"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
March, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from March 2009

Video: Mike Ferguson Interviewed on KMBC March 26 2009

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Mike Ferguson interviewed on KMBC (Channel 9 Kansas City) March 26 2009 about a MIAC report suggesting that third-party members might be a danger to law-enforcement personnel. Hat tip: dwhite154 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/WYTbAWvNpxU” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Related: Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom: Militias are a Constitutional Responsibility of the People: Governor Jay Nixon’s Efforts to Redefine Militia […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Jay Nixon · Videos

HB 656 – Teacher Academic Freedom

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

On Missouri Matters: Dennis D. Broadbooks “This bill is designed to protect teachers who “dare” to be critical of any science dogma now firmly entrenched in our liberal public school system. It will allow teachers the freedom to introduce opposing views to evolution & other scientific theories now being taught as fact. Please contact your […]

[Read more →]

Tags: School Choice

Just a Coincidence?

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Is it just a coincidence, that on the same week FOJ Chuck Hatfield’s law firm announced that they’ve formed a “stimulus Strike Force,” Jay signs a bill creating special funds for stimulus dollars? FOJ (Friend of Jay) Chuck Hatfield Leads “Stimulus Strike Force” K.C. Business Journal: 3/20/09 Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP has assembled a temporary […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Jay Nixon

Cantanese Gets a “D” for Drive By Reporting

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Since it seems Mr. Cantanese is going to continue with his weekly asinine grading system for Governor Nixon, we’d like to offer our own grade of Canatnese’s recent poor reporting. Last Friday, he reported on a Missouri Senate poll conducted by a very reputable polling firm out Oklahoma, Wilson Research Strategies. In the poll, WRS […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Media Bias · Rep. Roy Blunt · Sarah Steelman

Taliban Jay: “It’s Matt’s Fault!”

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Taliban Jay: “It’s Matt’s fault!” As more details emerge demonstrating that Jay Nixon thinks he’s governing Iran instead of Missouri, Taliban Jay conveniently blamed his predecessor for forming the organization that put out the “domestic terrorist” report – on his watch! Now that’s what we call leadership. NOT! MOGOP Release: The rest of the story […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Jay Nixon

Video: Benefits of Open Enrollment Legislation

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Under current state law, families are prohibited from choosing certain public schools – even ones close to their homes – because of outdated boundary lines and strict enrollment policies. Bills now being considered in the House and Senate would allow public school students to attend a school in a different district. This video shows legislator, […]

[Read more →]

Tags: MO Legislature · School Choice · Videos

Surprise Surprise, Ashcroft Booed @ Univ. Texas Speech

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

 Some people need to really get a life! Andrew Martinez Daily Texan Staff The stage was set for former Attorney General John Ashcroft to speak on campus Wednesday night well before he arrived.A group of protesters stood around the double doors of the crowded University Teaching Center lecture hall waving signs of dissent. “It’s okay, […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Hon. John Ashcroft

Transparency in Judicial Selection Process Moves Forward with Bipartisan Backing

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

House Joint Resolution 10 (HJR 10), a measure that would allow Missourians the opportunity to decide whether they want more transparency in the state’s judicial selection system, was passed out of the Missouri House of Representatives Special Standing Committee on General Laws today with a bipartisan vote. HJR 10 is similar to Senate Joint Resolution […]

[Read more →]

Tags: MO Legislature · MO Supreme Court

Nixon Henchman Intimidate Citizen Who Filed Sunshine Request

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Alarming email forwarded to us this morning: March 26, 2009 To whom it may concern: Attached you will find a letter from me to Governor Jay Nixon.  In that letter, I ask Governor Nixon to leave me and my friends alone. Here is what happened: I filed a Sunshine Request with Nixon on the past Monday, […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Jay Nixon

Is this the face of a Domestic Terrorist?

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

From the Libertarian Republican Blog By Eric Dondero Apparently, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and some other top Democrats and Law Enforcement bureaucrats in the State seem to think so. Meet Jay Stoner (photo). Jay is a 31-year old Mayor of a tiny town in south central Missouri. The town’s name is Mack’s Creek. Population – […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Jay Nixon