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Nuclear proliferation

If you had signed up to get feeds of your congressional representative votes, you would have seen several having to do with a new nuclear deal with India. Time and again, any attempt to put any safeguards and restrictions on what could be given or sold to India was voted down, and now we have a ‘bi-partisan’ bill giving […]

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Environment Political

Johnson Shut-Ins and the political gaming

There was a story in St. Louis Today about the Johnson’s Shut-Ins and possible criminal charges that State Attorney General Nixon might be filing because of the dam break. Ameren is dragging its feet on restoration because, the company says, while this is hanging over the corporate head, it’s not sure what is or is not covered […]

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Voting

Viva la vote

The line to vote was quite long but the crowd of primarily retired folk was friendly. As I got to the check-in desk I realized I didn’t have my wallet, so home I went to grab it. When I returned I noticed a great deal of black clothing. Yes, a great deal of black clothing. The Seminary […]

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Political

Exhibiting grace during victory

McCaskill beat out Talent. It looks like Amendment 2 wins in an extremely close race. Barbara Fraser edged out long time Republican Odenwall to give control of the county council to the Democrats. Democrats have taken back the House. We also have a good shot at the Senate. And women have redefined the term homemaker. YaHHHOOOOEEEEE! […]

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Political

Aftermath

Now that the election is over, I need to focus back on work but I wanted to point out a couple of ‘aftermath’ stories related to the elections here in Missouri. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Senator-elect McCaskill didn’t win this election because she won over a bunch of disaffected Republicans. In traditional Republican strongholds, […]