Saturday, November 10, 2007

Schumer's Constituents Speak Out!

Florida Pulls Out Of Deal

Florida officials Friday backed away from a temporary truce hammered out by the Bush administration to end a three-state water war, fearing the deal would kill Apalachicola Bay's oyster industry.........here
"Hopefully the people of Florida will recognize, [with] the lower flows that will result, that those little mussels could just ease a little further down to the water."......Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue

Just Wait?

Fowler Ave. And McKinley Dr. Tampa

Cállate Chavez!!

Kimberly's Big Mouth: DittoHeads Out Of Control

Bay Haven Elementary School
Teacher Rolf Hanson and the mother who criticized him on Rush Limbaugh's radio show do not always see eye-to-eye on issues. But they agreed on something Friday: Neither one of them wanted to spur a national controversy over the school's Veterans Day program.......here
Bay Haven Honors Our Veterans 2007.......here

Friday, November 9, 2007

Veterans/Armstice Day Ceremony

Sunday, November 11, 2007, 11am
Joe Chilura Park, Tampa

Free weekend street parking anywhere north of Kennedy Blvd. Bring your own seating, either lawn/camping chairs or blankets. All peace lovers welcome, along with their children. Bring your family, bring your friends, bring your signs.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Homophobic Okeechobee County School Board

Attorneys for the Okeechobee County school board in south Florida are planning to enlist experts to testify about the "negative effects of homosexual sex" in their fight to prevent a gay-straight alliance from meeting at Okeechobee High School........here

Ocala Too Racist For Wesley Snipes

Selective Prosecution

In a motion filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Snipes' lawyer argued that the U.S. Attorney's Office wilfully selected the Marion County seat of Ocala because prosecutors "deliberately chose the most racially discriminatory venue available to the government with the best possibility of an all-white Southern jury where Snipes has never resided."........here

Pitchers 0f Beer

Yuengling For Me Please

Mickey Rourke Arrested In Miami Beach

A Scooter-Riding Mickey Rourke
Was arrested Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence. A Miami Beach Police report said Rourke made a U-turn with a red light and then swerved several times while on a green scooter. He had a flushed face and bloodshot, watery eyes, his speech was slurred, and he had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.......here

U.S. Militarization Of Africa

"With little scrutiny from Democrats in Congress and nary a whimper of protest from the liberal establishment, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa," write Danny Glover and Nicole Lee in The Nation.........here
"An alarming step forward in the militarization of the African continent, the US Africa Command (Africom) will oversee all US military and security interests throughout the region, excluding Egypt."

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

New Orleans Levee Spin 101

Katherine Harris Back In The Saddle

Laura Dern
Wore a cowboy hat, boots, a super-tight blue T-shirt, equally tight jeans, brunette wig and plenty of makeup as she rode a horse through downtown Monday afternoon.....here

Dean's Rotating Presidential Primaries

"I think the thing to do is to move some of the other primaries back and then rotate them through so in the future every state can count on having some significant input into who the presidential nominee is."......here

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

DFA Poll: Clinton Not Even Close

The political pundits and beltway Democrats have been claiming that the primaries are already over, but 95% of the votes cast prove they are wrong. With over 150,000 votes cast, the DFA Pulse Poll is the largest internet poll to date in the 2008 primary.........here

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Barack Obama Opens SNL

Mike Gravel 2008

Dean's Grassroots Initiative

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
Announced a grassroots effort to educate Americans about the Democratic Party. The plan, known as "Neighbor to Neighbor," works by having supporters knock on 25 doors three times a year in hopes of building a relationship with prospective democratic voters........here

"Olivia's Kiss" A Novel

Catherine Durkin Robinson
I wrote a story that was passed around to several literary agents who suggested I should say the idea was inspired by actual events. Since I could not lie, because my mom would kill me, agents rejected my story and high ideals. Instead of letting the story die, I finally decided to share it with the masses. One chapter at a time. Every month.....here

NBC Is Going Green

NBC Universal's new "Green is Universal" campaign kicks off Nov. 4th with a week of green-themed programming aimed at entertaining, informing and empowering Americans to lead greener lives......here

Because You Chose Red

Saturday, November 3, 2007

What Has Jeb Been Smoking?

Hillary Rodham Clinton will probably be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, and any one of five Republican candidates could beat her in next year's election, says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, President Bush's younger brother......here

Americans Are Sick and Tired of the Republican Politics of Fear

"President Bush's war of choice in Iraq is making us less safe here at home. For the president to say otherwise just goes to show that he's more interested in scoring political points than finding a way out of Iraq. Americans are sick and tired of the Republican politics of fear. They want to bring our brave troops home from Iraq, a foreign policy that's not only tough but smart, and a president who will refocus on fighting and winning the real war on terror."...........Howard Dean

Friday, November 2, 2007

John Edwards - Heroes

The End Of The Florida Everglades

The rescue of the Florida Everglades, the largest and most expensive environmental restoration project on the planet, is faltering. Seven years into what was supposed to be a four-decade, $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction, federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Projects are already years behind schedule. Thousands of acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat continue to disappear, paved by developers or blasted by rock miners to feed the hungry construction industry........here

So far, though, most presidential candidates have yet to utter the word "Everglades." In the only mention that has made news, Fred Thompson, a Republican, suggested he might allow oil drilling there.