tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216329232024-03-08T06:33:43.621-05:00SemDem<i>Not affiliated with the <a href="http://semdems.com/">Seminole Democratic Party of Florida</a></i>The Seminole Democrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11719929621215082062noreply@blogger.comBlogger858125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-14191249554918452602015-12-02T21:50:00.000-05:002015-12-02T21:59:04.943-05:00End of the Road: The Seminole Democrat Closes Shop
The Seminole Democrat has been in existence since June 2006. It started as the official blog for the Seminole County Democratic Party, but broke off to be independent a year later.
We have had several very talented writers throughout the years. (Special shoutout to IndieThinker). We've made a lot of people really mad, which is a good thing. We brought attention to issues no one seemed to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-61104030716678840262015-12-02T21:31:00.000-05:002015-12-02T21:31:06.989-05:00Final Winner: My Stupid State 2015
You. You live here. You make this state whatever the heck you want it to be. The threat isn't rightwing--it never was. It was always apathy. The NRA is a paper tiger. The politicians are only as good as those who put them there. Take up the torch and go.
Godspeed.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-84265328430146017222015-11-22T21:48:00.000-05:002015-11-22T21:48:09.511-05:00My Stupid State Series to End December 2015The My Stupid State series has been a fixture since early 2011. It documented the tom-foolery of the Tea Party Tallahassee takeover in 2010. (Boom!) It has been wildly successful as far as readership goes, but unsuccessful in stemming the crazy. After all, Rick Scott still won re-election last year. By the way, it's not that Rick Scott has gotten any better, but I haven't been as prolific Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-78004650727038301262015-11-22T20:17:00.001-05:002015-11-22T20:17:47.234-05:00Really Rick Scott? Secret Contract Payoff to Rap-Star Pitbull with Taxpayer Money
Rick Scott is a huge Pitbull fan. Or at least he says he is. (He's not known for being too friendly with Hispanics, but we’ll take him at his word on this.)
Since early this year, Rick Scott and the FL GOP have showered Pitbull with gifts, presented him a key to the city of Miami, declared Martin Luther King day this year to be "Armando Perez Day" (his given name), and Rick Scott declared Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-66307463797336817262015-11-05T12:26:00.002-05:002015-11-14T02:52:30.388-05:00Don't be Dyslexic in FloridaFlorida's Personal Learning Scholarships Accounts (PLSA) Program is administered by state-approved nonprofit Scholarship Funding Organizations that are supposed to help meet the individual educational needs of an eligible child.
Just last week, after many years of lobbying, an activist group finally got our state legislature to recognize dyslexia as learning disability. Unfortunately, this new Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262141982877240939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-39428811571901271112015-10-26T17:41:00.001-05:002015-10-26T17:49:55.723-05:00Trump on rising barbarity at his rallies: "I'll be a little more violent..." Crossposted under SemDem on DKos
To hear Trump tell it, he has simply run out of patience. He's been super nice to the first groups of protestors at these rallies, but no more. It's time to endorse a little violence:
"See the first group, I was nice. Oh, take your time," he said. "The second group, I was pretty nice. The third group, I'll be a little more violent. And the fourth group, I'll Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-81492212621086982852015-10-17T11:04:00.000-05:002015-10-20T19:02:19.598-05:00Florida GOP's New Stand Your Ground Expansion: Trayvon's Killer Would Get Paid $200,000
Crossposted under SemDem on DailyKos
As always, I have to begin my posts by pointing out that this is NOT a snark.
In the Gunshine state, the NRA doesn't just get laws passed, they write the laws. At a time when the nation despairs over weekly gun massacres, our f*&*ing legislature is currently on track to force our colleges to allow assault-rifle toting gun nuts to roam the campus. (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-72181881488747234472015-10-15T20:50:00.002-05:002015-10-15T20:50:32.410-05:00Debate Musings: Winners and LosersBig winner: America. You clearly learned that you have a functioning, NOT INSANE party that is working for you.
Winners: Hillary and Bernie.
I have to give the edge to Hillary. Bernie did great and did nothing to stop his momentum, but Clinton actually managed to REVERSE her momentum. If she came across stale, unprepped or entitled, Bernie could have built on his mojo to, dare I say, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-19151296972626555552015-10-09T07:46:00.001-05:002015-10-09T20:01:39.866-05:00Jeb-Appointed Fl Judge (my own Seminole Co) Makes National News for being a Monster
It's never a good thing when you see the Seminole County courthouse on the frontpage of anything.
The last time you saw it featured so prominently was because of the Trayvoyn Martin trial, (which allowed a homicidal racist to go free to kill again).
Today, on the front page of MSN, I see it once again. This time it is because of one of our judges. Seminole County Judge Jerri Collins "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-80272864725777574612015-10-04T21:11:00.000-05:002015-10-20T19:00:15.547-05:00What's Wrong With America Shown in One TweetCrossposted on DailyKos
She owns an Oregon gun shop very close to UCC. This is right after the tragedy...
She was downright giddy at the prospect at the surge in business that no doubt came her way. I promise she wasn't the only one.
Because the first thought of too many people in this country after a massacre isn't "Oh My God, That is Horrible!"
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It's "Oh My God, I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-26748447537519619862015-09-11T23:37:00.000-05:002015-09-11T23:37:00.749-05:00Rick Scott Goes Full O'Keefe: Practices Selective Editing
Rick Scott has shown repeatedly that he has no problems wasting taxpayer money. After all, he spent over a million just in legal fees alone defending illegal voter purges, cutting pensions and state worker pay, drug-testing, etc. So it is no surprise he was willing to spend at least that amount in a fishing expedition to smear Planned Parenthood. He ordered teams of investigators into their Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-67276449918349830702015-09-05T14:14:00.001-05:002015-09-05T14:22:10.818-05:00Rick Scott's "Lexus Lane" Agenda Will Kill This State Unless You ActI have been asked to help in the fight against Rick Scott's/GOP's Lexus Lane agenda in Tampa. A non-profit group named the Sunshine Citizens has formed from a coalition of neighborhood associations, small businesses and concerned citizens, and the Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association.
WE have already lost this battle here in Orlando with the monstrosity that began last April. Lexus lanes The Seminole Democrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11719929621215082062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-58089962436719498982015-08-29T16:10:00.000-05:002015-08-29T16:10:05.200-05:00RW Media Outraged: FL Town Votes To Rename Racist Road "Pres. Obama Highway"
Riviera Beach, Florida is a beautiful town on the ocean that has a major road cutting through it. Historically, blacks lived on one side and whites on the other, although the town has a majority black population. The road was named "OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY" back when segregation was the norm.
Naturally, this has offended most of the residents for years, but this year something has finally been Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-25238788309953437472015-08-29T16:02:00.001-05:002015-08-29T16:02:32.075-05:00On Rightwing Christians: Have you noticed something odd about this Ashley Madison scandal?
Since the Ashley Madison scandal broke, I have noticed a distinct lack of condemnation from you rightwing christians.
Where are all the youtube hate videos against the subscribers practicing adultery?
Where are the droves of protestors picketing AshleyMadison.com like Planned Parenthood?
It's pretty clear where Jesus stands with cheating on your spouse. In case you missed the Commandment ofAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-73994459442622153982015-08-15T19:50:00.002-05:002015-08-15T19:50:41.407-05:00There was that time JEB! forced single mothers to post their sexual history in the newspaper...
This man cannot be president.
I am not exaggerating what happened here.
If a mother was going to give up her child for adoption, the conservative legislature--supported and signed by one Jeb Bush-- she was required to PUBLISH HER ENTIRE SEXUAL HISTORY in a major newspaper.
The idea behind it was... actually, I don't know what the hell the idea was except to publically shame the woman. (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-18062902324092881112015-08-08T13:37:00.003-05:002015-08-08T13:37:57.482-05:00Trump: Megyn "Bimbo" and Has "Blood Coming Out of Somewhere Else"
First off, I wholeheartedly agree with "the Donald" that the clown show known as "Fox News" has an agenda for picking the winner of the GOP primary. It was obvious when they divided up the participants for a "prime-time" and "loser" debate, instead of holding two prime-time debates. It was more obvious the way the moderators threw pre-arranged softball questions for people they liked, like Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-69766828321205651442015-08-01T20:33:00.000-05:002015-08-01T20:39:14.784-05:00Archie Bunker Was Satire. Today, He'd Lead the GOP Primary.I used to laugh heartily at Archie Bunker of All in the Family. His character was satire of an unintelligent bigot.
Archie Bunker was low class, arrogant, dumb and intolerant of other people. He was simply ridiculous. We all laughed at the stupid things he said and believed.
Who knew that 40 years later the GOP would devolve into satire. Who knew that someone like Archie Bunker could win anAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-44425096027655912872015-07-22T19:56:00.002-05:002015-07-22T19:56:49.517-05:00Receive Food Donations?? Get EVICTION!!Florida slum lord Tonia Sonju runs the Carlyn Estates Mobile Home Park in the city of Palmetto. She is a very wealthy investor who bought the park last year for $5.2 million,(funded partially through a rich person tax-deferment deal), so it is safe to say this lady will never go hungry.
Can't say the same for some of the residents in her slum park.
Apparently, the former Homeowner's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-27587159284344364262015-07-19T12:17:00.002-05:002015-07-19T12:20:34.770-05:00The moment Bernie Sanders lost his chance During the conference that "shall not be named" this year, rising star Bernie Sanders was given a golden opportunity. He blew it.
The protesters stormed the convention hall shouting "black lives matter!" This was an opportunity for him to address a critical issue at a critical moment. Instead, he treated them as hecklers. An annoyance.
Sanders delivered his standard stump speech and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262141982877240939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-54176870057170039922015-07-17T11:16:00.002-05:002015-07-17T11:16:57.480-05:00Rick Scott "Not Offended" by Trump's Racism
One of the things Rick Scott is well known for in Florida is dodging questions. Somewhere early on in his first campaign apparently someone told him that he was so bad at talking that he needs to ignore questions he doesn't want to answer by repeating the same talking point over and over and over.
He has taken that advice to the extreme.
But this should have been an easy question.
He wasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-44981430632489592772015-07-03T14:47:00.004-05:002015-07-03T14:47:41.233-05:00JEB! calls for "honest discussion" on Mexicans being rapists and killers
At the very least, I thought, the inevitable John Ellis Bush (JEB) entry into the race would be an opportunity for the extreme racism that is rampant in the GOP to be tampered down a bit because of his wife and kids.
However, I was not counting on JEB being such a f*&*ing coward:
CNN:
Hispanic leaders say Republican Party must condemn Trump
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said simply that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-57198419477214527412015-06-26T22:39:00.004-05:002015-06-27T12:05:47.573-05:00Never Been More Proud To Be A DemocratJune 21-27: worst. week. ever (for conservatives)
1. ACA is the law of the land. Bitter irony for conservatives who hate poor people having insurance: you spent all that time, money and effort to defeat something that you have made untouchable by giving it TWO high court victories!
2. End of Sarah Palin and her idiot daughter. Sarah was FIRED from Fox we learned this week. Her Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-77285952489381627722015-06-23T10:43:00.001-05:002015-06-23T18:21:41.943-05:00Tide Turns: Even South Carolina and Mississippi Face Confederate Toxin! Yet Here in Florida....
Mitt Romney might be a complete bastard, but he was the first major right-winger to call for the flag of our defeated enemy, the flag of white supremacy, to come down from SC's state capitol. The teabag governor of SC followed. Sensing a tide turning, other conservative politicians quickly followed. Even the Speaker of the damn Mississippi state house has called for the confederate flag to be Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862599578771871981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-17104607155601771112015-06-19T22:02:00.001-05:002015-06-19T22:02:15.560-05:00GOP Lawmakers FINALLY Tackle Top Issue: Tax Cut for Those Who Spend Over $1 Million on Yacht Repairs
Floridians can't get healthcare and face an education budget crisis, but our teabag legislators tackled the top issue facing Florida.
Now, those oppressed yacht owners can finally have their sales tax capped at $60,000 if they spend more than one million on repairs.
You read that right. One million on JUST REPAIRS!! Only a handful of Florida boat owners (like the Kochs) can even take The Seminole Democrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11719929621215082062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21632923.post-82994090878451585862015-06-19T20:17:00.001-05:002015-06-19T20:17:17.630-05:00Charleston: Everything Wrong in One Photo
That's terrible... but what a deal!
Many people who live in Charleston, SC learned about the deadly gun massacre that killed nine people in their hometown from their morning paper---alongside an ad for dirt cheap guns, gun gear, and 50 rounds of ammo.
Anyone else seeing a problem here?
This isn't an anomaly. The Florida Times-Union led the story of a recent school bus shooting accompanied The Seminole Democrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11719929621215082062noreply@blogger.com0