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11.18.2009 6:27 pm

Resenting American ideals

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Emerson CEO David Farr is quoted as saying “I’m not going to hire anybody in the United States.  I’m moving.” Does that mean he is leaving the country? And taking his company with him?  Everyone whose opinion might become a…

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10.27.2009 6:08 pm

Did he do anything but watch as progress unfolded?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mr Duane Crofts’ letter in which he claims to have been “watching” for 73 years rhetorically suggests that the country has been destdoyed, presumably by liberals. Did he do anything besides “watch” as these things unfolded?

He laments the removal of…

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10.27.2009 6:06 pm

The benefits of progress

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In a letter to the editor Duane Crofts railed against the evils of progress. Funny that such reactionaries never mention how progress has also brought benefits. How much has progress in civil rights benefited minorities and women? Medical progress has…

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06.15.2009 6:17 pm

Truth time: Guess the newspaper

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

Dear readers, you might find this interesting.  Read the following quotes from a newspaper and then guess the name of the paper.  First, the quotes…
 
“It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into…
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06.04.2009 6:26 pm

It could be driving skills, not racism

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Responding to the recent article citing statistics of racial profiling while driving in the state of Missouri. Before laying blame on the law enforcement community for these numbers, perhaps the broader picture should be painted first.

 

It’s wrong that blacks are…

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06.04.2009 6:25 pm

What I learned from a policeman about being American

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In 1954, after the worst career that anyone could have had at Harvard, or any other university, I found myself applying for all kinds of jobs as “EXECUTIVE TRAINEE” (The title which was then used for most positions open to…

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05.28.2009 6:01 pm

Do we like where America is headed?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I have just finished watching the movie “THE GREAT RAID’ which is the true story of the rescue of 611 American POWS who survived “THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH.”

My emotions are a little high right now but this isn’t the first…

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05.05.2009 4:53 pm

Taxing someone else’s hard work is unpatriotic

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charity begins at home; not the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives may have the power of the purse, but it has no right to any American’s purse. Life has never been, is not, and never will be fair.…
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04.30.2009 6:01 pm

Why live in a country you despise?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I am responding to the nonsense written by Daniel Richards in the editorial page on 4/21/2009. First I don’t understand why this person is living in a country he despises and of which he is apparently ashamed. He should think…

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04.08.2009 11:24 am

Sure, America has a lot for which to apologize

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yes, America has much to apologize for. I mean after all, our entry into World War I sooner could have helped defeat the Germans and ended the war earlier than it was. So I guess we owe the Europeans an…

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