Idiots In The News

Republican Congressman Don Young
This is not an environmental disaster, and I will say that again and again."
- Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) speaking about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

A Tour of Ybor City

Ybor City takes its name from Vicente Martinez Ybor, who started things rolling with a cigarmaking business in 1850s Cuba. In 1885, after one Cuban revolution too many erupted, he bought 40 sandy acres near Tampa and turned it into the cigar capital of the world......here

St. Pete Police On The Job

St. Petersburg police arrested seven dancers, three managers, a customer and a DJ at the B2T Bikini Bar, 1101 First Ave. N., on Friday night. Undercover detectives said they saw dancers taking off their bikini tops and bottoms in violation of city code, along with drug use and prostitution.......here

Gulf Oil Spill Hits Florida Coast

It is now confirmed that the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is approaching the coast of Florida near Pensacola. It is around 10-15 miles away from the famous sugar white beaches. The oil is carried by winds and it is flowing towards Florida with thousands of tar balls......here

Tampa History Is Traced In Its Sandwich

Sometime between now and the Fourth of July, Andy Huse will try to make
the perfect Cuban sandwich......here

William Mitchell Granger in Venice, Louisiana

Seize BP Lousiana delegation - William Mitchell Granger from Seize BP on Vimeo.

Oil Slick Closing In on Florida Beaches

Forecasters said the oil would probably wash up on Florida's coast by Friday. The edge of the slick drifted within seven miles of Pensacola's beaches on Wednesday........here

Branches United Methodist Mission in Florida City

Arsonists caused the blaze that destroyed a century-old Florida City church and its new playground. Who did it and why, however, remain a mystery. Compounding the sense of loss, someone stole five laptops from the church's community center in the aftermath of the fire, said the Rev. Audrey Warren.......here

You Can Help These Folks Out.....Here

Seize BP Week of Action

Ft. Lauderdale
Saturday, June 5 at 1 p.m.
South Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on A1A
Orlando
Saturday, June 5, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Lake Eola Park
Tallahassee
Saturday, June 5 at 11 a.m.
Old Capitol (corner of Apalachee Pkwy and Monroe St)
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Redneck Yacht Club

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Sign The Petition To Ban Offshore Oil Drilling In Our State

Take Action to Protect the Hillsborough River!

Tonight the Temple Terrace City Council votes on whether to join Tampa in support of a strong county-wide EPC rule that will be in effect in those cities as well.
Attend TONIGHT's Temple Terrace City Council meeting,

Tuesday June 1 at 6 p.m. in Temple Terrace City Hall.

First Friday - Bicycle Night

First Friday Is A Free Monthly Celebration In Downtown Lakeland
June 4, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
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Join Team Tudor in Downtown Lakeland

Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Munn Park, Lakeland
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Protest At BP Gas Station In Clearwater

Road Trip to Ybor City

Insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Roxanne and I love photography, but lately we’ve been visiting a lot of the same areas. We are trying different techniques, but felt we needed to visit a place that was the polar opposite of the places we’d be shooting to get some inspiration and a change of pace. Therefore we decided to take a road trip to Ybor City.
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Ybor City, In The Middle Of 7th Avenue

Perrygrl's Photostream

Dick Cheney's Katrina

Israeli Savages Stormed Aid Flotilla

Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis......here

Raging Grannies Oil Spill Protest: "BP, You Suck!"

South Florida Raging Grannies protest the BP Gulf Oil Spill mess in this biting and darkly funny new song parody, "BP's Frigging' Drillin' Rigs".

A Dispiriting Summer Of Oil

There is still a hole in the Earth,
Crude oil is still spewing from it and there is still, excruciatingly, no end in sight. After trying and trying again, one of the world's largest corporations, backed and pushed by the world's most powerful government, can't stop the runaway gusher.......here
"BP has been making it up as they go along the whole way. They have not been prepared. They do not know for sure what the result is going to be of anything which they are doing,
I have no confidence whatsoever in BP."......Rep. Edward Markey

Tampa Bay Bike Co-op

Want to learn how to fix your own bike? Check out the Tampa Bay Bike Co-Op for a less expensive and more unique experience.

Green Party: Anita Stewart

For Hillsborough County Soil and Water Conservation Board
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Ghost Hunters - The Cuban Club Reveal

Ybor City

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Biologists Worry About Oil Spill’s Effects On Nesting Sea Turtles

With the oil spill casting a shadow of danger, turtles begin making nests. Wildlife officials are cautiously waiting to see what impact the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will have on sea turtles as their nesting season gets under way.......here

HART Named The Best Transit Agency in North America!

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), awarded Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) with being the Outstanding Public Transit System of the Year for 2010.......here

Dennis Hopper

RIP
May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010

Brad Pitt For President

His Platform? Legalizing Marijuana

Is President Obama going to turn the White House over… to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie? He just might, according to preposterous rumors floated by Showbiz Spy and others.......here

He's got my vote!

Tampa To Work On Boosting Ties To Cuba

Saying it will boost the city's economy, the City Council on Thursday agreed to bring together local and national officials to work on a plan for improving Tampa's relations with Cuba......here

Tampa Bay Living Green Expo

Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6
At The Historic St. Petersburg Coliseum Mirror Lake Complex
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Political Intent

Charlie Crist flips on his 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' position

Captain Duck Is Suing British Petroleum

Saying the oil company giant is responsible for his small charter boat business losing tourist customers in Key West. Michael J. Burge, who goes by the nickname Captain Duck, said it's the "perception" that has cost him significant snorkeling, diving, fishing and dolphin encounter business over the past few weeks.......here

BP, Oil, and My Beautiful Florida

Florida waters filled with oil, sludge, and tar balls is something I simply can not forgive. For me, there is insufficient punishment for allowing something like this to happen......here

Special Event With Kevin Beckner & Steve Kornell

Thursday, June 3rd - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
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What BP Does Not Want You To See

ABC News went underwater in the Gulf with Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of famous explorer Jacques Cousteau, and he described what he saw as "one of the most horrible things I’ve ever seen underwater." Please share this widely -- every American should see what's happening under the surface in the Gulf

Urge President Obama

To Permanently End His Push For New Offshore Drilling.
Sign The Petition

SpillBabySpill.com

Progress Florida Has Launched A New Website.
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Robert And Ariele

Congratulations

USA: Land Of The Brain Dead

52 Percent Of Registered Voters Still Support Offshore Drilling.
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Seize BP Campaign

Sign The Petition

Oil "Spill": Conspiracy or Just Convenient?

The Truther Girls

Evacuate Florida!

What Have These Monsters Done To Us!
Look What They Have Done To Our Home!
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Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

US Rig Inspectors Received Gifts From Oil Companies

The federal agency overseeing offshore oil and natural-gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico has been cited again for "ethical lapses" that included allowing rig inspectors and others to receive gifts from oil companies. The lapses are outlined in new report from the Inspector General's Office of the Interior Department......here
Drill Baby, Drill.

BP Oil Spill Cover Up By The U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Motto Is

“Semper Paratus,” Latin for “Always Ready” or “Always Prepared.”

In the case of BP’s Gulf oil disaster, the Coast Guard is apparently always prepared to prevent the media from covering Louisiana’s oil-soaked Gulf shoreline. CBS journalists were threatened with arrest by BP contractors and the Coast Guard when they attempted to film the beach......here

Positively Tampa Bay: Go Red for Women

The American Heart and Stroke Associations have partnered again for the Go Red for Women campaign.

Plans To Evacuate Tampa Bay Area

Benzene

Incredible amounts of Benzene are being released into the atmosphere and is a clear and present danger not only for the old and people with respiratory problems but the general Gulf population as a whole. Plans to evacuate the Tampa Bay area are expected to be announced in the coming days as FEMA prepares for what is now being called the worst oil disaster in the history of the world......here
Drill Baby, Drill.

Google Supports Big Cat Rescue in Tampa

140 Florida nonprofits benefited from Google Grants, Google's in-kind donation program awarding free AdWords advertising, including Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Birth Defect Research for Children Inc. in Celebration, Food for the Poor in Coconut Creek and the National Alliance for Youth Sports in West Palm Beach......here

Polk Lit Drop for Doug Tudor

Saturday, May 29, 2010, 9:00am - 11:00am
Dunkin Donuts, 1111 Bartow Road, Lakeland
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