Tuesday, July 3, 2007

DFA Training
In Ybor City
A crowd of over 100 gathered in Tampa to participate in the second day Sunday of a two-day training session for aspiring political candidates and people who want to work on political campaigns. The two-day event was part of a national effort by Democracy for America - a grass roots group that grew out of Howard Dean's presidential run.........here
The Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment
Is a proposed constitutional amendment that would take responsibility for planning away from local planners and elected officials and require the voters to decide on every comprehensive plan amendment.....here
Not To Be Confused With "The Florida Growth Management Initiative"
It CAN be done!
Tell Charlie About Our Corruption
Sign The Letter ..... write C4RG
Howard Dean
Yesterday, despite overwhelming public opposition, President Bush commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby, the former White House Chief of Staff to Vice President Cheney who was convicted by a jury of lying about a matter of national security. As yet another example of the elitist attitude that defines Republicans in Washington, he shamelessly put partisan loyalties before the fundamental American value of fair and equal justice under the law.

Monday, July 2, 2007

The Out-House Scooter
A Buzz Cola At The Kwik-E-Mart
Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of "The Simpsons" fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art.......more
Croatian Rock Star Flirts With The Nazi Past

For the Croatian rock star Marko Perkovic, it is a routine part of his performance: He shouts a well-known Croatian slogan from World War II and his fans respond with the Nazi salute. Photographs from the concert show youths wearing the black caps of the Nazi-backed Ustasha regime that ruled Croatia, and which was responsible for sending tens of thousands of Serbs, gypsies and Jews to their deaths in concentration camps......more