6 of the need 7 tickets have been purchased to bring 7 local servicemen home for the holidays. About 2 grand is still needed.
WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! So far, we have raised money to bring six of the now 7 soldiers home. We have purchased tickets for five of our guys and are waiting on sky miles (which doesn’t seem to be working out very well because of Delta Airlines - that's another whole story in and of itself). If we can’t get Delta to jump on board by tomorrow, we will be... Read Full Story
Maybe we missed it in our agonizing perusing of the areas prominent local newspaper, the Tallahassee Democrat. Then again, maybe we should rethink the the term prominent. Whatever, if there was any disappointment regarding the canceling of the Veterans day parade due to a chance of rain, we did not find it in the democrat.
We did find it on Local TV news station WCTV. Which considering their ability to catch what the Democrat misses may wish to consider publishing a local newspap... Read Full Story
Is there such a thing as a "double epiphany"? I ask this because in a conversation with a fellow activist we both accepted the fact that most Americans are:
1. Happy with their lot or,
2. Do not understand or value "Freedom" and the energies that must be expended to keep it or,
3. Are incapable of embracing the truth or,
4. If capable will spend little to no time looking for the truth or,
5. Having learned the truth will still follow the corporate/government alliance to the depths of hel... Read Full Story
AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL AMERICANS:
-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Richardson, ACLU [mailto:aclu@aclu.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:06 PM
Subject: Will the House protect your privacy?
...
We've got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses--but we have to act fast.
The Senate Judiciary Committee had the opportunity to pass legislation to rein
in a bill that has become a symbol of out-of-control government invasions of
your privacy. They failed--approving ... Read Full Story
AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL AMERICANS:
-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Richardson, ACLU [mailto:aclu@aclu.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:06 PM
Subject: Will the House protect your privacy?
...
We've got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses--but we have to act fast.
The Senate Judiciary Committee had the opportunity to pass legislation to rein
in a bill that has become a symbol of out-of-control government invasions of
your privacy. They failed--approving ... Read Full Story
From:
2TheAdvocate.com
By JOHN A. COLVIN
Advocate River parishes bureau
Published: Mar 17, 2009 - Page: 1B
An Ascension Parish grand jury on Monday declined to indict the Sorrento mayor in a 2007 wreck on U.S. 61 in which a motorcyclist died and his wife was seriously injured.
On Oct. 14, 2007, Sorrento (La) Mayor Brenda Melancon, driving a Pontiac Bonneville, exited the Ascension Civ... Read Full Story
From:
2TheAdvocate.com
By JOHN A. COLVIN
Advocate River parishes bureau
Published: Mar 17, 2009 - Page: 1B
An Ascension Parish grand jury on Monday declined to indict the Sorrento mayor in a 2007 wreck on U.S. 61 in which a motorcyclist died and his wife was seriously injured.
On Oct. 14, 2007, Sorrento (La) Mayor Brenda Melancon, driving a Pontiac Bonneville, exited the Ascension Civ... Read Full Story