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

Street Crime Sends Latins To South Florida

A joke making the rounds in Miami says that the mayor should erect statues to honor the three people who have done the most to turn Miami into the Latin American business center it is today: Cuban ruler Fidel Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda. It's good. But there should be a fourth statue to honor the violent street gangs, kidnappers and muggers terrorizing Latin American cities, and driving hundreds of thousands -- many of them rich -- to abandon their homelands for South Florida........here