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68-Year-Old’s Message Continues to Resonate

October 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

“ONE VOICE AGAINST SOCIALISM” was the message on the sign carried by 68-year-old grandmother Janet Allquist six months ago when she began a one-woman campaign against socialism and government run amok. Today, her message continues to resonate through weekly Saturday afternoon rallies at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo.
Allquist was joined [...]

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An Arresting Tale: From Podium to Pokey in 10 Days

October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

On Oct. 2, Catherine Bleish was one of a handful of speakers who revved up a crowd of 2,000 at the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  Ten days later, she found herself in jail in the South St. Louis city of Maplewood.
“I was standing in line outside,” the 25-year-old told me Monday afternoon during an [...]

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The Money You Could Have Saved…

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Above: The money you could have saved by voting Republican in 2008.  Read the complete and entertaining story behind the graphic above at Doug Ross.

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Senator Inhofe Dubs Waxman-Markey a ‘Nightmare’

July 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) uses a just-released video (below) to point out what happened at 3:09 a.m. (Eastern) on June 26 as most Americans were sleeping:  Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives were creating a nightmare.
“In the early morning hours,” he explains, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her deputies were pushing the largest tax [...]

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Big Oil, Big Labor Form Historic Partnership

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Saying the ultimate goal of the partnership is to secure more and better-paying jobs for Americans in the oil and gas industry and for more Americans in every region of the country, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard announced this morning the formation of a historic partnership his organization that represents some 400 [...]

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