It's been a fun game going through the story on the Jefferson County Dispatch, but let's cut through the nonsense and ask some real questions. Some of the answers I have, and will roll out in the next two weeks. Others will be asked I'm sure by the appropriate state' [...]
The St Louis Business Journal is reporting that Tom Carnahan's Wind Capital Group got a quarter of a billion in loan guarantees with the hope to qualify for $90 million in stimulus funds for the creation of a second wind farm, this time in DeKalb County.
The project is [...]
During the 911 campaign paid for with county taxpayer dollars, Forefront Organizing sent monthly invoices for labor and travel. The labor costs were substantial, and were supposed to cover a full time organizer, a part -time organizer, and strategic consulting services amounting to another full person.
Did the Jefferson County [...]
That's the correct title. There was no violence breaking out - there was no scuffle. Two SEIU staff members and an OFA volunteer attacked two people outside Russ Carnahan's Townhall on Aging the day after HCAN President Margarida Jorge authored a document on how to counteract the Tea Party protests. [...]
Since documents are important, I figured I'd go ahead and post the meeting minutes for Big River Ambulance District. Robert Sweeney is also the attorney for Big River, and in March of 2007, he was asked to introduce an organization called Frontline Organizing to the Board.
The Attorney stated that' [...]
One thing I've learned in blogging is that written allegations have an impact, but some people prefer to see the documents themselves. So we're going to do that. I've alleged that Glenn Burleigh, the head of Missouri ACORN in St Louis and a self-professed communist, was paid to assist Jefferson' [...]
The truth about the firing of an Inspector General is out, and Claire McCaskill has the chance to do the right thing, or sweep it under the rug.
On October 2, McCaskill said on Twitter that she would look into the report.
@24thstate You,snarky? Never. Seriously, I'll check where Collins' [...]
Robert Sweeney is the attorney for the city of Arnold. He also works with the Jefferson County 9-1-1 Dispatch. He is also the vice president of POWER.
Considering that we now know that Forefront Organizing was hired by the Jefferson County Dispatch to run a voter education campaign, and we [...]
The $100 million tax increase on Jefferson County for enhanced 911 services was accomplished through a list that was purchased from the Missouri Democratic Party.
Forefront Organizing prepared a report for the Jefferson County Dispatch on their work.From that post-campaign report, we get this gem:
To determine a [...]
From yesterday we find out that Glenn Burleigh, MO ACORN Chief Organizer and communist, is involved in a number of organizations. One of those organizations is Forefront Organizing, a company with locations in Washington D.C. and St Louis, whose purpose seems to be as the kind face of organizing [...]
It was a good thing I wasn't drinking coffee when Charles Jaco asked why Tea Partiers call their opponents socialist. The resulting outrage wouldn't have been good for my carpet or couch. We call our political opponents socialists and Marxists because they call themselves socialists and Marxists. If Jaco [...]
There are communists among this. Many younger people don't recognize or don't see it as a problem. Communism was defeated in 1989, and twenty years is a long time to worry about the ghosts of a Cold War.
But communism isn't dead. The ideology itself, abhorrent to anyone with an' [...]
Charles Jaco asked Ed Martin on Sunday why Tea Party folks make accusations of socialism and Marxism in regard to Obama's policies. The answer, from a Tea Partier, should be clear. It's because the people who are put in positions of power in the Obama administration and the close coordination [...]
In honor of Dana's document showing that County Counselor Patricia Redington filed assault charges against Richard Gephardt's election opponent after just two days, I've made a quick movie explaining just what the county counselor is doing.
Redington's first year as the County Counselor must have been a little different [...]
What makes Jean Carnahan tick? Let's ask her.
"It’s certainly not the pay or the praise that comes with running an edgy blog that exposes chicanery and ineptness in the body politic."
Now I'm not privy to what Jean Carnahan gets paid, or what she pays Sean Nicholson to write personal attacks' [...]
The Bush tax cuts are set to expire next year. Caps on Medicare and Social Security are going to be raised and lifted. Cap and Trade, ineffective stimulus, busted entitlement programs, and pogroms against private firms and small business have made us all a little uneasy about investing capital.
I'm' [...]
The Gladney story is coming live on BigGovernment, first with the Gladney police report, than with a series of escalating stories focusing on the lack of charges, the character assassination of those involved and the disappearance of the story from the mainstream media.
This is all you need [...]
I'm struggling under a hefty workload, but will still try to set up the first document party for next Sunday at 3:00. The first one will be in West County. and the next will be in Sunset Hills. I'll be responding to all of your emails [...]
Don't have time to follow this up today - but Glenn Beck is asking why charges haven't been filed in the Gladney case. He has the police report, and reads off a pretty graphic description of the assault from an eyewitness. I went down to the County Courthouse to get [...]
I've never met Todd Akin, and don't know anyone who works for him, but maybe I should give him a call.
Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) hosted the meeting of a dozen Hill conservatives who’ve had enough. The meeting was to help Michele Bachmann, and other originators of the House Call protest, retain control of [...]
Before he was a national figure, ACORN Man was just a low level staffer with a love of spandex. Here is the story of his short-lived rise to power, beginning in a Metro link car in 2006.
Watch for the next installment, Green Jobs Man: The Return of ACORN.
And feel [...]
Don't say we don't get results. After several series on the links between FiredUpMissouri authors, Missouri Democratic operatives, and an as yet to be resolved leak of documents directly from the Secretary of State's office, the authors at FiredUp have all gone silent.
In the month of October, 183 posts [...]
This was the event where Kenneth Gladney was attacked by staff members of SEIU. At the time, OFA was organizing to send people to counter the Healthcare Townhall protests, and Russ was hiring Sara Howard from SEIU.
Standing up for insurance reform in Mehlville [...]Heading out for some fun and games, so be sure to check out some of the St Louis Tea Party folks.
St Louis Tea Party Coalition is the main site, run by Bill Hennessy.
Dana is our superstar, on the air at 97.1, and on a webcam tonight. [...]
Anonymity is not a right online. It's a privilege. No one is truly anonymous, but most of us try to respect boundaries, especially when it comes to politics. At the same time, when you make nasty personal attacks and try to hide behind anonymity, you've broken the rules, and you [...]
Thanks to Chris Good from the Atlantic for posting on the ACORN Man series - it really is just a joke that passes the time, but I'm glad he likes them. And though he says they're weird, I'd say that's the fault of Missouri politics, not the scriptwriter.
For' [...]
The response has been overwhelming, but now we have to settle down to the nitty gritty of work. I have four sets of details for you, based on where you live and what you wrote me. St Louis folks can roughly be split into St Charles and South County locations. [...]
One of the roles of document searchers is to uncover networks of influence. You want to know who knows who, and when, and to whom money is given (when much is expected). Not every lead is important, but, but information turned up on one search can sometimes lead to another.
And [...]
I've recently begun to receive a lot of research from around the state from people who have asked me to look into various stories on the local and state level. Some of those folks are political operatives, and there's nothing wrong with that, but many of them are just average [...]
Previously, on ACORN Man: Under attack from the Tea Party Special Forces, Republicans and Fox News, ACORN Man reaches out to the one person who can help him - the Secretary of State. She arrives, but dismisses his concerns. He is finally able to persuade her to help him find [...]
I just broke the news live on the Dana Show, but the first results of my Sunshine Requests are here, and the short version is someone is in trouble. You remember that little video that I made earlier in the week? It wasn't a joke. It was a' [...]
Breaking Update! Ed Martin just outraised Russ Carnahan in the 3rd quarter by almost $40,000! Maybe we'll see this commercial on air afterall.
' [...]Everyone knows I'm a clean government proponent and a long-time blogger, so it's not much of a stretch so see why I've put so much time digging into FiredUpMissouri. They were annoyances from 2005-2008, but in the last year, they've turned into a media arm for various Democrats, and I'm' [...]
Hysterical video of liberal John Harwood telling barking moonbats the Left Internet Fringe to get dressed and realize governing is hard.
It's almost too much to take. When the most progressive White House ever is taking potshots at you, where do you have left to go? The media ignores you. [...]
We get taught at an early age that great men do great things, and far too often we assume their struggles were against nature, instead of themselves. Doubt and fear has always been our two greatest obstacles, and when you look to make something of yourself, to reach past yourself, [...]
Imma let you finish, but this video is the best of the year. BEST OF ALL TIME!
This video is the single best reason why leftists can never really control a society. And I know it says Earth First, and not ShowMeProgress, but haven't we learned that they are all the' [...]
Doug Edelman sends in this well-written letter on the healthcare bill. It was addressed to each of his representatives and Senators.
We are watching carefully how you vote on the upcoming health care series of votes … we have educated ourselves and know what “cloture” means and that a yes vote means [...]
Bob McCarty has a video up of yet another K&N protest - this time with a few dozen counter-protestors waving paid for signs. The K&N protest is amazing, seeing as it was started by one woman, and has now grown to over 200 people each Saturday, with one event bringing [...]
A comment over at Redstate from Reality Unwound is strong enough to stand alone. I post it in full here.
I’m like a lot of people who comment here in that I regularly vacillate between smiling at the historical writing on the wall (Democratic overreaching guarantees the swift ebb of their power) [...]
Nancy Pelosi was in town last week, giving a little off the cuff speech for our very own "RubberStamp" Russ at the Chase Park Plaza. The video I aired on Monday has the remarkable admittance by Pelosi that Carnahan is "not high maintenance...and doesn't have 50 questions on why a'" [...]
Despite the best efforts by local organizer Glenn Burleigh to put a brave face on the panicked retreat of Democrats from anything to do with ACORN, the bad news keeps piling up.
1) The OMB has issued an order to cut all ties with ACORN and its progeny.
None [...]
Barking moonbats often complain that using someone's exact words is a vicious smear. Whether it's Van Jones or Obama - quoting someone is always a hateful act. In comparison - the far left is forced to decode the coded speech of conservatives for the masses, seeing as the right never [...]
Just in time for the holidays, we have this preview of the latest blockbuster superhero film.
ACORN MAN: Seed of Destiny
This exclusive clip is the perfect topical treatment for those who wonder how this team of progressive Superheros fights poverty, stops foreclosures, and exposes vote suppression. In the opening sequence, [...]
Russ Carnahan had Nancy Pelosi fly in with other members of Congress for a fundraiser and $2400 private reception at the Chase Park Plaza. While she was in town, some local patriots were able to obtain live footage of the Speaker. She did manage to come up with a few [...]
The St Louis Tea Party didn't take to the streets to greet Nancy Pelosi as she tried to drum up some campaign cash for her most reliable vote in the House, but we were able to get some great secret camera shots and audio of the event.
This is exclusive' [...]
Image from the St. Charles Tea Party courtesy of keyboard militia. Adam Sharp has a number of videos and pictures. So does PO'ed Patriot. Reports varied between 1000 and 2500 attendees, but the real key is a different set of organizers made this' [...]
The E. coli scandal isn't going away.
Following ongoing reports by Chad Livengood of the Springfield News Leader and after a summer of denials, Nixon's top aides held a press conference yesterday' [...]
I'm no lawyer, but if I worked for ACORN, the last thing I would do is publicly go out and say that I sometimes work for the nonprofit, community goodwill, and other times I'm out pushing for political change. And if I worked for ACORN in St Louis, whose ACORN [...]
From earlier, we see that Sara Howard was on the personal contact list for Bertha Lewis, the ACORN CEO. Some further digging shows that yes, the print broker was active and could very well have been the person who printed flyers for ACT, but a clearer connection emerges.
Redstate has a fun project they've been working on. That project is the rolodex of ACORN CEO, Bertha Lewis. Lewis has been all over television defending her organization against the undercover videos pushed out by BigGovernment.com, and of course there's the problems of voter fraud registration, embezzlement, housing and' [...]
This is a bit of a no big deal victory, but the St Louis Federal Reserve has quietly dropped ACORN Housing from their list of foreclosure and homebuying resources.
While looking for ACORN housing in St Louis, the only references that came up besides the recently shut-down office were links [...]
The St. Louis Tea Party website had some mysterious details about a high level operative that flew in from D.C. last Friday to organize some event in St. Louis.
The operative, an African-American man, arrived on American Airlines flight 401 The operative boarded flight AA401 in Washington, DC He wore all [...]The Riverfront Times has a story concerning David Brown, the owner of the merchandise selling business who worked with Kenneth Gladney the night he was assaulted by SEIU union members (can we say assaulted yet? The police report has mysteriously not been released).
The story is an interview of [...]
Rasmussen Reports, one of the most accurate polling firms around (best in 2004, pretty good in 2008), has a new poll out of Missouri voters, showing Roy Blunt and Robin Carnahan at a 46-46 tie. This poll is great news for Blunt, who in an earlier Democratic poll in [...]
Charles Jaco is a leftwing journalist for the local Fox channel whose never met a Tea Party slur he didn't like. Jaco did hit pieces on the April 15th Tea Party, comparing us to domestic terrorists and bringing in the Southern Poverty Law Center to compare us to militia volunteers. ' [...]
This story first popped up on my radar Friday night, with FiredUp Missouri's Sean Nicholson doing his best to claim Rep. Roy Blunt told a racist joke about President Obama during a Values Voter summit. The story has been dismissed by reporters at the scene, ignored by mainstream media (who [...]
I read with interest an editorial in the Post Dispatch suggesting that powerful politicians in Jefferson City who seek a higher office should resign their positions, especially if there is the possibility of a conflict of interest.
Secretary Carnahan says she sees no problem serving as the Secretary of [...]
This is how the State of Missouri has decided to use stimulus dollars.
That's right. The Secretary of State is hurting so bad for money, they had to go to the federal government to mail a package by UPS. And that saved or created one job (not [...]
One of the more confusing things about ACORN and their affiliates is their constant switching of titles and companies and affiliates. Just to be clear - they all share the same address, the same phone numbers, and the same people.
Mark from Keyboard Militia called me yesterday and said he [...]
The definition of an honest politician is one who when bought, stays bought.
I guess we know that Russ Carnahan isn't an honest politician
House votes to Defund ACORN 345-75.
' [...]Jo Mannies reports at the Beacon that Glenn Burleigh, the head organizer for St. Louis ACORN, claims there is no housing arm in Missouri.
However, a local spokesman for ACORN says that most of its operations in Missouri and many other states are not financed with federal money and would feel little effects [...]
I really can't believe that people like Sean and Clark are as dense as they pretend. Part of the problem is based on an appeal to authority - lefty bloggers tend to believe if it's written in the New York Times, or comes from CAP, or Think Progress, that it's [...]
Russ Carnahan decided to hire Sara Howard, a longtime SEIU staff member as his director of communications shortly before his Townhall on Aging. He announced it on August 5th, and the townhall was August 6th. That townhall marked a turning point nationally, as SEIU, ACORN, OFA, HCA, and [...]
Blaine Luetkemeyer can breathe easier. Despite the paranoid ravings of the Carnahan family pet blogger, it turns out that even the Obama administration knows that Cap and Trade is really a giant tax on Americans.
Sure, it took a Freedom of Information Act to get the story, and no, you're' [...]
Brush Them ACORNs Off from Jim Durbin on Vimeo.
For more on the story, you have to head over to Andrew Breitbart's Big Government, where a third set of videos was released today.
[...]I've got photos and video myself, but so much has been taken, it makes sense to instead link to those wh've already done such a good job.
Missouri Political News Service
The St Louis [...]
Rare home video footage of 9-11.
It was only 8 years ago. As images of this terrorist strike and the falling of the towers were beamed worldwide, some people danced. Some cheered. Some, like Michael Moore, wrote things like "These people voted for Bush!" Perhaps we should give a pass [...]
Here's your solution to Healthcare Reform. The President sends an envoy to McConnell and says I want 20 votes from Republicans. What do you need to see in the bill that can get me 20 votes.
He then sends an envoy to Harry Reid and says, we need 40 votes [...]
While local media is obsessed with Claire McCaskill calling out Joe Wilson, the rest of us are analyzing what else Claire tweeted alst night.
Strong speech. Big olive branch to Republicans. Hope they realize the cost of doing nothing is much higher than resonable measured reform.about 14 hours ago from [...]Russ Carnahan is in the Capitol tonight, listening to Obama's speech on healthcare. For those who have yet to do so, I strongly suggest you read my original critique of the bill, as none of the basic problems with HR 3200 have been addressed. Ignore the politics. This bill [...]
The following is a list of 10 key points we could use for a Tea Party Pledge. Candidates would sign on as a statement of principles, and be able to use badges and links as part of the Pledge, but it would not constitute a Tea Party endorsement.
To make it [...]
"Rubber Stamp" Russ Carnahan has been hiding from his constituents for a month. After a disastrous series of townhalls where he was exposed as a know-nothing congressman who couldn't be bothered to read the bills he votes on, Russ disappeared from view.
Last night I published a post on a meeting by the Gateway Greens to ask for money for the legal and medical bills incurred by Elston McCowan and other SEIU staff and supporters at the August 6th townhall with Russ Carnahan. That townhall ended with the arrest of two [...]
Dave Catanese RT's a poll from the Center for American Progress that purports to claim that 63% of people in Missouri think Cap and Trade is going to bring us more jobs. Dave, that's lazy retweeting of lazy reporting. The politico article is simply a reprint of a CAP [...]
Darin over at Reboot Congress comes up with a new definition for the St Louis Tea Party Coalition, claiming the mantle of grassroots organization for the St Louis area.
The St Louis Tea Party coalition, has, in a way, become the StL Activist Hub—we turn out grassroots [...]
Our favorite union member has decided that asking for money is the way to go when times are tough. Elston McCowan, SEIU Local 2000 Staff Member and alleged purple people beater, had an all hands on deck meeting at the Internationale CAMP building to ask for medical and legal expense [...]
This is just for the losers, so if you're not a loser, don't bother reading further.
Dear Losers:
Posting a rant and rave on Craigslist in Seattle isn't very bright if I don't live in Seattle. I can't imagine how bad it must have been to have it pulled down' [...]
A meme on Twitter last night had conservatives doubling over in laughter. The hashtag was #liberalchildrensbooks, and I first saw it as @katiefavazza and @erickerikson traded them back and forth (Katie has her own post on it). It exploded, with thousands pouring forth from conservatives on Twitter. Here are [...]
As Congress comes back into session, the healthcare bill stands irreparably damaged. Public polling shows the majority of Americans now don't want this bill passed, and the Democratic Party leadership is left contemplating nuclear and possibly unconstitutional options like trying to pass the bill in chunks through the reconciliation process' [...]
Reboot Congress has photos and video from the 99 Corners Rally in O'Fallon. The thugs who last week tried to intimidate a 67 year old woman didn't show, which is good for them considering we have their pictures.
The HCAN rally tonight was a waste of time and resources. [...]
You want to see what sad sacks the left is? They know they can't match us, so they create fake events, bar American citizens from entering, and then pretend they outnumber the protesters.
The pictures are priceless. Pre-made handmade signs shipped in and distributed to' [...]
I made a decision when I was 19 that cost me more than $50,000. It's a decision that still affects what I do today, but it's instructive in the debate about healthcare, government control, and choices.
It was the Spring semester of my sophomore year in college. I had a [...]
Robin Carnahan has spent $700,000 running for Senate so far this year, but there still isn't anyone who knows what she plans to do when she gets there. Taking the Russ Carnahan approach to politics, Robin has decided that her campaign will be from prestigious Milford School, an institution famous' [...]
I met Kenneth Gladney at the McCaskill Recess Rally and shook his hand. He was walking with a limp, which would make sense if you were thrown to the ground by a union thug because you dared to try and make money by selling flags and buttons. Either Kenneth is [...]
The story of the K and N corner protest is an inspiring one. One woman, a 67 year old patriot, has been holding a protest the last several weeks, and her example led others to join her. From just one person on a corner to almost a hundred, Janet has [...]
The Recess rally at McCaskill's in Delmar has coverage over at Gateway Pundit - I don't have much in the way of pictures, except two shots showing the counter protestors and the 20-to-1 advantage of the Tea Party. Oh, and I have video of me going up to the counter' [...]
I popped over to read this silly column at CNN about the conservative use of Twitter and had to laugh. The first paragraph is so incredibly short-sighted it could only come from a CNN reporter using progressive bloggers as their primary source. It starts like this:
Liberal bloggers established online [...]It's hard to know if it's Perry Molens or Perry Mullins, as multiple sources claim it is spelled different ways.
First, here's the story that Elston McCowan is telling the co-coordinator of the Gateway Greens (and socialist reporter), Don Fitz.
Walking outside, McCowan saw Gladney selling buttons of Obama in blackface [...]
A group of conservative black Republicans decided to get behind Kenneth Gladney and his suit against the SEIU this week.
The group, based around a social network at MoveOnUp.org, brought out the media and press in front of the NAACP to bring attention to the lack of attention Gladney [...]
Peter Glickert is a self-professed new media strategist who works for Democratic politicians. Last year he worked on Sam Page's campaign. Before that, he was working on state senate campaigns. And now he wants some bigger fish to fry, so he recorded a video of the Claire McCaskill townhall and [...]
One of my commenters challenged me to discuss what I would support in healthcare. Here are fifteen points. Some are state, some are federal, but I am against new federal taxes, new federal bureaucracies, or single-payer, or other bloated government monstrosities in general. Here are 20 commonsense ways to address [...]
Adam at StlActivistHub found pictures and analyzed video that corroborates a portion of Elston McCowan's story. While the existence of the Dope Button, seen here, does not negate Elston's story, it also does not prove that he is telling the story of the assault. It does bring the question [...]
UPDATE: Adam at StlActivistHub has pictures from Javonne Spitz of a button that that shows Obama smoking with the word HOPE over it. That backs up the portion of McCowan's story of why he went up to Gladney. I'm going to ask [...]
You know you're losing an argument when you're forced to cut video to try to prove a point. Adam over at St Louis Activist Hub, last seen trying to analyze the video of the assault on Kenneth Gladney by Elston McCowan and claiming Gladney was the attacker, is now trying [...]
This YouTube video unmasks Maxine Johnson, the woman given national prominence as a victim who had her poster ripped from her at the Claire McCaskill townhall, as a liar and a race baiter.
Maxine is seen in this CNN interview claiming that she saw someone at Hillsboro college with the [...]
The Post Dispatch has a good front page story on the changes made in the St Louis Public School System. It's a story that sadly runs every few years, and most of us in the region probably roll our eyes and say "good luck," but we're missing the point.' [...]
