Sad State Of The Florida Democratic Party

Less than a year until the general elections, it appears the Florida Senate will feature more of the same after November 2014. Not a single senator faces term limits in 2014 and only one of the current incumbents has drawn a major challenger. With Republicans controlling the Senate, it appears Democrats will be hard-pressed to flip the chamber next year. So far, most Republican incumbents in the Senate are cruising to victory in 2014 with next to no Democratic opposition......more

Why isn't Allison Tant doing her job, why isn't Debbie Wasserman Schultz doing hers?

Nelson Mandela RIP

1918 - 2013

Bondi Argues For Her Political Career

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments today on a medical marijuana ballot initiative proposed for the upcoming 2014 election. Backers of the proposed amendment, People United For Medical Marijuana,

say the politicians arguing against it are twisting the truth in the amendment's wording to prevent the ill and suffering from legally benefiting from relief that medical marijuana provides. But that's not the only reason they oppose it.

Over 80% of Floridians favor legalizing medical marijuana, as does Democrat Charlie Crist. For years, legislators in Tallahassee have blocked laws for it, but as other states legalize it, it's only become more popular. Yet

 

Pam Bondi, House Speaker Will Weatherford, Rick Scott,

and others are actively opposing it. Why? Do they believe, as they claim, that it could lead to de facto "unfettered" marijuana legalization under the guise of compassionate medicine?

"The proposal hides the fact that the Amendment would make Florida one of the most lenient medical-marijuana states," says Bondi's initial court brief.

Hardly. Bondi's public reasoning against it hides the fact that those opposed to the amendment are Republicans who back Rick Scott and Pam Bondi. That is the actual driving force behind their opposition. Those who favor it tend to vote for Democrats, which could translate to larger Democratic turnout......more 

Tampa Fast Food Worker Protest

 

 

 At the KFC on Busch Blvd. in front of Busch Gardens.

Operation Gimme Shelter

Whales Stranded In Florida Waters

Rescuers worked feverishly Friday to save some of the pilot whales who stranded themselves in shallow waters near the Florida Keys. At least 21 pilot whales were found in an area about 20 miles north of Key West, 13 whales are dead and the count might climb.......more>

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Prime Rib Sandwich

With fries at 

The Burnt Store Grille 3941 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda

The Citrus Taliban: Florida Christian Education

Atheists Don’t Understand Gravity Because God Did It

A Reddit user, Dtootho, posted his daughter’s third grade worksheet from a private religious school in Florida. Would you believe that his daughter missed question four? The parent was so ashamed that he posted it on Reddit for the world to see. Of course, the shame was not with the child, but with the school itself!......more>

History's Biggest Freeloader

Local Hero Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark

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Florida Right Winger

In Port Charlotte

Gillian Anderson's Love Of Sea Life

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp with lobster sauce 

and fried rice $5.70 at  King House, 27680 Bermont Rd, Punta Gorda

Rick Scott Is Against Florida

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Fast Food Workers Tampa Rally

Against all odds, Fast Food Workers are organizing. In one lunch hour,

you could create a tipping point for their campaign.

Yum! Brands, 3509 E Busch Blvd,   
Dec 5 at 4:30 PM
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tampa bay homeless

Meet Sheila she is from Boston. She has been homeless 30 years.

Jack Pennington In Ybor City

Stogie's Smoke Shop

Visit here

Florida's Father Of The Year

Haider Darwash of Waterford Lakes left his 2-month-old infant alone in his car Thanksgiving night while he and the wife went shopping at Wal-Mart........more> 

Gay Thugs In Fort Lauderdale

Danita Kilcullen, the co-founder of the Fort Lauderdale Tea Party,

voiced her sentiments in an email about Republicans in Broward County specifically the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay conservative group. She likened the pro-gay Republican group to “gay thugs” who have taken over the local Republican party.......more>

Florida's Culture Of Corruption

Tampa Tribune Editors: Here We Go Again

In the course of just a few short years the state has instituted questionable changes to popular early-voting hours, launched a flawed voter purge effort, and issued a misguided absentee ballot directive. Rather than make the voting process better, these moves have instead given life to claims that the state is more interested in preserving a particular party’s political power than in preserving the integrity of the vote.
The state’s meddling needs to stop.......more

This from editors of  a solidly Republican editorial board.

Raíces en Tampa

Alicia, a member and founder of Raices en Tampa, this year she will not be celebrating Thanksgiving with her family. Alicia's family is split apart between two countries. Have you shown your support for Driver’s Licenses for All Undocumented – Florida? Do so now!

 

All you have to do is write on a piece of paper that you “Support Licenses for All in Florida #DL4ALLFL” and email it to us at raicesentampa@gmail.com

Read Alicia's story here, Visit them on Facebook here.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Pablo

He is from Riverview

I Am Rick Scott

Tampa Wal-Mart Protest

 

 

 

 

Dale Mabry Highway and I275 in Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

$10.00 at  Don Julio's Cocteles in Wimauma

Delicious, I love this place.

Spanish River High School in Boca Raton

 The Institute on the Constitution launched a partnership with this American Club and will be sponsoring numerous more throughout America in the coming year! Knowledge of our God given liberties belongs in public education...If the school won't teach it, the kids will!

The Institute on the Constitution did not succeed in getting their course on the Constitution in the Springboro (OH) school district but

they may have found a way into a public school in Florida.

here, check them out on Facebook

Millennials: We Suck and We're Sorry

WMNF Day At Tampa Tour De Clay

Saturday, December 14.

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Walmart Propaganda

Black Friday Black List

Via Beach Peanuts

The Perfect Thanksgiving Prayer

Failed State: Florida Still Looking For Creative Ways To Suppress Voter Rights

Florida is well known for finding creative methods of suppressing the vote. The latest ploy is a new rule issued by Governor Rick Scott’s chief election official Secretary of State Ken Detzner, directing that absentee ballots be returned by mail or directly to the offices of election supervisors. It has been a common practice in the state to allow ballots to be dropped off at locations such as tax collectors offices, libraries and other sites designated by the local election supervisors.  This was to accommodate those who wished to save the postage or found it more convenient to drop them at a nearby location.......more>

 

 The directive appeared to take dead aim at one supervisor, Deborah Clark in Pinellas County, who aggressively promotes voting absentee and has a small network of remote drop-off locations to make it easier for people to turn in their absentee ballots. The state’s order comes as Clark prepares to send thousands of absentee ballots to voters in the upcoming special election in the 13th Congressional District, vacated when longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Young died last month......more>

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/26/3781765/detzners-directive-on-absentees.html#storylink=cpy

 

Bartlett Park Community

"After five years of growing food and community at the
Bartlett Park Community Garden,
we are excited to announce that we have bought the land the garden sits on.
It goes without saying that this is a major milestone for our garden. We no longer have to wonder each month if we will be able to continue
to grow food for our neighbors.  
We can run the garden as a resource for the
Bartlett Park Community for as long as the community needs it." Tom Tito

It is amazing what we can do when we all work together. Mr. Tito and the Bartlett Park Community  should be commended for their great work, they are a treasure to Tampa Bay. 

George Zimmerman’s Florida Stash

Here are the Weapons Police found in Zimmerman’s Florida Residence

Three handguns
One 12-gauge shotgun
One AR-15 rifle
106 rounds of ammunition, including two AR-15 magazines

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Florida Stingray's Close Encounter

Mark "the Shark" Quartiano has caught thousands of sharks, but never anything like the 800-pound deep-water stingray he landed off Miami Beach. 

It was released after being caught......more>

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Bacalao

With red beans and rice

$5.70 at Tierra Latina, Nebraska Ave and  Linebaugh in Tampa.

Rally For Solar Power In St. Pete

With Special Guest Darden Rice

The rally and a press conference are scheduled for Wednesday 10 a.m. at Williams Park, across from Duke Building, 299 1st Avenue North......more>

WORLD'S TALLEST ROLLER COASTER COMING TO FLORIDA

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Soup and Sandwich

At Little Habana Café in Riverview

Florida Islamophobic Fringe Group

 Citizens For National Security

  Are in DC planning to accuse the Council on American-Islamic Relations of

“advancing its agenda of radical Islam” and backing

a campaign of “extortion, intimidation and subversion.”

Republican members of Congress regularly demonize CAIR:

 One former representative even called the organization a
“terrorist organization.” CFNS previously collaborated with then-congressman Allen West. CFNS chairman William Saxton believes that the Muslim Brotherhood has captured public schools in the US and is training students to become Islamic extremists.....more>
 

 This latest controversy is not new in Florida. The website at Citizens for National Security is heavily devoted to the topic, including a report of the ongoing textbook issue in Florida; a 10-minute instructional video devoted to the topic; and a “Teacher’s Guide” to correcting “Islamic bias.” Saxton calls the Islamic-biased textbooks a “national issue” that’s been ongoing for some time.

THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN AT PUBLIX

Florida’s tomato farms supply 50% of all U.S. fresh tomatoes 

but have also been called America’s ‘ground zero for slavery.’

Countless workers held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for little to no pay. Thankfully, a new solution called the Fair Food Program has been proven successful. The Fair Food Program is working to enforce a policy of

 zero tolerance for slavery on tomato farms. 

But a major U.S. supermarket chain, Publix Super Markets,

is refusing to support the Fair Food Program. Publix continues to buy tomatoes from growers that are not partners of the Fair Food Program and where workers still toil beyond the reach of its proven protection from modern slavery.

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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Eli, he is from Dade City.

"I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.” John F. Kennedy

What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label “Liberal?”

…If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “Liberal,

” then I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.”

 John F. Kennedy, September 14, 1960
 

Was JFK A Conservative — Or A Socialist?
Let’s Ask The Right-Wingers Of 1963

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Matt Damon Amazes Audience with Howard Zinn Speech

Florida Ccongressman Trey Radel: The Family Guy

Mother Jones reported last year Radel, a tea party favorite and a Fox News radio host, came to office with an unusual background, having run a business that bought somewhat pornographic sex-themed domain names in both English and Spanish, Radel's business snagged all sorts of un-family-friendly domain names, including www.casadelasputas.com ("whorehouse") and www.mamadita.com ("little blow job"). (After our story, he sent an email to supporters attacking Mother Jones as an "ultra-liberal San Francisco rag" whose "attack" on him he wore like a "badge of honor.")........more>

I Am Rick Scott