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



more............here

Howard Dean calls leading immigration proposal 'insane'

Abraham Lincoln Brigade

In July 1936, rightwing military officers led by fascist General Franco attempted to overthrow the newly elected democratic government of Spain. Hitler and Mussolini quickly joined in support of Franco. In response, nearly 3,000 Americans defied the US government to volunteer to fight in the Spanish Civil War, they called themselves Abraham Lincoln Brigade......here

"No man ever entered the earth more honorably than those who died in Spain."......Ernest Hemingway

"Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War"

Seminole Heights Strikes Back
Nothing like taking a story out of context and jumping to the wrong conclusions. The St. Pete Times latched on to a discussion back in February about the encroachment of latino-oriented restaurants upsetting the neighborhood. Of course it didn't take long for someone without all the facts to pull a Johnny Cochrane and immediately cry foul, and claim we're all a bunch of stuck up racists in Seminole Heights......more

Odyssey's Shipwreck!
Pirates & Treasure To Open At Mosi June 22
Odyssey Marine Exploration, a leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced that its subsidiary, Odyssey Marine Entertainment, Inc., will open SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure, an interactive shipwreck and treasure exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, Florida. The exhibit is scheduled to run from June 22, 2007 through January 31, 2008.....here

For more information about the exhibition, please visit www.shipwreck.net.

Democrats Lose War In Iraq
The "Stab in the Back" Trap

The Democrats and the peace movement are walking into a trap. The Republicans are preparing with Rovian cunning to focus the mind of the public on the question: Who lost Iraq? And they are already giving the answer: The Democrats and the peace movement......more

In the aftermath of the Vietnam war, Democrats and the peace movement were smeared for "losing Vietnam." This campaign was largely successful because the public was never given a full picture of the real purposes of the war and the full machinations of those who fomented it.

April Griffin

Our Insider At The Hillsborough County School Board Wants To Know What You Think.....here

I want to always remember the people who worked so hard to elect me. I ran because I want to make a difference...not make friends downtown.....April Griffin

The Baker Bench

Florida To Expand Gambling

Ronda Not Happy

The Senate approved a series of bills Friday that would expand gambling in Florida, including a measure that would let every pari-mutuel facility in the state operate slot machine-style video lottery terminals. The bill (SB 2434) would allow up to 1,500 video lottery terminals, which are similar to full-fledged slot machines, at each dog track, horse track and jai-alai arena......more

Scotty's Final Ride

More than 100 people gathered in New Mexico today to bid farewell to Star Trek star James Doohan, a day before the actor's ashes are blasted into space on a private rocket. A symbolic portion of his ashes will be on board a SpaceLoft XL rocket that is scheduled to take off from a private launchpad near Las Cruces, New Mexico......more

A Humanitarian Catastrophe Now Looms Over Somalia
Where Is The US Media?

The United Nations says more people have been displaced in Somalia in the past three months than anywhere else in the world. Some 350,000 have fled fighting in Mogadishu since February, more than one-third of its population The escalating war in Somalia has received little attention in the U.S. media especially on broadcast television. Using the Lexis database, Democracy Now examined ABC, NBC and CBS's coverage of Somalia in the evening newscasts over the past three months. The result may surprise you: ABC and NBC has not mentioned the war at all. CBS mentioned the war once. The network dedicated a total of three sentences to the story........here

I Like The Old America Better, When We Use To Care About These Things.

Dont Mess With Those Mormons

Utah Allows Guns on College Campuses

As states and colleges across the country review their gun policies in light of the tragedy, many in Utah are proud to have the nation's only state law that expressly allows the carrying of concealed weapons at public colleges......more

"If government can't protect you, you should have the right to protect yourself," said Republican state Sen. Michael Waddoups

Putting Osprey On The Map

The seaside town of Osprey will get their much-anticipated Bay Street Village & Towncenter which breaks ground next month, the 550-home mixed-use development will bring a Starbucks and boutique shops and restaurants to this seaside village. The owner of Gabby's Patisserie not far from the Bay Street site, said she looks forward to big-city amenities. She makes some of her living serving coffee to the morning commuter crowd, said she is not concerned about Starbucks stealing her customers. Her business retains the advantage of a local business selling homemade goods to local people......more

For How Long Ms. Gabby?

How Much For That Ultrasound?

Women seeking abortions in their first trimester of pregnancy could be required to have ultrasounds of their fetuses. This guys idea, Rep. Trey Traviesa, R-Tampa....here
Storms filed a separate proposal this year requiring health care workers and abortion clinics to take DNA samples from pregnant minors. A committee she ran shot down her bill, which could have used the DNA evidence for criminal prosecutions against the person who impregnated the minor.