Tampa

Sit In at Congressman Bill Young's office (R-FL) to extend tax breaks for working class

Submitted by Kombatrock on Mon, 12/17/2012 - 21:34
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Activist throw a pizza party Christmas Carol Sing Along in Congressman Bill Young's office after he refuses to meet with constituents.

RNC A29 FTP & More

Submitted by FluxRostrum on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 11:10
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Spontaneous marches laced Tampa yesterday.  Police Chief Jane Caster explains the logic behind policing the Convention.  Vermin Supreme explains his expectations of the police under his administration.

Open Letter to the Tampa Police Dept. & the RNC

Submitted by staff on Fri, 08/24/2012 - 12:29
 from Presidential Candidate Vermin Supreme

Vemin Supreme

 Not since the days of Gasparilla and Black Caesar has old Missy Tampa Bay had her bloomers in such a bunch Alarmingly, bunched up bloomers can only exacerbate an already sticky situation down there.
 
 On behalf of my constituencies. I would like to turn uip the Southern charm and  address this open letter to you, the charming Tampa Police Department.
 
Also I should like to say hello to the supporting departments, and agencies  from across the country, who will be working with us , together, during this hot and sweaty  National Security Rodeo.
 
I am here today, to address an issue that is critical to the health and safety of all, during the warm, damp days of the southern fried RNC .There is an underreported, often ignored, and rarely discussed health condition that could easily devolve into a rash of  serious injuries... or worse.  Sadly, it may be the very people who are tasked with providing safety and order, that will be most susceptible to this scourge.  Ironically , it could be the very same people that they are being tasked to serve and protect that may be it's ultimate victims.
 
The place where any two parts of the human body rub up against each other can cause painful irritation. The same is true of the body politic.
Skin is the human body's largest organ, just as the thin blue line is fast becoming the largest organ in the body of society.  One place in the body politic where constant friction can occur is where the street meets the feet.   This is where first amendment practitioners , experiencing societal discomfort, attempt to petition their rulers for a redress of grievance.   This is where they will rub up against  the epidermal layer of the security state..  Freedom of movement, assembly and speech can help alleviate some of the powerful irritation caused when the citizenry rub against their rulers.
 
Any moment now, a parade of patriotic and otherwise Americans will descend upon Tampa en masse, to practice the First Amendment of America.
By the busload Patriotic citizens burning for justice, itching for freedom, and chafing against the yolk of oppressiveness will arrive..
 
In South African there is a  proverb that states, " If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong."   However, During this National Security Event Sale all  sides will have plenty of skin in the game.
 
“The Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011.”  aka  H.R. 347 (signed bt Obama, not Putin) makes it a federal crime to disturb events of national  significance—such as a political convention, punishable by ten years.   This law has nothing to do with hedge trimming and everything to do with criminalizing non-violent political speech..  It is a hysterical overaction to free speech  activities. It makes what is at most disorderly conduct a federal case It is the type of vindictive prosecutory zeal that has put activists like Tim Christopher and Pussy Riot in prison.

Paul Ryan Treasure Island Fund Raiser

Submitted by staff on Sun, 08/19/2012 - 01:13
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Paul Ryan held a lovely fund raiser on Treasure Island in St Petersburg Florida.  He had a welcoming committee and a go to hell committee.
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letters from the front

Submitted by howard chelle on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 23:11

it's late, or very early in the morning. i can't sleep. i'm heading to tampa soon as an activist and an independent journalist. for the first time i'm armed with a press pass, and a camera, and my computers. we're to cover the conventions, for this, the great election cycle of 2012. the end of the mayan calendar, the beginning of a whole new world, the zombie apocalypse upon us. the democrats and the republicans have spent a total of 50 million dollars a piece on security for their respective conventions, and the air is brittle with the anticipation of mayhem in the streets. it's gonna be a shit show, folks, with homeland security, militarized police, trapwire, and animosity aplenty, toward anyone who dares to say no to the political machine and the police state that is slowly and silently gnawing with their rotten teeth on the tongue of our free speech.