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Finding Tampa - The Campaign Manager - Out In Left Field - Jodi Scrubbings
Political Bloviation - The World of Big Pauly - Side Salad - Tampa Taxi Shots - Ybor City Stogie

The Slackers
Please do not be angry with The Stogie. I know it's none of my business how often you post.
Tampa Rail: Last Post Dec. 20, 2010
Tommy in Seminole Heights: Last Post Oct. 26, 2010
Bartlett Park: Last Post Dec. 25, 2010
The Evolution of Robby Wales: Last Post Dec. 23, 2010
Eric's SoulPunkFunk Experience: Last Post Dec. 9, 2010
Little Joe: Last Post Nov. 26, 2010
Cathy Salustri: Dec. 17, 2010
The Tampa Pirate: Last Post Dec. 8, 2010
State Of Sunshine We Miss You!

The Rhetoric Of Violence And Its Consequences

In the last few years there have been a series of violent events by unhinged characters inspired by the paranoia-fueled speech of right-wing leaders. Since each of these incidents is seen as an isolated example of a lone nut, no one has put these events together to see
how prevalent these sorts of attacks have become.
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Apalachicola Bay Oysters

Let me start by saying i love Apalachicola Bay, it's a beautiful place and i love oysters, raw please. Recently my conservative friend and i were out having a few Yuenglings. My friend ordered a doz. Apalachicola Bay Oysters. I informed him about the dangers of eating oysters from that area. Most people know oysters are Filter Feeders (Animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure.)

With all the oil and chemicals in gulf waters right now i did not think it was a very good idea. Well he ridiculed my advise and ate them anyway. To his health!

City Of Tampa Code Chapter 26-169

Placement Of Containers
A week ago tomorrow a nice gentleman from the city driving a Ford Escape visted Stogie's resident. He was handed pamphlet above and was told that he was in violation of City Of Tampa Code Chapter 26-169. He informed the gentleman that Stogie's trash days were mondays and thursdays and here it was wednesday and the trash can was still there. The trash was not picked up on monday. I don't want to be an eyesore to my community, but the city needs to get it's shit together and stop wasting our money.

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I Wish I Could Speak Like Newt

GOPAC: 'Language: A Key Mechanism of Control'
The GOPAC memo was a controversial memo written and distributed by US Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich in 1994. The title of the memo was Language: A Key Mechanism of Control. It was distributed to Republicans and contained a list of words with positive and negative connotations that Republicans should use to describe Republicans and Democrats, respectively.

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Hate Speech: The Right’s Magic Bullet

Liberal Hunting License

No Bag Limit
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Could Not Find A Conservitive Hunting License, Sorry.
The Terror of Right Wing Stuff

Alan Snel To Speak In Ybor City

Bicycle Advocate Extraordinaire
Alan Snel will be giving a talk entitled “Bicycle Energy” at this week’s Sierra Club Tampa Bay meeting.
7 pm, Weds. Jan. 12

Hilton Garden Inn
1700 E. 9th Ave. In Ybor City
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Kelly Benjamin For The City Of Tampa

"Just ran into my opponent at the supervisor of elections office as he prepared to buy his way on the ballot. I tried to warn him to save his money, take a vacation, buy some things for the grandkids, but he's stubborn. Too bad.".....Kelly Benjamin

Meet Craig Addams

A Glenn Beck Fan On Facebook
He hates niggers and is recruiting for the KKK.
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"I'm with glen beck he come with the truth like I come with the truth.".....Craig Addams

Steve Labrake Announced His Endorsement Of Dick Greco

LeBrake served in the last Greco administration and is currently serving the final months of incarceration for his conviction of conspiracy, wire fraud and accepting bribes and gratuities.
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Yankees Erect Steinbrenner Statue In Tampa

An Accompanying Plaque Reads:
“A great philanthropist whose charitable efforts were mostly performed without fanfare, he followed a personal motto of the greatest form of charity is anonymity.”
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Allen Wasserman
The Stogie has know Allen for over 20 years. He is from Tampa but likes living in Santa Barbara, Ca. He was in town to visit his family over the holidays and we got together and had a great time.
He has his own You Tube Channel in which he films homeless life. He is also on Facebook.

Radio Legend Neil Rogers Dies

Rest In Peace My Friend
1942-2010
Neil passed away on December 24, 2010. If anyone is seeking to make a donation in Neil’s honor, please bring a check for Abandoned Pet Rescue, Inc. For further information,
please contact Norm Kent, (954) 661-3361.

If Ballots Don't Work, Bullets Will

An Open Letter To Joyce Kaufman

The following is an open letter to WFTL-850 FM radio host Joyce Kaufman, whose incendiary political rhetoric included a Tea Party rally remark that, "If ballots don't work, bullets will.
Dear Joyce,

In Memory Of Christina Taylor Green

Rest In Peace Little One.
We Must Never Stop Believing In Monsters!

Support The Greco Campaign

To support the Greco campaign and court influence in future policy making you can donate to the campaign. Submit your small denominations of unmarked bills in a nondescript manila envelope or plain briefcase and leave it in the alley behind the campaign offices. Do not look back, do not talk to anyone,
just leave the money and go.
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True Grit: Then And Now

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Keith Olbermann On The The Right Wing Terror In Arizona

Stogie's List Of Domestic Terrorist

Glenn Beck - Rush Limbaugh - Sean Hannity - Mark Levin - Michael Savage - Bill O'Reilly
Sarah Palin - Allen West - Sharron Angle - Joe Arpaio - Jesse Kelly - Jon Matthews - Fox News
Many More Not Listed.

Tampa Bay Bloggers On The Right Wing Violence In Tucson.
Litbrit - Mad Floridian - Saint Petersblog - Recreating Tampa - The Spencerian - Pushing Rope

"There's reason to believe that this individual may have a mental issue. And I think people who are unbalanced are especially susceptible to vitriol, People tend to pooh-pooh this business about all the vitriol we hear inflaming the American public by people who make a living off of doing that. That may be free speech, but it's not without consequences.".......Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik

Sidewalk Living

In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Roast Pork
With Moro And Yuca
$3.99.......Huracan Supermarket, 402 E Sligh Ave, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Chemtrail Over Tampa

Check Out Whats Going On In Phoenix Arizona
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Press Gets An A++” For Being So Obedient

Rick Scott met with the Capitol press corps for the first time since his swearing-in on Tuesday and before the governor even reached the podium Scott’s spokesman laid out some new rules. Brian Burgess told reporters that the days of chasing the governor out of his large conference room into the antechamber that leads to his private sanctum are over.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jim
He is from New York. Has been homeless for about 6 months.

Refuse The Future, Hold Onto The Past, Vote Greco Again

The Once and Future King, Never Actually Convicted and Ready To Go Again.
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A Homeless Man Story

Allen Wasserman

Ed Turanchik's Platform

Rehab foreclosed homes. Hold the line on taxes, fees and cost-of-living raises for city employees. Deploy surveillance cameras in crime-ridden neighborhoods. These are policy planks in the mayoral campaign of former Hillsborough County commissioner and builder Ed Turanchik. He touts it as the most substantive yet offered by any of the six candidates for mayor.
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Mr. Turanchik, everything sounds great, except the Big Brother in neighborhoods idea.

Republicans Actually Reading The Constitution

It will cost taxpayers over $1 million dollars for Republicans to recite the entire United States Constitution on the House floor.
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Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said on Tuesday that his party plans to cut $100 billion in spending this year. GOP leadership has said cuts to the US defense budget are out of the question, making key safety-net programs like Medicare, food stamps and Social Security the sole target of their legislative agenda.
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Yet.....According to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday. Sixty-one percent of Americans polled would rather see taxes for the wealthy increased as a first step to tackling the deficit.
The next most popular way to tackling the deficit chosen by 20% was to cut defense spending.
Four percent would cut the Medicare government health insurance program for the elderly, and 3 percent would cut the Social Security retirement program.

How do these clowns get elected?

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Marilyn And James
Marilyn was born at TGH. James is from up north.
They have been homeless for about a year.

Solar Powered Parking Meters

Downtown Tampa

Stop Greco!

On Kennedy Blvd. In Tampa
Stogie Recommends Ed Turanchik

Streets Of Tampa 2011

We Should All Be Ashamed!

The World According to Monsanto

Wednesday, January 12 @ 7:30pm
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Free

St. Pete for Peace: 2010 Year in Review

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Palomilla Steak
With Red Beans And Yellow Rice
$7.25.....At China Latina, 3715 E Busch Blvd, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Seminole Heights Sunday Morning Market

First Annual Chili Cook Off
January 9th, 2010
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We Are Not So Dumb After All

According to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday.

Sixty-one percent of Americans polled would rather see taxes for the wealthy increased as a first step to tackling the deficit.

The next most popular way -- chosen by 20 percent -- was to cut defense spending.

Four percent would cut the Medicare government health insurance program for the elderly, and 3 percent would cut the Social Security retirement program.

Asked which part of the world they would fix first, the largest proportion of respondents -- 36 percent -- chose Washington, compared with 23 percent who picked the Middle East and 14 percent who chose Haiti.

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Who the hell are the four percent that would cut Medicare for the elderly?

Happy Birthday Ella!

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Tampa Native Damon Fowler

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Go West!

Carrie West For Tampa City Council
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Solar Trash Compactors In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Cheeseburger
With Fries And Cole Slaw
$6.95.....At Frankies, the Gourmet of Fast Food, 909 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Afternoon Delight At Al Lopez Park

Tampa Police Corporal Scott Guffey
Sex in broad daylight in a public park is what cost a Tampa undercover cop his job. Chief Jane Castor says the department got a tip from a citizen that Corporal Scott Guffey was involved in inappropriate activity while on duty.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jim
He is from upstate New York. Has lived in Tampa for 14 years. He has been homeless for about 6 months. Use to work for the Tampa Tribune.

Chef Bob Tampa

Personal Chef Service by Bob Parrinello
Meals for the fridge and freezer. Parties and Events
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Personal Branding in Tampa Bay

To create life-enhancing opportunities and to play a vital role in the Tampa Bay community.
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Gabrielle Perham

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The Good Old Days!

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp In Lobster Sauce
With Pork Fried Rice
$4.95.....At New China, 8900 North 56th Street In Temple Terrace
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Tampa's Downtown Minute

Your Happy New Year starts in downtown Tampa. Watch to learn what's happening in downtown Tampa in January 2011. From Gasparilla festivities to Broadway musicals - there's something for everyone in downtown Tampa!

Kelly Benjamin Voices Support For Bicycling In Tampa

I grew up in Tampa risking my life riding my bike. I remember when HARTLINE first started the bikes on buses program and I eagerly waited in line to purchase my bike pass. During college, I mastered the art of defensive riding as I made the commute from my home in Ybor City to USF and back through suitcase city, Sulphur Springs, Seminole and Tampa Heights. I know bike riding in this city. I still ride my bike daily throughout the Heights.
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Ride to Honor the Fallen
"I actively promoted the ride, brought numerous people to it, and took part in the ride! I didn't see any other City Council candidates there.".......Kelly Benjamin

Tampa Bay ComicCon

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2011
10AM-4PM
DOUBLETREE HOTEL
4500 West Cypress Street, Tampa
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Leave Your Constitutional Rights On The Side Of The Road

"No Refusal" DUI Checkpoints Could Be Coming To Tampa
Florida is among several states now holding what are called "no refusal" checkpoints.
It means if you refuse a breath test during a traffic stop, a judge is on site, and issues a warrant that allows police to perform a mandatory blood test.

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The State Were In

The Top 10 Developments In Florida And Tampa Bay Politics In 2010
Willful ignorance, blatant hypocrisy, campaign mistakes ” it was all in a year’s work in the election year that was. Here are my observations of 10 key political developments that brought us to the state we’re in.
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Florida Named Weirdest State In America

Local Casualties Of War 2010

Marine Sgt. Daniel M. Angus - Army Spc. David A. Croft Jr.
Army Staff Sgt. John A. Reiners - Marine Cpl. Jonathan D. Porto
Army Sgt. Keith A. Coe - Army Sgt. David W. Thomas
Marine Lance Cpl. Nathaniel J. A. Schultz - Army Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe II
Army Spc. David A. Hess

"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it."
- Adolph Hitler

Ybor Relative Gets A Treasure

Rafael Martinez-Ybor sits with a detailed document of the late 1800s holdings of his great-grandfather, Vicente Martinez-Ybor.
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