Remember the Dollars? A couple charged with torturing five of their eight adopted children accepted a plea deal Wednesday and were sentenced to 15 years in prison and 15 years of probation, to be served consecutively. John Dollar, 59, and his wife, Linda, 52, were accused of using a cattle prod, mallet, pliers, chains and [...]
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Christian love
August 10, 2005
Dr. Dobson’s Newsletter: June 2002 Meanwhile, the boy’s father has to do his part. He needs to mirror and affirm his son’s maleness. He can play rough-and-tumble games with his son, in ways that are decidedly different from the games he would play with a little girl. He can help his son learn to throw [...]
Ronda Storms attacks Planned Parenthood as “Pro Death,” cuts educational funding
July 29, 2005
On Thursday, Ronda Storms led the rabid pack of fundamentalist commissioner dogs on a personal attack against one of the few sources for unbiased women’s health care in the Tampa area. The idea came from Hillsborough County Commissioner Ronda Storms: eliminate funding for a teen educational program sponsored by Planned Parenthood. Commissioners went along with [...]
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July 10, 2005
Pastor Accused Of Using Church PC For Child Porn A pastor has been accused of downloading child pornography using his church’s Internet connection, authorities said. The Rev. Eric Michel Young, of Fort Caroline United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, was arrested Friday and charged with possessing any photo or representation that includes sexual conduct by a [...]
Domestic terrorists ignored
July 7, 2005
A good piece in the PB Post on the state of abortions in Florida. The article touches briefly on the fact that big cities are becoming the only places where obtaining an abortion is possible. This puts an incredible burden on rural dwellers who must take time off of work, possibly putting their job at [...]
Terrorists force closure of last Palm Beach clinic
July 6, 2005
Federal agents looking into abortion clinic fire Federal investigators are looking into a fire that damaged an abortion clinic where protesters have staged weekly demonstrations for more than a decade. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined local authorities in investigating the Monday night blaze at the Presidential Women’s Clinic. [...]
Happy 4th
July 4, 2005
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would to-day pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not [...]
Palm Beach Pol calls bullshit on Jeb!
June 27, 2005
Last week, Gov. Jeb Bush made clear his opposition to using embryonic stem cells for medical research as scientists gathering Tuesday for the world’s largest biotechnology convention said stem cells could provide cures for a variety of diseases. “I think taking a life to create a life is a huge contradiction morally,” Bush said during [...]
St. Pete NAACP joins chorus of tolerance
June 25, 2005
Uncle Tom Scott, the only black person on the Hillsborough BOCC, was happy to second Ronda Storms’ declaration of war against gays. Uncle Tom says that he is not a bigot, and besides, even if he is, it’s not the as bad as slavery. Thankfully, Thomas Scott does not speak for the St. Petersburg NAACP. [...]
Businesses fight for fairness
June 22, 2005
The fallout from Hillsborough’s homophobia continues. Last time there was a fight like this in Tampa, back in the 1990′s, the Chamber of Commerce was among the groups supporting equal rights for all, so it’s not surprising to see businesses of all types stepping up and proclaiming the wrongheadedness of a policy that will accomplish [...]