Hurricane Ronda

The freshman senator from Brandon who made a name for herself on the Hillsborough County Commission as its official right-wing moral crusader is already busy making headlines upstate.

Her latest: a bill supposedly aimed at exposing those who sexually abuse underage girls......more

The New Dean Political Plan

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean has been meeting with world leaders to repair "the extraordinary damage" that the Bush administration has done to America's image and to prepare the way for a new Democratic president.......more

Hillsborough County Commissioners in developers' back pockets

In an appallingly arrogant move, the commissioners ripped out whole chapters from the citizens' 3-year planning project, at a meeting with no public notice and no public comment, weeks before the public hearing. Commissioners Hagan and Blair didn't seem to know or care that all our community plans were in the "Livable Communities Element" as they moved to eliminate that whole 164-page section......more

THE 2007 McDONALD'S TRUTH TOUR IS COMING!
Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Join us this April 13th and 14th in Chicago, as farmworkers from Immokalee prepare to take consumers on a tour "Behind the Golden Arches" to the fields of exploitation where McDonald's tomatoes are picked......here

Virtual Tour of Immokalee

McD's execs receive over $15 million in bonuses

With These Hands I Demand the Future

Cornel West on:
"What It Means to Be a Leftist in the 21st Century"

What does it really mean to be a leftist in the early part of the 21st century? What are we really talking about? And I can just be very candid with you. It means to have a certain kind of temperament, to make certain kinds of political and ethical choices, and to exercise certain analytical focuses in targeting on the catastrophic and the monstrous, the scandalous, the traumatic, that are often hidden and concealed in the deodorized and manicured discourses of the mainstream. That's what it means to be a leftist. So let's just be clear about it......more

Meet Julianne Elizabeth Lea

I found her personable, witty, smart, talented and she seemed to have a kind soul and was committed to noble causes.......more

Visit Her Site....here

Support our Troops and Veterans

Republican "Caging"

Black soldiers and the homeless targeted

The Bush campaign is planning an election day effort to disrupt ballot casting by African Americans by challenging voters whose names are on a “caging list,” according to a British news report.......more

Greg Palast

Captain America, Dead At 89

Steve Rogers, a fine-arts student turned super-soldier who fought America’s enemies for more than six decades as Captain America, was assassinated while entering the U.S. Federal Court in New York City. He was 89......here

Vote For The Dixie Chicks On CMT

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Meet Lance Cpl. Kevin G. Waruinge
of Tampa
Killed Aug. 3, 2005 when his amphibious assault vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device during combat operations south of Haditha, Iraq.

Military Times, Iraq War Heroes
Sign His Guest Book

Peace Rally In St. Pete
U.S. Out of Iraq 4th Anniversary Protest
Saturday, March 17th,
4:00 - 9:00 pm
Williams Park, St.Pete
more info

Iran: People Like Us

Is America Too Racist for a Black President?

SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH BARACK OBAMA'S PASTOR

The United Church of Christ has a 350 year history of being on the side of social justice. Our denomination was against slavery. We were a part of the Underground Railroad; part of the abolitionist movement. So it's nothing new for us......more

Why are we at war with Cuba?

Because they are communist. Well, China is communist and we trade with them (China even has most favored nation trading status, and until after Nixon went there we wouldn't even recognize them as the legitimate government). We trade with Vietnam and most other communist countries (what's left of 'em). We even traded with the Soviet Union back when they were our sworn enemy.......more

Dummy Cop In Zephyrhills
Sitting on medium on 301

The Enduring Spirit Of The People Of Regla, Cuba
click here

A New Era In The History Of Persia

American preparations for invading Iran are complete

Iran, is one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, covers thousands of years, from the ancient civilization on the Iranian plateau to the modern Islamic Republic of Iran.......more

Discover Iran.......Iran Chamber Society, Wikipedia, Iranology

Whats About To Happen Is Not Going To Be Good!

Charlie, A Republican Democrats can learn to love

Crist may restore rights to ex-felons.The announcement from the Republican governor drew applause from nearly two dozen lawmakers, all Democrats, known formally as the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators......more

The Confederate Flag

Until recently, I had never liked Hillary Clinton. I thought that she was terribly weak and self-serving most of the time, and I despised her for letting Bill walk all over her. I never thought that I'd say I was in agreement with her, but lately there is much to applaud her for!......more

What The Germans Think

The US Democrats have failed their first big test. They won't be able to end the US mission in Iraq in the foreseeable future ... That is a disappointment but not a surprise ... It was never really their aim to use all their might to stop Bush. That was finally clear when the liberals agreed that the Iraq resolution would be 'non-binding.' That is like smoking without inhaling......more

Time to clip the wings of Vulture Funds

Investigative reporting by Greg Palast, broadcast on the BBC and Democracy Now, has exposed the vulture funds, defined by the International Monetary Fund as companies that buy up the debt of poor nations on the cheap when it is about to be written off and then sue for the full debt plus interest, often pocketing 10 times what they paid for it......more

Zambia at a glance

Open Letters to George W. Bush
From his ardent admirer Belacqua Jones....here

The Wit and Wisdom of Belacqua Jones

Central Command in Florida and targets inside Iran

It is understood that any such attack - if ordered - would target Iranian air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centres. That list includes Iran's uranium enrichment plant at Natanz. Facilities at Isfahan, Arak and Bushehr are also on the target list.....more

I Hope They Get It

"We can't get fooled again"

Your mission for the day is to look at these images of a beautiful, progressive and creative country and its generally moderate people and guess who they are........here

Mrs. Clintons Roadmap Out of Iraq

A Rarity for Faux News: Real Journalism

Bush's inevitable showdown

Chosen to pretend that in failing it has succeeded

It is impossible to guess the consequences of the approaching showdown between the US and Iran. But if the events of the past week are any guide, the future does not look promising. Today positive and negative indicators regarding the nature and outcome of a US confrontation with Iran run together and so forecasting the likely form and outcome of the contest is all but impossible......more

Dear Americans, We Are So Confused ...

The fundamental problem for America and its allies in Iraq is not Iranian interference, it is incoherent US foreign policy in the Middle East. If you think this is just opinion, try comprehending US-Middle East relations......more

Dispatch From the Mexican Border

Why the security fence will never be built

Ever since October 2006, when President George W. Bush signed a bill authorizing the construction of 700 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico, top-ranking Latin American politicians have denounced the plan, calling it unnecessary, offensive, and, in the words of former Mexican President Vicente Fox, "deplorable.".......more

Video: Al-Qaeda Martyrdom Training

Faux News Self-Parody

The premiere tomorrow opens with Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter in a skit set in January 2009. Mr. Limbaugh is the newly elected commander in chief, and he tells his fellow Americans that his Democratic opponent, Howard Dean, is “finally getting the medical attention he has so desperately needed for so long,” which is a strange joke for Mr. Limbaugh to make, given his history of pain killers and prescription fraud.

Growing a Blue Brain in Switzerland

A network of artificial nerves is growing in a Swiss supercomputer -- meant to simulate a natural brain, cell-for-cell. The researchers at work on "Blue Brain" promise new insights into the sources of human consciousness.......more