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Entries from October 2010

Patriots Say ‘Vote Like Your Life Depends On It!’

October 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments

On Saturday, Oct. 16, nearly 100 anti-socialism Americans gathered at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. Like they have almost every Saturday for 18 months, these people — members of the K&N Patriots — gathered to offer a visual reminder to their fellow Americans that freedom isn’t free. They gathered to [...]

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An Open Letter to Animal and Pet Lovers

October 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this month, I published a post (Missouri Prop B: ‘That Dog Don’t Hunt!’) that generated quite a bit of feedback, positive and negative on the issue.  Because of the interest level shown, I decided to delve deeper into this issue.  Below is the first in what I expect to be a series [...]

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Biased Media Outlets Ignore ‘CRUDE’ Outtakes

October 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Imagine the following scenario taking place on the world stage: Scene 1: Employees of one of the world’s largest oil companies are found to be in league with a right-wing film producer in an effort to produce a documentary aimed at helping the company fend off a lawsuit in a third-world country’s court that, if [...]

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Ethanol Decision Could Do More Harm Than Good

October 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Two months ago, I warned you about President Barack Obama’s EPA blending politics and science.  Now, according to an EPA news release issued Wednesday, the “blending” process appears to be complete: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 [...]

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Survey: Primary Care Physicians Fear Extinction

October 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Eighty-seven percent of 1,400 physicians said they are not well represented in the halls of power (a.k.a., government), and that’s not all, according to recently-released results of The Great American Physician Survey 2010.  More troubling, however, is that nearly half think primary care physicians will eventually be extinct, replaced by cheaper non-physician providers. Something else [...]

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Voter-Enforced Term Limits Being November 2nd

October 12th, 2010 · 9 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: T.J. Birkenmeier is the St. Louis-based author of “The Birk Plan,” an e-mail which went viral two years ago.  Today, he shared a new message with me which deserves to be shared.  It appears below: To my pals in the All-American Irish Brigade, and all those who aspire to be Irish in heaven. [...]

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Greedy Union Workers Vote Closes Plant

October 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Look for the union label?  Maybe not.  Especially after a United Auto Workers local in Indianapolis voted to close a GM supplier plant and harm the local economy in rather than accept a pay cut. Now, 650 workers will have to be transferred to other towns. In the video below, Labor Counsel Vincent Vernuccio was [...]

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