Sen. Bond with Michigan Democratic Senators Levin & Stabenow at an Ethanol/hybrid vehicle press conference. Excerpt from Sen. Bond’s press release: Hybrid Battery Amendment – Bond’s amendment would help America use less oil by aggressively promoting advanced vehicle batteries for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. The Bond amendment would drive down the price of […]

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We told you last week how “Tricky” Dick Gephardt (son of a milk truck driver!) is now a corporate lobbyist who advocates vociferously for “clean coal technology. We guess Dick doesn’t get the Democrat talking points anymore, or he simply ignores them in favor of his new corporate masters. Here are some choice quotes from […]

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We told you yesterday about former Democrat minority leader Dick Gephardt’s (son of a milk truck driver!) lurch to the right and his new found love for capitalism. Mr. “Clean Coal” Dick is now a lobbyist for clean coal technology. We’ve provided below a short quote from his remarks. Unfortunately, one of the local newspapers […]

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In an amazing bit of candor that illustrates why Rep. Cleaver has no business on the House Financial Services Commitee, Cleaver says in this video that he is disappointed that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was “less than forthright” when it came to future predictions on the economy. Has Mr. Cleaver been living underneath a […]

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“I want to say a special thank you to every member of every labor union in this country who has stood by my side… throughout my career. Your fight is my fight, and it will always be that way.” Former minority leader “Tricky” Dick Gephardt (son of a milk truck driver!) was quite fond of […]

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Mr. Maverick himself will be holding a townhall meeting at Union Station in Kansas City today. It’s free to the public and doors open at 9:30 a.m. Read more here

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“The Bridge to Nowhere” Alaska’s Gravina Island (population less than 50) would have been connected to the megalopolis of Ketchikan (pop. 8,000) by a bridge nearly as long as the Golden Gate and higher than the Brooklyn Bridge. Price tag: $941 million. (credit: salon.com) A June 17, 2004 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported […]

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Kudos to the reader from Ballwin who managed to get us a report and pictures from yesterday’s Ballwin Days Parade: Here’s a few pictures I managed to get from the parade today in Ballwin. It looked like Jane Cunningham had the most people walking the parade with her. I didn’t see any of her primary […]

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Peter Kinder continues to solidify his reputation as a Republican that really cares about Missouri’s urban communities. Now, we’re not talking about the kind of pandering we see from the likes of Jay Boy Nixon and some of his “we make promises every four years for your vote then do nothing” Democrats. Instead, we’re talking about consistently following through on promises […]

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From The Pitch:By Chris Packham Douchebaguette: It’s fair to say now that Mayor of Big & Tall Menswear Mark Funkhouser and his apparently judgment-deficient bride Gloria Squitiro have lost the previously unquestioning support of The Star’s Mike Hendricks, they need to find a different work arrangement. One whereby he does all his important mayoring without […]

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