Following issues and politics in St. Louis area from the retired "Steelworker" view. Politics will be the main theme, but news of the group and Steelworkers will also be followed.
: Quick: What do the Kenneth Gladney and O.J. Simspon sagas have in common?
1. It seems they won't EVER go away.
2. They both hinge on a civil suit after acquittals during criminal trials.
Yes, last month prosecutors failed to get a jury to convict two members of the SEIU union accused of beating up Kenneth Gladney, a vendor of Tea Party memorabilia, at a town hall meeting in 2009. But Gladney isn't giving up.
In a civil suit filed Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court, Gladney blames SEIU members Elston McCowan and Perry Molens for injuries to his head, neck, shoulders, arms, face and back, in addition to mental anguish. He is seeking at least $50,000 in damages and also names as a defendant the president of the Service Employees International Union.
According to Gladney, the union "ordered, encouraged, and arranged McCowan and Molens to appear ... to harass, abuse and beat those individuals who held political views."
Gladney's attorney, Matthew Hearnes, believes it will be easier to win a judgment in civil court. And, hey, it worked for the family of Nicole Brown. Still, we think Hearnes has his work cut out for him.
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looks like guy trying to get something for nothing. no medical records? how very nice. hope they do not pick me for court for such a suit
"This has to be one of the funniest political stories of recent weeks: On Tuesday, 42 freshmen Republican members of Congress sent a letter urging President Obama to stop Democrats from engaging in “Mediscare” tactics — that is, to stop saying that the Republican budget plan released early last month, which would end Medicare as we know it, is a plan to end Medicare as we know it.
Now, you may recall that the people who signed that letter got their current jobs largely by engaging in “Mediscare” tactics of their own. And bear in mind that what Democrats are saying now is entirely true, while what Republicans were saying last year was completely false. Death panels!
Well, it’s time, said the signatories, to “wipe the slate clean.” How very convenient — and how very pathetic."
yes social security paracites, tea baggers are coming. ask Roy B, next senator from Missouri. Start stock piling your 'senior vittles' now. sale on at walmartco.
Alas, I did not make the H-Can demonstration on healthcare yesterday (twisted foot doing my version of the Winter Olympics); but the teabaggers and the media did make it.
The vid below is confrontation of Teabagger and Chanles Jaco:
------------- Alas, some of the teabaggers are upset with the term teabagging.
----------------------------- This is a snip of Jaco show talking about some of the right wing folks in Missouri politics showing up a teabagger rally:
---------- Charles Jaco has excellent record of reporting on Fox news in St. Louis and on KTRS 550 AM in St. Louis, Missouri. Personally he does the finest job of covering healthcare and issues in the gateway metro area
This is the latest treat from Mark Fiore. Wonder what Mark is doing in 2010?
I know what a few dems are doing in 2011, awaiting unemployment if they do not grow some semblance of a spine in congress.
I find it amazing that the teabaggers have sent so many dems into hiding when the dems won big in 04. That spineless act in the face of Bush made me ill, but to continue this when they have won big; that is gutlessness to the extreme.
By the way, my recommendation to the Soar members in Sam's Missouri district: Get rid of his conservi-dem behind next election day. If he is a republican, let him declare that and vote with his buddies evermore.
Today, the Carnahan townhall in South county was disrupted by teabaggers opposing healthcare reform. Looks like Russ had long day.:
DEMS SNEAK UNION THUGS INTO CARNAHAN TOWN HALL-- Tea Party Taxpayers Locked Out! (title of vid)
--------------------------------------------------- Fox St. Louis news had this vid as did other stations on today's cash-for clunkers:
--------------- ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - One of St. Louis' best known Congressmen was met by an angry mob in South City Tuesday. Russ Carnahan was talking about the Cash for Clunker's program that's looking more and more like it will be extended, but his news conference took a relatively odd turn. Carnahan is urging the Senate to allocate additional funding for the "Cash for Clunkers" program. As Congressman Carnahan tried to speak about three dozen demonstrators, who had been locked out of a South City auto showroom, tried to shout him down. They pressed signs against the glass in an effort to get the attention of media inside.
Carnahan said, "We have some nay-sayers here today, and it's their right to do that."
The nay-sayers were vocal, but appear to be fighting an uphill battle as more signs were coming from Washington that the Cash for Clunkers program will get through the Senate. The House on Friday voted overwhelmingly in support of continuing the program. The Senate has come under increasing pressure to continue the initiative.
Carnahan's only answer to his critics on the other side of the glass:
"I support the program, that's well known."
Carnahan says Cash for Clunkers will help expand the clean-energy economy, cut down on pollution, and save money on gasoline consumption as more Americans turn in older cars for more efficient models.
The Obama administration pushed for an additional $2 billion after saying over the weekend that the program could expire as early as this week unless the Senate acts.
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Also from Fox St. Louis news:
Related links Health Care Town Hall Expected to Have Fireworks Video ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (FOX2now.com) - The debate over health care reform has moved to South County, and the Town Hall forum held by Congressman Russ Carnahan generated plenty of fireworks. The town hall meeting was scheduled months ago by Carnahan's office. The intent was initially to educate senior citizens about Medicaid and Medicare issues, but Thursday the Democratic Party sent out releases encouraging people to show up and show support for President Obama's health care reform plan.
So there is a mixed crowd, of vocal opponents to the plan and others supporters. The two sides spent much of the evening attempting to shout one another down. Many showed up with signs which were not allowed into the gymnasium where the meeting was held.
In recent weeks, town hall forums like this have been overtaken by opposition groups who have heckled and mocked supporters of the President's health care reform plan including Congressman Carnahan.
Congressman Carnahan's office said health care reform wasn't to be the main issue, Thursday, but that topic got plenty of attention. There were speakers from AARP, Medicaid, and Medicare who will answer questions from senior citizens.
Opposition groups showed up around 4:30pm with signs in hand, some claiming health care reform is the start of socialism, but there were just as many in favor of reform.
Welcome to my blog. As a member of the St. Louis chapter of the Retired Steelworkers and a member of the Alliance for Retired Americans, I can say without a doubt groups are busy in the St. Louis area. This blog is a modest effort to inform members and the general public of some of our activities and concerns. I will also "soapbox" areas and issues.
We see the solution to many of the woes of the St. Louis area as economic and political. St. Louis has a myrid of problems, but a strong economy with responsible leaders would help greatly in the solution to these woes. Alas, such is lacking on several levels with many of the "civil leaders" squabbling like children or worse, taking care of special interests instead of the public. Business leaders? get real, many of these so called leaders shame the term "Captains of Industry".
Once the St. Louis area was a leader in many areas. Now, some of the area can be compared to Third world areas with no problems what so ever.
That is unacceptable.
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