lifted up beyond the mundane
As the morning Sun lifts
The Myst from the Temple

Temple Myst Copyright Shawn O'Neal 2006
Photo Copyright Teresa O'Neal 2006

30A Blues

Photo Copyright Teresa O'Neal 2006 All Rights Reserved

30A song

30A song lyrics © Shawn O'Neal 2006

We're living for today
Down here on 30-A

We're living life
Out in the Florida Sun

Where the beach is soft and white
And the girls are looking right

So come on baby
We're going to hear the band tonight

Come on down to play
You know you've got to get away

Just give me a call
When you get to town

Well the Surf is up today
Down here on 30-A

We're riding the waves
And working on a tan

And the beach is soft and white
And the girls are looking right

So come on baby
We're going to a party tonight

Come on out and play
You know you've got to get away

Just give me a call when you get to town.

30A song lyrics © Shawn O'Neal 2006

Did I say Happy Thanksgiving?

Happy Thanksgiving 30A !

10,000 years from now.
Implanted history Downloaded before birth: And in th 21st century the people of the country called America still observed a custom called Thanksgiving by gathering around a table and eating a large bird called a turkey which was raised on Earth at that time . Little did they know that within three centuries time a freak.........

on the scene at "C"

Its the night before Thanksgiving and we are sitting at Ceruleans in WaterColor here on 30A
next door to Seaside where the Port is superb (Thanks Chuck) and the music is stimulating.
People are sitting around chatting with a glass of wine at hand.
One Man is rocking a little baby to the beat of the soft Jazz.
Anne Hunter and her trusty golden lab puppy are busy bringing in more original paintings of local artists while some local musicians practice amongst themselves for a show taking place this Saturday night put together by Bobby Johnson and featuring his talented singing daughters Natasha and Kelsy known as Sister Johnson.
Other local 30A notables scheduled for the show Saturday are Alice Bargeron, Ben and Mike Ford, Bud Dilard, Mark Sturm, Matt Miller, Mike Hauser, Scott Shovea and Family, Ricki Comeaux and local band Greenhit.
Two kids just sat down to play a game of chess. Makes me feel younger being on the laptop .
There are a whole lot of people in town this weekend.
WaterColor has most of the rental homes rented or in use by the owners and I heard from one
of the agents that all of the condos were rented as well.
I hope to see you guys there this saturday for the Live music down on 30A.
I will update as soon as we get some music going.
Chow

Friday has a very talented chap by the name of robert vest putting on a holiday show in Seaside
On County 30A Between county roads 283 and 395.
and also Alys Beach has an Open house with Food and several musical acts playing for your
enjoyment. It is worth the trip to see the very new and very different homes they are building there. Alys Beach is on the east end of 30A just west of Rosemary Beach.

Britney Darlin

Britney,

Darlin, You can buy a house around here for $5 to $10 million and have plenty of cash left over.
Call me anything, Just call.
Click on "Britney" below to see a great looking woman.

Shawn 850 -225-5944

Britney

Vernon Florida, Bugatti, and a cult movie

Check this article from one of the leading auto Mags about taking the $1.3 million dollar
Bugatti Veyron down through the Redneck Riviera....... and the cult movie thang in Vernon...
It's the second article posted down the page

Vernon

What they're saying about us...

up in Memphis...

Article

Insurance up up up

It's not only the coastal areas....

Starting in August, Allstate will not write new Quake (earthquake) policies for Homeowners living along the New Madrid fault that runs through the central United States.

Source: National Association of Realtors

Americans South of the border

We hear a lot of news about Mexicans coming to America across the border.
How many Americans are heading to Mexico?


How Many?

Yes I do Say......

Each of us is 750 times more likely to be killed by an asteroid than to win this weekend's lottery.
Think about that next time you buy a lottery ticket.

Also A 1bn tonne asteroid just 1km across striking the Earth at a 45 degree angle could generate the equivalent of a 50,000 megatonne thermonuclear explosion.

Have a good evening.

27% of Boomers will never retire

78 million Boomers

Pollution to combat Global Warming?

If this is true we better rethink banning smoking in all these different places

Global Warming

Das Market

One of the biggest markets in real estate now is the second home market. Anyone who reads any news knows there is currently a real estate slump. Chances are, it won't last and areas which are highly desirable for retirees are likely to find growing crowds as more of the boomers head for retirement.

Boomers are already buying second homes at a younger age than their parents did and they visit the second homes more frequently than their parents. According to the National Association of Realtors, 7 percent of baby boomers already own a vacation home. That number may go as high as 20 percent in a decade. With real estate prices currently lower than they have been, watch for the explosion as the boomer mentality suddenly leads to a lemming-like conclusion that now is the time to pick up that retirement home because the prices are as low as they are likely to be.

The trend toward a second home is likely to be accelerated by the shortage of skilled employees and the changing technology. Many companies and agencies have doubts about telecommuting. Those doubts can be overcome by the need to hire qualified people. And, throw into the mix the availability of the internet, cell phones, Federal Express service and the ever present Blackberry, and there may be a marriage of convenience for everyone. It may be that a good engineer, consultant, writer or analyst may be able to stare out at the ocean from a beach front condo while continuing to work part-time and bring in some extra money.

And, with a large concentration of federal employees in metropolitan areas like Washington, DC, Houston, San Francisco and Atlanta, many federal employees have accumulated a large nest egg in a home that has become very expensive. Why not sell it and move to the mountains or the beach or a small town with a house you can buy for cash with more amenities and lower property taxes?

Many boomers will opt for these alternatives because they can do it and because employers will need their services.

* Federal Office of Personnel article excerpt

Kevin knows Guitars

I took a new but not expensive Electric Guitar in to The Guitar Store on 98 just down from the outlets on the south side of the road next to the surf shop to get the action adjusted and Kevin
really took the time to set up the Guitar to play more expensive than it is.

This is a good idea no matter what price guitar you buy but even more important when you are
getting a less expensive or starter guitar.

Check it out

inside 30 A

The Man Behind 30A Blog

Thank You, Thank you very much

As my friend Nacho would say "This is really Really good"

30A on Wikipedia

Wiki Who dear?

30A Bra ? web search

Check it out Bra , I mean Bro

30A Bra

RED AND BLUE and 30A too

I checked the post midterm election red blue county map of the US and did not see alot of change from the last prez election.

Our coast is blue from New Orleans to the Alabama state line and switches to Red until you get past Bay county and then it switches back to blue which covers the inside corner of upper florida
called the forgotten coast.
Heading north we find heavy red in Alabama.
To the south we find Sharks who think Reps and Dems both taste like Chicken.....

Whats up Birmingham?

Our friends up the road in B'Ham many of whom own properties here on 30A have seen their
city jump from the #10 spot to the #6 spot on Americas most dangerous cities list in just one year! *

* As reported by the Morgan Quinto Press 13th annual survey.

I heard New Orleans did not report numbers......

Blogs on a Roll

57 Million Blogs and growing

Interview with a grain of sand

I came down from the mountains
To rest on your enchanted shores
To create a welcome place for you
Before you were born

Your presence here bares witness
To a power beyond mere attraction
That tugs gently at your spirit
And enters to calm all distraction

Do you want to whisper to the wind?
Do you want to lay within this sand?
Then come rest and regain yourself my friend
And feel the healing power of this land



Interview with a grain of sand by shawn O'Neal Copyright © 2006 All Rights Reserved

30A Real estate market affects heads

Look at the first picture (above) of a local agent at the height of the market, he has that big head and that Star quality about him


Now look at a more recent photo of this young man (upper left) in the current market

Big head syndrome is a little understood
medical condition....

30 Hours after the election......

And your neighbors are thinking about what ?

Big Topics

China Sucks

Who are the Mad Dogs here?

Don't read to the bottom of the article unless you like to puke...

Fox News Confirms The Lib difference

Libs Make difference

The 13% difference

Libertarian Party swings several key votes

30A citizens Now read this

Read down this blog of stats until you puke.
Think about the enormous amounts of $$$$ being spent on political campaigns and you can feel it....the insane asyulm we call earth....


insane

Realtors eat your hearts out

Never have so many$$$$

insane outrage

I just heard that the most expensive mid term election is in Tennessee were I spent 20 years.
$1.5 Billion dollars ! 1500 Million Dollars! For one senate race.

This was on NPR. If you hear any other numbers let me know.
Leviathan grows stronger and stronger........

while we were dreaming II

Dream On

while we were dreaming

This is Keith Olberman's (MSNBC) interview with Law Professor Jonathan Turley


To assess what this law will truly mean for us all, I’m joined by Jonathan Turley, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University.

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Olbermann: Our freedoms in peril The death of habeas corpus 'Countdown' homepage

I want to start by asking you about a specific part of this act that lists one of the definitions of an unlawful enemy combatant as, quote, “a person who, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, has been determined to be an unlawful enemy combatant by a combatant status review tribunal or another competent tribunal established under the authority of the president or the secretary of defense.”

Does that not basically mean that if Mr. Bush or Mr. Rumsfeld say so, anybody in this country, citizen or not, innocent or not, can end up being an unlawful enemy combatant?

JONATHAN TURLEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR: It certainly does. In fact, later on, it says that if you even give material support to an organization that the president deems connected to one of these groups, you too can be an enemy combatant.

And the fact that he appoints this tribunal is meaningless. You know, standing behind him at the signing ceremony was his attorney general, who signed a memo that said that you could torture people, that you could do harm to them to the point of organ failure or death.

So if he appoints someone like that to be attorney general, you can imagine who he’s going be putting on this board.

OLBERMANN: Does this mean that under this law, ultimately the only thing keeping you, I, or the viewer out of Gitmo is the sanity and honesty of the president of the United States?

TURLEY: It does. And it’s a huge sea change for our democracy. The framers created a system where we did not have to rely on the good graces or good mood of the president. In fact, Madison said that he created a system essentially to be run by devils, where they could not do harm, because we didn’t rely on their good motivations.

Now we must. And people have no idea how significant this is. What, really, a time of shame this is for the American system. What the Congress did and what the president signed today essentially revokes over 200 years of American principles and values.

It couldn’t be more significant. And the strange thing is, we’ve become sort of constitutional couch potatoes. I mean, the Congress just gave the president despotic powers, and you could hear the yawn across the country as people turned to, you know, “Dancing with the Stars.” I mean, it’s otherworldly.

OLBERMANN: Is there one defense against this, the legal challenges against particularly the suspension or elimination of habeas corpus from the equation? And where do they stand, and how likely are they to overturn this action today?

TURLEY: Well, you know what? I think people are fooling themselves if they believe that the courts will once again stop this president from taking over—taking almost absolute power. It basically comes down to a single vote on the Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy. And he indicated that if Congress gave the president these types of powers, that he might go along.

And so we may have, in this country, some type of uber-president, some absolute ruler, and it’ll be up to him who gets put away as an enemy combatant, held without trial.

It’s something that no one thought—certainly I didn’t think—was possible in the United States. And I am not too sure how we got to this point. But people clearly don’t realize what a fundamental change it is about who we are as a country. What happened today changed us. And I’m not too sure we’re going to change back anytime soon.

OLBERMANN: And if Justice Kennedy tries to change us back, we can always call him an enemy combatant.

The president reiterated today the United States does not torture. Does this law actually guarantee anything like that?

TURLEY: That’s actually when I turned off my TV set, because I couldn’t believe it. You know, the United States has engaged in torture. And the whole world community has denounced the views of this administration, its early views that the president could order torture, could cause injury up to organ failure or death.

The administration has already established that it has engaged in things like waterboarding, which is not just torture. We prosecuted people after World War II for waterboarding prisoners. We treated it as a war crime. And my God, what a change of fate, where we are now embracing the very thing that we once prosecuted people for.

Who are we now? I know who we were then. But when the president said that we don’t torture, that was, frankly, when I had to turn off my TV set.

OLBERMANN: That same individual fell back on the same argument that he’d used about the war in Iraq to sanction this law. Let me play what he said and then ask you a question about it.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PRESIDENT BUSH: Yet with the distance of history, the questions will be narrowed and few. Did this generation of Americans take the threat seriously? And did we do what it takes to defeat that threat?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

OLBERMANN: Does he understand the irony of those words when taken out of the context of this particular passage or of what he perceives as the war against terror, and that, in fact, the threat we may be facing is the threat of President George W. Bush?

TURLEY: Well, this is going to go down in history as one of our greatest self-inflicted wounds. And I think you can feel the judgment of history. It won’t be kind to President Bush.

But frankly, I don’t think that it will be kind to the rest of us. I think that history will ask, Where were you? What did you do when this thing was signed into law? There were people that protested the Japanese concentration camps, there were people that protested these other acts. But we are strangely silent in this national yawn as our rights evaporate.

OLBERMANN: Well, not to pat ourselves on the back too much, but I think we’ve done a little bit of what we could have done. I’ll see you at Gitmo. As always, greatest thanks for your time, Jon.

TURLEY: Thanks, Keith.

Watch 'Countdown' each weeknight at 8 p.m. ET

© 2006 MSNBC Interactive

13 enemies of the internet

The campaigning group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday listed 13 countries it labelled as "enemies of the Internet" ahead of a 24 hour campaign in favour of free access to the web.

The 13 countries are: Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Myanmar, China, North Korea, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Uzbekistan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Vietnam.

Political Shock

Tell me I'm not reading this. This is unreal.

Reporters Without Borders has the United States ranking # 53 out of 168 in the 2006 annual Worldwide Press Freedom index and tied with Botswana, Croatia, and Tonga?

The United States was in position # 17 in 2002 (first year of the index.

Click for Article

Big Brother coming in 2014?

1984 Coming 30 years later?

Read this piece about Google and decide......

Google

PRO-Jection

One Local Financial advisor to the stars around here (meaning you guys) has pronounced that
for example a $1 million property will keep losing value until it bottoms out around
$600k and then it will take 6 Years! before it climbs back to $1 million dollars in value.

I did not give you the name of this person because I don't want to see this person rounded
up and burned at the stake for such heresy. The smell .... Ugh!