sure looks like it by the comments..

I think they are pretty safe....

must be some sort of organized comment club out to wreck havoc.

I think they DO lean right and I take anything they report with a grain of salt.

It's available all over Capitol Hill.

Josh Marshall (TPM) used to be a reporter and columnist.

"Other musicians have signaled their support for Martin: Bruce Springsteen dedicated a song to "justice for Trayvon Martin" during a concert in Limerick, Ireland, while Jay Z and Beyonce met with Martin's parents during a rally in New York City."

Kudos to the artists who have joined Stevie Wonder in his boycott.

Once it's safe for me and my husband to walk aimlessly through the streets there, I'll go. Maybe if there's enough pressure they'll review and end stand your ground. I really want to compare the beaches to California.

Beachwise, pretty much the same.

Big difference is the water. California has cold currents coming down from the north, Florida has warm currents coming up from the south, this Gulf Stream thingie. Water in Florida is much nicer, warmer, and much more clear.

Florida is much more boring than California, because it has little besides the beach. California has wildly great natural features, and cities that are actually interesting.

Florida is hot and humid, California is hot and dry. Dry is much more comfortable and livable.

Florida is mostly regressive, California leads progressive in the US in many areas.

Florida is much further south than California; Los Angeles is at the same latitude as Wilmington, NC. Wear more sun screen in Florida.

The Florida panhandle is about as conservative and racist as it gets.

I'm from Los Angeles and those pesky Floridians are always bragging on their beaches. And their oranges. I was watching East Bound and Down and I thought Florida would be a mix between that and a 2 live crew video. And I wanna go to Black Biker week.
I'm so stupid. It's Myrtle Beach, S.C.. That's where Kenny Powers lives. And Shelby, N.C.
The Carolina's. I'll go there.

My wife's grandfather lives there-

Danny McBride plays Kenny Powers, politically incorrect baseball player down on his luck after a steroid scandal ended his career. He ends up coaching at a Jr High, while trying to make it back to the majors. He is mildly delusional and has issues with a platinum blond Will Farrell, who wears a KFC Colonels suit and runs a bmw dealership and speaks like a plantation master.
The people in Shelby are awesome.

Or just Florida because its the trendy thing to do today?

pathological need to add a snide, obnoxious, unhelpful comment

and the black guys probably don't want to get shot.

Maybe they can knock em' off one state at a time. Sort-of a "rolling boycott". There's one guy that might really fry Florida's lunch and that guy is none other than JIMMY BUFFET. Ouch!

i'm ok with that.

me? I'll NEVER set foot in that fucked up state while this law exists.

Seriously, I support this boycott and will not visit my beloved Keys or dive Pennecamp until the SYG law is changed.

k&r

And The Cult in a few weeks (Aug 13th).

No word on the Nuge' though. Looks like he's busy playing in Aspen, New Haven and Boston:

http://www.tednugent.com/events/

And NO Nugent post would be complete without saying, "Fuck you, Teddy, you pants-crapping, chickenhawk, piece-of-shit faux patriot!" (OK, I feel better now.)

Key largo is so packed with summer tourists this year that my little island is groaning from the weight! I'd really appreciate having about half of them stay home.

Seen one place in Florida, you've seen them all. Naples sucks enough. Don't need to see any more of Floriduh.

or in fact most of the cities on the Florida mainland. The traffic is murder. Luckily we are land poor here in the islands so our population pretty much stays the same. Still we ponder ways to blow up the bridge in the height of tourist season.

We stayed on Islamarada last month. Absolutely wonderful. Love your Keys.

We are already planning next years trip to stay at the same place. Sorry for intruding but we'll try not to be to obnoxious!! lol!

so pay no attention to my rant; it's just that this week is mini lobster, which means that we are so swamped with traffic, both car and boat, it is difficult to even get to the grocery.

Not much land for all those additional cars, either! lol

You live in paradise. I'm sure you know that, but wanted to tell you from a land locked Tennessean.

Stop and frisk!
Stop and frisk!

The guy in the village probably had it coming

Well, some police. But I'd take my chance with police over some armed bigot.

they not boycott.. Go down to Florida where the travesty of justice is so crazy that a man with a gun is allowed to stalk and kill a black teenager trying to get home to his Dad?

Nah, most of them are too caring..




h/t napkinz http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3318003

not one of these well intentioned, but well misguided geniuses, ever considered that their 'boycott' will have the opposite effect.

State legislators, and the voting public are loath to be scolded, reprimanded or told what to do by outsiders.

'Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Usher, Trey Songz, Young Jeezy?
Who the fuck are they?'

Their protest, boycott, will only make it even more difficult to repeal FL's SYG laws;
simply because no FL politician wants to be perceived as caving in to 'Stevie Wonder'.

Feel powerless - as most of us do in regards to those vicious bullies in the Gun Lobby.

It's not going to change laws - but if Jay-Z feels like - hey! I want to express my anger in THIS way - that's his right.

What's gonna happen? Georgie gonna get a gun and force Jay-Z to play?


All they are doing is saying that the law in this state sucks.

It's called freedom of speech. They have that right as much as Georgie gets to sleep and make love with his gun.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/florida-boycott-list-discredited_n_3641100.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment