Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Ybor's Seventh Avenue Steps Up To Top 10 U.S. Streets

The American Planning Association today picked Seventh Avenue as one of the nation's 10 best streets, along with Washington Street in Boston, Broad Street in Philadelphia and South El Paso Street in El Paso, Texas............here

Are Ghosts Prowling The Tampa Theater?

The Tampa Theater in Tampa, Florida is a beautiful sight. In the 1970s it was restored and renovated, and it remains a very popular attraction. It’s a bit eclectic but works well and some say it’s haunted.......here

A Fired-Up Biden Energizes Tampa Crowd

The conversation on the U.S. economy continued in Tampa Wednesday morning --following the presidential debate in Nashville Tuesday night-- as a fired-up Democratic veep nominee Sen. Joe Biden rallied supporters at the University of South Florida's Sun Dome...........here

The Real Agenda: A Massive Transfer of Wealth

The Transfer Of Power From The Hands Of The Many To The Hands Of The Few
In 1942, German intelligence officers rounded up skilled Jewish prisoners and launched Operation Bernhardt, a clever scheme designed to counterfeit hundreds of millions of dollars worth of British Pounds and destroy the British economy by flooding it with counterfeit money. Today, in America, the Federal Reserve is doing the exact same thing by flooding the U.S. economy with counterfeit dollars. But we're not talking about a few hundred million dollars here: The Federal Reserve is engaged in an economic carpet bombing campaign involving the counterfeiting of TRILLIONS of dollars.......here

Rachel Maddow and Debbie Wasserman Schultz

McCain wants to cut a trillion dollars from Medicare

160 Workers In Plant City

With no warning, David Taylor and the more than 160 workers at Golden Aluminum Extrusion were fired on Friday. Union officials said the plant was shut down after company officials failed to obtain a $1 million loan to keep it afloat..........here

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

A Billboard For Shelter

On Saturday, we took advantage of a friend heading for Pinar del Rio and traveled in his car with some donations for the victims. Clothes and food given by people who have little, but with a desire to help those who have less. That solidarity between citizens that, although it may seem insignificant compared to what governments and NGOs can give, mustn’t be left undone..........here

I Pledged To Vote For Barack Obama

And Get 3 More Obama Voters To The Polls By Election Day
The last month before Election Day is always the most important. Voters are engaged and volunteer energy is high. Democracy for America's GOTV for 2008 will mobilize 3 million voters in 30 days to vote for Barack Obama........here

HALLOWEEN IS GOING TO SUCK THIS YEAR!!

The “New” Tampa Tribune

Do I like it? It’s great if you’re a scanner. At least 90 percent of the weekday Trib’s stories are shorties and briefs packages. There’s lots of photos, a graphic or two, and even the op-ed page (page 21) is geared for quicker reads and more reader interaction........here

Eating Tampa 2008 Reader’s Poll - The Best of Tampa

The Winners Of This Year’s Reader’s Poll
here

Tampa's WFLA Feeds The Propaganda

On Tampa Bay's NBC's WFLA affiliate, Keith Cate's interview of Sarah Palin on Monday, Oct. 6, was quite disappointing. Keith referred to it as a "candid interview", but by no means was it "candid", however I can see why it's an "exclusive interview", while the rest of the news media is being shunned and kept away from Sarah Palin........here

Yvonne Yolie Capin for Florida State House

District 57

FightTheSmears.com

"What you won't hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon -- that sees our opponents not as competitors to challenge, but enemies to demonize." – Barack Obama, June 3, 2008

Monday, October 6, 2008

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8:00pm
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave., St. Petersburg

Don't Bail Out Wall Street St. Petersburg March

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen And George Bush Are Two Peas In A Pod

Hillsborough District 6 Commissioner Race Heats Up

Republican incumbent Brian Blair is facing off against political newcomer and financial planner Democrat Kevin Beckner in the hottest commission race in Hillsborough County. Blair has made some controversial moves during his time as Hillsborough County District 6 commissioner, and
Beckner thinks it should cost him the election........here

Obama Campaign for Change Presidential Debate Watch Party

Tuesday, October 7
The Bunker Coffee Shop
1907 N 19th St, Ybor City

Obama Needs Help In Tampa

Tampa USF Campaign for Change Field Office - 14519 North 18th St Tampa
Sign Up.......here

Heroic US Congressmen Who Voted No To Great Swindle of 2008

All who voted for this trillion dollar theft should be removed from office on November 4.........here

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Florida Teacher Calls Obama 'Nigger'

Greg Howard
A Marianna (Florida) middle-school teacher has been suspended for 10 days without pay after he wrote a racially charged interpretation of a commonly used phrase in the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama..........here

Ike Environmental Toll Apparent In Gulf Of Mexico

Clearwater Beach?
Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.......here

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Senator Joe Biden At USF Sun Dome

The Obama-Biden campaign announced today that Senator Joe Biden will host a Community Gathering in Tampa, Florida on WEDNESAY, OCTOBER 8 to discuss America’s current economic crisis and what is at stake in this election for America’s economic future..........here

10 Tampa Bay Wineries And Breweries

Yuengling: Stogie's Favorite
Beer pubs and wine bars are all the rage around the area these days. But if you'd like to take your love of fermented frivolity one step farther, consider going straight to the source of your icy inspiration...........here

Friday, October 3, 2008

The Bush Legacy Tour In Ybor City

The Bus will be parked in Ybor City, next to the Saturday Morning Market tomorrow,
from 10AM to 1PM............here

Mosaic Threatens Manatee County With Lawsuit

Phosphate companies have done much harm to this state, and yet might sue because they don't get to drill in the watershed of the Peace River. That sum of the lawsuit is a lot more than the yearly budget of the country.......here

Todd Schnitt, A Ridiculous Little Man

Todd Schnitt is an angry assbag, ranting and raving about liberals and spreading lies about Barack Obama. Why is a broadcaster who makes millions so angry? At first, I thought maybe it was act. He's simply catering to the lowest common denominator. Like most so-called libertarian broadcasters, he pretends to be bold while behind the scenes he's content to run his tongue around the rim of the Republican asses who write his paychecks............here

USF Dems. For Kevin Beckner

Congress OKs The Great Swindle of 2008

Democrat Nancy Pelosi

Said the bill was needed to "Begin to shape the financial stability of our country and the economic security of our people."..............here

Empty Chair Charlie Holds Feeney Fundraiser

Crist will be holding a fundraiser for Representative Tom Feeney on Tuesday. Not only is Feeney currently under investigation by the FBI for his connection to corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, but Feeney was named one of the
Most Corrupt Members of Congress four years in a row..........here

Most Corrupt' List: Rep. Vern Buchanan

A report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a very reputable and unbiased D.C.- based research outfit. CREW has named Buchanan as the only freshman to be included in its list of the 20 most corrupt U.S. congressmen.......here

Vote Christine Jennings

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Now Supporting The Great Swindle of 2008

For Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, it was a day to let the world know she'd changed her mind on the mammoth $700 billion measure for reeling financial firms........here

Mario Diaz-Balart: Typical Washington Politician

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Sarah Palin Got One Thing Right At Debate

Change Is Coming........Sarah Palin

Florida GOP Meets In Secret

Florida Republican leaders hastily convened a top secret meeting this week to grapple with Sen. John McCain's sagging performance in this must-win state........here

CBS 4 Joins in the Mario Debunking Fun

The 19th Annual Tampa International Gay And Lesbian Film Festival

It is with pride that I welcome you to Clip 19

Strip-Club King Joe Redner Is Florida's Unlikeliest Folk Hero

It's a sweltering July afternoon in Tampa, Florida, and a small crowd of men are cooling off in the most notorious watering hole in the South, the Mons Venus. A tiny one-story building wedged between fast-food restaurants on busy Dale Mabry Highway, the Mons is known for its exotic dancers (and convenient proximity to Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers). But the star attraction is the 68-year-old dude with wire-frame glasses and a long gray ponytail talking on the phone in the back: Joe Redner........here

Swiftboating 2.0

The thematic structure of the right-wing smear campaign against Barack Obama.......here

Who Was Ralph Hughes?

A BLAST FROM THE PAST!
@ The St. Petersburg Times - @ TBO.com - @ Tampa Bay.com - @ Creative Loafing

Local Hero Eileen Hart

Eileen Hart wiped tears from her eyes minutes after she gave back her Moral Courage Award at today's Hillsborough County Commission meeting. Two weeks ago, the commission voted to rename the award, which is given to citizens who challenge government, for controversial political activist Ralph Hughes.......here
Puppets Pay Tribute To Their Master

Voter Registration Rally with Jay-Z and Wyclef In Miami

Bayfront Park Amphitheater
301 N. Biscayne Blvd
Miami, Florida

Click Here For Tickets

Obama in Havana

No, Barack Obama Has Not Traveled To Havana. But His Campaign Has

The brothers Lincoln and Mario Díaz-Balart, along with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, three Republican members of Congress, recently wrote a letter to the governor of Florida asking him to sign a law that enables the state to paralyze flights to the island and end family visits -- all in the name of consumer protection...........here
Obama was in Miami and said that, if he were elected, he would lift those regulations.

Gov. Charlie Crist's New Economic Plan: "Go to Disney World"

Empty Chair Charlie's Empty Suit made a roaring comeback with the Sarasota Herald Tribune's Capitol Comments Blog reporting that after weeks of ignoring the fact that Floridians are suffering under the
Bush-McCain-Crist failed economic polices,
Crist has finally laid out his new economic plan: "Go to Disney World" he said when ducking questions about the economic recovery plan being debated in Congress.......here

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Thirteen Pieces Of Trivia About The State of Florida

Ybor City was once known as the Cigar Capital of the World with nearly 12,000 tabaqueros (cigar-makers) employed in 200 factories. Ybor City produced an estimated 700 million cigars a year at the industry's peak. It is now a part of the Tampa area and is home to many restaurants and nightclubs and is a social hub..........here

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

VoteForChange.com: Ashton and Demi

Bill Clinton Rocks Ft. Pierce For Obama

We have to elect a President that will rebuild the American dream, repair a badly shattered financial system and restore America’s standing in the world. Look at the mess that we have in our financial system. This is not accidental folks. It doesn’t have to be this way........here

Cafe Hey In Tampa

Friday night, all over America, people gathered in their homes, in convention centers and anywhere a television was available and Cafe Hey was no exception. Cafe Hey is a tiny coffeehouse opened less than one year ago on the outskirts of downtown Tampa..........here

Obama’s Campaign Official Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party

Don Vicente Inn
1915 Republica de Cuba
Ybor City
7:30 p.m.

Why Aren't Americans Buying The Great Swindle of 2008?

The $700 billion financial bailout package failed because most Americans wanted it to fail. Before the vote, members of Congress were getting calls 100 to 1 against the bill........here

Seminole Heights Move On VP Debate Watch Party

Thursday, October 2 at 6:30 PM
Rincon Restaurant
5901 Florida Avenue
Tampa......RSVP here

South Florida Dems Vote For The Great Swindle of 2008

Congress balked at bailing out Wall Street today, but Democrats from South Florida held their noses and voted for a financial rescue package. They felt compelled to prop up financial institutions to protect pensioners, homeowners and investors whose savings and investments are potentially at stake........here

University of Tampa Prepares for Eurocrime Film Invasion

Eurocrime Film Invasion Tampa 2008 will bring ’70s Italian cop and gangster flicks to the University of Tampa campus Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4.......here

Kids Voting Tampa Bay '08

Is a non-partisan organization that promotes civic responsibility and voter participation through educating Tampa Bay’s youth about the significance of being an educated and engaged citizen. By combining civic learning in the classroom with an authentic voting experience that reflects the adult process we are teaching the importance of voting to sustain our representative democracy...........here

Florida Candidates On The Great Swindle of 2008

I will work to ensure that this freewheeling deregulation that has brought our great country to this serious day does not happen again. I strongly support the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigations which begin this week, and will push for accountability for those responsible for the damage to our communities...........Congresswoman Kathy Castor

Senator Bob Graham Endorses Raul Martinez