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ST. LOUIS (AP)—Green Bay Packers fans are known as cheeseheads. Could fans of the St. Louis Rams soon be dittoheads? Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams, owners of the NFL’s longest losing streak at 14 and just 5-31 since 2007. In a statement, Limbaugh declined to discuss details, citing a confidentiality agreement with Goldman Sachs, the investment firm hired by the family of former Rams owner Georgia Frontiere to review assets of her estate, including the NFL team. Limbaugh also...

In a post published Oct. 24, 2008, I described what Halloween 2009 would be like for American children if Barack Obama became the nation's 44th president. In light of the fact that the community organizer from Illinois went on to win the election, I decided to republish an updated version of that post.

Some 200 patriotic citizens lined one side of Highway K early this afternoon at the intersection of Highways K & N in O’Fallon, Mo. Their signs told stories of their passionate disdain for socialism, government-run health care and an out-of-control federal government. Across the street, barely a dozen individuals carried signs in support of the so-called “Public Option” and other liberal agenda items. Rallies like the one today have become a weekly event, drawing as many as 300 conservative, Constitution-loving citizens weekly and outnumbering those with opposing views more than 10 to 1.

Conservative activist David Horowitz will not be speaking at St. Louis University this month after school officials raised objections about the title and content of his speech, "Islamo-Fascism Awareness and Civil Rights." The SLU College Republicans, a student group, had invited Horowitz to speak on campus. The event would have been paid for out of student activity fees. SLU said in a statement that it did not "ban" Horowitz from campus. Rather, the school was concerned that the event could be viewed as "attacking another faith and seeking to cause derision on campus." Horowitz, reached by phone on Friday, called...

This post features a video of the St. Charles Tea Party which took place Friday evening and drew nearly 2,000 freedom-loving patriots from miles around to Frontier Park along the banks of the Missouri River in the Show-Me State’s First Capitol city.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Oct. 1, 2009) — Four Missouri National Guardsmen in the 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team based at Fort Leonard Wood recently participated in clandestine lab training at the Missouri Highway Patrol headquarters. The four men, 1st Lt. Nathan Looper of Lynchburg, 1st Lt. Matthew Marks and 1st Lt. Richard Sambolin of Waynesville, and Staff Sgt. Jason Allabaugh of Chadwick, took the course as part of their training, along with law enforcement officials from across the state. The class was primarily geared toward the detection and cleanup of methamphetamine labs. “Now we can look...

    SIGN ON 1-70 in Blue Springs, Missouri!  Erected by a True American Patriot! William Cody of Kansas City.   Anti-Obama Sign Displayed on Metro HighwayBLUE SPRINGS, MO. – An unusual sign has appeared along Interstate 70 in Blue Springs. If you are traveling in the eastbound lanes of the freeway between Adams Dairy Parkway and the Grain Valley exit you will see a sign that appears to be anti-President Barack Obama. The sign features the hammer and sickle, a symbol of communism and insinuates that Obama will jeopardize the first and second amendments to the Constitution, which are...

A Cape Girardeau police officer got more than he bargained for when he answered a call about shots fired. What he found when he arrived was a large street fight. As you can see, when he went to arrest one suspect a woman approaches the officer. He pushed her away and when she came back again swinging, the officer punched her. The Cape Girardeau Police Chief stands by what the officer did saying there's always a fear that a person will go for the officer's weapon. "Of course the major fear is that person may try to go for the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Sept. 28, 2009) — When the Missouri National Guard delved into the world of social media in February by launching Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace pages all within a single month, no one could predict the impact the sites would have on the way the Guard did business as usual. The one thing everyone was certain of, however, was that the online media movement was much too big to ignore. “Utilizing new media is a great way to spread our messages,” said adjutant general Brig. Gen. Stephen Danner. “It is important that the Missouri National Guard has...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Sept. 25, 2009) — More than 200 National Guard officials and representatives of civilian agencies from eight states attended the New Madrid Seismic Zone Workshop sponsored by the Missouri National Guard. The event’s purpose was to coordinate the National Guard response to a catastrophic earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Missouri adjutant general, Brig. Gen. Steven L. Danner, said the reason for the workshop — which drew participants from Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, and Arkansas — was preparedness. “We want the citizens to have the knowledge that the National Guards of each of...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Sept. 25, 2009) — The Missouri National Guard is in the process of helping the Army decide if Osage River, east of Bagnell Dam, is an appropriate training venue for multi-role bridge units. At the request of Fort Leonard Wood’s Directorate of Plans, Training and Mobilization office, the Guard’s 1438th Engineer Multi-Role Bridge Company, of Macon, and its Detachment 1, of Kirksville, tested the site Tuesday and Wednesday. “The idea is to bring mobilizing bridge units down here so that they could do their collective training on fast water,” said Capt. Kelly Messerli, the 1438th’s company...

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 22, 2009) — The Missouri National Guard will host two events near the Lake of the Ozarks that are designed to assist and recognize soldiers who recently returned from supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. About 100 soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 106th Assault Helicopter Battalion, of Fort Leonard Wood, and Detachment 3, 1st Battalion, 185th Theater Aviation Company, of Springfield, are expected to attend the Yellow Ribbon and Freedom Salute programs on Oct. 3 and 4 at Tan-Tar-A Resort. Yellow Ribbon is a reintegration program for soldiers returning from a long deployment. As part of the...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Sept. 14, 2009) — The Missouri National Guard now has the capability and training to provide hoist extractions with some of its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 106th Assault Helicopter Battalion of Fort Leonard Wood and the Springfield-based 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group trained using hoists from Aug. 28 to 30 in Springfield. The hoists can be used to extract up to 600 pounds of personnel or cargo per lift into a Black Hawk during appropriate state or national emergencies. Possible uses are lifting stranded people off cars and rooftops...

Members of the Missouri Veterans Commissionare asking all veterans for their help this fall in “listening posts” that will be held at locations across the state, including one on Monday, Sept. 28 in St. Robert. The St. Robert listening post will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the St. Robert Community Center located at 114 J.H. Williamson Drive, which is off Old Route 66. While numerous other listening posts are scheduled around Missouri, none of the others are in the Fort Leonard Wood area. The events will provide opportunities for veterans to address their needs and wants...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Aug. 11, 2009) — In the event of a terrorist attack at Kansas Motor Speedway, the Missouri National Guard’s 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team would likely be called to assist first responders. The unit spent a week recently training at the speedway alongside civil support teams from Kansas and Nebraska for Operation Rolling Thunder. “It was three days of very valuable joint training,” said Lt. Col. Raymond White, unit commander. “We worked in concert with the other teams and learned a lot.” After the field training began on the second day, the Missouri...

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 8, 2009) — With the possibility of a terrorist attack on one of the state’s waterways, the 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team from Fort Leonard Wood spent two days earlier this month training on the Lake of the Ozarks to respond to waterborne threats. The Missouri Army and Air National Guard unit teamed with the Missouri Water Patrol and its SWAT team for a joint exercise put on by the Center for National Response. It was the team’s first exercise that involved a body of water. “There were lots of challenges,” said Maj....

State Rep. T.D. El-Amin has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge and will resign his seat. Following today's guilty plea for accepting $2,100 from a St. Louis gas station owner, El-Amin told reporters that he was resigning from office. He said he had broken the trust of his family, friends and supporters. In court, El-Amin admitted to soliciting the money after the gas station owner asked him for help in resolving problems with city government. El-Amin is the third Democratic lawmaker from the St. Louis area to plead guilty to federal charges in the past month. State Sen. Jeff...

FRONTENAC, Mo. -- Six Republican members of Congress and other conservative leaders are scheduled to be in suburban St. Louis for a conference on grassroots activism.

Missouri Mom Pleads Guilty to Selling Daughter as Sex Slave Thursday, September 24, 2009 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man and a woman accused of training the woman's daughter to be a sexual dominatrix have each pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a child at a federal court hearing. Todd Barkau, of New York, and the girl's 45-year-old mother pleaded not guilty last year to seven counts accusing them of prostituting the woman's daughter from January 2002 until February 2005. They entered new pleas Thursday in Kansas City. The woman will serve 15 years, and Barkau will...

Everybody knows that smoking is a popular pastime in Missouri, but certain groups light up more than others. About 36 percent of the state’s gay, lesbian and transgendered community smoke, compared to nearly 25 percent of the general population. And the gay community has less desire to stop — 37 percent say they’ll quit in the next six months, compared to 64 percent of all smokers in Missouri. The stats come from a new report out of the nonprofit Missouri Foundation for Health. The foundation wanted to figure out who’s smoking, so prevention and cessation programs can be targeted at...

Down Syndrome Boy's 60-Yard Touchdown Run an Internet Hit By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, September 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A heart-warming story of true sportsmanship last week turned what might have been a dismal defeat into an extraordinary victory for both teams and everyone who witnessed Matt Ziesel's touchdown run. Matt, who has Down syndrome, is a freshman at Benton High School in St. Joseph, Mo. Despite his disability he suits up for every football game and cheers on his teammates from the sidelines. Last Monday night the Benton Cardinals football team was losing its game against the...

Rep. Henry Brown (R-S.C.) and his new primary challenger are wasting no time getting started. Kentucky Senate race outsider Rand Paul (R) has now raised more than $1 million, thanks to a more than $185,000 moneybomb yesterday, his campaign announced. Bloomberg holds a sizeable lead, 52-36, over new Democratic nominee William Thompson. New York Gov. David Paterson (D) fires an early salvo in a potential primary for his job, accusing state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of being behind the White House’s request that Paterson not run for a full term. Maryland state Del. Herman Taylor eyes a primary challenge to...

Planned Parenthood in Kirksville will be closing for good on November 14th. The health center, specialized in treating low-income women, has been in Kirksville for 38 years. Officials say they’re closing because of fewer clients and a shortage of rural nurse practitioners. “It was a very difficult decision for us. It was a long time coming. We’ve had lots of meetings. This is not a sudden decision by any means,” Planned Parenthood Director of Education and Public Affairs Lisa Ecsi Davis said. Davis says Truman State University’s health clinic provides similar free services for students. For others, Planned Parenthood has...

BELLEVILLE -- White supremacist groups say they want hate crime charges filed in the Belleville West bus attack case and are encouraging a protest. Messages flashed across neo-Nazi and white supremacist websites today promoting an 11 a.m. protest on the Belleville courthouse grounds on Saturday. “People in this town are rightfully angry at the double standard that we know how this would be working if the races were reversed,” wrote an announcement on the website for the National Socialist Movement, a white supremacist group. “We want to not only condemn these acts of violence, but also to try and persuade...

Democrat Robin Carnahan and Republican Roy Blunt are dead even in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey of the hotly contested race for the U.S. Senate in Missouri. Both candidates capture 46% of the vote in a new telephone survey of Missouri voters. Two percent (2%) favor some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are not sure which candidate they will vote for. Blunt, a member of Congress since 1997, has held the number two GOP position in the House, serving as minority whip. His son was governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. Carnahan, currently Missouri’s secretary of...

HARRISONVILLE | A Belton man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of his children’s mother. Michael Adams Jr. of Belton appeared at his arraignment Monday at Cass County Circuit Court wearing a baby blue jumpsuit, shoulder-length hair and makeup. ~~~~ Relatives say Adams and Hartwig argued on the day of the killing about his cross-dressing. The couple’s 18-year-old daughter found her mother dead on the kitchen floor while her father, wearing women’s clothing, sat on the floor smoking a cigarette.

There has been a lot of talk in Washington about cutting wasteful health-care spending, but it is troubling that such talk has not created a sense of urgency for national tort reform. It is especially frustrating because states have already shown that curbing junk lawsuits can cut costs, create jobs, and increase the quality of care available to patients. I know this because that is exactly what happened in Missouri when, as governor, I helped to enact comprehensive reforms. I took office in January 2005 at a time when runaway lawsuits were driving up the cost of doing business in...

The passions of conservative activists could be reshaping the Republican Party and complicating some 2010 re-election campaigns. Indiana’s Mark Souder is among four House Republicans likely to face primary opponents drawing strength from the “tea party” movement and its fervent opposition to anything that might trigger higher taxes or bigger government. Souder, first elected in the Republican wave of 1994, usually lines up with his party’s right wing. But he has angered some conservatives by endorsing earmarks for his district and by backing both the 2008 financial industry bailout (PL 110-343) and the expansion of the program to help recreational...

Beginning today, September 16th, 2009, a new movement is focusing on the lobby of our State Representitives and Senators to sign a "Pledge of Support" of the 10th Amendment and States Rights in Missouri. A group of close to 50 Missouri citizens from all areas of the State converged upon the State Capital building to personally meet with our elected officials. Following a meeting of participants that outlined the particular reasons why States Rights can and will be the last stand against Federal Tyranny, we hand delivered the pledge sheets to members from each of our congressional districts. We relayed...

Former Missouri state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) has announced she won't run for anything in 2010. The treasurer was expected early on to run for Senate in a primary against Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). But after opening an exploratory committee, she backed off that race and started looking at running for Blunt's open House seat. Now she's doing neither. Steelman, of Rolla, said in a statement that she has "unfinished work'' at home, raising her youngest son with her husband. David Steelman, a prominent lawyer and fellow former legislator. "Michael is 14 and I want to raise him here in...

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Missouri: Warren County Commission to Consider New Outdoor Youth Shooting Range on Monday, September 21!   Monday, September 14, 2009   On Monday, September 21, the Warren County Commissioners will consider allowing a new outdoor youth shooting facility to be constructed.  If approved by the Commissioners, the new range will be located in the southern part of Warren County and will provide new opportunities for youth-oriented shooting sports in the area.  This range will give young, novice shooters the opportunity to learn proper firearm safety, hone their skills, and exercise their Second Amendment...

Greene County (Missouri) prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old man with felony unlawful use of a weapon, after the man fired his handgun while chasing a suspected purse snatcher. Charles R. Webb was arrested Friday night. According to police: Webb "fired several shots at a vehicle being driven by a suspect, who had stolen a purse from a female on the parking lot of the Price Cutter, 3620 E. Battlefield Rd. "At 9:15 p.m. a 75-year old Springfield woman was walking to her car when a white male described as being 18-20 years old with black hair, ran past her and...

RAYMORE, Mo. -- A Raymore family is missing a loved one and says that Raymore police are to blame. Kelly Wesner and her family lost their cat, Tobey, who had been a member of the family for 18 years. Wesner said Tobey managed to sneak outside without anyone noticing. What happened next left Wesner dumbfounded. Raymore police were called after someone reported an aggressive cat had scratched a young girl. According to a police report, the cat was wild, sick, and had all four legs out with claws extended. The report also stated that the cat was very large. Wesner...

Remember Elston McCowan? He’s one of the SEIU purple shirted thugs who were arrested for beating a Black conservative for daring to protest Obamacare outside a town hall meeting featuring Democrat Congressman Russ Carnahan. It turns out McCowan actually had the nerve to ask for Workman’s Compensation payments because he is “injured” and unable to “work.” Missouri had the good sense to tell this deadbeat to get lost, but moochers like McCowan don’t discourage easily when something for nothing is at stake. He has applied to the SEIU to pay him, thereby acknowledging he was there and committed this assault...

Here’s the score from an Independence shoplifting case that involved a bag of meat, a wild ride atop a car’s hood and a gunshot wound: • The alleged shoplifter, Loucinda M. Carroll, 41, of Independence, has been charged with second-degree robbery. • The store’s manager, who was struck by Carroll’s car, landed on its hood and held on during an attempted getaway, was unharmed. • And the bystander who shot Carroll will not be charged because he felt he and the manager were being threatened, authorities say. Carroll suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The incident began at 6:49 p.m. Saturday at the...

Regulators close banks in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. BY AMY HAIMERI NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Five small regional banks were closed by regulators on Friday evening, pushing 2009's tally so far to 88 institutions. Of the five failures, two were in Illinois, and there was one each in Arizona, Iowa and Missouri.

The Missouri 9-12 Project will join with the National Tea Party on the south steps and grounds of the Missouri State Capital from 4PM to 7PM on Sept 12th. Please do not arrive before 3pm because there is a Mo. National Guard Promotional Ceremony that concludes at 3pm. Please respect our soldiers by not arriving before 3pm. Please note that according to the permit rules no signage or flags on poles or stakes are allowed on the Capital grounds. This is out of concern for damage to the underground sprinkler system. The event is still organizing so a speaker and...

April 17, 2009 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington , DC 20500 Mr. Obama: I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America collectively or of me personally. You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of America . You are responsible to the citizens of the United States .. You are not responsible to the peoples...

KANSAS CITY, MO - Three Republican senators came to Children's Mercy Hospital Monday to meet with health care professionals. Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said we should focus on only the problems that need fixing and not revamp the whole thing. Senator McConnell joined Senators John McCain and Kit Bond before an invited crowd of mostly health professionals on Monday. "We have committed an act of generational death by laying on our children, grandchildren these multi-trillions of dollars," Sen. McCain said. "All of it, it strikes me argues once again for a much more targeted, incremental approach to health care...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2009 – When reserve-component troops are called away for military duties, their civilian employers work hard to pick up the slack in their absence. That is especially true for the Mid American Kidney Stone Association, a research group of only 10 staff members in Kansas City, Mo. However, the small association gladly makes do and continues to support its part-time troops despite the heavy workload and small team, said Army Reserve Col. Harold DeLaughder, a citizen-soldier and Mid American nurse. “When one of its employees has to perform military duties away from their civilian job, it is...

ST. LOUIS, MO—Bobby Garrett pled guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, making false statements and theft of government funds, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today. Bobby Lee Garrett, Leo Liston, and Vincent Carr were police detectives employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit. Officers assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit typically handled investigations involving auto theft, burglary, illegal narcotics sales, and firearms offenses, and usually carried out their duties while working in plain clothes and unmarked cars. According to statements made in court by Assistant United States Attorney Hal Goldsmith at...

Pics and vids from the Rally last night at the IBEW union headquarters in St. Louis, MO http://stlouisteaparty.com/ http://sharpelbowsstl.blogspot.com/ http://poedpatriot.blogspot.com/

STATEWIDE PINK SLIP PETITION RALLY! TODAY

Woman took items while bags were being screened. A 30-year-old former Transportation Security Administration worker was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years' probation Thursday for stealing jewelry, gift cards and other things out of tourists' bags as the items were undergoing security screening at Kahului Airport. Devie Darla Dale Feig... The agency already has reimbursed the victims. "I'm not a bad person. But what I did was wrong. I wanted to say I'm sorry," Feig said ... Deputy Prosecutor Terence Herndon called the case egregious and asked that Feig receive the full 90-day jail term. "I believe...

STORM LAKE -- A 55-year-old Storm Lake man was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly making terrorist threats to Taco John's employees, according to a written statement from the Storm Lake Police Department today. Roger Crawford entered the Taco John's on East Milwaukee Avenue and threatened to...use mustard gas on the establishment, the statement said. Crawford remained angry when he left the fast food restaurant traveling westbound on Milwaukee Avenue on a bicycle.

ST. LOUIS -Missouri state Sen. Jeff Smith and Rep. Steve Brown today pleaded guilty to felony charges related to Smith's 2004 campaign for the U.S. Congress.

Ken Jacob locked eyes with "Skip" Ohlsen and asked him a simple question. "What's your name?" "Skip," said Ohlsen. Jacob was in no mood to play games. It was early 2005. Just months removed from a 20-year career as an influential Missouri lawmaker, the Democrat from Columbia was now in his new job working for a union in the capital city. He had been to a few meetings with Ohlsen and, like other Democratic operatives, had begun to question the man's credentials. Something just didn't feel right. The former minority leader of the Senate, known for his combative style and...

A man arraigned in Associate Circuit Court today on charges of felony assault and burglary is accused of biting off a love rival's left ear lobe, said Cpl. Adam Glueck, spokesman for the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Christopher A. Beal, 23, of 909 Hackberry St. Apt. 210, appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp for initial arraignment. Shortly before midnight Tuesday, officers responding to a report of a possible stabbing arrived at the Hackberry Apartments and observed Beal chasing the victim around some cars in the apartment complex parking lot, Glueck said. According to statements from Beal and his victim,...

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill will be back in Missouri on Monday, hosting three more forums on health care reform. The events are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Hannibal, 1 p.m. in Moberly and 4:30 p.m. in Kansas City.

Leadership: Scores of congressmen and women are trying to hide from their constituents this August recess as the revolt over ObamaCare continues. If you haven't seen him or her lately, you might try your refrigerator.IBD Exclusive Series: Government-Run Healthcare: A Prescription For FailureIt's amazing how frightened of the community the party of the great community organizer has become now that the community has organized itself against his attempt to impose socialized medicine on the country. They cheered when he told them to get in the faces of their opponents. Now they won't show their faces, period. Senate Majority Whip Dick...