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K-N Patriots Prepare for 2012

November 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The fact that conservatives experienced a landslide in the elections Nov. 2 doesn’t mean that Janet Allquist and the K and N Patriots are finished doing what they do best. For more than 18 months, members of the K and N Patriots have held Saturday rallies at the intersection of Highways K and N in [...]

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Patriots Say ‘Vote Like Your Life Depends On It!’

October 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments

On Saturday, Oct. 16, nearly 100 anti-socialism Americans gathered at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. Like they have almost every Saturday for 18 months, these people — members of the K&N Patriots — gathered to offer a visual reminder to their fellow Americans that freedom isn’t free. They gathered to [...]

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Voters Offered Tips to Profit from ‘House Flipping’

October 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments

With unemployment rates climbing, the bankruptcy rate soaring and federal spending out of control like never before, I felt it appropriate to revisit the practice known as “house flipping” and share 10 truths Americans can use to realize long-term profits from the practice.  Instead of focusing on private real estate, however, these truths focus on [...]

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EARMARX: Combination of Socialism, Spending

March 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Almost a week ago, I published post in which I announced the coining of a new term, EARMARX. Simple to understand, it couples the word used to describe wasteful federal government spending (i.e., “earmarks”) with the last name of a person who will forever be associated with socialism (i.e., “Marx”): EARMARKS + SOCIALISM = EARMARX [...]

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It’s So Obvious: OBAMA LOVES EARMARX

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

In her New York Times column yesterday, Maureen Dowd used Shakespearesque language to describe Sen. John McCain’s seemingly-hopeless efforts to rid a $410 billion spending bill of $7.7 billion in earmarks: And he’s truly mad that trusts in the promise of a presidential candidate to quell earmarks. A few paragraphs later, she quoted the Arizona [...]

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Democrat: ‘There are a lot of rich people we can tax’

October 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

If you don’t yet fear having Democrats in charge of both houses of Congress and the White House, watch and listen to the video (above) before you cast your votes Nov. 4.  It shows Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), a prominent Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, speaking in crystal clear language, saying the [...]

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Obama ‘Tax Calculator’ Attempts to Deceive Voters

October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Americans for Tax Reform today questioned the accuracy of the new tax calculator found on Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama‘s campaign web site. Among the calculator’s major errors/misleading statements are the following: The forgotten tax hike. By its own admission, the tax calculator ignores the unprecedented imposition of Social Security payroll taxes on small [...]

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