Video: Bite Club protest at Shawnee Mission Park
Skelton lobbies for more troops in Afghanistan
Tea Party should look to petitions to impact legislation
A blogger suggests a 10 percent tax across the board for businesses, considering the time involved with Congress reading every word of every bill, and Saturday Night Live kicks off with a parody of President Barack Obama.
Photos: Tea Party rally in St. Charles
24th State has video, photos, and a recap of the Tea Party gathering in St. Charles.
Economic growth needs to be measured
MO Common Sense realizes that an empty building with a for rent sign is a metaphor for our current economy -- we overreached, plain and simple.
Video: Bite Club protest at Shawnee Mission Park
Bite Club KC has the story of how they staged a protest at Shawnee Mission Park by blocking the entrance and renaming it "Death Park," over the proposed killing of deer because of overpopulation issues.
Tea Party should look to petitions to impact legislation
The Missouri Record Blog considers how to capitalize on the Tea Party movement by using petitions to impact the legislative process.
Video: SNL lampoons Obama
Principally Political links to Saturday Night Live's spoofing of President Barack Obama's inability to push through major agenda items.
Reading every word in every bill not practical for lawmakers
The Wichita Eagle Blog notes that the logistics of reading every word of every bill before Congress would mean that Legislators couldn't accomplish much beyond that.
Video: Nixon welcomes Taiwanese delegation
Capitol Calling has video of Gov. Jay Nixon recently welcoming a delegation from Taiwan and talking about the trade relationship between Missouri and the country.
Skelton lobbies for more troops in Afghanistan
Ky3 Political Notebook writes that U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton continues to push for more troops in Afghanistan to support those currently deployed.
How about a 10 percent tax across the board?
MO Rage wonders why we don't just tax every business 10 percent of its profits.
Kucinich and the plan for progressives
Forward Kansas looks at the plan for progressives that grew out of Dennis Kucinich's failed bid for President.
Reading every word
would take up all their time? Perfect read every word and stay the heck out of peoples lives. Yes a tax on business is such a smart thing to do in this economy, or any for that matter. Tax on business is just another cost to that business and what will a business do if their costs go up? That's it, raise the price. Businesses don't pay taxes, consumers do.