Senators overwhelmingly approve $94.5 billion in emergency funds

The Senate Thursday sent President Bush a $94.5 billion emergency spending bill, meeting his funding requests for America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and providing new aid to Gulf Coast hurricane victims.....more

"Mass death on the installment plan".....Dennis Kucinich

Another Blank Check for Perpetual War

Pentagon arms Iraq supporters with rebuttal book

The Pentagon on Thursday armed congressional supporters of the Iraq war with an unusual "debate prep book" packed with ready-made rebuttals to criticism.....more

'Foxes' doles out advice to Dems

Two Democrats are fixing to give their floundering party the literary equivalent of a slap upside the head with an unusually practical guide to recovery....more

Tampa holds open forum about park project

Mayor Pam Iorio thinks downtown needs a central park, a waterfront "crown jewel" that brings residents together. "This will be Tampa's central park."....more

Howard Dean Supports Gay Tax Revolt

Chairman of the Democrat National Committee Howard Dean is supporting Charles Merrill and his same-sex partner Kevin Boyle in their civil disobedience against paying Federal Income Tax because they cannot have the same tax benefits as heterosexual married couples....more

Edwards Tops Iowa Democratic Presidential Poll

In a poll published by The Des Moines Register, Edwards was favored by 30 percent of those questioned, with New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, at 26 percent, and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, at 12 percent....more

One America

'New Direction' is new theme for Democratic plan

the party is standing "with the people we have always stood with: seniors, students and the hardworking families of America. We intend to tackle the issues that matter most.".....more

Largo, Florida

Why Democrats Lose

At dinner a few weeks ago, a well-placed Republican political operative was oozing confidence about GOP prospects in the November elections....more

Connecticut "weirdos" and "radicals"

“What’s really going on here is that you have a national coalition of extreme left-wing bloggers attempting to punish a sitting U.S. senator who doesn’t agree with them.....more

Protesters Are Arrested at Farm Site in Los Angeles

More than 40 protesters, including the actress Daryl Hannah, were arrested Tuesday after they refused to leave the 14-acre South Los Angeles farm they are trying to prevent from being developed....more

The Valrico 8

Meet the Sudan Relief Committee, eight inspiring Valrico teens who have taken it upon themselves to affect a desperate humanitarian situation on the other side of the world....more

Peace Activists at Hillary Clinton’s Speech Try to Take Back “Take Back America”
Medea Benjamin

“We were amazed to discover that the organizers of Take Back America treat dissent the same way that the organizers at a Bush rally do,” said Ms. Murphy of Codepink “Most progressives do not support Hillary Clinton, and stifling our legitimate, heartfelt opposition to her pro-war position is an outrage. I guess we have to take back ‘Take Back America.....more

This Guy Doesn't Like Ms. Benjamin Very Much.....click here

Democrats at Odds Over November Tactics

Chief among the disagreements was how best to target voters. Unlike Dr. Dean, who favors exploiting the shortcomings of the Bush administration, a group of Democrats said a socially progressive agenda must be placed before electors, not the attacks on President Bush's competence favored by Dr. Dean....more

Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment,"........
Ann Coulter Oct. 21, 2005, University of Florida

Nuremberg Principles

Principle III
The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.....more

Open the coffers for GOP and let loose a throng of protesters
Sue Carlton

And if things got crazy, well, nearby MacDill Air Force Base could handle security.
After all, "They're the ones fighting the war on terror.''...Al Austin

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Howard At Yearly Kos

"Those guys win elections by scapegoating people," said Dean referring to the Republican party. " 'those people' from Ronald Reagan's 'welfare queen' to George Bush's gay and lesbian Americans and immigrants. Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat! It's the way they win elections."....more.........watch it

Singer Kevin Aviance Beaten in NYC
Four people were arrested on charges of first-degree assault as a hate crime, police said.

Jarell Sears, Akino George, Gregory Archie, and Gerard Johnson

A group of six or seven men attacked Aviance early Saturday, and passers-by did not stop to help as they threw objects at him, Evans said....more

Downtowns On The Verge
Change is coming to St. Pete and Tampa. Will it fill our downtowns with life -- or ruin what we've already got?.....more

'Che' trail paved with tourism promise

The spirit of capitalist enterprise is flourishing in the footsteps of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary who died in his unsuccessful attempt to bring communism to Bolivia....more

Live From Yearly Kos

This place is a buzz with Nedrenaline… Everywhere I go, I’m handing out some piece of Ned-gear. The poll numbers have been recited with much merriment and tales from the MoveOn/DFA rally spread like wild-fire throuhout the convention. I’ll have a bunch of pictures and video, but my connection is spotty and time is limited. Suffice to say, the netroots are abuzz....more

Who does Glenn Beck think he is?

Why is CNN rewarding such potty-mouthed behavior by giving him a platform to spew his hate? And this calls attention to a larger issue -- why is it OK for a right-winger to be angry, but not Howard Dean? After all, this is the same network that dissected the so-called Dean Scream over and over again. But apparently, it is OK to yell, scream, and get hysterical if you're a Republican.....more

Blackwell At It Again.
Block the Vote, Ohio Remix

If there was ever a sign of a ruling party in trouble, it is a game plan that calls for trying to win by discouraging voting.
The latest sign that Republicans have an election-year strategy to shut down voter registration drives comes from Ohio.....more

"There's no issue more important than banning gay marriage." GOP Sen. David Vitter (LA)

44 Democrats Sell Us Out, Jim Davis Did Not Vote
House Rejects Net Neutrality

A List Of The Sellouts
John Barrow, Shelley Berkley, Sanford Bishop, Dan Boren, Leonard Boswell, Rick Boucher, Allen Boyd, G.K. Butterfield, Dennis Cardoza, Russ Carnahan, Ben Chandler, William Clay, James Clyburn, Jim Costa, Bud Cramer, Joseph Crowley, Henry Cuellar, Artur Davis, Lincoln Davis, Norman Dicks, Harold Ford, Bart Gordon, Gene Green, Luis Gutiérrez, Brian Higgins, William Jefferson, Eddie Johnson, Jim Marshall, Kendrick Meek, Gregory Meeks, Charles Melancon, Michael Michaud, Dennis Moore, Ed Pastor, Nick Rahall, Mike Ross, Dutch Ruppersberger, Bobby Rush, David Scott, John Spratt, John Tanner, Tom Udall, Robert Wexler, Al Wynn

What Happen To Your Vote Mr. Davis? Jeb Was Right, You Are A Slacker. I Can See Why Mr. Smith Has Caught Up With You In The Polls.

Appeals court backs Bush on wiretaps

A federal appeals court sided with the Bush administration Friday on an electronic surveillance issue, making it easier to tap into Internet phone calls and broadband transmissions....more

Samm Simpson Wit The Man

Real People, Real Solutions
As a grandmother, I’ve never been more concerned about the future of this great nation. That’s why I’m running for Congress. I’m fed up with an Administration that places corporate interests above the needs of the people. I’m fed up with a President that places himself above the law. I’m fed up with a Congress that refuses to allow investigations and refuses to demand accountability.....more

Truth is our Weapon. Change is our Choice.

The furor has died down, but the Dixie Chicks haven't
Great Article By One Of Stogie's Favorite Writer's
click here

Chimp dies in Lowry Park fight
Staffers are mourning Herman, who had lived there since 1965....more

Lamont Shown Gaining Ground

The Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found Lieberman's lead shrinking nearly by half in the past month, with voter anger toward the three-term senator trumping unfamiliarity with Lamont, a Greenwich businessman.....more

English only at Philly cheesesteak joint

An English-only ordering policy has thrust one of Philadelphia's best-known cheesesteak joints into the national immigration debate......more

Geno's Steak's


Maybe They Have "Bistec con queso"...here

Revisionist History

This is a bad idea, particularly since the Bush family is going to need some revisionist history down the road to teach people that Jeb wasn't a moron and George W. wasn't the worst president in history.....more

Auntie Pinko
Discouraged by Democratic Losers

I’m depressed and discouraged that San Diego County Democrats couldn’t get a candidate elected to fill the seat of Duke “Show Me the Money” Cunningham....more

DNC Chairman Howard Dean on Bush's Border Failures

"For the last five years, President Bush has failed to secure America's borders. While our northern border remains vulnerable, highlighted by the recent breakup of a terror plot in Toronto just one hundred miles from Buffalo, the President is resorting to more photo-ops along our southern border today.....more

Lara Logan My New Hero

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Everybody Should Sue Michael Moore

Pinellas Park, Florida

Bill Nelson's effort to kill so-called Death Tax
"It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children,".....more

A Tax That Affects Only A Few American's
Harris Or This Guy, What A Choice?

Maybe I'll Vote For One Of These Guy's
Floyd Ray Frazier
Brian Moore
Belinda Noah

Panic in Liebermanland
Crooks and Liars

"Why doesn't Joe, instead of continuing to insist that we are winning in Iraq, come up with a plan either to win (yes, that would take more troops but his friend John McCain is for that option) or to get out?--The whole point of being Joe Lieberman used to be decency, dignity, and thoughtfulness. Lieberman's attack ads look like the appeals of just another sleazy, desperate pol, grasping madly to hold on to office. As one citizen, a Republican, said: We have always held him to the high standard he set for himself. We expected more of Joe."

The Lamont Blog has more on Holy Joe.

Go Ned...

Price of bid ($12.7-million) for GOP shocks mayor

Mayor Pam Iorio said Tuesday the city would spend no more than $1-million to stage the 2008 Republican National Convention, even though bid organizers were counting on millions more....more

Pro-War Pols Don't Deserve a Political Future

Only a total idiot, however, could have bought the most bald-faced lie in the 2002 war resolution: conflating Iraq with the 9/11 terrorists. Accusing Iraq of "continuing to aid and harboring terrorist organizations" like Al Qaeda, the resolution contains 19 variants of the word "terrorism" and 10 references to "September 11, 2001." But Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11....more

Dean on Senate Vote Rejecting Federal Marriage Amendment

"Today, the United States Senate rejected the efforts by President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to use the politics of fear and division in an attempt to distract attention from the failure of Republicans in Washington to address the real priorities of the American people....more

The World According to Howard Dean
Nathan Tabor

This organization is clearly misnamed. It should be referred to as Liberals for America. Or make that Liberals against the American President. Democrats who veer from the radical liberal line and dare to say a kind word for a Republican President need not apply for any political post—even if they do have a winning record....more


Stogie's E-Mail To Mr. Tabor

mr. tabor, i am sorry but the whole piece was false. i am a proud dfa member myself. the war in iraq? big mistake.....

"president’s war on terror"?.... "In a time of war—when our nation’s security is at stake"?

..... hogwash. meme for the fox crowd. do you think all americans are stupid. supporting the nominations of Justices Roberts and Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court? was not a good thing, i dont care what most americans think. it is becouse of people like you putting out dis-information that they think that way.
As far as Mr. Lieberman, i am sure he is a fine man. but if he wants to be a democrat, he better start acting like one.

as far as this

"And the irony here is that Democracy for America is adopting policy stands which, if put up for a democratic vote of the people, would probably lose hands-down"

i think you are dead wrong. we are mainstream america

"This organization is clearly misnamed. It should be referred to as Liberals for America. Or make that Liberals against the American President. Democrats who veer from the radical liberal line and dare to say a kind word for a Republican President need not apply for any political post—even if they do have a winning record."

who is calling who names? we are not radicals. we are democrats. and there is no radical liberal line if you took the time to read the party platform you would know that. i am honored that someone like you would have this chat with me. you have gained a new reader. peace, stogie

Dean to Republicans: Stop Using Marriage to Pander to Base, Deflect from Failed Leadership

A new Gallup poll that shows the American people want Congress and the Republicans in Washington to focus on real issues like Iraq, immigration, health care, energy costs, the economy, the war on terrorism and education. (Gallup, 6/5/06) But, instead of addressing these issues, Washington Republicans have once again ripped a page from the Karl Rove playbook by using marriage as a wedge issue to win elections by dividing Americans.....more

Dean Rallies Gay Democrats
Doreen Brandt, 365Gay.com

"I want to start today by thanking you for standing with me," told the conference Saturday night. "Not just through the recent controversy over my CBN interview, but for standing with me as we have fought side by side for equal rights under the law for all Americans. That fight continues, and the Democrat Party is standing with you by leading the fight against discrimination, and by helping you meet your electoral objectives this fall.....more

Librarians Defy the FBI

The FBI ordered four librarians to turn over patrons' library records and shut up about it. The librarians refused to do either.....more

Yeehaw's Destiny awaits
A developer makes Florida's biggest land deal since Disney acquired its site 40 years ago.

Last year Pugliese, a developer here, joined with the founder of the Subway fast-food chain to make a successful $137-million bid for 27,400 acres of pasture land in southern Osceola County's Yeehaw Junction.
Last year Pugliese, a developer here, joined with the founder of the Subway fast-food chain to make a successful $137-million bid for 27,400 acres of pasture land in southern Osceola County's Yeehaw Junction.....more

Chemical Test Were Conducted Here In 1968.....more

Conservative Christians: "they are not very friendly....they all behave the same, and they all look the same.".....Howard Dean

Sean Hannity Attacks Howard Dean For Helping New Orleans’ Ninth Ward
Alan Colmes did a pre-recorded interview with Howard Dean that was relegated to the next-to-last segment on Friday night’s Hannity & Colmes.
“If we were in charge, we’d have the National Guard in here, with an enormous amount of federal support. We’d have a FEMA that actually works for people and we’d be restoring all this. Look, it’s not rocket science to do this.....more

Leadership Poll: Howard Dean

Davis draws Bush's wrath

This is the guy, Congressman Davis from Tampa? The guy who is 10 out of 435 Congressman in terms of absentee, not being on the job, not voting, 10th worst in the Congress?
This is the guy who didn't vote for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act because he had to come down here and do a political stop.".....more

Difference Between GOP and Howard Dean

Bush calls for ban on same-sex marriages

Dean calls gays a vital force in campaign
By Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, greeted members of the audience after giving a speech to National Stonewall Democrats holding their national convention at the University of Pittsburgh yesterday.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told a group of gay and lesbian political activists yesterday that he wanted to "work side by side" with them to fight discrimination and wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.....more

Grassroots on Fire in 36th Congressional District
by Linda Sutton

In the 36th Congressional race, challenger Marcy Winograd wins the endorsement of the influential West Los Angeles Democratic Club over six-term incumbent, Jane Harman, by a nearly 3-1 margin!!!
Promising to support single payer health care as well as the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney, Winograd was the clear favorite as the crowd cheered and gave her a standing ovation at the Venice Center for Peace with Justice....more

http://www.winogradforcongress.com/

Justice Department Wants Internet Companies to Save Personal Web Surfing Data

The U.S. Department of Justice has told Google, Microsoft and other major Internet companies that it wants them to keep detailed records of where people go while surfing the Web for up to two years.....more

Dean urges party to step up efforts to reach all voters

"We can't just win by talking with each other," said Dean, describing his mission of "rehabbing" a Democratic party shut out of the power centers of Washington, D.C. "We can win if we go out and talk to folks who didn't vote our way -- so we're going to be everywhere.".....more

Cindy Chavez more

"Democracy assassinated the family that was here."
--Graffiti on a house in Haditha, Link

Saturday, June 3: Protest at Baywalk.

Following the protest we will be going to The Old Northeast Tavern (2nd St. & 7th Ave, N). Reservations are needed, so please RSVP to serge@stpeteforpeace.org if you plan on going to the after-protest gathering. (more)

"We figure the 29 percent who are still Bush supporters didn't like us to begin with. So it doesn't matter."........Natalie Maines

Dixie Chicks : The Accidents & Accusations Tour

St Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL, Thu, Oct 5, 2006 07:30 PM

On Sale Sat. 10am

Giant Crater Found: Tied to Worst Mass Extinction Ever
By Robert Roy Britt

An apparent crater as big as Ohio has been found in Antarctica. Scientists think it was carved by a space rock that caused the greatest mass extinction on Earth, 250m years ago.
The crater, buried beneath a half-mile of ice and discovered by some serious airborne and satellite sleuthing, is more than twice as big as the one involved in the demise of the dinosaurs.

The crater's location, in the Wilkes Land region of East Antarctica, south of Australia, suggests it might have instigated the breakup of the so-called Gondwana supercontinent, which pushed Australia northward, the researchers said....more

"You know, I don't email, however. And there's a reason. I don't want you reading my personal stuff. There has got to be a certain sense of privacy." -- George W. Bush, J.W. Marriott Hotel Washington, D.C., April 14, 2005

Clinton blast GOP

Former president Bill Clinton keynoted a Phoenix Democratic fundraiser Thursday evening, saying the Republican Party is dominated by "right-wing, white Southerners."
Clinton also hit the GOP for favoring the rich and practicing "crony capitalism".....more

Revenge
The Chicks Rule
#1 Billboard Chart's

It was clear that a neoconservative blood oath had been sworn against the most successful female group not just in the history of country music, but of all musical genres--having sold more than 30 million albums and CDs prior at the time the assault began. Conservatives may not keep all their promises, but they kept this one. With the approach of the late May release date for Taking The Long Way, the group's first album since Maines spoke up in London, the trashing began. At an Academy of Country Music awards ceremony in March, singer Reba McEntire read a scripted line about how she could host the event because, "[If] the Dixie Chicks can sing with their foot in their mouth, then I can do anything!"

Reba Who's Eating Feet Now?

Rush Limbaugh, Hannity and the rest of the right-wing ranters picked up the chorus and, by the time of the CDs finally hit the stores the official line was that the Chicks were finished as major stars. Country fans would abandon them. Country radio would not play unapologetic tracks such as the single "Not Ready to Make Nice." Congressman Kingston --

From his blog:
Chick's With Hit's

Last week, Congressman Kingston noted that America’s Bush-bashing-Democratic-divas, the Dixie Chicks, should stand clear of the political scene and focus more on their music.
According to the progressive magazine, The Nation, this blog may have helped push their sales to the top. (Sorry about that.)

Conservative politicians, pundits and political writers — from Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston to Media Research Council president L. Brent Bozell and bloggers by the dozen — couldn’t wait to trash Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison for releasing a new album that refused to make nice with President Bush and the thought police who screech “shut up and sing” every time a musician expresses an opinion.

We were starting to get upset until John Nichols said this in his story:

Congressman Kingston –who, it should be said, maintains the most entertaining offical blog of anyone in Washington–used his “Jack’s Blog” to muse that Maines and her compatriots made a big mistake when they started talking politics.

Happy, happy, joy, joy! We welcome all of our Democratic readers to Jack’s Blog, including our friends in Nancy Pelosi’s shop. Hehehe.

Who Is This Jack Guy? Do Not Click Here Do Click Reba And Tell Her How You Feel.

Taking the Long Way has shot to Number 1 on Billboard's country music chart and the overall Billboard 200 chart. In its first full week of availability, the latest release from the Dixie Chicks sold 526, 000 units. That's a way better entry into the charts than the latest release from Toby Keith, the country star who has been lionized by conservatives for his bombastic songs and his rhetoric cheapshots at the Chicks. Keith's White Trash With Money mustered sales of 330,000 in its first week.

What Is That 196.000 More Unit's Mr. Keith? The Chick's Have Crossed Over, Something You Will Never Be Able To Do. No White Trash Here.

This is sweet. Waiting a long time for this.

"turned my whole world around, and I kind of like it."......Natalie Maines

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.....more

Tampa Bay, You're on your own. Ready?

After a catastrophic storm, even the best-run government services might take 72 hours ( or 5 Day's) to get here. Surviving that long will be up to you.....more

Gore: Bush is 'Renegade Rightwing Extremist'

Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as "a renegade band of rightwing extremists"....more

Proclamation on LGBT PRIDE Month by DNC Chairman Howard Dean

Today, on behalf of Democrats across America, we join together in honoring the contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their families make to our society and reaffirming our Party's abiding commitment to full equality for all Americans, including the LGBT community.....more