Mexican Police Accused of Killing 11 Striking Teachers in Oaxaca

Thousands of state security forces have raided the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca to break up a peaceful teachers strike. Witnesses say eleven people were killed, including two children....more

Stalemate over UN's Darfur force

A top-level UN team says it has so far been unable to convince Sudan to allow a UN peacekeeping force in the troubled region of Darfur....more

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