You’ve probably heard by now about the rubber company in China that is marketing condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky.
"The Clinton condom will be the top of our line," company spokesman Liu Wenhua said. "The Lewinsky condom is not quite as good."
Obviously.
He added: "I believe Bill Clinton cannot be unhappy about this because he’s a very generous man."
Sometimes a little too generous.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee
The nomination of Kansas native Julie Myers to head the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency continues to twist in the wind. Even conservative voices such as the National Review and columnist Michelle Malkin have blasted the Bush administration for poor judgment in picking Myers, a 36-year-old lawyer whose resume doesn’t approach the vast experience needed to be the nation’s immigration czar. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., nevertheless gave Myers — niece of former Kansan Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — a warm and folksy introduction at her recent confirmation hearing. He noted that "Kansas has been the home of many great public servants, especially in law enforcement," and went on: "Who can forget the legends of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson? Their efforts helped clean up my hometown of Dodge City. I knew Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and Julie could ride shotgun with them anytime."
Posted by Rhonda Holman
With another monster storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA and other federal agencies are scrambling to evacuate people, activate troops and ready food and supplies. President Bush reportedly is fully engaged, monitoring the storm hourly.
This might be an answer to those willing to give the feds a pass on Katrina preparedness by saying, "Oh, they really couldn’t have done much more."
Yes, they could have. Rita is showing how they could have done it right.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
There is a new cottage industry of sorts: Training volunteer guides at science museums on how to handle visitors who aggressively — and sometimes belligerently — challenge the theory of evolution, The New York Times reported.
Such confrontations are growing increasingly common, including in Kansas. Guides at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays regularly face patrons angry that the museum’s exhibits use evolution to explain the history of dinosaurs and fossils, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
Warren D. Allmon, who directs the Paleontological Research Institution, an affiliate of Cornell University in New York, tells guides to emphasize that science museums live by the rules of science and that they seek answers in nature, not the supernatural, to questions about nature. Explanations are tested by experiment and observation in the material world and are capable of being overturned when better answers are discovered. Such rules — and the consensus opinions of mainstream science — should also be the basis for setting our state’s science standards.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee
Not everybody is toasting North Korea’s agreement to drop its nuclear weapons program, especially its step toward normalizing relations with the United States. Among the dissatisfied is Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., who told the Los Angeles Times that he may hold up the deal’s funding in Congress because it doesn’t address North Korea’s human rights violations. Brownback’s point is well-taken, but it shouldn’t stand in the way of ridding the region of this terrifying nuclear threat.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
A lot of Wichita kids and their parents will miss Crunchy T. Clown, aka Dean L. Martin, who died of cancer this week at age 51. The popular performer was a longtime mascot for the kid’s club at KPTS, Channel 8. And he was a regular on Tuesday nights at Piccadilly Grill, bending balloons into animal shapes and putting smiles on kids’ faces. His family said that he kept his positive outlook until the end.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
