Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Godiva Chocolates, Nintendo GameBoys and Cashmere Sweaters
What Was Alan Gross Doing in Havana?
Since 1996, a small effort to stick our thumb in the island's eye developed with the formation of a "Cuba democracy program" within USAID to deliver "humanitarian aid" and "information" to "human rights and political activists" and families of dissidents. For years the democracy program's budget, about $2 million to start with, was funneled into grants to Cuban American groups in Miami that ostensibly used the money to somehow promote freedoms for Cubans still on the island.
Unfortunately, program funds were misused. A 2006 audit and investigation by the GAO highlighted taxpayer monies used to purchase Godiva chocolates, Nintendo GameBoys and cashmere sweaters. An alleged embezzlement scheme by another grantee was discovered in 2008, leading a member of the House to challenge USAID's annual program allocation, which had by then grown to $45 million per year. The agency agreed to more closely monitor its contractors, and soon after Alan Gross was hired via DAI to travel to Cuba.
here
Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small group of
Right-Wing Extremist in South Florida.
(Wearing Cashmere Sweaters, Eating Chocolate and playing Video Games.)
Stop The MCM.
Why I Like Dr. No, Sometimes.
Ron Paul......
*Has voted against constitutional bans on same-sex marriage and flag burning,
believing in individual expression.
*During a GOP debate in South Carolina in May, Paul said that if a person wants to shoot up with heroin, it's that person's choice, and the federal government should stay out of it.
*Paul was one of only six Republicans to vote against giving President George W. Bush the authority to wage war in Iraq and has long bemoaned U.S. intervention overseas.
*Talking about the Cuban embargo, Paul said the U.S. policy has failed.
"If we wouldn't have had this embargo for 40 years, Castro would have been gone a long time ago,"
more
I am not endorsing Mr. Paul and probably would never vote for him, but he is the only one that i see getting us out of the mess we are in. Ending the wars alone would help alot.
Where Did All Our Money Go?
Clinton left us a surplus, today we owe 14 Trillion. What the hell happend the last ten years?
(Wars, Banks and Wall Street Bail Outs, Tax Breaks for the Rich and Corporations?)
Why do we pay federal taxes?
Why do we pay federal taxes?
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Rick Scott Pays Just $360 A Year For State Health Insurance
The governor, a proud bearer of the Republican Party’s deregulation standard,
has spent his first half-year in office decrying government waste:
He’s laid off thousands of Sunshine State employees, slashed their benefits, turned down (most of) the federal government’s health care dollars, and put extra financial pressure on Florida retirees and Medicaid recipients.
But Scott and his dependents pay one-fifth what a janitor in the state Capitol pays for health insurance… and less than 3 percent of what a retired state trooper pays for life-saving coverage.
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At The Spencerian
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Warren & Maureen Nyerges
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD!!
The Florida couple who took on Bank Of America and won.
Very funny stuff.
SOG's 401-Keg Plan
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG, you would have $33.00. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers, you would have $0.00 today.
But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer, drank all the beer, turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you would have $214.00. Therefore the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.
It is called the 401-Keg Plan.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Ignite Tampa Bay - Kelly Benjamin
The existing sprawled out environment that dominates our landscape (and represents a huge investment of time, money, infrastructure, and dreams) is malfunctioning and there seems to be no clear understanding of how to fix it.
IERNA's Heating & Cooling
IERNA's Heating & Cooling has offered to help "Gaby For Mayor" for each 'Like' they get - Please go to their page and LIKE it then POST on their page 'Thank you for supporting Gaby for Mayor and BGC'
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Best of the Bay - Gaspar's Patio Bar & Grille
Stogie Recommends
CL Best of the Bay
Temple Terrace's Best Kept Secret
Drink - Food - Sports - Karaoke
Gaby For Mayor!
I'm running for Honorary Mayor of Riverview! To cast your vote for me, please check out http://www.gabyformayor.com/ for details!
Monday, August 8, 2011
The Isle of Man
The Isle of Man, is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It is 32 miles long and, at its widest point, 14 miles wide. It has an area of around 221 sq miles. At the 2006 interim census, Mann was home to 80,058 people.
Wikipedia
AAA Nation.
Civilian Conservation Corps
I wonder when we'll get to a place where someone can say "hey, we need mandatory public service by all young people in America." Doesn't have to be the Armed Forces.
How about teaching? How about the Peace Corps?
How about rebuilding our country?
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Anonymous Operation Onslaught - Ybor City
We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.
Draft Senator Bernie Sanders For President
Support builds for Sanders for President despite denials;
Sen. Sanders urges primary challenge to President Obama.
Please sign the petition now if you haven’t done so already.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Throwing Hillsborough Transit Into Reverse
These are major, systemic problems. County Commissioner Mark Sharpe, who serves on the board, gets it; he changed his mind and supported a tax increase for HART, which would cost the average homeowner about 41 cents a year. But his colleague, Commissioner Sandy Murman, a fellow Republican, is still playing politics. Murman said she won't support an increase "even if it's a penny."Even if it's a penny? This is the mind-set Hillsborough needs to change if it hopes to address transportation and job development in a meaningful way.
From a letter to the St. Pete Times, more.
Smoking Some Of That Tea
After the bruising debate over raising the debt ceiling, Howard Dean had harsh words for the tea party.
"I think they've been smoking some of that tea, not just drinking it."....Howard Dean
Visit Democracy for America and help the folks in Wisconsin.
What Happened to Obama?
The arc of history does not bend toward justice through capitulation cast as compromise. It does not bend when 400 people control more of the wealth than 150 million of their fellow Americans.
It does not bend when
the average middle-class family has seen its income stagnate over the last 30 years while the richest 1 percent has seen its income rise astronomically.
It does not bend when
we cut the fixed incomes of our parents and grandparents so hedge fund managers can keep their 15 percent tax rates.
It does not bend when only one side in negotiations between workers and their bosses is allowed representation. And it does not bend when, as political scientists have shown,
it is not public opinion but the opinions of the wealthy that predict the votes of the Senate.
The arc of history can bend only so far before it breaks.
Must Read
Saturday, August 6, 2011
America's Biggest Creditor
Communist ChinaRips U.S. over credit downgrade.
here
How Shameful is this?
Those pesky Communist kicking our Capitalist ass!
Communist Party of the United States
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