Reuters reports today, “The U.S. military is on track to cut numbers in Iraq to 50,000 by end August, when the 7-1/2-year combat mission launched by former President George W. Bush ends and operations switch to assisting Iraq’s armed forces.” The Washington Post adds, “The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which left Iraq this […]

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Hat tip:TheNRSC [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/JFwsWN0XkQM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Rasmussen Reports: 60% of Voters Say Most in Congress Don’t Care What They Think

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  President (Jimmy Carter) Obama was in Ohio yesterday, attempting to claim that his economic program is producing results. But the numbers show that the $862 billion stimulus package hasn’t improved the economy and the latest polls show Americans don’t agree with Obama’s sunny economic portrait. It was 18 months ago when Vice President Joe […]

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 Progressive blogger questions STL County Executive Charlie Dooley’s “vision.” The very progressive blog Show Me Progress had some unusually harsh criticism for St. Louis County executive Charlie Dooley. As we wrote after the primary election that Mr. Dooley is hemorrhaging support among Democrats, this harsh piece seems to be another indication of that. The progressive […]

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Eighteen months ago yesterday, President Obama signed the $862 billion stimulus bill into law. The bill expanded the deficit to record levels and adds over a trillion dollars to the national debt, when expensive interest payments are factored in. At the time of the bill’s signing, Vice President Joe Biden said, “This is a monumental […]

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The Unablogger makes an interesting point: Case in point: Rep. Waters is charged with steering stimulus funds to a business (in this case a bank) in which a family member (specifically Waters’ husband) has a financial interest. But Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO) steered stimulus funds to a business (in this case a wind farm) in […]

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Source: NAACP Image of a KKK recruitment card allegedly being handed out by a Laborers International Union of America board member. NAACP press release: St. Louis, Mo. – A Laborers International Union of North America Local 53 Board member is using the project sites of the U S Army Corps Engineers – St. Louis district […]

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Photo credit: missourinet “I don’t think we’re going to get a second round of stimulus dollars. I think the first round did a sufficient job in cushioning the blow, but we don’t see anything that’s going to get us back up off the ground any time soon.” —Leonard Toenjes, President of Associated General Contractors of […]

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The Monday Morning Matchup featuring Republican Jeff Roe and Democrat Phil Levota. Chris Stigall asks Jeff & Phil about the Obama Mosque Speech, the recant and how it will affect Robin Carnahan. Chris also asks both sides of the parties about the new anti-Blunt ad that Carnahan endorses. It got kinda heated. Click here to […]

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