Doing a little mindless mental doodling, I realized how tired I am of seeing the glass half-empty. It seems that every moment of my day is spent dodging news that gets more pathetic moment to moment.
Can I tell you how pissed I am?
Hurricane Andrew took the best years of my daughter’s young lives…the years […]

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There is a new Obama group in the Grove called “Organizers for Change.” Their office is at 3674 Grand Avenue, at the corner of Douglas Road in Village West, open weekdays from about 10:30 am to 8 pm. Obama signs and bumper stickers are for sale here. The group is also trying to get an […]

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ST. PETERSBURG – An ammonia leak at a seafood business Saturday night prompted emergency officials to close down streets and businesses and ask nearby residents to stay in their homes.
No injuries were reported and the leak was clamped after about two hours.
The leak occurred about 8:10 p.m. at Key West Fresh and Frozen […]

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### Iraq War Cost

The Gross National Debt

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I am trying to ignore it but despair runs rampant today. (Hit to enlarge image - Dow hour by hour).

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I’m not going to write about the financial markets: I don’t know what more there is to say, that hasn’t been written on this blog about the political origins in Florida of the credit crisis. It was here that the gears and ratios of a Growth Machine worked to cement a political orthodoxy that is […]

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