(ed. note: “The Depot” is a (fictional?) place that is often referred to by Dell computer techs, a group of support folks who seem an awful lot like the guys in the article below. In Dell’s world, your computer or your computer part have always “just left the Depot,” and will reach you soon!) As [...]
Archive for February, 2004
Did Frist cry wolf? “Ricin” scare looks lame
February 22, 2004
Remember: Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, in whose office the powder was first found, just happened to be the first person to loudly and positively proclaim the powder to be ricin (even before reliable tests came back… field tests done on the scene showed mixed results, but the positive results were emphasized in news [...]
Pants on Fire-mobile Presidential Procession video
February 22, 2004
You can see a good video of the Liar Liar Pants on Fire Presidential Procession which crossed the Gandy bridge just as President Bush was flying over in Air Force One here. Thanks to Jim Quinlan for sending this to me. If anyone else has good pictures or video, please forward them and I’ll put [...]
Survey says: Bush is a liar!
February 20, 2004
AP via sfgate.com The presidential primary season has been good for Democrats and tough on President Bush, according to a national poll released Thursday. The survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that the public’s impression of the Democratic field has been improving as the candidates have battled for [...]
Leg. drags feet: 100,000 children still left behind
February 20, 2004
You remember Kidcare, right? That’s the program that Jeb! allowed to flounder despite the availability of federal funding. Now, well over 100,000 kids are on the waiting list for insurance and the Legislature is wasting time when they should be scrambling to restore funding: House leaders proposed giving subsidized health care to tens of thousands [...]
More Civitas secrets revealed
February 19, 2004
Hmmm… a county board that is set up to help poor people buy houses decides to throw over $23 million to Tampa’s Welfare Daddies to better enable them to dislocate the poor. The board is packed with insiders and overflowing with conflicts of interest, but in Hillsborough County, this is business as usual. Civitas is [...]
Scientists: “Bush Lies”; White House: “Reality”
February 18, 2004
From NYTimes: The Bush administration has deliberately and systematically distorted scientific fact in the service of policy goals on the environment, health, biomedical research and nuclear weaponry at home and abroad, a group of about 60 influential scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, said in a statement issued today. …… (They) accuse the administration of repeatedly [...]
Pants on Fire-mobile final thoughts
February 18, 2004
What a great week! Ice cream, hot dogs, and kazoos. Flags and signs and a procession. Tons of people laughing and cheering and generally supporting the notion that aWol is a thief and a liar. Thanks to all who came out or waved and laughed or just sent us some positive energy. TrueMajority.org is so [...]
“Uncle” Tom Scott seeks input from residents
February 18, 2004
Now that Civitas has been put off for a few months (the article below calls it “dead,” but expect another greedy cynical secretive grab for public funding and assets from Tampa’s Welfare Daddies soon!) County Commission Chair and Civitas booster Tom Scott has finally found the time to actually speak with the residents who will [...]
March on Florida’s Capitol
February 18, 2004
Tallahassee Democrat: Organizers of a march on the Capitol that drew some 11,000 participants four years ago hope to recapture that enthusiasm and channel it to the polls come Election Day. A coalition that includes the Florida State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Florida AFL-CIO, the Florida Conference [...]