My latest article on Smart Girl Politics Magazine, including a personal showcase.

The Quarterly Report issued in October 2011 by the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) reveals the utter lack of oversight and mismanagement of funds in excess of $700 Billion Dollars.  The 316 page report begins: Through the Troubled Asset Relief SIGTARPProgram (“TARP”), the American taxpayers became investors in hundreds of […]

Early on in the health care bill debate Sarah Palin was ridiculed for calling a provision in the health care bill “death panels”.  Mrs. Palin’s comments came after she reviewed an original version of the bill that called for mandatory end of life discussions every five years for those patients on Medicare, i.e. the elderly. […]

If ever there was a criminal case where the ultimate sentence is justified – death by lethal injection – it would be the case of Oba Chandler.  Chandler is scheduled to be executed November 15th at 4:00 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. For those too young to remember; in 1989 the bodies of […]

Laura Rambeau Lee talks about her RESET 1% plan to jump start the housing markets. Click on link to listen to my guest spot with Dr. Rich Sweir from Sarasota, Florida.

Bill McKibben:  environmentalist, educator and author of Eaarth (because evidently one “a” is not enough) has been traveling to colleges and universities across the country speaking to students about the dire circumstances that we are facing on the planet. He has recruited the involvement of people in our religious communities and calls himself one of […]

Tampa Electric Company is in the process of installing digital AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) “smart meters” in certain areas of Tampa.  This will allow for remote meter reading instead of having to send a meter reader out to your home.  What appears to be a great advancement in electric meter technology will allow for your […]

There have been several reports of late that reveal that new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency will cause utility providers to shut down a number of coal-fired power plants. It is time to look at the history of the thuggish tactics that have been utilized by the EPA in promoting a “green” energy agenda, […]

Tampa’s weak version of Occupy Wall Street began with several hundred gathering at Lyke’s Gaslight Square in downtown Tampa. They marched through the streets with signs proclaiming to be part of the 99%, referring to the inequality of wealth distribution in the nation where the top 1% control a majority of the country’s wealth. While […]