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Entries from October 2009

Firefox Offers Warning About AFL-CIO Web Page

October 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments

Sometimes, you find a nugget of truth on a web site that’s more valuable than anything the web site’s owner might intend to share with you. That was the case this morning when I visited the AFL-CIO web site.  The video above tells the story in just over a minute as does the story below. [...]

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BMW to Appear on KLPW’s Diane Jones Show

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Attention, readers who live in Missouri’s Franklin County, St. Charles County and West St. Louis County: I’m making a guest appearance this morning the morning of Oct. 28 from 9:15 to 10 Central on KLPW-AM 1220‘s The Diane Jones Show to discuss a variety of mostly-political topics. Diane Jones, you might recall, served as the [...]

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An Arresting Tale: From Podium to Pokey in 10 Days

October 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments

On Oct. 2, Catherine Bleish was one of a handful of speakers who revved up a crowd of 2,000 at the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  Ten days later, she found herself in jail in the South St. Louis city of Maplewood. “I was standing in line outside,” the 25-year-old told me Monday afternoon during [...]

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Michael Vick Has Nothing on Me

October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Michael Vick has nothing on me when it comes to exploiting animals.  Okay, maybe he does. Unlike Vick, the professional football player who served hard time in prison after being convicted of running a dog-fighting ring in suburban Atlanta at his home in Virginia, I’m not organizing dog fights for fun and profit.  Instead, I’m [...]

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Americans Ask Media, ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

High noon showdowns took place at some 100 locations around the country Saturday as conservatives and anti-socialism Americans gathered for “Can You Hear Me Now” rallies focusing attention on mainstream news media outlets’ blatant bias and consistent failure to report both sides of important news stories. The video below shows how KSDK, the NBC affiliate [...]

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Conservatives Urged to Counter Left’s ‘Call Parties’

October 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This blogger is urging anti-socialism, anti-ObamaCare conservatives to counter the efforts of Organizing for America, the front group for President Barack Obama whose leader has called upon members to participate in “Time to Deliver” call parties tomorrow. According to this post on the OFA web site, OFA Director Mitch Stewart hopes to deluge members of [...]

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Unions Pay Members $11 an Hour to Stage Rally Across from Anti-Socialism, Anti-ObamaCare Group

October 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Dressed in blue jeans and wearing a large parka, ski cap and sun glasses, I spent almost 20 minutes early this afternoon mingling among approximately two-dozen people being paid, according to a union source not at the rally, $11 an hour by St. Louis-area union bosses to wave pre-printed signs in support of President Barack [...]

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