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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Don't Stifle Florida's Education Innovation

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Politics, Education, Florida, Online-Education, Education Policy, Politics News

Florida has been a leader in education innovation over the last decade, but one bill currently under review threatens to wipe much of that out with one misguided and foolhardy swipe.

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From Green Kilts To Green Golf Courses, Lucky's Been Putting It On!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Ingrid-Hoffman, Dress to the Kilt, Scotland, Sean Connery, Ricky Williams, Autism Project of Palm Beach County, puppylovemovie.com, Irish Setter, PGA National in Palm Beach, Bon Jovi, Be a Star Foundation, Peru, Amazon Herb Company, Www.AnimalFair.Com, John Easterling, Olivia Newton-John, Celebrity Connections & Good Causes, Simply Delicioso!, Miami, Marriott Marquis, Micheline Roquebrune, Florida, Tico Torres, John Travolta, The Tico Torres Classic, Jack McGee, Www.Petsmart.com, Miami Dolphins, Rescue Me, Los Angeles, Grease, Times Square, Autism, James Bond, Animals, Yorkie, Rottweiler, Style News

Lucky & I spent the week celebrating the underdog! From children with Autism, to the Heritage of Scotland and of course the true cause to Lucky's hea...

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Steele Asks Florida To "Help A Brother Out"

Miami Herald | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Florida GOP, Florida, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Politics News

The chairman of the national Republican party, Michael Steele, made his first official visit to Florida on Monday to try to staunch the party's backs...

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Alaska And Florida Consider Bans On Bestiality

AP | ANNE SUTTON | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Florida, Bestiality Bans, Bestiality, Politics News

JUNEAU, Alaska — It's a subject that can cause nervous snickering, a little uneasiness and even a few bad jokes. But many in the southeast Alas...

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Duke beats Florida St. 79-69, wins ACC tournament

news.yahoo.com | PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Sports, Duke, Acc Tournament, Duke Wins Acc, March Madness, 2009 Ncaa Tournament, Florida, Duke Beats Florida, College Basketball, Home News

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Sunshine State Gets Serious About Solar

nytimes.com | KATE GALBRAITH | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Florida, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News

This month Gainesville, Fla., became the first city in the United States to introduce higher payments for solar power, which is otherwise too expensiv...

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Liberal Party, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Kentucky Jim Bunning, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Bauer, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Charlie Crist, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, Unemployment, Mike Huckabee, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Labour Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, Republican Party, Great Depression, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Abortion, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Appalachia, Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Texas, Congress, Pennsylvania, Whig Party, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Deep South, Religion, Independents, Jon Huntsman, Race Issues, Great Britain, Marxism, Tom Delay, South Carolina, Watergate, Utah, Gay Issues, Politics News

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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Strippers in Cages Get Loose and Terrorize Small Florida Town

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Expensive Lap Dances, Cage Dancers, Skank, Florida, Menace to Society, Gentleman's Club, Excotic Dancers, Police, Planet Hollywood, Inhumane, Fort Lauderdale, Vagina, Tom McCaffrey, Strippers, Revenge of the Nerds, Comedy News

The strippers first robbed a gas station of all its 1 dollar bills. They then broke into an elderly home and gave everyone half-assed lap dances.

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The Secret -- I Saw, Close-up, the Real Root of Global Economic Collapse

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Charlie Crist, Florida, Slavery, Farmworkers, Wages, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Food, Tomatoes, Economy, Working-Conditions, Politics News

Why do I call this modern-day form of slavery and its legal face -- this kind of gross injustice -- the secret of today's imploding economies?

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Our Enemy To The South

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Assisinations, Florida, Albuquerque, Crossing the U.S. Border, Dangerous San Diego, Crime, Invasion of Crime, Time for National Guard? Phoenix "Kidnap Capitol", Crime-on-the-Hoof, Mexico, Violence, United States, Mexican Drug Cartels, Las Vegas, Diane Dimond, Laredo, World News

Mexico's problem has become our problem in a big way. The retiring CIA chief, Michael Hayden, says Mexico could rank right next to Iran and Iraq as the biggest challenge for President Obama.

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Surfers Defend Beach From Dredging Project

New York Times | CORNELIA DEAN | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Florida, Beach Dredging, Surfing, Water, Green News

In ruling against the project, the administrative law judge who heard the case, Robert E. Meale, criticized its potential environmental effects and de...

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The Train That Never Was

James Moore | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Miami, Florida, Billions, Tampa, Trains, High Speed Rail, Texas, Orlando, Jeb, Bush, Jeb Bush, Stimulus Package, Politics News

The Florida Overland Express was the train that never was. If built on the projected schedule, it would be carrying 8 million passengers this year -- it was vetoed by Jeb Bush.

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GOP Outnumbered At Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Cuba, Right Wing News, Mother Jones, Mel Martinez, Lamar Alexander, Orrin Hatch, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Hispanic Voters, Mike Pence, Hispanics, Democrats, Politics News

It's not a good sign for the GOP when even an avowedly pro-business gathering is stocked with far more Democrats than Republicans. On Thursday mornin...

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Florida Home Sales Surge For Fifth Month

mjperry.blogspot.com | Mark J. Perry | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Florida, Home Sales Florida, Real Estate, Florida Real Estate, Existing Home Sales, Florida Home Sales, Home Sales, Business News

Florida's existing home sales rose in January, making it the fifth month in a row that sales activity showed increases in the year-to-year comparison,...

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Reverse The Conventional Wisdom: Have Barack Invite Rush to The White House

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rush Limbaugh Obama, Florida, Republican Party, Gop Leader, Limbaugh Head of the Gop, Obama Limbaugh, Politics News

Obama could say, "it is obvious that you are a major leader of the Republican Party at this time. I want to talk to you, one on one."

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHILE THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT PONDERS PROP 8?

Judy Wieder | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Florida, Proposition 8, ACT UP, Milk, Academy Awards Milk, California Prop 8, Joan Baez, California, Gay Rights, Arkansas, California Supreme Court, Vietnam War, Kenneth Starr, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Mr. No More Nice Gay is pissed off because he suddenly gets it. He may be young, but he is struggling. And worse than that, his struggle is old: He's still not equal.

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The Search Ends At Sundown

James Boyce | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Florida, Oceans, Coast Guard Search, Boating Accident, Nfl Drowned Players, NFL Player Boating Accident, Living News

Walking through the streets of Boston tonight, I thought of the families of the three men still missing, one with a three year-old daughter.

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Cuban American Leadership Out of Sync

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Leadership, Florida, US-Cuba Relations, Israel-Palestine, Cuba, World News

Conservative Cuban-American politicians are both vocal supporters of Israel and advocates for continued sanctions against Cuba. The inconsistency of their political stance is obvious.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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Airline Service is a Sham: Memo to Doug Parker of US Airways, Your Company Tops the List

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Why haven't these horrendous so-called cost conscious changes been rescinded as the gas prices have come down?

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Floridians Turn To Blackjack To Recoup Lost Savings

United Press International | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Gambling, Debt, Flordia Blackjack, Florida Gambling, Floridians Gambling, Florida, Recession, Business News

The head of the Florida's compulsive gambling council says a growing number of state residents are attempting to recoup personal loses through blackja...

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Exclusive: The New Voter Fraud Complaint Filed in CT Against the GOP's Ann Coulter

Brad Friedman | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Voter Fraud, Acorn, Accountability, Ann Coulter, Connecticut, Politics News

An official state investigation is now underway into multiple voter fraud charges against Rightwing author and one-time attorney Ann Coulter in Connecticut.

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