The Trib’s William March has a short overview of some of the questions about the vote totals that are floating around. Along the way, he makes the same point that I and many others have made, namely that a vote for Bush in Florida’s “Democratic” northern counties is not an unexpected result. There are many [...]
Archive for November, 2004
Planting seeds
November 10, 2004
The Village Voice Against the odds, the trauma of this devastating defeat appears to be convincing young people anew of the importance of working politically within their own communities, on their own terms. Unlike the Democratic Party, which is now clutching at straws labeled “morality” and “pander more to the South,” and unlike the old [...]
Sorry: my God doesn’t like your meds
November 10, 2004
Early this year, the Florida Legislature briefly granted pharmacists in this state the right to refuse to dispense life saving medication to anyone whom the pharmacist decided could afford to make a co-payment. Essentially, the state was granting people like the owners of David’s Pharmacy the power to completely fuck up ordinary people’s lives. Here’s [...]
Learn and regroup
November 10, 2004
Look, the theft in 2000 was blatant and well documented and swept completely under the rug. This time, they were much more professional and organized, and trying to track down the many ways in which they disenfranchised folks or manipulated vote totals will take some time. Do I think they stole the election? Yeah, probably. [...]
“I’m gonna cut you a break this time and just confiscate your drugs…”
November 9, 2004
Arrested officer on drug unit James Vincent Dausch, an off-duty Tampa police officer who was charged with possessing cocaine at a Channelside nightclub Saturday, worked on the department’s antidrug squad, authorities said Monday. According to Tampa police spokesman Joe Durkin, Dausch has been with the department for nine years, most recently with the Quick Uniformed [...]
St. Pete Hacks
November 9, 2004
Stenography from this morning’s SP Times: Thirteen years ago, Dr. Manuel Alvarado chose Leesburg as the place he would deliver babies. He liked its quiet streets and small-town charm. He was one of 10 obstetricians in the area. Now there are just five. The departed include Alvarado’s recent partner, who left because he couldn’t afford [...]
Get Up with MorningWood
November 9, 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 Blogging on the radio My computer is sulking, and I am running very late this morning because of it. Today on MorningWood: Democracy, America, Christians, and [...]
Fuzzy math
November 6, 2004
It seems that, according to the Florida Department of State, there were 150,000 more votes cast for president than actual voters. (To simplify, let’s say you have 10 people who voted and the final totals showed 5 votes for Candidate K and 9 votes for Candidate B – that’s 4 votes more than could have [...]
House Dems seek voting inquiry
November 5, 2004
Wired Three congressmen sent a letter to the General Accounting Office on Friday requesting an investigation into irregularities with voting machines used in Tuesday’s elections. The congressmen, Democratic members of the House of Representatives from Florida, New York and Michigan, cited a number of incidents that came to light in the days after the election. [...]