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| Pro-business approach saps Missouri budget >> Op-Ed | a-blouin |
| Missouri is facing historic declines in revenue that are only in part due to the economic recession facing the nation. Missouri's fiscal pressures are also due to a lack of action on critical revenue ...more |
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| Bill ends monopoly control of fee offices >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Missouri State Senator Gary Nodler (R-32 representing the people of Newton, Jasper and Dade counties)
Locally run fee offices to better serve the ...more |
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| Speaker Richard places snag in way of tax reform >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Swimming upstreamby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim ...more |
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| Watchtowner blood transfusion confusion >> Op-Ed | dhaszard |
| Bloodless surgeries, pioneered by non-Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) doctors, because of a shortage of blood donors, are great if they can be elective. One third of all trauma deaths are from blood loss. ...more |
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| NEA admin is where the bucks are >> Op-Ed | mike-a |
| Not to further upset overworked, underpaid teachers (or taxpayers) but the National Education Association spends almost $390 million annually from its headquarters building in Washington, DC. Its ...more |
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| Website is set up to document Joplin aid to Haiti >> Op-Ed | bpaden |
| Following the tragic earthquake that took place on January 11th, 2010 in Haiti, members of the Joplin community began to brainstorm ways local churches, organizations, companies and individuals could ...more |
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| Trend is set...less saffron quail for the rich >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Lawrence S. Wittner
Decades ago, rightwingers began championing cuts in income taxes for the rich and -- when that lowered government revenue -- turned around and claimed that government could ...more |
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| Tribute to Howard Zinn >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| HOWARD ZINN (1922-2010)
Howard Zinn and the State of the Union
By Tom H. Hastings
Howard Zinn has crossed over. He was a mensch, a historian and a peace and justice activist. He was not ...more |
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| Open note to Sen. McCaskill >> Op-Ed | whuggins |
| Can you hear us now, Senator McCaskill?
Last spring at the Tea Party Rallies you and your Democrat colleagues dismissed the public’s demands for responsible fiscal policy by calling us Tea ...more |
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| Hail to the corporate persona >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| My Country 'tis of thee—Corporatocracy! Of Thee I Sing
By Daniel Patrick Welch
I know, I know. I’ve seen the blogosphere screeching about the Death of Democracy now that the Supreme Court has ...more |
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| Notes on the State of the State >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Dependent or empoweredby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"Nothing is so galling to a people, not broken in from the birth, as a ...more |
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| State soverignty thwarts healthcare reform >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Growing patriotsby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but ...more |
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| Again the public be damned! >> Op-Ed | whuggins |
| The Democrats of the US Senate aided by our own Darlin' Claire McCaskill rammed through a health care bill unwanted by the public--or, if it is wanted, no national poll has been able to find evidence ...more |
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| Ultimate terrorism: nuclear catastrophe >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Nuclear terrorism: how it can be prevented
By Lawrence S. Wittner
The recent furor over an unsuccessful terrorist attempt to blow up an airliner is distracting us from considering the ...more |
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| Is global warming a threat to agriculture? >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| Add USDA to anti-ag listby Trent Loos
As we charge into 2010, those of us in agriculture have come to realize that we must deal with groups outside of agriculture that want to forever change the ...more |
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| A Copenhagen climate cop out? >> Op-Ed | mlbird |
| Despite President Obama’s best efforts at the recent Copenhagen Climate Summit, a meaningful, binding agreement to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change could not be achieved. For all the ...more |
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| Just enough war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| While it upsets me and probably offended the Nobel committee to have a peace prize winner lecture the audience on the necessity of war, peacemakers should be grateful for the opportunity to re-engage ...more |
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| Use money for social progress not war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| President Obama will announce his policy decision on Afghanistan to a deeply divided nation Tuesday night in an address from West Point. It is largely anticipated that his recommendation will be to ...more |
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| Blunt comments on his bid for Senate seat >> Op-Ed | staff |
| Commentary by Roy Blunt
In one year, on Election Day 2010, Missouri's decision on U.S. Senator will be in the national spotlight. Which way will Bellwether Missouri turn on November 2, 2010, [just ...more |
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| Cap and trade, unfriendly to Missourians' wallets >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Naïve and irrationalby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"Facts are the raw material of reason" anonymous
A few days ago I ...more |
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| The inequality of government worker perks >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| Over 30 years ago I heard the now deceased Rev. E.V. Hill [of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles] state, "I do not trust the left-wing or the right-wing because they are both ...more |
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| Death for the uninsured? >> Op-Ed | jbishop |
| Imagine, just imagine, what it would be like not to worry about how you are going to pay for health care for yourself and your family.
Health insurance companies are in business to make money. ...more |
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| Is Obama following Bush's amnesty program? >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| The Obama administration's gutting of key immigration and border security programs combined with a push for amnesty legislation by the Hispanic Caucus in Congress has led to a national organization ...more |
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| Healthcare for all, punishment for all >> Op-Ed | nigd |
| Commentary by Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.
In the 2008 campaign, we heard healthcare in this country is “broken” and must be “reformed.” We heard “healthcare reform” would be the signature piece of ...more |
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| Illness and streams: correlation in questioning >> Op-Ed | dwayne |
| No doubt many of you have seen this or are aware of this article. This presents a very dark cloud for the DNR and the Nixon administration and we can only hope that something is done about the ...more |
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| Creating a model of compassion >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Moving beyond war in Afghanistan
The challenge of helping Afghanistan while also serving U.S. security goals includes four aspects: first, U.S. fear of more terrorist attacks mounted from the ...more |
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| Emery reiterates fair tax support >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The Fair Taxby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same ...more |
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| Why Senator Roberts opposes health care bill >> Op-Ed | s-little |
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) pictured, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today made ...more |
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| Throw the tea partyers in the harbor >> Op-Ed | biker2 |
| Rather than answer the call of a shallow party-line hack like Utah State Representative Curtis Oda to "proudly" run Ole Glory up a pole and celebrate 9-11--a date which should more appropriately ...more |
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| Health care reform acid test >> Op-Ed | pickrell |
| Here is an idea that will guarantee a health care reform package that everyone can live with. It will require a bi-partisan effort.
What is it? A pledge from every lawmaker in Congress that they ...more |
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| Canadian healthcare and the fear tactic >> Op-Ed | jean-b |
| This commentary is being passed along by a person who currently is residing in the Joplin area but who had lived in Canada for a few years.
You're not hearing the truth about Canadian health ...more |
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| Cap and Trade is very green (money-wise, that is) >> Op-Ed | stouffer |
| If you think you are in the dark on what may be happening in Washington, D.C. these days, you are not alone. In fact, we may all be in the dark if a measure recently passed by the U.S. House of ...more |
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| Health care issue: debate or acrimony? >> Op-Ed | midgep |
| As I write this, I am watching a recording of the July 31st House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing to mark-up the so-called "universal" health care bill that has been so hotly debated across ...more |
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| Charging the economy with a citizen stimulus >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Tom H Hastings
President Obama’s approval rating in the polls has been dropping. It is lower every time it’s measured.
Unemployment rates are higher under Obama’s leadership than they were ...more |
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| Missouri should have control over its own fate >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Federalism--structured for changeby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a ...more |
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| 700 scientists discredit global warming crisis >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| Ten years ago, we were being deluged with unending reports on the coming horror that would be created by Y2K. Billions of dollars were spent to correct an imaginary problem. Then on that long ...more |
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| Controls are strangling domestic food producers >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| The United States of America was founded on the premise that control of one's own destiny is essential to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," but as a sixth-generation farmer I am concerned ...more |
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| Chipotle's food integrity is challenged >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill is misleading American consumers and financially benefiting from a "feel good, no guilt" marketing message that in fact is untrue. As a sixth-generation U.S. farmer, I have ...more |
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| Fingers of addiction >> Op-Ed | karla |
| Preventing, stopping or explaining chemical dependency is often the focus of stories about addiction. Seldom does anyone consider the parents who suffer. Injecting hope into a world where parents are ...more |
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| Support for Missouri Sovereignty Movement promoted >> Op-Ed | tgrady |
| Missourians, now's the time. Let's talk. Please. Let's talk about our state only....at least for now.
Those of us who are becoming increasingly terrified over President Obama's interference in the ...more |
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| Missouri Rep. Cynthia Davis offers rebuttal >> Op-Ed | staff |
| Commentary by Missouri Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-19)
--An answer to the attacks circulating on the Internet about her recent remarks concerning the taxpayer-sponsored summer food program for children in ...more |
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| Socialism and the regulation of tobacco >> Op-Ed | pickrell |
| Congress has voted to give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco. The problem is the Supreme Court in 2000 denied the FDA that privilege. According to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in ...more |
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| Federal health care reform should be fully funded >> Op-Ed | htodd |
| As discussions about health care reform continue in Washington, DC, a key question is whether we are willing to pay for real reform that insures all Americans. The success of any reform is dependent ...more |
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| Fair tax is a fair share tax >> Op-Ed | jason |
| When you hear any politician indignantly demanding that corporations finally, "pay their fair share of taxes," look to your own wallet. Corporations don't have a secret cache of money to pay taxes ...more |
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| Energy tax increase is wrong >> Op-Ed | waltb |
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Commentary by Missouri Rep. Walt Bivins (R-97)St. Louis, MO
President Obama has outlined an ambitious plan for a massive redistribution of wealth and government intrusion into health care, ...more |
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| Rep. Blunt & the Party of NO >> Op-Ed | lweiner |
| On the day President Barack Obama marked his 100th day in office, Americans United for Change asked U.S. Representative Roy Blunt who he thinks he is representing with his repeated votes against the ...more |
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| HB 30: drug testing for welfare benefits >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Objectives and resultsby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"It is neither compassionate nor wise to treat someone else's discomfort with ...more |
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| Rethinking Afghanistan >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Anne Miller
Last week, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was revealed that the Obama administration is planning on sending an additional ...more |
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| Desperate need of job growth >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)
Job creation: No quick fix
With unemployment throughout the nation continuing to increase, job creation has been a main focus this ...more |
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| One time funding for one time projects >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)
Federal Stimulus Plan: state concerns
The president signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in mid-February, but as ...more |
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| Stimulus package should help Missouri families >> Op-Ed | htodd |
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Commentary by Amy Blouin,Missouri Budget Project executive director
Missouri is expected to receive at least $4.3 billion over the next two years as a result of the federal economic recovery ...more |
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| Agnostics, 1; theocrats, 0 >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Tom H Hastings--
"I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person."
Awww... Who could not forgive ...more |
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| H.R. 1 is labeled generational theft >> Op-Ed | staff |
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Comments by Tom A. Coburn, M.D., U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (R-Muskogee)
...As you may know, the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1) on February 10, 2009, ...more |
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| Laptops nixed in Senate chamber >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)
All the More Reason to Stay Focused
I was recently in the Senate chamber while the body was not in session, and I took a moment to ...more |
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| Fathers' rights vs. gender bias >> Op-Ed | maryr |
| Fathers everyday are being denied equal rights regarding their children in custody cases. Gender bias should be eliminated from family law and future legislation. BOTH biological parents should be ...more |
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| President Obama, what are you really thinking... >> Op-Ed | m_massie |
| During his campaign, presidential candidate Barack Obama cast President Bush as having done everything wrong. So, what will the now President Obama do right? If his first week is any indication of ...more |
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| How the government protects us >> Op-Ed | staff |
| Perhaps you didn't realize that every stream and river in the country supports healthy aquatic life and is safe for recreation in and on the water. The reason I know our streams are unpolluted is ...more |
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| Missouri seeks family recovery >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Family Recovery Planby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life ...more |
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| Afghanistan: insisting on failed policy >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Here we go again!
This time it's Afghanistan, with a foreign power, not to say an imperial nation, employing sophisticated weapons and military personnel to subdue a people and culture that it ...more |
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| Dissecting the mindset to war: Afghanistan >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Hopes abound for an Obama presidency to enact changes in health care, education and a green economy. But these hopes may all be lost to a war in the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan.
by Marc ...more |
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| Current Missouri law thwarts nuclear expansion >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Nuclear Power Factsby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
The 2009 legislative session will address the need for more base-load electricity ...more |
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| Merry Christmas from President George W. Bush >> Op-Ed | staff |
| This just came in from Robert Greenwald and the Brave New Films team:
The Bush administration isn't about to let democracy or the will of the people stop them from further ruining this country ...more |
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| Gates keep out change >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Tom H Hastings
Robert Gates is Bush's Secretary of Defense and has been for two years. President-elect Barack Obama has announced that he will retain Gates in an open-ended offer to remain in ...more |
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| Dump the Federal Reserve overboard with the tea >> Op-Ed | kdunbar |
| Demonstrations were held in 39 cities across the US yesterday, November 22, 2008 by protesters who rallied against the Federal Reserve banking system. I participated in the St. Louis rally where I ...more |
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| Gov. Blunt's truth check >> Op-Ed | robinson |
| JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt's office today issued the following truth check providing specific examples of how media outlets deliberately misled Missourians about a former employee who was ...more |
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| Let GM's house of cars (sic) fall >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Bail out General Motors? The people who murdered our mass transit system?
First let them remake what they destroyed.
GM responded to the 1970s gas crisis by handing over the American market to ...more |
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| Your role in the election aftermath >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Digging deeper, finding hope
For many, the elections brought hope in the face of all that is crumbling: housing prices, stocks, financial institutions, family budgets, job and retirement ...more |
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| Voter intimidation in odd places >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| by Daniel Patrick Welch
Swampscott, MA isn't the place you'd pick for right-wing hate mongering. Sandwiched between the industrial cities Lynn and Salem on Boston's North Shore (and somewhat ...more |
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| World peace begins at home >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| By Virginia Swain
As I observe the lack of civility and destabilization in local and international political life, I remember Lee Atwater. Chief political advisor to the first president George ...more |
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| Palin' around with a terrorist >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Sarah Palin is right to criticize Barak Obama for 'palling around with terrorists,' as she puts it. A smart politician would not hang around with people who have been connected to bombs that might ...more |
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| OK, Missouri, show me >> Op-Ed | kdimon |
| Politics has wonderful way of alienating one’s entire family. Case in point: my family.
We can talk about the kids, we can talk about the weather, but then we run out of things to talk about ...more |
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| Debunking the far right viewpoint >> Op-Ed | kgramey |
| Sarah Palin has been on the political stump now all of six weeks, arriving as a gift from heaven with few of the attributes of a seasoned politician, but possessed of charms that, if you aren’t sure ...more |
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| Future of Missouri's economy looks grim >> Op-Ed | htodd |
| Missouri General Revenue Collections, after refunds, dropped by 1.2 percent in September, resulting in an overall decrease of 0.9 percent for the first quarter of state fiscal Year 2009 to date. The ...more |
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| Bailout might become a broken record >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| American taxpayers should not shoulder the burden for government failures and lawless behavior in the markets and should oppose rubber stamp legislation offered by Congress or Bush administration ...more |
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| The Missouri Bar to select judges? Oh, no! >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Judicial accountabilityby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"...The contemporary understanding of judicial independence and of the judicial ...more |
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| Obama and easy solutions to the economic crisis >> Op-Ed | ngreen |
| If you had an employee who was getting $160,000 a year, plus a full time staff, travel expenses, and a huge budget to work with, but never showed up for work, what would you do? Obama proudly lists ...more |
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| Inequities in Missouri's social services revealed >> Op-Ed | wglover |
| Oh, here's the story: It starts with the local Social Services and an ever shifting set of regulations that apply to Medicaid and a lack of transparency in how those rules are enforced, which leads ...more |
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| Nuances of killing >> Op-Ed | jgreen |
| --By Joe Green
I recently wrote an article about why I believe abortion is murder; the responses I received were interesting, to say the least. I always am amazed at the level of denial some ...more |
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| Why vote "blue" >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| The time of "nit-natting" of favorite secondary issues is over. We may not like every single thing done or said by a candidate on every issue, but we must realize there is no such thing as a perfect ...more |
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| Stopping Big Oil's gimme, gimme, gimme >> Op-Ed | mhope |
| Time to draw a line in the sand...before there's no more sand
With each passing day, hardworking Americans are watching the price of gas climb higher and higher as oil executives watch their ...more |
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| Gobal warming: the real fear factor >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The truth...the whole truthby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
The impact on temperature per unit carbon dioxide actually goes down, not ...more |
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| MDNR twittles while cattle deformities multiply >> Op-Ed | staff |
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Captured on film are pictures of hog sewage being "removed" from the confinement. In middle May 2008 Darvin and Tish Bentlage sent photos to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for an ...more |
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| Bikers raise money for hearing-disabled program >> Op-Ed | l-hoard |
| A group of seven motorcyclists from the states of Florida, Texas and Louisiana recently rolled to a stop in front of the Student and Outreach Services Building on the campus of the Missouri School ...more |
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| Obama chided for promoting Spanish language study >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| Following the hard lessons of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's failed attempt to give licenses to illegal aliens and John McCain's close call with political destruction for supporting Comprehensive ...more |
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| Illegal entry thwarted in Missouri >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Illegal entryby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"While politicians in Washington have debated amnesty bills, over half a million illegal ...more |
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| Just $15 helps promote an autism license plate >> Op-Ed | cwilson |
| When Michelle McAdams’ third child, Nick, was 15 months old, she knew something was “not quite right” in his development, but she couldn’t put her finger on the problem. It was over a year later that ...more |
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| Global warming vs. what's really happening >> Op-Ed | oharward |
| Mr. Gore, I do not believe there is such a thing as man-made global warming. I do not think globe warming is provable, being that we only have data for a fraction of the time the earth has been in ...more |
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| ACLU applauds Armed Service Committee actions >> Op-Ed | aclu |
| WASHINGTON, DC - The American Civil Liberties Union applauds Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and the Senate Armed Services Committee for conducting an almost two-year investigation into the origins of ...more |
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| Missouri, a fiscal role model >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Principles that work (contrasting political philosophies)by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
“In general, the art of government consists of ...more |
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| Fewer bills; less government >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
| hr>
When Less Is Moreby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ...more |
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| Mom works to end deployments in Iraq >> Op-Ed | tina-r |
| by Tina Richards
My journey to Washington, DC began a little over a year ago when I received a call from my son about his impending third deployment. After countless hours in the halls of ...more |
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| Is the U.S. Constitution dead, or is it alive? >> Op-Ed | midgep |
| I commend those of you in Joplin who have been brave enough to sign the petition for lessening marijuana penalties in your city. It takes true patriots to stand up for what is good, right and true in ...more |
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| What's in your pocket? >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| We all know this is one of the most critical elections in quite a few years. People are angry over various issues, and are going to go vote or bust. I have no doubt this primary election on February ...more |
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| Another side to Senator McCain? >> Op-Ed | dgilbert |
| Presidential Candidate and Senator John McCain may appear more presidential these days following his recent primary wins, but one aspect of his fitness for command has been strikingly absent from ...more |
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| Just who benefits from ethanol? >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The ethanol compromiseby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining ...more |
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| Blunt practices unethical doctoring of health-care >> Op-Ed | bob-pund |
| Primun non nocere
First, do no harm, is a common known oath taken by medical practitioners. Medical practices should be considered carefully before they are applied to the patients because this ...more |
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| Special interest politics flaws the process >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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An historic perspectiveby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
Leadership requires as keen a sense of where you have been as where you are ...more |
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| Should US citizens be trusted with weapons? >> Op-Ed | dgilbert |
| Within December, we’ve seen a private citizen stop a madman wielding a rifle and a thousand rounds of ammunition from possibly killing hundreds of people. The liberal media is spinning this as ...more |
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| Vets on disability, be wary when you marry >> Op-Ed | jdotson |
| Please allow me to take you on a brief journey. Try to imagine yourself as one of the many wounded military personnel (man, or woman) currently recovering from combat injuries at Walter Reed or Brook ...more |
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| Home inspector's role: working for the buyer >> Op-Ed | jbushart |
| by James H. Bushart
In this passing year, Missourians have seen the highest number of foreclosures than at any other time in their history. Families are being forced out of their homes and are ...more |
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| Is the US softening its alliance with Israel? >> Op-Ed | angelpix |
| by Daniel Gilbert
During a peace summit in Annapolis, MD, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has vowed to heavily pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem. Worse, Rice and the current administration ...more |
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| Marvel Comics goes digital >> Op-Ed | 4comics |
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Commentary by Mark Allen
Recently, Marvel Comics decided to begin making their comics available online. Dubbed Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the program will boast 2,500 comic books ...more |
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| When the majority doesn't speak >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| If you missed the impeachment protest on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, in Springfield, MO at the major intersection of Glenstone and Battlefield Rd., you missed a gratifying experience in seeing and ...more |
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| Muslims cautioned against following mullahs >> Op-Ed | admin2 |
| S.A. Rehman has been disseminating messages on the Internet for several years now. These messages addressed allegedly to his fellow Muslims preach against violence and misinterpretation of the ...more |
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| We are not the enemy nor serfs >> Op-Ed | rraney |
| How federal, state and local govenments have allowed a perfectly good cash cow to escape
Let's consider the price of gasoline. If the wind blows, it goes up. If the season's change, the gas ...more |
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| Political chicanery and the Sunshine Law >> Op-Ed | rpund |
| In a truly representative democracy, the politicians we elect should be working for us. Each of us should be tracking their votes and listening to their speeches to confirm this dictum.
In ...more |
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| Screamin' over Sen. Durbin's Bad Dream >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| By William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
As the US Senate prepares to vote today on the 'Bad' Dream amnesty amendment offered by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), that ...more |
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| Majority speaks on CAFOs vs. park preservation >> Op-Ed | smarkin |
| What will it take to get the Department of Natural Resources to live up to the mission of the department to protect and conserve our natural resources? This agency, supposedly, was created to ...more |
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| Protecting big business at any cost >> Op-Ed | dfinke |
| It's no surprise that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is looking the other way as the rampant CAFO industry charges ahead to do what it likes, regardless of public will, input, or ...more |
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| Water rights revisited; how deep is thy well? >> Op-Ed | wdjpc |
| If you have something on or under your property and someone takes it, did that someone steal it? Then, how do you feel if the state of Missouri agrees they will do “nothing” about ...more |
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| Bush-power opens borders for big business cronies >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| by William Gheen,ALIPAC director
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is calling for a formal congressional investigation into the non-enforcement and under enforcement of America's ...more |
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| What a home inspection is not >> Op-Ed | jbushart |
| Our friends with the Missouri Association of Realtors (MAR) have been very successful in helping their members totally transform the public image of their profession. I have to hand it to them.
In ...more |
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| The scuttling of amnesty bill S.1348 >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA): pro-amnesty and in support of Big Business. There has to be irony in that!
A striking defeat for the Open Borders Lobby (OBL) was achieved by historic and unprecedented ...more |
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| Missouri's balanced budget >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. --Will Rogers
Tax cuts and the 2008 budgetby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the ...more |
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| Please fence me in >> Op-Ed | oharward |
| Oscar Harward of Monroe, NC has called this commentary to our attention with the permission of the author.
By Rep. Duncan Hunter (District 52-CA)--
It’s much tougher than it should be to ...more |
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| Free lunch breeds contempt >> Op-Ed | wmiller |
| A sad parallel...
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week there were hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily ...more |
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| Murderers act; why are the victims passive? >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle, sir, is not to ...more |
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| Feedback on the Iraqi lesson >> Op-Ed | ashihaba |
| It's unwise to consider President Bush responsible for every bit of the US dilemma in Iraq. His father's administration encouraged Saddam diplomatically to invade Kuwait in 1990, to bounce on him ...more |
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| Theme-park for Southwest Missouri arouses locals >> Op-Ed | jean-b |
| Newton County commissioner Jerry Carter released information recently that a land-acquisiton company had sent a man named Todd Marshall representing ARM Risk, a recently filed company with the ...more |
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| Shafting of the small farmer >> Op-Ed | admin2 |
| Pork and beans: It's all about CAFOs
by James (Rich) Lawson
Perhaps it’s time to stop looking though a glass darkly and understand the facts about Senate Bill #364. Many have been drawn ...more |
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| Can Missouri be the U.S. transportation hub? >> Op-Ed | trhode |
| Time to Plan for Missouri’s Transportation FutureBy Neal C. St. Onge (R-Ballwin),Chairman of the House Transportation Committee
I have filed a funding proposal that addresses the future of ...more |
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| Name-calling: the good ole boy >> Op-Ed | d-burton |
| by David Burton--
What exactly is a "good ole boy" anyway?
I’ve heard the phrase “good ole boy” several times in my life. However, I probably have never heard it (on a radio ...more |
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| Ibrahim on the Middle East: a lively debate >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim, through an invitation by the Peace Network of the Ozarks on March 28, 2007, spoke at The Library Station in Springfield on "The U.S., the Middle East, and the War on Terror." ...more |
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| Is global warming a hoax? >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| Less than a decade ago, we were being deluged with unending reports on the coming horror that would be created by Y2K. Billions of dollars were spent to correct an imaginary problem. Then on that ...more |
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| Medicare Part D and the "little guy" >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| Commentary: An open letter to U.S. Representative Roy Blunt
Dear Roy,
Hope your prostate cancer does not return. Glad you had great preventative care. My wife remembers the little chat she had ...more |
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| CAFO to add to ambiance around Roaring River >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The view from Roaring River might have a smell in the future--and I don't mean that the local garden club ladies are planting a rose garden--but at least the good folks around Grand Lake dodged this ...more |
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| Royal Doyle and the animal farm >> Op-Ed | mayfly |
| I woke up this morning feeling like I'd been screwed. There was one time in the night that my cat walked on my stomach when he wanted me to let him out. That wasn't it. When he thumped on the ...more |
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| Changes to energy policy: pipeline to reason >> Op-Ed | hschmidt |
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by Herbert J. Schmidtpresident of Contract Freighters, Inc.Joplin, MO
Any time there is a change of control in our legislature, there are corresponding shifts in the direction of policy. As ...more |
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| Politics: red, blue or gray? >> Op-Ed | maddy |
| According to political stereotypes, those who have lived an upper middle class or upper class lifestyle are almost all conservatives and generally vote for Republicans. Consequently, those who grow ...more |
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| Why stay where you're not wanted? >> Op-Ed | brianne |
| Springfield doesn’t want underage adults downtown. With the passage of the amendment that bans anyone under the age of 21 from all establishments that derive 60% or more of their total revenue ...more |
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| The issue of paperless ballots >> Op-Ed | jdean |
| by Jim DeanDemocracy for America
On Election Night, DFA-endorsed candidate Barbara McIlvaine Smith was down by 19 votes in her race for the Pennsylvania state house. She refused to concede, ...more |
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| Bush administration eliminates hunger >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| For any out there losing faith I am here to proclaim that miracles still happen. The proof is in the recent elimination of “hunger” by the Bush Administration. I think the next Republican ...more |
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| On the switch in Congressional power >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Three little girls from school are we:U.S. Left's unwarranted giddiness over election gains
by Daniel Patrick Welch
Giddy as Mikado schoolgirls, Democrats and their allies on the Left are ...more |
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| School safety addressed by Missouri governor >> Op-Ed | keithb |
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Commentary by Governor Matt Blunt
(Photo by Vince Rosati)
Keeping Students Safe at School
Recent events in schools across our nation and in Missouri have captured our attention and ...more |
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| Miracles are for the living >> Op-Ed | jmyers |
| A few years ago my friend Henry Waggoner was just barely run over by a fire truck. In less time than it takes to type it, a slip on the ice and a nanosecond's difference in when the driver hit the ...more |
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| Keeping the clean in the Clean Water Act >> Op-Ed | kknowles |
| ...and in the White House as well
On its 25th anniversary in 1997, Vice President Al Gore praised the Clean Water Act as one of America’s most important environmental laws. The Vice ...more |
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| Missouri governor supports children's issues >> Op-Ed | hfoster |
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Commentary by Governor Matt Blunt
(Photo by Vince Rosati)
Supporting Missouri’s Future Generations
Our children deserve the best we have to offer. As a father and as governor it is ...more |
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| Today's economy: greatest tale never told >> Op-Ed | alex-f |
| It's become the greatest tale never told, the best-kept secret in America today...
With today’s economy, if the current president’s last name were Clinton or Kerry, we'd already be ...more |
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| God's only party: vote them out >> Op-Ed | jryan |
| For years now we who dare to dissent from the views of the Republican Party, aka God's Own Party, have been told we are ignorant, are against the troops, that our religious beliefs are wrong, and ...more |
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| Democrats--verbiage, no substance >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Denouncing Hugo ChavezAnd other sports of the rich, infamous and just plain stupidby Daniel Patrick Welch
Nancy Pelosi apparently has so much time on her hands, and so few issues to address, that ...more |
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| Stop griping, start acting on environmental issues >> Op-Ed | dwolek |
| ...Why are we so content to be the “silent majority” about any issue going on in our part of the world or the bigger arena? Why don’t we push for some zoning laws designating what ...more |
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| Missouri governor supports legal immigration >> Op-Ed | keithb |
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| Will you be supporting cures or clones? >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Whom do you trust?
by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the counties of Barton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
I personally cannot support the initiative because I've always been opposed to ...more |
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| Drive attentively or face prosecution >> Op-Ed | hfoster |
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| Eli Lilly's Zyprexa linked to diabetes >> Op-Ed | dhaszard |
| I took Zyprexa starting in 1996, the year the Federal Drug Administration approved it. It proved to be ineffective for my condition and gave me diabetes.
Zyprexa, the product name for Olanzapine, ...more |
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| Undocumented immigrants defined as self-serving >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Freedom or plunder?
by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the counties of Barton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass ...more |
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| Emery: on democracy >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Prosperity or Dependency
by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the counties of Barton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist ...more |
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| Fee office reform plan is unveiled >> Op-Ed | wright |
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By Rep. Mark Wright (R-137)Administration & Accounting ChairMissouri House of Representatives
As I joined members of the Missouri House on Monday to announce the unveiling of a new reform ...more |
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| The Bush/Cheney leaks - politics as usual >> Op-Ed | gotownus |
| So now we really know what we always figured we knew, but couldn’t prove: Bush and Cheney are both habitual leakers of top secret government information.
National Journal: Libby Says Bush ...more |
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| Coal-fired power plants: cheaper but deadly >> Op-Ed | s-mahan |
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Commentary by Simon Mahan, president, Sierra ClubSouthwest Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, MO
As children, we were taught that we will have to pay for our parents mistakes. No matter ...more |
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| Water pollution + odor=doing business in Missouri >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The Mythical "little guy" is not part of the equation.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has a recurring theme, it seems, on all issues. The use of phrases such as “evidence is ...more |
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| Average guy's empty pockets >> Op-Ed | s-snapp |
| Listening to the Bush - Cheney team the last couple of weeks, one would think that we are approaching an economic era that has dollar bills falling out of the average guy’s pockets, sugarplums ...more |
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| An American portrait >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| Giddy with greed, at any cost, the elite slip and slide through meaningless lives. Our society has become the preservation of privilege for the privileged. Instant gratification rules as if there's ...more |
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| Citizen appeals to fellow Missourians to bag trash >> Op-Ed | dwayne |
| Observations during a trip
Over Thanksgiving my wife and I went to her mother’s house in Topeka, KS. Out of Goodman, MO, we went north on Hwy 71, west on I-44, over to Kansas on Hwy 400, and ...more |
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| Iraq's enemy: terrorist, insurgent or American? >> Op-Ed | ajournet |
| Despite the protestations of right wing commentators, it is increasingly evident to most Americans that Bush and Cheney mounted a campaign of lies and deceptions to get voters to endorse their ...more |
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| What will Bush's legacy be? >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| I talked to a couple of rightwing conservatives today about George W. Bush. I asked them what will be the legacy of this president. They wanted to know what I thought about it. I replied that I was ...more |
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| Bushwhacked in Argentina >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| From 1,000 points of light to 1,000 years under the new Third Reich!
The George W. Bush & the Criminally Insane Band is on tour in South America. At his first show in Argentina the crowds go crazy ...more |
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| Fitzgerald's search of truth earns our repect >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| We have arrived; someone please give me the time on the stop watch: 4 years 9 months 8 days (?) since George W. Bush took office. I would like to remind everyone about the line in the movie, ...more |
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| Ten reasons Bill Moyers should be president >> Op-Ed | sbeckman |
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Ten reasons Bill Moyers should be president
Commentary by Scott Beckman
Beckman explains that he has tried to identify with Democrats for years but has found wide differences between his thinking ...more |
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| To flee or not to flee what is America >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Try and catch the windby Daniel Patrick Welch
To understand fully the nature of the American dilemma, one has only to view it from slightly outside the bubble. The sanity of my wife and I depends ...more |
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| Mr. Childers, what more facts do you need? >> Op-Ed | ma-earth |
| More birds mean more problems for the citizens of Southwest Missouri
The "Award-winning" newspaper, the Neosho Daily News posted on the Internet on September 27, 2005 an article entitled , "DNR ...more |
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| Neocons are eroding the Republican Party >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| The Neocon political credo is uncompromising just as that of the Machiavellians; it is alchemy of the must toxic and corrosive known, a collection of elements to hold and maintain power.
This ...more |
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| Pro-life is redefined by Gov. Blunt >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| In a letter addressed to life science companies, Gov. Matt Blunt last week reiterated Missouri's ongoing commitment to strengthening the research and life sciences industries in the ...more |
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| Government's role should protect life >> Op-Ed | beatrice |
| The European states have a long history, including good and bad times, economic rise and political descent. These past experiences left traces behind affecting our current society and culture. We ...more |
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| We need more geography scholars >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
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Americans know so little about the world that how could they imagine one continent to be worse than the others. Daniel Patrick Welch explores the depth of ignorance about Africa through the eyes of ...more |
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| How to get the green by being green >> Op-Ed | s-mahan |
| To a certain extent, government is to be held responsible for the decisions regarding the future of our country. However, since government is created by the people, perhaps, it is the people that ...more |
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| Jehovah's Witless victims >> Op-Ed | muzikmav |
| Bait and switch is the technique of offering something too good to be true and then switching to a different offer that costs much more. In retail it is bad and in religion it is worse.
Jehovah's ...more |
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| Nuclear waste watch - 6/30/05 >> Op-Ed | bourgoin |
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Mobile repositories
by Ron Bourgoin
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced two weeks ago it's getting ready to ship out 2000 trucks of spent-fuel reprocessing waste from its West ...more |
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| Parallels to Bush's America seen in Gotham >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
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Is Gotham Worth Saving?by Daniel Patrick Welch
Synopsis:
Almost every society finds a way to address even the most taboo subjects. Daniel Patrick Welch finds a frank depiction of America's ...more |
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| Nuclear Waste Watch - 6/22/05 >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
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'Safe'Scandanavian repositories
by Ron Bourgoin
To get the American people to believe that burial of highly radioactive wastes in rock is a good idea, politicians every now and then will ...more |
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| What would Jesus do? >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| According to the Missouri Office of Administration’s Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction, Governor Matt Blunt plans to spend about 1.8 million to renovate his mansion. ...more |
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| Stem cell research is pro-life >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| Will the Real Pro-life Movement Please Stand Up?
On the same day that a bipartisan group of legislators passed a bill to further fund stem cell research, Bush was meeting with former frozen ...more |
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| A slip of the strategy? >> Op-Ed | vensevon |
| In his appearance Sunday, June 5, 2005, on the George Stephanolis Show, Benjamin Bradlee, editor of the Washington Post during the era of Watergate, was asked why he thought the print media (and ...more |
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| Democrats continued to be labeled sinners >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The cleansing continues. Democrats are excommunicated from East Waynesville Baptist Church, Waynesville, North Carolina. For those who didn’t take the radical right’s promise to ...more |
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| Moderation can save the environment >> Op-Ed | s-mahan |
| by Simon Mahan
As a Christian and an environmentalist, I became interested in the op-ed titled “Bible does not endorse diet” (Springfield News-Leader, April 28th). Mr. Hardecke does ...more |
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| Work together against factory farms >> Op-Ed | jbalk |
| CLUCK CLUCK--Chickens crammed into cages is the type of picture Missouri legislators would like to see banned by law. The proposed legislation is just one of the many tainting the State's ...more |
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| My dear Governor Blunt >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| We received a snail mail letter from a gentleman from Cleveland, Ohio looking to get the attention of our Missouri governor, Matt Blunt. In spite of the grumbling of one our volunteers who had to ...more |
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| If they don't like it, they'll just pass a law >> Op-Ed | mambo |
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Don't photograph me without my smile. Actually, don't photograph me at all. A new kind of photo-pornography is defined by law. (Photo by Matt Taylor)
HB 666 is an unconstitutional bill ...more |
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| The CAFO bill - legislation gone awry >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| One easily is able to see that the "CAFO" factory farm friendly HB 187 legislation is just one piece of the picture which is all business friendly to the detriment of the people of Missouri. Sam ...more |
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| Will politics and morality coexist? >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
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The Republican leadership has successfully passed a bill that will take health insurance from thousands of disabled, elderly, and impoverished Missourians including children. You might think these ...more |
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| Bush's corrupt Korea policy >> Op-Ed | kris |
| If you haven’t been reading the news, Korea has been becoming more and more of a problem as of late.
When Clinton was President, negotiations with the North Korean President Kim Jung II ...more |
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| Sciavo issue--one of morality or hypocrisy? >> Op-Ed | emma1 |
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Currently a full-time student studying horticulture at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO,
She is concerned about the future of our environment and precious natural ...more |
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| Gov. Blunt needs new strategy for the disabled >> Op-Ed | bob-pund |
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Missourians want the dignity that comes with labor
Commentary by Bob Pund
Columbia, MO
I suffered a broken neck as a passenger in a car accident. I was your typical 20-year-old guy. I ...more |
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| Citizen seeks more representative government >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| We received the following letter from a gentleman in Slater. He is frustrated over the apparent evasiveness he received in response to his letter to Governor Blunt. Slater appears to be voicing the ...more |
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| Truth about SCNT--Rep. Emery, hello >> Op-Ed | jmccaff |
| It is important to address Rep. Ed Emery’s recent columns which claimed, quite erroneously, that stem cell research called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is the same thing as human ...more |
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| Pollution and politics should not be bedfellows >> Op-Ed | jstclair |
| The Bush Administration and the Republican Congress have some strange values when it comes to human and environmental health.
Do you think...
oil and gas development corporations should be ...more |
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| Big business, yes; safe environoment, who cares >> Op-Ed | e-ayres |
| An unconscionable travesty of all morality and values HB130, the Dirty Secrets Bill, is being rammed through the Missouri Legislature by controlling Republicans.
This bill:
Allows polluters ...more |
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| Make April 15 just another spring day >> Op-Ed | mikesky |
| FairTax is the most logical tax plan I have ever seen. FairTax's main plan is to flat tax everyone at the point of sale rather than through payroll tax deductions. The master stroke of the FairTax ...more |
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| Christians, judge thyself >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| We appreciate C.K. Sigler’s answer (Joplin Globe commentary, Feb. 11, 2005) to the question of what Jesus would have thought of homosexuality. Not mentioning homosexuality leaves all of us to ...more |
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| Wall St. will love Social Security privatization >> Op-Ed | justinh |
| The more we hear about the plans the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans have for Social Security the more frightening they become. Once again it is clear that the issue is one of ...more |
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| How poor do Medicaid families have to be? >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| Gov. Matt Blunt has proposed that the State of Missouri reduce income limits for those individuals who receive or could receive Medicaid. Medicaid is a health-care program for the blind, poor ...more |
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| I am not a terrorist, really >> Op-Ed | mattt |
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**If you're easily offended and generally close-minded, please jump to the bottom and read my disclaimer, first, hopefully, to absolve me from going to Hell in your mind for my anti-authoritarian ...more |
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| Fight to keep Roe v. Wade >> Op-Ed | sandrab |
| The future of our fundamental freedoms, including women's right to reproductive choice, will be set by judges who hold lifetime seats on the federal bench.
Recently, President Bush announced his ...more |
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| Republican environmental stand attacked >> Op-Ed | emma1 |
| Since taking control of the state legislature, Republicans have engaged in a war against the Missouri environment and the health of Missourians. With a slate of proposals that would reduce standards ...more |
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| Is Fairtax a pipedream? >> Op-Ed | sfindley |
| It's amazing that when some people embrace an idea religiously suddenly that idea becomes fault-free. The FairTax concept seems to be such an idea. I followed the advice of the stream of forum ...more |
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| Journal rejects Bush as conservative >> Op-Ed | janiceh |
| Before the election, many thoughtful conservatives rejected the Bush candidacy. The American Conservative – hardly a left wing journal – even endorsed John Kerry hoping that a Kerry ...more |
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| Wake up, America >> Op-Ed | justinh |
| In baseball, when an umpire makes mistakes, even though the game cannot be played again, the players appreciate it when he admits his mistake and vows to try to avoid future errors. Those who refuse ...more |
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| Bush supporters disregard the facts >> Op-Ed | justinh |
| A recent but marginalized news item illustrates a typical problem these days. A report by the Defense Science Board for the Pentagon-–an organization under Rumsfeld--states several findings ...more |
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| Impeachment still consideration for errant judges >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, ...more |
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| Republican plan is to bankrupt the nation >> Op-Ed | ajournet |
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As a concerned citizen of the state of Missouri, I think residents throughout the state should understand what Republican members of the Senate actually stand for - as opposed to what they claim ...more |
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| SEMSU prof predicts more economic woes for U.S. >> Op-Ed | rpolack |
| More than just an unnecessary and costly departure from addressing the real causes of terrorism, the Iraq war is also contributing to an impending economic crisis. Tax cuts (overwhelmingly for the ...more |
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| Actions of Republican senators contradict spin >> Op-Ed | ajournet |
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As a concerned citizen of the state of Missouri, I think residents throughout the state should understand what Republican members of the Senate actually stand for - as opposed to what they claim ...more |
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| Prayer is a private affair >> Op-Ed | jelton |
| Public school prayer?
With great interest and concern I have been reading open letters on the editorial pages of newspapers and magazines, for many months. I have been silent until now. Now that ...more |
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| Coleman Theatre chandelier shines gloriously >> Op-Ed | srollins |
| Below are comments made by Sally Rollins, a volunteer for the Friends of The Coleman Theatre Beautiful in Miami, Oklahoma. She tells the story behind the restoration of the theatre's original ...more |
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| Respect for civil and political liberties >> Op-Ed | dande |
| Dear Editor:
I trust local citizens will rise up against the fluoridation tyranny...This is more about freedom and accountable government than about health.
Bandaid pseudo health ...more |
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| Olympic Games--idealism vs. reality >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Parade of Nations, parade of ignorance: one fan's disillusionment with the TV Games
By Daniel Patrick Welch
The author tells of his infatuation with the Olympic Games from early childhood--a ...more |
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| Emery addresses Sarcoxie's pornography >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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ED EMERY (R-126)
The city of Sarcoxie in Jasper County marks the most southern tip of my House district. Citizens of Sarcoxie are presently in the midst of a battle for the integrity of ...more |
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| Were Bush protesters harassed? >> Op-Ed | jcollins |
| When the police officer answered, “Intelligence” after being asked why he was taking pictures of the protesters at the Bush rally, I gasped. Intelligence gathering of the protesters but ...more |
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| Gay activist defines individual rights >> Op-Ed | jk-emery |
| Separation of Church and State - A Family History
By John Emery, Jr.
Recently, I decided to explore my ancestral roots and found some interesting parallels with myself and today's historic ...more |
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| Brutality is tool of both sides >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Daniel Patrick Welch peers beneath the West's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority in the face of atrocities against innocents in other parts of the world. He says: "When we peel away all ...more |
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| Empire-building is bi-partisan >> Op-Ed | s-gowans |
| Critiquing the critique: Pandering to the lies the Left tells itself about the Democrats
By Stephen Gowans
Robert Jensen, a professor of journalism at the University of Texas, has written a ...more |
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| Letter to the open-minded >> Op-Ed | sbeckman |
| Every four years, the two major parties dust off their stale old "anybody but whomever, lesser of two evils, wasted vote," hogwash. Jesse Ventura ran a woefully under-funded campaign for governor in ...more |
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| Let marriage be a religious act >> Op-Ed | randy |
| I came to Missouri to be free ... free from the hateful treatment I grew up with in a small town in Indiana. I vowed, when I came here, that I would never hide or be ashamed of who I was again. For ...more |
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| Defeating the Empire >> Op-Ed | cameron |
| The increasingly rapid slide of the United States into a New Roman Empire over the past 40 years, has had many facets. Like Rome, we've shut down our industry and farms. Like Rome, we've turned the ...more |
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| Science vs. Intelligent Design >> Op-Ed | sltimme |
| Debate pits educators against lawmakers in Missouri and other states
In recent weeks Representative Robert Wayne Cooper (R-155) introduced and sponsored HB911 with Missouri representative ...more |
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| Grand Lake o' the Cherokees...memories >> Op-Ed | nuevomex |
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“Mom, why didn’t they make Disneyland in Disney?” I thought this a logical question. Of course, I was 8 years old and was just being introduced to a lifetime of Grand Lake ...more |
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| Is the Southwest Missouri water crisis baffling? >> Op-Ed | jeanb |
| It's quite astonishing to me to be hearing lately that Southwest Missouri may be facing a serious water shortage in the immediate future. It's certainly true that the amount of growth in the area ...more |
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| What is fair and balanced news? >> Op-Ed | jeanb |
| During the fall of 2002 and the spring of 2003 I was active, along with several other area citizens, in organizing demonstrations against Mr. Bush's planned attack on Iraq. Some of the events we ...more |
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| The invisible dead (reprinted) >> Op-Ed | nppa-inc |
| The following is an editorial reprinted from News Photographer, the official publication of the National Press Photographers Association.
No one can deny that it was a spectacular event. The war ...more |
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| Petition for a new foreign policy >> Op-Ed | k-martin |
| Like never before in our history, our current foreign policy is taking our nation, and the world, in a radical and reckless direction. The Bush Administration has turned our country into a global ...more |
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| One day in the life of a stormchaser >> Op-Ed | bobshaf |
| I caught up with a storm east of Liberal, KS on Saturday and chased it west (yes, west) for about 3 hours. Never before have I seen a storm threaten to tornado for such a long period of time and not ...more |
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| Has the majority become degraded? >> Op-Ed | d-nuzum |
| To the editor:
I speak now for the millions of Americans who recoil every time the Supreme Court betrays their interests. White America, has watched their elected and non elected political leaders ...more |
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| Beyond my control >> Op-Ed | marcie |
| On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the middle of May 1994 my normal life unexpectedly was shattered. I'm now able to write about it.
I was the victim of a T-bone motor vehicle accident. With me ...more |
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| Israel will survive! >> Op-Ed | isr-lady |
| I am not the least afraid to go any place, by bus or to a mall. I didn't change or stop doing anything I used to do before this mess began! People tend to forget that twice the casualties from terror ...more |
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| The absurdity of fingerprinting >> Op-Ed | montague |
| Just the other day I was listening to the news about the beltway sniper and of course, Tom Daschle was out there taking another shot at our freedoms. Note that when I mean our freedoms, I don't ...more |
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| Political q and a >> Op-Ed | n99nt |
| Subject: And the worst part about it is...
Non believers, Check it out...It's 100 percent true.....
Q: Which party took Social Security from an independent fund and put it in the general ...more |
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| American controversy >> Op-Ed | mrbob |
| Protect the Pledge of Allegiance!
Those who are acquainted with me know by now that I'm not a liberal. And, I suppose that a portion of my thinking is shaped by my military background. However, I ...more |
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