This is too rich. FOJ (Friend of Jay) Chuck Hatfield and his law firm continue to cash in! K.C. Business Journal: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP has assembled a temporary group of attorneys with prior government and regulatory backgrounds to handle stimulus matters for clients. The newly formed “stimulus strike force” is expected to guide clients […]

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That’s a phrase FiredUp Missouri founder Roy Temple used quite often when he was excoriating Republicans on the Democrat hack blog.  We believe his phrase could aptly apply to the furious damage control going on by the White House to explain the president’s blunder last night on Jay Leno. Mr. Obama compared his bowling game […]

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 Hat tip: jbranstetter04 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/V7CvLvwFjMc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Knappster: Nixon on MIAC MOPNS: MO Highway Patrol: “Pro-Lifers, Anti-Tax Activists, Ron Paul Supporters; Potential Domestic Trouble Makers” On Missouri Matters: “My question is where is the Post Dispatch and The Star on this? The Columbia and Joplin papers (and MOPNS) are the only Missouri […]

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By Bertha Gilkey Bonds Missouri Black Alliance for Educational Options When did it become unpopular to use a public school building to support public education? You’ll have to ask the Missouri State Board of Education, the SLPS Special Administrative Board and other supporters of the current deed restriction law on unused St. Louis public school […]

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Change we can believe in? D.C. Examiner: Early numbers suggest that the first quarter of 2009 has seen lobbying in the nation’s capital spike by nearly 22 percent over last year, which would be the largest ever increase in lobbying activity — and a strong indication that President Barack Obama has helped usher in a […]

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Janet Renner of Missourians Against Illegal Immigration (MAII) sent another letter to Governor Jay Nixon’s deputy general counsel seeking the opportunity to review emails and documents from Nixon Chief of Staff John Watson regarding the controversial appointment of illegal immigration supporter Linda Martinez to head the Department of Economic Development. “All we have asked to […]

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Is it it just us? It seems that whenever Jay talks about the borrowed stimulus money, he sounds like a crack head who would sell his own kids – just to get one more fix: “I just don’t understand the argument against using every last federal dollar available.” We guess it’s hard to understand fiscal […]

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Show-Me Institute policy analyst David Stokes points out that Missouri’s anti-CWIP legislation was passed during the 1970s, during the height of fears about nuclear energy safety. Attitudes about nuclear power have changed in recent years, thanks in no small part to excellent track records by other countries that use nuclear facilities as a primary means […]

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Disturbing email we received over the weekend from a reader. And of course, the mainstream media is ignoring this controversy: Hi Scooter, You’ve probably already seen this by now – but I’m attaching some internal documents from the MO Information Analysis Center, anyway. They were apparently leaked by an officer (I can’t confirm that – […]

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 Picture courtesy of Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom “We cannot attract and retain the best and brightest talent to lead and staff the AIG businesses – which are now being operated principally on behalf of the American taxpayers – if employees believe that their compensation is subject to continued and arbitrary adjustment by the U.S. Treasury.”  […]

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