Should The American Embargo Of Cuba Be Rescinded?

This is what Americans want.
Yes 67.73%
No 32.27%
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This is what Republicans do.
There is a move afoot to again tighten restrictions on travel to Cuba,
the tiny Communist nation 90 miles south of Florida.

"Considering the pervasiveness of ignorance and bad information on the topic of the Cuba embargo, it may be an exercise in futility to vote your opinion on this online survey, but what the heck.
It will not hurt to at a minimum let the ignorant and uninformed know that we know they are ignorant and uninformed."......Alberto de la Cruz At Babalu.

Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small minority in South Florida.
Stop The MCM.

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Local Bloggers And Hot Women

Peter Schorsch's Future Smokin' Hot Wife Michelle
St.Petersblog

Ben Kirby's Smokin' Hot Wife Duncan
The Spencerian

The Stogie is looking for a liberal atheist who enjoys long afternoon walks in the inner city.

Evidence Suggests GOP Hacked, Stole 2004 Election

Three generations from now, when our great-grandchildren are sitting barefoot in their shanties and wondering how in the hell America turned from the high-point of civilization to a third-world banana republic, they will shake their fists and mutter one name: George Effin' Bush.
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Draft Keith Fitzgerald for Congress

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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives - California Tacos

California Tacos featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fieri.

Emergency Rally In Tampa

At noon on Tuesday—whether there's a deal in place or if we're about to default on our nation's bills—we're protesting at hundreds of GOP offices around the country. We'll show our outrage at their plan to protect the super-rich and tax-dodging corporations—all while millions of Americans remain jobless.

Marco Rubio's District Office
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at 12:00 PM
3802 Spectrum Boulevard Suite 106, Tampa
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Reuben
With chips
$7.50 At The Independent Bar and Cafe, 5016 N Florida Ave, Tampa
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Blessing And A Curse Folk Music Festival

With Have Gun, Will Travel, Ronny Elliott and Rebekah Pulley
Saturday, August 20 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Carrollwood Cultural Center
4537 Lowell Rd, Tampa

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Right-Wing Babalu On Tampa International Airport

"Strangely enough, Tampa airport is actually proud and boasting about becoming a business partner of the vile, murderous, criminal, and repressive Castro dictatorship. Go figure.".....Alberto de la Cruz

Castro sounds just like our Republicans. Go figure.
TIA - America's Favorite Airport

America Held Hostage to Two-Party Failure

Government of, by and for the Corporations
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Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Is Florida the Number One Slave State in the US?
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Mayor Mary Lee Cook

The 84-year-old mayor of Oak Hill, Florida says someone tried to ruin her reputation by
planting marijuana on her property.
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The People's Budget

Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

The People's Budget would eliminate the deficit sooner than either the proposed Obama or Ryan Budgets and raise a $31 billion surplus in ten years. It would end the main budget deficit drivers - the Bush tax cuts and Middle East wars; restore progressive income and estate taxes; add negotiation of bulk drug rates to Medicare and preserve Medicare, Medicaid Social Security; eliminate tax subsidies for oil, gas and coal companies; close loopholes for multinational corporations; and tax speculative financial transactions. All are goals supported by the majority of people.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Ropa Vieja

Over Yellow Rice
$8.99 At Gaspar's Grotto 1805 East 7th Avenue in Ybor City.
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Tampa's Hongkong Willie

Landfills Live Forever
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TIA To La Habana

The first nonstop flights between Tampa and Cuba in a half-century.
Round-trip: $399 to $459
More than 80,000 Cuban Americans live in the Tampa Bay area, the third-largest population in the United States after South Florida and metro New York. They will primarily benefit from the new flights.
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Thank you so much U.S. Rep Kathy Castor and President Obama. We did it, despite, the MCM and two of it's top lieutenants Mario Diaz-Balart and David Rivera.

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Investigate Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi

It's bad enough Gov. Rick Scott is hard at work dismantling key consumer protections, but now he has a partner: our own Attorney General Pam Bondi. She seems to think her first duty is to protect some of Gov. Scott’s biggest corporate pals – the banks – instead of hard working Floridians. Recently Bondi fired Florida’s two leading attorneys investigating the epidemic of foreclosure fraud ravaging our communities.
Sign petition

Calling on the Attorney General's Office of Inspector General to investigate Pam Bondi's actions.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Real Tacos
With Rice and Beans
$5.95.....At Taco Son, 7521 N. 56th Street, Tampa
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Music Benefit at The Hub

Two days of music, including jazz, pop, folk, reggae, Irish, Americana, Latin and blues, to support ASAP Homeless Services. The benefit will also include lots of barbecue and other food available for purchase, along with a wine tasting. ASAP is struggling in these hard economic times when homelessness is increasing. This benefit will help them keep the doors open for those who need their help the most.

6:00 PM-12:00 midnight on Friday, July 29th and 2:00PM -12:00 midnight on Saturday July 30th.

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Chris Dorworth - Pink Slip Puppet

Chris Dorworth is one of Rick Scott puppets--a corrupt legislator working to implement the governor's
anti-middle class agenda.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi

Two former Florida prosecutors are accusing the state Attorney General
of firing them for going after mortgage lenders too aggressively.
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Jesse Jackson Rally In Tampa

Wow can Mr. Jackson throw a party.

In the house, Jen Greenfield, Ella Coffee, Alex Sink, Darryl Rouson, John Dingfelder, Betty Reed,
Arthenia Joyner, Thomas Scott.

Fight Back Against Republican Vote Suppression

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As soon as the speaker recognized her presence Alex Sink was out of there. Comeback?

They're Not Coming to Florida

It Gets Worse is a video project that encourages Floridians to share their thoughts about how Rick Scott has affected their lives. Kenneth Quinnell is a political science teacher and blogger in Tallahassee, Florida.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Veal Cutlet
Collard Greens and Mashed Potatoes with Corn Bread and a drink.
$6.50.....At Martha's Place, 5202 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa
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Sustainable Biodiesel Comes To Florida Keys

Jeff Lillie says it takes about 24 hours in about a 40-step process to turn used vegetable oil into eco-friendly biodiesel that can be used in boats and cars. At age 59, he says his motive is not to get rich but to do his part to help the environment, especially the ocean.
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Feeding the Rich

A timely reminder, with numbers and visuals, that our current "debt crisis" in no way had to happen. If corporations and the rich simply paid taxes at the same rate as they did in 1961 - with Bush-era policies primarily to blame for their decline - the debt would vanish.
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Florida Rejects Federal Child Abuse Prevention Funds

The state of Florida, perennial front-runner in America's annual Worst State contest, has rejected $50 million in federal money that would have been allotted to help abused children.
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How Much Is Your Car Worth?

2009 Ford Mustang $980.00 per month.
HART Busses $60.00 per month.

Savings of $920.00 a month.

Go HART

Scary Sight In Plant City

Allen West thanked a gathering of Republican faithful for turning out in force to see him. He was given a super hero's welcome at the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. West was greeted by a standing ovation as he entered the hall at the Arthur Boring Civic Center, and would get three more. It took him half an hour to take his seat as a crush of fans gathered to pump his hand and pose for photographs.

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Picadillo
With Yellow Rice and Yuca
$3.99
At Huracan, Corner of Central and Sligh in Tampa.
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World Changers Change Tampa

More than 23,000 students made a decision to pay money out of their own pockets in order to help improve the living conditions of people across the United States and Canada. Some landed in the Tampa Bay area.

Tampa Bay’s Not-Too-Political Happy Hour

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Jesse Jackson In Tampa

If you've never seen him live, before, here's a chance at an inspirational treat. He can really get a room rocking, and over an issue that's vital here in Florida Voter suppression.

Tues, July 27, 2pm
34th St. Chruch of God
3000 North 34th St. in Tampa