Many a Kansas schoolchild knows that today is Kansas Day, the 147th anniversary of the Kansas’ entrance into the Union as a free state. The older folks among us tend to think of it as an excuse for Kansas Republicans to party (which they did over the weekend in Topeka). But Kansans of all ages could be better acquainted with their fascinating state, which is more than the sum of its “bleeding,†cattle-herding, wheat-growing, planemaking and ball-playing parts.
We’ll get a good gauge of what Kansans value most about the Sunflower State today, when Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Sampler Foundation announce the Eight Wonders of Kansas, as chosen by more than 24,000 people online.
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They should also include the eight blunders of Kansas.
Any birthday after 25 when your insurance goes down needn’t be celebrated.
Only eight, huh? Oh yeah, we’re still back there in some former century and still have time for many more…
With the mentality of some folks in this state, it is kinda like we’ve never left 1861.
I like this podunk state and I’m getting old right along with it.
Why does this have to be a republican/democrat thing?
Can’t you just report the news without taking a swipe at one party?
Do you have to be so divisive? You do more to talk down and divide our nation and our state than any politician can.
We are all Kansans!
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Why does this have to be a republican or democrat issue?
Can’t we celebrate our states history without the newspaper
turning a positive into a negative?
Why must you be so divisive? You are helping to create
hate and division and fanning the flames.
We are one state for pete’s sake. One people. The national
media has already torn apart the nation.
Why must your paper attempt to ignit the people of Kansas
against each other? Is it hate?
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Test 10
Why does this have to be a republican or democrat issue?
Can’t we celebrate our states history without the newspaper
turning a positive into a negative?
Why must you be so divisive? You are helping to create
hate and division and fanning the flames.
We are one state for pete’s sake. One people. The national
media has already torn apart the nation.
Why must your paper attempt to ignit the people of Kansas
against each other? Is it hate?
Any birthday after your 25th, when your insurance takes that whopping drop, isn’t worth celebrating.
I never remember mine until the family reminds me (don’t remember any of their’s, either). I spent 3 years being 42 before someone pointed this out and I actually did the math.
Any birthday after your 25th, when your insurance takes that whopping drop, isn’t worth celebrating.
I spent 3 years being 42 before someone pointed this out and I actually did the math.
Any birthday after your 25th, when your insurance takes that whopping drop, isn’t worth celebrating.
I never remember mine until the family reminds me (don’t remember any of their’s, either).
AmWay,
I didn’t see anyone trying to turn the state’s birthday into a political issue in the header. It recognizes the traditional time for the GOP to meet, which seems the only overt political reference in the header.
Kansas is a great state!