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Bill Maher Challenged On 9/11 Live

Why I'm A Liberal

"Today, Republicans in Congress chose to side with President Bush and leave millions of children behind. Bush Republicans will spend billions of dollars on their failed strategy in Iraq, but have no problem denying millions of children the health care they need and deserve. This is shameful" .....Dr. Howard Dean

Prehistoric Florida Swamp

Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million years old......here

Burma's Secret War

Florida NAACP Plan For March In Tallahassee

Justice For Martin Lee Anderson

Members of the NAACP from around Florida will march from the Capitol to the U.S. Attorney's office Tuesday, in an attempt to bring pressure for federal charges against those cleared in the boot-camp trial in Panama City last week......here

Boycott Panama City

The Foul Stench Of The GOP

Florida Stinkers

Gus Bilirakis, Ginny Brown-Waite, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Adam Putnam, Tom Feeney, Ander Crenshaw, Ric Keller, Jeff Miller, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Cliff Stearns, Dave Weldon

SCRIP........here

Yuck, Who Votes For These People?

Stephen Colbert to Run for President

8 More Guard Units Headed for Duty

The Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer, The Associated Press learned Wednesday. The U.S. military is reaching out to more Guard units in an effort to maintain needed troop levels, ease some of the strain on the active duty Army and provide security for ports, convoys and other installations......more

Dean: Bush Republicans Have the Wrong Priorities

When the Republican Congress didn't do their job, President Bush turned a blind eye and signed bill after bill, passing $3 trillion in new spending. Yet he's now hiding behind an insincere claim of fiscal discipline to defend his immoral decision to deny millions of low income children health care here at home while spending billions of dollars on his failed war in Iraq......here

800,000 Healthy Children or 1 Week in Iraq?

The Chevy Volt In Miami

Imagine A 40 Mile Daily Commute Without A Drop Of Gas
The Chevy Volt was first shown in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Volt is powered by a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery to power the vehicle for 40 miles of all-electric range. An on-board “range-extender” engine and generator set, powered by gasoline or E85, is used to extend the vehicles range to more than 640 miles......here

Florida Subpoenas Allstate

Allstate Corp
The largest publicly traded U.S. insurer, was subpoenaed on Tuesday by Florida regulators in an ongoing probe into possible industry collusion to thwart state efforts to slash homeowner insurance rates. Calling the industry "tenacious" and "greedy," Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican, said the investigation would shed light on the failure of Allstate and others to provide meaningful rate relief to Florida customers despite legislation earlier this year to lower rates.......here

Cheney's Law

Angola, Florida

Story Of Early Florida Black Settlement Emerging

For 10 years, they fought, hid and prayed for freedom here by the river, those 750 fugitive slaves, free blacks and black Seminoles who drifted west from the middle of Florida to form the largest community of its kind in the early 19th century South. Then, in 1821, their settlement, which they had named Angola after its kindred region in West Africa, was burned and looted and destroyed, probably by order of Gen. Andrew Jackson.......more

Racist Explains Hip Hop Culture

"There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than other savages."
- Mark Twain

King George Collects $1M From Pinellas County Republicans

We only had less than 48 hours to get this together, but still between 75 and 100 folks cooked in the sun from 9am-11:30am to let King George know we're going to keep working to stop the war and save our constitution. We were moved twice, and prevented from getting within 100 yards of the president, but that's fine. ABC, NBC, the Trib, The Times, WMNF, and a couple of indies all stopped by.........here

Mike Fox 727-320-4502

Vaxjo, Sweden

Cities Take the Lead on Climate Change

When this quiet city in southern Sweden decided in 1996 to wean itself off fossil fuels, most people doubted the ambitious goal would have any impact beyond the town limits. A few melting glaciers later, Vaxjo is attracting a green pilgrimage of politicians, scientists and business leaders from as far afield as the United States and North Korea seeking inspiration from a city program that has allowed it to cut CO2 emissions 30 percent since 1993.......here

A Travesty Of Justice In Bay County, Florida

No Justice For Martin Lee Anderson

At 6:30 in the morning on June 5, 2006, Martin Lee Anderson is admitted to boot camp. At 9:06 am the use of force begins. At 9:45 am the paramedics take Martin Lee Anderson At 1:00 pm he was transported by air to Pensacola to the hospital where he died the next day......here

Watch The Murder.......here

Venezuela's Oil Revenues Staying In South America

Police cars, helicopters, radio stations, health clinics and fertilizer -- the deep pockets of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez benefit leftist allies and the poor from Bolivia to Nicaragua, but rankle opposition leaders. Chavez is using Venezuela's soaring oil revenues to spread aid to Nicaragua, Ecuador, Argentina and especially to Bolivia, where
He has helped President Evo Morales meet social spending promises to the indigenous majority that elected him in 2005.......more

Howard Dean On The Nobel Peace Prize

I want to congratulate our former Vice President Al Gore

For winning the Nobel Peace Prize today. No other person has worked harder or done more to draw much needed attention to the crisis of global climate change, one of the most critical issues facing our planet. Future generations will thank him for his work to save our way of life. But the fight is far from over.
His example should motivate each one of us to commit ourselves to doing everything we can in our own lives to save our precious planet."

http://www.draftgore.com/

High Tech Killing

Centrist Democrats And The Tactics Of Ridicule

The tactic of ridicule is being used quite widely in Florida now. It is working. Florida worked with the GOP here to get the vote through for the early primary. Then they immediately started the ridicule of Howard Dean and the DNC. It was well orchestrated indeed. They covered up their own dirty deeds by shifting blame and filing lawsuits........here

What Saudis Watch

DiCaprio, Clooney And Howard Dean

Farragut North

Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney are to star in a film loosely based on the rise and fall of presidential hopeful Howard Dean. The Warner Bros production will be based on a stage-play written by Beau Willimon.........more

Waste Management: Wanted New PR Firm

King George Is Coming To St. Pete

Roosevelt Blvd Bush Rally
Friday, Oct 12, 9:30am to 10:30am

Bush will be using the phenomenally-expensive-to-operate Air Force One for -- among other things -- a whistle stop to speak with deep pocketed Republicans in Pinellas County. We'll be in the street at St. Pete/Clearwater Airport -- where he'll be flying in and addressing the press -- to let him know we think he has a few more important concerns right now. At the airport, across the street on the west side of Roosevelt or down 140th and 144th Aves, or 46th St. N.

For More Info....Mike Fox 727-320-4502 Or tampabaydemocracy@yahoo.com

Ron Paul: Blowback

Friendly Protesters Greet Dean in Tallahassee

"In the big picture of what really matters to the country, this is a very small blip. This is a fight among politicians. When politicians fight, people get annoyed and get all bent out of shape. At the end of the day... once we get passed all this — which will be relatively soon — we've got some serious months of campaigning ahead of us.......here

Fulfilling His Priestly Duties

Argentine Court Convicts Priest

A panel of three federal judges sentenced Christian von Wernich , 69, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of direct participation in seven murders and direct or indirect involvement in 42 cases of kidnapping and torture........here

"False testimony is the devil. It is filled with malice," he told the court. Von Wernich has long claimed that he was simply fulfilling his priestly duties.

Che Guevara: Forty Years After His Murder

The 40th anniversary of the death of one of the most influential figures of the last century -- Latin American revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara. On October 8, 1967, Che was captured by Bolivian troops working with the CIA. He was executed one day later.......here

The bestiality of imperialism, a bestiality that knows no limits, that has no national frontiers.

Walmart Intercom: 9/11 Truth

John Lennon Monument In Iceland

Happy Birthday
A pace monument that commemorates the life of the late John Lennon has been unveiled in Iceland by his widow Yoko Ono. The so-called 'light tower' will be lit annually on Oct 9 until Dec 8, the day on which Lennon was murdered in 1980. "I hope that the light from the tower will shine, not just physically on those present at the unveiling, but will be beamed across the world so that the message of peace will be delivered to all people," Ono said. Peace messages from around the world will be placed within capsules surrounding the tower.....here

Imagine all the people living life in peace.......John Lennon

Breakfast With Howard Dean $100

Okaloosa County Democrats will be on their best behavior Wednesday when Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean visits. Toni Craig, who chairs the Okaloosa County Democratic Executive Committee, said the ongoing tiff between Florida’s Democrats and the national committee will be set aside when Dean arrives for an 8 a.m. breakfast at Harbor Docks restaurant in Destin......here