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FPL Above the Law We Can't bear it.
Neither Should You!
FPL has used legal loopholes to obtain, at the expense stockholders, millions of dollars. When the public states that debts 10 years old are barred by the statute of limitations FPL uses their monopoly status to accomplish the exact same result as a lawsuit. This to us breaks the spirit of the law and we intent to challenge legally their ability to do so.
FPL also does what no other company can. It charges people for bills that were not in their name.
If you have been forced to pay FPL for a bill more than 4 years old or if you have had a bill attached to you for power in someone else's name e-mail: gary@thepalmbeachtimes.com.
Cartoon violence
"The utter hypocrisy is that Muslim countries regularly lampoon Christians and Jews in their comics while demanding the west refrain from any criticism of Islam."
Why did Jyllands-Posten publish the cartoons? The Copenhagen Post explains: “Jyllands-Posten called for and printed the cartoons by various Danish illustrators, after reports that artists were refusing to illustrate works about Islam, out of fear of fundamendalist retribution. The newspaper said it printed the cartoons as a test of whether Muslim fundamentalists had begun affecting the freedom of expression in Denmark.” Click here for the Dutch cartoons & reaction to them
Guts, Greed, and Betrayal. The ruthless 400 million theft of a destiny...
"It was my Inheritance, everybody knows that. I call what the lawyers did the hundred million dollar train robbery. I felt I let my ancestors down.” I once called up Bernie Jacobs to taunt him, “Are you a Shubert? Are you a relative of mine?” I asked, but he wouldn’t talk to me.
At the turn of the century three brothers from Syracuse started a theatrical dynasty. Lacking in education and social skills, they used savvy, terror, guts, and greed to build the greatest theatrical empire in the world. The Shubert brothers took Broadway by storm. With ruthless abandon and with sheer determination they took on the mob, the critics, the unions and each other. They had one motto: Never trust anybody. It was a motto that was lost on the last Shubert to reign. Larry Shubert Lawrence, Jr., was lied to, tricked, betrayed and setup. He lost control of the Shubert Empire on Broadway. Lawrence's son Lee, now lives in Vero.The loss of his birthright is a story of a ruthless 400 million dollartheft of a destiny ... It was also poetic Justice. FULL STORY
Watching You: The Systematic Surveillance of
Ordinary Americans
Personal liberty and privacy vs. security
Americans no longer know how their personal information will be applied who will gain access to it, and what decisions will be made with it. Largely linked through an individuals Social Security number, databases now empower the federal government to obtain an astonishingly detailed portrait of any person: the checks he writes, the types of causes he supports, what he says "privately" to his doctor. These databases were deliberately obscured from public view by "land-mine legislation" that people don't notice until they step on it.” Now with the Patriot Act even our most basic civil rights are in danger. FULL STORY
TO LETHAL TO FAIL North Korea is betting on the fact that they are.
Being a credible military menace, is now at the heart of North Korea's economic strategy and of its very strategy for survival. By extracting resources from the international community through military blackmail, the North Korean weapons of mass destruction are now their financial and political lifeline for that starving, decaying state. By the perverse logic of this design North Korea's vital interests lie in magnifying the deadly risks it can pose to the outside world. By Perfecting weaponry with ever greater reach and killing force North Korea's leaders are gambling that they can become too lethal to fail. FULL STORY
Ever since I read George Plimpton’s Paper Lion in high school, I’ve been a huge fan of “stunt journalism.” This is the type of feisty reportage where a writer tries out for a professional football team, or takes a crack at conducting a symphony orchestra, and then writes a lighthearted article about his experiences.
The Decade From Hell ... and how the next one can be better Postcard from Paris Air France's transatlantic A380 service features comfy seats, six bars and an art gallery. But is the Airbus jumbo now a white elephant? Bringing the party back to the skies
NEWS FROM THE HOUSE: LEAGUE ADS ARE WORKING ***SEE THE TABLE OF PHONE NUMBERS OF SWING VOTE CONGRESSMAN BELOW IN CENTER COLUMN. PLEASE CALL THEM TO STOP OBAMACARE!!! THANK YOU*** CALL THESE SWING CONGRESSMEN ON HEALTH CARE These thirty Democratic Congressmen all voted for Obamacare the first time around. But Pelosi cannot count on their votes again as Obama tries to jam the bill through using reconciliation in the Senate. These members are all vulnerable and are frightened of the voter backlash their support for Obamacare has kindled. FENCE-SITTING ON OBAMACARE: BEING JIM MATHESON Utah’s lone Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson voted against Obamacare when it first passed the House last year. Then the heavens opened up and Obama came forth to nominate his brother Scott to a federal judgeship. Will the appointment influence Matheson’s vote? Was it a bribe? FENCE-SITTING ON OBAMACARE: BEING JIM MATHESON ***SEE THE TABLE OF PHONE NUMBERS OF SWING VOTE CONGRESSMAN BELOW IN CENTER COLUMN. PLEASE CALL THEM TO STOP OBAMACARE!!! THANK YOU***
Salena Zito: Gerrymandering's X-Factor Pennsylvania's congressional, U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races are without question the bellwether for this fall's midterm elections. Yet the results of state legislative races will impact the state's political fut Steve Chapman: Dying People Shouldn't Have to be Beggars It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. . Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of... Austin Hill: What if Obama "Showed Some Love"? What if President Obama was willing to "show some love?"
Could he help grow our economy, and make the world a better place?
I'm not referring here to the President bowing to foreign heads of state. I'm not... Ken Connor: Boomsday: Coming to a Theater Near You "Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent." Psalms 71:9 ESV
"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the... David Stokes: The Practice of Political Gnosticism Twenty-five years ago this weekend, Mikhail Gorbachev took the reins of power in the now defunct, late-but-not-lamented Soviet Union, upon the death of Konstantin Chernenko. It is an open question as to whether or not... Paul Jacob: Deaf on earmarks In the grand scheme of things — among all the wasteful, foolish, corrupting things engaged in by members of Congress — earmarks are one small item.
We read about the latest insider deals in the...
