Going to the movies tonight? Check out some of the allegations of falsehoods coming from the right and Michael Moore’s answers to those smears right here, and you too will be ready to verbally spar with the wingnuts who show up to protest this expression of free speech at your local theater. Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer [...]
Archive for June, 2004
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you: Politically motivated feel-good civil rights violations in the name of public safety!
June 25, 2004
SP Times: A new law enforcement initiative announced Thursday will target some of Tampa’s most violent criminals, especially the ones who illegally use guns. Local members of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have teamed with Tampa police and other agencies to go after the “worst of the worst.” The initiative, called [...]
The test that ate Florida
June 24, 2004
PB Post The FCAT has eaten some of Florida’s schoolchildren. At 159 schools in 30 counties, a suspiciously large number of students disappeared just before the FCAT was administered in February and March. The students unaccountably “transferred” to — who knows where? Florida’s Department of Education is looking into the mass migration because the kids [...]
Yeah, but Ronda never specifically said that the glass was broken, and she can’t help it if that’s the impression that the lying liberal media left you with…
June 23, 2004
MJ Malone questions Ronda “crawled across glass on my elbows” Storms’ veracity: What feels like an urban myth has attached itself to Ronda Storms. She’s been poor. She’s been abused. Oh, baby, she’s even lived in the Salvation Army and out of her car. She’s worked for two bucks an hour. Bloody but unstoppable, she [...]
AP seeks full disclosure of aWol reecords
June 23, 2004
Via corrente There are questions as to whether the file provided to the news media earlier this year is complete, says the lawsuit, adding that these questions could possibly be answered by reviewing a copy of the microfilm of Bush’s personnel file in the Texas archives. The Air National Guard of the United States, a [...]
Tampa crime is “up” – it must be budget time!
June 23, 2004
In March, Tampa Police touted new crime statistics that the department said showed crime falling in Tampa. “I’m very proud,” Tampa police Chief Stephen Hogue said of the overall decrease. “It’s a combination of efforts. It’s the high visibility of police officers, working in conjunction with detectives. It is also a function of the courts [...]
Voting while black
June 22, 2004
Herald.com ”This is a typical South [tactic], denying the right to vote based on race and class,” Jackson said. “You see classical voter disenfranchisement. These schemes to deny or suppress voters are not new schemes.”
More MacManus
June 22, 2004
Rob Lorei of WEDU’s “Tampa Bay Week” responds to the recent BlogWood post on Susan MacManus’ GOP ties: …… And you are right- she has close ties to the GOP. Sometimes we don’t ID a panelist’s political affiliation because they are appearing in their capacity as a journalist or political science professor. We could “out” [...]
Get Up with MorningWood!
June 22, 2004
Get Up with MorningWood, on 70,000 Watt Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org. 4 to 6 am (eastern) every Tuesday! Studio line: 813-239- WMNF WOOD Building Fund Marathon WMNF is raising funds for our new building from Tuesday July 6 to Tuesday July 13. MorningWood Marathon is on the last day, [...]