Below is a rough draft of a letter the committee approved last night: It is with great disappointment that the Buchanan County Republican Central Committee finds the need to submit this letter expressing our discontent with Senator Kit Bond’s decision to vote in favor of the appointment of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United States […]

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Congressman Akin receives an enthusiastic welcome at a Congressional public forum in early August. The Freedom Conference focused on the majority’s government health care legislation and the Cap and Trade national energy tax. Hat tip: RepToddAkin  [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/FknHE24e2CE” width=”325″ height=”250″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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We’re somewhat supportive of federal grants that help communities hire police officers. The only problem with these grants are that once the money runs out, these positions are usually eliminated for lack of funding. According to this post on Congressman Cleaver’s blog, once the money for this three year program is depleted, local governments are […]

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Graphic courtesy of missourirecord.com Congressman Russ Carnahan – charter member of the lucky sperm club – heard another earful from his angry constituents yesterday at a press conference touting the success of the “Cash for Clunkers” program. Boy, if his sister wasn’t on the ballot next year, and his last name wasn’t Carnahan, this clown […]

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New Missouri Matters member Gregory Phillips weighs in on the healthcare debate on his blog. From Ancient_Warrior’s Ancient_Battles: “Something the President said in a recent speech has really troubled me for a bit now. The statement was “14,000 Americans a day are losing their health care coverage”. If you look at that statement in a […]

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Kudos to the 24th State for their continuing series on FiredUp Missouri’s posters; posters who are allegedly posting their propaganda while on the taxpayer’s dime. Also, thanks 24th State for the hat tip in Part IV. Here’s an excerpt from Part V: “Any author at FiredUp who can prove they are an individual citizen who […]

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Governor Nasty Nixon makes a rare visit to one of the state’s two metropolitan areas today. The lucky area this time around is the St. Louis metropolitan area. Governor “Nasty” will be at the Carnahan School of the Future in the city of St. Louis, (rated 2 out of 10 by a school rating website) […]

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As Sen. McCaskill “recalibrates” her position on the wildly popular “Cash for Clunkers” program, (who wouldn’t take free money?) our readers voted overwhelmingly (81%) that the program should end when the funding finally runs out. Here’s a few comments that were left on our Facebook page when we posted this question last Friday: “Should Cash […]

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