Not everyone in Highlands County opposes everything our president is trying to accomplish. There are many of us in this county who understand the significance this health reform bill holds for the many residents in this county. Many families in our community will benefit from this reform yet these same people are the ones watching extreme conservative television and being spoon-fed rhetoric nonsense. When we free ourselves from the fear that controls us we can think clearly about what our options are. When we shed our prejudices we can work together to restore this county's greatness and return to a time when our middle class was valued and valuable. ...more

November 11, 2009

I am outraged that our country would even consider amnesty for illegals at a time when our economy is in the state that it is. Our welfare, healthcare, senor citizen's care system is strained as it is and adding more to the system will be devastating to our country. Immigration amnesty legislation being introduced allows the one here to bring in relatives? What is wrong with the fools in Congress? People need to take action on the nonsense now! ...more

April 5, 2009

Unlike Rush Limbaugh, we don't want President Barack Obama to fail. If he does, then our country fails. We do, however, want Obama to do what he's been saying all along, and that's to change the way Washington, D.C., does business - and that includes changing the baloney that's going on with Democratic members of Congress. ...more

March 6, 2009

Automotive technology teacher Vic Nieves said students in his class and the electric car club he sponsors learn a lot more than how to tune an engine or change a tire. ...more

March 4, 2009

Ask Americans about their biggest frustration with government over the decades and they'll most likely say it's the power of lobbyists and special interests to get favors over the needs of the people. Americans are absolutely right about that, and President Barack Obama is ready to rumble to change the way this operates. ...more

March 1, 2009

sponsors learn a lot more than how to tune an engine or change a tire. "A lot of the stuff they're learning involves aerodynamics, algebra and geography," he said. In addition, some students involved in the car club he organized at Brandon High in September have seen improvements to their social and behavioral skills. ...more

February 26, 2009

There's little doubt that the economic stimulus plan that made it through the U.S. House Wednesday will barely be recognizable after the U.S. Senate gets through with it. That's great news, because there's plenty to dislike in what the House passed. We hope before the bill goes to President Obama, it's a much better plan. ...more

January 30, 2009

Downloading has killed the album, so the music industry would have you believe. Everyone just grabs their favorite tracks anyway, so what's the point of a carefully sequenced, start-to-finish listening event? ...more

December 4, 2008

What works in Tampa might be a little too personal for Berlin. The federal Transportation Security Administration inaugurated use of a version of a full-body imaging security scanner Friday at Tampa International Airport without incident, airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan said. The device allows screeners to peer beneath clothing for banned items. But the installation of the machines prompted a call from a German media outlet inquiring about the devices in use at Tampa and other U.S. airports, she said. ...more

October 28, 2008

Germany balks at notion of airports using full-body imaging to screen passengers, calling the process a virtual strip-search. ...more

October 27, 2008