The infamous Weiner photo that started it all! Too rich! I guess you can also say that Weiner’s political career died pretty “hard” too.

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Hat tip:SarahSteelman4Senate [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/EfHI-NZjmUo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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“Ironically”, the same morning we chastised president Obama’s green jobs initiative and Emanuel Cleaver’s $200 million dollar stimulus boondoggle, The Kansas City’s Star’s Karen Dillon writes a story later in the day attempting to put journalistic lipstick on this pig: Brooks is one of about 100 people who have gotten work through U.S. Rep. Emanuel […]

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Speaking on the floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “Over the past few weeks, Americans have gotten what seems like a daily dose of bad news about the state of the economy. Whether it’s more joblessness, threats from ratings agencies, the price of gasoline, goods and housing, or a slowdown in manufacturing, […]

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The Hill writes today, “President Obama on Tuesday dismissed the notion that he doesn’t fully grasp the scale of economic anxiety in the U.S., calling the idea that he was calm about joblessness ‘nonsense.’ The president rejected the suggestion that Americans think he should be angrier about the poor state of the economy, and strongly […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/8nMUIwcgLqE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Slate.com: “One reason I’m so bullish on Mitt this time is that I think he’s finding his moment,” said former Sen. Jim Talent, a Romney surrogate. “He’s talking about the economy and he’s been talking about it. Remember, in 2007, the surge in Iraq became the issue, and […]

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We were always skeptical of the president’s and congressional liberals green jobs initiative. Anyone who has taken a freshman economics class at the local junior college understands that free markets creates jobs and industries, not the government. Newt Gingrich had it about right at last might’s debate when he said “the country didn’t need a […]

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Wonder if Mayor Slay discussed with Alderman  Jeffrey Boyd (to the right of the mayor) beforehand his thoughts about downsizing the board?Hat tip:SAINTLOUISTV [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/2TpRB4ot5pQ” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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On Thursday, the long string of gloomy economic stories continued as the AP reported, “Falling real estate prices are eating away at home equity. The percentage of their homes that Americans own is near its lowest point since World War II, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. The average homeowner now has 38 percent equity, down […]

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Obama: Driving America Over the Cliff? There have been many recent indications of how much the U.S. economy is struggling, yet President Obama and the American public seem to be on different pages as to how troubled the economy is. CNNMoney listed some of the problems highlighted in recent days: “On Friday, a government jobs […]

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