MISSOURIANA

According to the latest estimate, Missouri's 15-year road plan can be financed if every motorist sells his car, sends the money to Jefferson City and walks to work.

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Can you remember how, when you were a kid, you hated the braggart who claimed to have the most money? Nowadays we elect him to public office.

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If public education in Missouri has improved so much, how come our state universities are still offering courses in remedial reading?

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Congressional Democrats, after a majority voted against the Gulf War, now offer the excuse that Persian Gulf oil is not as vital to the national interest as Belgrade caviar.

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Now is when potential candidates begin hearing voices urging them to make the supreme sacrifice by seeking public office.