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‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

November 21st, 2009 · No Comments

A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol.
Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, were joined at the rally by [...]

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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 · 2 Comments

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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