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Rush Limbaugh And Jesse James—Famous Missourians

Reblogged from The Erstwhile Conservative: A Blog of Repentance: The first I heard that Rush Limbaugh, from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was picked to go into the Hall of Famous Missourians was when I saw Claire McCaskill on MSNBC on Monday … Continue reading

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Capturing The Spirit of MEDIOCRITY!

Oh, at last! I’ve found another soul that understands, and appreciates MEDIOCRITY! One “Old Coot” seems to understand the true value of mediocrity, and has put it into words so well. Here’s a bit of the short post that’s well … Continue reading

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Boycott The Limbaugh Show Sponsors!

Student Is Outraged By Rush Limbaugh Calling Her A ‘Slut’ And ‘Prostitute’ From NPR – by Mark Memmott “It’s important to think about that in our society in certain sectors this is evidently still acceptable” discourse, she said on NBC-TV’s The Today … Continue reading

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Governor Brownback’s tax plan: ATTACK ON THE POOR

Editorial by Patrick Lowry, Hays Daily News When Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced his intentions to change the state’s tax policy, yet have its overall effect be revenue-neutral, it was easy to predict there would be winners and losers. While … Continue reading

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Runaway Spending Cuts

The people who can least afford it are bearing the brunt of Washington’s austerity. By William A. Collins Slash the budget, That’s our plea; Just don’t cut What’s dear to me. Budget cuts are slippery. What happens when your state cuts … Continue reading

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Wealth is the Gift that Keeps on Giving

Whether you are religious or secular, make holidays a celebration of family, tradition, and values instead of unsustainable spending and materialism. By Mariko Chang and Dedrick Muhammad The holiday season exerts a lot of pressure to spend what you don’t have and go … Continue reading

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Shoveling America’s wealth to the top

by Jim Hightower As an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure – it does no good unless you spread it around.” Yet, America’s corporate and political leaders have intentionally been shoveling wealth into an ever-bigger pile for … Continue reading

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How to Achieve Transparency for the Supercommittee

Every campaign contribution to members of this powerful panel should be reported every single day. By Ellen Miller Come December, the priorities and role of our government could be drastically and fundamentally altered. Are your views and concerns being heard? The … Continue reading

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Dylan Ratigan (rightfully) Loses It On Air

Liberal media? HUH?

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Columbus Day Questions

On this Columbus Day, let’s consider the discrepancy between how newcomers are celebrated in our history but ostracized in our society. By Sara Joseph Many of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two / … Continue reading

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