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12.22.2008 5:38 pm

Government should take over Postal Service

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Just about every day we hear or read about another company cutting back, laying people off, closing plants and eliminating jobs. Maybe it’s time for the government to start doing the same thing. They can start by taking back control…

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10.02.2008 5:35 pm

GOP beliefs could destroy our economy again

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Republicans continue to give us bigger government while saying they are for smaller government. Republicans have now added major tax cuts for big business to the $700 billion bill without reducing spending. It’s time to stop allowing this to happen…

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09.17.2008 5:16 pm

The conservative claim to smaller government is false

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Are you liberal or conservative?  Maybe you should relook at what the Parties tell you. You say Republicans are for smaller government?  Then why has government (even ignoring defense-related jobs) grown since Bush took over? You say Democrats increase government?  Quit, because…

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08.12.2008 3:09 pm

Air Force tanker debacle proves that military contracting should be reviewed, consolidated

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I read the article on the Air Force contracting for a tanker in the opinion Tanker games, again, in the Monday, August 11, 08 Post-Dispatch: Following the case of the Air Force tanker contracting is taking some unexpected turns.

Actually it…

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08.11.2008 12:43 pm

Government task forces don’t get to decide my health

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Once again Group Think is contemplating throwing the baby out with the bath water. Ned Colonge, as most government employees, has never had prostate cancer. His quoted statement borders on the ridiculous, and the news article doesn’t quote any study…

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07.14.2008 5:21 pm

Bad reporting by airlines doesn’t mean passengers weren’t safe

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 While no one can argue the fact that the Southwest situation was a serious error, it needs to be put into perspective.  U.S. airlines are enjoying the lowest accident rate in history and much of that is due to the…

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06.02.2008 6:12 pm

With a few changes, we all could be rich

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What the writer of “Getting by, in a Pinch” failed to mention in the calculus of working class Americans who are just getting by is the single word, taxes. While the median household income may be about $50,000 per year,…

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05.22.2008 6:00 pm

Drill here and drill now so we can pay less

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Are you happy with $3.78 gas? The only thing that will bring that price down is More Oil.

Last week, liberals on the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to block environmentally sound development of oil shale in Colorado.There are an estimated 1…

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05.22.2008 5:59 pm

In government and media, we got what we paid for

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

   The columns of two of my favorite local columnist, ”down-to-earth” Bill McClellan & “strategic-analysis” Eric Mink, are at first glance very different.  (Bill - Agony of  repeatedly providing documentation to his state government for the “privilege” of paying for a new auto license…

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05.07.2008 12:17 pm

What happened after a regional EPA adminsitrator was caught doing her job

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Article II, United States Constitution:

“The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United 

States of America. - - “  —  

“Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the 

following oath or affirmation:…

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