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Roy Blunt NOT Endorsed by State Tea Party Groups

July 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments

With the primary election for the Missouri U.S. Senate race barely a week away, I received news today that members of three influential Tea Party groups have NOT endorsed Roy Blunt! The groups members hail from Blunt’s “backyard” cities of Branson and Springfield as well as from St. Charles County. The first message, in the [...]

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Strong Turnout for Missouri Anti-Socialism Rally

May 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments

Great weather produced a strong turnout Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo.  Nearly 100 freedom-loving Americans waved at passing motorists while decrying almost every policy pushed by President Barack Obama and his liberal allies.  The video above captures the basics of the rally.

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Anti-Socialism Rally Takes Place Despite Rain

April 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Despite sometimes-heavy rain showers, about three-dozen members of the K and N Patriots held their weekly Saturday afternoon rally against socialism at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo.  The video above captures some of the flavor of the rally, lack of violence and all.

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Freedom-Loving Patriots Rally Again and Again

April 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Only two days after rallying more than 200 people for a Tax Day Tea Party in downtown St. Charles, Mo., the K and N Patriots rallied more than 50 patriots at the corner of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo., this afternoon for the group’s weekly rally against socialism.

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‘Let ‘em have one finger, they take your whole hand’

April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Twenty-six years ago, Ionel “Greg” Grigore came to the United States from Romania in search of freedom and opportunity.  Today, the 54-year-old St. Louis businessman finds himself again battling dark political forces not unlike the ones that caused him to want to leave the Eastern European homeland of his birth. Recently, I spoke with Grigore [...]

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Romanian Immigrant: ‘Let’s say I came from hell’

April 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

While attending the K and N Patriots’ weekly anti-socialism rally Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo., I had the good fortune to meet Ionel “Greg” Grigore and his mother Dumitra. The Grigores, 54 and 74 respectively, came to this country during the 1980s in search of freedom and [...]

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Immigrants from Romania Rally for Freedom

April 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Today, I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Ionel “Greg” Grigore and his mother Dumitra (see photo above), first-generation Americans from Romania who shared with me their first-hand experiences of living in a land without freedom and opportunity. The Grigores were among a crowd of nearly 100 people rallying for freedom and against tyranny [...]

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