http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/missouri/ en-us Thu, 6 Jun 2013 21:57:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3028218/posts In the Missouri special election held Tuesday night Jason Smith won his race in a landslide, with 67 percent of the vote. Mr Smith will go to Washington! Sarah Palin who endorsed Smith tweeted her congratulations: Sarah Palin ✔ @SarahPalinUSA Mr. Smith goes to Washington! Congrats @RepJasonSmith -- stay strong and true to your roots! 9:01 PM - 4 Jun 2013 193 Retweets 93 favorites From Ed Harris the Chairman of the Missouri GOP: On Tuesday night, conservative Republican Jason Smith was elected to Congress in a landslide. He finished with 67 percent of the vote, 40 points ahead of... A Time For Choosing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3028218/posts#comment Thu, 6 Jun 2013 21:57:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3027186/posts See the recent image below of the CAIR leader Faizan Syed giving Governor Jay Nixon a Koran. Faizan Syed is the Director of CAIR Missouri who wants to prosecute Americans who insult Islam…using sharia law! Creeping Sharia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3027186/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jun 2013 17:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3026040/posts We got new a couple hours ago of my nephew being missing in a rafting accident near Eureka, MO. We cannot pray enough, need your help. They called off the search for the night due to bad weather. This cannot be happening. He's 25. Please help. Thank you, FRiends. nemdf http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3026040/posts#comment Sat, 1 Jun 2013 03:28:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3025094/posts I spent Thursday, Friday and Monday mornings calling every county sheriff's office in Missouri. Those guys are hard to track down.  Many of them are working sheriffs and catching them in the office is rare. Out of the 114, I was able to speak with forty-five, which is nearly 40 percent, a fairly good sample. I asked each of them the same three questions: Do you support authorizing specially designated people to carry concealed weapons on school grounds?Do you agree with the age requirement for a concealed carry permit being lowered to 19?Do you support the effort to make the... The Missouri Torch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3025094/posts#comment Wed, 29 May 2013 19:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3024506/posts Former Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Sarah PAC contributed $5,000 on 5/14 to Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who is running in the Missouri 8th District Special General Election on 6/4. The seat was vacated by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) in January. Emerson is now the CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Smith, who is the Speaker Pro Tem of the Missouri House of Representatives, reported raising $200,313 from 4/1 to 5/15, and has $228,147 cash on hand as of 5/15. Smith raised $114,083 from individuals, including $5,200 from Anthony Kelly (owner, Precision Tent Rental, MO); $5,200 from Charlotte... Roll Call's Political Moneyline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3024506/posts#comment Tue, 28 May 2013 10:54:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022710/posts BREAKING: KMOV FIRES LARRY CONNORS In April 2012 St. Louis News 4’s Larry Conners grilled President Barack Obama on his extravagant vacation schedule and on bullying the Supreme Court. “The economy is a big concern for folks, I mean the unemployment, trying to make ends meet, gas prices, food prices going up. Some of our viewers are complaining that they get frustrated and angered when they see the first family jetting around different vacations and so forth…” It was one of the few hard-hitting interviews the president sat through last year. Last week Larry Connors revealed that after his interview... Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022710/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 22:25:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3019961/posts Less than a month remains before the June 4th special election for Congressman in Missouri's 8th Congressional District. Both major candidates continue to get endorsements from within their own party. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed the Republican contender Jason Smith while the Democratic contender has received an endorsement from Governor Jay Nixon. Others running for the open seat, that was vacated when Jo Ann Emerson resigned, include Constitution Party candidate Doug Enyart, Libertarian Bill Slantz and two write-in candidates Thomas Brown and Doctor Robert George. MyMOInfo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3019961/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 22:10:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019891/posts About an hour ago, Jason Smith’s campaign reported receiving the endorsement of Governor Palin: “Jason has worked tirelessly to build on the foundation of his humble beginnings and is a responsible and respected leader in the Show Me State. In Washington DC, Jason will maintain that innate sense of his community and will bring his commonsense conservatism to the halls of Congress. Jason recognizes that government is the problem, not the solution. He will protect our 2nd Amendment rights and work to promote a culture of life. We must all work together to send Mr. Smith to Washington on June... Conservatives4Palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019891/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 19:16:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3019886/posts About an hour ago, Jason Smith’s campaign reported receiving the endorsement of Governor Palin: “Jason has worked tirelessly to build on the foundation of his humble beginnings and is a responsible and respected leader in the Show Me State. In Washington DC, Jason will maintain that innate sense of his community and will bring his commonsense conservatism to the halls of Congress. Jason recognizes that government is the problem, not the solution. He will protect our 2nd Amendment rights and work to promote a culture of life. We must all work together to send Mr. Smith to Washington on June... Conservatives4Palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3019886/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 19:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018120/posts With a veto-proof majority, the Missouri legislature approved a popular bill protecting private property and due process rights by banning a deeply controversial United Nations “sustainability” scheme known as UN Agenda 21. The legislation, SB 265, now heads to Democrat Governor Jay Nixon, who has not yet taken a public position on the issue. ~snip~ The widely criticized UN scheme, adopted by governments and dictatorships worldwide at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro more than two decades ago, has been marketed as a way to make humanity more “sustainable.” According to UN documents, however, Agenda 21 essentially seeks to... New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018120/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 04:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016327/posts Missouri Governor Jay Nixon repeatedly denied knowing anything about Missouri illegally sharing its citizens private CCW information with the federal government, even after his own head of Missouri Highway Patrol contradicted him in a public hearing. Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016327/posts#comment Mon, 6 May 2013 17:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014580/posts Missouri Governor Jay Nixon repeatedly denied knowing anything about Missouri illegally sharing its citizens private CCW information with the federal government, even after his own head of Missouri Highway Patrol contradicted him in a public hearing. Now we’ve learned that Nixon not only knew about the violation of Missouri law, but he was thanked in a letter by Janet Napolitano: DHS- Letter to Nixon- REAL ID Compliance — ongoing MO CCW Scandal (image of letter is available at site) Missouri law — signed into effect by Gov. Nixon himself — prohibits full compliance with the Real ID Act. This includes... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014580/posts#comment Wed, 1 May 2013 18:58:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014208/posts A teacher at Soldan High School in the St. Louis Public School District faces charges after prosecutors say he had sex with a student near school property. David Marler, 32, was charged with five counts of second-degree statutory sodomy...Police said while there, Marler and the Soldan student engaged in several sexual acts including anal sex. KMOV-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014208/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:50:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009102/posts Is N.Y.'s Gun Confiscation Scheme Tied to Larger Federal Plan? Written by Dave Bohon A report from TheBlaze.com alleges that the state of New York is using its recently enacted NY SAFE Act as justification to confiscate firearms from law-abiding citizens — specifically individuals who have been prescribed anti-anxiety medication. But some Second Amendment advocates allege the scheme is part of a larger federal gun control plot. According to the Blaze, on April 1 a legal gun owner in upstate New York, later identified by a Buffalo newspaper as 35-year-old David Lewis, “received an official notice from the state ordering... New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009102/posts#comment Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:25:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006832/posts They keep telling you they have noting but good intentions, that to worry about the feds coming for your guns makes you part of “the black helicopter crowd.” But then things like this happen: In Missouri, federal investigators have demanded and obtained from the state government — apparently twice — the entire list of Missouri concealed weapon permit holders.As Matt Drudge notes, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that in November 2011 and January 2012, the state highway patrol asked for and received the list of about 185,000 concealed weapon permit holders from the motor vehicle department — the only state... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006832/posts#comment Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:37:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006490/posts JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has twice turned over the entire list of Missouri concealed weapon permit holders to federal authorities, most recently in January, Sen. Kurt Schaefer said Wednesday. Questioning in the Senate Appropriations Committee revealed that on two occasions, in November 2011 and again in January, the patrol asked for and received the full list from the state Division of Motor Vehicle and Driver Licensing. Schaefer later met in his office with Col. Ron Replogle, superintendent of the patrol. After the meeting, he said Replogle had given him sketchy details about turning over the list,... columbiatribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006490/posts#comment Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:41:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005157/posts “Hi,” she says, striding into the room with a smooth gait and a low, sure voice. “I’m Chelsea!” The handshake is confident, the eyes firmly fixed. With the ease of her father and the directness of her mother, Chelsea Clinton is stepping out into the world. At 33, she wears her political royalty in triplicate: There are her famous parents, of course, but also her mother-in-law, former Pennsylvania congresswoman Marjorie Margolies. After several years in the private sector (with McKinsey & Company, then with a hedge fund), Clinton has emerged onto the civic stage in her own right, graceful and... Parade Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005157/posts#comment Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004842/posts Senate votes on climate change and the Keystone XL oil pipeline laid bare divisions among Democrats — and underscored why the White House, not Congress, will be where the critical climate decisions reside in President ObamaÂ’s second term.Several votes during the freewheeling debate over a nonbinding budget plan provided a political barometer of where the chamber, including vulnerable Democrats, stand on the topics. Advocates of the proposed pipeline scored a symbolic victory Friday when 62 lawmakers voted for an amendment backing the project to bring oil from Canadian tar sands projects to Gulf Coast refineries. Seventeen Democrats supported Sen.... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004842/posts#comment Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963562/posts Obama quietly signs bill shielding airlines from carbon fees in EuropeBy Keith Laing - 11/27/12 02:02 PM ET President Obama has signed into law a bill that requires U.S. airlines be excluded from European carbon emissions fees. Environmentalists had framed the bill as the first test of the president's commitment to fighting climate change in his second term and urged him to veto it. Obama quietly signed it Tuesday over their objections. "The Obama administration is firmly committed to reducing harmful carbon pollution from civil aviation both domestically and internationally, but, as we have said on many occasions, the application... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963562/posts#comment Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3003628/posts A Leawood couple says heavily armed Johnson County deputies barged into their home last year, turning it upside down and detaining them and their children for more than two hours in a fruitless search for marijuana. “This is how we were awakened: banging, pounding, screaming,” the mother, Adlynn Harte, said Friday. “My husband opened the door right before the battering ram was set to take it out.” The father allegedly was forced to lie shirtless on the foyer while a deputy with an assault rifle stood over him. The children, a 7-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy, reportedly came out of... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3003628/posts#comment Wed, 3 Apr 2013 13:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3003179/posts There are various ways to describe the civil war rising inside the Republican Party: insiders versus outsiders, pragmatists versus true-believers, establishment versus Tea Party. Here’s another: Bill O’Reilly conservatives versus Rush Limbaugh conservatives. Last week, the two media titans clashed after O’Reilly accused opponents of gay marriage of lacking “compelling argument[s]” and merely “thump[ing] the Bible.” Limbaugh responded by saying that conservative Christians “were sort of marginalized” on O’Reilly’s show. On the surface, the scuffle merely reflected differing opinions about the arguments deployed last week at the Supreme Court. But in reality, it reflected a different view of conservatism itself.... Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3003179/posts#comment Tue, 2 Apr 2013 04:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000653/posts Must we really endure the charade of one congressional Democrat after another grandstanding about their phony "evolutions" on gay marriage? No one on either side honestly believes McCaskill suddenly changed her mind on this issue between election day last year, when she defeated Todd Akin, and today. Like her pal Barack, her stance on SSM shifted at some point in the fairly distant past but she kept her mouth shut about it lest it jeopardize her precious Senate seat. At least The One came clean about his beliefs before he faced the voters a second time (thanks in part to... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000653/posts#comment Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:46:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3000543/posts <p>Sen. Claire McCaskill is the latest on Capitol Hill to announce support for same-sex marriage.</p> <p>Mrs. McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, put on her Tumblr page on Sunday: “I have come to the conclusion that our government should not limit the right to marry based on who you love. While churches should never be required to conduct marriages outside of their religious beliefs, neither should the government tell people who they have a right to marry.”</p> The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3000543/posts#comment Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:38:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998785/posts (Reuters) - A private, four-year Missouri college is so concerned about mounting debt of college graduates in the United States that it no longer will take students who insist on taking out loans. The policy on loans set by College of the Ozarks, an evangelical Christian school of 1,400 students located in a rural area near Branson, Missouri, may be a national first, according to Roland King, vice president for public affairs at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. College of the Ozarks is unusual, however. All students work on campus, and they do not pay tuition, said... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998785/posts#comment Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:05:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2998191/posts WINDSOR, Mo.- A Missouri mayor said he was shocked when a speaker at an aldermanic meeting revealed public works employees had been told to bring toilet paper from home. Windsor Mayor Justin Brown said he was shocked when Nancy Dunbar spoke at last week's meeting and suggested a fundraiser to stop the policy of requiring the city's 10 public works employees, who are all male, to bring their own toilet paper to work, KCTV, Kansas City, Mo., reported. "I was just really incredulous that this was a topic to be brought up at a City Hall meeting, much less have... upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2998191/posts#comment Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:59:10 GMT