I first heard the song "Society's Child" by Janis Ian when I was in junior high in Lebanon, MO. It was on an Kansas AM oldies station late one night (this was in the early 80's).
At the time I was infatuated with Eunice Moneymaker' [...]
Sen. Claire McCaskill yesterday twittered this:
"If we printed the health care bill in regular size font it would be same legnth as Sarah Palin's book, but with more meat on the bone."
Snappp!
Nick Sloan isn't quitting after all . . . Sometimes a lack of commitment is a good thing, or at least that's what I tell just about every broad I know.' [...] Speaking at last night's term limits forum, Ed Martin let it slip that his "Term Limits for Missouri" organization isn't expected to gather enough signatures for the term limit initiative he filed last December.
"We could gather signatures. I don't know that we will," he said about his proposal [...]
The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR."
The Federal Reserve, like a knight in shining armor, is riding forth to protect consumers from a fearsome dragon: gift cards that expire within five years from date of purchase.
If retailers are not informing customers about the terms and expiration dates of the cards, I can understand a regulation [...]
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It's officially a race.
Democrat Tom Wiggans filed paperwork with the state today to begin a campaign for Kansas Governor.
The political newcomer faces U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Republican, in next year's election.
Wiggans still hasn't spoken publicly about his interest in running for governor, or why he thinks he should lead [...]
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WASHINGTON — According to the federal government’s stimulus tracking Web site, recovery.gov, nearly $1.9 million in stimulus funding will help buoy the economy of Illinois’ 22nd congressional district.
Only the Illinois 22nd congressional district doesn’t have an economy. The district doesn’t…
[...]from stargazing
So much for Levi Johnston's "aspiring porn career" that Sarah Palin made a snide comment about to Oprah on Monday.
The word is out that Levi, father of Palin's grandson, did not, in fact, go full frontal in his Playgirl photo shoot.
Says Playgirl spokesman Daniel Nardicio: "He did not give [...]
Via JohnCombest.com, National Geographic has a pretty cool new project featuring 'state maps' as drawn by U.S. Senators. Senators were asked to to "draw a map of their home state from memory and to label at least three important places." Here's Sen. McCaskill's:
It doesn't [...]
Former Gov. Sarah PalinFewer than three in 10 Americans think that former Gov. Sarah Palin is qualified to be president, a new poll concluded.
But two-thirds of the public thinks Hillary Clinton is qualified.
UPDATE (3 p.m.)
We’ve gotten an emailed response from Rep. Kirk’s office. It doesn’t directly answer Sen. Durbin’s criticisms about Kirk’s comments, but here it is:
“By moving the Al Qaeda core to Thomson [Correctional Center] along with 1,500 U.S. troops,…
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Mo Rage doe
