Friday, January 4, 2008

Howard Dean's 528,468-Mile Journey

What started as a groundbreaking but controversial bid to set up Democratic Party offices in every state, even red ones, has been completed, and party boss Howard Dean has the frequent-flier miles to prove it........here

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Obama and Edwards In Iowa

Progressives Unite in Iowa
Obama, an Illinois senator bidding to make U.S. history as the first black president, won the first Democratic test on the road to the White House with a comeback triumph over New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who were in a tight battle for second........here
A year ago, the pundits and beltway Democrats said this race was a forgone conclusion.

Close Guantánamo Tampa Protest

January 11, 2008, is the six-year anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. We are calling on everyone opposed to torture and indefinite detention to WEAR ORANGE to symbolize their sadness and disgust with the national shame that is Guantánamo Bay........here
Contact: rcolbert@mail.usf.edu

Confused In Largo, Florida

calvarychapel.com

No More Sexual Conduct With Animals In Florida

Bestiality isn't a crime right now in Florida. So a St. Petersburg lawmaker has filed a bill for this year's legislative session that would make it a first-degree felony for people to have sex with animals. Rep. Frank Peterman, D-St. Petersburg, crafted the bill to prevent anyone from knowingly committing bestiality, knowingly causing or aiding another person to have sex with an animal, or knowingly permitting sex with an animal at a property under his control........here
The Netherlands

Fake Grouper, Not At The Columbia Restaurant

At many restaurants around Florida, the specialty of the house is a slab of grouper, blackened, grilled, stuffed or encrusted with pecans, sometimes on a roll, maybe with a slice of Bermuda onion. But not at Richard Gonzmart's place.......here

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

John Edwards - Time for Truth

Barack Obama - One Voice

Olivia's Kiss: Chapter 2

Cigarettes taste best right after a hit, so I took a smoke break on the balcony and looked out over Boston. The rush gone, I felt like taking a nap.........more

E-Mail From Howard Dean

The Democratic Party has never been healthier. Just look at the vigorous presidential primary we've got on our hands. Right now, every one of the Democratic campaigns is working around the clock to become our nominee, and any of them would be a great choice. But when the dust settles and people like you pick our nominee, the real challenge will begin.

This time, though, it won't be a debate of ideas with fellow Democrats. It will be against a Republican machine eager to redeem its losses in 2006, fighting to extend George Bush's policies for another four years. We've all seen the way they run campaigns, so we have to be unified and ready. We know that the Republicans are going to come at us with every scam they think up to suppress the vote. In the past, they've abused robocalls that hide their true identity, jammed the phones Democrats used for getting out the vote, and purged voters from the voter rolls. We need to be united in order to stop them.

Stand up and show our candidates, our opponents, and the country just how strong the Democratic Party is by joining me in a pledge to support the Democratic candidate for President in 2008 - no matter who wins. When we have a nominee, they'll know that thousands of Democrats from across the country are united - even if they may not have supported them in the primary. Pledge........here

Off Rob Lorei's Bookshelf

The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman’s free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement’s peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq........here

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Corbett Kroehler 2008

Congress Florida’s Eighth District

Dave Bruderly 2008

Florida's Sixth District

Larry Byrnes 2008

Florida's 14th Congressional District

Michael van Hoek 2008

U.S. Congress, Florida District 9
www.mikeforuscongress.com

Kevin Beckner 2008

Hillsborough County Commission District 6

Lee Nelson 2008

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections

Carl Zimmermann 2008

Florida House District 48

Wengay "Newt" Newton 2008

St. Petersburg City Council District 7

Jack Killingsworth 2008

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections

Brian Moore 2008

President

Charlie Justice 2008

Florida Senate District 16

Samm Simpson 2008

US Congress District 10

Jadell Kerr 2008

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER
www.jadellkerr.com/