Posts Tagged ‘Florida’
Tiger Woods Strange Car Accident »
During the early hours of Friday, November 27th, Tiger Woods was involved in an apparent one-man car accident. What appears to be unusual is the circumstances surrounding the accident and how the story continues to change as the clock ticks. What is officially known is that – around 2:25 a.m. Tiger left his house in Windermere, Florida, got [...]
Life Term for robbery – Cruel and Unusual for Ian »
In 1990, when Ian Manuel was 13, gang members instructed him to commit a robbery. During the botched robbery attempt in downtown Tampa, Florida, Ian shot and wounded a woman. He turned himself in to the police. Ian’s attorney told him to plead guilty in exchange for a 15-year prison sentence. Ian accepted responsibility and pleaded guilty [...]
Life Term for rape – Cruel and Unusual for Joe »
On May 4, 1989, someone robbed a 72-year-old White woman in Pensacola, Florida. Later on during the same day the elderly lady was raped by someone. Joe Harris Sullivan, an African-American was 13-year-old at the time, and he admitted that he and two older friends had burglarized the woman’s home earlier that day. But he denied that he had [...]
Bethune-Cookman University Students March to Early »
On Monday October, 27 Bethune Cookman University, located in Daytona Beach, Florida bussed most of the 1,000 students from Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) to cast early ballots for the first time in their lives, the remaining students marched about 10 blocks to the Volusia County Library Center at City Island. Students said they felt part [...]
Gov. Palin asked Elisabeth Hasselbeck to campaign with »
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the Republican party “spokesperson” and the lone conservative panelist on ABC’s daytime talk show “The View,” will introduce Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at two rallies this weekend in Florida. Gov. Palin is set to campaign in Iowa, Indiana, and Florida this weekend. [...]
Obama’s Florida rally was disrupted by »
CORAL GABLES, Florida -- Today Senator Barack Obama's campaign rally in Coral Gables, Florida was disrupted by about 10 African-American protesters holding signs that called themselves, "Blacks Against Obama." The protesters looked like students from a local high school or college. The signs said Obama was for gay marriage and [...]
FFRW: Leave Oprah the Hell Alone! »
The Florida Federation of Republican Women (FFRW) is boycotting the Oprah Winfery show because Oprah refused to allow any political candidate as a guest this season. The 58-yr-old organization with 4,500 members has called for a boycott of "O" magazine and the Winfrey television program. FFRW are pissed because, Oprah [...]
DNC Rules Committee increased goalpost to 2,118 »
The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee concluded their day long meeting with a new goalpost of 2,118 to clinch the Democratic party nomination. Previous target was 2024. According to the committee Co-chairwoman Alexis Herman in her opening remarks “seating all of the states' delegates is not on the table.” She added "We had many states [...]
