The Westboro Baptist Church made several stops in Tampa this morning. The church members are visiting from Topeka, Kansas, spreading their anti-gay, anti-Catholic, and anti-government messages.
Metromix Tampa Bay has hunted down another local food challenge, but this time it is bigger and better than ever. It is the battle of the food fighter champions. Their challenge-the Dagwood Pita...eat as many of the near 1 pound pita-licious sandwiches in ten minutes... Who Will Win It???
Yes We Can! (I) heard from “tens of thousands of people” protesting the bill and that “the incredible outpouring of opposition by teachers, parents, students, superintendents, school boards and legislators has greatly influenced my decision.”.....Florida Governor Charlie Crist
Not In Our Backyard It’s rare to see a former Florida Democratic Party chairman taking President Barack Obama to task — but that’s exactly what Scott Maddox is doing on the issue of offshore oil drilling. With Obama having come out for expanded offshore energy exploration, including up to 125 miles off the shore of the Sunshine State, Florida Democrats are somewhat divided in their backing of the president. While some leading Democrats, including state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, are backing the president,
Maddox and Democrats in the U.S. House continue to fight the proposal........here
Joe Garcia announced today he has resigned his post as the Energy Department’s Director of the Office of Economic Impact to run for Congress in Florida’s 25th district. In a living-room YouTube announcement surrounded by his wife of 18 years, Aileen, and daughter, Gaby.
President Barack Obama will cap a visit to the Kennedy Space Center this week with a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee, one of them at the home of pop stars Gloria and Emilio Estefan......here
Shutter Island A 2010 psychological mystery-thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley And Max von Sydow. Awesome Film!
A terrific book about the lectores was recently translated from Spanish and is now available. If you’re interested in this sort of thing, I highly recommend it.......here
Newt Gingrich & the Real Jobs Sideshow came to St. Pete, Florida.. We Are Change Tampa was there to confront him. It went a little different than expected but nonetheless- Mission Accomplished.
April 12 - 19 is national call-in week against additional funding for war-making in Afghanistan. President Obama has requested another $33 billion to fund the Afghanistan war, and Congress is currently considering his request. Call your senators and representative at the Congressional switchboard—tell them no more money for war: (202) 224-3121. (Find your senators and representative here.)
Lyke2Drink: Day 99 Tampa Bay Iron Rat Stout is poured using nitrogen that creates a creamy cappuccino colored head. The beer is billed as a dry stout made with seven grains. The flavor is rich and roasty, with a nice full dark chocolate base. Nice slightly bitter finish......here