Only three days after being “treated” to a $2.5 million Super Bowl commercial touting the 2010 Census as a “Snapshot of America,” I spotted another advertisement for the 2010 Census and took a photo of it (below). Plastered to the back of a bus I encountered on the way back from St. Louis Lambert International [...]
Census Ads Everywhere, Including Back of the Bus (Update)
February 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments
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SHOCK! Liberal Media Blame Bush for Suspending Airlift of Critically-Ill Haitians to United States
January 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The headline above isn’t true, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see headlines like it pop up during the next few days following news that senior Obama Administration officials had ordered a suspension of airlifts of critically-ill Haitians to the United States. While driving to St. Louis Lambert International Airport earlier this evening, I heard [...]
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Troops Hailed as Heroes at Exodus 2009 in St Louis
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Thousands of soldiers from Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood will pass through St. Louis Lambert International Airport today on their way home for the holidays. Unable to make it there this morning, I offer instead one of St. Louis blogger Doug Edelman‘s best photos from the kickoff of “Exodus 2009″ which saw dozens of local patriots [...]
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Arizona County Bids ‘Goodbye’ to Traffic Cameras
January 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
After watching a PowerPoint® presentation by Sheriff Paul Babeu, supervisors in Pinal County, Ariz., Wednesday bid goodbye to photo enforcement. Soon after seeing a link to an Arizona Republic article that appeared on Drudge Report this morning, I contacted Sheriff Babeu’s office by phone and was able to have a copy of the sheriff’s presentation [...]
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Red-Light Cameras ‘Gifts’ That Keep on Giving (Corrected)
December 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Seeing this holiday season as the perfect time to give their small community of 13,000 residents a “gift” that keeps on giving, city officials in St. Ann, Mo., had red-light cameras installed at two intersections adjacent St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport. This morning, I happened to notice the cameras — which were not there five [...]
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American Airlines Pilots Walk Picket Lines
April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
As the spouse of a flight attendant employed by a profitable air carrier, I like to keep a watchful eye on the airline industry. Today, one of my twice-weekly trips to St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport afforded me the opportunity to get a firsthand look at some airline employees making news without leaving the ground. [...]
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