Monthly Archives: September 2013
Zest of the Day: American power and prestige diminishing thanks to gun violence
At a time where President Obama’s bumbling diplomacy and incoherent rhetoric on Syria has ceded international leadership to Russia’s dangerous Vladimir Putin, America suffers more blows to its prestige. As someone in frequent touch with those in Europe I cannot overstate the role gun violence, the death penalty and Guantanamo Bay plays in the diminishing […]
Throwback Tuesday: Florida’s Beaches in Peril
In the early 1970s Florida was booming but highly dependent on beach related tourism (this was shortly before the Amusement Parks in the Orlando area carved out a second tourist niche, and long before eco-tourism to the Everglades and other natural areas became Florida’s third tourism niche) and the erosion of beaches became a great […]
Zest of the Day: Crony Capitalist and Sexist Larry Summers is out!
Noted crony capitalist and sexist Lawrence Summers has dropped out of consideration to the next head of the Federal Reserve, quite possibly the most powerful position on the planet. President Obama appeared poised to overlook Summers shortcomings, his failed recording in the Clinton White House and as President of Harvard, blowback from Democratic Senators and […]
Kurly’s Kommentary: The 1st Amendment, Bigotry, and Facebook: A call for more self restraint
“Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.” – Glenn Greenwald Everyone who has a Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account can attest to a very negative aspect of these social media platforms in that some of our “friends” use them to disseminate a relentless […]
Revisiting Syria – Maybe I was wrong?
First off an apology for deviating from the Florida oriented focus of this website. The crisis in Syria, the most serious foreign policy crisis the US has been faced with since 9/11 (Iraq was self created and inflicted so I do not view that in the same realm) has consumed most of my thoughts these […]
Zest of the Day: Alex Sink, woman of Florida political mystery
Very interesting read from Marc Caputo.
The American people must reject Putin’s overtures
Late last night cable news channels were abuzz with Vladimir Putin’s cleverly crafted “Open Letter to the American People.” The letter is patronizing and offensive, seeking to seize upon divisions in this country by a petty dictator who has taken Russia’s western-backed 1990s progression towards true democracy and trashed it. The divisions that Putin seeks to […]
Zest of the Day: Money arrives from Rouson, but Dems still want answers (with commentary)
Rep. Darryl Rouson seems adept at fundraising probably helped by former longtime House Victory fundraiser Jeff Ryan. Ryan was fired last week after FDP Chairwoman Allison Tant rightfully expressed outrage over Rouson’s activities but wrongly overreacted to the matter. Ryan’s firing is a colossal error, but still the outrage of Tant, Rep. Perry Thurston and […]
Is President Obama a “neo-con”?
Editors Note: My former colleague at the Political Hurricane, Dave Trotter submitted this column for my review to publish at TFS about Syria. I have reviewed it chosen to run it as it gives a different perspective then the articles we have previously run here. I invite any and all points of view. So if […]
Special TFS Podcast: Syria and President Obama
Steven Kurlander and Kartik Krishnaiyer break down the Syria speech by President Obama, historical precedents for US actions and the general foreign policy drift of this administration. Kurlander is very critical of the President while Krishnaiyer, a supporter of the President is extremely critical of the incoherent handling of this Syria mess and of Russia […]
The Florida Squeeze 