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Newspaper Continues To Ignore St. Louis Tea Party

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

It seems as if nothing has changed at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during the 24 hours.  The blackout on newspaper coverage of the Saint Louis Tea Party continues. Yesterday, in St. Louis Newspaper Ignores Tea Party Movement, I highlighted the fact that the staff at the city’s lone major daily had ignored the upcoming local [...]

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St. Louis Newspaper Ignores Tea Party Movement (Updated)

February 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

This morning, I decided to search the online pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for news about the Saint Louis Tea Party, now less than 48 hours away.  Why?  Because, to date, the St. Louis area’s only major daily newspaper has yet to carry news about the local event or others like it around the [...]

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Saint Louis Tea Party Set for Friday Morning (Updated)

February 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Last week, CNBC’s Rick Santelli launched a call for a “Chicago Tea Party” from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  As explained in this post Saturday, his call spurred a movement that soon spread to cities nationwide.  Now, it appears that movement has reached St. Louis. On Friday at 11 a.m., the Saint Louis [...]

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Obama’s ‘Stimulus’ Hurts Future Generations (Updated)

February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Call it what you will, but a movement is starting to pick up steam, powered by Americans upset with the reckless actions being taken by elected officials in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.  Apparently, people have reached the point where they’re ready to stand up to politicians who seem more than willing to mortgage the futures [...]

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American Issues Project Stimulus Video Hits Mark

February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

American Issues Project is launching a major television advertising campaign, spotlighting the excessive spending and pet projects within the far-reaching stimulus legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office has said will harm the American economy in the long term. The ad will begin running Friday on FOX News, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNBC and FOX Business [...]

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CNBC’s Rick Santelli Calls for ‘Chicago Tea Party’ (Updated)

February 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Rush Limbaugh mentioned — and I strongly recommend you watch — this video of CNBC financial reporter Rick Santelli’s rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange today. In the video, Santelli calls for President Barack Obama to put up a web site and conduct an online referendum to find out how many Americans [...]

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FedEx Must Be Giddy After Big Brown’s Loss

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

The marketing folks at FedEx have to be excited over the outcome of this weekend’s big race at Belmont Park. After all, Big Brown — the horse bearing the name of their chief rival, UPS — finished last after being picked by many to be a shoe-in to win horse racing’s Triple Crown. Shown above [...]

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