Sorry for my MIA status lately. Life, it seems, has taken over and so I have been much busier than normal, thus minimizing my blog time. With summer being in full swing and me working as a bartender, my days and nights are filled to the brim! The bar I work [...]

The ex-wife of televangelist Jim Baker died today after a long bout with lung cancer.
[tags]Tammy Faye, Jim Baker, televangelist, cancer[/tags]
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I couldn’t think of any headline that could capture the madness that is running amok in Congress so I am just assuming it must be a mad cow outbreak.
From The Corner on National Review:

This week Congressman Peter King (R-NY), the ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, quickly spang into action, concluding that [...]

In a ground breaking study conducted by psychiatrists at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, they found a definite link between men who viewed child porn online and those that molested children. To people who have been fighting online pedophiles this comes as no great revelation, but to the general populace this comes as a [...]

As many know the Tampa Pirate is one small part of a bigger group that is fighting to keep the internet safe from sexual predators. Because of this fight we end up going toe to toe against some pretty nefarious characters. Anyone who fights this battle hears one very uniform argument. That is the “I [...]

Since the shallow comments about his wife have gotten no real traction the MSM now needs to find some other way to make Mr. Thompson appear to be evil. The L.A. Times uncovered a story on July 7th that stated Mr. Thompson had lobbied for a Pro-Abortion group in 1991. At first the claim was [...]

Apparently the politico’s here have nothing of real substance to pick on Fred Thompson about so instead they are now picking apart his wife. The NYT’s wrote the first article about Jeri Kehn Thompson (40), who has been married to Mr. Thompson (62) since 2002, calling her a “trophy wife” they criticized her “youthfulness, permanent [...]

I read some very good advice on a YahooTech blog written by Dory Devlin about what we are telling kids to warn them about pedophiles trolling online may not be as helpful as previously thought. Most parents have been advised to warn children not to give out personal information, but that is just the tip [...]

A few nights ago I went to a neighborhood pub to get a couple beers and watch the ESPY’s on T.V.. To my surprise what was once Goodfellas on Gunn Hwy is now called Salutes American Meat Market. From the moment I walked in the door I was impressed with the changes they had made. [...]

Sorry for the absence. I have been dealing with some issues but now they are solved and I am back and meaner than ever.
Thanks for the many e-mails and contact form entries sent.
Peace
Mark
aka
The Tampa Pirate
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