Tampa Bay
Progressive Coalition

Study: Internet Censorship Grows Worldwide

Internet censorship is growing worldwide, with 26 out of 40 countries blocking or filtering political or social content. They categorized seven countries, all of them Muslim, as "pervasive" social filterers: Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen......more
OpenNet Initiative

I'm Glad I Live In Hillsborough County And Not One Of Those Countries, opps, Never Mind.

Shut Down The Department Of Justice

And Stop This Silly Show

It's been clear for a while - and is becoming ever clearer - that the Attorney General ought to resign, or to be fired. Now, it seems that Congress is determined to force Gonzales from office or send him to jail, whichever they can do first......here

Have You Seen Madeleine McCann?

A Web site set up to help find missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann has received more than 50 million hits. The little girl disappeared from her bedroom at a hotel resort in Portugal on May 3 as her parents dined nearby. More than 7,500 people have left messages of support......here

www.findmadeleine.com

Rep. Kucinich Shares His Views On Iraq With DFA

Nokomis Couple Sues
Sarasota County Deputies

When a deputy asked to speak to John Coffin, Cynthia Coffin closed the door and went to speak to her husband. She then saw the deputy looking in through her front window and locked her front door. She then pushed the button to close the garage door but the deputies stopped the door from closing and entered the garage even though they did not have a search warrant or arrest warrant......more

John Coffin heard his wife screaming in pain, went into the garage and saw two deputies arresting her on the floor.

OxyClinton: Faux News Attempt At Humor

Howard Dean On Colbert

Watch It Here

"John McCain knows something about touture, the rest of the guys are just wind bags."....Howard Dean, (commenting on the GOP debate)

Local Bumpers

Best Of: Right Wing Follies

Bilingual Stop Sign
Latin America? Nope, Wimama

Vox, Litbrit, Gatordem, And Pushing Rope

Tampa Bay's Only Progressive Blogs

According To Mr. Hussey.....here

And The Chopped Liver

The Political Whore - Out in Left Field - Tiny Little Dots - In Theory - Tampa Rail - Deep Something - The Delightful Yank - Samm Simpson - The Stonegauge - Ybor City Stogie

The Miami Cuban Mafia
Where Have All The Right-Wing Lunatics Gone?
A French company with ties to the Castro regime -- its affiliate has built 11 resort hotels with the Cuban military -- now wants to bring its construction skills to the $1 billion tunnel at the Port of Miami. And the protesters? Busy boycotting the mom-and-pop businesses that advertise on an obscure AM radio program. This is what the mighty Miami Cuban Mafia has come to. Their nemesis is dying, their bitterness has grown old and their power has dwindled to sad experiments in self-parody.....here.......via sotp

We Miss Them Already

Litbrit, Vox, Out In Left Field And The Stogie

Censored In China

Are You? Test any website and see in real-time if it's censored in China.....here.......via litbrit

They Must Not Like Stories About Nail Houses Either.

Vamos A Cuba

“Mulato”. “Color cartucho” (paper bag colored). “Jabao”. “Indio” (Indian). “Pelo bueno” (with good hair). “Canela” (cinnamon). Even “café con leche” (coffee and milk).

If you are black or of mixed race in Cuba, depending of how light your skin is, you may call yourself one of the above names. Anything but “negro” (black).......here

It's Time To Unite The Cuban People

Fred Thompson Responds To Michael Moore Challenge

USA vs Al-Arian

Tampa Theatre

711 N FRANKLIN ST., TAMPA

WED., MAY 16, 2007 @ 7:30PM

Tickets available HERE, or at the Tampa Theatre Box Office, 813-274-8286, http://www.tampatheatre.com/

Thinking Of Teletubbies

click here

"He can go to hell." ..... Jimmy Carter

I Guess Jimmy Is Getting His Wish

"Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God"...The Bible

Rude Drivers: Miami #1

Tampa #16

For the second straight year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. The survey was conducted by Prince Market Research has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points......more

3,401 And The Death Goes On
PhillyFeed

Florida Not Ready For Confluence Of Crisis

Senator Nelson Voices Concern About Castro's Death Occurring During Storm, Overseas Conflicts. The U.S. Coast Guard told U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson it is ready to tackle matters dealing with Homeland Security, hurricane preparedness or a possible mass exodus from Cuba, but not for a confluence of crisis' that potentially could occur in South Florida this summer......more
The Coast Guard Will Get Plenty Of Help With The Mass Exodus

The State Of Florida
Pays Lobbyists $7.2 Million For Bottom Of Biscayne Bay
One of those lobbyists was Jim Smith, former state attorney general, and gubernatorial candidate. This reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel. Oh, now I see...the article was written by his son, Scott.....more

Only In Florida

Cathy vs. Leilani

Two Great Writers With Different Opinions

I think our fundamental disagreement is that you think there are bountiful opportunities for blacks (and really, the poor in general) to succeed, where as I feel that there are not and that efforts to provide programs for these people are continually undermined by the very people who are supposed to serve them and help them......more

The World's Most Hated Blogger?

With scant income, assets, or business savvy, the would-be real-estate mogul managed to purchase eight homes in hopes of reselling them at a profit. Along the way, he's lost all of them, run up some $170,000 in credit card and credit line debt, and launched iamfacingforeclosure.com to share his woes with the world.......here

The Turks Know How To Throw A Rally
Why Can't We Do That?
More than a million demonstrators took to the streets in Turkey today demanding their country remain a secular republic. The protesters say they feel the pro-Islamic ruling party threatens the nation's modern foundations......more
"No way for sharia"

Mother's for Peace

VideoVets: Shelly Burgoyne

The Winds Of Change In Cuba

"Once a year or so, a team of reporters and photographers from the Miami Herald... slips into Cuba against that government's Machiavellian press restrictions, drive around the country dressed as tourists, and work as carefully and quickly as they can, talking with people about what's really going on."The Herald task's when it comes to covering Cuba is thankless. The extremists on both sides always think the coverage is slanted -because it doesn't say what they want to say.......more.....via sotp

End The Embargo On The Cuban People