Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

Somehow this State of Missouri website is just too cheery — doesn’t reflect the 1930’s depression-era statistics that are closing in… but perhaps I am just attracted by those great WPA photos. Plus it is rough when you look at the counties where there are no jobs–

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Arrgh — can’t upload the picture!!! (but this links to Flickr).

Saw this recruiting tool tooling down Forest Park and had to wonder — why? Why is the local Marine Corps recruiter driving a $35,000 Hummer H3 with U.S. Government license MC  295393 ?   Why, when we have a trillion dollar deficit, is the military throwing [...]

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The Bad Credit Hotel. You have to see it to believe it.

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Cu.  Who Knew.  The FBI is hot on the heels of copper thieves as they undermine (punny) our infrastructure by stripping the copper off every last electrical substation, water pipe, or cell tower they can dismantle.

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No I am not making this up — headline in a USA Today article, “Pentagon envisions spaceship troopers.” Of course the DOD has been ramping up for space warfare (dominance is their term of choice) for years. However, given the current financial situation perhaps the money would be better spent tilting at windmills.

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Hey, it is not so bad. The 700 billion dollar bailout comes to only about $6119.73 per U.S. Household;  chump change my friends. Don’t like my calculations, try the Census Bureau web site, get some numbers and make up your own scenerio — its fun and it is free!

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Yes, the US has the most vibrant carefree economic system in the (alternate?) universe and many are jumping to get to our shores… but even a small-town Texas brush-cutter would be hard pressed to come up with this quote:
President Bush on Friday said, “… Americans have good reason to be confident in our economic strength. [...]

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