A lot of catching up to do around here, so I’m just gonna post this super-long link-filled extravaganza, glossing over details, ignoring important points, completely missing many newsworthy events, and adding absolutely nothing of value to the conversation. In other words, pretty much business as usual, but with just one big post. Enjoy. We care. [...]
Florida Politics has lots on privatization, a scheme that Jeb! continues to shove down our throats despite mounting evidence that it is rife with corruption and cronyism and that it results in none of the gains in efficiency which supporters consistently promise.
I’ve scanned a few of the articles regarding Reggie White’s death. Funny, but most of them seem to leave out a few key details of his life. Here’s a highlight from one of his speeches that illustrates what I’m getting at. When you look at the black race, black people are very gifted in what [...]
Steve Gilliard These people thrive on victimization and isolation, as if Americans are being attacked for having faith. Oh, there goes the poor Christian. No, there goes the annoying asshole. These people want to oppress others, not talk about faith and service and compassion.
Florida’s Polk County, just north and east of the immediate Tampa Bay area, seems to be home to a group of Baptist scofflaws who surreptitiously erected a nativity scene on public property despite having had their request to do so specifically denied by the Polk County commission. According to Interstate4Jamming, at least 2 commissioners were [...]
Especially those of you employed by TECO Peoples Gas, my local gas utility, and whose name is Brandi, and whose operator number is 3154. I apologize. I was under the mistaken impression that your job was to field customer complaints, to be the human voice that I, a fellow human, could physically speak to while [...]
A Freeway Blogger has struck BlogWood International Headquarters. This is the second time this year that some unknown persons have taken advantage of the highly visible BlogWood campus. This time, the Executive Residence Building was struck, and a large sign in the memory of a fallen American soldier was placed high up on the balcony [...]
The City of Tampa met with developers yesterday to plot ways to allow the builders to get around rules that require new and improved roads to accompany developments that increase traffic loads. The public was not invited, because as soon as citizens get involved in these kinds of decisions, developers are often forced to do [...]
The Tampa Police Department was out in force yesterday, performing one of their feel-good crime sweeps in Tampa Heights, which just happens to be the location of BlogWood international headquarters, just North of downtown Tampa. A feel-good crime sweep is one in which the police contact the press then enter a depressed neighborhood and arrest [...]
Catch-22 * “‘Catch-22…says you’ve always got to do what your commanding officer tells you to. “‘But Twenty-seventh Air Force says I can go home with forty missions.’ “‘But they don’t say you have to go home. And regulations do say you have to obey every order. That’s the catch. Even if the colonel were disobeying [...]
