Friday, October 26, 2007
Lets Move To New Hampshire
Free State Project
The Free State Project is an effort to recruit 20,000 liberty-loving people to move to New Hampshire. We are looking for neighborly, productive, tolerant folks from all walks of life, of all ages, creeds, and colors who agree to the political philosophy expressed in our Statement of Intent
70 Years Later, Florida College Fountain Finally Works
Frank Lloyd Wright
Was an architectural genius, but a giant fountain he designed for a Florida college was a dud. Engineers could never make it work right. Now, nearly 70 years after Wright first planned it, the fountain finally gushed into the three-story high dome of water he envisioned. More than 1,000 people cheered its opening Thursday at Florida Southern College, but behind the so-called "Water Dome" were modern engineers, technology and computer control........here
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Florida Prison Guards Disciplined For Allowing
Gay Wedding
One prison guard was fired, another resigned and six others were handed suspensions for allowing what the Florida Department of Corrections calls a gay wedding between two female inmates at the Lowell Correctional Institution.......here
Members of Democracy for America Prefer Gore
Members of Democracy for America (DFA), prefer Al Gore as the Democrats’ 2008 presidential nominee. According to an ongoing poll, the former vice president and recent winner of the Nobel Peace Prize attracts nearly 30 percent of the vote as a write-in candidate. Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) is second with 22 percent, followed by former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), both of whom have garnered about 17 percent of the vote.....here
Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lags far behind the quartet with 5 percent.
Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lags far behind the quartet with 5 percent.
Taser Gator
University of Florida police were justified when they used a Taser against a student who refused to stop questioning Sen. John Kerry at a campus event, according to a state investigation released Wednesday.......here
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Vote For Our Hometown Favorites
Best Writer: Litbrit
Best National Blog: Pushing Rope, Best Media Blog: The Buzz, Best Professional Blog: Samm Simpson, Best Candidate Website: Lee Nelson, Best Local Party Website: East Hillsborough Democratic Club, Netroots Candidate of the Year: Mary Mulhern, Netroots Activist of the Year: Susan Smith, Netroots Organization of the Year: DFA, And Best Local Blog: Tampa Bay Blue
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Florida's Butterfly Population Struggles
The Queen Butterfly at Buttonwood Canal in the Everglades
"These represent the first butterflies lost from Florida that we know about," Marc Minno, an entomologist who conducted monthly surveys for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told the Herald. "There are things down there that are just hanging on by a thread.""Clearly, the diversity of the butterfly population has been compromised," said Dennis Olle, president of the Miami blue chapter of the North American Butterfly Association.......here
Scientists said the destruction of the butterflies' habitat the strongest factor in their disappearance.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
John McCombs Shows His Ass
Why Should Venezuela Keep Their Oil, We All Know Exxon/Mobil Needs It.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Why I'm A Liberal
"Today, Republicans in Congress chose to side with President Bush and leave millions of children behind. Bush Republicans will spend billions of dollars on their failed strategy in Iraq, but have no problem denying millions of children the health care they need and deserve. This is shameful" .....Dr. Howard Dean
Prehistoric Florida Swamp
Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million years old......here
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Florida NAACP Plan For March In Tallahassee
Justice For Martin Lee Anderson
Members of the NAACP from around Florida will march from the Capitol to the U.S. Attorney's office Tuesday, in an attempt to bring pressure for federal charges against those cleared in the boot-camp trial in Panama City last week......here
The Foul Stench Of The GOP
Florida Stinkers
Gus Bilirakis, Ginny Brown-Waite, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Adam Putnam, Tom Feeney, Ander Crenshaw, Ric Keller, Jeff Miller, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Cliff Stearns, Dave Weldon
SCRIP........here
Yuck, Who Votes For These People?
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
8 More Guard Units Headed for Duty
The Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer, The Associated Press learned Wednesday. The U.S. military is reaching out to more Guard units in an effort to maintain needed troop levels, ease some of the strain on the active duty Army and provide security for ports, convoys and other installations......more
Dean: Bush Republicans Have the Wrong Priorities
When the Republican Congress didn't do their job, President Bush turned a blind eye and signed bill after bill, passing $3 trillion in new spending. Yet he's now hiding behind an insincere claim of fiscal discipline to defend his immoral decision to deny millions of low income children health care here at home while spending billions of dollars on his failed war in Iraq......here
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