Farragut NorthLeonardo 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
Thursday, October 11, 2007
King George Is Coming To St. Pete
Roosevelt Blvd Bush RallyFriday, 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
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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.......hereThe bestiality of imperialism, a bestiality that knows no limits, that has no national frontiers.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
John Lennon Monument In Iceland
Happy BirthdayA 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
Monday, October 8, 2007
A Nobel Candidate
Al Gore is not running for president. But might the publicity and sheen of a Nobel Peace Prize change his mind? Some Democratic activists sure hope so. Grass-roots Gore loyalists have been buzzing for weeks about the Nobel Prize announcement scheduled for Oct. 12 in Oslo, Norway. Gore was nominated for his work on global warming, and several longtime Nobel observers believe this could be the year that a champion of climate change gets the prize. “We feel that if [Gore] wins the Nobel Prize … then he can’t not run for president,” says Roy Gayhart, a San Diego-based organizer of a California draft Gore group.........here
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Headed For Key West
When workers at Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk finish scrubbing the Vandenberg clean of asbestos, petroleum and toxic PCBs, the ship will be towed down the Atlantic coast and sunk about six miles southeast of Key West – the largest artificial reef in Florida.......here
They Are Destroying The Female Species In Congo
The Democratic Republic Of CongoIn Congo, since ten years ago, the war started in ’96. After the genocide in Rwanda in ’94, all the one who made the genocide arrived in Congo and stayed there in camps. And in ’96, when the war started, they went out from the camps and went inside the forest, and then they started killing and raping the Congolese population. Three years ago, we had the report from International Rescue Committee that already four million people died in Congo.....here
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Clinton-Obama 2008
Giuliani PredictsFormer New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, frontrunner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is predicting that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will team up to form the Democrats' White House ticket. "That's the candidacy we are going to be facing, and that is a very formidable candidacy," he said in an interview conducted late last week......here
Sunshine State Losing The Snowbirds
For almost a century, Florida has been a magnet for mobile Americans. The state's plentiful sunshine and open space have attracted "snowbirds" fleeing winter, retirees living out the last chapter of their lives. Florida's pull has been weakened mostly by rising costs. Though real-estate prices are now falling, the median price for an existing single-family home, at $231,900 remains 64 percent more than five years ago. That kind of price appreciation has increased property taxes, especially for newcomers and for snowbirds, whose primary residence is out of state........more
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Colorado State University Gets It Right
After a four-hour debate about the fate of Rocky Mountain Collegian editor in chief J. David McSwane, the Colorado State University Board of Student Communications announced late Thursday that they would admonish McSwane for violating two sections of the code of ethics regarding lack of ethics and professionalism, for printing the "Taser This. F*** Bush" editorial on Sept. 21......hereFanatic Joe Kaufman Family Day At Six Flags
A Florida-based group called Americans Against Hate plans to protest a Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Over Texas later this month because it says the Islamic organization sponsoring the event supports terrorism. Local Muslims called the accusation a lie........hereMuslim Family Day will go on and that the park will also be open to the public that day. "We don't discriminate based on race, religion, sexual orientation, political persuasion or any other factor, Our ultimate goal is to provide a day of fun for all of our guests."
Sharon Parker, Public Relations Manager For Six Flags
Friday, October 5, 2007
The Six Feet Lap Dance
Three Hillsborough County ordinances governing adult businesses are legal, a federal judge ruled Thursday. If the ruling stands, dancers at bikini bars will have to stay six feet away from patrons, and the selling or drinking of alcohol would be prohibited at adult businesses........here"It's all designed for public safety,"........ David Caton
Howard Dean Lays Out Dems' Strategy
Dr. Howard DeanUrged grass-roots party workers to emphasize the deep divisions separating Democrats and Republicans as they campaign in upcoming state and national elections. Speaking at a state Democratic Party fundraiser in Union County this morning, Dean emphasized the importance of local political organizations in November's state Legislative elections, next year's congressional races and the '08 presidential campaign......here
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Bill Nelson Vs. Howard Dean
Republican Lite Sen. Bill Nelson Followed through on his threat to sue his own party, taking the Democratic National Committee to court today over his state’s right to help pick a presidential candidate. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Tallahassee, Nelson accuses the Democratic National Committee and its chief, Howard Dean, of voter ``disenfranchisement on a massive scale'' for stripping Florida of its 210 delegates to the national convention next summer.......here
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Dems Who Condemned MoveOn Took Its Cash
Forty-four congressional Democrats who voted to condemn MoveOn.org for its ad branding Army Gen. David Petraeus "General Betray Us" have accepted more than $3.9 million in contributions from the influential anti-war group and its members. Among those who opposed resolutions specifically repudiating the full-page ad in The New York Times, only 17 Democrats and one independent took cash from the group and its members — contributions totaling almost $1.4 million.......more
Dean: As Governor Of Vermont
96% of the children in my state had health insurance. That's the sort of commitment our country needs -- and the sort of commitment President Bush doesn't have.The American people elected a Democratic majority last fall to stand up
to President Bush's misguided priorities. Remind your Senators and Representative just what the American people stand for......here
Cincinnati To Outlaw Playing In Streets
If Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney has his way at next week's City Council meeting, playing in the city's streets will become a thing of the past........more
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
L.A. Professor Triggers Myanmar Web Shutdown
A Los Angeles academic may have been a driving force behind the move by Myanmar's 19-year-old dictatorship to shut down Internet access after bloggers posted images of soldiers killing civilians......more"The feeling of being just the conduit for a video of this power and importance--a video which so starkly shows the depravity to which men will sink when compelled by a fascist state to follow orders--was, truthfully, a feeling of power in itself,"
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Dean: 'We Will Find a Way to Screw This Up'
"Folks, let's not forget, we're Democrats, If there's a way to lose, we will find it." Amid a growing belief that there is no way the Democrats can blow the 2008 presidential election, Democratic National Committee chief Howard Dean sought today to reassure the party faithful that the party was "doing everything in its power" to uphold its losing tradition. At a top-level summit called "Defeat: 2008" being held in Boston, the former Vermont Governor gave a rousing speech to concerned Democrats, bringing his audience to his feet by vowing, "I can assure each and every one of you, we will find a way to screw this up."..........here
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Mayor Bob Cashell: A Compassionate Republican
Feds Raid McDonaldsThe raids drew immediate criticism from Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and activists. He said he would contact Nevada's congressional delegation and ask the city council to look into the raids. He said that he opposes illegal immigration, as well as immunity for illegal immigrants, but that "there has to be a better way to do this."........here
"Think of some of the people who were arrested and picked up; they have children. They don't know where their mama or their daddy is. That's not right."
Monks And Myanmar
"Bloodbath again! Bloodbath again!" A Yangon resident yelled while watching soldiers break up one march by shooting into air, firing tear gas and beating people with clubs. Thousands of monks had provided the backbone of the protests, but they were besieged in their monasteries, penned in by locked gates and barbed wire surrounding the compounds in the two biggest cities, Yangon and Mandalay. Troops stood guard outside and blocked nearby roads to keep the clergymen isolated........more
Why Doesn't China Do Something About This. Am I Suppose To Be Excited About The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing?
Friday, September 28, 2007
Stealth War Authorization: Attacking Persia
Chickenhawks Joe Lieberman and Jon Kyle Want the US to attack Iran, but because they know most Americans know that is a crazy idea at a time that the US is already bogged down in a losing war in Iraq, they want to authorize this disastrous expansion of the conflict secretly. That’s why, instead of introducing a war authorizing bill in the Senate, they have introduced a war-authorizing amendment, attached to the latest Defense Authorization Bill currently working its way through Congress......here
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