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Giving criminals a second thought >> Sound Bites staff
Charlton Heston's legacy “...Opponents would have you believe the law would change Missouri into a Wild West shootout. I've got advice for those critics: Leave deception to the Hollywood filmmakers.” ...more

Dropping the color barrier >> Sound Bites staff
On being black in a white world"...My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my "Blackness" than ever before. I have found that at Princeton no matter how liberal and open-minded ...more

A political conundrum? >> Sound Bites staff
A political conundrum?"Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are ...more

Air travel >> Sound Bites staff
In response to TSA's new website blog "This will just make it easier for them to receive complaints for them to ignore in the name of 'national security.'"---David Stempler, president Air Travelers ...more

Kudos for Matt Blunt >> Sound Bites staff
Kudos for Matt Blunt"Governor Blunt is a personal friend who turned around the state's budget, sustained education, and created a climate of growth and opportunity throughout Missouri. I deeply ...more

Govern with a prayer >> Sound Bites staff
Govern with a prayer "...In reflecting on this year's theme of guidance and direction, we must remember that we should not take actions and then seek God's approval after the fact. We must ask God ...more

Anti-Semitism >> Sound Bites admin2
Anti-Semitism As Paul Johnson (an English Catholic) wrote in "A History of the Jews," anti-Semitism is a poison that corrupts and ultimately destroys the societies that harbor it. It happened in ...more

Independent thinking >> Sound Bites admin2
Independent thinking "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.” ---Ralph Waldo ...more

Buckle up, St. Nick >> Sound Bites admin2
Results of national poll: Buckle up, St. Nick, it's going to be a bumpy ride "Fifty per cent of U.S consumers report in October 2007 that they intend to spend less for Christmas this year than last. ...more

Government of the people... >> Sound Bites admin2
Government of the people, by the people...bah humbug "The conservatives complain bitterly about government regulation and such being the "nanny state". So with less government oversight and ...more

Wisdom unearthed >> Sound Bites admin2
Wisdom unearthed:"The greatest danger we face is not that we aim too high and miss it, but that we aim too low and hit it!" ---Author ...more

Bedrock of CAFO-decision-making >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Bedrock of CAFO-decision-making "Agriculture is the bedrock of our state’s cultural heritage and major driver of our state’s economy....."---Gov. Matt Blunt speaking at a roundtable discussion in ...more

Reprecht on Bush >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Attributed to Pat Lionetti, third-grade teacher "George was one of my students. I remember how eager he was to learn. He'd sit right in the front row. His eyes were always wide open as if he was ...more

What's important in life? >> Sound Bites mariwinn
What's important in life? "Google: Well, that's about everything right there; between Google and the library I'd have all the information I'd ever need." ---Martha Stewart in answer in part to a ...more

Corporate activism >> Sound Bites admin2
Corporate activism "New Rule: If you have to eat crap, at least eat humane crap. This week, Burger King announced that it would begin buying eggs and pork from suppliers that don't keep animals in ...more

Local identity theft rankings >> Sound Bites admin2
Local identity theft rankings "Data from the Federal Trade Commission shows that in 2005, Missouri ranked 19th on a list of states with the most Identity Theft Victims with 67.6 victims per 100,000 ...more

A military officer speaks out >> Sound Bites admin2
A military officer speaks out "Just because we volunteered for the military doesn't mean we volunteered to put our lives in unnecessary harm and to carry out missions that are illogical and ...more

Root of all evil? >> Sound Bites admin2
Root of all evil?: "Money can't buy you happiness. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery." ---Spike Milligan: Irish writer, musician, and black humorist (1918-2002) ...more

From Molly Ivins' last column >> Sound Bites admin2
From Molly Ivins' last column-- "We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this ...more

The wavy line >> Sound Bites admin2
The wavy line "Missouri is proud of its waterways. On our license plate, a wavy blue line appears under the state name. The line symbolizes the state's many bodies of water--rivers, streams and ...more

Analyzing the ISG recommendations >> Sound Bites admin2
Analyzing the ISG recommendations Recommendation 77: The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense should devote significantly greater analytic resources to the task of ...more

Let the taxpayers handle it >> Sound Bites admin2
Let the taxpayers handle it "MoArk and other ag industries have a vested interest in doing business in a 303-D EPA listed watershed for livestock nutrients. It just seems to be a happy coincidence ...more

On being an American >> Sound Bites admin2
On being an American "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact ...more

The Jihad Way >> Sound Bites admin2
The Jihad Way"Poor Islamists. They get insulted. We get beheaded and we apologize and they say we gonna kill you anyway."---a quote attributed to John Alstad, a U.S. Marine ...more

Don't muddy the water >> Sound Bites admin2
Don't muddy the water: "There has been much discussion about the water quality of the Illinois River [and any other waterway for that matter] and its impact on local tourism, recreation and land use ...more

Values and forgiveness >> Sound Bites admin2
Values and forgiveness "We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their ...more

More consumption equals more waste >> Sound Bites mariwinn
More consumption equals more waste"No matter what technologies are available and how careful people are, it's almost impossible for someone who makes and spends $100,000 a year to create fewer carbon ...more

Washington, D.C.'s shifting morality >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Washington, D.C.'s shifting morality "Indeed, the chicanery, the bullying, and the flouting of the rule of law that emanates from the nation's capital these days make Richard Nixon look like a ...more

Was the 2004 Election Stolen? >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?:..."But what is most anomalous about the irregularities in 2004 was their decidedly partisan bent: Almost without exception they hurt John Kerry and benefited George ...more

Cracking down on illegal immigration >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Cracking down on illegal immigration "...I have stated many times that any immigration solution I will support must address our porous border, must not provide amnesty or reward illegal behavior, and ...more

Why did you lie? >> Sound Bites gotownus
Why did you lie? "Why did you lie to get us into a war that was not necessary, that has caused these kinds of casualties? Why?"Ray McGovern questioning Donald Rumsfeld, May 4, 2006, ...more

Joplin makes the national news >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Joplin makes the national news"Missouri got reportedly $6 million to relieve traffic in Joplin...all money critics say could have been much better spent....."Tom Foreman for CNN Headline News, 4/6/06 ...more

Repression >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Repression "Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it ...more

Let's be pragmatic >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Let's be pragmatic: "If we ban the lobbyists there wouldn't be anybody to write the laws." ...more

Poor Richard's advice >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Poor Richard's advice: "If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing." Benjamin ...more

Republican morality: Lies, lies and more lies >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Republican morality: Lies, lies and more lies "The grand jury indictment charged Lewis "Scooter" Libby with one count of obstruction of justice, two of perjury and two of making false statements. It ...more

Missouri governor lauds anti-choice legislation >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Missouri governor lauds anti-choice legislation: “I am grateful to the Missouri General Assembly for passing a good pro-life piece of legislation that will reduce the number of abortions in our ...more

What is the nature of this, Gary? >> Sound Bites mariwinn
What is the nature of this, Gary?: "I don't believe there to be much credibility to blog sites like this one, as they don't conform to journalistic ...more

Bill Moyers speaks out >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Bill Moyers speaks out: "Who are they? I mean the people obsessed with control, using the government to threaten and intimidate. I mean the people who are hollowing out middle class security even as ...more

Payback for conflict of interest >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Payback for conflict of interest:"If CAFO passes the Missouri Legislature, I plan to buy some land close to Wilson (Kevin Wilson, Republican representative, district 130) and put in a big chicken ...more

Point Counterpoint >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Point Counterpoint: Sciavo on Sciavo: "This is a sad day for Terri. But I'll tell you what: it's also is a sad day for everyone in this country because the United States government is going to come ...more

Ecological education >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Ecological education: "One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist ...more

Is there an answer? >> Sound Bites mariwinn
Is there an answer to peace in the Middle East? A weighty question for a one minute response: "...Optimists and pessimists die the same way. They just live differently." ---Shimon Peres, Israeli ...more

And then came Iraq >> Sound Bites mariwinn
And then came Iraq: "...It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor, both black and white, through the poverty program. There were experiments, hopes, new beginnings. Then came the ...more

USA redefined >> Sound Bites mariwinn
USA redefined: "Communities all over America must come together to hone a perception of what being a citizen of a democratic country means. A country split into red and blue states is a nation ...more

On Flourides >> Sound Bites mariwinn
On fluorides: "If the stuff gets out into the air, it's a pollutant; if it gets into the river, it's a pollutant, if it gets into a lake, it's a pollutant; but if it goes right straight into your ...more

 

 

 

 

 

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