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Allen West Turns Black History Month Into Attack on Democrats

​Last Wednesday, Congressman Allen West took to the House floor to commemorate Black History Month. As the first black congressman from Florida since Reconstruction, he was in a unique position to do so. West had hundreds of years of history he could have talked about, including 51 years of his ow ... More >>

Allen West No Longer Wants Democratic Leaders to Get the Hell Out of the United States (video)

​Yesterday, Congressman Allen West backed away from comments he made over the weekend that President Barack Obama, Democratic congressional leaders and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (whom he called "my dear friend the chairman of the Democrat National Committee") should "get the h ... More >>

Allen West Just Quoting Everybody All Willy-Nilly, Misquotes Lincoln on Lincoln Day

​Earlier this month, Congressman Allen West said he was "not into name-calling, all that kind of stuff." On Saturday, he said Democratic leadership should "get the hell out of the United States of America." Those comments, at the Palm Beach County GOP's Lincoln Day dinner, got plenty of play on Tw ... More >>

Newt Gingrich Quoting Abraham Lincoln in Broward Leads Us to the Facts (and Some Dirt)

​After Rep. Allen West attributed one of Ronald Reagan's anti-abortion quotes to Abraham Lincoln earlier this week, you'll have to excuse us for being a bit skeptical when another politico comes to town attempting to channel Honest Abe.That said, we went straight to the experts at the Abraham Linc ... More >>

Allen West History Revision: Attributes Ronald Reagan Abortion Quote to Abraham Lincoln

​If you didn't know about Abraham Lincoln's strong anti-abortion policies while he was in the White House, it's probably because they didn't exist.Rep. Allen West, however -- the former history teacher -- decided to deal an anti-abortion quote to the annual March for Life at the National Mall in W ... More >>

Allen West on Gene Sperling: "I Never Met Him, but He Truly Did Seem to Me to Be an Idiot"

Rep. Allen West, the self-proclaimed Harriet Tubman.​It seems like yesterday was another day Congress didn't get too much done, and Rep. Allen West made another appearance on Fox News to run his mouth.The Senate voted heavily in favor of the payroll tax cut extension worked out by both parties' le ... More >>

Allen West Bungles U.S. History Again, Confuses FDR and Herbert Hoover

flaglerlive.com​Rep. Allen West posted something on Facebook? Time for a Fox News interview.Chatting with Fox's Greta Van Susteren yesterday, we couldn't help but notice West reinvent another moment in American history to further a political talking point.His point was that the government cannot b ... More >>

Allen Bernard West Spouts Off on "Barack Hussein Obama" and His "Liberal Disciples"

Rep. Allen Bernard West​Rep. Allen Bernard West is back to putting the "Hussein" in "Barack Hussein Obama," this time in a complaint about the president's ripping on Republicans' economic stances in a speech yesterday.Quite simply, Obama said the theory of trickle-down economics just doesn't work, ... More >>

State Rep: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Doesn't Count as Teaching Black History in Schools

​In 1994, then-Gov. Lawton Chiles signed into law a statute that requires Florida high school kids be taught about the Holocaust and the history of black Americans.Now, the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) of Tallahassee has filed a grievance with the Justice Department, claiming that ... More >>

Allen West, Believe It or Not, Takes Up the Most Airtime of Any House Freshman

Harriet Tubman​Believe it or not, Rep. Allen West -- the self-proclaimed "modern-day Harriet Tubman" who compared being gay to liking ice cream and riding scooters, said gay soldiers can "change their behavior," called not-a-lady Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz the "most vile, unprofessional, and de ... More >>

Allen West Says He's Harriet Tubman, Promises to Get Black People Off the "Plantation"

Harriet Tubman​Always a fan of skewed historical references, Rep. Allen West went on Fox News yesterday to proclaim he's the "modern-day Harriet Tubman," and says he's the one that will get the nation's African-Americans off the "21st century plantation."The "plantation" isn't a new reference ... More >>

History Laid Bare

Harriet Tubman​Always a fan of skewed historical references, Rep. Allen West went on Fox News yesterday to proclaim he's the "modern-day Harriet Tubman," and says he's the one that will get the nation's African-Americans off the "21st century plantation."The "plantation" isn't a new reference ... More >>

Tax Money Siphoned Off To Religious Schools That Champion Theocracy

Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

"The Conspirator" Another Dull History Lesson From Robert Redford

Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

Daudier Brings His Own History to the Biltmore

Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

The Two Man Gentlemen Band Takes Poor House Back in Time

Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

Mad Reefer

Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

Empowerment Road

Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

The New Deal Is Old -- And Kosher

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

The New Deal

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

Reality Bites

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

Kapone Tackles Black History Month

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

Working Class Heroes

The best work tunes to enjoy over Labor Day

No Mo' Pomo

The stupid Florida law that tried to make it a crime to clean up the historical record.

Ying Yang Twins

USA (United State of Atlanta) (TVT)

Best New Play

Does Jesus Drum? at City Theatre

Richie Havens

Does Jesus Drum? at City Theatre

Cage Death Match

National Treasure makes one long for good Nic Cage movies... like Con Air

Life Is a Cabaret

Destined for drag

A Mountainous Achievement

Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama on-screen

The New Deal

Gone, Gone, Gone (sound+light)

Tomorrow Never Dies

Sugar leavened with enough spice makes tasty holiday fare

It's baaaack

Friday night's all right for flicks

Best Weekend Getaway

The Rod and Gun Club

Killing in the Name of...

These Generals frequently speak the name of the Lord, but is it in vain?

'Tis Not the Season

A clan highlighted by the Sentinel gets the boot

Map Quest

Charting a course through Florida history

Rebel with a One-World Cause

Or, The Life of the Underappreciated Man Who Brought Us Life and Liberty

Cheers for a Black Planet

Black History Month

Know Your Enemy

For the characters in Buffalo Soldier, friend and foe became hard to distinguish

Best Place for a History Lesson

The vacant lot at the northwest corner of Tamarind Avenue and 25th Street

Best Website

You Don't Say

The Greening of America

The National Money Show 2000

Garden-Variety History

Twilight at Monticello: An Evening With Thomas Jefferson

Night & Day

April 15-21, 1999

Shtick Shift

April 15-21, 1999

Don't Know Much About History

April 15-21, 1999

Hair Today, There Tomorrow

April 15-21, 1999

Unforgiven

April 15-21, 1999