When you think of downtown areas, you usually think of an urban setting with lots of people, multiple forms of transportation, shops, bakeries and a central park for people to gather amongst high-rise buildings. Downtown Tampa has some of those amenities, but in many ways it is lacking a cultural community.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
The Game is in Tampa!
Help us bring the FIFA World Cup to to the USA and Tampa Bay.
Democracy And The Republic
Michael E. Arth
One of the greatest threats to a democratic republic is when factions are able to act against the will of the majority. This is why George Washington belonged to no party, and famously warned against them.
Our two-party system, cemented in place by anti-democratic election laws, acts against the interest of the majority by shutting out other parties or individuals, by not allowing the best candidates to come forward, and by manufacturing consent through emotionally potent advertising and propaganda.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Jim Says Vote Yes
Jim lives in Tampa and sees a real need to improve transportation choses in Tampa. There are many residents throughout Hillsborough County who are in need of alternitive transportation.
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3 Days In September
The Beslan school hostage crisis was a three day hostage-taking of over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 300. It began when a group of armed mostly Muslim Ingush and Chechen terrorists took more than 1,100 people (including 777 children) hostage on 1 September 2004, at School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia.
Narrated by Julia Roberts
The Beslan school hostage crisis was a three day hostage-taking of over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 300. It began when a group of armed mostly Muslim Ingush and Chechen terrorists took more than 1,100 people (including 777 children) hostage on 1 September 2004, at School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia.
Narrated by Julia Roberts
Did Ralph Hughes Bankroll Jim Norman's Home?
In the past two weeks, both a lawsuit and an ethics complaint have alleged that the late businessman Ralph Hughes bankrolled an Arkansas home for Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman.
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How To Hear Tampa’s Sound
Many members of Tampa’s musician collective have been able to gain enthusiastic followers, but these fans hadn’t heard them on the radio or read about them in Rolling Stone. Instead, local artists have devised ways to market, advertise and introduce themselves within the busy Tampa Bay music scene.
Michael E. Arth vs. The Two Party Duopoly
I have a new blog at the Orlando Sentinel. Now that Bud Chiles is dropping out, I will become the leading no party affiliation candidate.
Tampa's Own "Sleepy Vikings"
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Gulf Health Problems Blamed On Dispersed Oil
BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf Coast residents claim otherwise, and say they have the sicknesses to prove it.
What Stogie Had For Dinner
911 Hot Wings
$7.95.....At My Place, 4944 E. Busch Blvd, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!
$7.95.....At My Place, 4944 E. Busch Blvd, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!
Community Harvest Program
In the month of September, Columbia Restaurant will donate 5 percent their earnings to a charity of the customer's choosing.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Is a 2009 science fiction comedy feature film directed by Gareth Carrivick from a script by Jamie Mathieson, starring Anna Faris, Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, and Dean Lennox Kelly.
Very Funny Film.
Alex Sink Refuses To Debate Michael E. Arth
Michael E. Arth confronts Alex Sink and Florida Democratic Party officials over debates and unfair practices. Eric Jotkoff, Communications Director for the Florida Democratic Party, had Arth escorted out of the rally by a security guard. It appears that Jotkoff was especially incensed when Arth brought up that 23% of Democrats voting in the primary had apparently registered protest votes by voting for an unknown socialist candidate (Brian Moore) with no money.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Florida Ghost Team Spooktacular
The Italian Club In Ybor City
Sept. 10, 2010
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Sept. 10, 2010
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What Stogie Had For Dinner
Mexican Quesadillas
$7.95.....At My Place, 4944 E. Busch Blvd, Tampa
$7.95.....At My Place, 4944 E. Busch Blvd, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
I Make A Rotten Starving Artist
I an an Artist, but as for the starving part I never really got that. I get skinny so fast its scary. Lucky for me I picked up Tattooing as a skill early on.
"If the whole starving till the world notices your greatness works for you, then run with it. I'll applaud your success. If along the way you keep from starving by selling crappy Hallmark cards/ tattoos/club flyers, I still got your back."....Dante Hadley
"If the whole starving till the world notices your greatness works for you, then run with it. I'll applaud your success. If along the way you keep from starving by selling crappy Hallmark cards/ tattoos/club flyers, I still got your back."....Dante Hadley
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Linda Saul-Sena
Wasteful Budgeting And Spending In Hillsborough County
ConnectUS: High Speed Rail in Florida
Will host public information sessions for HSR on Aug. 31 at the Tampa Convention Center, on Sept 1 at the Lakeland Center, and on Sept. 2 at the Orange County Convention Center, Chapin Auditorium. All public meetings will be held at 6:30 p.m. Find out the latest about HSR!
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Rebuilding New Orleans‚ Lower Ninth Ward
Make It Right
"The people are doing it themselves. Doesn't anyone feel any shame that Brad Pitt is more effective than the entire force of the federal government, or even the State of Louisiana, the City of New Orleans?"......Benjamin Kirby
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