http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com Recent Posts from Samm's Blog en-us 120 The St. Petersburg Times allows a 200 word response if a candidate is not chosen for endorsement. Mine is below. ### My Response to the St. Petersburg Times In my 2006 Congressional race, the St. Petersburg Times said I had a “reasonable grasp of the issues.” In 2008, I’m labeled a “sou Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:59:26 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/they-gave-me-200-words Are we going to strike Iran? Or command a blockade, which, in effect is a provocation that could lead to war? More ships are on the way. *"Three new American flotillas will raise the number of US flotillas to five the number of US strike forces in the Middle East, an unprecedented build - up. . ."* says an [article in DEBKAfile dated](http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5499) August 12, 2008. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:54:58 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/neocon-madness And after impeachment, which is mandated by the Constitution, there should be a trial and, potentially, conviction of the top officials in the Bush White House who not only rammed false information into the media in the run up to the Iraq War, but created false documents to cover their tracks. Enough is Enough. Every American needs to listen to and/ or watch the most recent interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Sus Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:57:21 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/suskinds-revelation-impeach-now On August 8, 2008, a region between Russia and Georgia, called [South Ossetia, was attacked by Georgian forces without warning, although it comes after years of tension. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:09:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/georgia-russia-and-the-u-s-a In 2005, we brought you [ex CIA Ray McGovern,](http://homepage.mac.com/sammscript/iMovieTheater5.html) the man who [called out the lies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1FTmuhynaw) of ex Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:01:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/make-a-stand-and-take-back-your-country 'When you control oil, you control nations. When you control food, you control people." This quote is attributed to Henry Kissinger, who has created his share of killing fields, and is, by many considered to [be a war criminal.](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2815881561030958784) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/food-owned-by-monsanto This post has pictures taken by an [embedded photo journalist](http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/14/embedded_photojournalist_accuses_us_military_of) who captured images of human destruction following a suicide bomber. Be advised these pictures are not for the weak in heart. No, this isn't a post about the [1983 movie](http://www.movie-list.com/w/wargames.html) featuring Matthew Broderick, wh Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:40:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/war-games My father, who was born in 1924 and died nine years ago, often told me a story about a group of somber looking black-suited men who delivered foreclosure papers to his grandfather's farmhouse. The monthly mortgage payment was three dollars, and it was months overdue. Their belongings were packed up, tears were shed, and the farm was turned over to the bank. My father was five or six years ol Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:48:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/jobs-bankruptcies-and-mental-recessions In all my years as a parent, a corporate executive, an activist or a candidate, I have never received a communication such as the one that arrived on Wednesday from State Representative Rick Kriseman. What's even more remarkable about being on the receiving end of a letter - which can only be described as "attacking" - is that I can't even recall one time where Representative Kriseman and I have Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:36:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/judging-without-all-the-facts Looks like our tax dollars are going to be [bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/washington/14fannie.html?hp) the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies, as the debt bubble from speculation, greed, lack of regulation and Congressional oversight are grinding together in a perfect, and catastrophic, storm. [Robert Reich's blog](http://robertreich.b Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:54:00 -0400 http://sammsimpsonforcongress.com/archives/bank-failures-money-masters-and-empires