
Maybe I'll scrounge up the cash to put this up near the "Prepare for War" and "Obama-Nation" ads in Blue Springs.

Maybe I'll scrounge up the cash to put this up near the "Prepare for War" and "Obama-Nation" ads in Blue Springs.
As of 11:31 a.m., there have been delays in message delivery to the e-mail accounts of MU students. The Division of IT is addressing the issue.
Tagged: Division of IT, e-mail, MU [...] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama acknowledged the deep partisan divisions gripping Congress, but he urged Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday to cooperate on legislation that creates jobs.
“There should be some areas where we can agree and we can get some things done, even as we have vigorous debates on [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House members are considering a bill that could require voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot but allow them to vote before Election Day.
The House Elections Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a constitutional amendment that would allow future laws requiring photo [...]

State Sen. Chuck Purgason is asking his fellow candidates in the GOP primary for Senate -- Rep. Roy Blunt, Robert Praprotnik and Mark Memoly -- to sign his "Contract with Missouri." Here are Purgason's promises, as outlined in the News-Leader:
Balanced Budget No Earmarks No member of my family [...]Robin Carnahan recently did a Q&A with the Springfield News-Leader to talk about all the policy stances she has been trying to hide from the public. Now we know why it took so long for her to say anything - we're only a few days out and she's already [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — For years one of the annual partisan battles in the Missouri Legislature has dealt with the issue of Voter ID. Republicans want voters to have to present a photo ID — such as a driver’s license —…
[...]Another year in the Kansas Legislature, another debate about a tougher seat belt law.
A Kansas Senate committee this morning reviewed a bill to crack down on motorists who don’t buckle up. Every year, it seems, a tougher seat belt law wins votes in the Senate only to die a tortured death in [...]
from msnbc
ELKHART, Ind. — If there were a report card for the promises President Barack Obama made a year ago in this struggling city in northern Indiana, he would probably get a C. It’s a passing grade, but it’s not the strong performance that people might have hoped for in [...]
Outgoing Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh enjoyed lots of public "atta-boys" Monday after he announced he was stepping down next week to take a job in the private sector.
The four-term Republican was first elected in 1994.
But on Monday evening, the appreciate streak came to an end when the conservative Kansas [...]
from the nyt
PHOENIX - J. D. Hayworth is a large man, and to compensate for his indulgences, he hits the elliptical trainer every morning at 4, zipping along to an incongruous soundtrack of Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra and old advertising jingles.
Until recently, he would then repair to a local [...]
Cartoon: McCaskill and Skelton pulling right
Thornburgh leaves a legacy after 15 years as Kansas Secretary of State
Why Republicans don't want President Obama to succeed
Thoughts on the potential connection between health care costs and personal bankruptcies in Missouri, a variety of opinions on recent speeches by former Gov. [...]
The Show Me Clowns for Jesus National Conference is scheduled for Saturday at the Clarion Hotel. From there, participants will head out on visits to every accessible resident of at least seven nursing homes, two Springfield hospitals, and other homes, homeless shelters, and public meeting places [...] 


In the right-wing Washington Times:
Sen. Christopher S. Bond regularly railed against President Obama's economic stimulus plan as irresponsible spending that would drive up the national debt. But behind the scenes, the Missouri Republican quietly sought more than $50 million from a federal agency for two [...]





ABOVE: Vew from a bus in Seattle, WA
I no longer have issues with taking a bus if that is that is the only public transportation choice I have. This was not always the case with me. I still prefer streetcars [...]







You may have thought the controversy surrounding last year's "Modern Militia" report from the state highway patrol had died down, seeing how it wasn't nearly as evil as Peter Kinder and GOP state legislators were alleging. If so, you'd be wrong.
Last week, I noted with some pleasure Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr.’s call for a less punitive approach to nonviolent offenders in our legal system. In an editorial today, the Post-Dispatch praises Price and offers some concrete recommendations for reform:
• Drug courts need more funding. This [...]


Last year, the American Journal of Medicine included a disturbing story about bankruptcy in America. In that study of five states (California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas), it was found [...]

You may have found Cynthia Davis' interview about health care reform with FOX Business confusing and unintelligible; fear not. I have been hard at work translating her words into something more digestible for the masses. Her language is shown in italics below -- it's too hot to' [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. David Paterson is lashing back at what he calls an assault on his character that includes accusations about womanizing and drug use.
The Democratic governor told The Associated Press on Monday that news media and New York politics have hit new lows. He says [...]

