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New Report Reveals Dead People Voting in Missouri

October 29th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Earlier this week, I shared news that I surmised could derail Robin Carnahan’s U.S. Senate bid.  Today, I share an update from the Missouri Watchdog that was made public Thursday night.  Offered in the form of a question — Dead voters in Missouri? — it should prompt an investigation into the practices of the Democrat [...]

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Pennsylvania Governor Sabotages 212K Jobs

October 26th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Despite the fact that the Marcellus Shale natural gas play promises to provide some 212,000 jobs in Pennsylvania during the next 10 years, the Keystone State’s Gov. Ed Rendell today issued an executive order to halt new natural gas drilling leasing on state lands.  His reason?  According to a news release, he’s “protecting Pennsylvania’s state [...]

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Retired Army General Identifies Signs of Insurgency

October 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Almost one year ago, I published a post featuring a clip of Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin painting an accurate picture of the circumstances surrounding the case of Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, the Muslim on trial now for allegedly — and I use that term reluctantly and only for legal reasons — killing 13 and wounded [...]

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Phil Hare’s ‘Year of Foolishness’ Revisited

October 25th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Barely one week before election day, it’s time to review what I like to call the “year of foolishness” lived out loud by U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, a liberal Democrat running for reelection in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. On Dec. 16, 2009, Hare told Chris Matthews’ MSNBC audience he would welcome terrorists from Guantanamo Bay [...]

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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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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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Everything Changes After the Primary Ends

September 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

File this under, “Everything Changes After the Primary Ends.” St. Louis television station Fox2News caught me on video at the Midwest Region 9-12 Rally Sunday afternoon at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The cameraman caught me during the moment I was having a handshake conversation with Missouri Republican U.S. Senate Nominee Roy Blunt. I [...]

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