Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Apalachee Massacre: The English invasion of Florida
On this day in 1704, the English invaded Florida. The Carolina-based English colonists and their native American allies invaded Spanish-held Florida. Former Carolina Governor James Moore led the invasion on behalf of the English colonists. They were resisted by the Apalachee Indians who resided in the Big Bend region and were allies of the Spanish […]
Marco Rubio: Cowardly showhorse
Marco Rubio is a charlatan. He’s the worst kind of deceitful devious politician. Some politicians don’t have any sort of belief system or ideology. That’s not a positive thing obviously, but what is worse is a politician that will or do anything to get elected or to get public praise or attention, but has at […]
Open thread: President Trump and the TPP
President Trump today unilaterally pulled the United States out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). This unilateral action and the potential of Trump invoking a Brexit-like article to abrogate NAFTA have spread fear this afternoon among many. How do our readers feel about Trump’s actions? Given the Democrats conflicted views about Free Trade, this seems […]
The George W. Bush playbook and media lapdogs conspiring to enable Trump
Donald J. Trump has become President of the United States, an event that has reduced the United States to being an object of ridicule the world over. Trump’s less endearing behavior includes berating political opponents and those whom he characterizes as disloyal Americans. At the top of Trump’s list is the media. Trump’s war against […]
Florida exit polls – Progressiveness at a crossroads and the failure of identity politics
As the world watches the peaceful transition of power in the United States with a certain degree of anxiety and awe progressives look to regroup. Today seems a perfect day to look at the exit polling data from November 8 and try and comprehend how Hillary Clinton lost the Presidency here in Florida. Progressives are […]
Florida Democrats and the catholic vote
Lost in much of the analysis in the breakdown of the Democrats fall outside of urban areas in the state is the collapse of the party’s competitiveness among catholic voters- particularly non-Hispanic catholic voters over the past eight years. Per exit polling data Democrats have gone from Barack Obama winning the overall catholic vote statewide […]
Stephen Bittel, David Brock and the continued Clintonian third way control of the party
This past Saturday, Florida Democrats elected Stephen Bittel as the new party Chairman by a wide margin. Bittel’s first major event in his honeymoon period appears to be meeting with billionaire donors and Clintonian propagandists. Bittel as FDP Chair has taken office in time for this coming weekend’s billionaire retreat hosted by David Brock, the former right-wing […]
MLS returning to St Petersburg this February
The second annual Rowdies Suncoast Invitational is set to return to the sunshine of St. Petersburg this February, with five Major League Soccer clubs set to compete alongside the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Al Lang Stadium will host five total matches in the tournament with a doubleheader on Saturday, February 18 and a tripleheader on Saturday, […]
Analysis: Is Southwest too little, too late to the international party from Fort Lauderdale?
A three-way battle for international traffic is brewing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) . The one time sleepy FLL has long had a congestion problem as it emerged from a sleepy backwater spoke airport in 1990’s to a major air traffic hub that is among the 50 busiest airports in the world in the 2010’s […]
The pros and cons of a southeast Florida dominated Democratic Party
Stephen Bittel’s victory as Florida Democratic Party (FDP) Chair and the subsequent election of several southeast Floridians to fill Florida’s DNC slots is from my vantage point an overall negative for regional considerations. But in the interest of fairness we will look at both the pros and cons of a more southeast Florida-centric party leadership. […]
The Florida Squeeze 