Earlier, in Pride of Place and Puppy Mills I wrote: I looked through the literature for the State and the Department of Agriculture—you know, the brag sheets. We export this much corn and soybeans, and we’re number seven for hogs, and so on. But you won’t find puppies among the listed exports, nor will you find any […]
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Government is not the enemy.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Though not related to Proposition B (“What? You mean the Missouri state legislature has been working on other legislation!?”), Show Me Progress points out that the House agricultural committee also held another “public meeting” on yet another travesty of a bill: HB 209. What HB 209 does is limit the actions on the part […]
Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR), has been the focus of contention for the last several years. One of the first acts the state’s last governor, Matt Blunt, did when he first came to office back in 2005 was fire most of the DNR’s upper management—including the director, Steve Mahood, who was greatly respected in […]
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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007
The Consumerist has more on the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007. People Over Profits has an email campaign but it also helps to contact your Congressional rep directly. A letter of phone call also works wonders. How important is this bill? There is no bill pending in Congress that scares Corporate America more than this one. There is no […]
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The Boston TV Story
Sheila points to a good story on the recent Boston ‘terror’ alert, with bomb squad folks blowing up electronic boards with characters flipping the bird. She also has a good comment of her own: Get a grip and admit you jumped straight to the doomsday scenario without investigating more plausible explanations. It’s not the kids’ fault that […]