Monday, June 30, 2014

More GOP BS

It appears that President Obama, with 182 EO’s, still has to sign off on another 100 Executive Orders before he even comes close to tying with

George W. Bush – whose record stands at 291.

And Bush Jr. pales in comparison to Ronald Reagan who must have been the great usurper of the Constitution with his Executive Order count standing at 381! here

Florida coalition fights to expand health care coverage

Rick Scott's Florida Is One Of Three States

That permanently deny ex-offenders the right to vote
unless restored by the governor or a clemency board.
Scott and the Florida GOP
undid automatic restoration of rights for nonviolent
ex-felons and tightened rules in 2011. here

DESTIN POLITICAL CARTOONIST

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Meat Loaf

With rice and salad.

At Family Table Restaurant in North Port

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Not Getting Screwed

Florida Democrats are united behind a common goal Send Rick Scott packing.

Crist is being opposed by Senator
Nan Rich.

She was a good Senator.

But now she is backed by Republicans.

The RPOF Rick Scott team has
propped up Rich.

She has stubbornly compromised her legacy by running. She will be remembered as a spoiler. Someone whose sole purpose was to attack a fellow Democrat. Progressives knowing this have fled Senator Rich's camp
They have joined Governor Crist.

Rich has also been helped by outside forces. Republican funded outside sources. The racist group Progressive Choice. This group includes Democrats.
Dems disloyal to the party.

Our findings are explosive.
The depth and level of involvement of Republicans is staggering. Some Democrats close to Senator Rich have also been involved.
We look forward to reading it. We love Rich, support her and want a debate.
She has not compromised anything.
We are not GOP!

NOT GETTING SQUEEZED

The Florida Un-Democratic Party

Used their annual fundraising dinner to bash Gov. Rick Scott — but not to showcase the candidates that hope to replace him. Former Gov. Charlie Crist and former Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich — weren’t allowed to address the more than 1,500 party activists who will be asked to help the eventually nominee defeat the governor. here

Leadership lacking on transit in Hillsborough

The comments last week by the chairman of Hillsborough County's mass transit agency illustrate why this region continues to lag behind other major metro areas in mass transit.

Mike Suarez, the chairman of Hillsborough Area Regional Transit, scoffed at the notion that the county would be ready to present a transit package to the voters in 2016. "The boat has sailed on that,"

he said. Best to wait until 2018.

That's a stall that has played out for decades, and it reflects a lack of vision and leadership that continues to hurt Hillsborough

and the Tampa Bay region. here

Ben Bradley and Right Hand Films

Solar Panel Acreage Needed to Power the Entire Planet

here

Port Charlotte

Viva Florida

The Florida Department of State announces statewide activities to mark 50 years since the historic signing of the first landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. here

Saturday, June 28, 2014

President Obama’s Progressive Agenda

Republicans are using every last dirty trick to stop President Obama from promoting equal pay, raising the minimum wage, or making millionaires pay their fair share.

But, you’re fighting back in a HUMONGOUS way!

HERE

Feds Free Sami Al-Arian

USF Professor Al-Arian is a Palestinian American civil rights and Palestine solidarity activist arrested and put on trial for aiding the Palestinian resistance organization Islamic Jihad in 2003. He was set free today in Virginia. Federal prosecutors decided to finally drop his case after his family waited in legal limbo for five years. more>

More bad news for the GOP, they are rapidly losing Cuban support

Cubans in the U.S. have long identified with or leaned toward the Republican Party, even as Hispanics overall have tilted Democrat. But the party affiliation of Cubans has undergone a shift over the past decade, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of survey data. here

Friday, June 27, 2014

GRUDGELYFE

I came across a photo shoot for GrudgeLyfe and they let me take a pic.

Check them out here

Ilena Ros-Lehtinen's Party In Coconut Grove

Florida GOP Rep. Ilena Ros-Lehtinen

and her husband, Dexter, are throwing a party next month at the

Coconut Grove Ritz Carlton in Miami

to celebrate three decades of matrimony.

In lieu of gifts, their guests can send $1,000 to the IRL PAC (Ros-Lehtinen’s leadership PAC) or purchase a table for $5,000.

Because nothing says true love like political fundraising. here

Evolve - Playthings

Pam Bondi Defends Gay Marriage Ban As Cities Fight Back

Florida GOP Danita Kilcullen: Whores Chasing Whores

Tea party activists sent out fliers and emails strongly criticizing
Broward County Commissioner

Chip LaMarca and School Board member

Heather Brinkworth, both Republicans,

for participating in a gay pride parade. Among other things, the fliers — which nobody in particular will take credit for
asked if it is "worth
selling your soul to the devil"

to get votes from gays.

Danita Kilcullen, a Republican committeewoman and co-founder of Tea Party

Fort Lauderdale, made things infinitely worse by sending out an email version, which began with the statement "whores chasing whores, if you will." Kilcullen said she wasn't responsible for the fliers,

but her email leaves little doubt she

embraces the sentiment. here

Michelle Obama for the US Senate?

Following in Hillary Clinton’s footsteps?

here

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Florida Blue Revolution 11.4.14

Join The Party

Jimmy Carter's Conservation Rap

Citizen's Hearing for Clean Energy Solutions In St. Pete

July 2, 2014 - 7:00 p.m.

FreeFall Theatre

6099 Central Avenue

St. Petersburg info

"It's Your County!" Episode 2: with Commissioner Kevin Beckner

Feds investigating Hillsborough County Schools

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is asking the Hillsborough County school district if it treats its black students differently. The agency is asking the school district to answer 42 questions within 15 days regarding an allegation that it is shortchanging minority students.

The allegation came to light after a former teacher said black students get harsher punishments and that students at low-income schools are denied access to experienced teachers. here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

Join TeamCharlie at St. Pete Pride

We're marching for equality this weekend

Where: 2313 Central Avenue, St. Pete

When: Saturday, June 28th, from 4 to 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 29th, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Come Join Us and bring a friend! info

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Florida's Happy Factor 33%

here

Amendment 2 Receives SEIU Florida Endorsement

30,000

Nurses, Doctors and Healthcare Workers Endorse
Medical Marijuana

here

The End Of The Florida GOP: Cubans shifting toward the Democratic Party

Cubans in the U.S. have long identified with or leaned toward the Republican Party,

even as Hispanics overall have tilted Democrat.

But the party affiliation of Cubans has undergone a shift over the past decade,

According to The Pew Research Center

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Marco Rubio is suffering from a severe case of climate denier syndrome

Join Daily Kos and NextGen Climate in telling Sen. Marco Rubio to face the reality of climate change.

Sign our joint petition.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Foot Long Coney Island Hot Dog

At The World Famous Coney Island Drive – Inn in Brooksville
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Miami rallies against U.S. intervention in Iraq

Over two dozen activists still care

and gathered at the Torch of Friendship in Miami,

June 21, to rally against U.S. intervention in Iraq. here

Cars honked to show support and passersby joined to listen to the speeches and chant “No justice! No peace! U.S. out of the Middle East!” and “Money for jobs and education, not for wars and occupation!” The banner that read “U.S. hands off Iraq” waved alongside signs that said “Not then, not now! U.S. out of Iraq!” and “First Bush, then Obama, different party, same drama!”

Bill Ferree For Congress

here

ICON TOWER. Tallest skyscraper in the southeast US in downtown Tampa

Women are Smarter and More Likely to Vote Democrat

Dems tend to be friendlier towards women,

unlike the GOP, which tries to keep women down by doing things like telling them they don’t deserve equal pay or benefits at their jobs.

Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act. They keep fighting things like mandated contraception, with some saying that women should just keep an aspirin between their knees, to say nothing of their position on abortion (even for pregnancies caused by rape or incest). So yes, women vote Democratic, because they’re smart enough to know that the Party of Old, Rich, White Men wants to keep women down. here

Monday, June 23, 2014

Man Arrested after Video Recording Hillsborough County Deputies

David Rivera, Carlos Curbelo added to DCCC’s ‘House of Scandal’

As Republicans in Florida’s 26^th Congressional district meet for a debate tonight, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding both
David Rivera and Carlos Curbelo to HouseOfScandal.com: a new website that will help voters hold Curbelo and Rivera accountable and keep track of Republicans’ ethical misdeeds. here

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2014/06/gop-debate-prompts-democrats-to-highlight-scandals-in-fl-26-race.html#storylink=cpy