http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/florida/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:14:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286734/posts Dear Mrs. Bbbbbb, Thank you for contacting me regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to take this opportunity to respond to your concerns. On May 15, 2009, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) introduced the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454). This bill would create an absolute cap on total emissions from all covered entities including the electric power, transportation, oil and gas industry, and other commercial sectors with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases. This cap would be lowered over time through 2050, and a government-created market... Office of Senator Mel Martinez http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286734/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286174/posts South Florida Tea Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286174/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:13:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285718/posts "From ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good Lord deliver us." (Old Cornish prayer.) They couldn't have meant these critters, they are good natured to a fault. SWAMPSNIPERPRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285718/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:55:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285036/posts Nobama is all over the news. There is no where to hide from his picture, his voice, his marxism. But who is speaking for us? Oh, sure, plenty of us here on FR, on BTR and on terrestrial talk radio. But of those running for office, who speaks for us? I can't say he speaks for you, but he definitely speaks for me, and to me. Lt. Col. Allen West is one of today’s most admired veterans, leaders and speakers. His speech is a direct reflection of his philosophy, leaving no one in question as to where he stands. Excerpts... Allen West Speaks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285036/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:54:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284749/posts TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Charlie Crist must fill a Central Florida appeals court opening from the original list of six nominees and can't reject the names because he wanted a more diverse slate of candidates. The governor had demanded more racial diversity last December when he rejected a list of six white lawyers to fill a vacancy on the Fifth District Court of Appeal based in Daytona Beach. The vacancy was created by the December retirement of Judge Robert Pleus of Windermere. Sun Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284749/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284518/posts I got to the pond just as the marsh birds started coming in to drink and bathe. When the tide is high they can't feed efficiently, so they take a break. Roseate Spoonbills and a Great Egret. I got a lot of shots, it will take time to process them all. SELF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284518/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284106/posts A distraught caller trying to save the life of a 2-year-old Florida girl strangled by a pet python screams "The baby's dead!" in chilling 911 tapes released in the toddler's death.Shaiunna Hare died early Wednesday morning after being attacked in her crib by the snake, which escaped from its aquarium, police said. "The baby's dead!" a sobbing caller from the house screamed to a 911 dispatcher. "Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the baby." Authorities did not identify the caller and removed the person's name from the recording. "She got out of the... FOX News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284106/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283409/posts OXFORD, Fla. -- A two-year-old girl was strangled by a python at her family's home in Oxford. It is unknown whether the snake was a pet and how the child came in contact with the animal. Pythons can kill by wrapping themselves around a human. Whit Gibbons, a professor of ecology at the University of Georgia, told the Associated Press that "A human is just another prey item to a python -- especially a small human. "A 20-foot python, if it grabbed one of us, would bite us and then within just, instantly, seconds, it would be wrapped all the... BayNews9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283409/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:45:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282635/posts The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group, is considering running ads in the Republican Party's Senate primary race against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for supporting higher state taxes and President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus spending package. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282635/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:38:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282220/posts The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group, is considering running ads in the Republican Party's Senate primary race against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for supporting higher state taxes and President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus spending package. Mr. Crist's opponent for the Republican Party's nomination next year is former state Speaker of the House Marco Rubio, a young conservative running on cutting government spending and taxes who recently met here with the Club for Growth, which has a strong reputation for defeating liberal and moderate Republicans in party primaries with its aggressive ad campaigns. "We recently interviewed Marco Rubio... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282220/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282029/posts A new Mason-Dixon poll in Florida shows that Gov. Charlie Crist (R) continues to lead former House Speaker Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate race. But Rubio is gaining in the polls as he becomes more familiar to state voters. Republican Primary Election MatchupCrist 51 (-2 from May)Rubio 23 (+5)Undecided 26 (-3) In the May survey, 56 percent of Republican voters did not recognize Rubio. That number is down to 48 percent in the past month. Among voters who recognize both candidates, the race is much closer: Crist leads with 33 percent, with Rubio at 31 percent and 36 percent... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282029/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281577/posts Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running for the U.S. Senate next year, and we wonder if one reason is that he doesn't want to be in Tallahassee when the next hurricane hits his state. His veto of a hurricane insurance reform bill last week all but guarantees a state disaster on top of any wrought by Mother Nature. The bill would have trimmed the cost of a state-run enterprise that insures homeowners against storm damage. The program has an $18 billion unfunded liability and has taxpayers on the line for tens of billions in property losses from the next major... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281577/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:20:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280543/posts Amison v. State, 5 So.3d 798 (Fla.App. 2 Dist. 2009) a case from Dade City, Appellate case number 2D07-5928 was reversed because they most likely did some things right. [1] The lawyer, a public defender, filed a pre-trial motion to suppress evidence or a request to block evidence of the search. Because the judge denied the motion, [2] Amison plead no contest most likely because of the overwhelming evidence against him, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion. What happens when a motion to suppress, or a motion in liminie, is requested after the jury is sworn,... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280543/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:01:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280472/posts Next to the road SWAMPSNIPERPRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280472/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:47:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279839/posts West Palm Beach police are rewarding residents for turning in people with guns: Under a new program announced this morning, anyone who spots people packing heat in West Palm Beach can call Palm Beach County Crime Stoppers anonymously and could receive a $500 reward. I've been over this ground before. Lt. David Bernhardt's hopes that "this will help to alleviate the violent crime" notwithstanding (it won't), it has the potential to result in unintended consequences. Like what? How about this, speculating on a similar program in New York: If I'm a drug dealer and I want to eliminate the competition,... gun rights examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279839/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:35:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280024/posts Invest 93 See Infrared Loop Here: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huirloop.html Statement as of 8:00 am EDT on June 26, 2009 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...A tropical wave over the western Caribbean Sea continues to produceshowers and thunderstorms from Cuba and the Cayman Islands southwestward to Honduras. Conditions appear marginally favorablefor some slow development of this system before it reaches theYucatan Peninsula late tonight or early Saturday. There is a lowchance...less than 30 percent...of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. Locally heavy rain will continueover portions of Cuba and the Cayman Islands today... NOAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280024/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278755/posts Pretty day, the Skeeters aren't as bad as they have been. The young Little Blue Heron is getting bluer by the day. The Great Blue kept dozing off, only came up out of the Mangroves for a drink. The Cannas is right by the road, I shot this out the car window. SWAMPSNIPERPRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278755/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:37:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278557/posts Sales have been hurt by the spread of indoor smoking bans, which have forced people to go outside to smoke. Tampa will lose part of its cigar heritage in August when Hav-A-Tampa shuts its factory near Seffner and lays off about 495 employees, closing a factory that has been operating since 1902. The company announced the closing today. Many employees there make Hav-A-Tampa's iconic Jewels, inexpensive machine-made cigars known for their birchwood tips. Some workers have labored there for two decades or longer, including one who's been there for 50 years, said Richard McKenzie, a senior vice president of human... Tampa Bay Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278557/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278528/posts Gainseville, Fla.,---- Burmese pythons are multiplying rapidly in the Everglades and moving north in Florida, a University of Florida researcher says. Frank Mazzoti said the pythons can live anywhere alligators can, which would include all of Florida and swamp areas in Georgia and Louisiana, Science Daily reported. "People might argue the ultimate boundaries, but there's no part of this state that you can point at and say that pythons couldn't live here," he said. "We really need to be addressing the spread of these pythons. They're capable of surviving anywhere in Florida, they're capable of incredible movement -- and in... palatkadailynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278528/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278354/posts LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- A couple fought back against two bold intruders in their Lee County Home. The homeowner and his fiancee, a retired coast guard officer and a former maximum security prison guard, said they woke up in their home early Monday morning to find a gun pointed in their faces. The couple took action and fought back against the two intruders. The homeowner even managed to get the crook's gun. "At that point I was going to take his life and he begged for his life, ''I don't want to die, I don't want to die, please don't... WFTV-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278354/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278333/posts TAMPA - Tampa will lose part of its cigar heritage in August when Hav-A-Tampa shuts its factory near Seffner and lays off about 495 employees, closing a factory that has been operating since 1902. The company announced the closing today. Many employees there make Hav-A-Tampa's iconic Jewels, inexpensive machine-made cigars known for their birchwood tips. Some workers have labored there for two decades or longer, including one who's been there for 50 years, said Richard McKenzie, a senior vice president of human resources for Altadis USA, which owns Hav-A-Tampa. Altadis tried to keep the plant open by closing it for... TBO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278333/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277257/posts Court to tackle clarity of Miranda warnings againBy Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 22, 5:36 pm ET WASHINGTON – "You have the right to remain silent." Most people only hear those words while watching cop shows on TV. They usually zone out for the rest of the now familiar Miranda warning to people under arrest. But in the real world, the Supreme Court is still listening to the words that follow. It agreed Monday to hear another case over just how explicit that phrasing must be. In its landmark 1966 Miranda v. Arizona ruling, the high court... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277257/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:08:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2260773/posts DAVIE, Fla. — When the sharp pain shooting through Lisa Strong's back got worse, she thought it was another kidney stone and expected the discomfort to pass. This time was different. Through a series of mistakes, miscommunications and misdiagnoses, she wound up having her arms and legs amputated. She sued the doctors, who essentially blamed one another for what everyone involved agrees were profound errors. Everyone except the jury that ruled against Strong. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2260773/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 19:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276675/posts If you live here in Central Florida, I’m sure you’ve seen this plant growing in a friend or neighbor’s yard. Papaya needs very little to grow well here, it thrives in warm weather with plenty of rainfall -- pretty much the exact description of Central Florida most of the time. If you want to try growing some yourself be sure to provide support for the plant as the fruit grows from the stem of the “tree”. The papaya plant in the above picture was planted next to a large porch where it could be tied to help keep it from... examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276675/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:34:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276309/posts SEMINOLE — Police nabbed a suspected bank robber after two different witnesses reported seeing him drunk and covered in red dye Thursday. Pinellas County sheriff's detectives say Michael Prance, 53 and homeless, robbed RBC Bank at 11201 Park Boulevard in Seminole that day and got away. Around 6 p.m. that day, a resident at the Caribbean Mobile Home Park in Seminole called police complaining of an intoxicated person at the pool. Witnesses told police he was stumbling around the pool with a bottle of wine and red dye on his clothes. After residents confronted him, he left. Then, deputies got... TampaBay.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276309/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:37:28 GMT