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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...

Controversy and intrigue have swirled around Venezuela's Hugo Chavez ever since he was elected president seven years ago and established himself as a leftist force. Chavez's rising influence in Latin American politics, his country's role as a major supplier of crude oil for U.S. refiners and his close ties to Cuba's Fidel Castro have alarmed policymakers in the Bush administration. Last month, on his television show, the Rev. Pat Robertson actually went so far as to suggest the United States should assassinate the 51-year-old Chavez. (Robertson later apologized.)While Chavez was in New York last week for the gathering of world...