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Entries from April 2009

Creeping Socialism. Et tu Brute?

April 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

If Speaker Richard has is way, we are about to witness redistributionism, not in theory, but in its glorious practice. The Speaker is proposing to “redistribute” $1 Billion dollars from Missouri’s “stimulus” money back to the people. So let’s get this straight. The borrowed and printed money Missouri is set to receive is going to [...]

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Tags: MO Legislature

Former State Auditor McCaskill, Calls Auditing the Federal Reserve “Wacky”

April 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

The St. Joseph News-Press did a follow up story on a post we did last week on Sen. McCaskill’s recent “Kitchen Table” talk in independence. What we focused on in the post was the senator’s skipping and dodging of a simple request from a constituent named Paul Hamby: “Will you support a current amendment to [...]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

Roll Call: Steelman in No Hurry to Jump in Senate Race

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Back in February, many Republican insiders around the state thought it was a huge mistake for Sarah Steelman to cede the entire annual Lincoln Days convention to Roy Blunt and his supporters, especially when Saturday night’s keynote speaker – Rep. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma – practically endorsed Mr. Blunt in his remarks. What a difference [...]

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Tags: Rep. Roy Blunt · Sarah Steelman

Taliban/Nixonesque Pattern Emerging?

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

From hiring crony’s, to investigating Republican state committemen, to attempting to orchestrate the demotion of the leader of  the Veteran’s Commission, there seems to be a disturbing Taliban/Nixonesque pattern emerging here. “Jay Nixon and his allies on the Missouri Veterans Commission should be ashamed of their politically-motivated attempt to fire Brigadier General Larry Kay,” said [...]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Quote of the Day: Cleaver: “People of Color Missed Out On The First Industrial Revolution and There’s No Reason For Us to Miss Out On The Second”

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

“People of color missed out on the first industrial revolution and there’s no reason for us to miss out on the second.” -Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver One issue that you thought the libs would keep pure of racial politics is their pseudo religion of “climate change” “global warming” or whatever the hell they’re calling it these [...]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Nixon Touts Temporary Jobs

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

“Jay Nixon has never stood up for black people. He’s never done anything positive. He’s always been a coward.” – St. Louis Alderman Charles “Quincy” Troupe “That’s, unfortunately, Jay’s legacy.” -Former Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman While we’re all for “investing in Missouri’s future” by creating 6,000 high tech summer jobs for high school and [...]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Kansas City · St. Louis