Monthly Archives: December 2014
Thursday Bookshelf: Democrats in the South and Midwest
A review of A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat and What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Two books, two perspectives on the decline of Democrats in the South and Midwest from a decade ago. I bought both these books in the summer of 2004 while embroiled in […]
School “choice” supporters playing in Special Election Democratic primary
School “choice” supporters this week dumped a hard-hitting negative mail piece against Rep. Reggie Fullwood. The Jacksonville-based State Rep. is locked in a battle for reelection against a more conservative Democrat who is being backed by school voucher groups and covertly by the remaining elements of the small dissident faction in the House Democratic Caucus. […]
Is Marco Rubio a hypocritical coward?
Senator Marco Rubio’s ideological dogma obviously is too much for him to grasp the significance of the erosion of American moral authority thanks to yesterday’s release of a Senate report on torture. Rubio’s galling tweet below echoed the statements of the more extreme elements of the GOP, while not appreciating America’s reputation in the world […]
Air Canada expanding Florida services – Potential boost for tourism
Tourism and snowbirds from Canada are a big part of Florida’s economy. In recent years we’ve seen Canadian discount carrier WestJet set up a virtual focus city in Orlando while flying many point-to-point routes from Fort Lauderdale to secondary Canadian cities during the winter. WestJet also serves Miami, Tampa and Fort Myers with less […]
Tuesday Poll: Special Elections
Last week qualifying closed for multiple legislative Special Elections. The Democrats have placed only token opposition in some of the races while no opposition in others. It must be openly stated however for those wanting to beat up on the party that all four seats (3 House and 1 Senate) where Special Elections will take […]
Climate Change already being seen at Kennedy Space Center
Unfortunately at an environmentally sensitive place like Cape Canaveral this was just a matter of time. The below video from the University of Florida Geology Department lays out the grim news for all to see. Among the findings were: Dunes that historically protected Kennedy Space Center from high seas even during the worst storms were […]
Monday Musings: The New Republic in crisis, LEAD task force, Legislative Special Elections, New DOC chief raises question marks,
Washington was rocked this past week by news that The New Republic, long considered one of the bibles of the left (though at times TNR has drifted to the right but that is a conversation for another day) decided to opted to change directions. This was followed by the resignations of several notable editors and […]
Florida Democrats Rising Stars – Darden Rice
Editor’s Note- Today we begin a series on young Democratic elected officials throughout Florida who are impacting the policy debate in this state and have a long-term future potential. At this time with the Democrats at a low ebb having lost 17 of the last 18 races for statewide office, we are committed to […]
Flashback Friday: Siege of Pensacola lifted
We had previously discussed that in 1707 the first English/Creek Indian siege of Pensacola was lifted and the Spanish remained in control of West Florida. This was part of the hostilities associated with Queen Anne’s War. We discussed the siege of St Augustine in April 2013 when the British came dangerously close to taking East Florida. […]
The Florida Squeeze 