The story: A jury with a single black person deadlocks, so the judge declares a mistrial. At the second trial, the prosecutor sees to it that there are no black persons on the jury. The lily white jury takes 30 minutes to convict a black man for murdering a white man. Notice that in the [...]
Archive for January, 2004
Our aWol President
January 24, 2004
Hmmm… this old story about our aWol commander in chief (first broken by the Boston Globe in 2000… see Michael Moore’s site for tons of links) may finally be gaining some legs. It seems that heads on CNN were talking about it tonight, with Wolf Blitzer admitting that he did not know the facts. With [...]
Bush the deserter
January 23, 2004
Peter Jennings went after presidential candidate Wesley Clark last night during the debate. Peter was upset that Michael Moore had pointed out that Dubya failed to show up for National Guard duty in the early 70′s while he was endeavoring not to fight for his country. Today, Michael Moore has an answer. In last night’s [...]
Liar liar…
January 23, 2004
The Pants on Fire-mobile is coming to Tampa! This campaign uses a 12′ high statue of George W. Bush with his Pants on Fire. The statue is mounted on a flat bed trailer and pulled by an official looking, very classy, American flag laden, American sedan with leather interior. It’s a very cushy ride. The [...]
County caves on billboards
January 22, 2004
Spineless county commission After a 20-year hiatus from Hillsborough County, new billboards sites are on the verge of staging a dramatic comeback. Two weeks ago, county commissioners settled a lawsuit brought by Maverick Media that challenged the county’s 1985 ban on billboards on county roads The deal gives the company conditional approval to add 29 [...]
USA Toady on SOTU
January 21, 2004
Mainstream analysis: Weapons of mass destruction What Bush said: Search teams have “identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities” in Iraq. “Had we failed to act, the dictator’s weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day.” Context: The Bush administration has struggled to explain why weapons hunters have found no chemical [...]
Cho moves on
January 21, 2004
Margaret Cho got a bunch of right wing hate mail after Matt Drudge published some out of context quotes from her appearance at the MoveOn.org awards. —– Original Message —– From: “Jeff” To: margaret@margaretcho.com Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:26 AM Subject: Go Home There is a reason your once large fan following has dwindled [...]
Get Up with MorningWood
January 20, 2004
W pisses on Dr. King’s grave as Coretta Scott King tries but fails to locate the phantom bulge so prominently displayed during his flight suit sausage strut Get Up with MorningWood, on Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org. 4 to 6 am every Tuesday! Studio line: 813-239-9663. Call anytime! Today on [...]
100,000 Florida kids left behind
January 19, 2004
“I always thought that as Americans we were much more ethical and merciful …” Over 100,000 sick and needy Florida kids are being denied critical care by Jeb and his heartless henchmen in the Legislature. These children have hard working parents, but like a lot of families these days, maintaining health insurance coverage is literally [...]
Boca Raton Rep. Wexler stands up for democracy
January 18, 2004
As I wrote yesterday, a paper trail is exactly what is needed. Arguing that he’s exhausted other options and that time is running out to ensure an accurate 2004 election, U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, turned to the courts Friday in his quest to require paper printouts from electronic voting machines. In a lawsuit [...]