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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Horowitz: 'The Neo-Communist Left is Really the Democratic Party'
comment: loon in flight, far to the right
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Guest commentary: How Obama lost his presidency in August 2009
Guest commentary: How Obama lost his presidency in August 2009
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By Andrew Breitbart | Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:30 am | (
Obama on Irene: 'This is not over'
President Barack Obama speaks about Hurricane Irene in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
When the history of Barack Obama's one-term presidency is written, August 2009 will be remembered as the turning point.
It was then that thousands of ordinary citizens began to rise up against a health care bill being forced through Congress. And it was then that the Obama administration declared war, through its union proxies, against the American people.
Obama had been elected to fix the economy. But Democrats had planned for years to use the first year of the next "progressive" presidency to push universal health care, according to the plan written in federal prison by convicted fraudster and Democrat strategist Robert Creamer. That plan declared: "To win we must not just generate understanding, but emotion — fear, revulsion, anger, disgust."
The Democrats followed that plan to the letter and vowed to pass ObamaCare — then known as H.R. 3200 — before that summer's end. But when they dispatched members of Congress to town hall meetings to sell Obama's policy, they met unprecedented outrage — not just protests, but the simple, searing questions of their constituents: "Why should we pay for abortions?" "Does the legislation cover illegal immigrants?" "Have you even read the bill?"
Some of the opposition was organized by Tea Party groups that had sprung up in the wake of President Obama's massive stimulus in February 2009. But much of it was spontaneous. Then-House Speaker (now Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi called the protests "un-American" and falsely accused Tea Party members of carrying swastikas. That made the public even more indignant.
By early August, President Obama realized he was losing public support. So he turned to the "community organizing" techniques of his Chicago days. On Aug. 6, 2009, Jim Messina, then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff (now managing Obama's re-election campaign), told Democrats to "punch back twice as hard." The same day, John Sweeney, then-president of the AFL-CIO, issued a memo telling union members to show up at the town hall "battleground."
That very evening, union thugs at a town hall meeting in Tampa assaulted a man who opposed ObamaCare, ripping the shirt off his back. And that same night in St. Louis, Ken Gladney allegedly was beaten up outside a town hall meeting as he tried to distribute Gadsden ("Don't Tread On Me") flags by union thugs yelling, "What kind of nigger are you?" The next day, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius thanked SEIU members for their efforts at town halls.
It didn't stop there. On Aug. 31, left-wing organizers outside a town hall meeting in suburban Chicago instructed activists to block residents' questions. The Gladney attack was a small part of a much larger campaign of intimidation, directed from the White House. The acquittals in the Gladney case cannot erase what happened, even though the high-flying lawyers brought in by the SEIU outmatched the rookie prosecutor. But the verdict has been seized upon by the left-wing propagandists at Media Matters, which received a hefty donation from the SEIU after the Gladney attack and which set about trying to destroy Gladney's credibility.
Local graduate student Adam Shriver has been a willing accomplice in Media Matters' revisionism. In an Aug. 25 oped column in the Post-Dispatch, he accuses me of 'smearing" unions — yet in this case and others, Shriver focuses obsessively on shreds that favor his ideological patrons, knowing and caring little about the facts as a whole.
Recently, when professors at the University of Missouri were caught indoctrinating their students in violent tactics in labor disputes, Shriver tried to dismiss the evidence by focusing on edits in a highlight reel created by an independent blogger. He refuses to join calls for the university to release video or transcripts of the course as a whole, thereby assisting the administration's cover-up. Both private and public unions continue to use those thuggish tactics — most recently in the Verizon strike, where union members staged a mock funeral outside an executive's home, and even put a little girl in front of a truck to scare replacement workers.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/article_3044f2a0-ff35-5e1f-a3fe-fd70a8fb1809.html#ixzz1WXWaYED5
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By Andrew Breitbart | Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:30 am | (
Obama on Irene: 'This is not over'
President Barack Obama speaks about Hurricane Irene in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
When the history of Barack Obama's one-term presidency is written, August 2009 will be remembered as the turning point.
It was then that thousands of ordinary citizens began to rise up against a health care bill being forced through Congress. And it was then that the Obama administration declared war, through its union proxies, against the American people.
Obama had been elected to fix the economy. But Democrats had planned for years to use the first year of the next "progressive" presidency to push universal health care, according to the plan written in federal prison by convicted fraudster and Democrat strategist Robert Creamer. That plan declared: "To win we must not just generate understanding, but emotion — fear, revulsion, anger, disgust."
The Democrats followed that plan to the letter and vowed to pass ObamaCare — then known as H.R. 3200 — before that summer's end. But when they dispatched members of Congress to town hall meetings to sell Obama's policy, they met unprecedented outrage — not just protests, but the simple, searing questions of their constituents: "Why should we pay for abortions?" "Does the legislation cover illegal immigrants?" "Have you even read the bill?"
Some of the opposition was organized by Tea Party groups that had sprung up in the wake of President Obama's massive stimulus in February 2009. But much of it was spontaneous. Then-House Speaker (now Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi called the protests "un-American" and falsely accused Tea Party members of carrying swastikas. That made the public even more indignant.
By early August, President Obama realized he was losing public support. So he turned to the "community organizing" techniques of his Chicago days. On Aug. 6, 2009, Jim Messina, then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff (now managing Obama's re-election campaign), told Democrats to "punch back twice as hard." The same day, John Sweeney, then-president of the AFL-CIO, issued a memo telling union members to show up at the town hall "battleground."
That very evening, union thugs at a town hall meeting in Tampa assaulted a man who opposed ObamaCare, ripping the shirt off his back. And that same night in St. Louis, Ken Gladney allegedly was beaten up outside a town hall meeting as he tried to distribute Gadsden ("Don't Tread On Me") flags by union thugs yelling, "What kind of nigger are you?" The next day, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius thanked SEIU members for their efforts at town halls.
It didn't stop there. On Aug. 31, left-wing organizers outside a town hall meeting in suburban Chicago instructed activists to block residents' questions. The Gladney attack was a small part of a much larger campaign of intimidation, directed from the White House. The acquittals in the Gladney case cannot erase what happened, even though the high-flying lawyers brought in by the SEIU outmatched the rookie prosecutor. But the verdict has been seized upon by the left-wing propagandists at Media Matters, which received a hefty donation from the SEIU after the Gladney attack and which set about trying to destroy Gladney's credibility.
Local graduate student Adam Shriver has been a willing accomplice in Media Matters' revisionism. In an Aug. 25 oped column in the Post-Dispatch, he accuses me of 'smearing" unions — yet in this case and others, Shriver focuses obsessively on shreds that favor his ideological patrons, knowing and caring little about the facts as a whole.
Recently, when professors at the University of Missouri were caught indoctrinating their students in violent tactics in labor disputes, Shriver tried to dismiss the evidence by focusing on edits in a highlight reel created by an independent blogger. He refuses to join calls for the university to release video or transcripts of the course as a whole, thereby assisting the administration's cover-up. Both private and public unions continue to use those thuggish tactics — most recently in the Verizon strike, where union members staged a mock funeral outside an executive's home, and even put a little girl in front of a truck to scare replacement workers.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/article_3044f2a0-ff35-5e1f-a3fe-fd70a8fb1809.html#ixzz1WXWaYED5
The Star’s editorial | Missouri’s governor should cut out the budget games - KansasCity.com
The Star’s editorial | Missouri’s governor should cut out the budget games - KansasCity.com
click link for good editorial
snip from article:
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s cost-cutting measures have earned him the label of “cutter in chief.” But he’s taking that role too far.
The Democratic governor has arbitrarily been altering the 2012 budget sent to him by the Republican-controlled legislature. He’s cut money appropriated for colleges and universities, the Parents as Teachers program, the state transportation department and other functions.
The Missouri constitution authorizes the governor to withhold funds if revenues fall below expectations. Governors often hold back on spending money early in a fiscal year to make sure the state won’t run short later.
But Nixon announced he’s withholding $170 million from the 2012 budget even before the fiscal year began on July 1. He says he needs the money to pay for emergency costs created by flooding in the state and the deadly Joplin tornado.
Auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican, on Friday filed a lawsuit alleging Nixon had violated the constitution and ignored the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Nixon’s office responded that he was acting under “constitutional authority.”
The governor’s actions are at least unwise and arrogant. Schweich’s accusation that Nixon is running roughshod over the legislature is well founded.
Nixon can meet emergency expenses without further penalizing universities and people in need of social services. The obvious option is to tap the state’s $527 million rainy day fund. If flooding and tornadoes don’t qualify as a rainy day, why have an emergency account?
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Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/26/3101987/the-stars-editorial-missouris.html#ixzz1WWKoi43K
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snip from article:
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s cost-cutting measures have earned him the label of “cutter in chief.” But he’s taking that role too far.
The Democratic governor has arbitrarily been altering the 2012 budget sent to him by the Republican-controlled legislature. He’s cut money appropriated for colleges and universities, the Parents as Teachers program, the state transportation department and other functions.
The Missouri constitution authorizes the governor to withhold funds if revenues fall below expectations. Governors often hold back on spending money early in a fiscal year to make sure the state won’t run short later.
But Nixon announced he’s withholding $170 million from the 2012 budget even before the fiscal year began on July 1. He says he needs the money to pay for emergency costs created by flooding in the state and the deadly Joplin tornado.
Auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican, on Friday filed a lawsuit alleging Nixon had violated the constitution and ignored the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Nixon’s office responded that he was acting under “constitutional authority.”
The governor’s actions are at least unwise and arrogant. Schweich’s accusation that Nixon is running roughshod over the legislature is well founded.
Nixon can meet emergency expenses without further penalizing universities and people in need of social services. The obvious option is to tap the state’s $527 million rainy day fund. If flooding and tornadoes don’t qualify as a rainy day, why have an emergency account?
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Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/26/3101987/the-stars-editorial-missouris.html#ixzz1WWKoi43K
The Star’s editorial | Inexcusable bickering over disaster funds - KansasCity.com
The Star’s editorial | Inexcusable bickering over disaster funds - KansasCity.com
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The Star’s editorial | Inexcusable bickering over disaster funds
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Only a few short months ago, Joplin was the place for promises. Everyone from President Barack Obama to FEMA bureaucrats pledged to help the tornado-ravaged city rebuild.
But now Irene is the cause of the moment. Even though the storm inflicted less damage than feared, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning to divert money intended for tornado repairs in Joplin and elsewhere to pay for cleanup on the East Coast.
That is simply wrong. A basic expectation of government is to help communities and households get back on their feet after natural disasters. That expectation must not be waived because Republicans in Congress refuse to budge on closing tax loopholes or asking more of the very wealthy or any of the measures proposed to bring revenue into the U.S. coffers.
FEMA officials have said the agency is suspending payments to rebuild roads, schools and other crucial projects in Joplin and other areas impacted by spring tornadoes. FEMA has less than $1 billion in disaster relief funds. The Irene cleanup cost alone could exceed $10 billion.
In Washington, the disaster looks likely to set off another round of unseemly bickering, as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and some other Republicans have signaled that new money for FEMA disaster assistance must be offset by spending cuts elsewhere.
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Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/29/3108093/the-stars-editorial-inexcusable.html#ixzz1WWK0EXCF
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The Star’s editorial | Inexcusable bickering over disaster funds
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Only a few short months ago, Joplin was the place for promises. Everyone from President Barack Obama to FEMA bureaucrats pledged to help the tornado-ravaged city rebuild.
But now Irene is the cause of the moment. Even though the storm inflicted less damage than feared, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning to divert money intended for tornado repairs in Joplin and elsewhere to pay for cleanup on the East Coast.
That is simply wrong. A basic expectation of government is to help communities and households get back on their feet after natural disasters. That expectation must not be waived because Republicans in Congress refuse to budge on closing tax loopholes or asking more of the very wealthy or any of the measures proposed to bring revenue into the U.S. coffers.
FEMA officials have said the agency is suspending payments to rebuild roads, schools and other crucial projects in Joplin and other areas impacted by spring tornadoes. FEMA has less than $1 billion in disaster relief funds. The Irene cleanup cost alone could exceed $10 billion.
In Washington, the disaster looks likely to set off another round of unseemly bickering, as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and some other Republicans have signaled that new money for FEMA disaster assistance must be offset by spending cuts elsewhere.
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Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/29/3108093/the-stars-editorial-inexcusable.html#ixzz1WWK0EXCF
McCaskill tells GOP leader that Joplin shouldn't be 'political football'
McCaskill tells GOP leader that Joplin shouldn't be 'political football'
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UPDATED: Thursday with comments from Sen. Roy Blunt
WASHINGTON • House Majority Leader Eric Cantor endured criticism on blogs this week when he said that aid to Joplin in the aftermath of the devastating tornado would be offset by budget cuts.
Cantor, R-Va., told reporters on Monday that "if there is support for a supplemental (appropriation), it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental."
Today, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., directed some of her words to Cantor in a Senate floor speech reporting what she had witnessed touring the tornado wreckage in southwest Missouri.
"With all due respect to Congressman Cantor, I have a hard time believing that if this were in his congressional district, he would be talking about how additional disaster relief would not be available unless we found some other programs to take it from," she said.
"It must be available. This must not be a political football. We must provide the assistance. That's what federal tax dollars are for, is to provide assistance when there is no assistance available to communities and states because of the wrath of Mother Nature," she added.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/article_fc05837e-86f2-11e0-8152-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1WWHGV3Uc
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remark: did it ever occur to anyone that teabaggers care nothing for Joplin or for Missouri? ever occur to Claire and others that caving in to budget demands and cutting programs might have negative side?
will the voters in Joplin remember the GOP next election and their screwing? probably not
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UPDATED: Thursday with comments from Sen. Roy Blunt
WASHINGTON • House Majority Leader Eric Cantor endured criticism on blogs this week when he said that aid to Joplin in the aftermath of the devastating tornado would be offset by budget cuts.
Cantor, R-Va., told reporters on Monday that "if there is support for a supplemental (appropriation), it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental."
Today, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., directed some of her words to Cantor in a Senate floor speech reporting what she had witnessed touring the tornado wreckage in southwest Missouri.
"With all due respect to Congressman Cantor, I have a hard time believing that if this were in his congressional district, he would be talking about how additional disaster relief would not be available unless we found some other programs to take it from," she said.
"It must be available. This must not be a political football. We must provide the assistance. That's what federal tax dollars are for, is to provide assistance when there is no assistance available to communities and states because of the wrath of Mother Nature," she added.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/article_fc05837e-86f2-11e0-8152-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1WWHGV3Uc
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remark: did it ever occur to anyone that teabaggers care nothing for Joplin or for Missouri? ever occur to Claire and others that caving in to budget demands and cutting programs might have negative side?
will the voters in Joplin remember the GOP next election and their screwing? probably not
Horrigan: Ten years of 'Nickel and Dimed'
Horrigan: Ten years of 'Nickel and Dimed'
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from article
In the 10 years since Metropolitan Books published Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," a lot of things have happened to the working poor in America, most of them bad.
Oh sure, there was some good news. The minimum wage was increased in 2007, rising in increments from $5.15 then to $7.25 now. This was offset by rising costs in everything else that people need to live, particularly health care and gasoline.
"Working poor" is defined narrowly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "persons who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor force during the year (working or looking for work), but whose incomes fell below the official poverty level."
If you go out to the unofficial just-scraping-by "low-income" threshold of 200 percent of poverty level ($44,700 for a family of four), you'll find nearly one in three American families living there.
So the working poor of 2001 actually have a lot more company these days, which would be good news except it means more people competing for the same or fewer number of jobs, which holds down wages and makes everybody's problems worse.
"Nickel and Dimed" was a surprise best-seller in 2001, coming as a revelation to a lot of people who'd never been poor. Here was a woman with a Ph.D. in cellular biology who'd become a journalist, essayist and social activist. At the age of 58, she decided to go to work for three months in a variety of service jobs just to see what it was like.
She worked as a hotel maid, a waitress, a nursing home aide, a house cleaner and a Wal-Mart "associate." She worked in three different cities, trying to find housing and enough to eat. She wasn't trying to raise kids or save money. She just wanted to get by.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kevin-horrigan/article_405c8b88-6420-5d05-b725-30fc5edf43ec.html#ixzz1WWEIomlR
click link for most excellent article
from article
In the 10 years since Metropolitan Books published Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," a lot of things have happened to the working poor in America, most of them bad.
Oh sure, there was some good news. The minimum wage was increased in 2007, rising in increments from $5.15 then to $7.25 now. This was offset by rising costs in everything else that people need to live, particularly health care and gasoline.
"Working poor" is defined narrowly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "persons who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor force during the year (working or looking for work), but whose incomes fell below the official poverty level."
If you go out to the unofficial just-scraping-by "low-income" threshold of 200 percent of poverty level ($44,700 for a family of four), you'll find nearly one in three American families living there.
So the working poor of 2001 actually have a lot more company these days, which would be good news except it means more people competing for the same or fewer number of jobs, which holds down wages and makes everybody's problems worse.
"Nickel and Dimed" was a surprise best-seller in 2001, coming as a revelation to a lot of people who'd never been poor. Here was a woman with a Ph.D. in cellular biology who'd become a journalist, essayist and social activist. At the age of 58, she decided to go to work for three months in a variety of service jobs just to see what it was like.
She worked as a hotel maid, a waitress, a nursing home aide, a house cleaner and a Wal-Mart "associate." She worked in three different cities, trying to find housing and enough to eat. She wasn't trying to raise kids or save money. She just wanted to get by.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kevin-horrigan/article_405c8b88-6420-5d05-b725-30fc5edf43ec.html#ixzz1WWEIomlR
Monday, August 29, 2011
Flu Shot Clinic - Free Flu Shots for the Community - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Flu Shot Clinic - Free Flu Shots for the Community - Barnes-Jewish Hospital: October 3-7
Barnes-Jewish Hospital South, Main Lobby
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
*Adult vaccinations only (18+ years old)
Parking is available in the south garage for $1.50 per hour
Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital North
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
4921 Parkview Place, 3rd Floor Lobby
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Parking is available in the north garage for $1.50 per hour
October 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Medical Office Building 2
October 9
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
10 Barnes West Drive
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Free parking available on site
Barnes-Jewish Hospital South, Main Lobby
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
*Adult vaccinations only (18+ years old)
Parking is available in the south garage for $1.50 per hour
Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital North
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
4921 Parkview Place, 3rd Floor Lobby
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Parking is available in the north garage for $1.50 per hour
October 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Medical Office Building 2
October 9
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
10 Barnes West Drive
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Free parking available on site
Flu Shot Clinic - Free Flu Shots for the Community - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Flu Shot Clinic - Free Flu Shots for the Community - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
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from net
: October 3-7
Barnes-Jewish Hospital South, Main Lobby
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
*Adult vaccinations only (18+ years old)
Parking is available in the south garage for $1.50 per hour
Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital North
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
4921 Parkview Place, 3rd Floor Lobby
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Parking is available in the north garage for $1.50 per hour
October 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Medical Office Building 2
October 9
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
10 Barnes West Drive
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Free parking available on site
click link
from net
: October 3-7
Barnes-Jewish Hospital South, Main Lobby
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
*Adult vaccinations only (18+ years old)
Parking is available in the south garage for $1.50 per hour
Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital North
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
4921 Parkview Place, 3rd Floor Lobby
St. Louis, MO 63110
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Parking is available in the north garage for $1.50 per hour
October 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Medical Office Building 2
October 9
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
10 Barnes West Drive
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Driving Directions
Adult & Pediatric vaccinations (6-months and up)
Free parking available on site
The Billionaires' Tea Party (Proof Tea Party Is Nothing But Astro Turf)
might wish to use some of this stuff in our next election "spred-the-word" efforts when we do our election boogie
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Fault Lines - Outsourced: Clinical trials overseas
interesting documentry on pharma companies and medical experiments abroad.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Social Security 76thAnniversary Keeping the Promise to All Generations St, Louis
You are invited - please share. Thank you.
a Forum
Social Security 76thAnniversary
Keeping the Promise to All Generations
Social Security is one of America's most successful programs and is a promise that must
not be broken. As the national debate about America's safety net programs continues,
join us to learn about the proposed cuts to Social Security and the shrinking middle
class. The potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will also be discussed.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Ethical Society of St. Louis
Assembly Hall
9001 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
Featuring: Sarah Meek, Alliance for Retired Americans, DC
Ruth Ehresman, Missouri Budget Project
Betty Reinsch, Gateway Grandparents Kinship Network
Light Refreshments will be provided
This event is free
To Reserve a Seat contact:
Judith Parker @ 314-965-5352
moara@ymail.com
The Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans Education Fund is a non-partisan, non-profit
organization. All memberships and donations are tax deductible.
Judith Parker
Consultant, Field Mobilization
Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans
3301 Hollenberg Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
(314)291-8666
a Forum
Social Security 76thAnniversary
Keeping the Promise to All Generations
Social Security is one of America's most successful programs and is a promise that must
not be broken. As the national debate about America's safety net programs continues,
join us to learn about the proposed cuts to Social Security and the shrinking middle
class. The potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will also be discussed.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Ethical Society of St. Louis
Assembly Hall
9001 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
Featuring: Sarah Meek, Alliance for Retired Americans, DC
Ruth Ehresman, Missouri Budget Project
Betty Reinsch, Gateway Grandparents Kinship Network
Light Refreshments will be provided
This event is free
To Reserve a Seat contact:
Judith Parker @ 314-965-5352
moara@ymail.com
The Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans Education Fund is a non-partisan, non-profit
organization. All memberships and donations are tax deductible.
Judith Parker
Consultant, Field Mobilization
Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans
3301 Hollenberg Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
(314)291-8666
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Keith Olbermann - Worst Persons - Ray Sandoval, Mitt Romney and Sen. Tom...
wonder what will happen for Obama reelection if left stays home? hint: this happened to some extent in 2010
I welcome their hatred F D Roosevelt
too bad we do not have a democratic president that will stand up enjoy historical clips
FDR Lost speech new bill of rights
perhaps we need this today note: many nations have some or all these "rights".
Sunday, August 21, 2011
AAM on St. Louis radio
Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Executive Director Scott Paul Talks Job Creation on KMOX-CBS Radio, St. Louis
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good program
Mourning in America Fiore treat
can we get out of this decline? alas, we need leadership and where are we going to find it?
Maybe we can "out source" this like we do everything else?
Romney to angry fairgoers 'Corporations are people, my friend'
Supreme court ruled that Corporations are people over a century ago. IN fact they said the civil war was fought to free the corporations.
Mitt is technically right on this one. Unfortunately, most of the rest of this garbage coming out of his mouth is wrong.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Countdown with Keith Olbermann 08-18-2011 1a - Ignorance is Bliss, with ...
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snips from tonight's program
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Countdown with Keith Olbermann 08-16-2011 2 - Obama Unleashed, with Deep...
sounds like Obama has been watching USW vids this week. perhaps this site
Resolution of Soar 11-3
RESOLUTION: SOAR 11-3
Officers and membership affirm the following:
We shall not support any effort to cut Social Security benefits, Medicare or Medicaid benefits currently being debated by our political leaders nor shall we support any institution advocating such cuts. We shall withhold any political or financial support to "cutters" of these programs now and in the future.
Social Security or Medicare did not contribute to the budget crisis and to hold hostage these programs is insane and unneeded.
What did contribute to the problem, unpaid wars, tax cuts for upper income and corporate welfare, out sourcing jobs, trade laws none of which are being addressed. Negotiation of drug prices would save billions over the next decade. Bringing home troops from Iraq would also save tremendous amounts. Going back to Clinton tax rates would save billions and more
Balancing the books on the backs of ourselves, our children and grandchildren will not be tolerated.
Officers and membership affirm the following:
We shall not support any effort to cut Social Security benefits, Medicare or Medicaid benefits currently being debated by our political leaders nor shall we support any institution advocating such cuts. We shall withhold any political or financial support to "cutters" of these programs now and in the future.
Social Security or Medicare did not contribute to the budget crisis and to hold hostage these programs is insane and unneeded.
What did contribute to the problem, unpaid wars, tax cuts for upper income and corporate welfare, out sourcing jobs, trade laws none of which are being addressed. Negotiation of drug prices would save billions over the next decade. Bringing home troops from Iraq would also save tremendous amounts. Going back to Clinton tax rates would save billions and more
Balancing the books on the backs of ourselves, our children and grandchildren will not be tolerated.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
2011 Las Vegas Convention Coverage | United Steelworkers
2011 Las Vegas Convention Coverage | United Steelworkers
click link and then click specific link within page pdf formats
Soar resolutions not available quite yet
click link and then click specific link within page pdf formats
Soar resolutions not available quite yet
Monday, August 15, 2011
Afterburner with Bill Whittle: Rich Man, Poor Man
you got to see this garbage
poor are getting richer? good use of spin I must say
refrigs? hell of a differenced in a used model or a brand new super model
Sunday, August 14, 2011
AFL-CIO: Verizon using smoke screen
folks should keep up with this strike. folks using verizon should support strike and let verizon know your position
Saturday, August 13, 2011
SOAR Convention Opens With Call to Activism
SOAR Convention Opens With Call to Activism
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from site:
SOAR, the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, opened its two-day constitutional conference Friday in Las Vegas with a call to arms from International President Leo W. Gerard.
Gerard urged the 164 delegates to the conference to “take to the streets” to defend social programs in both the United States and Canada that are under attack by conservative political parties in both countries.
“We need to show our anger,’’ Gerard said as he urged retirees to continue their activism to protect health care, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from the budget-cutting process underway in Washington, D.C.
“You have the credibility as seniors to demand fairness, to stand up and say Social Security is not an entitlement,’’ Gerard said to applause. “You paid for it every day you went to work.”
Since its inception, SOAR has been a major part of the USW’s ongoing fight for a better deal for workers and retirees. It has long fought for the preservation of Social Security and Medicare.
click link
from site:
SOAR, the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, opened its two-day constitutional conference Friday in Las Vegas with a call to arms from International President Leo W. Gerard.
Gerard urged the 164 delegates to the conference to “take to the streets” to defend social programs in both the United States and Canada that are under attack by conservative political parties in both countries.
“We need to show our anger,’’ Gerard said as he urged retirees to continue their activism to protect health care, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from the budget-cutting process underway in Washington, D.C.
“You have the credibility as seniors to demand fairness, to stand up and say Social Security is not an entitlement,’’ Gerard said to applause. “You paid for it every day you went to work.”
Since its inception, SOAR has been a major part of the USW’s ongoing fight for a better deal for workers and retirees. It has long fought for the preservation of Social Security and Medicare.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Countdown with Keith Olbermann 08-10-2011 4 - Wisconsin Recall Elections
sad we did not get senate in Wisconsin
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Countdown with Keith Olbermann 08-01-2011 5 - Special Comment - Our Brok...
some great truths here
budget deal was a surrender pure and simple
The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com
The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com
click link above somewhat in major agreement with Krugman on this one
click link above somewhat in major agreement with Krugman on this one
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