Two years ago today, I shared a post that included a music video for the song, “OBAMA, NO MERCI BEAUCOUP” (“No thank you, very much” in French), written and performed by Poor James and the Swamp Crows. At the time I shared it here, it had received only a few views. As of this morning, [...]
Entries from October 2010
Election Day Song: ‘Obama, No Merci Beaucoup’
October 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Prop B Passage Will Lead to More Imported Puppies
October 21st, 2010 · 6 Comments
While a great deal of misinformation is being foisted into the arena by proponents of Proposition B, very little attention has been given to one “side effect” of the Humane Society of the United States-backed effort to shut down dog breeders in the Show-Me State: An increase in the importation of dogs from overseas. If [...]
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Judge: Chevron Can Question, Obtain Evidence From Plaintiff Attorney in $113B Ecuador Lawsuit
October 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan delivered welcome news to Chevron Corporation Wednesday. It arrived in the form of an order from the judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that allows the San Ramon, Calif.-based oil company to take sworn testimony and obtain evidence from attorney Steven Donziger. Who is [...]
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Education Documentaries Ride Wave of Publicity
October 20th, 2010 · 13 Comments
While Waiting for Superman is getting a lot of attention these days as a documentary that exposes the broken state of public education in the United States, another documentary is worth a look as well. The subject of a segment on Fox & Friends this morning, it’s called Not As Good As You Think: The [...]
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BMW Interview with Kurt Bahr (Update)
October 19th, 2010 · No Comments
On April 15, 2010, I attended a “Tax Day Tea Party” on the grounds of the old court house in St. Charles, Mo. While there, I interviewed Kurt Bahr, a candidate for Missouri House of Representatives in District 19. The video below captures the entirety of that interview: In the interest of fairness, and because [...]
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Difference Between Barack Obama and Chilean Miners: The Miners Wanted to Get Out of the Hole
October 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), speaking before a crowd at a Las Vegas political rally Monday, compared President Barack Obama to a group of 33 people who’ve been in the news quite a bit lately: “It was like the Chilean miners, but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said [...]
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Misinformation Dominates ‘Puppy Mill’ Issue
October 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments
If only they can get past the emotional messages generated by the Humane Society of the United States, Missourians who generally line up against excessive government regulation, taxation, spending and other government interference in their lives, will vote against Proposition B when they go to the polls Nov. 2. On the “Yes on Prop B” [...]
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