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Entries from November 2009

Legislation Could Lead to States’ Rights Showdown

November 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Missouri State Sen. Jane Cunningham  (R-Chesterfield) drew much applause Saturday afternoon when she informed the crowd at the Million Med March about the Health Care Freedom Act she is going to introduce soon in the Missouri Senate. The favorable response was due, in part, to the fact that the crowd of more than 300 included [...]

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‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

November 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments

A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol. Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, were joined at the rally [...]

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Inhofe to Boxer: ‘We won. You lost. Get a life.’

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

The headline I used the last time I reported on Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) pretty much summed up the story:  Barbara Boxer Gives Republicans the Shaft, Tosses Senate Committee Rules Out the Window.  Today, I let a light-hearted comment Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) directed toward Senator Boxer serve as my headline. Captured in the video [...]

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Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform (Update)

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

EDITOR’S UPDATE 11/21/09: Click here to see the SERMO.com blog page containing survey results mentioned by Dr. Dan Windsor at the Million Med March today in Clayton, Mo. More details about the rally will be published here during the remainder of the weekend.  Jackson Healthcare survey article continues below. * * * Ninety-two percent of [...]

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Al Gore Offered Cash to Debate Global Warming

November 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Former Vice President Al Gore has, to date, refused to debate Lord Christopher Monckton on the subject of global warming.  Hoping to “sweeten the pot” for the man who’s made millions hocking predictions about the end of the world coming soon due to man-made climate changed, the folks at the Competitive Enterprise Institute have decided [...]

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Sunoco Oil CEO Says U.S. Policy Threat to Refiners

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

In my continuing effort to offer extensive coverage on fossil fuels-related subject matter such as the oil and natural gas industry, climate change and cap-and-trade legislation, including Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer, I point you to the exchange above between Sunoco Inc. CEO Lynn Eisenhan and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at the WSJ’s CEO Council. In [...]

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ACORN-Flavored Communist Exposed in St. Louis

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

It was a good thing I wasn’t drinking coffee when Charles Jaco asked why Tea Partiers call their opponents socialists, writes Jim Durbin in a piece today at the 24th State blog.  The resulting outrage wouldn’t have been good for my carpet or couch.  We call our political opponents socialists and Marxists, because they call [...]

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