Tampa Taxi Shots

Hiking In The Green Swamp

Dave and I went hiking in the Green Swamp West Track Saturday looking for signs of animal life. We had our camping gear and were prepared to spend the night. The area we were in was miles off of the State road, and evidence of wildlife from deer, pigs, rabbits and other animals was everywhere. I am interested in deploying camera traps that can work for weeks on their own and capture some high quality images that you could not get on your own hiking. We found a place for a camp on a sand island and spent most of the late afternoon gathering firewood. It was something I had never done before and it was a lot of fun.

Robo Hockey Player

Saw this outside of the St. Pete Times Forum this morning. This robo hockey guy represents the power and strength of the Tampa Bay Lightning. GO BOLTS - BEAT BOSTON!  It is in my financial interest for the Stanley Cup to come back to Tampa. Taxi drivers make a lot of money during that event. I am high on the prospect of this returning to Tampa Bay...Go lightning!

Casey Anthony Was A Victim Of Sex Abuse - Caylee Drowned In A Pool

Casey Anthony's defense attorney Jose Baez has dropped a bombshell in the courtroom by stating Caylee Anthony drowned in the family swimming pool and her parents covered it up. Children falling into swimming pools in Florida is common. It is very tragic.

Baez states that because of a dysfunctional family that included sex abuse, Casey is the victim. Baez claims that George Anthony repeatedly raped his daughter all of her life. Baez claims that even her brother abused Casey and the FBI was beleived he may have fathered his sisters baby, and had him submit to a paternity test. This is one screwed up family.

The look on Mr. Anthony's face in court looks like a man that is guilty (If anyone accused me of raping my daughter, I would hit hin the mouth, I don't care if it was in court or not). 

Baez claims that the meter reader Roy Kronk planted the body close to the family in a wooded area that was repeatedly searched by the police. Mr. Kronk was banging Casey and I find it strange that he was the one that found the body when teams of cops with dogs could not. Mr. Baez is presenting a formidable case at this point to get his client off. 

This issue is reasonable doubt in a court of law and Mr Baez seems like a master of constructing reasonable doubt. The accusations he is making are formidable in nature. He is claiming that Mr. Kronk carried the skull in his truck for months and he was the one that put the duck tape on the skull. Mr Baez is asserting that the police were complicit in framing this girl to cover up their terrible investigation.

If all this turn out to be correct, nobody shuold ever trust the police again and never talk to them at about anything. Thre were cops wanting to collect the reward! Orange County even hired an attorney for Mr. Kronk to protect him from Casey's lawyers. I can only say wow.

In a capital case, from what I am hearing, I see a not-guilty verdict coming on.

Lets Blog!

I hope I have this worked out now. The original Tampa Taxi Shots will be here and I have a shadow blob at tampataxishots.blogspot.com which will have different post. I like both formats but typepad is compatable with Metro PCS so I can post photos from the field, hence "taxi shots" which is the format I want to stay with. Feel free to visit both blogs.

Tampa Taxi Shots Has Moved To Blogger

If you are here looking for the old "Tampa Taxi Shots" that blog is now being hosted by Blogger. You can find it at Tampa Taxi Shots.com. The reason I went to Blogger is because they have many advantages. Their spam guard is the best (Typepad is being taken over by spam and hackers). The design and templates  are superior at Blogger. The price is right...It is free. Check it out

Selective Use Of Assassination Of Foreign Nationals And Enemy Combatants

Barack Obama has pulled off a masterful military strike. In fact, he has been selectively assassinating terrorist since he came into office. That comes as a surprise to many Americans who do not know that he has been killing terrorist since he took office. This is from a post I did on April 25, 2010:

"Barack Obama defeated a War Hero in John McCain in the 2008 election.  Obama said he would defend this country and be strong against terrorism and defend America.  He is doing that in a way most people do not even know about.  To bad his own party is so damn liberal that he can't even take the credit for it. President Obama in his first year in office has ordered more drone strikes in Pakistan then George Bush ever did. 

The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counter terrorism officials said Tuesday.

Mr. Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico and spent years in the United States as an imam, is in hiding inYemen. He has been the focus of intense scrutiny since he was linked to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., in November, and then to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25.......NY Times

This selective use of drones to simply assassinate foreign nationals and enemy combatants to the United States is something Obama should be proud of.  The Neo-cons should love this guy, but he can't even blow his own horn.  

The liberal party he works for wants no part of this.  I do!

Way to go Prez.  Keep killing the bad guys and you will get my vote in re-election."

 

Luke Stocker Is A Huge Upgrade For Buccaneers Offense

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved up 12 spots in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft to get TE Luke Stocker of the University of Tennessee. He is a very big and athletic (see video) player and he will make an immediate upgrade to a Buc offense that is on the rise. A very solid pick by Raheen Morris.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved up 12 spots in the fourth round of the NFL draft to grab Tennessee tight end Luke Stocker, making coach Raheem Morris a happy man.

Morris was set on adding Stocker from the start, calling him a potential first-round talent, but patiently waited until general manager Mark Dominic pulled the trigger.

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"The nervous head coach sat there and he wants to get guys, and Mark and his staff were right on the details about where they should go and waited until possibly the last minute to take some of those guys," Morris told the St. Petersburg Times on Saturday.

"When you get a Luke Stocker in the fourth round, when you could easily give him the grade of a second-round pick or arguably a late first, that is a phenomenal day," Morris said.

Stocker was the first offensive player taken by the Bucs, who used their first three picks on a pair of defensive ends and a linebacker.

The 6-foot-5, 253-pound tight end had 39 receptions for 417 yards and two touchdowns at Tennessee last season and

via www.nfl.com

This guy is big and very athletic. He will be a huge asset for the Buccaneers. Morris is making some very spectacular picks in the three drafts he has had. He has turned the team that Jon Gruden ruined into a championship contender.