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If you haven’t yet, be sure to vote today.
And for all those of you voting between Paul Gray and Michael ODonnell, it should be noted that the house where O’Donnell purports to “live” looks awfully darned vacant…
… One would almost think that he “moved” specifically for the purpose of running for council in that district. He’s a Bel Aire carpetbagger, and probably still lives up there.
Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars,but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
Why does hooey always come in bunches?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
This was a site linked to another site that Tracy linked to earlier on another thread. [Whew, can you follow that?] It is hysterical, but definitely not for the humor-impaired religious-right poster.
http://www.blogofthegods.com/about/god-of-the-old-testament/
Prediction today – mayor will be Brewer and Mayans in that order. Brewer will exceed 50%. Question is: will “other” exceed Mayans? Unfortunately, “other” is split many ways.
Ben, Interesting prediction…
I think ill probally agree with you… The question is is the Anti-Brewer vote enough to allow carlos a 2nd term?
Brewer has quite the list of Good Ol Boys on his contributor lists, including former mayor Knight, lots of developers and execs of local companies.
Hum, wonder what kind of position Brewer will take, pro big business anyone? stomp out the little guys…
Carlos is toast …
My biggest hope for Brewer is that he will pay some attention to protecting/rejuvenating existing neighborhoods. A good example of that is what happened at 10th/Volutsia. Those residents should never have been driven to take the actions they did.
Ben
What do you think of the proposal put forth in a eagle article a few months ago about paving all of the dirt roads in town?
One of the contributors said that it would benefit and help revitalize those areas, noting that a majority of the unpaved streets within the city (excluding outlying, recently annexed areas) are in the southern and central parts of the city…
“It used to be that those without college degrees could count on well-paying jobs in manual labor; those days are long gone. Now, not only are we losing low-skilled jobs to nations with lower wages, but more and more of these nations are developing education systems to compete with us for high-skilled jobs. And as technology and communications make the world a smaller place, they are growing ever more competitive.
For much of the 20th century, the education level of America’s work force was second-to-none. But others have caught up, and even moved past us. Now, unless we take bold action, we risk losing our competitive edge. The problem is not that America doesn’t spend enough money on education — we spend enormous amounts, far more than any other nation. But we’re not getting a sufficient return on our investment. The fact is, our education system looks a lot like the U.S. auto industry in the 1970s — stuck in a flabby, inefficient, outdated production model driven by the needs of employees rather than consumers.”
I’m sure people would love to have someone else pay to pave the street in front of their house. But let the residents of dirst streets pay, just as those with paved streets paid for them through special assessments, or through costs the developer paid.
There is a mechanism whereby the residents can petition to levy special taxes on the property to pay for streets.
The “other” being split too many ways is unfortunate. Both Mayans and Brewer have proven they aren’t good for our city. There is nothing Brewer can do better with mayor in front of his name that he couldn’t have done as a council member. So, it will take TWO elections for Wichita to move forward. Let’s keep our eyes on the future!
Why did kangaroos left Middle East for Australia, and not for example Scandinavia, which is more accessible by hopping?
http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Kangaroo&oldid=14629
Brethren, this really is too comical to be a serious enterprise!
anonymous,
This is true and I agree with you, but for argument sake, should the city pay for these streets for families that live off of minimum wage just to improve the more impoverished areas? It could even be billed as an ability of cutting crime because “good people” might not move out.
Cheney Targeted in Assassination Attempt
Taliban Says a Suicide Bomber Outside U.S. Air Base in Afghanistan Was Targeting Cheney
Feb. 27, 2007 — A suicide bomber struck at the main entrance to Bagram air base in Afghanistan today, as Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting.
Immediately after the attack, a red alert traveled throughout the base — a red alert that we heard saying that the base was under direct attack.
The rest of the story: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2907390
Hey Ben (or anyone else)
Were you guys able to see that news story on channel 12 about the Iraq War Vet comming back from duty finding his bills screwed up??? I wasnt able to see it, can you elaborate on what it was about?
hee hee hee Roo!
CONserapedia? heheheheheh
So typical of the wingnut fundies. If you dont like the facts, make up some of your own, then teach the “controversy” heheheheheh.
Tony:
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=6139829
RooHaa: You sure that isn’t really the Onion?
The mayor race is a vote of the lesser of two evils. You already know what Mayans will do as mayor. You have to ask yourself how beholden will Brewer be to his new campaign supporters.
Interesting story about WalMart and Chine
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/wal-mart-buys-stake-china-retailer/20070227063109990001
“SHANGHAI, China (Feb. 27) – Wal-Mart is buying a 35 percent stake in a company that operates Trust-Mart, a major Chinese discount chain, as international competitors jostle for position in China’s rapidly growing retail market.
Wal-Mart may eventually take managerial control of Taiwan-based Bounteous Co., which operates 101 Trust-Mart stores in 34 major cities in China, the U.S. retail giant said in a statement Tuesday.”
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I find it interesting that the company they are buying into is based in TAIWAN and operates a major chain in CHINA. Seems like some sort of ‘de facto’ accomodation has been reached between China and breakaway Taiwan. I wonder if we will see a negotiated reunification similar to hong Kong?
There will be an interesting symposium tonight at 7:00pm at Newman U. It is titled – _The Iraq War: Reflections and Projections_.
The presenters are two historians who have been studying the Iraq war. One is more for the surge, one is more pessimistic about it.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kmuw/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1045377
“RooHaa: You sure that isn’t really the Onion?”
No, Ben – it is supposed to be a “serious” site that is run by the son of Phyllis Shafley (former Miss America – famous conservative). The intent is to provide an alternative to Wikipedia which these folks claim is left-biased and anti-Christian. The site is down often because they are frequently cleaning up the contributions made by folks who disagree with them.
I find it amusing that they seem to mimic the look of Wikipedia.
Ben, very typical.They try to legitimize it any way possible.It IS funny.
Here’s the link again, for those that may not hit the BoE thread.http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/02/conservative-rival-for-wikipedia.html
Tony: Go to kwch.com, open News, click on Most Watched Videos – “Soldier Nearly Loses Home” and you can watch it right now. Much better ( for you ) than me trying to explain it. :)
I didn’t see the story about the soldier, and I can’t view it. Maybe you can tell me.
How does one earning 6k a month not be able to pay their bills?
Proposed topics for discussion at conservipedia:
1. The Muslims started all the Crusades and Christians were merely defending themselves.
2. Mary Magdelane was a prostitute verified by other written papers and it has been proven that virgin births do exist in humanity. There are NO other verified cultural similarities between biblical stories and the bible.
3. Dinosaur bones were proven to be actual bone sculptures from real creatures created by pagans and buried deep in the earth as part of their rituals. OR Dragons are really dinosaurs (that’s an actual topic of discussion among Christians). On a related topic, DNA- was a joke on society by scientists since you can’t actually see it with the naked eye and carbon dating was a myth invented by Darwin.
4. It was pagans that stole Christmas and Easter from the Christians.
5. They found the Ark of the Covenant.
6. Men really do have a missing rib.
Agreed, Ben. Brewer and Mayans will advance to the final. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. Brewer’s hidden agenda is to replace his current council position with ANOTHER liberal like himself. That’s not all bad, especially for those of you who like to hand over your personal accountabliity to the government and blame them when all goes bad. HOWEVER, for those of us who take personal responsibility for our insurance, our jobs, our children, our marriage, ourselves…another ‘Brewer’ on the city Council is a scary thought. If I wanted a socialistic government to take of me, I would move to Cuba or North Korea or Venzuela.
‘Why did kangaroos left Middle East for Australia, and not for example Scandinavia, which is more accessible by hopping?’
Bouncy little bastards don’t like cold weather – duh
“‘Why did kangaroos left Middle East for Australia, and not for example Scandinavia, which is more accessible by hopping?”
It’s obvious that was one Hell of a jump!Or did they walk on water?
Wow! Intercontinental kangaroos!!
If we can make them stealthy, they might be our next new weapon system!
Beware
Better search those pouches!
This might be even bigger than, …gulp, Chicken Man!
This idea has to go to Iraq ASASP!
Image Ali the Al Queta guy looking up and knowing something is going on, but he can’t see the Stealth-aroos, but he can hear the wind whistling between their toes, howling like a screaming Banshee, and knowing their pouches have a full Combat load of God knows what raining down upon them!!
This might do the trick in the new Surge schema.
k-thumpa … k-thumpa … k-thumpa …
growing ever louder as they approach, carrying their deadly cargo …
k-thumpa … k-thumpa … k-thumpa …
Breaking News!
Dow Plunges 500 Then Gains Some Back
Wall Street Plummets, Sending Dow Down 400 After Chinese Stocks Take a Big Hit
NEW YORK Feb 27, 2007 (AP)— Stocks plummeted Tuesday, briefly hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 550 points as Wall Street succumbed to a global market plunge sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are cooling and that equities prices have become overinflated.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2908940
Also from that story:
“Investors’ dwindling confidence was knocked down further by data showing that the economy may be decelerating more than anticipated.”
Seems to be as much an outgrowth on global concerns as anything. I think one BIG cloud on the horizon is oil as global demand outstrips supply. All the more reason to develop alternatives – including both wind and nuclear. (nukular for you Bush supporters)
Bawk bawk, bawk……BAWK!HE’S EVERYWHERE!!HE’S EVERYWHERE!!
It’s CHICKEN MAAAAaaaaaan.
Whoa – how about those Academy Awards? As though I wanted to see AlGore trying to yuck it up with the Hollywood elite.
Best way to watch the Oscars: at 10,000 feet, after a day of fresh powder, fire burning, glass of primo merlot, medium-rare aged KC Strip – with the sound muted and Jimmy Buffett playing on the stereo.
Great visuals with none of the liberal political BS. =)
golfnut,
You like to snow ski? Enjoy the irony…
‘Ski resorts fight global warmingRenewable energy sources supply power’http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/27/SKI.TMP“For the ski industry, both in California and rest of the nation, there is no greater truth than global warming, with its threat of a shrinking snowpack and the point that Yogi Berra once made so succinctly: “The future ain’t what it used to be.” “
Awful story- Rats eat the face of a baby sleeping next to parents!
In KCMO even.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4587179.html
“Jimmy Buffett playing on the stereo.
“Great visuals with none of the liberal political BS. =)”
Jimmy Buffet is a very wealthy limousine liberal. I sure he thanks you for your support. And uses your money to save the manatee.
http://www.savethemanatee.org/
hehehehe…
P_Mom
And the kid didn’t scream and cry?
That’s one sound sleeper . . .
Merlot . . . hehehehe . . . well, it could have been worse, it could have been pink zin, I guess.
Chuckle, “primo” merlot. That’s like a “primo” city bus ride . . .
Like “primo” pork rinds. “Primo” NASCAR. “Primo” fried twinkies.
Considering the history of Homer’s distortions, I would guess that the primo merlot was a luke warm Bud, the aged KC strip was a Whopper, the roaring fire was kicking the thermostat up a few degrees and all the skiing he did was on a Nintendo.
But then, he is Wichita’s very own Homer Arafat.
Jeez, we don’t EVEN want to know what Homer’s apre ski sex was…..
Davis,I am the quintessential Jimmy Buffett fan. Love the music and check the politics at the door. I don’t know how many JB concerts you’ve been to (probably zero); I’m well into double figures – and I can say you’ll NEVER hear BS like you see on the Oscars or hear from the Dixie Twits. =)
It’s music, dude. Are you this slow in real life?
Bush, the Decider AND Flip-Floper?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq;_ylt=AudOgL2yo2nj9Y1drkQNdS3MWM0F
So Buffet is not a liberal, is that your contention GolfGut? Do you argue this poorly in real life – never mind I know you do.
I have only been to one Buffet concert – it was at the Starlight Theater in K.C. Bonnie Rait was the lead act. It was an excellent concert. Thanks for your inquiry.
Davis,Surely then, you would know that it’s “Buffett” – not Buffet.
I don’t care if he’s a liberal or conservative (I’ve also read all his books, and it’s safe to say that he follows tenets of both).
Let’s see, you’re trying to desparage my appreciation for something that falls seemingly outside of my conservative genre by…
Dude, you’re not bright.
Again (with feeling), it’s the music.
Pssst, Davis – I also really enjoy Bruce Springsteen. Have fun with that one.
Well my daddy come on the Ohio worksWhen he come home from World War TwoNow the yard’s just scrap and rubbleHe said “Them big boys did what Hitler couldn’t do.”These mills they built the tanks and bombsThat won this country’s warsWe sent our sons to Korea and VietnamNow we’re wondering what they were dyin’ for
Here in YoungstownHere in YoungstownMy sweet Jenny I’m sinkin’ downHere darlin’ in Youngstown
From the Monongahela valleyTo the Mesabi iron rangeTo the coal mines of AppalachiaThe story’s always the sameSeven hundred tons of metal a dayNow sir you tell me the world’s changedOnce I made you rich enoughRich enough to forget my name
And YoungstownAnd YoungstownMy sweet Jenny I’m sinkin’ downHere darlin’ in Youngstown
More Springsteen– on the Dixie Chicks:
“To me, they’re terrific American artists expressing American values by using their American right to free speech… For them to be banished wholesale from radio stations, and even entire radio networks, for speaking out is un-American.”on his Web site, April 2003
From Springsteen’s Aug 5th Letter to the Editor of The New York Times–an impassioned plea for John Kerry:
In the past, he writes, he was quiet about his partisan politics, but “I have been partisan about a set of ideals: economic justice, civil rights, a humane foreign policy, freedom and a decent life for all of our citizens. This year, however, for many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit this election out. . . .
“Like many others, in the aftermath of 9/11, I felt the country’s unity. I don’t remember anything quite like it. I supported the decision to enter Afghanistan and I hoped that the seriousness of the times would bring forth strength, humility and wisdom in our leaders. Instead, we dived headlong into an unnecessary war in Iraq, offering up the lives of our young men and women under circumstances that are now discredited. We ran record deficits, while simultaneously cutting and squeezing services like afterschool programs. We granted tax cuts to the richest 1 percent (corporate bigwigs, well-to-do guitar players), increasing the division of wealth that threatens to destroy our social contract with one another and render mute the promise of “one nation indivisible.”
Damn, sounds just like what I write.
Gonna call him a terrorist loving commie Defeatocrat too, GoofNut?
Check the GoofNut calling a guy with an advanced degree “not bright.”
I think he’s bright enough not to brag about drinking Merlot, hehehe.
Bordeaux, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Savignon, hell even Chardonney, okay but Merlot or Pink Zin–puhleez–just order Boone’s Farm Apple while you’re at it . . .
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When he finally shoots his load on her breasts they almost fought over who was going to lick up the mess!
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