The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court quietly rubber stamped nearly 2,000 government requests to search or electronically monitor people in the United States last year, according to a Justice Department report published last week.
The agency, which oversees requests for surveillance warrants against suspected foreign intelligence agents on American soil, released the report, [...]
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Liberals Want Government To Be Our Daddy
Conservatives Want Government To Be Our Mommy
When you look at the issues of the day and analyze them for what will happen if the changes are implemented, what we will end up with is more control over our lives and less [...]
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Those of us who continue to smoke are kind of like the dinosaurs. Our numbers are declining at a rate it will render our addiction (and legal choice) extinct or obsolete in just a few more years.
Zene Kerns, my maternal granddad, liked to boast that he had outlived [...]
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Actor and American Indian activist Russell Means died Monday at the age of 72.
Means was best known for his role in the movie “The Last of the Mohicans” and also sought the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination in 1988–the year Ron Paul was nominated.
Means announced in August 2011 [...]
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I, and The Telegraph, endorse former two-term Governor and professional Handyman Gary Johnson of New Mexico for President.
I haven’t, but if I were to take a poll of our talented and appreciated staff, I think we would find 3 for President Obama, 2 for Governor Romney and 2 supporting [...]
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I started following current events and became interested in politics when I was 13 years old.
I studied Political Science and Journalism at Missouri Western. I’ve attended political and economic seminars and /or taken classes as three other colleges. I’ve worked in the [...]
Written on September 28, 2012 | Posted in
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It’s easy to see that mainstream Republicans are still intimidated by the libertarian wing of their party.
On the convention floor Tuesday when they tallied up delegate votes to give to Mitt Romney, they failed to even count the delegate votes for Congressman Ron Paul.
One obviously misleading national news media report said [...]
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Why The Steady Drumbeat In The Local Media For A Complete Smoking Ban?
There has been a total ban on smoking in public buildings for years in St. Joseph.
No smoking in City Hall or any city-owned buildings, including the Civic Arena. There used to be [...]
By Mike A. Bozarth
Once again we see an effort to decide personal behavior by the use of governmental force.
The ugly head of a nanny state rises again with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to ban sugary drinks to combat higher obesity rates there.
New York City residents better start [...]
It hasn’t been talked about much in the news media, but the Highway 59 bridge in the Southside is still crucial to public safety and economic development in that part of the city.
There is no question that a bridge over the railroad tracks is imperative to the public safety to the thousands [...]
