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IN ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE OFTEN PEOPLE PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE LESS RECOGNIZED STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS.
I suggest this would be a good time to address the structural problems of the City of Wichita and for that matter the Sedgwick County government.
Wichita was apparently one of the first cities to adopt a city manager form of government back in the 1920’s or so, then known as a city manager/city commission form of government. Its a very strong city manager form gives almost all decision-making power to the city manager.
In the history of Wichita, the city had a very successful city manager back in the 1930’s named Burt Wells.
True, Wichita’s form has been tweeked several times over the years. One, the old five member city commission was enlarged to a regular seven member city council. And the mayor became elected at large rather than from the membership of the city council.
But now, I think Wichita should consider:
1) Giving the mayor a little more power over the city council and city manager.
2) Enlarge the city council from seven members to nine members at a proportionally reduced salary.
Also reduce their terms of office from four years to two years thereby, hopefully, forcing them to campaign door to door again.
3) Invite Mike Taylor, formerly spokesman for city of Wichita now an official of the Kansas City, Kansas/Wyandotte County unified government, to tell about features there that might be usable here in Wichita.
4) Then establish a real dialogue with the citizens about changes that would once again obtain “buy-in” and confidence by the people of Wichita and perhaps even Sedgwick County in their local government.
Good luck Ed Fluentje in your new assignment as interim city manager.
I see I have put this in the wrong WE BLOG category but don’t have time to retype it this morning.
I have been reading the complains about the spam filter. I found this one a site I was reading just now.
(Editor’s Note: If you tried to comment today and received a message about triggering the spam filter – some people got this, some didn’t – I apologize for your troubles. Typepad, which hosts this site, has installed a new, overly aggressive spam filter. Rest assured I can now access this filter and publish anyone’s comment that incorrectly winds up there. So post comments as you normally would. If you don’t see yours right away, you will shortly. Thanks for your patience and for contributing to the conversation.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/ap_on_sc/mars_rudolph;_ylt=AhXHC1v1wKZ_ANd7neIA3rSs0NUE
A new celestial Christmas jingle! Yay!
Mars is a red-tinged planetWith a very shiny glowAnd if you look to see itYou will find the moon in tow.
All of the other YuletidesSanta would have at his sideThe shiny nose of RudolphActing as his big sleigh’s guide
But this very Christmas EveSanta came to say:”Rudolph, now with Mars so bright,You can stay at home tonight.”
Then all the reindeer teased him.And they shouted out with glee:”Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeerOutsourced to astronomy.”
The problem with the spam filter is that it depends on an active blog monitor to re-post ‘posts’ written by bloggers.
We don’t have an active blog monitor here.
They leave the pot on the stove until it boils over, then do something.
Another possible attempt of cover-up by DOJ on behalf of KBR-Halliburton? Note the seemingly blanket no-sue clause.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071220/ts_alt_afp/usiraqcontractorsrape;_ylt=AtfJ8ste0HbFWZgXTjPKmdqs0NUE
So, this “bot” is refusing to add some posts? I get the page requiring me to type in the numbers and letters EACH post now, whereas it used to be occasionally when I was including a link, but you’re saying some posters are facing more than that? Just trying to figure out the extent of the problems being discussed, thanks in advance to anyone who answers.
The spam bot is happening all over the Web with typepad. Evidently typepad programmers had a brain fart.
Did I miss something? I read about the new “after busing” attendance plan, but I’ve not heard/read that OCR has agreed to termination of the current program, which, I would think, should be a condition precedent to announcing a new attendance plan.
Congresswoman Boyda secures $387 million for Kansas.
More info at the blog: http://boydabloc.blogspot.com
Words and phrases that should die an undignified death in 2007–
Brain fart
Islamofascist
It’s all good
War on Christmas
no-brainer
Homeland
:) :^) ;) :D
Stay the course
Mission accomplished
Cut and run
Defeatocrats
Pimp as verb
NucUlar
What EVAH
400 Prominant scientists poo poo man made global warming.
Is it too late to get the Nobel prize back?
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport
It appears that Rep. Tancredo will be dropping out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Vaughn, I found the Ron Paul taking money from Nazis disturbing, I kinda like the guy but I find this disturbing. instead of keeping it he should donate it to something like the United Negro College fund or something.
Thursday December 20, 07:26 PM
Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from USWASHINGTON (AFP) – The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday.
“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,” long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means told a handful of reporters and a delegation from the Bolivian embassy, gathered in a church in a run-down neighborhood of Washington for a news conference.
(Can’t post link because of spam filter– nz.news.yahoo.com )
Before anybody dismisses this out of hand, remember that the Irish had “no chance” to break away from England and establish their own country either . . .
If we believe in the rule of law and fair-play, the Lakota may have a damn good claim here.
Alot of people might like the no taxes part
Good luck.
I seem to remember that the last secession didn’t go so well.
But it’s a good media ploy.
Withdrawal from treaties also means no Federal Assistance or funds.
A really unwise plan to do in the dead of winter.
Kansas: And return all the federal money they have received after the old theory of “separate nations within a nation” was abolished many years ago.
Another possible attempt of cover-up by DOJ on behalf of KBR-Halliburton? Note the seemingly blanket no-sue clause.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071220/ts_alt_afp/usiraqcontractorsrape;_ylt=AtfJ8ste0HbFWZgXTjPKmdqs0NUE
Posted by: Roo-Ster | December 20, 2007 at 09:13 AM
What disturbs me about this is it seems the contractors know that they can get away with anything. Reading in the article that she was so violently raped that she is STILL undergoing reconstructive surgery turned my stomach.
“400 Prominant scientists poo poo man made global warming.”
Posted by Hank Price.
Dear Hank,
Please explain why your “100 prominent international scientists” make the garbage claim that “there has been no net global warming since 1998″.
Are they stupidly ignorant and/or confused about noisy data? Or being deliberately deceptive?
http://tamino.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/wiggles/
alsohttp://tamino.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/garbage-is-forever/
The non-scientist calling 400 peer reviewed scientists garbage. So what is new?
Al Gore is a natural global warming denier
Kansas,
“Cherry-picking” one unusual year, not averaging noisy temperature data, and ignoring the continuing warming trend AFTER 1998 is not “peer reviewed” science. It’s deceptive garbage.
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/12/a_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_2.php
“You know, even the CEI admits that this “warming ended in 1998″ claim is disingenuous, but look at all the people who signed Carter’s disingenuous letter.”
b,
PAST natural global warming periods do not prevent human-caused global warming.
Cosmos I don’t want to beat a dead horse but 400 acredited scientist say it isn’t happening. How can you discount them all?
Al Gore has sold a lot of people a fairy tale. He needed something to keep himself in the limelight. What else would work for an out of work politician?
I vote we put this to bed.
The depate is closed cosmos.
400 scientist is what you people call consensus
Those 400 scientists who disagree with all the other IPCC scientists must be guilting of hating science.
Or perhaps, there are competing scientific theories, and by offering a scientific alternative to a mob ruled consensus, you are furthering science not denying it.
“guilty”
Denise Mafi, a nine-year home-schooling veteran, has packed up and fled the state of Utah, after being ordered by leftist, activist Democrat juvenile court judge Scott Johansen to enroll her children in public school or lose custody of them. Meanwhile, the state Legislature is reviewing the actions of the leftist, activist judge, which will likely result in – nothing.Expect to see a lot of people fleeing public schools and the newly enacted state law enforcing homsexual indoctrination and recruitment of schoolchildren in Californicatia in 2008.- – -
“Please Mr. Custer, I don’t wanna goHey, Mr. Custer, please don’t make me goI had a dream last night about the comin’ fightSomebody yelled “attack!”And there I stood with a arrow in my back.”. . . “Mr. Custer”, by Larry Verne. . .
Lakota Indians have seceded from the USofA, declaring parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming their sovereign territory.Can we get Californicatia to also secede and join their nation?
Heh
Hank and ksgrm and the shrinking pool of global warming deniers are getting more and more desperate.
Global warming is real and every major candidate for President acknowledges it.
I’m not gonna click Hank’s link.
I’ve got a good idea of his list of 100 “prominent scientists”.
It’s probably the same list Hannity waves around all the time.
Dear J R,
It’s 400 prominent scientists and it isn’t my list.
It’s part of a US Senate report.
“This blockbuster Senate report lists the scientists by name, country of residence, and academic/institutional affiliation. It also features their own words, biographies, and weblinks to their peer reviewed studies and original source materials as gathered from public statements, various news outlets, and websites in 2007. This new “consensus busters” report is poised to redefine the debate.”
It would appear the debate is turning.
Typepad wouldn’t let me post something that I wrote yesterday. It said I looked like spam. And I’m pretty sure that what I said would have changed the world as we know it. But now I can’t remember what I said.
Dear Hank,
Please explain why your “100 prominent international scientists” make the garbage claim that “there has been no net global warming since 1998″.
Posted by: cosmos | December 20, 2007 at 02:39 PM
Dear cosmos,
They aren’t my scientists. And it’s 400 scientists not 100. They are credible, peer reviewed scientists and they are not making “garbage claims”.
If you are really interested the Senate report is pretty informative.
We might not have to use those stupid light bulbs after all!
Hank
U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
{A senate controlled by Democrats I might have to add}
Senate Report Debunks “Consensus”
Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called “consensus” on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom are current and former participants in the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), criticized the climate claims made by the UN IPCC and former Vice President Al Gore.
The new report issued by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s office of the GOP Ranking Member details the views of the scientists, the overwhelming majority of whom spoke out in 2007.
{”many of whom are current and former participants”} I bet it’s not hard to become a former member of that group.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb
Probably bought and paid for by “BIG OIL” {as opposed to bought and paid for by big government}
Fascinating testimony before the Senate Judicial Committee:
PRESERVING THE RULE OF LAW IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2007_hr/ruleoflaw.pdf
Go to page 38 of the pdf when the committee gets to question Goldsmith about the Gonzales/Ashcroft hospital meeting.
Dear Hank,
The “100 scientists” is a group listed at your link. Their claim re 1998 is garbage, not “peer-reviewed” science.
And Sen. Inhofe’s “report” is a joke. It’s a collection of comments made in op-eds, blogs, books, radio interviews, etc — NOT “peer-reviewed” science.
Inhofe’s “report” is “informative” though, since it shows how easily gullible people like Hank, Heckler, and ksgrm can be deceived.
cos
I knew we could count on you to chime in. After all, your religion is under assault.
“Even some in the establishment media now appear to be taking notice of the growing number of skeptical scientists.”
Did that last little diddy get under your skin?
Of course not, Probably bought and paid for by “BIG OIL” {as opposed to bought and paid for by big government}
cos
Is YOUR livelihood (the government gravy train) threatened by science that says Global Warming is horse shit?
Dear Steven,
I have Goldsmith’s book, “A Terror Presidency”. He makes comparisons to the way other administrations have handled threats in the past.
It’s really a pretty good inside view of the Bush White House in the early days of his administration.
Let me know if you want to read it. (I owe ya one)
Hank
“Probably bought and paid for by “BIG OIL” {as opposed to bought and paid for by big government}”
Posted by: Heckler | December 20, 2007 at 06:44 PM
Heckler, WHY did ExxonMobil, Koch, and the API pay ASTROPHYSICIST Dr. Willie Soon (see Inhofe’s report) to research polar bears, and write on op-ed?
‘Exxon attacked by polar bears!’http://www.desmogblog.com/exxon-attacked-by-polar-bears“U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Chairman Brad Miller (D-NC) has sent a letter (pdf) to the ExxonMobil Corporation requesting all records since 2002 related to their support for scientists working on polar bears and other Arctic animals.”
From letter,
“… The Congress and the public have a right to know why ExxonMobil is funding a scientist whose writing is outside his area of expertise to create the impression that expert scientists have conducted rigorous, peer-reviewed work that says the problems with the polar bears are unproven or unserious.”
Sigh…
Give Hank a C for effort.
This list is NOT new. Hannity has been waving it around for more than a year.
And now you say a MINORITY member of a Senate committee is waving it around?
This is fizzle.
If you look at the list carefully, you will see the tremendous stretch that it is. They scoured the ends of the Earth and came up with a smattering of people who could be called a “scientist” in any number of disciplines.
“Is YOUR livelihood (the government gravy train) threatened by science that says Global Warming is horse shit?”
Posted by: Heckler | December 20, 2007 at 07:09 PM
No.
And the op-eds, blogs, interviews, etc you refer to are not “science”. They are opinions, with no scientific support.
Oh and as far as I can tell, you luddites for fossil fuels don’t have a Presidential candidate.
Cosmos
So typical. Did ExonnMobil pay them ALL off? {as opposed to being paid off by the Federal Government.}
New Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears
An abundance of new peer-reviewed studies, analyses, and data error discoveries in the last several months has prompted scientists to declare that fear of catastrophic man-made global warming “bites the dust” and the scientific underpinnings for alarm may be “falling apart.” The latest study to cast doubt on climate fears finds that even a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide would not have the previously predicted dire impacts on global temperatures. This new study is not unique, as a host of recent peer-reviewed studies have cast a chill on global warming fears.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=84e9e44a-802a-23ad-493a-b35d0842fed8
BIG OIIIIIIILLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey cosmos,
It’s 400 scientists. The list of scientists includes remarks they’ve made plus a list of their “peer reviewed” papers.
Sen. Inhofe’s “report” is actually a report that the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works put out.
Senator Inhofe is the ranking minority member. For that report to be published it had to have a majority of votes approving it.
It is the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works report, you cannot dismiss it by partisan ad hominem attacks on Senator Inhofe.
Heckler,
Why did an ASTROPHYSICIST do a study about wildlife?
BTW: Governments worldwide, with funds from CITIZENS worldwide, pay for climate research.
“In August 2007, the UK Met Office was finally forced to concede the obvious: global warming has stopped. (LINK) The UK Met Office acknowledged the flat lining of global temperatures,”
But they must surely be paid for by BIG OIL as well.
COSMOS
Why do Veterinaries sign statements about global warming?
“It is the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works report, you cannot dismiss it by partisan ad hominem attacks on Senator Inhofe.”
Posted by: Hank | December 20, 2007 at 07:28 PM
Dear Hank,
You can easily dismiss the report with credible climate science.
Wow ya better show your old list to the GOP candidates there Hank!
There is NOTHING to be lost by addressing global warming. Nothing but our dependence on outdated energy anyway.
It so puzzles me that some want to hold the US back.
Sad.
cosmos
“with funds from CITIZENS”
(Taken by threat of force)
cosmos
Men with guns.
JR
Nothing to be lost but our economy.
But you probably don’t work anyway so what does it matter right?
Heckler you occasionally post as to alternative energies.
Why shilling for fossil fuels here?
They are not sustainable. The sooner we actively work to replacing them the better.
Ya know?
I always get that as an answer.
“The economy”
OK
How does innovating ourselves away from fossil fuels hurt the economy. Oil companies it’ll hurt a little. I aint too broke up about that.
The US could be the world leader. As it stands, we are building cars and technology that no one wants.
Certainly embracing the use of resources we have to pay in money and blood to control could not be called economical.
JR
“Why shilling for fossil fuels here?”
There’s your problem JR, you consider anyone who thinks GW is BS to be SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSShilling for big oil.
I just thinks it’s bullchit science.
And I post about alternative energy because I’d like to see us energy independent, but for different reasons than you do.
Heckler you are missing the point.
And you haven’t told me how addressing global warming is going to “hurt our economy” either.
If we address global warming as real and caused by carbon emissions, what do we lose?
“I just thinks it’s bullchit science.”
Ok.
MOST scientists disagree but ok.
Uh
What if you are wrong?
“In August 2007, the UK Met Office was finally forced to concede the obvious: global warming has stopped.”
Posted by: Heckler | December 20, 2007 at 07:31 PM
Heckler, that’s called lying. What the Met Office actually said,
‘Global warming: Met Office predicts plateau then record temperatures’http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/10/weather.uknews
Gosh maybe Heckler IS on the correct side.
That stumble was so obvious it almost looks intentional.
Uh…Probably should read a whole report before you use it as evidence there Heckler.
cosmos is one of the GORACLE’s paid minions. They were trained as a group in Tennessee and sent out like missionaries of Global consciousness; each equipped with crystal pyramids and carbon credit certificates.
They are the “Amway” sales mob of th 21st century. Equipped with the flags of the U.N., they wave them over preference to the United States flag and pledge allegiance to the computer climate models for which they stand, one world, without a god, ah choo!
Oh look “kansas” is here with his usual drivel.
Ya missed it “JMkansas”
cosmos just pantsed Heckler.
cosmos doesn’t want to discuss climate science, he just does his usual drive by speech that everyone is a liar, then slinks off to hyperlink land.
Let’s see the replay.
Heckler sez”In August 2007, the UK Met Office was finally forced to concede the obvious: global warming has stopped. (LINK) The UK Met Office acknowledged the flat lining of global temperatures,”
THAT’s the headline.
HERE’s the PUNCHLINE from the same link as Heck’s headline.
Powerful computer simulations used to create the world’s first global warming forecast suggests temperature rises will stall in the next two years, before rising sharply at the end of the decade.
From 2010, they warn, every year has at least a 50% chance of exceeding the record year of 1998 when average global temperatures reached 14.54C.
The study’s findings raise the prospect of hotter summers and episodes of torrential rain in the UK; 1998 brought temperatures peaking at 32.2C, although the UK record was set in 2003 at 38.1C.
The forecast from researchers at the Met Office’s Hadley Centre in Exeter reveals that natural shifts in climate will cancel out warming produced by greenhouse gas emissions and other human activity until 2009, but from then on, temperatures will rise steadily. Temperatures are set to rise over the 10-year period by 0.3C. Beyond 2014, the odds of breaking the temperature record rise even further, the scientists added.
The forecast of a brief slump in global warming has already been seized upon by climate change sceptics as evidence that the world is not heating. Climate scientists say the new high-precision forecast predicts temperatures will stall because of natural climate effects that have seen the Southern Ocean and tropical Pacific cool over the past couple of years.
The forecast marks a shift in thinking by climate change researchers. Instead of using their models to look many decades ahead, they will focus on the very near future. The hope is that forecasts will be more useful to emergency planners in governments and companies by warning of droughts and other extreme conditions a year or two ahead. Previously, the models have been used to show that global temperatures may rise 6C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.
“If you look ahead on a 50- to 100 year time
frame, then global warming is the big thing for the climate, but if you’re working on a project that is only designed to last for the next few years, that information doesn’t make much difference to you,” said Doug Smith, a climate scientist at the Hadley Centre.
I’d offer ya some ice for that Heckler. But it melted.
“cosmos is one of the GORACLE’s paid minions. They were trained as a group in Tennessee and sent out like missionaries of Global consciousness; each equipped with crystal pyramids and carbon credit certificates.
“They are the ‘Amway’ sales mob of th 21st century. Equipped with the flags of the U.N., they wave them over preference to the United States flag and pledge allegiance to the computer climate models for which they stand, one world, without a god, ah choo!”
Re: KansasDNFTT
More typical, boring responses from Kansas.
Heckler posted a lie about what the Met Office said, so Kansas falsely attacks me, Al Gore, and all of the credible climate scientists.
“cosmos doesn’t want to discuss climate science, he just does his usual drive by speech that everyone is a liar, then slinks off to hyperlink land.”
Kansas’ usual, bad to irrelvant logic ad hominem attack on cosmos.
Re: KansasDNFTT
“I’d offer ya some ice for that Heckler. But it melted.”
Posted by: J R
LOL!
Heckler you JUST made this years nominations for softball of the year.
But DO continue to advocate for alternative energies. We don’t have to be on the same page to get the right thing done.
And this applies to the “septics” (intentional sic) in Sen Inhofe’s report.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/10/weather.uknews
” “A number of the sceptics are saying there’s no warming because they look at the temperature record and see a peak in 1998 and cooler years after that. But we know the peak was because of an El Niño event and that comes out in this forecast,” said Prof Jones.”
“attacks me, Al Gore, and all of teh credible climate scientists.”Posted by: cosmos 08:07
Very revealing statement don’t you think.
Not only poor grammar, but cosmos puts himself ahead of a former Vice President and scientists.
Overblown egos do want their apples polished often though. :)
dont know where kansas sees any poor grammar!!
Ties To New Hampshire Phone Jamming SchemeOn the morning of election day 2002, repeated hang-up calls assaulted six phone lines tied to the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Three Republican operatives, including consultant Allen Raymond, eventually ended up in jail for their involvement in the phone jamming scheme. A fourth, former RNC offical James Tobin, will begin a second trial in February.
In his new book, Raymond alleges that the scandal goes “to the top of the Republican Party” because “the Bush White House had complete control of the RNC” and there was no way such a risky tactic wouldn’t have been “vetted by” Tobin’s “high-ups”:
“The Bush White House had complete control of the RNC, and there was no way someone like Tobin was going to try what he was proposing without first getting it vetted by his high-ups,” Raymond wrote in How To Rig an Election, a book set for publication next month. “That’s if Tobin, rather than one of his bosses, had even thought of the ploy himself – which seemed unlikely.”
Phone records obtained in a civil suit brought against the NH GOP by the NH Democratic Party show that “Tobin made 22 calls to the White House political office in the 24 hours before and after the jamming” while the Republican National Committee has paid over $6 million in legal fees for Tobin.
Yesterday, McClatchy reported that “senior Justice Department officials” delayed prosecuting Tobin “until after the 2004 election” as part of an effort to protect the GOP “from the scandal until the voting was over“:
However, the official, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, told McClatchy that senior Justice Department officials slowed the inquiry. The official didn’t know whether top department officials ordered the delays or what motivated those decisions.
The official said that Terry O’Donnell, a former Pentagon general counsel who was representing Tobin, was in contact with senior department officials before Tobin was indicted.
Marcy Wheeler notes that Tobin’s lawyer, Terry O’Donnell, is also “Dick Cheney’s long-time personal attorney.”
Chas,
And he incorrectly retyped what I posted, instead of doing a copy/paste. Note the “teh”, instead of the original “the”.
Ah cosmos…
I misspell one word and the statement cosmos wrote is somehow irrelevant.
Note the effective propaganda style that cosmos uses on his fellow Libs.
They actually believe it.
Your statement is not irrelevant, Kansas… it was simply wrong!! There were no grammatical errors, even though you said there were!!
Stop spinning, you’re getting yourself dizzy!!
No grammatical error Chas? I thought you went to College? English wasn’t required?
What Cosmos posted, and you then re-typed, was not erroneous in terms of grammar!! NO ERROR!! No matter how hard you try, you wont find one!!
“Heckler posted a lie about what the Met Office said, so Kansas falsely attacks me, Al Gore, and all of the credible climate scientists.”
So Chas, take this ego driven statement to any English teacher you know and ask them about it. :)
No critique of Heckler’s clear misstep there “kansasJM”?
I don’t know JRimmel/JRummel what do you have to show.
So, genius, why dont you see if you can FIND a grammatical error in that sentence?? I say there isnt one.. PROVE it, loud mouth!!
Besides, who ever said that grammar was even subject to scrutiny on the Blog?? Did you change the Blog rules today or something??
And stop flaming!!
You don’t know any English teachers then Chas?
I am taken aback then Chas. I was under the impression that you knew or have met everyone.
Your original argument had to do with the placement of “me” “Al Gore” and “credible scientists” –
As you know, sentence structure is a grammatical issue…
However, the placement of those words within the sentence, in this case nouns, is NOT a grammatical issue… the words are in a proper place within the sentence structure…
If we were working in a different language base than English, then there might be some basis for your phony attack! Sorry, you are just plain wrong!! Simple as that!!
“what do you have to show”
Oh …. a better expose on who you are than you have on me. Since you seem to want to play nasty.
Who needs to know an English teacher, to deal with elemental, and rudimentary facts of grammar usage?? Didnt you learn your grammar properly when you were in all of those years of school that you went through?
Well Chas, it is clear that you don’t know any English teachers.
My conclusion is mostly evidenced by your latest statements which have many grammatical errors. :)
Word to the wise there “kansas”.
If your best source of info is pauliecon? You do wise to take it with a grain of salt.
My sources, they’re a little better informed. Oh and sane too.
Why thank you J R, I do consider myself wise and cunning. :)
As do I. Also? I have friends.
Perhaps… if this were for a peer reviewed journal… Ahh, but this Blog is colloquial language use… not intended for publication… conversational in tone… You still have not proven where Cosmos made a grammatical error, and that is still the challenge on the table, even though you are trying your damndest to spin out of it… I wont let you spin out of this one… Not this time…
You only raised the issue, because, as Cosmos says, you dont have anything credible with which to challenge him. So, you find imaginary grammar errors, to distract from the primary subject.
That in itself could be said by some to be a grammatical error; as it is an intent to confuse the reader.
Having friends is special J R. I’m happy for you.
You do realize I am happy for you?
Do you realize that J R?
Well Chas, you have me convinced.
Then I must take it when I made paraphrased quotes from a source, cosmos’s attack on me was justified?
Like his pointing out of words like “it” or “something” as being misleading.
Then taking that paraphrase and calling me a liar several times in that thread and across several threads.
So what cosmos did was justified then Chas?
I really don’t care as to your happiness there “kansasJM”
Sorry to hear that analysis J R.
I wish a joyful and happy holiday to you and yours.
Merry Christmas J R!
Well, I’ve just about had it with you people and your grammatical errors! Apparently none of you know that ‘brain-fart’ is a hyphenated word. To write “brain fart” in a sentence without hyphenation would literally mean that you crepitated your brain tissue out your rectal orifice. (Well, now that I think about it … never mind.)
That’s odd WAR, I just did a quick dictionary search of “brain fart” and couldn’t find one instance for the two words needing to be hyphenated.
WAR, if you please, could you point out the source that states this.
I realize lots of things there “kansas”.
I realize you thought you had something on me and in a moment of panic (to defend Heckler?) thought you would use it.
That makes me realize you are looking for something/anything to use against me.
And of course we both realize I have you at a disadvantage in any number of ways.
Be glad I am a liberal and so conservative in hitting back.
For you and for me and mine I wish only kharma. That what we do come back times two?
Anyone else notice when the Eds crack down, Kansas (and various derivations) tend to get in line: But, when they take their boots off of his throat he reverts back to his baseline level of nastiness?
Just curious…
S D — I would have to concur with that… also, I am curious!
However, I have a number of appointments tomorrow, and one is early…. SO >>>
Good night; Good luck; and God bless; whatever you conceive God to be!!
Blessings all!!
MERRY XRMAS!!!
Hey Steven
Yeah I got that. I notice also that “kansas” retreats when he over extends an attack. That or switches nics and continues.
Interesting statement J R – “we come back times two?”
One could interpret that as a threat and continued harassment.
Are you feeling more comfortable now Steven Davis, now that you have rejoined the blog after quiting?
Glad to see you back on the Blog as your interpretations on psychology are often interesting and amusing.
Heh heh
Ever the paranoid aint ya “kansasJM”?
Look again.
“That what we do come back times two” is what I said.
I am not paranoid about my posts coming back on me “kansasJM” I did advise you that yours might do so for you.
Sorry James,Won’t even bother to engage your flaming attempts at interaction. You poor pathetic soul [sic].
I’m shocked Steven Davis and J R. I demonstrate some adult conversation and what do I get in return?
I have been taken aback and must recalculate this session in my mind.
Kansas misquoted Dr. Stephens.
Stephens did NOT claim that clouds were “likely THE culprit for this summer’s record Arctic Ice meltdown”, as Kansas incorrectly posted.
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/12/climate-change.html#comment-93660164
There cosmos is, right on schedule!
hmmm… :)
Ya nervous there “kansas”?
Oh you should be. You should be.
Yes J R, nervous – shower time – yawn.
Paranoia will destroya JMkansas.
And for more entertainment, read the wild “arm flailing” by Kansas, after I accurately quoted from a nasa.gov page.
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/12/climate-change.html#comment-93680040
Oh come on, you all should quit picking on James McClu–. He looks kind of homeless and lives in a neighborhood that would support that conclusion. Yet, he is picked on by this blog, and he gets his tires slashed…
Chuckle, as the outlander would say.
“unusual weather patterns this summer” From Kansas’ FOX NEWS article….
Anomalous: An anomalous phenomenon is an observed event which deviates from what is expected (an anomaly) according to existing rules or scientific theory.
Seems that what is described in the FOX article fits the definition of Anomalous phenomenon.
Cosmos: 1Kansas: 0
Oh come on Chas, it is more like Cosmos 200K, Kansas 0. Not even a very close game…
true — true
Chas,
“Anomalous clouds, in ADDITION to OTHER weather factors, helped melt ice that had ALREADY THINNED due to sustained WARMING in RECENT YEARS.”
The anomalous clouds were not “THE” [only] culprit, as Kansas falsely claimed Dr. Stephens said.
Thanks for that note Cosmos!! I appreciate it!!
Say, I found an interesting tid bit in doing some late nite reading >>>
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/071218-mysterious-explosion.html
Talks about a GRB that happened some 9+ billion(?) years ago??
Sort of makes it hard for all that time to pass in just 6,000 – 8,000 years, eh?? LOL
My blood sugar says its time to go to bed… Nite all!! Have a nice evening!!
Blessings All!!
MERRY XRMAS!!
More of the WE Blog’s Lib hypocrites who use private and personal identity on this blog to attack posters. This has not happened once, but more than 100 times.
I have the emails to Brownlee to back that up. Like that did a lot of good.
We know it’s probably J R, CapnAmerica, Cosmos,Chas, Steven Davis or one of that crew.
J R is constantly threatening ECON101 with the same thing as well.
Yet the Libs on WE Blog give this crew a pass.
I have sent Brownlee more than enough evidence to have these harassers banned forever. But not one action by Brownlee.
To show what kind of chump Brownlee is, I asked for him to give me an appointment with his new publisher and since then, Brownlee has stopped replying to my emails.
The same people who reveal my name on the blog are the same ones who conceal theirs on this blog.
Do you think they would like it if I posted their names, email addresses, home addresses and personal information about them for eight straight months?
That’s what they have done to me and yet nothing is done to them.
Since WE Blog has refused to take on these Libs. I will be handling the situation myself.
the troll-boy is such a crybaby!
Okay Apophis,
Post your real name, email and address on this blog.
That’s what I thought.
Why would I?
Good point Apophis.
Why should you?
Then why should your Lib friends like cosmos, CapnAmerica, J R, Steven Davis, Rage and Chas be allowed to post my real name, email and address on this blog?
I think these Libs need to be kicked from the Blog as they don’t no any limits on responsibility.
It’s one thing to have a dislike of a poster.
It’s quite another thing when you start dragging real world information into the blog month after month with zero action taken by the inept Brownlee.
hey, form what I know………..YOU provided that information
Stop b**ching, or find another blog.
I never provided anyone information, nor did I authorize them to post my information on this blog.
I will, however, be getting my pound of flesh from those who refuse to act and those who are continuing to do this.
Troll MELTDOWN!
Troll MELTDOWN!
Troll MELTDOWN!
Troll MELTDOWN!
Isn’t this interesting:
Notice the poster at:
Sorry James,Won’t even bother to engage your flaming attempts at interaction. You poor pathetic soul [sic].
Posted by: Steven Davis | December 20, 2007 at 11:07 PMhttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/12/open-thread-122.html#comment-94408958
Then…
Chuckle, as the outlander would say.
Posted by: outlanders friend | December 20, 2007 at 11:53 PM
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/12/open-thread-122.html#comment-94411782
The post that ties Steven Davis to all three posts.
“But knowing blind partisans want to make it about Kline, if he is smart, he will appoint a well-respected, attorney or former judge, whose impartiality is beyond question.”
If Kline is smart? As outlander would say ‘chuckle’.
This whole deal with Morrison is very disappointing. I may swear off sending any support to future politicians as a result of this.
Posted by: Steven Davis | December 14, 2007 at 10:04 AM
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/12/will-the-prosec.html#comment-93532352
This Steven Davis is supposable a poster all of you Libs respect.
He doesn’t know the meaning of legal boundary when it comes to privacy.
I’m asking once again for WE Blog to examine the IP address of this poster Steven Davis.
If it is the same, I asked he be permanently banned.
I will be seeking to tie the rest of the Lib crew hit squad together with Weblogs I have saved from the past.
Yeah Apophis funny.
You think it is funny don’t you?
That’s the way Libs think. Instead of keeping it on the blog and not worrying about who the poster is, the Libs who everyone think are so great, use blackmail and coercion to become blog bullies.
Of course, Brownlee won’t do anything, so I am doing something.
Oh yeah, Steven Davis, I have your blog website recorded and that nice pic of you standing in the trout stream.
I’m coming for you Steven Davis.
You want it personal? Let’s do it.
Man, I guess I missed a lot of fun last night. Just damn.
Some of you folks take this stuff WAY to seriously.
“‘attacks me, Al Gore, and all of teh credible climate scientists.’Posted by: cosmos 08:07
“Very revealing statement don’t you think.
“Not only poor grammar, but cosmos puts himself ahead of a former Vice President and scientists.
“Overblown egos do want their apples polished often though. :)”
Replies to an accurate statement on the basis of grammar and accusation of egotism. Classic troll behavior of attacking the poster through irrelevant taunting.
Re: Kansas
DNFTT
(However, as I can see below the post I quoted, I’m too late. Seriously, some of you need to recognize troll behavior AND NOT REINFORCE IT!)
Oh yeah, Steven Davis, I have your blog website recorded and that nice pic of you
I’m coming for you Steven Davis.Posted by: Kansas | December 21, 2007 at 06:15 AM
Oh my. You don’t know when to stop, do you? Your “apologies” for past threats of stalking, burglary and violence are meaningless, given the fact that you keep doing it.
Take a chill pill, Trollboy, lay off the booze, and try getting at least 8 hours sleep a night.
And for your own mental health, you may want to try not being online for a while.
BTW, the sentence was not grammatically incorrect.
Ooooops!
Bad me! No more troll feeding!
Notice the usual Libs come to justify their Liberal friends attacks on me.
Notice Tom even said I apologized for a joke that went wrong.
However, in typical Lib fashion, he brings it up over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
In other words, Tom never grew up to learn how to accept an apology.
Another example of Lib attribute.
Your so-called “apologies” from several months ago included snarky little comments about how people had it coming. And Trollboy, I’m not the one engaging in the same bad behavior again, and again, and again. You are. See your earlier posts to this thread.
These aren’t jokes. You’re seriously damaged. Get help. You talk about all the great health insurance you have – I suggest you use it.
You are seriously damaged Tom to come online to just to stalk me and make comments on the same thing over and over.
You call me trollboy, insult me and insult what I write.
You are typical of the low life Liberal Scum that infests this blog.
And you say I have mental problems? You are the one with mental problems, constantly attacking and stalking me.
You make it a point to post some ugly comment about me every time I post.
Pathetic.
You make it a point to post some ugly comment about me every time I post.Posted by: Kansas | December 21, 2007 at 08:07 AM
That, sir, would require that I spend nearly every waking minute of nearly every hour of every day sitting here, waiting for you to post. Quite frankly, I don’t have time for that.
I have a job, so I can earn a living, and pay taxes. Taxes which are used to fund your welfare check, which enables you to…
…wait for it…
…sit here all day, every day, posting endless diatribes, threats, and ad hominems against “libs” and anyone else that meets with your disapproval.
I have a job, so I can earn a living, and pay taxes. Taxes which are used to fund your welfare check, which enables you to… Posted by: Tom | December 21, 2007 at 01:09 PM
You see folks, this is what I have to put up with.
Tom knows good and well I’m retired military and not on welfare.
He pretends like I don’t pay taxes. Maybe he’ll stop by the house and pay the taxes I owe to the IRS or perhaps the taxes I own to the county on property.
And Tom doesn’t call his false accusations, endless diatribes and ad hominems especially when they are false.
Geez kook you got outta BED loaded.
For the record? You drew down on me first. You have on more than one occasion threatened to shoot me.
Go cry to your momma. No one here wants to see it.
Oh and leave yourself outta any beefs you don’t know about unless you wanna be part of ‘em.
J R lies once more on the WE Blog.
This is what J R does on the blog, attack people.
He has nothing to say worth reading.
Where did I lie?
I haven’t posted this thread before my last since yesterday.
YOU threw my name into a laundry list of whining.
And if you are gonna call me a liar I’ll invite you to prove it.
Ya know what?
Say what you want “kansas”
You obviously are having some sort of episode today.
I’ll not further exploit your illness unless you invite me.
Tom knows good and well I’m retired military and not on welfare.Posted by: Kansas | December 21, 2007 at 04:22 PM
I know only what you post here, and I don’t believe half of it. You’ve been caught in too many lies, exaggerations, and half-truths to be believed on anything.
And no, I’m not going to try to list them. You know what they are, and I have better things to do with my time than spend hours on a blog bone-dig.
Have a Merry Christmas.