Weblog for Polk County Democrats http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog 2010-09-02T10:02:56+01:00 text/html 2010-07-29T04:30:44+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=10 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In Sunday&rsquo;s Ledger, Bill Rufty wrote a shameless love letter to Congressman Adam Putnam(R-Bartow). Congressman Putnam is out raising Scott Maddox in the Agriculture Commissioner Race by taking money from the special interest groups in Washington D.C. and Florida &ndash; as he always has. Congressman Putnam has always text/html 2010-07-24T06:07:38+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=9 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Viewers Duped Again:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The Republican Noise Machine within the "Fox News Channel," or the Faux News Channel as I prefer to call it, did it again to roil up the right without even verifying Andrew Breitbart's story first or getting a second source to confirm the story text/html 2010-06-13T04:40:11+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=8 <h2 class="byline"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <span class="meta-per">THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN</span></span></h2><h2 class="dateline"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Published: June 11, 2010</span></h2><script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[var articleToolsShareData = {"url":"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/opinion/13friedman.html","headline":"This Time Is Different","description":"This is a window of opportunity to insulate ourselves against the bad things we cannot control and get serious about fixing the problems that we can.","keywords":"Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline,Offshore text/html 2010-06-13T04:36:05+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=7 <h1>Oil spill 'blame game' needs to start at home</h1><div class="pubdate">Published Tuesday, June 8, 2010</div><p>I'd like to join the blame game that has come to define our national approach to the ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.</p><p>This isn't the fault of BP or Transocean. It's not the government's fault. text/html 2010-06-07T16:52:48+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=6 <p>WASHINGTON, DC -- President Obama today named 103 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.&nbsp; The educators will receive their awards in Washington, D.C. later this year. The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is awarded text/html 2010-06-07T16:49:37+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=5 <p>Senior Obama Administration Officials to Attend Local Meetings WASHINGTON&mdash;On Tuesday morning, senior citizens across the country will gather at a series of local meetings to participate via phone in a national tele-town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act with President Barack Obama. Additionally, more than a dozen senior Obama text/html 2010-06-07T16:47:48+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=4 <p>James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 10:10 A.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good morning, everyone. We are joined this morning by -- with Thad Allen, our national incident commander dealing with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He is also here for a meeting with Cabinet agencies that are text/html 2010-06-07T16:46:39+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=3 <p>12:08 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:&nbsp; Well, I just completed a meeting with the Cabinet that is directly in charge of dealing with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.&nbsp; From the beginning, we activated 15 agencies for what is now the largest national response ever to an environmental disaster.&nbsp; And what we text/html 2009-09-21T15:09:34+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=blog&full=1 <P>Below is a copy of the POLK DEC's resolution that was sent to all members of congress. </P><P>Polk County Democratic Party Resolution</P><P>WHEREAS, the health care system of the United States is in crisis, with almost fifty million Americans lacking any health insurance, tens of millions more lacking adequate coverage, and