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- By Phillip Brownlee
- Posted Jan. 3, 2007 at 1:05 a.m.
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Blatant bias by the Kansas City Star?
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/16363831.htmQ&A | Paul Morrison leaving Johnson County for TopekaSad farewells; eager for futureAgenda for incoming attorney general includes cyber crime and domestic violence.
“What changes, if any, do you plan to make as attorney general?”
“Well, a lot of things. We want to get into technology cyber crimes which have had very little attention up there in Topeka. We want to become a resource to county district attorneys across the state on how to deal with Internet fraud. That’s a big problem everywhere and most prosecutors are ill-equipped to handle it. We want to get big-time into the domestic violence business. We know a lot about that because we’ve been doing it here for so long.We want to get involved heavily in the prosecution of child-sex offenders — much more than they currently do.There’s virtually nothing going on in the KBI with that. We are going to change that.”
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So why does the Kansas City Star just ignore press releases from the Kansas Attorney General’s Office?
http://www.kansas.gov/ksag/Press/2006/0809_cybercrime.htmFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 9, 2006
ATTORNEY GENERAL UPDATES FIGHT ON CYBER CRIMESince Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline took office in January, 2003, he has made protecting Kansas children and teenagers from predators and increasing penalties against predators two of his top priorities.“I gave my word to Kansans that I would work hard to make our state safer for our children,” Attorney General Kline said. “Within the first 90 days of taking office, I instructed my office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to join the Cyber Crimes Task Force (CCTF). And within six months, we joined the Heart of America Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (HARCFL).”Kline promptly assigned one KBI agent to each unit to represent his office there and cut internal travel expenses in the Attorney General’s office to cover the expenses of these agents during their first year on the job.“Every day, countless numbers of our children are put at risk by people they meet online who seek to take advantage of them sexually,” Attorney General Kline said. “Our involvement with the CCTF and HARCFL has put dozens of Internet predators and child pornographers in prison and made Kansas safer.”The CCTF and HARCFL focuses on various computer crimes including the growing problem of online sexual exploitation of Kansas children. They have proven extremely successful in catching and prosecuting online predators.The CCTF has 144 pending investigations involving child pornography and child endangerment-related crimes. Since its inception, the task force has been involved in more than 80 arrests, more than 250 locates of potential suspects in other regions, more than 100 indictments, and more than 90 convictions – all related to child pornography and child endangerment charges. Since 2003, the HARCFL has processed more than 840 cases – including 452 cyber-crime related cases.Other law enforcement agencies involved with the Cyber Crimes Task Force include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kansas City Missouri Police Department, Overland Park Police Department and Independence Missouri Police Department.Other law enforcement agencies involved with the computer forensics laboratory include FBI, the Kansas City Kansas Police Department, Lawrence Police Department, Lenexa Police Department, Overland Park Police Department and the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.
yes we know, bias bias bias.
I’m more concerned about why out of the last 4 or 5 letters to the editor I’ve sent in to another newspaper for the pro-choice position, they’ve not printed any, but continue to print many from the anti-choice side.
And they’re not identifying the groups these people are obviously associated with either.
New releases are not run in papers all the time. Think about how many new releases are released in a day.From the date on the release, it looks to me that he was using this for campaign reasons.Speaking of campaigning, wasn’t Kline charged with campaign violations, something about using computers to e-mail campaign material?
yes
Today’s Bushism:
There’s an old saying in Tennessee- I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee- that says, Fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me- you can’t get fooled again.”9/17/2002
Right!
mornin’ gee
Tracy- You too.
So if Phill Kline just puts out a news release it makes it so? I want to know how many child predator cases has Kline actually investigated and filed charges while he was the Attorney General.
For that matter, I want to know if he has started an investigation and why not file charges against the child predators in those underage girls cases from Tiller’s medical records. When did he announce that he has followed through on those child rape charges?
Until Phill Kline gets serious about all underage girls, those that have abortions AND give birth, then I will believe that Kline was serious about prosecuting child predators.
Kline is a big fan of the teenage “68″ sex scene.That’s where she blows him and he owes her one.
From Today’s Wall Street Journal:
The nation’s biggest private employer is about to revamp the way it schedules its work force, in a move that could shake up many employees’ lives.
Early this year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., using a new computerized scheduling system, will start moving many of its 1.3 million workers from predictable shifts to a system based on the number of customers in stores at any given time. The move promises greater productivity and customer satisfaction for the huge retailer but could be a major headache for employees.
The change is made possible by a software system that can crunch an array of data, part of a shift toward computerized management tools that can help pare costs and boost companies’ bottom lines. But it also could demand greater flexibility and availability from workers in place of reliable work shifts — and predictable paychecks.—-
Yesterday it was Wal-Mart wanting to make more money by saving the environment. Today they want to make more money off the backs of there employee’s. This must be stopped!
Steph, the cold hard facts of capitalism over-ride our disdain for employment practices.Large companies tell their shareholders that minimizing wages and benefits is always one of their strategies for maximizing profits.If capitalism were to run the course without any laws, Wal-Mart would eventually crush all competition world-wide and be the sole supplier of EVERYTHING!
You wanna work on a shifting schedule like that Steph?
Sam Walton never treated his employees like cattle and this sounds alot like herding cattle to me.
Capitalism is all well and good but it is not the only factor that makes for a healthy country. We need a workforce who is treated with respect and dignity. With teamwork between both managment and workers, businesses can make more profit and still keep their dignity. But, alas, the CEO’s of the big business blame it on the shareholders wanting more profit and then the CEO’s can carry no blame for pocketing their own millions in salary and bonuses.
Morals in America are not going to bring us down, it is the greed of the way business is being conducted and condoned that will be the downfall.
Yikes! Something about the Saddam Hussein execution I didn’t know about:
“It’s official. Maliki and his people are psychopaths. This really is a new low. It’s outrageous- an execution during Eid. Muslims all over the world (with the exception of Iran) are outraged. Eid is a time of peace, of putting aside quarrels and anger- at least for the duration of Eid.”
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#116759318228411422
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Adha
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=Execution+%22on+Eid%22
Nice work, folks.
Awwwwwwwwwww
On Cspan right now a group of house Republicans are introducing a bill for minority rights!
THAT minority being…well …….them!
It seems they are afraid the Democrats are gonna use just the same sorta procedural house protocal tricks that the Republicans have been using the last 12 years. YOU know. TO control the agenda and keep Dems outta the process.
Except now? It’s THEIR turn to sit down and shut up and they aint liking it. No sir not one bit.
This bill should be the first thing the Dems kill!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
So House Republicans don’t like the rules that they put into practice when they were in control? If this makes them upset, just wait until the Democrat president takes over, considering all the powers the Republicans gave to their guy, George W. Bush.
Yeah lucee
heh heh
They are whining that this is basically a bill that Nancy Pelosi wrote…..some time ago. It seems they think it makes sense…..now.
Republicans…..the equivalent of an angry 3 year old child.
Rage,Are the insurgents recognizing Eid and not blowing people up?
Right, SolventBreath . . . we should do what the insurgents do.
The two wrongs make a right policy of winning hearts and minds.
Real nice.
Perhaps Nancy should flat out tell them the bill isn’t needed now that reasonable people will be in the majority. Then comes our part, we the voters need to continue to pay attention and unelect those of all parties who can’t behave as reasonable adults.
JR: “Republicans…..the equivalent of an angry 3 year old child.”
Please apologize to my 3-year-old.
Oh brother…another walmart bashing.
Where is it written that anyone MUST shop or work there? If you don’t like walmart, don’t shop or work there….simple.
Capn,Two wrongs don’t make a right, but you can not bitch about person X doing action Y while you are in the middle of doing Y
Perhaps Sol; but I will tell my kids not to do Y even though some other kid is doing Y.
Rage -My understanding is that Eid didn’t start until sunrise and the hanging occurred a few hours before sunrise. Evidently the powers that be there wanted to get it done and over with before Eid started.
I agree hmmmmmm,
What I am pointing out is the finger pointing of a terrorist receiving justice during this Eid thing. Oh how wrong it is. Meanwhile, insurgents bombed another apartment building. Why would you point out the execution of justice while injustice runs rampant? Who is pointing the finger at the insurgents who are killing civilians during this ‘Time of Peace’?
Sol, question here; when was the apartment bombed? Reason for question: Eid may be over, it lasting for three days, as I recall from the media discussions over the weekend; same reports during Eid, again from memory, were that there were peaceful protests by Sunnis.
The difference sol is this: With MY child I am responsible and point the finger. I will not let him off when he says “well, they did it too”. So, our hanging of Saddam should be examined in its own light. It should not have been done during Eid.
Actually, I would like to have seen him interrogated more to get information about his accomplices for crimes for which he was not charged – particularly the attack on Iran. However, there were powerful persons who did not want that aired.
I think I posted this yesterday on another blog. This is the Bill of Rights the Republicans want.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/gop-minority/
I read it Delores.CRYBABIES!
BILL CLINTON!
An interesting exercise in bipartisan compromise in PA:
Pa. Democrats pick GOP House speaker
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/breaking_news/16375349.htm
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Democrats have assumed the majority in the Pennsylvania House and promptly elected a Republican as speaker – the first time in at least a century that a majority party doesn’t have one of its own members as presiding officer.
Julie,You are correct. The execution took place prior to sunrise.
Delores, thanks for the link. I almost fell out of my chair laughing! I just heard Shrub on CNN talking about the need for bipartisianship…what a bunch of moronic hypocrites. While I agree with the need for bipartisianship, current republican leadership has a hell of a nerve trying to push that button. Considering what we’ve been forced to take from the SOBs since 94, I say screw them…let the republican politicians and the people who elected them “eat cake”.
Ah what pleasure to sit back and let the fur fly.
Let’s just turn the WE Blog into the Liberal Love Fest or should I say Loathe Fest.
(makes another spoon lure)
I think it’s FUNNY AS HELL.
This is exactly what I’d say everytime the dang republicans would pass a bill I felt was unfair and a poke in the eye to dems. … Just wait till you’re not the majority.
Now lookie lookie.
They reap what they sow.
Now what the dems should do is use that to their advantage for a brief time, then kill it. I do expect them to at some point act like better people than the republicans.
“The difference sol is this: With MY child I am responsible and point the finger. I will not let him off when he says ‘well, they did it too’.
Exactly, right, hmmm, and a dead-on analogy, since these people who reduce every complex issue into one of mindlessly rooting for the ‘correct’ side are, basically, reducing serious issues to playground brawls. I get SO tired of this crap. Pick a side, and turn off your brain; you won’t be needing it.
Last I checked, the U.S. had no influence over the ‘insurgents’, unlike the Maliki government. Since this ill-timed action is fueling Muslim anger throughout the world, that’s unlikely to change. Perhaps Maliki thought that could be avoided by preceding the festivities by a hour, but Muslims ain’t buying it.
Which was–obviously–my point.
P.S. I believe Vaughn is correct. I remember hearing reports about how the aftermath of the execution was surprising devoid of violent incidents.
BTW, like XXX, I find it highly amusing that the Repubs are now pushing for the very same rules that they ruthlessly shitcanned when THEY were in power.
That’s nerve, but it’s also funny as hell! Oh, hell, that’s fine: Give them fair hearings, let them offer amendments, maybe even get to read the bills before they they hit the floor. . . .
It’s only fair.
I wonder if the Hastert “Majority of the Majority” Rule will still apply.
The rule was the not only did a bill have to pass the House with a majority, but a majority of the majority party had to vote for it also.
Hastert and Company have some bills to pay beginning tomorrow.
Bullies gone cying to the guidance counselor that they’re being picked on.Bless their little hearts.
What if the surge doesn’t work? Will it be April, 1975, Saigon? The author of the link below raises some thoughtful questions, and provides his conclusion that at the present time, a surge in compassion is needed more than a surge in soldiers.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/01/will_we_leave_iraqi_allies_beh.html
Currently the US refuses to aid refugees fleeing our Iraq. Why should anyone expect that attitude to change?
Refugees might have a lot to say, hmmm, and we can’t have that, now, can we?
GOTTA catch the re run of Hardball.
There was a con congresswoman on there wheedling and pleading and whining about the mean dems and how they weren’t playing fair.
I got a lay in a big supply of cheese for the whine that begins TOMORROW!
Hey TRACY?
For old time sake (and just to stick the wingers in the eye) post that old countdown one more time!
Hey on a different subject.
I was reading that power may be out for up to a month for some in Western Ks. after the recent storm. Yikes!
Hey Farmgrrl are you lurking? Or should we send out some St Bernards?
Rough time for Western Kansans:http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/16372207.htm
Worst snow storm since the 1950s said some of the locals.
Hope they get the Nat. Guard out there and feed to the cattle, other livestock.
The people in the states that voted out their congressmen and Senators sent a strong message to everyone, Republican and Democrat.
It seems to me that what the Republicans are doing and saying now is no different than before the election. If you guy don’t wise up and work with the Majority, you will loose more seats in 2008.American’s on both sizes are fed up with the way Washington has been running, myself included.
The first human colony will be established on Mars in the year 2037, old calendar.
Heil Hitler!
Did you hear GW today? He thinks Congress should give him the line item veto!! He wants to get rid of the “pork” in bills submitted to him. Fat chance!! What toasts my shorts is that he has no intention of changing anything and he and his sidekicks will continue to hide and refuse to cooperate with any investigation by congress so that he can run this country into ruin until they kick his butt out of the White House.I now know that he is insane because he is a prime example of the definition of insanity, that is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
He’s never vetoed a bill, why would he start now?
He vetoed one. The one that would bring hope to humanity. He is evil.
God told Pat Robertson that terrorists will attack America in late 2007. It may be be “nukeular”, it may not, but many deaths will result.
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/01/03/news/doc459c391870346087379084.txt
This is enough info to get me to change my vote. How about you?
American foreign policy does not change when one political party takes over. In his farewell address, George Washington warned that having standing armies was a direct threat to democracy. He said that standing armies destroy a democracy because the democracy in question becomes a totalitarian empire. This is the same warning given by Eisenhower about the preeminence of the American military-industrial complex. For the last 50 years, the US Governemnt has been acting upon Jew capitalistic principles rather than on democratic principles, so it should be no surprise to anyone when the US invades other countries like Iraq, with no exit strategy, and sets up 14 PERMANENT MILITARY BASES. Did you think that your soldiers are coming home anytime soon? Keep dreaming. They’ll do to Iraq what they did to any other country they invaded, they set up shop permanently just like what they did to Japan and the Fatherland, and send military personnel to occupy Iraq for decades. The AMerican GOvernment is your enemy. Know this and despair.
Regarding Wal-Marts’ Scheduling Software.
To be upfront, I happen to be associated with Asgard Systems, who are publishers of employee scheduling software. We are not the suppliers of Wal-Mart’s employee scheduling software and are unaware of what product they are using.
Even if Wal-Mart (or any employer) used a pencil and paper to produce their employee schedules, they might still implement policies and procedures that could be viewed as promoting their own corporate interests. The promotional literature that we provide regarding our product, does directly address organizational scheduling needs. However, such needs include taking the employees personal life into perspective as well. An example is the priority given to personal conflicting events such as night school, taking care of sick parents, weddings etc. Such issues are promoted at our website (www.asgardsystems.com), in our free trial version and our instructional movies. I am very pleased to say that, most employers express the need of having to contend with the humanistic aspects of managing an organization. Their needs dictate our products design. In the end it really is about how management elects to use any tool that counts.
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