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By Darin Codon Branson Missouri 
Judge Tony Williams greets me as I walk in the courtroom. The tone of the room changes, he smiles, “How are you Darin?”, asks the judge. “I’d be a whole lot better if my government started obeying the law”. I tell the judge.
Williams chuckles and points to the prosecutor. “It’s […]

By: Branson Missouri 
The system many view as “institutionalized bribery”, is legal - as long as it is on the record. Off the record - it’s merely a bribe. Technically lobbyists can’t buy influence- but this is their job - to make sure the wheels of democracy turn in their clients direction. The pimps of […]

I’m recovering from a political event in Branson. I often find myself drained after these types of engagements.
My mind drifts back to my childhood - I’m five years old and Ronald Reagan’s debate with Jimmy Carter is fresh in my mind. Somehow my mind seems neither young nor impaired by lack of understanding. It’s clear […]

The trend of Social Networking and new networks spawned daily can leave us more confused than ever trying to keep up with our friends…
Here’s a tool to aggregate social aggregators.

Obama’s Speech - video and transcript.

Greenpeace UK created an interactive site to demonstrate environmental technology and how it can be applied. The eco-friendly city gives us insight to the possibility of a green future.

Randy Turner posted an inside look an Internet Sex Sting Operation in Joplin:
I wondered about the wisdom of this project. Why should Murray be bringing perverts from Michigan or Illinois into Diamond. Let them stay where they are and never darken our streets.
I have changed my mind since the arrests he has had in recent […]

This is a funny site, people working in web design should appreciate this.

INDICTMENT AND ARREST FOR COMPUTER HACKING -

SACRAMENTO — United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today the arrest of GREG KING, 21, of Fairfield, California, and the unsealing of an Indictment returned on September 27, 2007, charging KING with four counts of electronic transmission of codes to cause damage to protected computers.
This case is […]

Randy Turner chimed in today in response to a St. Louis Dispatch article about the increasing number of schools drug testing students.
When it comes to civil rights children make easy victims.
But, what if your kids teacher is smoking crack? As we’ve seen in Southwest Missouri … it happens.
Drug test teachers not students.