Florida

updated 11:01 a.m.

Florida Political News for 7/24/08

If you want it, we've got today's "FloBama" Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Worse than the problem"? "An open-ended proposal to cut property taxes and raise other revenues had both supporters and detractors struggling this week to predict how the measure would affect the Floridians who vote on it in November." " Sides Argue O...
FLA Politics - 11:00 a.m.

The Pre-Surge

Everyone, including the White House, thinks the Surge in Iraq began in January 2007. But according to John McCain , it started before that. The Arizona senator has told reporters during a stop at a super market in Bethlehem, Pa., that what the Bush administration calls "the surge" was actually "made up of a number of components." McCain says some components of the surge began before Bush ordere...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 7:41 a.m.

No Thanks

John McCain was scheduled to go to New Orleans yesterday ostensibly to visit an off-shore oil rig and upstage the Obamapalooza tour of the Middle East, and also to meet with Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and size him up as a possible running mate. But the trip was canceled at the last minute, citing the bad weather from Hurricane Dolly, not to mention an oil spill in the Mississippi River ("but th...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 7:41 a.m.

Bonkers

Elaine Donnelly, an anti-gay activist, made a fool of herself in front of a Congressional committee discussing the status of "don't ask, don't tell." Donnelly treated the panel to an extraordinary exhibition of rage. She warned of "transgenders in the military." She warned that lesbians would take pictures of people in the shower. She spoke ominously of gays spreading "HIV positivity" through t...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 7:41 a.m.

Freudian Marketing

For $70 you can walk all over John McCain : Heck, I'll do it for free. HT to TPM ....
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 7:41 a.m.

Desperation Watch

The McCain campaign whips out a web ad linking Barack Obama to Fidel Castro. A Democrat in south Florida alerted the Huffington Post to the image, which shows Obama and Castro, profiled side-by-side, above a quote from the Cuban leader praising the Illinois Democrat as "the most advanced candidate." [...] But the quote is misleading in regards to the actual political dynamics in play. For sta...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 7:41 a.m.

Question of the Day

Let's turn this one around: Name something you once did that seemed stupid at the time but turned out to be a good thing? For me, one was not selling my 1988 Pontiac station wagon when I bought my 1995 Mustang . Another one was taking a playwriting class in college....
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 7:41 a.m.

Michelle Obama in Miami

The wife of the Democratic candidate stopped by Miami to help raise funds for the campaign. The candidate's wife wore white. Not a hint of camouflage. Campaigning in a linen sheath one week after The New Yorker magazine caricatured her as a black militant, Michelle Obama addressed hundreds of donors in Miami Wednesday in her largest event in Florida so far. About 800 people contributed between...
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Technical dificulties

Carl Zimmermann for Florida House District 48 - Wed 9:02 p.m.

Focus on Florida: Winning the I-4 corridor

DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 7:32 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Obama takes lead in FL 46-45 (Ras poll)

DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 7:32 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

US funds to right-wing Cuban-American groups frozen

DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 7:32 p.m.

Razorback Writing

Pensacola Beach Blog - Wed 5:10 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Traffic Hazard

Robert Novak has a run-in with a pedestrian. Politico reports that conservative pundit Robert Novak “was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning.” Novak initially “drove away from the scene,” but turned around when “a bicyclist stopped him and said, ‘You hit someone.’” Novak claimed: “I didn’t know I hit anybody.” But Was...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 4:04 p.m.

Nature Break

An interesting piece of film from Environment Canada. ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 4:04 p.m.

"Welcome back, governor. Now let's get back to work"

Florida Politics - Wed 12:40 p.m.

His Own Man

It's interesting that the right-wingers who crowed when Iraq had "free and democratic elections" (remember the purple-finger craze?) and installed Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister (and defended him against the puppetry charge from liberals) now dismiss him as a political hack because he backs Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The simple fact may be that Prime Minister ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

Quote of the Day

John McCain in New Hampshire: This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign. I think that pretty much qualifies as the winner of today's episode of Desperation Bingo....
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

Abuse of Power

Salon.com uncovers evidence that the Bush administration's spying on U.S. citizens was -- and remains -- far more widespread than previously thought. The last several years have brought a parade of dark revelations about the George W. Bush administration, from the manipulation of intelligence to torture to extrajudicial spying inside the United States. But there are growing indications that the...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

History Has a Liberal Bias

For someone who says the Surge was the greatest thing for Iraq since the invention of the air conditioner, John McCain seems to be fact-challenged, according to Spencer Ackerman . For McCain to say that the Anbar Awakening is the product of the surge is either a lie or professional malpractice for a presidential candidate who is staking his election on his allegedly superior Iraq judgment. It m...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

"Wall Street Got Drunk"

Via the Huffington Post : An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle, have posted a video taken at a political fundraiser for Pete Olson, featuring George W. Bush last week -- capturing some embarrassing/revealing moments after, he noted, he had asked cameras to be turned off. The first moments form the July 18 event find him speaking almost incoherently in admitting, for once, ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

Question of the Day

It used to be that hair coloring was strictly for women, but now everyone can do it. So my brother asks... Do you/would you dye your hair? My answer: No and No. The reason is simple; I'm getting salt-and-pepper gradually and age-appropriately, and besides, the last time I tried to fool Mother Nature (see below ), Mother Nature fought back cruelly. (HT to Lab Kat for reminding me of this qu...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

Estelle Getty - 1923-2008

Estelle Getty has died. “I am the mother,” she declared in her opening line in “Torch Song Trilogy,” Harvey Fierstein’s 1981 play about the travails of a gay man in New York City, and as a summary of her career, her character was right. “I’ve played mothers to heroes and mothers to zeroes,” Ms. Getty wrote in her autobiography, “If I Knew Then What I Know Now ... So What?” (Contemporary Boo...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

Tropical Update

Hurricane Dolly hits the Texas/Mexico border this morning. ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Wed 12:40 p.m.

Florida House race ratings

Swing-State Project has changed its race ratings on four Florida House races: FL-15 (Open): Likely Republican to Safe Republican Republican Bill Posey: $220K raised in the second quarter of 2008. Democrats Paul Rancatore and Steve Blythe: $18K raised (combined) in the second quarter. NEXT.   FL-21 (L. Diaz-Balart): Likely Republican to Lean Republican When local prognostic...
FLA Politics - Wed 12:04 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Florida Political News for 7/23/08

If you want it, we've got today's "FloBama" Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Welcome back, governor. Now let's get back to work" The South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial board: "Crist might only have been gone for 10 days, but the mood across the Sunshine State grew darker in that time." - "First, a jobs report came ou...
FLA Politics - Wed 12:04 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Desperation in the air

Blast Off! - Wed 12:04 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Michael Savage on Autism

Can't Keep Quiet! - Wed 11:36 a.m.

Catching Up with Barry Kutun

Smashed Frog - Wed 7:32 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Not given to Introspection

South of the Suwannee - Wed 6:09 a.m.

CBS Covers Up MCcain's Major Gaffe

Change In Talahassee - Wed 6:09 a.m.

Parody Parity

Pensacola Beach Blog - Wed 3:42 a.m.

Barack in Iraq

Seminole Democrats - Wed 12:35 a.m.

Rip-Off on Pensacola Beach

Pensacola Beach Blog - Wed 12:35 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Dolly Headed for Tex-Mex Border

Pensacola Beach Blog - Wed 12:35 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

"Florida's economic reality bites"

Florida Politics - Tue 11:04 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

DFH hits the mainstream

Blast Off! - Tue 11:03 p.m.

Conservatives Claim Enforcing Voting Rights Is Too Hard

The Tampa Tribune criticized ACORN in an opinion piece that ran on Saturday July 19th for putting Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning on notice that the state of Florida was not in compliance with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act. According to the act, voter registration assistance must be provided not only at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) but at all agencies that provi...
FLA Politics - Tue 10:06 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Florida Political News for 7/22/08

Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Florida's economic reality bites" The Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial board: "The state led the nation in job losses for a 12-month period ending in May, and experts say the construction and tourism industries have yet to hit rock bottom, though declining home sales and rising gas prices already h...
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FPC Donors for Denver update

Blast Off! - Tue 10:06 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Why I didn't go to Netroots Nation

Blast Off! - Tue 10:06 p.m.

Ever the hypocrite, Lieberman visits south Florida

Blast Off! - Tue 10:06 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Obama Leadership Ad Surges in Florida

DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 7:35 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

So how did he get up there?

Nobody could figure out how the person who lived there was able to ascend to his "home" suspended from an overpass. The fire department had to send a ladder truck so city workers could remove more than a dozen garbage bags of personal belongings -- mostly clothing and bedding -- from a nestlike living space in the supports on an overpass. Los Angeles police said they checked out ...
The 13th Juror - Tue 6:30 p.m.

Ignorance costs Sanford chance to help homeless

Orlando Sentinel columnist George Diaz weighs in on the City of Sanford's uninformed perceptions of homeless people. Read his column here ....
The 13th Juror - Tue 6:30 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Florida leaves health-care money on the table

Federal health officials are divvying up $49 million among states that provide subsidized health insurance to people who can't buy it because they have medical problems. None of that money will be coming to Florida. That's because Florida closed its high-risk pool for the medically uninsurable in 1992 and has not accepted any applicants since. The state has missed out on a share of the $286 mill...
The 13th Juror - Tue 6:30 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Pink Triangles and Swastikas

Smashed Frog - Tue 1:01 p.m.

john mc-cant solve america's problems...

if you vote for this man based on his stance on this issue and this commercial then you should be ashamed to be called a Floridian. i firmly believe that the republicans will never get over the old mark twain mantra, "just because you have a big hammer doesnt make everything a nail." drilling is not the answer. just because we can drill, and there are some thoughts that there may be oi...
becoming change - Tue 12:00 p.m.

Catching a Monster

From the New York Times : Radovan Karadzic, one of the world’s most wanted war criminals for his part in the massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995, was arrested Monday in a raid in Serbia that ended a 13-year hunt. Serge Brammertz, the prosecutor of the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague, hailed the arrest as an important step in bringing to justice on...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

On Debt

Both Richard Cohen and David Brooks offer observations on the great American pastime: spending and owing, and according to both of them, it comes back to being a matter of character. Mr. Brooks first: Decision-making — whether it’s taking out a loan or deciding whom to marry — isn’t a coldly rational, self-conscious act. Instead, decision-making is a long chain of processes, most of which happ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

Fact-Checking Patrol

From the Detroit Free Press : Chevrolet unveiled its long-awaited production version of the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro sports car Monday in the dome in Warren where it was designed, next to historic GM vehicles -- the '50 Corvette Stingray, the '51 LeSabre and the 1969 Camaro -- whose league it hopes to join. It's a nice story about a cool new -- and fuel-efficient -- car, but it hits a sour note in...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

I'm Looking Through You

From the Miami Herald : Travelers, be aware: Your full-blown image -- private parts and all -- could soon be visible to a security officer, on-screen, at an airport near you. Miami International Airport is one of a dozen airports nationwide that have begun pilot-testing whole-body imaging machines, which reveal weapons and explosives concealed under layers of clothing. ''It allows us to detect...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

All in the Timing

I think it speaks volumes when the McCain campaign thinks it's equally important to choose the timing of the announcement of Mr. McCain's running mate as it is to choose the person himself. I'm pretty sure that there isn't anything in the Constitution that includes providing scene stealing news coverage in the description of the duties of the vice president, but after the tenure of Dick Ch...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

Tigers Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

Question of the Day

Richard Cohen's tattoo analogy reminded me of something. Back when I went to the gym every day, I had some pretty impressive biceps (if I do say so myself) and a buddy tried to convince me to get one of those bristling barbed-wire tattoos on my arm. Fortunately the expense and my phobia of needles prevailed, and I didn't get it. It also occurred to me that while a tattoo like that would be...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

Simple Rule

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

Ford Has a Smaller Idea

Ford Motor Company looks to the little cars . The struggling automaker, reacting to what it sees as a rapid and permanent shift in consumer tastes brought on by high gas prices, plans to unveil its new direction on Thursday, when it will report quarterly earnings. Among the changes, Ford is expected to announce that it will convert three of its North American assembly plants from trucks to c...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

Tropical Update

Tropical Storm Dolly heads for the border. It looks like it will be a hurricane when it makes landfall later this week....
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Tue 7:10 a.m.

July 23rd General Membership Meeting

Grassroots Brevard - Tue 4:35 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Whistleblower: Diebold Rigged GA Election

Seminole Democrats - Mon 11:08 p.m.

Linda Bird To Challange Sen Jeff Atwater

Change In Talahassee - Mon 11:07 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

"Get ready ..."

Florida Politics - Mon 8:33 p.m.

McCain shows his expertise on foreign policy

Can't Keep Quiet! - Mon 8:09 p.m.

It's my blog and I'll swear if I want to

Blast Off! - Mon 8:09 p.m.

Florida Political News for 7/21/08

Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Get ready ..." "The old lever machines are long gone. We all know what happened with the punch cards and hanging chads. And now the touch-screen machines are relics, too. Get ready for optical-scan voting." " Voting Is Safer, On Paper ". The Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial board: "In less than six w...
FLA Politics - Mon 6:38 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

RSO? Make Your Voice Heard!

Smashed Frog - Mon 1:38 p.m.

Geography-Challenged McCain

Pensacola Beach Blog - Mon 10:32 a.m.

The "New Green Deal"

Pensacola Beach Blog - Mon 8:38 a.m.

Variation on a theme

Blast Off! - Mon 8:38 a.m.

Shorter Forecast - T.S. Dolly

Pensacola Beach Blog - Mon 8:09 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Jo Stafford (1917-2008)

Pensacola Beach Blog - Mon 8:09 a.m.

Blast Off! Radio 2:00 pm EDT today: end of an era

Blast Off! - Mon 7:40 a.m.

Deep Thoughts, by Lamar Alexander

Blast Off! - Mon 5:37 a.m.

Swift Kick

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What I Meant Was...

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Question of the Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

Desperate Dobson

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m.

Gas Survey

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m. - 17 clicks 17 clicks

Go On, Name One - McCain Version

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m.

Tigers Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m.

Kristol: A Nostalgic Touch

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m.

Tropical Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Mon 5:05 a.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

How to win Florida

Florida Politics - Sun 11:12 p.m.

Miami Hispanic Dems in a Dither over Obama's Union Ties

DailyKos (Florida) - Sun 7:07 p.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 176

DailyKos (Florida) - Sun 7:07 p.m. - 35 clicks 35 clicks

Got a problem with unions? Join the DLC

"There is a fierce behind-the-scenes battle for influence over presumptive Democratic candidate Barack Obama's Hispanic and Latin American agenda," and some Democratic strategists say that its outcome could determine the result of the November elections. Some Obama backers in South Florida, in particular, are especially miffed at what they see as excessive power by labor-union-tied, left-lean...
FLA Politics - Sun 8:30 a.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

Florida Political News for 7/20/08

Start your web-day with the Florida Progressive Coalition . Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. How to win Florida "Set aside the soaring speeches and rock-star rallies, and Sen. Barack Obama's future in Florida depends on a fragile proposition." To win the Sunshine State, the Democrat needs a massive turnout among two fickle voti...
FLA Politics - Sun 8:30 a.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

Birthday Greetings

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Sun 5:01 a.m.

Sam

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Sun 5:01 a.m.

Sunday Reading

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Sun 5:01 a.m.

On This Date

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Sun 5:01 a.m.

Is this man brain dead?

Florida Politics - Sun 12:33 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Charlie strides world stage ... Florida in crisis

Florida Politics - Sun 12:33 a.m. - 15 clicks 15 clicks

RPOF exploits senile fool

Seriously, this calls out for legal guardianship proceeding, or a report of exploitation to the Florida abuse hotline. "In a Republican Party news conference call [Friday] to introduce a new John McCain campaign video," 82 year old Col. Bud Day, a long-time friend and fellow Vietnam POW with McCain ... Florida Republican Party officials said after the call that Day was speaking for the Rep...
FLA Politics - Sat 6:04 p.m. - 20 clicks 20 clicks

Florida Political News for 7/18/08

You really should start your web-day with the Florida Progressive Coalition . If you want it, we've got today's "FloBama" Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Is this man brain dead? Charlie has finished his a "four-day trade mission to Britain ... with speculation about his vice presidential chances, hopes that cheap Florida...
FLA Politics - Sat 6:04 p.m. - 14 clicks 14 clicks

Short Takes

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Sat 5:33 p.m.

More Carlin Favorites

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Another "vishing" e-mail

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m.

R.I.P. George Carlin

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m. - 19 clicks 19 clicks

Doctor Horrible — Act II

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

This is just strange

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m.

Sunday Funnies

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m.

Not making that call

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m.

WP-SpamFree

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Act III is up!!!

Can't Keep Quiet! - Sat 3:33 p.m.

Journalism in Pensacola

Pensacola Beach Blog - Sat 3:00 p.m. - 14 clicks 14 clicks

Catchword for Careerists

Pensacola Beach Blog - Sat 2:04 p.m.

Random African Bush Stories

Smashed Frog - Sat 1:30 p.m.

GOP: unable to distinguish between their asses and a hole in the ground

Blast Off! - Sat 11:08 a.m. - 15 clicks 15 clicks

I've really done it this time

Blast Off! - Sat 12:35 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Wingnut deconstruction

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Florida Political News for 7/18/08

Reidblog has this " Flashback post of the week: Carswell's ghost ", from the sadly short lived Blog de Leon (which we have refused to remove from our blog roll in the hopes that (s)he will some day return). Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Charlie strides world stage ... Florida in crisis "Crist capped a four-day trade mission to Br...
FLA Politics - Fri 9:06 p.m. - 17 clicks 17 clicks

Today's FloBama

Today's FloBama: " Obama sister woos women ", " Florida a multimillion-dollar gold mine for presidential hopefuls ", " A Lonely Joe ", " Obama not giving up on Florida ", " Obama not giving up on Florida ", " Crist Has Cameo In Latest Jib Jab Spoof ", " New McCain TV spot slams Obama's Iraq flipflop ", " Party registration efforts focusing on November, not primary ", " Obama troops coming ...
FLA Politics - Fri 9:06 p.m. - 18 clicks 18 clicks

Friday Blogaround

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Fri 7:03 p.m. - 17 clicks 17 clicks

Dr. Freud, Call Your Service

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Fri 7:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Go On, Name One

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Fri 7:03 p.m.

All Systems Are Functioning...

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Fri 7:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

David Brooks and History

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Fri 7:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Question of the Day

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A Gentle Reminder

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Friday Catblogging Classic

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Flobama for Friday, July 18, 2008

Florida Politics - Fri 3:38 p.m.

Campaign Season!

Party affiliation aside, I feel caught in the middle many times during campaigns. I'm not plastered in "O" tattoos like Obamatards... but I am more aware of the campaigns than your average American. Campaign season is a mix of emotions- exciting to see change possibly come, but sick and tired of all the media and pundits running the election. What ever happened to real speeches and radio addresses...
becoming change - Fri 3:03 p.m.

"Grim"

Florida Politics - Fri 3:38 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Doctor Horrible — Act II

Can't Keep Quiet! - Fri 12:08 a.m.

Florida Political News for 17/17/08

Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Grim" "With unemployment rising and incomes falling more than expected, Florida's slowdown is here to stay for another full year, the state's top analysts reported Wednesday in their gloomiest report yet." " Outlook Grim For Fla. Economy ".   South Florida races heat up "Democrats for th...
FLA Politics - Thu 10:34 p.m. - 14 clicks 14 clicks

Musical Warfare on Pensacola Beach

Pensacola Beach Blog - Thu 4:32 p.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

Insuring Against a Bank Run

Pensacola Beach Blog - Thu 4:32 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Obama Art Index

Pensacola Beach Blog - Thu 4:32 p.m.

Desperate wingnut compares Obama to Hitler

Blast Off! - Thu 1:04 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Wingnut logic

Blast Off! - Thu 1:04 p.m.

An historic first

Blast Off! - Thu 1:04 p.m.

Like a complete unknown

Blast Off! - Thu 1:04 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Huggy Bear's past

Blast Off! - Thu 1:04 p.m.

Today's Daily Schadenfreude: Ed Heeney

Blast Off! - Thu 1:04 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

RSO Family Members NEEDED for Survey

Smashed Frog - Thu 12:38 p.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Literary Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Inflation

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Irony of the Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Tropical Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17 - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Getting It

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles - Followup

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

Seeing the Future

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

Question of the Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

Nice Promotion

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

What's Your Sign?

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

Another GOP Talking Point Trashed

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 17

Thank You -- you beat him

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 17 - 13 clicks 13 clicks

FL-10 Dem. Max Linn Facing Obama Camp Reprimand

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 17 - 16 clicks 16 clicks

Obama Showing Sizeable Gains in Florida

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 17 - 15 clicks 15 clicks

WTC Florida Anti-Democratic Billboard

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 17 - 13 clicks 13 clicks

Obama Channels Jon Stewart

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 17

Equal Cartoon Time

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 17

NJ Ruling: Can't Restrict Sex Offenders

Smashed Frog - Jul 17 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Charlie as VP? Seriously?

Chris Cillizza at he Washington Post's Politics Blog -- The Fix makes " The Case for Charlie Crist ".  He writes this morning: "Florida Republican Gov. Charlie Crist has been all over the national news lately." On the policy front, he backed up Sen. John McCain's (R) call for lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling, a reversal of his opposition to drilling spurred, Crist said, by the h...
FLA Politics - Jul 17 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Today's FloBama

Today's FloBama includes: " Poll: It's The Economy, And Fl. Voters Think Obama Better On That Issue ", " Atwater borrows Barack's message ", " McCain speaks to NAACP, poll update ", " Obama has more cash, fewer bundlers; Pawlenty's one of McCain's, not Crist ", " The Short List — Wed., July 16 ", " Vice President Crist ", " Obama campaign opens Florida headquarters ", and...
FLA Politics - Jul 17 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Florida Political News for 7/16/08

Start your day with the Florida Progressive Coalition . If you want it, we've got today's "FloBama" Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Diplomatic coup! Charlie hammers out deal with UK And you thought that trip was a waste of cash. "Gov. Charlie Crist is promising to work with Britain to develop clean energy technology and...
FLA Politics - Jul 17 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Diplomatic coup! Charlie hammers out deal with UK

Florida Politics - Jul 16

Question of the Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Current Events in Czechoslovakia

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

It's the Economy

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

A Long Last Game

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Hard Rain

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Another Step Towards Equality

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Showing Them the Money

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Now They're Talking

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

No Comment

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

"Debbie Dubya" Continues to Undercut Florida Dems.

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Sea Turtle Rescue

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Cops bait the homeless with cigarettes, beer and Boston Baked Beans -- but why?

A pack of Kool cigarettes, a can of Budweiser and a box of Boston Baked Beans sat on the dashboard of an unlocked car with the windows rolled down. Somewhere nearby two New Orleans police officers watched and waited for someone to reach into the bait car and snatch the items. They wouldn’t have to wait long, as the car was parked just one block away from a homeless encampment, where dozens of de...
The 13th Juror - Jul 16

So I guess there are no homeless people in Sanford

Project Homeless Connect has been moved from downtown Sanford to a Longwood church after several people complained the program should not be held at the city’s civic center. Northland, A Church Distributed, agreed to host the July 30 event. Last year, more than 350 people attended the Sanford event. About 200 volunteers offered medical services, employment counseling, food, showers, mental hea...
The 13th Juror - Jul 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bush may veto homeless veterans housing bill

The “Homes for Heroes Act” has been passed by the House of Representatives, but is facing a presidential veto if it makes it through the Senate. HR 3329 , which would provide shelter for homeless veterans and their families as well as lending assistance to help low-income veteran families from falling into homelessness, won House approval 412-9. The White House immediately signaled that the le...
The 13th Juror - Jul 16

Business as Usual

South of the Suwannee - Jul 16

"High-growth, high-poverty"

Florida Politics - Jul 16

Florida voter registrations show "'huge swing' toward Democrats"

Florida Politics - Jul 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Senator Sink in 2010?

Florida Politics - Jul 16

"Sounds simple, right?"

Florida Politics - Jul 16

And so it goes

Florida Politics - Jul 16

And if you believe that? ...

Florida Politics - Jul 16

Titletown: Gainesville!

keep an eye out for the obama sign! Gators & Obama my goodness... "you have to become the change you wish to see in the world" Ghandi this space is dedicated to the progressive movement of change and the trials of staying focused on what it takes to trasnform into that change... ...
becoming change - Jul 16 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

maybe that bud light commercial makes sense now.."buuuuuud ligh"

my friends and family can vouch for this...when out at a night time facility, i would wander to the local host of libations and ask for a good old fashioned union american made light beer. to which i would be handed a bud light or Michelob light. i wrote a post a few weeks back about how the world as we know it will be drastically different within 6 months, but i never would have thought th...
becoming change - Jul 16

Bastille Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Not Funny

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Friday Blogaround

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Shorter Paul Krugman

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Quote of the Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Tony Snow 1953-2008

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Literary Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Tropical Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Tigers Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Short Takes

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Tropical Update

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Sunday Reading

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Question of the Day

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Drawing Even

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Speaking of Stupid...

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Humor 101

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Going Dry

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

For Sale

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Bush's Legacy

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

An Observation

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Crazy Over Cuba

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Find an Alternate Route

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Edited Out

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

Summer Memories

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jul 16

D-OH! Maxim's NOT Porn?

Smashed Frog - Jul 16 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Sheriff Jack Parker's Inaccurate OffenderWatch

Smashed Frog - Jul 16 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

FL Cops Parked

Smashed Frog - Jul 16

Spanking Women? Not in the Cards.

Smashed Frog - Jul 16 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Tony Snow

Smashed Frog - Jul 16

Facing Eviction? Know Your Rights!

Smashed Frog - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Our Trip to Montreal !!!

Montreal is my new favorite city.... at least in the summer festival time.... it's a beautiful, urban, green, cosmopolitan, chic, diverse, shopaholic ..... and more city. ...
Sarasota Livin' - Jul 16

Barrier Island Girl's Blue Angels Photos

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Are Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae Toast?

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Tragedy at Blue Angels Show

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

McCain's Hole Card

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

A Run on the Bank

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Bush Disses Dad's Drilling Ban

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Video Report from the Beach

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Manatee Matinee

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Satire in the Cups

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Condign Consequence

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

'Little Old Librarian' Fights Back

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

The New Yorker's Obama Cover

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Blue Angels 2.0

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Blue Angels Weekend

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Generation Kill

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Blue Chickens Air Show

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

In Respect of Congress: The Impossible Idea

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Obama on Iraq in His Own Words

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Swift Cover Story

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

The Straight-Talk Belarus Bus

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

About that Obama Cover

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Privatization and How It Works

Pensacola Beach Blog - Jul 16

Florida Political News and Commentary for 7/9-10/08

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Beautiful words, but what to do?

FLA Politics - Jul 16

Must be "balanced" ...

FLA Politics - Jul 16

Florida Congressional Finance Reports

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Florida Political News and Commentary for 7/11/08

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

FPC Needs Your Help

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

238 Small Donors to Go

FLA Politics - Jul 16

Charlie's junket

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Florida Political News and Commentary for 7/15/08

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Florida Political News and Commentary for 7/13/08

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Florida Political News and Commentary for 7/12/08

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Democratic registration up in Florida

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Florida Political News for 7/14/08

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Brooklyn girl

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

You know you're a "desperate" GOPer when ...

FLA Politics - Jul 16 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

ACTION: 9/11 billboard begs, "Please don't vote for a Democrat."

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

198 Small Donors to Go

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 175

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Florida: "Huge swing" toward Democrats.

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Jump off the fence!

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16

Waking the Giant: Making the Latino Vote Count in 2008

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16

How To Boost The Electorate In Florida: Enforce the National Voter Registration Act

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16 - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Why we can't vote for a Democrat

DailyKos (Florida) - Jul 16

Review of Robert Wexler's "Fire-Breathing Liberal"