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Census Ads Everywhere, Including Back of the Bus (Update)

February 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments

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 Airport [...]

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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 a [...]

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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 come [...]

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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 sent [...]

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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 days [...]

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