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We are now accepting nominations for the 2008 Netroots Awards, sponsored by the Florida Democratic Party Netroots Coalition. The purpose of our second annual awards is to recognize the best and brightest of the progressive/liberal/Democratic Netroots and blogs. Between now and Sunday, May 25, please nominate your favorites in the categories below. You can nominate one person in one category or multiple people in every category, that's up to you. In the end, we will narrow the lists down to the top people in each category and offer a final voting period to determine the winners. The final winners will be announced at the Netroots Conference at the Florida Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Weekend in Hollywood on June 14 (and then announced online). Before voting, please observe the following rules:   Read More »
Okay, for those that don't know, this year's Netroots Conference will be held on June 14 in conjunction with the Florida Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson weekend in Hollywood. For those who are interested, particularly if you might be attending, we have five different proposed presentations/training sessions and we will be able to offer two of them. We'd like for you to vote on TWO of the following and those that get the most votes before next Sunday, May 25, will be the ones we offer (provided we can secure knowledgeable presenters). Thanks:

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(Note, if you participated in the nomination phase of this process, you should vote again...)

You can post your responses in comments or e-mail me at quinnelk@hotmail.com
If you remember, a while back a Pastor Hayes Wicker of Naples had this to say about gay marriage:
This is a tremendous social crisis, greater even than the issue of slavery.

Not surprisingly, a lot of people, such as myself had some problems with that statement.

Wicker, for some reason, took umbrage at the outrage against his hate speech. Here's what he said in a letter to the editor:

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This is our regular feature where every day I do a quick post with the top posts/stories that I think people should read from the previous day.   Read More »
Wasting no time, Michael Calderin, candidate for state house district 119 has responded to our challenge to come out against Amendment 2:
No on 2.

It's a waste of the state's time and resources, both banning gay marriage -- which isn't legal in Florida anyway -- and eliminating the rights of straight Floridians, including many seniors who live with an unmarried partner.

Whether you're for or against gay marriage doesn't even matter. It's already not allowed. Whether this amendment becomes part of Florida's Constitution or not won't change that.

What it will do is create more bureaucracy, interfere with people's lives, and invite expensive lawsuits.

Creating laws should be about priorities. How would *you* prioritize something that's redundant, intrusive, and expensive?

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Our daily radio show begins today at 4:30. Today’s show is a the Countdown, where we recap the Top 5 political stories of the past week. We’ll talk about wizardry, secession, the Michigan court ruling that informs our own Hate Amendment, economic chickens coming home to roost and race and law enforcement.

Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fpc to listen to the show. If you are interested, you can call in at (646) 716-7543. This is not a toll free call, so make sure you check your calling plan.

If you miss the show today, it will be archived on the web site and you can listen to it later as streaming audio or download it as an mp3. I hope you enjoy…
I think I'm missing something. What recently changed in the Democratic primary contest? All that happened Tuesday was a continuation of what was already happening. What we'd been seeing was that states that favored Obama voted for him big and states that Clinton once had big leads in were starting to change their minds and she was losing ground in them, even if she hung on to win. That's what happened in North Carolina and Indiana. But now we get this:   Read More »
A round-up of the latest action alerts from Florida and around the country.   Read More »
This is our regular feature where every day I do a quick post with the top posts/stories that I think people should read from the previous day.   Read More »
As I mentioned earlier, the Monday, Wednesday and Friday challenges for the near future will be related to the Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, http://www.responsibleplan.com/. What I'll do each of these days is highlight two members of our group of Congressional challengers. One is for you to contact and convince to endorse the Plan. The other is someone who has already endorsed the plan, for you to reward because they did the right thing.   Read More »
Our daily radio show -- The Movement -- starts at a 4:30. Today's guest will be Thomas Bates of Democrats Work.

Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fpc to listen to the show. If you are interested, you can call in at (646) 716-7543. This is not a toll free call, so make sure you check your calling plan.

If you call in for any reason, make sure to turn down your radio so we don’t get feedback or an echo effect.

If you miss the show today, it will be archived on the web site and you can listen to it later as streaming audio or download it as an mp3. I hope you enjoy...

Cross-posted from The Hate Amendment.

As I mentioned on the radio show the other day, one of the things we're going to do is make sure that every prominent public official in Florida is on record as to where they stand in terms of the Hate Amendment, the latest proposal to ban gay marriage in Florida. Our job now is to find out where everyone stands on Amendment 2, including:

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This is our regular feature where every day I do a quick post with the top posts/stories that I think people should read from the previous day.   Read More »