No Room At The Inn For Florida

Democratic activists and a lone Republican asked a Leon County Circuit Court judge Tuesday to tell Florida to push back its early presidential primary one week. The lawsuit, filed in Tallahassee, seeks to order Florida's Secretary of State to change the date of the controversial primary from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5........here

Jon Ausman, a Democratic state committeeman from Leon County, called it "unconstitutional infringement on my First Amendment rights of free speech and political association.'' This made me angry, Ausman said. But his real anger is aimed at the state.

Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act

A little-noticed anti-terrorism bill quietly making its through Congress is raising fears of a new affront on activism and constitutional rights. The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in an overwhelming 400 to six House vote last month......here

Examining the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act

“The impetus is that homegrown terror is something that we now see in Western Europe. It’s by far the number one threat to security in Britain,” Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

Don't Tase ......Kill Me Bro!

Pinellas County, Florida And Ron Paul Signs

Dean Slams GOP at UJA Assembly

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
Told the United Jewish Communities' General Assembly (GA) in Tennessee that the Republican party (GOP) is religiously and racially exclusive. Dean followed by accusing the Republican party of leading the United States towards a theocracy. "The Democratic Party believes that everybody in this room ought to be comfortable being an American Jew, not just an American, that there are no bars to heaven for anybody..........here

Obama Rocks Iowa

Ax The Tax

Floridians Offer Their Own Property Tax Plans For Ballot

Don't think the Legislature has done enough to curb your property tax bill?For Floridians unhappy with the tax-cutting choice that legislators put on the Jan. 29 ballot, there are 11 citizen initiatives — and counting — vying for voters' support to go on the November 2008 ballot........here

A new poll has noted that Florida voters are not enthusiastic enough about the Legislature's proposed property-tax plan to pass it if the election to approve it were held today.........here

Locavore: Florida Orange Juice

Florida's Natural Co-Op

The decades-long struggle between orange growers in Florida and Brazil has opened on its largest front yet -- the battle between the top three American orange juice sellers for U.S. market share. Florida's Natural Growers, the Lake Wales juice processor, opened the front with its new ad campaign seeking to capture a bigger market share by touting that its brand of not-from-concentrate (NFC) orange juice comes entirely from Florida fruit while other national brands (Tropicana and Minute Maid) mix Florida and Brazilian OJ.........here
Florida's Natural

Tampa Bay Is A "Brain Gain" Zone

Tampa Bay is a “brain gain” zone, defined as “share of a county’s population that is college-educated.”.....via Discourse.net
All Of Florida Looks Blue

Sean Hannity meets CHANGE