Suspend Florida School Grading

DFA Member and Tampa resident Susan Smith created a campaign on YouPower calling on Governor Rick Scott, the State Board of Education, and the State Legislature to immediately suspend Florida's school grading system.  

Florida's Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act

Met these guys at the Britton Plaza Transfer center collecting signatures for medical marijuana. You can help out, get invoved help Florida catch up with the rest of the country. check it out here.

2013 Hall of Fame Inductee: Warren Sapp Hall of Fame

The Bricks Of Ybor

What Stogie Had For Lunch
 Pacific Rim Pulled Pork With 3 Cigar City Beers,Jai Alai IPA,Maduro Brown Ale and Hard Cider at

The Bricks in Ybor City,  very tasty.

Jazzing Up

Ybor City

Who Wants To Be Our Governor

Rick Scott (R)* - We know all about Mr. Scott. (Campaign Site)
Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder (R) - Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Florida President & Businesswoman
Tim Devine (R) - Frequent Candidate
Berthram Samuel (R) - '10 Candidate
Dr Joe Smith (R) - Chiropractor & Frequent Candidate
Charlie Crist (D) - Ex-Governor, Ex-Attorney General, Ex-State Sen., Ex-Republican & '10/'98 US Sen. Candidate
Ryan Lipner (D) - Frequent Candidate
Marcelle Martelly (D) - Social Worker
Nan Rich (D) - State Senate Minority Leader, Ex-State Rep. & Ex-President of National Council of Jewish Women
Alex Sink (D) - Ex-State CFO, Ex-Bank Presudent & '10 Nominee
Jessica Stewart (D)
Atlee Yarrow (American Third Position) - Press Operator, White Supremacist Activist & '06 Candidate
John Wayne Smith (Libertarian) - Libertarian Activist, Awning Installer, Army Veteran & Frequent Candidate
Adrian Wyllie (Libertarian) - State Party Chair, Businessman & Veteran
Rubin Anderson (Independent) - Baptist Pastor, Community Activist & Felon
Kyle "KC" Gibson (Independent) - Pastor
Herman Giger (Independent) - Pilot, Flight Instructor, Army Veteran & '10 Candidate
Mark Griffis (Independent) - System Administrator & Community Activist
Jeff Rabinowitz (Independent) - Waiter
C.C. Reed (Independent) - Businessman & Frequent Candidate
Charles Tolbert (Independent) - Minister, Retired Army Master Sergeant & Vietnam War Veteran 
 Check out Politics 1 for more info.

Tampa Police Chief Addresses DUI Investigation Scandal

On the very same day that the Washington Post reported on Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul’s call for more school vouchers and expanded charter programs, the Associated Press exposed a frantic behind-the-scenes operation in Indiana to raise the grade given to a charter school run by a major Republican donor. As Rick Perry might say, “oops.” - See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/choice-school-accountability-eye-beholder-or-big-donor#sthash.902Kda7r.dpuf

Florida Release Marissa Alexander Immediately

Miss Alexander fired a WARNING shot in the state of Florida in self defense to keep her abusive husband away from her, and was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years after 12 minutes of deliberation. Her right to use this defense and be found not guilty was violated because she was protecting herself from harm. Spousal abuse should never be tolerated on any level.  
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Kevin Beckner's August Newsletter

I am pleased to share with you some of the major news and events within your county government. In this month's edition learn about the County Commission's special recognition of T. Terrell Sessums and Matilda Garcia.
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Pathetic Florida Legislators

Hey, elected clowns! Thanks for passing a law forcing Duke Energy customers to pay up to $1.5 billion in higher rates for a long proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County that will not be built. Customers, you're not getting any of that money back. This borders on fraud. If our elected officials had not rubber-stamped it into law seven years ago, it probably would be. And get this, new Duke CEO Lynn Good says she wants to change the rules in Florida so that any type of big power plant can be charged in advance to its customers. The executive sees gold by stiffing customers instead of shareholders for all mega-projects.......more

What Stogie Had For Lunch

  Italian Wedding Soup @ The Stone Soup Co. In Ybor City
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Rick Scott's Dirty Money

Bill Edwards is the largest individual donor to Scott’s 2014 re-election campaign outside of the governor’s own family. He runs a St. Petersburg-based mortgage company recently fined $7.5 million by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for violating the “Do Not Call” telemarketing law and for misrepresentations made to members and veterans of the military......Sign .this petition

Florida's Hate Alan Grayson Site

 Javier Manjarres of Florida's premiere right wing website "The Shark Tank" whose buddy Jorge Bonilla is Alan Grayson’s republican congressional opponent next year has been laying it on Mr. Grayson lately.At a Grayson Town Hall meeting at the Barry University School of Law in Orlando Mr. Grayson had enough.........
 “No, you’ve been very insulting to me, I don't appreciate that. I read what you write, lies. You are a liar, go ahead and record that" 
here

Attlee Yarrow Wants To Be Our Governor

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He writes on his website.....There is often an assumption by liberals and leftist that somehow there is this great right-wing conspiracy happening because white people are becoming aware of the racism actually happening against them by hypocrites who hate our culture, faith, and are ignorant of any real facts.He says he has never been a republican because they are too left leaning for his taste....check him out here  

Tampa City Council Making Us Look Bad

 

Tampa, Florida: Homeless People Thrown in Jail For...Sleeping?

Mass incarceration: the answer to all our problems. Last week, the city council passed two ordinances that ban panhandling in much of the city and allow police to arrest people for sleeping or storing their stuff in public spaces. Courts have previously ruled that public behaviors people must engage in to stay alive, like sleeping and eating, cannot be banned without ensuring the resources that provide them with alternatives, but the council did not increase funding for shelters or transitional housing at Alter Net. What they are saying about us: The state of florida doesn't even deserve a capital letter. It's a fetid swamp. Hey Tampa, "Stupid is as stupid does. 

Irish MP Clare Daly Calls Obama A War Criminal

Exposing Florida Governor, Republican Rick Scott

Right-Wing Talk Radio Host Debbie Gurvney Reminiscing

 
Arch conservative bares her support for the party of Lincoln?
the party of Ted Cruz,Rrand Paul, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Alen West, Steve King  
here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Hot Wings
At Gaspar's Patio In Temple Terrace

Liberals Fight Back: Operation Bust Their Chops

 

 florida treasure Alan Grayson and other liberals in the House are hatching a plan to ‘Bust the Chops’ of GOP' the liberal Democrats behind an aggressive new legislative strategy targeting House Republicans are calling it “Operation Bust Their Chops.” That was the actual title that Rep. Alan Grayson,  used when he announced the plan during an appearance late last month at the closed-door strategy summit in Pikesville, Md., according to attendees.Democrats are developing what they call an “amendment bank,” ready-to-go Democratic attachments for House GOP bills on any number of topics—education, transportation, veterans’ affairs.....more

Rick Scott Inc. Florida Style

Dear Lee

Levi Dixon, Jr. was a 17-year-old gospel singer attending Blake High School when he was tragically shot and killed on July 27, 2008. His friend AJ Crawford, who goes by the stage name Young AJ, recently released "Dear Lee" in Dixon's honor. He wrote the song as a way of coping with the unsolved murder, and to also speak out against violence.

you might be a right winger if

you're pro-life, pro-death penalty, and pro-war, as long as it
doesn't effect you personally.
__________
 If you have no problem with our bombs finding Afghanistan or Iraq
even though most of our citizens can't find either country on the map.
__________ 
You think labor unions are a communist plot.
__________
you believe that the spread of AIDS can be stopped by pulling
funding for sex education and needle exchanges.

__________
you point to Sean Hannity and say, "See, Jesus can cure
homosexuals!" 
__________ 
you are convinced that greed has gotten a bad rap
__________
 you think any one motivated in their profession by something other
than making a profit is a communist.
__________
You'd rather make money than breathe
If you think that Clarence Thomas and Condoleezza Rice are the
greatest African-American leaders since Martin Luther King 
__________
If you think African-Americans should stop whining because forty
years of affirmative action has magically erased the debilitating effects
of 246 years of slavery and 100 years of violent Jim Crow racism
__________
 you think that any woman who has the temerity to think they should
receive equal rights under the law, in the workplace, and in general
are 'feminazis'
__________
you think corporate profits are more important than breathable air, potable water, and a diverse ecosystem
___________
Ann Coulter gives you a "woody" 
___________
you possess millions in unexplnable, unindictable, and now
untaxable cash 
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Raw Oysters
At Gaspar' Patio in Temple Terrace

Happy 52nd Birthday

Sign his card here

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Real Live Music
Kyle 813.695.5050 - John 813.787.3256 - Ryan 813.650.3363

Steaks At My Door

with the  online grocery store thing booming i wanted to try it. Bought this box of steaks at my door from some guy selling it. they were good. They are a local business.  He did not leave a number. I hope he comes back.

Does The Republican Party Piss You Off?

Friends Of Stogie

\                                 Gaspar's Patio in Temple Terrace

Evil GOP Bastards

Why does the Republican Party zealously pursue policies so obviously counter to the best interests of ordinary Americans? Exposing the ugly truth about the Republican Party's diabolical plot to replace constitutional democracy with an oligarchic fascist theocracy.....here

Dream Defenders Update

Take This Job And Shove It

Bob's Farewell Party'
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United Nations Honors Che Guevara

The U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced earlier this week that it would include Guevara’s “life and works” in its 2013 “Memory of the World Register,” which codifies historical material that has a “world significance and outstanding universal value.”....more
Of couse the announcement sparked an outcry from Cuban-American members of Congress. “UNESCO continued its longstanding tradition of making a mockery of its own institution when it opted to venerate and memorialize the life of a blood thirsty, murderous sadist,” Rep. Ros-Lehtinen
Please note, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen was a strong supporter of President George W. Bush and his war in Iraq, where 4,488 Americans and over a million Iraqis died. 

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Florida Looking For Candidate

Florida liberals are looking for a good candidate for governor in 2014. Someone who is pro-choice, for the legalization of marijuana and gay marriage. Someone who will take care of our beaches, springs and wetlands. Someone who is against offshore drilling off our coast. Someone who will take the feds money for high speed rail, health care for all and anything eles they want to give us money for. Someone who is pro education and tolerant. Someone who will make our state so desirable that corporations will want to pay us to relocate and do business  here.

Darden Rice Is Running Away With The Race

At least in the primary. According to a survey conducted by St. Pete Polls and commissioned by this blog, Rice has a wide lead over her next closest rival, Dr. McKalip. Among likely voters, Rice receives 32% support, McKalip is at 17%, Carolyn Fries is at 11% and Richard Eldridge is at 4%. Thirty-seven percent of respondents said they were undecided.....St. Petersblog,
at pushing rope.
She will be in Tampa tonight for a meet and greet. info

Florida To Begin Voter Purge

Jacksonville To Sanford Walk For Dignity

Florida'ssummer afternoon rain couldn’t stop more than 25 activists from meeting in downtown Jacksonville’s Hemming Plaza, July 22, to begin a five-day walk to Sanford, Florida. Activists took the first steps in the “Walk for Dignity – Enough is Enough” event, demanding justice for Trayvon Martin and the resignation of State Attorney Angela Corey, who prosecuted the George Zimmerman case.
Called by the Southern Movement Assembly, a network of activist groups around the South that met in Jacksonville last April, the walk will end with a large rally in Sanford.......more

Tampa Demands Justice For Javon Neal

Community members gathered in front of a police substation July 22, the one-year anniversary of Javon Neal's murder by Tampa police. Neal, a 16-year-old African American student, was shot more than 19 times byTPD.....more

The Grand OLD Party of Florida

The The Republican Party of Florida is greeting President Barack Obama to Jacksonville with a full page ad in the Florida Times-Union.....more

Will Weatherford's Countdown Clock

www.willweatherford.info

Telemundo's Diaz-Balart Confronts Steve King

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

"For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert."          Steve King
The Grand OLD Party reaching out to hispanics.

The Boycott

More acts are joining Stevie Wonder in boycotting Florida: Rod Stewart, Madonna, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Jay Z, Kanye West, Trey Songz, Young Jeezy, Wale, R. Kelly, Rihanna and Alicia Keys. Bruce Springsteen dedicated a song to "justice for Trayvon Martin" during a concert in Limerick, Ireland, while Jay Z and Beyonce met with Martin's parents during a rally in New York City.......more In the 80's my family and i did not eat tuna for years until it was dolphin safe. In 1990, the three largest tuna companies in the world - StarKist, Bumblebee, and Chicken of the Sea - agreed to stop purchasing, processing, and selling tuna caught by intentional chasing and netting of dolphins.....here.

To this day i will not buy Star Kist brand tuna for the comments they made about the reason they were going dolphin safe. Not becouse they were good environmentalist or were trying to save the dolphins but becouse the boycott must of been working and their sales were down. Also see the boycott of Budweiser in Chicago which stated people drinking Old Style beer. Or more recently Papa Johns Pizza falling out with liberals. (Notice the large amount of Papa Johns comercials on MSNBC.) I will never buy their pizza again and it use to be one of my favorites. Stay local and try CDB'S, they make the best pizza in town. This could have a damaging lasting effect. Boycotts linger for along time, even when it's over. I guess somethings you never forget.

Feds Sue Florida For 'Warehousing' Disabled Kids

It seems our republican led state has relentlessly cut services for families struggling to care for a severely disabled child at home. Three years ago, state lawmakers simply cut $6 million from a program that pays for private-duty nursing care for Floridians who wish to remain outside institutions. One program that is designed to allow parents to care for disabled children at home or in community settings now has a wait list with about 22,000 names. The Feds found the state funding and managing its community programs so poorly that hundreds of children have been forced to live, and sometimes grow up, in institutions for the elderly. A total of five children have died in Florida nursing homes during the last half of 2010 — and 130 have died since January 2006, according to state records.The DOJ is asking a federal judge to declare the state's program for disabled children in violation of federal law and to force the state to cease warehousing children in institutions.......more

AHCA Secretary Liz Dudek said. "Florida has made many improvements in its already strong program of caring for medically complex children and helping their families cope with their everyday challenges." But a Miami civil rights lawyer who has also sued the state over the institutionalization of children called Dudek's actions mere "window dressing."

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Tera, she is from Virginia.

People United For Medical Marijuana

Met these guys at the Marion Transit Center in Tampa. They are collecting signatures to place Medical Marijuana on the 2014 ballot. I signed. You can here.

It's nice to see young people getting  involved in politics, our future looks bright.

The Tea Cup Of Ybor City

Meet Tea Cup, he is long time activist Carrie West's husband. Told me Mr. West has no plans on running for political office but don't count him out. Say hello At Hamburger Mary's in Ybor City
Visit him here

Got Sinkholes?

The Southwest Florida Water Management District, the agency commonly known as Swiftmud granted the world's largest phosphate mining company a permit to pump up to 70 million gallons of water a day out of the ground for the next 20 years.The water from more than 250 wells in Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk, Hardee and De Soto counties, an area that since 1992 has been under tight restrictions for any new residential and commercial water use. The water is being used by the phosphate giant known as Mosaic to dilute polluted waste so it can be dumped into creeks without violating state regulations.......more

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet George, he is from Michigan.

Schnitt Asks Listeners to Flood DOJ Website

He blasted the public email account set up by the Justice Department to collect “tips about George Zimmerman that could lead to federal charges against him. He also encouraged listeners to submit fake Zimmerman racist reports on Twitter to mock the DOJ's absurd charade and wants the Justice Department to set up a tip line to get to the bottom of who is responsible for the “illegal profiling of conservatives at the IRS. He said a preposterous witch-hunt calls for an equally preposterous response......more

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Hot Dog, Chips and Drink $3.50
Dairy Joy 3813 S Manhattan Ave in Tampa
Great deal, tasty dog with mustard, onions and horseradish on a toasted bun. 

Fight Scott's Voter Purge

With the ink barely dry on the U.S. Supreme Court’s awful ruling to gut the Voting Rights Act, Gov. Scott has announced he plans to resume his recklessly partisan, undemocratic voter purge. We know what this is - Gov. Scott is getting desperate as poll numbers paint a dire picture of his reelection. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court just made it easier for Scott to make it harder for some Floridians to vote.Last year, Gov. Scott’s administration began purging alleged “non-citizens” from the voter rolls without seeking the Justice Department’s approval. Not only did Scott’s administration likely violate the Voting Rights Act at the time, but it was quickly revealed that the data used to purge the rolls was severely flawed. Bill Internicola, a 91-year-old World War II veteran, was one of many legitimate voters caught up in Gov. Scott’s flawed voter purge. The purge list mostly targeted minority voters with 58% of the list being Hispanic voters.

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Florida's Castle Doctrine

Rick Scott finally came home from self-exile and met with protesters who are occupying the Capitol to seek repeal of the state's "stand your ground" law. In the end, the protesters made their case, and Scott was insistent that the self-defense law should remain on the books.......here
Stand your ground’ laws not just GOP policy. The Florida House vote was 92-20. Twelve Democrats voted in favor.......here

Justice For Horsley Shorter Jr

What is wrong with Florida's Legal and judicial System? This poor guy spends 26 years in the military, comes home safe to live out his life and then this career criminal who has been arrested on 37 felony charges and 25 misdemeanor charges since he was 14 comes along and shoots him dead. What happen to those private prisons republicans like so much. Don't they make money by having cells occupied.

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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Shane, He is a local from Ybor City.Told me he lives in a tent. He said local shelters are nothing but a scam.

Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me

Boycott Florida

Check out the petition by MoveOn. Petition Statement: We're boycotting Florida tourism until the "stand your ground" law is overturned. Your state is not a safe place to vacation if your citizens are able to kill anyone they deem suspicious. here
Check out the page on Facebook. On Twitter and Facebook a number of hashtags — #BoycottFlorida, #BoycottFloridaTourism and #NotFlorida — have been created in support of boycotting Florida over the Zimmerman ruling. Marco Rubio called talk of a boycott of Florida "outrageous" and "divisive" Friday during a stop in Orlando. The Gov. said he hopes Florida withstands talk of boycott.

Oops, 2013 School District Report Card

Hillsborough County got a D, Pinellas got an A. How did that happen?
here 
April Griffin, Carol W. Kurdell , Doretha W. Edgecomb, Candy Olson, Cindy Stuart, Susan L. Valdes, Stacy R.White. Ask them here

Trayvon Martin Protest In Tampa

Sam Gibbons Federal Court House in Tampa