After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton
You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could.
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The story mocks a cliche: As they were leaving the Garden of Eden, Adam said to Eve, "Darling, we live in an age of transition." The first sentence of Barack Obama's letter introducing his new strategic review says Americans have often coped with "moments of transition" such as today's "time of sweeping change." Such boilerplate makes one weep -- and yearn for serious, meaning unsentimental, assessments of America's foreign policy tradition.
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin, the ubiquitous enchantress of the disenchanted, may not have been ready to lead the free world back when John McCain anointed her as his running mate. But she's left rubber on the road that leads to fame, fortune and a new feminine mystique that drives certain men and women wild -- in very different ways.
For what it's worth, I get a kick out of Sarah. May I call her Sarah?
If you could spend vast amounts of other people's money just by saying a few magic words, wouldn't you be tempted to do it? Barack Obama has spent hundreds of billions of dollars of the taxpayers' money just by using the magic words "stimulus" and "jobs."
When you call to mind images of Floridas Space Coast, depending on your generation you may think of JFKs immortal speech sending us to the moon or you may remember watching your first shuttle launch. Regardless of which memory comes to mind, the context is that of incredibly thrilling innovation and patriotic pride.
WASHINGTON -- Fifty years ago Sunday, a novel hit Americas bookshelves that changed the way millions thought about race and the inexplicable South.
Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird, by some estimates the most-read book in American schools, has grown old enough to have become slightly dotty in the minds of fresher readers, many of whom have only a textbook understanding of the way things were.
WASHINGTON -- Remember NASA? It once represented to the world the apogee of American scientific and technological achievement. Here is President Obama's vision of NASA's mission, as explained by administrator Charles Bolden:
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A nationwide survey of 1,000 likely voters this week by pollster Scott Rasmussen shows voters dont put a lot of trust in the news reported by the media.
Only 6 percent of respondents rated the news media as "very trustworthy." The number drops lower among Republicans at 4 percent. But, even the Democrats seem to cast a critical eye, with only 10 percent saying the media are very trustworthy.
Most of those surveyed have all but given up on print newspapers, with only 10 percent saying they still get inky fingers.
By Nancy Smith
Could the pain of looming sequestration get any worse?
Never mind the 2 percent cuts to Medicare if sequestration takes place tonight. Or the $902 million in reductions to loan guarantees to small businesses. Or the 766,000 health care-related jobs that could be eliminated because of those Medicare cuts.
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Analysis of elections bills filed in the Florida House and Senate for the upcoming legislative session that begins March 5 signals that Florida lawmakers are poised to increase campaign-contribution limits for statewide candidates.
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A new poll Friday reveals Americans are more worried about Obamacare than the automatic federal spending cuts that are due to begin today.
This from pollster Scott Rasmussen:
Despite the inside-the-Beltway warnings about the economic impact [of] the sequester spending cuts, voters are more worried about what President Obamas new health-care law will do to the economy.
By Nancy Smith
Who needs newspapers for the goings-on of the Florida House? Not you, if you've got a smart phone or tablet.
House speaker Will Weatherford announced Thursday the advent of a new mobile app that will allow you to read bills, contact your state lawmaker or watch committee meetings -- all on instruments you can hold in your hand.
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Want to meet Sen. Marco Rubio at CPAC?
Thursday is the last day to enter the sweepstakes to meet the Republican senator of Florida at the conservative convention.Rubios Reclaim America PAC is also accepting donations, if you feel so inclined. But, donations are not necessary to win VIP access with the senator at the March 14-16 event in Washington, D.C.
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On the eve of automatic federal spending cuts, the U.S. Senate Thursday voted down a bill by Republicans, then a bill by Democrats, that would have put an end to sequestration.
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Florida will become the 43rd state to join Mega Millions in response to consumer demand, the Florida lottery announced Thursday.
Floridians will be able to press their luck with the multistate game of chance, which awarded the worlds largest jackpot ($656 million) last year, starting May 15. Florida could be a prime state for Mega Millions, as it is already the top-selling state in the Powerball game.
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Business, consumer and conservation groups around Florida, including Associated Industries of Florida and Florida Chamber, have joined together to push for reform of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a new attack on the Koch brothers Thursday, using scare tactics to elicit donations.In an email titled, We might lose it all, the DCCC states, After spending hundreds of millions trying to win the White House, the Koch Brothers are shifting their fortune toward destroying President Obamas progressive agenda.
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