Mirage

Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.......here
Buy it from our locally owned independent bookseller, Inkwood Books.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich Speaks to the DNC

Joe Garcia at the Convention

On Vacation

Be Back Soon

Beat the Bush/Diaz-Balart Fundraising Machine

Humane Society of Tampa Bay Making Good Matches

According to an article in this week's Tampa Tribune, Hillsborough County Animal Services euthanized almost 2000 animals in April of this year. More cats than dogs are brought into the shelter and more dogs are adopted, so cats are the majority of the animals being euthanized..........here

Pic Of Stogie's Friends

Body Of War At Tampa Theater

Thurs June 19, 2008 - 7:30PM

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Obama Voter Registration Drive

I'm Voting Republican

Republican Ros-Lehtinen Votes With Bush 85% Of The Time

2008 is not a good year to be a Republican running for office. Even the Republican leadership is saying that if the "Republican brand were dogfood, it would be taken off the shelf."........here

Dean Stays At DNC

Barack Obama is keeping Howard Dean as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Obama appreciates Dean’s hard work to grow the party..........here

HurricaneMcCain.com

In response to McCain's visit, the Florida Democratic Party today unveiled www.HurricaneMcCain.com, an online portal dedicated to exposing the danger McCain poses to Florida, and a new ad that the Party plans to air on television soon.......here

Barack Obama Democratic Nomination Victory Speech

Corruption Watch - The Diaz-Balart Bros

Here’s an idea. Let’s say we pass federal legislation allowing politicians to take all the lobbyist money they want. The sky’s the limit.......here

Robert Wexler: Fire-Breathing Liberal

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Joe Molloy: The Man Who Would Be King

It's a warm, sun-drenched weekday morning outside D.W. Webb Middle School, in the Town 'n' Country neighborhood of Tampa. Under a cloudless sky, Joe Molloy, a boulder of a man, bespectacled and clad in a gray Webb Middle School T-shirt, khaki shorts and black New Balance sneakers, is preparing for his first phys ed class of the day........here

President Carter Will Endorse Obama

Former President Carter says he’ll endorse Democrat Barack Obama after the polls close on the final primaries..........here

Rebel Tampa

Next year, a giant Confederate flag may tower above the tree line near the junction of Interstate 75 and Interstate 4.......here
It will be lit at night.

WEDU Goes Green

Locavore Barack Obama

Senator Barack Obama carries his order of wings and rings at the Firehouse Brewing Company in Rapid City, South Dakota...........here
Tampa Locavore

Annette Taddeo In Key West

Thursday, June 5th, 2008, 6:00pm

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Obama: Mensaje a Puerto Rico

Obama's South Florida Ground Troops

Earlier this month, a group of about 30 people gathered at the downtown Miami law firm of delancyhill. Most attendees were not seasoned political operatives, but many are well known within South Florida’s diverse black community, drawn from the worlds of marketing, business and law........here

Peaches For Oysters

If you’ve ever heard the saying – “the best defense is a good offense” – then you know exactly what I’m thinking when I say we should boycott Georgia Peaches...........here

300 Days Alone On A Tropical Island

French explorer and adventurer Xavier Rosset is about to embark on a 300 day trip to live alone on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific. His adventures will be filmed and used for a 52 minute documentary..........here

Annette Taddeo Calls On Ros-Lehtinen To Sign Pledge

The time has come to lift the 2004 travel and remittance restrictions. I hereby call on
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – who was so instrumental
in the Bush Administration’s decision to impose the ban – to abandon her previous position and to support Cuban and Cuban-American families. I call on President George Bush, and commit to press the next President of the United States and the Congress, to remove the 2004 travel and remittance restrictions and to return these regulations to their pre-2004 levels..........here

Wasserman Schultz, Robert Wexler and Barack Obama

Three Reasons To Hope

Perhaps nothing has been as disappointing over the past 7 and one half years than the inability of Congress to get its act together and take action against Bush and company.........here

CSX Street Running In Downtown Tampa

The Reality Of Salaries And Florida’s New Health Care Law

I don’t know how anyone votes when you actually have good choices for once. There is actually going to be a real debate with McCain and Obama, one that was missing in 2004 when the two choices were bad and worse............here