Mining, Corruption Mix in Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County environmentalists have good reason to be concerned about the effect that mining will have on the quality of the region’s drinking water. But this video, by the Clean Water Fund, fails to mention that there’s a recent history of mining companies collaborating with corrupt politicians. Palm Beach…

George LeMieux Claims Credit for Skimmers Going to Gulf

Sen. George LeMieux will call off his hunger strike, or sit-in, or whatever he was planning to do next if Barack Obama didn’t send more skimmers to the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody knows whether LeMieux’s highly misleading rants about the need for skimmers had anything to do with the Obama…

Will BP Pay Psychiatric Bill for Gulf Spill?

Here’s a story that’s on its way to Florida at approximately the same rate as the Sea of Oil. It’s about the depression and chemical addiction spreading through the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico among people who owe their livelihood to the ocean. From Nola.com:Psychiatrists who treated people…

Introducing George “Barely True” LeMieux

For the past week, Sen. George LeMieux has been obsessed with skimmers. So obsessed that he’s found one to match his salmon tie, as you can see above. Recently, Politifact.com busted out its bullshit detector and put LeMieux’s claims to the test…

Does George LeMieux Think Obama Is Moses?

Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be…

Planting Peace Helps Fight Oil Spill on Florida Coast

Oil from the disastrous BP spill in April has reached the west coast of Florida. It’s already washing ashore and showing up on animals. The South Florida-based nonprofit Planting Peace is doing something about it. Aaron Jackson, the charity’s founder, says they’ve already purchased oil booms, absorbent socks, hay, and…

Crist Political Tidal Wave Powered by Oil Spill

I’m not saying that Charlie Crist is happy about the oil spill, but since it’s happened anyway, Crist may as well use it to engineer a surge in the Senate race. This appearance yesterday on CBS This Morning was particularly strong for him. Wearing a polo that screams “volunteer,” he…

Oil Spill an Occasion for a Political Game of Twister

Sen. George LeMieux loves to invoke the future of his children among his reasons for wanting to slow federal spending and shrink government. But if that really is what drives his political actions, doesn’t the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico pose a far greater risk to his children’s…

Tesla Electric Car Event in Dania This Weekend

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has added urgency to the debate about weaning ourselves from oil. That’s no small task in our car-addicted culture.  As some activists have pointed out, some solutions include walking more often, riding your bike more often, riding your bike naked, or switching…

Who is John Tanton and Why Should You Care? Just Ask Joyce Tarnow.

John Tanton’s name is getting a lot of play. Depending on who you talk to, Tanton is either a raging pro-eugenics racist with a deep-seated animosity toward brown people — or — a beaming, professorial Renaissance man with an insatiable curiosity and an infallible moral compass. Why should you care?…