My apologies for dropping out of the sphere for a while. My break started with an innocent vacation to middle of nowhere Mexico and ended with the removal of one angry appendix. Thankfully I was already back in Kansas City when my appendix decided it was time to come out. As you are well aware, […]

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I would really like to know why Sam Graves, Jo Ann Emerson and Kenny Hulshof did not sign the RSC’s veto pledge like 147 other Republicans and made a list presented by Redstate. What exactly is the pledge? It is a pledge to sustain any veto by the President of a budget which exceeds his […]

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By Kelly McCormack Congressional Websites: The Bright, Bland and Bizarre (excerpt) “House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has an attention-grabbing website. The site combines design elements in burgundy, white and blue, with graphics of gas pumps, money and the House floor. There are more than 20 photos in his gallery, which show the minority whip […]

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At first showing little concern for critics of his free car deal, Count Funkhouser of Kansas City has now turned down the offer.

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Continued good work Mr. Congressman, two successive stories in The Hill no less. First your dental work, and now we learn you defend the common man and the lowly interns too. Have you ever thought of your own reality show after this Congress hobby has lost its appeal? Rep. Lacy Clay Speaks Up for Intern […]

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  JEFFERSON CITY-Gov. Matt Blunt today announced the appointment of Angeletta McCormick Franks to serve as director of the Office of Supplier and Workforce Diversity. Ms. McCormick Franks, of St. Louis, previously worked for former U.S. Senator Jim Talent as a community liaison. She has also served as a commissioner on the St. Louis City […]

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Our favorite Republican imitator Claire McCaskill is once again straddling the fence. After a brief trip to Iraq she comes back with virtually no position but a whole lot of rhetoric.

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The AP is reporting Matt Blunt has found a replacement for John King who resigned from the Missouri Ethic Commission in April. King will be replaced by former Republican legislator Ken Legan. In case you forgot, Legan served in the House until 2001 and became popular for pushing a law that made it illegal to […]

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Good luck tomorrow from the Missouri Political News Service. We’ll be listening! From the blog Conservatism With Heart: I finally have the details on how to tune into the show tomorrow. You can either go to http://togientertainment.com and click on radio or go straight there by using this link, http://togientertainment.com/radio.php. At first, I was told […]

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After eighteen years and one stay of execution, AG Nixon is acting “prematurely” to execute this dreg of society? UNBELIEVABLE! The lawyer for condemned prison inmate Michael Taylor says Attorney General Jay Nixon is acting prematurely by asking for a new execution date for Taylor. Taylor’s execution was stayed in the last hours 16 months […]

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