June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
New Poll Finds, Just in Time for Independence Day, Many Americans Have No Clue About 1776
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 1, 2011 - 12:45pm
Marist released a poll on Friday that showed that many Americans are in the dark on their own history.
The poll found 58 percent of Americans knew that the United States declared its independence in 1776 while 26 percent had no idea and 16 percent said other years. Not surprisingly, younger Americans are the most ignorant group with only 31 percent of those surveyed under 30 knowing the correct year was 1776. We can take some comfort as a nation in the fact that 76 percent of those surveyed at least knew the United States declared independence from Great Britain.
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Rick Scott OKs SunRail; Critics See Train Wreck Ahead
June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
Brushing off criticism from taxpayer and tea party groups, Gov. Rick Scott gave the go-ahead to the controversial SunRail commuter train on Friday.
Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad stood in for the governor in making the announcement in Tallahassee.
Scott is scheduled to hold a press conference in St. Petersburg at 1 p.m.
On Gettysburg Anniversary, Reflections on the Florida Brigade
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 1, 2011 - 11:23am
July 1-3 this year marks the 148th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, the pivotal conflict in the Civil War. While the story has been told over and over again -- from the stand of the 20th Maine under Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Little Round Top, to Picketts Charge -- its easy to overlook the role of the Florida Brigade, nominally under the command of Gen. Edward Perry, who went on to serve as governor in the 1880s.
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Gov. Rick Scott Approves SunRail Project for Central Florida
Submitted by Anonymous on July 1, 2011 - 11:07am
Brushing off criticism from taxpayer and tea party groups, Gov. Rick Scott gave the go-ahead to the controversial SunRail commuter train on Friday, sources told the Orlando Sentinel.
Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad made the announcement in Tallahassee.
Scott, who is set to address a Florida Press Association annual conference in St. Petersburg at lunchtime, likely will comment on the SunRail decision afterward.
Full story upcoming in Sunshine State News.
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Thad McCotter Files to Run for President
June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
The crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination expanded Friday when U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan filed paperwork indicating that he is entering the contest.
First elected to Congress in 2002, McCotter joins two other House Republicans -- Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Ron Paul of Texas -- in seeking to defy history and become the first sitting member of that body to be elected president since James Garfield won the 1880 presidential election.
No Injunction, Pension Requirement Begins
June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
How Did the Bad Guys Get Their Hands on All-Republican Bright Futures?
June 29, 2011 - 6:00pm
All of a sudden 177,000 Bright Futures scholarship families are getting hip to what Sen. Evelyn Lynn and the rest of the lugheads in the Legislature did to one of the most successful Republican initiatives in Florida history.
Florida GOP Candidates for U.S. Senate Mostly Agree
June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
The four Republican candidates for U.S. Senate generally agree on most issues facing the nation, with a couple of minor exceptions, and spent most of a debate on Thursday directing most jabs not at each other but at Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, President Barack Obama and former Gov. Charlie Crist.
The Death of Moral Community
June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
"The opponents (of same-sex marriage) have no case other than ignorance and misconception and prejudice."
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