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Take a look at the newly-discovered film of the Kennedy motorcade in Dallas.
http://www.jfk.org/home.htm
How interesting. Just moments before the Magic Bullet landed its fatal trek.
Damned graffitti from a verifiable LIAR all over the blog today, again.
~SCROLL-OVER~
It’s an unrepentant LIAR with no credibility.
“If I apologize for saying you faked a disability – will you quit stalking me?”
Posted by: GSheridan | March 01, 2007 at 03:43 PM
You know I’m not a stalker.So does everbody else here.And that is just some more unfounded inuendo too.Shame on you.No an apology will not do it, at this point, maybe earlier before you made your NEVER statement.
What would be the right thing to do, is to admit that you LIED about this. And the lie about having a “source” for that info.
Admit that you lied,THEN apologize.
Just like a little kid acting out,you need prompted to do the next right thing.
Shit, half the regulars here have my resume’, place of employment, and direct phone number.
And you wonder why everybody jumps to my defense?Maybe because they could be next with your weak attempt at swiftboating.
The fight between these two has appeared to go beyond contention. I would suggest a halt to the war of words. I’ve read worse accusations on here and they seem to press on with their daily life.
Al Gore breaches airport security.
http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=6165069
I guess he and his massive entourage feel they need special treatment.
Gore should have known better.
Thanks, Uncle Bill.I’ll handle this.
She asked a guestion,I responded.
I have called her a few names that I am not proud of,and I apologize for that.
Now it’s GS’ turn to respond in good faith.
Nothing war-like about it.Quite diplomatic, IMHO.
TRACY – So early and you’re trolling again.
Any offer of an apology to you is OFF the table and will never be offered again.
Your obsession with me far exceeds being unhealthy. You are a certifiable nut.
Anyone who stalks another poster to other boards, in an attempt to glean personal information – has a screw loose.
Since you seem unable to control your obsessive acts – I’m going to take the first step.
From now on – I will ignore anything you post – on any thread – any topic and for any reason.And you’re wrong about EVERYONE here backing you. PoliticalMom emailed me and apologized for ever telling you who I was on a different board. She told me she had NO idea you would go so far.
For all intents and purposes – you no longer exist for me on this board.
Nothing personal – I just don’t want to feed your obsession.
Why does GS sound so much like CKD?
Finally a somewhat rationale thought from GS. Good idea to just ignore each other — but should also include not slandering / slamming each other to others …..
This weekend, the public will be able to bid on a flag that has flown over battle zones in Iraq and Afghanistan and a chance to fly in a World War II-era airplane. The fifth annual McConnell charity auction, which benefits McConnell personnel and their families, is scheduled for Saturday.
The theme is “United We Stand.”
“We’re going to unite the military and Wichita community to show we’re working towards the same good,” said Amy Myer, president of the McConnell Officers’ Spouses’ Charitable Association, which is putting on the auction.Myer said the charity auction was moved off the air base to encourage the public to attend. This year it will be held at the Terradyne Country Club.
Ken – thanks for the info on the flag. I would LOVE to be able to take my elderly father to that. He is a WWII vet, a tank Sergeant. He’s also an ex-pilot, but he didn’t fly in the War. He would LOVE that ride – and the flag.
I’m going to see if I can pull some strings and take him. He’s now disabled so it’s hard to arrange these kinds of outings but it would mean so much.
Do you have the specifics? Times? I can probably track them down, if not.
SSgt David Berry came home last night. The Patriot Guard met his casket at Midcontinent Airport and escorted the hearse and his family to the mortuary in Conway Springs.
We had no police escort, yet many vehicles pulled off the road and waited as we passed.
Ssgt Berry will be laid to rest on Saturday. The sick cult from Topeka is likely to attend, but the Patriot Guard will be there to protect the family and honor the fallen soldier.
Best bet would be to call Terradyne. Im going out to the base this morning, and will check for times etc…. Gotta love your Dad, not many of the “Greatest Generation” left — good for you for wanting to take him — I hope he gets the plane ride (but it may be costly). I was planning on bidding on it — if I get it — I’d be happy to split the cost with you so he can get the ride —I suspect that more than 1 ride will be avalable ….
Funny IB, CKD and I get along just fine.
GS, quite a fantasy.You are still an unrepentant. certifiable. LIAR.period.Yeah pmom was sorry, big deal.Tell me about all your buddies here,who are they,lying ol’ hag.HA!BTW, I have NEVER slandered or even accused this INSANE person of anything.
I called the ol’ bitch a few names and for that I apologized,seems how she will not admit to being a slanderous LIAR,I will continue.
“Black parents have good reasons to look elsewhere. Last year, only 28% of black eighth-graders in the Minneapolis public schools passed the state’s basic skills math test; 47% passed the reading test. The black graduation rate hovers around 50%, and the district’s racial achievement gap remains distressingly wide. Louis King, a black leader who served on the Minneapolis School Board from 1996 to 2000, puts it bluntly: “Today, I can’t recommend in good conscience that an African-American family send their children to the Minneapolis public schools. The facts are irrefutable: These schools are not preparing our children to compete in the world.” Mr. King’s advice? “The best way to get attention is not to protest, but to shop somewhere else.”
They can do so because of the state’s longstanding commitment to school choice. … Today, this tradition of choice is providing a ticket out for kids in the gritty, mostly black neighborhoods of north and south-central Minneapolis.
Minneapolis families seeking to escape troubled schools are fortunate to have the options they do. That’s not the case in many other states, where artificial barriers — from enrollment caps to severe underfunding — have stymied the growth of charter schools.
The city’s experience should lead such states to reconsider the benefits of expansive school choice. Conventional wisdom holds that middle-class parents take an interest in their children’s education, while low-income and minority parents lack the drive and savvy necessary. The black exodus here demonstrates that, when the walls are torn down, poor, black parents will do what it takes to find the best schools for their kids.”
Ken – lol, I already called my dad with the news. He’s excited, but worried he can’t get into the plane. He is in a powerchair now and couldn’t stand up if he needed to at all. So, short of a ‘lift’ we may have to sit and watch it take off. And it’s so sad for me, because the man is an encyclopedia – literally – and his damn body has failed him.
But,just seeing the plane, as he put it – would be a blessing for him.
I’ve got to run. Such a busy time for me – but I have family making some calls and we’ll see if we can’t pull off getting him there. Cross your fingers for us.
Thank you for your info.
raptor – God Bless the family of Sgt Berry. I’m so proud of the Patriot Guard and their commitment to keep our heroes funeral’s a place of honor and respect.
anonymous,
If you’re going to cut and paste from the WSJ, use a link. The intellectually dishonest spin you’re shovelling is (’Conventional wisdom holds that middle-class parents take an interest in their children’s education, while low-income and minority parents lack the drive and savvy necessary’) is stinkin’ up the place.
Tell it to your office mates at the “Flint Hills Center for Public Policy.”
Joe Williams, he’s the ex vice president for crying out loud. He DOES get to pass by security.
He’s got his own freaking security with clearances higher than the stupid airport people.
And I would stand by that for ANY ex pres and vice pres.
GS
The Library of Congress has a program that attempts to archive the stories of all veterans through interviews, war / service momentos and photos. I would think your Dad has tons of war stories to tell. Something to consider before your Dad passes — sit with him and record his stories / interview him …. would also be an excellent legacy to leave his grandchildren etc …..
CF I hope you’re not insinuating that poor parents don’t care. They’re working.Inner city schools are horrible, there is no doubt, but they also don’t have the resources they need.
Links to the Library of Congress, veterans project:
http://www.loc.gov/vets/
includes instructions and an interview kit.
http://www.loc.gov/vets/kitmenu.html
as I read it they create a web page for your Dad’s history …. is your Dad at the VA Hospital?
Thanks Ken, my dad isn’t in the hospital right now, but I’ll see if he can gather items and tell his story and maybe I can post it (he has no internet).
hee hee hee hee
The Rude Pundit NAILS it again in his latest posting about Fux News.
You know, where nutz gets all that “good” economic news?
heheheheheheheheheh
Bad language and ox goring. But if you need a grown up laugh, this is it!
http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/
Gosh, that was a refreshing respite that congress took from corruption, wasn’t it?
The first thing the new Democratic-controlled congress did in January was to pass long-overdue curbs in lobbyist-paid junkets, jet-travel, tickets to sports events, and such. Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared: This will be “the most ethical congress in history.”
That pledge didn’t even last the month of January, however, as lobbyists and lawmakers quickly found the loophole in the law. While it’s true that influence peddlers can no longer fly a congress critter on a corporate jet to a private party at the Super Bowl – lobbyists can pay $5,000 each into the lawmakers’ political committees to jet them down to the Super Bowl blowout.
So, with the glow of reformitis still on their cheeks, members of congress have been staging all sorts of creative events for lobbyists to pay for and attend, thus continuing the pay-to-schmooze corruption that we were told the new law banned. Let’s see, for $5,000, a lobbyist could hang out at Disney World with Sen. Mel Martinez, or go snowmobiling in Montana with Sen. Max Baucus. Also, Rep. Mary Bono let lobbyists join her at a Who concert for $2,500, or, for the same sum, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones spent quality time with lobbyists for a “Manicures and Muffins” Morning event at a Washington nail salon.
My favorite is Rep. Eric Cantor. Put $2,500 in his pocket, and you’re entitled to join him for coffee four times this spring at a Capitol Hill Starbucks. Golly Eric, what do you charge for a real breakfast?
Still, the special interests are happy to pay the price – as one puts it, “I have to have some personal contact to be a lobbyist.”
This is Jim Hightower saying… This is why tinkering around the edges of lobbying reform won’t work. To stop the corruption for good, we must have publically-financed elections so congress critters don’t need lobbyists’ cash.
GS is addressed – asked a question. This is the answer:
“Thanks Ken, my dad isn’t in the hospital right now, but I’ll see if he can gather items and tell his story and maybe I can post it (he has no internet).
“Posted by: political_mom | March 02, 2007 at 09:47 AM”
Hmmmm…. To be truthful, I kinda wondered about this — as crazy as it sounds.
I did too Steven. Thanks for saying it…
Is it war?
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/breaking_news/16819317.htm
Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein
Grand Duchey of Fenwick anyone?
Ben, my thoughts exactly!
Oh my God.. the Roaring Mouse!
It’s not often that I agree with Davis or Farmie…but…
I’ve often wondered the same thing.
Anonymous . . . now that sounds like CKD.
Anybody know anything about this Dodge fellow that she’s running against for school board.
I’m telling you, folks, having Cindy K. Duckett sitting on the Board of USD 259 is your worst nightmare.
Sorry Political-Mom!
“There are no exceptions. Everyone must go through security,” airport spokesperson Lynn Lowrance said.”
No exceptions!
Doesn’t Al Gore lose his Secret Service Detail or have already lost it? I think it’s 4 years after you leave office.
I’ve thought that same thing too Capn. Maybe not the same, although they could be, but certainly they are affiliated.
I agree, Cindy Duckett in ANY elective office will be just as big a nightmare as electing Karl “Tabor” Peterjohn to ANY elected office.
The only thing worse would be to have Brenda Landwehr elected to office.
Oh, wait, nevermind.
BTW, how is that working out for Wichita?
heheheheheh
Elect Cindy Duckett and Karl Peterjohn and you will essentially be putting the little ayatollah, TERRY FOX in charge of your schools.
That would be like putting phred phelps in charge of the Kansas Constitution.
Oh wait…. nevermind. More than seventy percent of Kansas voters DID put terry, joe and phred in charge of the ks constitution.
BTW, how’s that working out for ks? I see the state is STILL bleeding population.
You can deny minorities their rightful place, you can implement the tyranny of the majority…
…but you cant force people to live in ks or wichta, now can ya?
Again, how is all this wingnuttia working out for Kansas?
Landwierd, are you kidding me?
She sucks.
But she almost lost last time to an idiosyncratic campaign by her Democratic challenger.
Somebody with a little money could beat her like a rug–and now that we’ve seen how vulnerable she is, they’ll be no shortage of opponents gunning for her.
A nasty woman.
Hope she enjoys what’s left of her last two years in Topeka.
“Somebody with a little money could beat her like a rug–and now that we’ve seen how vulnerable she is, they’ll be no shortage of opponents gunning for her.”
Maybe capn, but you have more faith in the democrats than I do.
I have thought the same thing should be true of tankerless todd. I hope the dems down there can field and SUPPORT a candidate to take his sorry ass out.
Heheheh. And in the category of “a girl can dream, cant she?”
I would hope whoever unseats toddly in the next election is a REAL democrat and not a recently converted repuke.
Steven, ya know, GS said something elsewhere about this being the end of her days off.
WTF construction company owner takes days off in the MIDDLE of the week and then works on weekends?
Nurses do that. But construction? Maybe if they are highway or public works, but I dont think that is what GS said she owns.
I dont know if they are the same person. The intelligence level of one poster is clearly superior to the other, and that is kinda hard to fake. But the more I think about it….
…there is obviously some relationship there.
I still stand by my statement that much of the mischief here came from the SJ boards.
“It’s not often that I agree with Davis or Farmie…”
These must be the final days before the rapture.
Hey nutz, how are the financial markets doing today at midday?
Here’s a little link if you want to see that only ONE index is up. The overall market is down again.
Seems like more than a “one day” blip that you and outlander predicted.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/
If I fried chicken like you predict the market, I’d have to stick to impersonations to make a living!
Oh, and the title of this is “Wall Street Dips as Yen Rallies”
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/16814164.htm
KSGrl–With all due respect to the man who ran against Theartless, he didn’t have the chops to unseat a sitting Congress critter.
It’ll take somebody with some name recognition and a bit of a machine (like perhaps Donald Betts?) to knock Congressman Term-Limits out . . .
A last minute appearance by Worst. President. Ever. on Tiahrt’s behalf could really help us too.
Tiahrt voted against a bill (thank passed thankfully) that would make it easier for workers to unionize. Tiahrt ignored that fact that unionization prevents illegal immigrants from being hired. So if your issue is immigration remember that Tiarht supports the flood of cheap labor and wants lower wages and benefits for working people, the same sort of benefits that Tiahrt enjoys with his overpaid job.
In much more important news than any war, stock market or school issue may be, the funeral of Anna Nicole Smith is under way in the Bahamas.
Smith is to be buried in a beaded gown and a tiara. (!) It is unclear as to whether Britney Spears was able to check out of rehab long enough to attend the service.
Pallbears are to be Carlos Ponzi, Billy Ray Cyrus, Morgana, Larry, Moe and Curley.
Funeral music is to be provided by Milli Villi.
Now go back to your boring, unintersting lives until the next celebrity sighting requires your attention.
Hey nutz, here is a little more good economic news from… wait for it… the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
Isnt that your alma mater?
“US consumer confidence fell more than analysts’ had forecast in February, dented by high fuel prices and concerns about the job market, figures show.
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index was 91.3 in February against 96.9 in January – significantly lower than analyst forecasts of 93.5.
The figures come as investors are questioning the outlook for global growth and markets wobble.
US shares fell on the news, though analysts said declines may be limited.
According to the University of Michigan, its gauge of economic conditions fell to 106.7 in February from 111.3 in January.”***more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6412663.stm
And fleetie, here is a little news on that impeachment you are so anxious to see. What is your comment on this?
Seems that pro impeachment groups from 43 states got a favorable ruling to continue an important action.
heheheheheeh.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132×3141688
“The intelligence level of one poster is clearly superior to the other, and that is kinda hard to fake.”
Yes. But faking dumb is not that difficult – take a look at fleety. On second thought… never mind…
Steven – I don’t know why PoliticalMom answered the post addressed to me – but she and I are two separate individuals. We are neighbors and, if I’m correct, her dad was in the Vietnam War, mine was in WWII. We’ve debated eachother for years, here on the Kansas Boards, and at SJ.
Farmie – actually, sometimes I take off for two or three weeks at a time. Because I can. But, I’m working this weekend because we are marketing a new home in a new development. And hosting a business party – and as hostess – that’s work, too. We don’t do highway, or any kind of road work.
Steven
I think in THIS case, you are a bit TOO observant.
I think political mom just had bad timing in thanking ken for some information.
Nutz:
MARKETS Mar 2; Market CloseDJIA 12,114.10 -120.24Means nothing, right?
“you are a bit TOO observant.”
Could be. As I said, it seemed crazy — which makes it a possibilty here.
raptor,
Was Sgt. Berry from Conway Springs?
Steven: I’d sure like to know what it means. Please tell me!
It’s been a good few years. But maybe the end of the secular bull market run? I’m still about 85% equities.
I’ll probably do what I usually do when I feel the urge to to adjust something. Ignore it.
“Doesn’t Al Gore lose his Secret Service Detail or have already lost it? I think it’s 4 years after you leave office.”
Joe,
I’ve always heard it’s for LIFE, as is that of all former First Ladies.
“Doesn’t Al Gore lose his Secret Service Detail or have already lost it? I think it’s 4 years after you leave office.”
Joe,
I’ve always heard it’s for LIFE, as is that of all former First Ladies.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/16820729.htm
Looks like the suckage of the Unions continues.
Infernal B,
THIS is CKD, and I’m definitely not that other person. Further, I have no idea who that other person might be.
Tracy and I agree on a few things and disagree over many others, but we do it civilly and with a mutual respect for one another.
He asked me to check out this thread. I’m glad that I did. I’ve come to know Tracy as a good man of good character.
Anyone who implies otherwise should be required to provide proof. Without that, it’s nothing more than hateful slander that has no place in a forum such as this one.
CKD
Capn,
My opponent is Steve Davis — not Dodge — a Wichita police officer. I think he’s a sargent but I’m not positive about that. I do not know his positions on issues because he has not attended many forums to make those known. I have met him, however, and he seems like a very kind and decent man.
If you are looking for an alternative, I believe that he would be a very good choice.
CKD
Capn,
Your worst nightmare? Wow! You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but thankfully, so are other people. Let’s take a look at what some of them have to say.
CKD
———————-District 4 School Board Member, Chip Gramke
“Cindy was tremendously helpful in getting me the information [on Core Knowledge],” said Chip Gramke, a school board member. “She did a tremendous job. If you look at the test scores of these two schools, it works.”
Gramke also noted that he has also been on opposing sides from Duckett over the years, but praises her for keeping to the facts and always doing her homework. “She keeps emotion out of it and sticks to the facts. Cindy, from my perspective, is someone with a tremendous amount of integrity. She always comes with all the facts and figures to back up her position. She’s a pretty big force in education, not only in this city but also in the state.”
East Wichita News, August, 2000
—————–
Wichita Superintendent, Winston Brooks
Superintendent Brooks shares that respect. “My experience with her has been very good,” he said. “Cindy is someone who keeps public school systems on their toes. She isn’t bashful about challenging us or sharing her own philosophies. She is always extremely respectful. Although I don’t always agree with her, I respect her opinion.”
East Wichita News, August, 2000
———————–David Awbrey, Former Wichita Eagle Editorial Page Editor
Cindy Duckett is Kansas’ first cyber-school activist. From the computer in her southwest Wichita home, she serves as a sounding board for school reformers across the state and as a primary research resource for journalists, parents and others interested in educational issues.
Ad Astra Magazine, January/February 2001
————————Editor, Southwest Daily Times, Liberal, KS
In addition, the governor should be talking to such people as new Kansas State Board of Education member Carol Rupe, who has a proven record as a school reformer in Wichita, and Cindy Duckett, one of the most respected education activists in the state.
2001
———————–Jim Sullinger, Columnist, Kansas City Star
“The control is in the hands of the direct recipients, and therein lies my disagreement with the attorney general’s opinion about what our stateconstitution declares,” Duckett said.
Duckett is not a Johnny-come-lately to this issue. She is director of Children First: CEO Kansas, which provides privately funded scholarships for low-income students in Sedgwick County to attend private schools.
That organization signed on to two of the amicus briefs that the U.S. Supreme Court considered in making last week’s ruling.
Kansas City Star, July 3, 2002
———————Thomas B. Fordham Foundation – Front Line: Kansas
10/23/97: The following is an excerpt from “Americans Go To War for Their Schools,” written by Robert Holland and published in the September 1997 edition of Middle American News. It explains how one Kansan utilized Sandra Stotsky’s recent Fordham Report, State English Standards: An Appraisal of English/Language Arts Standards in 28 States, to fight against dumbed-down standards:”One of the busiest and most effective grassroots activists is Cindy Duckett, president of the pro-academics Project Educate. Ms. Duckett, a Wichita homemaker who daily uses the Internet to network nationally on education issues, has showed that citizens can be effective by carefully documenting their case and calmly presenting it. Her group has invited some of the nation’s most eminent education researchers to analyze the state’s OBE-style standards. This is part of what Sandra Stotsky, of Harvard and Boston University, wrote about the English (or “language arts”) standards:The document is ‘written almost completely in unintelligible educationese…the language in this document often reads like an unintentional satire of politically correct pedagogy…Standards for demonstrating knowledge and skills are regularly mixed with standards that deal with behaviors, values, and attitudes…Incomprehensibly, students are expected to demonstrate ‘respect for differences in attitude, behavior, values and beliefs within formal and informal groups’ without any consideration of what and when the attitudes, behaviors, values, and beliefs of others may not be worthy of respect.’Ms. Duckett distributed a news release, widely reported by Kansas media, in which she made the point that Ms. Stotsky’s evaluation justifies the move by five State Board members to abolish performance-based assessment. ‘If the standards are bad, the tests will be flawed, too,’ she said.”
———————John Ellis, Wichita Eagle Education ReporterThe Wichita school board voted to move ahead with not one, not two, but three schools using the curriculum developed by University of Virginia English professor E.D. Hirsch. … The original concept came from an odd political alliance of the United Teachers of Wichita – union for the district’s 3,100 teachers – and conservative parents led by educational activists Cindy Duckett and David Payne, executive director of the Kansas Family Research Institute.
Wichita Eagle, February 4, 1998
—————Josh Funk, Wichita Eagle Education ReporterParents can examine three years’ worth of state test scores for the first time since the 1990s, allowing them to evaluate how well their children’s schools perform over time.If they want, they can also compare their schools with the best achiever in the Wichita district: Bryant Core Knowledge Magnet Elementary School.Bryant fifth-graders made the most dramatic gains in reading between 2000, when 46 percent scored passing grades of satisfactory and above, and last year, when 82.3 percent passed – well above the state average of 62.4 percent.In math, the percentage of Bryant fourth-graders scoring well soared to 85.2 percent in 2001 before dropping back to 64.3 percent in 2002 – just below the state average.
Wichita Eagle, January 9, 2003
——————L. Kelly, Editorial Board Writer, Wichita Eagle
Kudos to Children First: CEO Kansas, for putting its money where its rhetoric is. Rather than just talk about the need for school vouchers and parental tax credits to allow more children to attend private K-12 schools, or just wait for such changes to grind their way through government channels, the group privately funds dozens of scholarships for up to $1,500 each.
And it doesn’t push a religious or political agenda in its selection process; the money may be used to attend any private school that accepts the student. (In Wichita, the options range from Catholic to Islamic, evangelical to thoroughly secular.)
The group’s guiding concept is easy to support: Giving lower-income parents the opportunity to choose the school they believe is best for their child is an investment in education and families.
Wichita Eagle, July 19, 2004———————–
CKD–
You are to public schools as George W. Bush is to world peace.
As the Cato Institute is to social security.
As Rupert Murdoch is to journalist integrity.
Who in their right mind would give you power over public schools when you hate public education and want to destroy it?
SHAME on you TRACY!
Shame on Kansas primary voters! WTF? I saw where that kook got 0 votes.
She actually won?
Truly, Kansas is a beknighted place.
JR, apparently KAKE had her listed as running in District 3, while she is running in District 4. Thus, the error. CKD and her opponent being the only two candidates in District 4, there was no need for a primary there.
I wouldn’t send my children to a private school if it cost me nothing. THAT’S how opposed I am to vouchers.
But for those of you who would, enjoy…or not.
Ah I see Vaughn, thank you.
That makes more sense. Shoot. I shoulda run for the thing.
PolMomGSheridan
When you play the troll game you sooner or later post on the wrong name.
BUSTED!
No wait, hey, I”ve posted many times that my dad is a vietnam vet. My dad is a vet too.
look at who posted RIGHT after me, I thought he was talking to me.Believe it or not I don’t read ALL the messages on these things. I didn’t realize he was talking to GS.
No we’re not the same person.
“Steven: I’d sure like to know what it means. Please tell me!
“It’s been a good few years. But maybe the end of the secular bull market run? I’m still about 85% equities.
“I’ll probably do what I usually do when I feel the urge to to adjust something. Ignore it.”
outlander,
There is the conter-intuitive strategy of continuing to buy things as they fall in price with the assumption they will be worth more later.
After 9-11 I dumped some high risk stuff from my mutual fund contributions. Those stocks came back over time and if I had ridden it out I would have been better off than the returns I got from lower risk investment products. A lesson learned.
I am not changing anything at this point either. And, if I get tempted to, I will talk to people who know more about this than me.
Blog police – it looked suspicious to me, too. But I am fairly sure it was just a coincidence.
If I could toss my lousy two cents worth in on the “P Mom is GSher” controversy:
I cannot quite imagine two posters with more diverse styles, opinions, attitudes or language than P Mom and GSher.
If P Mom and GSher are one in the same, I’ll eat my computer monitor.
The stock market has been pitiful ever since Worst President Ever took office.
It won’t get back to real growth until the US shows the markets some spending discipline.
Right now, investors know that the profits are built on deficit spending . . . a house of cards.
So, it’s a good time to buy and hold.
The long national nightmare will be over in ‘08. Then the healing can begin.
Me and GS DO have a relationship, offline, behind the scenes, we have for a long time, since we met on the kansas.com message boards.
Golf of all people should know that.
GS was never even on SJ board till I asked her to come. We DO live very close to each other, and I have never met her- but no, I don’t have split personality disorder and I know she’s not me.
I am ME and only me, there is ONE other name I posted under for a different purpose (not to troll).
whew, I’m glad we cleared that up.
LOL no I don’t have a love/hate relationship with myself. I am a liberal, and GS hates liberals (in ideals at least).
And another difference, I ALWAYS post under my name no matter what board I’m not, this ID. Or political_mama. I know that’s just so different that none of you could figure it out lol.
Political_mama was my FIRST id on the SJ, when I went to the kansas.com message boards the name wouldn’t fit on there, so I condensed it to politicalmom.
And not only that, I despise trolling.
Hey – don’t pull me into your quagmire.
I don’t even try to keep track of all the different names you use – just like back on the Kansas.com board.
You commented on it so you brought yourself into it, and if you’re going to be a jerk about it, we can go back to being not so nice. I didn’t use any other names in there so don’t even.
How long has it been since I left that board and why?
oooh – anger.
A sign of guilt.
I have no idea why you left – nor when.
From Opinion Line Extra:
“There should be a special place in heaven for the Patriot Guard, and a special place in hell for the Phelps vermin.”
Huie – amen.
Speaking of trolls…
I sure wish someone would troll Junior again. Man oh MAN that was funny watching him blow a gasket.
I just don’t like being accused of being anything other than honest. I have always told the truth in my postings, and I just hate it when others don’t.
I hate that the trolls disrupt the environment.
Regardless — Support our Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen —- make up for the neglect of them and veterans that this administration and generally our government over the last 50 years has shown.
I thought trolls were those fuzzy headed, colored hair dolls that when you rubbed their belly it gave you good luck. Sooo ….. tomorrow I will be at Town East in purple fuzzy hair — come by rub my belly —
“If P Mom and GSher are one in the same, I’ll eat my computer monitor.”
Would you invite us over to watch?
Their “voices” are very different, too. For it to be true (I agree with P_mom above), it would almost have to be a case of dissociative identity disorder (newer name for the mupliple personality disorder)- which is very rare.
Might make an interesting plot for a work of fiction. P_mom after a long day of posting as GSheridan has to punish her self in increasingly self-destructive ways… Betcha Nutz would would be first in line at Borders to buy it. :-)
Troll bustage! Liar Liar Pants on Fire! muahahahaha!
“Would you invite us over to watch?”
Anytime, Davis.
I KNOW that P Mom and GSher are two totally different people.
I would like to see some proof other than a misworded post that Mom and the G Monster are the same person.
PM, I almost emailed you earlier when the conspiracy theory started up. I’m glad you showed up to denounce it.
Ken, thanks for all your help. And we actually HAVE had my father record some of his memories. Some have been put into transcript form, but the majority is still on tape.
Thankfully, we have a lot of his war photos still. Good stories. Like the detail he was with camped just on the other side on the Rhine, when officially no Americans were in Berlin, and how they crossed the river at night on information-gathering missions. The Russians, of course, were the first to the Reichstags, but we have photos of my dad in front of the burned out remains not long after. Anyway, I wont bore everyone with the stories – but they are fascinating. And, no…he’s not in the VA Home. We (my husband and I) built an ADA compliant home on our acreage for them to move into last fall. With some advice from PM on handicap-accessible items, we’re doing fine so far. We actually design retirement and assisted-living residences so it was a good project for us.
You’ve been a big help. Thank you.
“I just don’t like being accused of being anything other than honest.”
But, pmom, you accused me, out of nowhere, of changing nics. Dope.I will wait for my “I’m sorry sweet fleettwood”.
Prove that you didn’t change nics, Fleet.
Busted!
Come on, you guys. PM and I are as different as night and day.
I like her – a lot, but we are rarely on the same side of an issue.
You guys met her – at least some of you did – you know her.
You might not know me – but just knowing her – should be proof enough that we are separate entities.
GS I was sleeping earlier anyway and wouldn’t have gotten it.
I just spoke to my dad on the phone, he was a goober as usual. Said something about being too good looking to post his own photos. Then he said he doesn’t even know where they’ve gone to.
Oh and just so you yahoos know, GS offered to meet me. I am in shock as I’ve been trying to get her to do that forever. Of course, that doesn’t prove anything to the rest of you but..
LMAO! Busted!
Really now Repulikhan, tell me what name you post under regularly? JM???? Sounds familiar!
See, this is why I want a sign in and moderation.
Nope, P Mom, Rep-liar is everyone’s idol, KS Golf Nut. He made a reference about me from a thread several months ago that pretty much only he and I knew about.
Homer Arafat = Rep-liar = KS Golf Nut.
Moderation so she can go bipolar with more trolls…
whooohaaaa!!!
Cindy Duckett’s opponent’s last name is Davis, but I don’t think his first name is Steve (I believe I would have reason to remember that).
Sgt Davis works out of the Wichita Police North station. The only other thing I know about him is that he is supposed to be good friends with Chip Gramke – whom Davis and Duckett are vying to replace.
Does anybody else wish that Cindy just had a little more self-esteem? It might help her (or us) if she did.
What was it he referenced WS? I’m curious, because I’ve oftened wondered…
I am retired from a rather long career in manufacturing, P Mom. I took an early retirement from a major company and have elected not to resume my business career.
Basically, I am sick of the right wingers that make up most of the ranks of industrial managers. To be honest, I am having a whole hell of a lot more fun now.
The only person that has claimed that I was “fired and cannot collect a pension” is Golf Nut. That was several months ago when we were debating the merits of various methods of accounting. The wording of his insult is the same.
Golf showed his true colors. He is just upset that I nic’ed him Homer Arafat.
Poor boy.
Nah. I post on this name and this name only. I have never once had an off-line conversation with DA, so there is a zero chance that there is anything “only he and I” know.
DA,I’m sooooooo upset that you call me Homer Arafat; just like I was when PMom perpetually called my testicles. =)
I kinda liked it. In fact, I miss it.
I never said it was offline, Homer. I was referencing that fact that it was pretty much a thread that just you and I posted on for an hour or so.
And I am glad that you enjoy being referred to as Homer Arafat.
I am happy to help you out with your miserable little life.
I guess you are blogging tonight because your soon to be ex-wife has the kids this weekend.
It sucks to be you.
You miss it? Like a pet name?
Oops I forgot something, there IS another blog I post on under a different name, but not related to ANYTHING here.
PMom,WHAT? You want to pet it?
*blush*
Steven,
You are correct. I just looked him up. His name is Jeff Davis, not Steve Davis. Please pardon my goof.
I’m working on that self-esteem problem. I’m sure it will please many of you to know that!! :)
CKD
You wish.
Maybe taxidermy and place it on my mantle. You know how we feminists are.
“Speaking of trolls…I sure wish someone would troll Junior again. Man oh MAN that was funny watching him blow a gasket.”
KSGolfnut?
Hey aint nothing stopping you from doing it again.
OR….is there? Down one of those 6 IPs are ya?
In any case uh…..congrats?
You’re the FIRST poster to advocate FOR trolling. Little surprise from the biggest practitioner OF it.
Oh it’s fun to laugh at these morons…
Junior, I created a name once called KSGolfTesticles or something similar, and that’s the only other name I’ve ever used to post. Plus, I think I used the same email – not exactly trying to be deceptive.
Emulating you would clearly be outside of my expertise – I don’t spit and drool enough when I talk.
GS
Take a look at the LOC site – as part of the archival they create a web page for his memoirs etc …..
Would Cindy and Nutz be the perfect couple… a match made in heaven as it were?
It would be the battle of the narcissists – a reality show that would make everyone in America throw up!
Just offering it to those who make money. I would never watch it.
But, if you insist, I could provide some sample dialogues…
Hey dudes……..no shame on me.It’s only fair that if you’re going to diss somebody in public,they should have a right to know about it, respond and/or defend their positions on issues.
And I’ve said it before,private schools she be privately funded.And I believe that GW’s “faith based initiative” is unconstitutional.
As far as dropping CKD a line when she is dicussed here, isn’t that a normal and decent thing to do?I’m in training to be normal and decent. HA!
I sure hope someone would do the same for me if I’m being cussed and discussed.
You notice that CKD doesn’t even try to disprove the idea that she hates public education and wants to destroy it.
Everybody knows it. It’s what she’s running on.
Capn, I don’t know exactly what her intentions are, but haven’t there been some public forums where you get a chance to ask?
Realistically, public ed will never be destroyed as such, I know that reform minded people (CKD?) are hoping to transform public ed.Into what is the question?
Also, would a member of a local school board be in any position to control anything BUT the local schools?I’m not sure a local member has much say as to what takes place on the local & national levels.
Would CKD attempt to influence those people? Certainly.It’s in the best interest of the school she already runs to influence folks who may be able to help fund her program.I’m not a private/voucher supporter, but if I were, I would do the same.Anything less would be irresponsable.
I just wish you hadn’t invited old Scoldilocks back to these parts TRACY. I’d generally prefer someone like her HAD no voice here or anywhere else.
Except the one she hears in her head.
That’s always your MO, Junior…
Do your best to squash any opposing opinion.
Fortunately, you have no ability to do so.
Sure I do.
I’ve had eager help from you in showing you for the multi nic troll you are. NO ONE takes YOU seriously on this forum.
Have a nice day!
Capn,
Just because someone posts something false about me here doesn’t mean that the onus is on me to disprove a ridiculous statement. Rather, the burden of proof lies with the accuser.
Still, if you want to see my position on the issue of concern, check out this link:
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/columnists/mark_mccormick/16563357.htm
CKD
The entire link didn’t make it through. This is the correct one (I hope!)
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/columnists/mark_mccormick/16563357.htm
Nope. Still can’t get the link through. Go to http://www.kansas.com. Click on columnists and select Mark McCormick.
Click on his January 28 column titled: School board candidates have intriguing loyalties
I’ll try ONE more time with the link but if it doesn’t go through, the instructions above will put you in the same place.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/columnists/mark_mccormick/16563357.htm
CKD
Tracy,
You are correct in that there will always be a need for public schools. If every public school in Wichita closed down on Monday, there simply are not enough open spots in all private schools combined to accomodate all of those students.
Conversely, if ONLY the Catholic schools closed down on Monday and all of those students were put back into public schools, the cost would bankrupt the entire state budget.
This isn’t an “either/or” issue. It’s about making the best of all.
The public Core Knowledge schools in Wichita are ONE example of transformations I advocate. Those schools aren’t the ONLY answer but they are a part of the answer.
Yes, local board members only have control over what takes place in local schools.
Any more towards a large scale choice program here would have to come from the state level, and even then, whatever might “come down” would inevitably face a court challenge and/or a change in the state constitution — UNLESS the Supreme Court strikes down the bigoted Blaine Amendments that are a part of the Kansas constitution (and in many other states as well) as some believe may happen.
Just for the record, I don’t run any school. I have no affiliation with any school. I run a program that allows parents to choose whatever school they want their child to attend.
I sincerely appreciate your well reasoned observations and comments!!
CKD
ckd – there was mention someplace about cyber-education? Not sure what that refers to. Computers in the classroom? I’d like to know a bit more about that.
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