http://www.redstate.com/simpson316 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:17:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive. ~ Sir Walter Scott SEIU thug Elston McCowan just can't seem to keep his story straight. As 24thstate.com's Jim Durbin points out, Reverend Elston McCowan is having some consistency issues with his version of the events on the night of Congressman ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/08/17/mccowan-weaving-a-tangled-web/ The St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote a very dishonest op-ed ["Defending the Indefensible"] attacking what they call "opponents of health reform".  Here is my response that I left for them on their web site: I guess this is one way to win an argument. 1. Claim that your opponents are arguing for something ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/08/13/defending-against-dishonesty/ This is Elston McCowan. Elston K. McCowan is a former organizer – now the Public Service Director of SEIU Local 2000 – and board member of the Walbridge Community Education Center, and is a Baptist minister, has been a community organizer for more than 23 years, and now, he is running ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/08/10/meet-elston-mccowan/ Those were the words of Kenneth Gladney.  These words however were spoken by his lawyer since Gladney was under heavy medication as a result of the beating he took at the hands of SEIU thugs. St. Louis Tea Party Protest @ SEIU Office - August 8, 2009 from Brian Simpson on ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/08/08/dont-tread-on-me/ Patterico highlights how two different groups of people are spending today. {Update} Appologies to anyone who I pushed off the front page, I clicked the wrong button.  This was supposed to be a RedHot. http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/06/20/what-did-you-do-this-saturday/ If you live in a state that is having budget problems (Hint: You are living in a state that has budget problems), your legislature is probably trying to figure out how to fix said problems.  There’s lots of ways to do this, but only some of them actually make sense.  ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/05/19/want-to-cure-your-state%e2%80%99s-budget-ills-attract-the-millionaires/ (Click to view video.  Opens in new window/tab.) A lot of people here in St. Louis are up in arms over this campaign ad released by Brewster McCracken, a candidate for Mayor of Austin, TX.  McCracken levels some harsh reality.  St. Louis once was one of the premier cities in the ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/05/03/mccracken-on-st-louis/ There has been no shortage of digital ink on the despicable reporting on CNN by Susan Roesgen.  Here at RedState alone: Objective CNN Reporter to Chicago Tea Party Attendee: "Why Are You Complaining? Don't You Know Obama Gave Your State Billions in the Stimulus!?" - Jeff Emanuel We Have a Winner! Absolutely, ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/04/21/cnn-hackery-nothing-new/ Imagine you are a Doctor.  You are fed up with the current situation in the health care market, so you decide to do something about it.  You see lots of people who lack health insurance.  Because of this they are forgoing needed trips to the doctor for regular check ups, ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/04/02/mandating-higher-health-costs/ Legislators in the state of Oregon have proposed a tax on the distribution of a life insurance policy’s death benefit. Oregonians who purchase life insurance and annuity products to assure the financial security of themselves and their loved ones would be hit with a tax that undermines their carefully-made financial protection, ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/04/02/if-the-death-tax-wasn%e2%80%99t-bad-enough-already/ The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza highlights the (presumed) race for the Republican nomination to face Robin Carnahan for Senate in 2010. In the piece he introduces information that Sarah Steelman is talking to campaign stratagists. He mentions by name former McCain advisor John Weaver. Blunt was the first Republican ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/03/10/mo-sen-who-is-jeff-weaver/ After Senator Claire McCaskill’s comments about earmarks (and the glaring hypocrisy of those comments), Congressman Roy Blunt said something that I believe leaves no doubt that former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman will challenge him for the Republican nomination to the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Kit Bond. “I’ve never been ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/03/09/earmark-issue-opens-the-door-for-steelman/ Senator McCaskill has somehow managed to position herself in the eyes of the general public as a fiscally minded politician.  I’d say a healthy part of that comes from her time as the State Auditor here in Missouri.  People tend to think of the Auditor as a position of someone ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/03/09/mccaskills-hypocrisy/ All over the country, people (on both the left and the right) are trying to figure out how we are going to solve the problem of health care.  The choices run the gamut from free market solutions to full government take-over of the funding and running of the health system.  ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/02/17/the-future-of-health-care-aligning-incentives/ Here’s some of the bigger goings-on in the Show-Me State. Mission #1: Exposing Robin Carnahan Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced her candidacy for the Senate seat currently occupied by Senator Kit Bond (who announced his retirement a few weeks ago).  Since her announcement, two stories have highlighted why Carnahan should ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/02/06/missouri-news-and-notes-02-06-09/ Much has been written over the past few weeks on the impending stimulus pork-laden, debt bill.  Unfortunately, it seems that the Democrats in charge of the Senate see fit to ram this bill down the throats of the American public.  With that in mind, I’m wondering what criteria they are ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/02/02/what-criteria-are-they-using/ The Heritage Foundation has pointed out that the pending stimulus legislation includes a provision in it that would subsidize COBRA to the tune of $30.3 billion. For a quick primer (or reminder for those who know what COBRA is), let’s see how the U.S. Department of Labor defines the program: The ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/01/24/stimulus-plan-bails-out-insurance-companies/ Take a look at the picture below: (Click to enlarge) This is a map of the relationship network of Congressional members who are on Twitter. It’s pretty easy to look at this map and get really pumped up: The Republicans “win”. The problem is that GOP dominance of Twitter doesn’t mean anything ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/01/24/technology/ Brilliant state roundup. Fronted by Erick. But don't forget to put the state in the tags or it won't show up on the state blogs. With the announcement from Missouri's Senior Senator Kit Bond, there is going to be something that hasn't happened in Missouri for a very long ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/01/15/mo-sen-rounding-up-the-potential-candidates/ Promoted from the Diaries by Jeff. Under former Governor Mitt Romney, the state of Massachusetts undertook the largest single step towards single payer health care of any government entity in the United States to date.  It has created a myriad of problems, chief of which is a massive headache for those ... http://www.redstate.com/simpson316/2009/01/07/massachusetts-provides-further-example-of-how-not-to-solve-health-care/