Southern N.J. GOP Too Busy For Bush
Running For Cover
Bush plans to visit New Jersey to help raise money for the state's cash-strapped and victory-starved Republican Party. If southern New Jersey Republicans are any indication, though, the welcoming party will be rather small.....here

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hugo Chavez And Misinformation

Radio Caracas Television Other Endeavor

Would a network that aided and abetted a coup against the government be allowed to operate in the United States? The U.S. government probably would have shut down RCTV within five minutes after a failed coup attempt — and thrown its owners in jail. Story...here

It can still broadcast on cable or via satellite

That Bastard Chavez

AL GORE: The Assault on Reason

Oleta Adams - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Local Goodness

A Parcel At A Time

Meet Albert Joerger, Since starting the Sarasota Conservation Foundation in 2003, Joerger has parlayed such small successes into a land conservation behemoth. "The engine behind the foundation was this idea of pocket parks, of finding space for people and wildlife on the water," Joerger said. He describes it as "an Emerald Necklace" stretching along the waterfront from Tampa Bay to Pine Island in Lee County. Public spaces on the water are vital to the foundation's mission, largely because Joerger believes the waterfront is for everyone, not just those who can afford to buy it......more

Sarasota Conservation Foundation

Bumper Stickers

And Freedom Of Speech

Jan Wesner Of The St. Pete Times writes, So I'm driving up I-75 the other day (northbound coming onto the interstate from Big Bend Road, for those who live around here) and I see this bumper sticker on the back of the car in front of me: "War is terrorism with a bigger budget." I sped up enough to get right beside the twenty-something woman in the driver's seat. I considered honking my horn and rolling down my window and giving her the middle finger. I probably would have, except for the fact that I was going 80 miles an hour and my phone started ringing.

Ms. Wesner, what you should of done is chase her down and tear that sticker off that bumper once she stopped. The nerve of that young woman having a sticker on her car that you dont agree with. its Un-American. before you try this i would read......this....or you can do what i do when i see a Bush or Pro War sticker on a bumper. i chase them down, pull up beside them, and give them my "What The Fuck Are You Thinking" look.

Cindy Sheehan

Calls it Quits

Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives......here

Cindy Sheehan, Good Bye & Thank You

Kudos To Cindy Sheehan

Good Riddance Attention Whore

Good-bye America ...you are not the country that I love and I finally realized no matter how much I sacrifice, I can’t make you be that country unless you want it.
It’s up to you now.

Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier

Adam, Eve And Dinosaurs Hang Out Together In Eden

Inside the Creation Museum

5 Memorial Days Later, And The Killing Goes On
If There Is A God, May He Have Mercy On All Of Us
Florida's Own
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.......
Martin Luther King Jr.

Stogie's Post From Memorial Day, 2006.......here

Commies

Bar And Grill

This also looks like a cool place

April 5, 2006

Here are three questions comparing Liberals and Conservatives
1. During the 2004 elections, which car was more likely to be “keyed,” i.e., deliberately scratched — a car with a “John Kerry” bumper sticker in an overwhelmingly conservative area, or a car with a “George W. Bush” sticker in an overwhelmingly liberal area?
2. When speaking at colleges, do right-wing or left-wing speakers need and receive police protection?
3. In a debate between a right-wing and a left-wing speaker before an audience equally divided between left and right, which audience group is more likely to boo and hiss at the speaker with whom it disagrees — the liberal or the conservative?...............more

Iraq Veterans Memorial: Lt. Seth J Dvorin

Christine Smith

President 2008

As President, my priority will be the American people. Our freedom. Our dreams. Our peace. I propose bold solutions to get us on the path to a freer and better America. Her site.....here

"The worst part of it all was the overt efforts to deceive the public"...Amen

And Sadr City Is Next

They have given George Bush a pass and control over the lives of millions of Iraqis....with no checks and balances. They have already started the edging into Sadr City, where there are two million people. Fallujah was only about 400,000. Look what a mess we made there. He can bomb them, send rockets, missiles. And he has a hundred billion dollars to do it with.....here

Would You Trade Your Kid's For Oil

Probably Not

Lets bring back the draft, lets let this war reach suburbia. Maybe then The Mall and American Idle won't seem that important anymore. 5 Memorial Days later, and the killing goes on. Is there no hope?

Dennis Kucinich - John Edwards

Iraq Veterans Memorial: LCPL Shane Swanberg

Air Force Busy With
Drunken Threesome In Germany
The alcohol-induced menage a trois on Sept. 24 in Bitburg included a male airman and a female staff sergeant. Air Force prosecutor Capt. Mike Felsen said the staff sergeant “appeared drunk” and slipped “in and out of consciousness” while Rains and Hicks performed sexual acts with her......more

I Guess Our Guys Do Have Some Fun Once In A While

Photo above has nothing to do with this story. Military.com provided no pics, so Stogie used his imagination.

Christopher Walken

President 2008

Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral. We're outsourcing jobs, bankrupting social security, and losing lives at war. We need to focus on what's important-- paying attention to our children, our citizens, our future. Visit his site.....here

Democrats Betrayal Of The American People

via...big pauly

Pelosi We Are Sick Of All Of You

This Memorial Day, John Edwards Is Asking

That We All Take Responsibility For The Country We Love

And the brave men and women who protect us. As citizens, let’s volunteer in support of our troops, and offer our service to honor theirs. As Americans, let’s take a moment to join in prayer for our troops. And as patriots, let’s gather together this weekend and make our voices heard. It’s up to us. If we are loud enough, and clear enough, we can end this war. Because it really is possible to stop a president who believes he can do no wrong—it just takes people with the courage to do what’s right..........You can start here

When Others Were Silent

We Could Have Stop The Killing, But We Didn't

Howard Dean defended the party's handling of the Iraq funding bill Thursday amid criticism from the left that congressional leaders caved in to President Bush over the war. Dean said Democrats were holding Bush and the Iraqi government accountable in a way Republicans refused, a claim the GOP later denied........here

I Dont Agree With This, But I Got To Accept What The Padrino Says. 3,444 Have Died So Far. Today, In This Moment We Had A Chance To Stop It. And We Didn't. Let's See How Many More Die Before We Do.

Big Pauly Thinks We Need A Third Party President

South County Krackers
Hillsborough County, Florida
Seen On Big Bend Road. Unfortunately No Website. There Is A Chris Rock Joke In Here Somewhere

A Dennis Kucinich Saturday

May 26 2007 1:00pm - 3:00pm @ Mise en Place Restaurant,442 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa

May 26 2007 4:00pm - 5:00pm @ Courtside Grille 110 Fountain Parkway North, Feather Sound

May 26 2007 7:30pm - 9:00pm @ Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel

Albanians To Honor Their "Savior" Bill Clinton

Clinton Boulevard

He is our savior. He saved us from extermination," sculptor Izeir Mustafa told Reuters. "I was thrilled by the work because I know what he did for us."......more

Pristina already has a road named after him

ZZ TOP - Sharp Dressed Man

VideoVets: Susan Sykes Berry

Hanna And Central

"The Heights Bar And Grill"

If SH wanted a place to call home it's right here. Someone with money could open a nice place here,. To bad there is a school and church across the street. I love pints of Bass and i miss my old photography place.

Edwards' Protest Draws Protests

Laura Belin plans to take her kids to a Memorial Day parade Monday. But there, at the urging of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, the mom from suburban Des Moines, Iowa, expects to join others protesting the war in Iraq........more

Watch The Video.....here

I Hope Edwards Is The Dems Candidate, Tiny Thinks So

Michael Moore

"They Want Me To Name Names"

"It's a government that's funded by the pharmaceutical companies and the health insurers, so I'm not surprised they're coming after me," said Moore, who is being investigated by the U.S. Treasury Department for traveling to Cuba for one of the segments in his film......more

Dr. Laura, Her Soldier Son And MySpace

The soldier son of talk radio relationship counselor Laura Schlessinger is under investigation for a graphic personal Web page that one Army official has called "repulsive." The MySpace page, publicly available until Friday when it disappeared from the Internet. The Pentagon last week shut down access to a variety of video-sharing and social networking Internet sites, including MySpace, on its computer systems worldwide. Officials said the change was made to enhance security and protect a strained bandwidth, but critics worried that it might close a public window into the lives of deployed U.S. troops, some of which can be raw, frightening, violent and revealing.......here

VideoVets: Garret Reppenhagen

Seven Mile Bridge

25th Anniversary

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the ''new'' Seven Mile Bridge celebration, when partygoers ate stone crabs and the Key Lime Pie Band played on the hump to commemorate the completion of the $175 million state-federal project that constructed or widened 37 of the Overseas Highway's 43 bridges.......more

I Am Hungry For A Good Key Lime Pie And Some Conch Chowder

Howard W. Blake Class Of 2007

April Griffin Was There, I Was There In Honor Of Olete, The Son Of A Friend I Have Known For Over 6 Years Who Also Will Be Going On To College.

Hunting Trip With Cheney
Click Here
Litbrit Said Lets Have Some Humor

Gore Blasts Bush

Gore writes, incompetence rules the day and Bush has pushed for Orwellian powers a la "1984."

While Gore stops short of flatly calling for the impeachment of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, he certainly gives the impression that in his view such a move would be well deserved. He calls the president a lawbreaker, a liar and a man with the blood of thousands of innocent lives on his hands........more

Tampa Skyline From Palm Ave And N. Blvd. Before The Legos

After The Legos

Same Old Dems, Different Day

In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs......more

Impeachment Is Patriotic

Best Of: Out In Left Field

May 26, 2005: To Remember Them
June 19, 2005: Men That Matter Most on Father’s Day
July 13, 2005: Wishful Thinking
August 24, 2005: Protect Us from Your Followers
December 30, 2005: Year in Pee-Yoo – National Edition
March 31, 2006: Immigrant Song
July 19, 2006: Throwing Rocks
November 24, 2006: Licensed to Ill
January 24, 2007: It's So On
May 19, 2007: Nastiness in Blog Land

The Stogie Thong
Available At
isellwhateverthefuckiwant.com

Stogie Interviews The Local Homeless
Meet Allen
Homeless since 1998. Born in Tampa, he was living in LA but got tired of paying the gangs for protection. He now resides in the streets of Tampa. He is disable and does get a little money from the government but not enough to afford a place to live.

Bible Spared 'Indecent' Rating

Hong Kong's media regulator said it would not reclassify the Bible as an indecent publication following more than 2,000 complaints about its sexual and violent content, including rape and incest.....more

Hugo The Dictator

"Horsemen Of The Apocalypse."

Tens of thousands of protesters on Saturday denounced President Hugo Chavez’s plans to close an opposition television channel (RCTV), accusing their leader of maiming Venezuelan democracy as he forges a socialist state.......more

70 percent of Venezuelans would rather RCTV kept broadcasting, but worried more about the loss of their favourite soap operas than free speech.

Howard Dean

The Godfather Of The Netroots

The Dean campaign's use of the Internet -- the blog, the use of the event-planning site Meetup.com to stage Dean get-togethers -- was heavily reported in 2003. But the campaign's massive fund-raising and organizing successes were a combination of the Internet community-building and old-fashioned campaigning tactics re-appropriated for the Web......here

@ Yearly Kos June 2006...here

April 12, 2006

BILL “FISH-SCENTED CIGAR” CLINTON IN THE NEWS

Former President Clinton said Tuesday that one his “great regrets” was failing to do more to bridge the economic and social gaps between white and black people in the United States.
Bridge the gap? And how would he have done that given all the scandals he was involved in? Given the corruptness of his administration–one where the most number of people in an administration were convicted of crimes; where the most number of people fled prosecution by leaving the country; where the most number of people pleaded the 5th amendment when questioned?......here

Bartlett Park And Seminole Heights

A Little Difference

In The Park They Have Block Parties - In The Heights They Throw Mixers

In The Heights They Have Blood Drives - In The Park They Have Food Drives

In The Park They Have A Fish Fry - In The Heights They Worry About Not Having Cool Places To Eat

The Heights Is Like "Big Old House" - In The Park They Have A Financial Fitness Class

In The Park They Get Grants To Start A Citizens Patrol - The Heights Lobby For Menus They Can Read

Just A Thought

Tampa Bay
Progressive Coalition

Study: Internet Censorship Grows Worldwide

Internet censorship is growing worldwide, with 26 out of 40 countries blocking or filtering political or social content. They categorized seven countries, all of them Muslim, as "pervasive" social filterers: Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen......more
OpenNet Initiative

I'm Glad I Live In Hillsborough County And Not One Of Those Countries, opps, Never Mind.

Shut Down The Department Of Justice

And Stop This Silly Show

It's been clear for a while - and is becoming ever clearer - that the Attorney General ought to resign, or to be fired. Now, it seems that Congress is determined to force Gonzales from office or send him to jail, whichever they can do first......here

Have You Seen Madeleine McCann?

A Web site set up to help find missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann has received more than 50 million hits. The little girl disappeared from her bedroom at a hotel resort in Portugal on May 3 as her parents dined nearby. More than 7,500 people have left messages of support......here

www.findmadeleine.com

Rep. Kucinich Shares His Views On Iraq With DFA

Nokomis Couple Sues
Sarasota County Deputies

When a deputy asked to speak to John Coffin, Cynthia Coffin closed the door and went to speak to her husband. She then saw the deputy looking in through her front window and locked her front door. She then pushed the button to close the garage door but the deputies stopped the door from closing and entered the garage even though they did not have a search warrant or arrest warrant......more

John Coffin heard his wife screaming in pain, went into the garage and saw two deputies arresting her on the floor.

OxyClinton: Faux News Attempt At Humor

Howard Dean On Colbert

Watch It Here

"John McCain knows something about touture, the rest of the guys are just wind bags."....Howard Dean, (commenting on the GOP debate)

Local Bumpers

Best Of: Right Wing Follies

Bilingual Stop Sign
Latin America? Nope, Wimama

Vox, Litbrit, Gatordem, And Pushing Rope

Tampa Bay's Only Progressive Blogs

According To Mr. Hussey.....here

And The Chopped Liver

The Political Whore - Out in Left Field - Tiny Little Dots - In Theory - Tampa Rail - Deep Something - The Delightful Yank - Samm Simpson - The Stonegauge - Ybor City Stogie

The Miami Cuban Mafia
Where Have All The Right-Wing Lunatics Gone?
A French company with ties to the Castro regime -- its affiliate has built 11 resort hotels with the Cuban military -- now wants to bring its construction skills to the $1 billion tunnel at the Port of Miami. And the protesters? Busy boycotting the mom-and-pop businesses that advertise on an obscure AM radio program. This is what the mighty Miami Cuban Mafia has come to. Their nemesis is dying, their bitterness has grown old and their power has dwindled to sad experiments in self-parody.....here.......via sotp

We Miss Them Already

Litbrit, Vox, Out In Left Field And The Stogie

Censored In China

Are You? Test any website and see in real-time if it's censored in China.....here.......via litbrit

They Must Not Like Stories About Nail Houses Either.

Vamos A Cuba

“Mulato”. “Color cartucho” (paper bag colored). “Jabao”. “Indio” (Indian). “Pelo bueno” (with good hair). “Canela” (cinnamon). Even “café con leche” (coffee and milk).

If you are black or of mixed race in Cuba, depending of how light your skin is, you may call yourself one of the above names. Anything but “negro” (black).......here

It's Time To Unite The Cuban People

Fred Thompson Responds To Michael Moore Challenge

USA vs Al-Arian

Tampa Theatre

711 N FRANKLIN ST., TAMPA

WED., MAY 16, 2007 @ 7:30PM

Tickets available HERE, or at the Tampa Theatre Box Office, 813-274-8286, http://www.tampatheatre.com/

Thinking Of Teletubbies

click here

"He can go to hell." ..... Jimmy Carter

I Guess Jimmy Is Getting His Wish

"Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God"...The Bible

Rude Drivers: Miami #1

Tampa #16

For the second straight year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. The survey was conducted by Prince Market Research has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points......more

3,401 And The Death Goes On
PhillyFeed

Florida Not Ready For Confluence Of Crisis

Senator Nelson Voices Concern About Castro's Death Occurring During Storm, Overseas Conflicts. The U.S. Coast Guard told U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson it is ready to tackle matters dealing with Homeland Security, hurricane preparedness or a possible mass exodus from Cuba, but not for a confluence of crisis' that potentially could occur in South Florida this summer......more
The Coast Guard Will Get Plenty Of Help With The Mass Exodus

The State Of Florida
Pays Lobbyists $7.2 Million For Bottom Of Biscayne Bay
One of those lobbyists was Jim Smith, former state attorney general, and gubernatorial candidate. This reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel. Oh, now I see...the article was written by his son, Scott.....more

Only In Florida

Cathy vs. Leilani

Two Great Writers With Different Opinions

I think our fundamental disagreement is that you think there are bountiful opportunities for blacks (and really, the poor in general) to succeed, where as I feel that there are not and that efforts to provide programs for these people are continually undermined by the very people who are supposed to serve them and help them......more

The World's Most Hated Blogger?

With scant income, assets, or business savvy, the would-be real-estate mogul managed to purchase eight homes in hopes of reselling them at a profit. Along the way, he's lost all of them, run up some $170,000 in credit card and credit line debt, and launched iamfacingforeclosure.com to share his woes with the world.......here

The Turks Know How To Throw A Rally
Why Can't We Do That?
More than a million demonstrators took to the streets in Turkey today demanding their country remain a secular republic. The protesters say they feel the pro-Islamic ruling party threatens the nation's modern foundations......more
"No way for sharia"

Mother's for Peace

VideoVets: Shelly Burgoyne

The Winds Of Change In Cuba

"Once a year or so, a team of reporters and photographers from the Miami Herald... slips into Cuba against that government's Machiavellian press restrictions, drive around the country dressed as tourists, and work as carefully and quickly as they can, talking with people about what's really going on."The Herald task's when it comes to covering Cuba is thankless. The extremists on both sides always think the coverage is slanted -because it doesn't say what they want to say.......more.....via sotp

End The Embargo On The Cuban People

George Gets His Purple Heart Medal

A Jack Russell terrier who was mauled to death while saving five New Zealand children from an attack by two pit bulls is being honoured with a posthumous bravery medal. George, who had a heart problem, won fame after defending five children from the pit bulls in the small North Island town of Manaia a week and a half ago.......more

Moms Spend Their Weekend Protesting War in Iraq

Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Five days of activism, sponsored by the women-for-peace group CODEPINK and "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan's Gold Star Families for Peace, will culminate in what organizers call a "Mother of a March" on May 14........more

Celtic Woman - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Take Action May 26th, 27th, 28th. As citizens, we honor and support our troops for their service and sacrifice.
As Americans, we are blessed by that sacrifice and support, which keeps us safe and keeps us strong.As patriots, we call on our government to support our troops in the most important way it can - by ending this war and bringing them home.
This Memorial Day weekend, we will all take responsibility for the country we love and the men and women who protect it. We will volunteer, we will pray, and we will speak out. Each of us has a responsibility to act, a duty to our troops and to each other. Support the troops. End the war.

www.supportthetroopsendthewar.com

A Racist Would Never Move To This Neighborhood
I’m A White Woman Living In A Black Neighborhood
And I’m turning into a racist because of it. I don’t say this proudly; quite the opposite: I am ashamed. But that doesn’t change what I have become. Almost two years ago, I bought a house in Bartlett Park, a predominantly black neighborhood in what we used to call the “south side” but now refer to as “Midtown”. Here I have been forced to acknowledge the racist within me. Please understand: I am not proud of this; I’m simply not willing to pretend......more...via blurbex

Excelent Article From A Courageous Woman

Best Of Right Wing Howler

The Man Who Would Have Done Nothing

Al Gore would have done nothing in retaliation against the attacks upon the United States on 9/11. He would have taken the route of his mentor, Bill Clinton, and at most lobbed a few cruise missiles at some tent. The Taliban would still be in power, Saddam would still be sitting on his throne in Iraq with his arsenal intact and growing, and Osama would be operating and training out in the open, expanding into the friendly territory of Iraq.......more

VideoVets: Rose Forrest

Saint Vincent College
Where Hypocrisy Is Our Middle Name
Capitol Hill has nothing on tiny St. Vincent College, where Bush gave the commencement address Friday. Bush was welcomed warmly, with cheers and applause filling the school gymnasium. School officials said there had never been as large a participation rate in a graduation ceremony.......more

This College Is Proud Of Its Roman Catholic, Benedictine Heritage. School President Jim Towey Served As Legal Counsel To Mother Teresa for 12 years. Welcomed Warmly With Cheers And Applause? I Don't Get It. What Am I Missing Here.

Faux Whore John Gibson Wants Michael Moore To Suffer!

If documaker Michael Moore didn't already have a marketing campaign lined up for the imminent Cannes bow of his latest work, "SiCKO," the Bush administration and its allies have handed him one on a silver platter.

CBS fires Gen. Batiste over VoteVets ad

Iraq veteran Gen. John Batiste “has been asked to leave his position as a consultant to CBS News” over a new VoteVets ad criticizing the Iraq war. He was interviewed tonight by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann.

Motherhood Manifesto
Free DVD From MoveOn.org

Watch the edgy, factual, and at times funny film that shows where the U.S. really stands on family-friendly policies, offers personal stories of families across the nation, and shares solutions.....here

About MomsRising

WMNF Tropical Heatwave

VideoVets: Peter Granato

Killing On The Installment Plan

The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday night to pay for military operations in Iraq on an installment plan, defying Bush's threat of a second straight veto in a fierce test of wills over the unpopular war.....more

At This Rate We Will Never Get Out Of Iraq. I Don't Think The Dems Are Getting Our Message

Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles
Could Be Tried In New Jersey
A grand jury is meeting in Newark to decide whether to indict Posada on charges of financing a terrorist operation. FBI agents visited Havana last year in connection with the probe, following up on a 1998 trip to the island.....more

‘’The prosecution never charged him for being what he is _ a terrorist,'’ The Communist Party Granma

He Says He Is Going To Spill The Beans If Tried, I Can't Wait To Hear What He Has To Say

Steal From The Poor, Give To The Rich

Not In Riviera Beach, Florida

Two national advocacy groups dropped lawsuits Thursday against this downtrodden city aimed at stopping one of the nation's largest eminent domain projects after the city said it would not force residents from their homes. The move comes one year after Florida enacted a law that prohibits the use of eminent domain for private development. It Was This Guys Idea, Mayor Michael Brown, But he was ousted from office in March, and a new city council and mayor pledged to abide by state law......more

Bush Administration Goes After Michael Moore

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for a segment in his upcoming health-care documentary "Sicko,".......more

End The Embargo On The Cuban People

The Dissolving GOP
Wind's Going To Blow It Away
I can't psychoanalyze those guys. I think the GOP was dissolving. Now it's drying up and the wind's going to blow it away. I just don't think we have the depth of knowledge, intellect, and experience necessary for a viable political party any more.....Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO LAPD MACARTHUR PARK CLASH MAY 1ST

Sean Hannity Bashes MoveOn.org, Firedoglake, Democrats

VideoVets: John Bruhns

Conservative Assault On America's Families

The “you are on your own”

Notion of government and freedom has meant that American families must live with stagnant wages at a time of high profits and productivity without a way to get ahead no matter how hard they try. It has meant health insecurity for workers and their families as fewer and fewer jobs provide health care coverage. It has meant that workers face their older years without the means they counted on to retire, as corporations have slashed traditional pension plans. And it has meant that half of Americans don’t have the fundamental right to take a day off from work when they are sick without losing a job or a paycheck......more

Fact or Myth: Conservative

Art Car Parade

Houston's Don't Miss Event

For Our Texas Friends

I Guess There Were Protesters At Roves Event

Something Jeremy Wallace Of The Herald Tribune Failed To Mention

Though their specific concerns varied, the protesters stood together along southbound U.S. 41 in Punta Gorda Saturday in response to one event: Karl Rove's appearance at the Charlotte County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner Gala, held that evening at Benedetto's Restaurant in Punta Gorda........more

Here Is What Mr. Wallace Had To Say.......click here

Conservatism Has Failed
Conservatism Is Dead
Watching the Republican debate last week really highlighted the fact that conservatism is dead. Not so much in the sense that no one believes in it anymore (those 20 percenters are still hangin’ on), but that it has been discredited to the point that very few are willing to give it another chance......more

One In Eight Iraqi Child Dead
Before Reaching Their Fifth Birthday
The chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age five has plummetted faster than anywhere else in the world since 1990, said a report released Tuesday, which placed the country last in its child survival rankings.....more
State of the World’s Mothers Report

Italy's Neo-Fascist National Alliance Party

Giving Italians Free Urine Test

Milan authorities are handing out free urine testing kits to parents of teenagers so they can find out if their children are using illegal drugs. In a part of the northern Italian city controlled by the right-wing National Alliance party, almost 4,000 families will receive a coupon which they can exchange for a kit to test for some of the most widely used drugs including cannabis and cocaine......more

Lets All Pee Pee In The Cup

Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart
Support Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles
South Florida’s three Cuban-American members of congress today are denouncing the Justice Department’s cooperation with the government of Cuba on collecting evidence in the Luis Posada Carriles case.......more

May Day Cops Off LA Streets

Police Chief William Bratton said Sunday that up to 60 members of an elite squad that swarmed into a park and fired rubber bullets during a May Day immigration rally are no longer on the street......more

"I'm not going to defend the indefensible," Bratton told journalists

We Still Have The Video, What Will These Cops Tell Their Children?

RFK: Rove, 'Should be in jail,' Not In Office

He Is Very Good In The Caging’ Technique

Voting rights attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for prison time for the new US Attorney for Arkansas, Timothy Griffin and investigation of Griffin’s former boss, Karl Rove, chief political advisor to President Bush.......here

Now Thats What I'm Talking About Mr. Star, Fix Elections And Compromise Your Countrys Democracy.....As Long As Your Side Wins. Couldn't This Also Be Treason?

Dean says Dems playing nice -- for now

Democrats running for president this year probably won't play nice with one another much longer, but they are staying together on issues important to voters, national party Chairman Howard Dean told a Dartmouth College audience Monday......more

West Tampa Neighborhood Contaminated

Stay Away From 1707 West Arch Street

The chemical Perchloroethylene, is being improperly released into the environment at 7000 times the allowed limit. Cancer survivor Annette Jackson has lived just a block away from the plant for the past 23 years and says the news has her upset and worried. D.E.P. found high levels of the chemical in ground and water samples taken just outside. As much as 1000 gallons of the chemical was improperly stored and disposed of........more

Simply Unfucking Believable

Sarasota County Deputies Raid Jim Neville Island
Looking For Pirates With A Tiki Bar Stocked With Booze
The Sheriff's Office says it had complaints about the campers and knew they were there, but deputies could not find them from the air because the brush was so thick. On March 29 the helicopter's thermal imaging equipment spotted 17 sources of fire -- the campsite and tiki torches......more

About The Jim Neville Preserve......here

Charlotte County Republican Party
Host War Criminal
A controversial war, investigations, plummeting polls and feisty Democrats have made it a tough year for the man known as "Bush's Brain." But you wouldn't know it from the applause a jovial Karl Rove received as he stepped to the lectern at the Best Western Hotel in Punta Gorda on Saturday night at the Charlotte County Lincoln Day Dinner.....more
"I think he is still a political genius," said Bob Starr, Charlotte County Gop

Political Genius = Fix Elections And Compromise Your Countrys Democracy

No One Righted "The Horrible Thing"

Charlie Give Alan Crotzer His Money

The Legislature left town Friday and Alan Crotzer didn't get a penny. No one righted "the horrible thing" that had happened to him, as Gov. Charlie Crist called it when he pledged Crotzer his support on the Capitol steps.......more

Best Of Right Wing Howler: April 27, 2006

TYPICAL LIBERALS

So is it any surprise they will not buy into the advertising nor buy the books Kos sells? They want it given to them. They just want a place where they can smoke their dope, wear their patchouli, dress in their Birkenstocks and protest the fact no one gives them what they want?....more

Howard Dean
5.5.2007
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the battle at Puebla in 1862 when Mexican soldiers defeated an invading imperial force more than twice their size. It was a victory for freedom and liberty. Today, a similarly disproportional assault is being waged on family values by Republicans in Washington, including President Bush', who wants to derail comprehensive immigration reform and divide families merely for political gain.......more

Obama, Myspace, and GOP Misinformation

Recently blogs and newspapers have been buzzing about how the Barack Obama campaign took over the http://wwww.myspace.com/barackobama url from an Obama fan who started the page back in 2005. While the story is about whether the Obama campaign bullied the volunteer, the bigger story is about the way Republicans and Obama’s Democratic critics are using this as an attempt at misinformation......more

Hong Kong Willie Still Sticking It To The Man
A TAMPA TOURIST ATTRACTION
An artist's collective that makes art out of buoys, burlap bags and other discards. Founded in 1965. Stop in and say hello to Kim and Joe. They need our support. You know where it is, that colorful looking place on Fletcher Ave and I75. Check out Willie's blog .......here

Rageh Inside Iran

Rageh Omaar embarks on a unique journey inside what he describes as one of the most misunderstood countries in the world, looking at the country through the eyes of people rarely heard - ordinary Iranians. From The BBC - Runtime 98 Minutes.........here

Great Film, If You Haven't Seen It You Should.

Prison Pups
Inmate Edward Parent, who is serving a ten-year sentence for a DUI death resulting in a conviction, sits with Chuck, a black Labrador he is training to be a service dog as part of NEADS' Prison Pup program, at the John J Moran medium security prison in Cranston, Rhode Island, in this April 24, 2007 file photo. Dozens of dogs are being trained by prison inmates in a fast-growing program that provides "service dogs" to help U.S. veterans who have lost arms and legs or suffered brain injuries in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.......ahnc
Prison Pups

Joan Baez Banned By Army

Legendary folk singer and antiwar activist Joan Baez has been denied permission to sing at a concert for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. John Mellencamp had asked her to perform with him last Friday and that she accepted his invitation. But then the Army subsequently refused to let her take part. Mellencamp told RollingStone.com that when they asked why, the reply they got was, "She can't fit here."

Interview With Amy Goodman........here

The Hague

Home To The International Criminal Court

Established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise its jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. The court can only prosecute crimes committed on or after July 1, 2002, the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force. As of May 2007, 104 states are members of the Court, and a further 41 countries have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute. However, a number of states, including the United States, China and India, continue to oppose it......Wikipedia

International Criminal Court

With All The Talk Of Impeachment, I Like This Idea Better, Just A Thought

We The People

Ava Lowery - Mission Accomplished - 4 Years Later

I'm The Commander Guy

"The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear—I'm the commander guy.".....GW Bush

I Guess The Decider Didn't Go Over To Well. A New One For Who's Listening.

LAPD Rampage

"This is a government that can't find a 6-foot-4 terrorist. How is it going to find 12 million people?"........Howard Dean

Robert Derga's Pen

Bush signed the veto with a pen given to him by Robert Derga, the father of Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Dustin Derga, who was killed in Iraq on May 8, 2005. The elder Derga spoke with Bush two weeks ago at a meeting the president had with military families at the White House. Derga asked Bush to promise to use the pen in his veto. On Tuesday, Derga contacted the White House to remind Bush to use the pen, and so he did........more

"The battle is not over, It's a war on terrorism. The terrorists are still there. If we don't stay, they will be back again. They're not going to give up. We shouldn't either.".........Robert Derga

Satan's Minions Misbehavin' On Dale Mabry Highway



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Howard Dean calls leading immigration proposal 'insane'