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Two Wrongs Won't
Make Missouri A Right -
To-Work StateBy Abigail Adams
The Right-To-Work (aka RTW) debate in
Missouri has been raging on for over a
decade now, but is based, for all practi-
cal purposes, on purely emotional union
responses fed to the rank and file by the
fat-cat union bosses who never seem to
get voted out of their positions regard-
less of what they do or do not do.
It is time for a history lesson here. In the
1940's, twelve states felt it necessary to
to become RTW states, either by way of
their constitution or by passing legisla-
tion: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georg-
ia, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North and South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, and Virginia. In the 1950's, six
more states followed suit, bringing the
total to 18: Alabama, Kansas, Missis-
sippi, Nevada, South Carolina, and
Utah. In the 1960's, only Wyoming join-
ed the RTW crowd, although Mississippi
further entrenched itself with a Consti-
tutional amendment in that decade. In
1976, Louisiana turned RTW, Idaho in
1985, and just barely into the 21st cent-
ury, Oklahoma amended its Constitution
to bring the total number of states to 22.
That brings us to this current decade,
where in the first 5 years, 3 more states,
Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, be-
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Green Dragon Gazette is a digital "e-news -
paper of Missourians, by Missourians, and for
Missourians. Monthly, we will fill these few
pages with stuff you never knew about the
goings -on in Missouri, about your economy,
your health, your family -only matters, your
privacy, your security, and your government,
and the history of much of the above and the
pickles we have let ourselves get into because
of it all. It's news, it's truth, but with a twist.
What do you need to be a good Repub -
lican in Missouri (or any other state for
that matter)? Apparently only 3 things:
an "R" behind your name, and just 2 en-
dorsements--one from the NRA, and one
from Missouri Right to Life. But guess
what? If you are not an incumbent run-
ning for re-election, these two DC-based
organizations will NOT endorse you!
"Logic" has it only incumbents have vot-
ing records, supposedly proving they are
pro-2nd Amendment and pro-life. How
convenient. Another way the good-ole-
boy network helps keep an otherwise
WORTHLESS incumbent from getting
voted out! (Continued on Page 2)
Green Dragon Gazette
Right -To-Work IS Right For MO
In This Issue:
A Guide To theU.S. Senate PrimaryCandidates
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MO, Did Ya Know?MO, Did Ya Know? is a regular feature of each
issue, and is a gathering of information and
news not widely known around the state.
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By Abigail Adams
Guide: Senate Primary Page 2
The Word PAGE! Page 3
BREAKING NEWS Page 3
The Word Corner (er,PAGE!):HYPOCRISY!
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take a huge amount of money, blood,
sweat, and tears for MISSOURIANS to
get OUR state back to RTW when our
representatives and senators have for
once done what we wanted them to do
(well, again, sort of--at least it can be
built upon in the future).
Meanwhile, union dues would continue
to be used to elect the same living-in-
their-own-little-bubble politicians that
are union-friendly, support out-of-state
politicians, people, and organizations
you would NEVER give money to, bank-
rupt state and local governments with
overpriced contracts and failing pension
funds, and of course, only elect the same
old fat-cat bosses and benefit the long-
time, full-time employees over anyone
else in the union ranks. Do not let them
steal your decision, and do not let the
less than 9% of Missourians dictate to
the rest of us, by deception, how union
dues and union jobs get mandated! We
say, Vote Yes on Prop A.
Voting for the right person for the
state house or senate is not rocket
science --just find a candidate's Face -
book page and he or she will quickly
tell you what a left-wing or right-wing
nut they are, whether they are a social-
ist, communist, capitalist or fascist.
And, you will quickly know whether he
or she is Constitutionally sound or has
no clue what is in their party's plat -
form. So, we say, choose carefully. Your
kids and grandkids will have to live with
either the higher taxes your vote hangs
them with, or enjoy the restoration of
freedoms that got their party started...
Your choice.
(Continued from Page 1)
came RTW. According to the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics, RTW states added 2
times the number of new jobs as the
other 28 NON-RTW states from 2004 to
2013. As much as the unions would love
to deny it, there are so very many com-
panies (if not all of them) that will abso-
lutely NOT move any part of their opera-
tions into a state that is not Right-To-
Work. In 2014, Michigan and Indiana led
the nation in new manufacturing jobs
after passing RTW in 2012. In Missouri
alone, it is estimated we lost $18.3 bil-
lion in total wages since our legislature
has been attempting to pass RTW. After
the 2010 census, not only because new
companies were not locating here, but
because of an exodus of Missourians not
finding work, resulted in the loss of
Missouri's 9th Congressional District.
Since 2013, we have had one less U.S.
Congressman in Washington over this
lack of RTW legislation.
But finally, in 2017, Missouri joined Ken-
tucky to pass RTW (albeit a watered-
down version, as spineless supermajori-
ties tend to do). While it is a little early
to get good statistics, you might ask
around and see if things have been bet-
ter in Missouri in the last 16 months.
Union members might even slip up and
say it has been better over the past year
or so. On the other side of the coin, in
West Virginia in early 2016, the RTW
legislation that had been passed by the
WV statehouse was vetoed by term-
limited Governor Earl Ray Tomlin, giving
a double wammy to the "killed coal"
economy there. No wonder incoming
Governor Jim Justice went back to being
a Republican 7 months into his first
term. And as a side note, it has been
said that Missouri kept its Republican
majority in 2016 because most Missouri-
ans still wanted Missouri to be RTW.
As usual, a lot of out-of-state money and
personnel has poured into our state to
attempt to CHANGE OUR STATE CON-
STITUTION with Proposition A that they
have succeeded in getting on the August
ballot. If it passes, Missouri may FOREV-
ER be a unionized state because it will
(Continued, next column)
A Guide To The U.S. Senate
Primary CandidatesBy Debra Sprenger
The 11 REPUBLICANS are: Brian Hagg,
Josh Hawley, Bradley Krembs, Tony
Monetti, Kristi Nichols, Ken Patterson,
Austin Petersen, Peter Pfeifer, Fred Ry-
man, Christina Smith, and Cortland
Sykes. If you would like your vote to ac-
tually count, the viable candidates, in
order, would be: Josh Hawley, Austin
Petersen, and most likely a toss-up be-
tween Tony Monetti, Kristi Nichols, and
Courtland Sykes. Many are still upset
with Josh Hawley over his move to climb
the ladder when he swore up and down
he would not, but he is likely the best
bet to beat out tired old has-been and
rich Obama-clone McCaskill who has
never done much of anything for Mis-
souri or Missourians. Petersen, on the
other hand, pays for his own polls show-
ing him ahead, and if you believe open
borders would be the ruination of our
country, he is NOT your man for senate.
That leaves Nichols or Sykes for your
contemplation. Both are quite know-
ledgeable and "correctly Republican" on
the grave matters of the country, but of
these, Kristi Nichols may be more likely
to keep to the Republican platform and
resist the temptations of the DC swamp.
The 7 DEMOCRATS are: Angelica Earl,
David Faust, John Hogan, Travis Gonza-
les, Claire McCaskill, Leonard Steinman
II, and Carla Wright. Other than the out-
of-touch Claire McCaskill, the only two
of note are Leonard Steinman, who has
run for everything from a city mayor to
governor--and just about all other of-
fices in between; and Carla Wright, who
seems smart, caring, and has had real
jobs, but still thinks we can afford way
more free things in life . The others are
seemingly not ready for primetime. Earl
is young and believes we need Medicare
for ALL, and "compassion training" for
law enforcement. Faust is ill-tempered,
wheelchair-bound and on oxygen, while
Hogan is St. Louis area's version of Stein-
man, having won just one of the past 11
races he entered, with about half being
for U.S. Congressional District 2. Gonza-
les, a securty guard, may also be follow-
ing in Steinman's footsteps, this being
his third run for a third unrelated office.
Green Dragon Gazette
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A Right -To-Work State(Continued from previous column)
July 2018 Page 2
Two Wrongs Won't Make MO
A Right -To-Work State
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More MO Did Ya Know?(Continued from Page 1)
www.yesformoworkers.com
That this bill was enforced by the pre-
vious administration, and the Democrats
said nothing at the time (and only care
about it now), reveals some real truths
about the Democrat Party. Democrats
cry and protest about the ICE enforcing
the very law they overwhelmingly help-
ed pass, and made not a peep over dur-
ing the PREVIOUS administration (you
know, the DEMOCRAT administration!),
but now, under a different administra-
tion...OH, the wailing and gnashing of
teeth! When in control, they ignore and
sweep any obvious abuse under the rug
like it never happened--instead of cor-
recting it! This, my friends, is...
TEXTBOOK HYPOCRISY.
“Freedom is never more than one gen -
eration away from extinction. We did
not pass it on to our children in their
bloodstream. It must be fought for,
protected, and handed on to them to
do the same.”
Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of
the United States of America
The Missouri Supreme Court has sent
Grain Belt Express back to the Public
Service Commission for a re-hearing,
who will likely grant the multi-million
dollar private corporation authority to
use eminent domain to take a 200 foot
strip of land across the entire width of
north Missouri to build a high voltage
direct current transmission line.
County landowners and local property
rights advocates are up against well-
funded Texas-based millionaires and
(Continued, Page 4)
all voting in favor of it - Public Law
107-296 (In their reply to MadCanuk,
Snopes--I can not confirm this but have
little reason to, as the vaunted Snopes
deemed it fit to include in the article).
That being the case, of the 48 Demo-
crats in the Senate, the minimum num-
ber would be 38 of 48 in favor--and
higher if any other members of any oth-
er party voted against. This means over
79% of Democrats supported this bill.
The Democrats supported this legisla-
tion, and while they did not pass it, they
did nothing to stop it.
Going further into the legislation, we
get these definitions, from the law itself:
(1) The term “placement” means the
placement of an unaccompanied alien
child in either a detention facility or an
alternative to such a facility;
(2) The term “unaccompanied alien
child” means a child who –
(a) has no lawful immigration status in
the United States;
(b) has not achieved 18 years of age; and
(c) with respect to whom,
(i) there is no legal parent or guardian
in the United States; or
(ii) no parent or legal guardian in the
United States is available to provide
care and physical custody.
If the parents are being detained for
illegal entry, they are as "available to
care" for their children as any convicted
felon serving time is "available to care"
for their children. Where is the cry over
the separation of children from their
parent(s) there?
But, truth is not the friend of liars (aka,
hypocrites).
Snopes lied when it said that the Demo-
crats did not pass a law they definitely
did help pass with their support of 79%.
(that is hypocrisy on Snopes' part)
(Continued, next column)
“Hypocrisy is the contrivance of a false
appearance of virtue or goodness, while
concealing real character or inclina-
tions, especially with respect to religious
and moral beliefs; hence in a general
sense, hypocrisy may involve dissimula-
tion, pretense, or a sham. Hypocrisy is
the practice of engaging in the same
behavior or activity for which one criti-
cizes another. In moral psychology, it is
the failure to follow one's own express-
ed moral rules and principles. American
political journalist Michael Gerson says
that political hypocrisy is 'the conscious
use of a mask to fool the public and gain
political benefit.'[3]” Wikipedia
Current examples are rife today, especi-
ally with the party that follows the Saul
Alinsky method of “accuse your oppo-
nent of what it is that you actually do."
Today, Democrats decry the “plight of
immigrant children,” deliberately leav-
ing out the term “illegal" – to obfuscate
the real issue, of course.
When questioned, Snopes says that the
Democrats did not pass this law. The
following is from their website: “ Public
Law 107-296, “H.R.5005 — Homeland
Security Act of 2002.” A primary claim of
the meme was that the legislation in
question was passed “by the Democrats.”
But, in fact, the bill was passed by the
107th Congress in November 2002. The
107th Congress met from 3 January 2001
until 2 January 2003, during which time
the September 11th attacks occurred in
the latter part of their first year. On the
date of Public Law 107- 296’s passage
(25 November 2002), Senate.gov provid-
ed its majority as Republican, not Demo-
crat: Majority Party (November 12, 2002
– January 3, 2003) - Republican, 50 seats;
Minority Party - Democrat, 48 seats;
Other Parties - 2; Total Seats = 100.
Replying to @MadCanuk and 3 others:
"MadCanuk, this is only happening to
illegal immigrants. And for those out-
raged, this law was passed in 2002 in the
Senate by a vote of 90-9. The likes of
Clinton, Feinstein, Schumer, Biden, Reid(Continued, next column)
The Word Corner This Month Is
The Word PAGE! And The
Word Is: HypocrisyBy Merryman Wagnel
July 2018 Page 3
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The Word Corner: Hypocrisy(Continued from previous column)
The Word Corner: Hypocrisy(Continued from previous column)
The Word Corner
(er, Page):
HYPOCRISY!
BREAKING NEWS:
Greetings, sons and daughters of the
American Revolution—of all stripes
—across this fruited plain. Whether you
are "Feeling the Bern" or want to "Make
America Great Again," or have some-
thing else in mind, there’s a whole lot of
nastiness going on and we have to figure
out how we’re going to all live together
after we throw the bums out. Let's talk.
We really do have a whole lot in com-
mon. This great experiment we call
America belongs to all of us—and we’re
not happy with what has been done with
it. We see the powerful, rich and well-
connected in BOTH parties taking real
good care of themselves, but failing US
at every turn. They lie to us, take our
stuff, sink us in debt, tell us what to do,
spy on us, try to shut us up and get rich
while they are doing it. Then they tell us
it’s all for our benefit! We are ready to
overturn the apple cart, and we have
every right to do so. After all, it's OUR
apple cart to begin with, not theirs! We
are finding out the enemy is not each
other – but rather a rigged government
that controls the whole game for their
benefit, and uses power that is rightfully
ours to control the hell out of us all.
But let's think long and hard about what
comes after the fog of revolution clears.
History teaches us that, not only can na-
tions go from bad to much worse, they
usually do. The day after, you'd better
have a plan everyone can live with—one
that actually works. Anger is a good mo-
tivator but a lousy destination. So how
do crazy-different folks not tear each
other apart, but live together in peace?
There can be no taking America back for
“our side” or making “the other side pay”
for the wrongs we think they have done.
Nobody gets to run re-education camps.
Domination and retribution, then re-
verse domination and reverse retribu-
tion, will never end. It just gets more
and more repressive and ugly as teams
change. "My government bully can beat
up your government bully" is no way to
live. Let's agree to stop pushing each
other around. It's quite possible for us
all to get along just fine—as long as we
can agree on a couple of basic things:
(Continued, next column)
1. We let each other be who we are-gun
nuts and tree huggers, Bible thumpers
and pot heads, macho men and flaming
queens, granola and Twinkie eaters
alike. Tolerance may be an overused,
misused word, but true tolerance is ex-
actly what we need. Tolerance is not
being forced to act as if you like people
or ideas that make you want to barf. It's
really an agreement—a 2-party contract
that says I may think you’re nuts, and
maybe I can't stand you, but you have a
right to live your life as you choose:
think and speak your mind and worship
God in your own way. I will defend your
right, even though I don't agree with
you. IN RETURN, you have to defend MY
right to be a pain in YOUR rear as well.
It's a creed that really works in the long
haul and beats the hell out of pushing
each other around from here to etern-
ity. Not only does it work, but it makes
life a lot more interesting. We should
work on being able to agree to disagree
and not get bent out of shape if some-
one has wildly different ideas than we
do, or wants to live life in a way we nev-
er would—as long as we leave each oth-
er alone to live that kind of life. Hey, we
might even learn a thing or two from
each other. The folks that started this
crazy thing called America pretty much
had this plan, and despite some unfortu-
nate detours, it has worked really well.
2. When we had finally had enough of
the King George abusing us, we had a
few radical universal truths to lay on the
whole world. And they NEED to be re-
membered by everyone at all times!
Each person is supposed to be EQUAL
and have the SAME value and rights be-
fore the law. We ALL have a birthright,
just because we exist, to our own LIFE,
our own LIBERTY (aka freedom) and our
own PROPERTY; as well as the right to
go about finding happiness and mean-
ing on our own terms in our own life.
The government is us – it is not OVER us.
It is of the people, by the people and for
the people, only suppose to do the mini-
mum required to protect our ability to
do our own thing in our own lives and in
peace. That’s really about it. So what
do you think? Sound like a good place
to start after we throw the bums out?
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2nd part of description
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July 2018 Page 4
How We All Get AlongBy Everyman
How We All Get Along(Continued from previous column)
high dollar lawyers, so looks like the
deck is stacked against local interests.
Obviously our state thinks less of our
property rights than Iowa, who declared
GBE's sister company a merchant trans-
mission company that is not entitled to
utility status or eminent domain author-
ity. Likewise, the Illinois Supreme Court
ruled that GBE's sister company there,
"Rock Island Clean Line," is not a public
utility, and thus not entitled to public
utility status either.
GBE lured towns and cities looking for
cheap wholesale energy with a paltry
500Mw estimated to serve an approxi-
mate 200,000 homes and save $10M in
energy costs annually, a savings of a
little over $4 a month per household for
less than 10% of Missouri's households.
Would anyone besides GBE call that
enough of a benefit to Missourians to
warrant awarding power of eminent
domain to a private company poised to
make billions annually?
PSC's technical staff is charged with in-
vestigating the claims GBE presented to
them. Apparently, GBE's claims have
not proven to be factual and or of suff-
icient benefit to warrant utility status,
and PSC staff has never recommended
approval to the Commissioners in all
previous GBE applications. Unfortu-
nately, PSC Commissioners are not
bound by the recommendation of the
staff. Three Commissioners who are
confirmed to favor approval to GBE
against recommendations are appoint-
ees of former governor Jay Nixon--the
same Jay Nixon who served as legal
counsel for GBE in the appeal process. It
does not look good for the land owners
of northern Missouri: after the state of
Kansas stupidly gave GBE utility status,
they changed their route across Kansas.
So much for property rights standing up
against eminent domain.
A Cole County judge has ruled that it
was okay for new Governor Parson to
appoint former Senator Mike Kehoe as
Lieutenant Governor to fill Parson's
vacated former position.
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