Florida ranks 5th in carbon dioxide emissions
Florida's increasing population has helped produce more pollution that is contributing to global warming and sea level rise....more

THE PROBLEMS WITH ISLAM

It should serve as a reminder that Islam has a similar Old Testament structure as Christianity. Although we do not have Fatwas in the United States, our thanks to that does not come from religion, but solely because we have a secular Constitution that guarantees freedom of expression and no religious tests. Without this thin constitutional protection, America could very well fall into medieval religious fundamentalism, just as many Islamic countries experience today.....more

Big Business dons a disguise to fight voter petitions

Hence the creation of VoteSmartFlorida.org, which is a brilliant stroke. Instead of merely looking like a business lobby, VoteSmart can pose as a source of "objective" information.....more

Child toll rises in Israeli air attack

An Israeli air strike on a car in the northern Gaza Strip has killed three Palestinian children and wounded 10 other people....more

Scientology missionary a multifaceted personality

Musician, philosopher, counselor, teacher and entrepreneur, Milton James opens a center to share his ideas and spread the word....more

Some Seminole Heights Residents Not Very Happy

What Kitsch Thinks
What Angel Sil Thinks

Other Suff

Operation Clambake
Scientology Lies
Scientology Library

I don't believe the line that they make bad neighbors. Or the havoc they've wrecked on the city of Clearwater. They have a right to be there just like everyone else.

Meet Kurt Gerstein

This is the story of one remarkable man who refused to surrender his conscience in the face of mass murder as one of the few SS officers in the Third Reich.....more

Liars are Patriots on Fox News

"It was the bullying and the scare factor. It was like the McCarthy days, and it was almost like the country was unrecognisable.".......Emily Robison.....more

Hey, Touch Tune's Up Your's

Just Left One Of My Watering Holes

There is a juke box there from "Touch Tunes". It has 12 CD's by Mr. White Trash himself Toby Keith, zero by the "Dixie Chicks". what's up with that? are these guys part of the problem? i wrote them and asked, i need to know before i put any more money in their holes.

Florida Beware
New deal would bring offshore drilling closer

A small group of key lawmakers have reached a deal to allow oil and gas drilling 100 miles from the nation’s shore, or closer if states choose to allow it, marking a major change in U.S. policy and setting up what is likely to be a bruising fight among coastal-state lawmakers in Congress.
U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, reached the agreement over the weekend with House Resources Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Calif......more

Mr. Pombo? I know him, Isn't he the guy working to tear down environmental protections to benefit special interests. Click Here and you can read all about it. Wasn't he cali's problem?

Stogie was reading Kos and came upon this story about this .org called

"Move America Forward"

So he checked up on it. they say they are non-partisan

Move America Forward is a non-partisan

But then these are the guys in charge

MAF Board of Directors:

The Honorable Howard Kaloogian

Melanie Morgan

Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson

More checking

Howard Kaloogian's backed U.S. detention policies at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by selling

I [Heart] Gitmo' bumper stickers."...... more sick stuff

Melanie Morgan - opinionated right-winger Source Watch

Robert "Buzz" Patterson author of New York Times best sellers,

Dereliction of Duty: How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security,

and his recent release, Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security,Buzz has established himself as a respected, frequently requested voice for national security and military affairs.

Still dont get how those two books makes him a voice on national security and military affairs.

Well Stogie knows where these guys are coming from, lets just moveon

In Palestine, a War on Children
John Pilger

Israeli warships fired on families picnicking on a Gaza beach, killing seven people, including three children and three generations. What that represents is a final solution, agreed by the United States and Israel.....more

More Connecticut Terrorists

"I think to be terrorized through the summer by an extremely small group of the Democratic Party, much less the voting population, is total insanity for a person who is a three-term senator,"... John F. Droney (former Connecticut Democratic chairman)....more

When Will the Mainstream Media Get It Right?

......Reporters call this “spin,” because the word "lie" makes them uncomfortable. But whatever name they give it, they should always provide evidence (call it verifiable fact or context) that measures the spin against what is known. Providing this contrast, after all, is the news media's job.....more

Tomb Stone Factory
Something you won't see on US news: Check out this video:

Where the base is safe for GOP
The country may be down on Bush, but he still has staunch support from The Villages.

"the greatest president we've ever had.".... Howard Doran

Asked about DeLay, Margaret Yadeski, said "at least he didn't do it under the desk in the Oval Office," referring to the activities of President Clinton.

David Cobb, a retired Navy lieutenant, said he liked Fox because "they tell you the good stuff" that he says newspapers refuse to print.

President Bush... "a man of integrity," according to Villages resident Larry Deason....

Who Are These People And Why Do They Say These Things, Please Help Stogie Understand....more

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

Austria's Haider says Bush is a war criminal
Labeled by his critics as a 'yuppie fascist' and the 'Austrian David Duke'.
Austrian right-wing populist Joerg Haider called President Bush a war criminal on Saturday, days before Austria's government hosts Bush and European leaders in Vienna....more

Dozens killed in Iraq attacks

About 40 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in a string of bomb and mortar attacks across Iraq, most of them in Baghdad....more

Bring Our Men And Women Home Now

UK set for first face transplants

A British hospital is set to give the go-ahead for four British patients to undergo face transplants in what will prove a major landmark in surgery.....more

Meet "Sean Burke"
Philosophy From DownUnder
click here

Henry Rollins: A Love Letter To Ann Coulter


I Did Not Want To Mention Her On This Site But I Could Not Pass This Up. Well Said Mr. Rollins

Ybar City?
Storms, business group clash on question of Prohibition

"She was weird," Bishop said. "She didn't score any points with us.".....more

Miami school board bans Cuba book

Educational authorities in the US city of Miami have voted in favour of removing a controversial book about Cuba from the city's school libraries.....more

US Seen as a Bigger Threat to Peace Than Iran, Worldwide Poll Suggests

George Bush's six years in office have so damaged the image of the US that people worldwide see Washington as a bigger threat to world peace than Tehran, according to a global poll....more

Moveon owns the Democratic party
and George Soros wants to take over the country....Fox

Webb vs. Allen
Democrats choose Jim Webb to try to gain a Virginia Senate seat....more

Hillary's Dilemma
Barry Casselman
I wrote about an "invisible" civil war in the Democratic Party. It is no longer invisible. DNC chairman Howard Dean, his brother Jim at Democrats(Democracy) for America, the MoveOn organization, hard left political columnists and blogs, and left liberal voters are in the midst of an attempted takeover of the national Democratic Party. All signs indicate they are succeeding.....more

Lisa Baron On Howard Dean

Dean... " (Ralph) Reed's involvement with casino-operating Indian tribes puts him in an odd position for a former head of the Christian Coalition"

Baron... "Given his opposition to the liberation of Iraq, and his well-documented record of outrageous remarks, we don't expect voters in Georgia to take their cue from Howard Dean".....more

is that what we did ms. baron, liberate iraq? when can we get out?.....outrageous remarks? i remember some back on April 17, 2003 where Dr. Dean warns us of the mess we were getting ourselves in.
Dean is alot more credible then you and your rightwing propaganda firm.

GOP bid may be bad idea

Tampa's bid package counts on a lot of cash from local governments, which may or may not prove so generous. Mayor Pam Iorio has said the city would give $1-million but not a dime more, even though the bid package calls for $12.7-million from local government sources.....more

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

more

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