Comments on: Time to retire ‘as big as you think’ http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/ The Wichita Eagle Editorial Department Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:39:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Alcohol Posts » Comment on Time to retire ‘as big as you think’ by Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358955 Alcohol Posts » Comment on Time to retire ‘as big as you think’ by Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 20:09:49 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358955 [...] Barnie wrote a fantastic post today on “Comment on Time to retire â??as big as you thinkâ?? by Barnie”Here's ONLY a quick extractKansas, Blood Sweat and Tears, have a beer. [...] [...] Barnie wrote a fantastic post today on “Comment on Time to retire â??as big as you thinkâ?? by Barnie”Here’s ONLY a quick extractKansas, Blood Sweat and Tears, have a beer. [...]

]]> By: outlander http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358595 outlander Wed, 28 May 2008 13:38:54 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358595 “That’s a pretty vile, disgusting and low rent comment, don’t you think Monkey?” Yeah. It’s vile, disgusting, and low rent. Just like the past 39 years of Mary Jo Kopechne “jokes.” I’m just trying to catch up. ----------------- Oh. Lib think. “That’s a pretty vile, disgusting and low rent comment, don’t you think Monkey?”

Yeah. It’s vile, disgusting, and low rent.

Just like the past 39 years of Mary Jo Kopechne “jokes.”

I’m just trying to catch up.

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Oh. Lib think.

]]> By: outlander http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358588 outlander Wed, 28 May 2008 13:25:41 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358588 “Kansas, surprisingly a low suicide rate!” (Unless you’re the son of a gay-bashing congressman) ---------------- That's a pretty vile, disgusting and low rent comment, don't you think Monkey? “Kansas, surprisingly a low suicide rate!”
(Unless you’re the son of a gay-bashing congressman)

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That’s a pretty vile, disgusting and low rent comment, don’t you think Monkey?

]]> By: Boxlock http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358586 Boxlock Wed, 28 May 2008 13:21:32 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358586 Barnie, You are a BORE! But not nearly so much as the Monkey! And Barnie, you're not tastelessly rude and vulgar. Barnie,
You are a BORE! But not nearly so much as the Monkey!
And Barnie, you’re not tastelessly rude and vulgar.

]]> By: Boxlock http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358567 Boxlock Wed, 28 May 2008 12:53:17 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358567 Barnie, You are a BORE! Barnie,
You are a BORE!

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358471 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:33:02 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358471 Kansas, Blood Sweat and Tears, have a beer Kansas, Blood Sweat and Tears, have a beer

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358468 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:30:32 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358468 Kansas, If life hands you a Lemon Kansas, If life hands you a Lemon

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358466 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:28:26 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358466 Kansas, Your the attraction Kansas, Your the attraction

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358461 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:19:58 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358461 Kansas, where herds of trucks and suv's still roam the open prarie Kansas, where herds of trucks and suv’s still roam the open prarie

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358459 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:12:48 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358459 Kansas, suprisingly a low suicide rate Kansas, suprisingly a low suicide rate

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358456 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:07:02 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358456 Kansas, If you don't have a sense of humor the State will provide you some anti-depressants Kansas, If you don’t have a sense of humor the State will provide you some anti-depressants

]]> By: Barnie http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358451 Barnie Wed, 28 May 2008 05:01:40 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358451 Kansas, Your not in Oz anymore. Kansas, Use your imagination Kansas, Eat, Sleep, and Die Kansas, You can't have your cake and eat it too Kansas, A good place to die Kansas, Open spaces, and closed minds Kansas, A good place to raise your kids and down your hopes Kansas, affordable, but is it worth it? Kansas, stay awhile, it'll grow on you Kansas, Windy because Nebraska sucks, and Oklahoma blows Kansas, Your not in Oz anymore.

Kansas, Use your imagination

Kansas, Eat, Sleep, and Die

Kansas, You can’t have your cake and eat it too

Kansas, A good place to die

Kansas, Open spaces, and closed minds

Kansas, A good place to raise your kids and down your hopes

Kansas, affordable, but is it worth it?

Kansas, stay awhile, it’ll grow on you

Kansas, Windy because Nebraska sucks, and Oklahoma blows

]]> By: true24 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358415 true24 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:23:46 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358415 Kansas - John 3:16 Kansas – John 3:16

]]> By: JMWalker http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358336 JMWalker Wed, 28 May 2008 02:45:11 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358336 Well . . . except, like, the above!!! Well . . . except, like, the above!!!

]]> By: land use star http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358230 land use star Tue, 27 May 2008 23:10:43 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358230 [...] blessedly limits its use of the current state slogan ?? ???Kansas: as big as you think??? ?? thttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/Hammers join the race for Swiss star Wanstead and Woodford GuardianWEST Ham are reportedly going [...] [...] blessedly limits its use of the current state slogan ?? ???Kansas: as big as you think??? ?? thttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/Hammers join the race for Swiss star Wanstead and Woodford GuardianWEST Ham are reportedly going [...]

]]> By: ksagnostic http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358134 ksagnostic Tue, 27 May 2008 20:53:04 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358134 RFL, as disingenuous as ever, I see. A person can be quite dissatisfied with a place that she calls home, and it is not inconsistent to stay home. That being said, there are a lot of good things about Kansas. I know quite a few people who have moved out, done well, but then come back. Sometimes I really miss the corner of the state I grew up in (the Flint Hills) but Wichita is OK. Let's not forget what happens here when the right tends to overreach. Do I wish that, from my point of view, politics here was more enlightened? Yes, but politics isn't everything. Besides, there are places far wingnuttier than most of Kansas. For example, I'll take most Kansas over southern Missouri any day. I am not ready to leave and turn the lights out. RFL, as disingenuous as ever, I see. A person can be quite dissatisfied with a place that she calls home, and it is not inconsistent to stay home.

That being said, there are a lot of good things about Kansas. I know quite a few people who have moved out, done well, but then come back. Sometimes I really miss the corner of the state I grew up in (the Flint Hills) but Wichita is OK. Let’s not forget what happens here when the right tends to overreach. Do I wish that, from my point of view, politics here was more enlightened? Yes, but politics isn’t everything.

Besides, there are places far wingnuttier than most of Kansas. For example, I’ll take most Kansas over southern Missouri any day.

I am not ready to leave and turn the lights out.

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358113 Jed Tue, 27 May 2008 20:27:01 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358113 How about "Bigger Than You Wish It Was When You're Trying To Drive To Colorado!" How about “Bigger Than You Wish It Was When You’re Trying To Drive To Colorado!”

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358107 Jed Tue, 27 May 2008 20:19:13 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-358107 RFL, Haven't you heard of the "Kansas Rectangle" with it's one-way borders? http://www.theonion.com/content/news/30_years_of_mans_life_disappear_in RFL,
Haven’t you heard of the “Kansas Rectangle” with it’s one-way borders?
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/30_years_of_mans_life_disappear_in

]]> By: RFL http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357985 RFL Tue, 27 May 2008 17:54:18 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357985 I think they speak your language in England, Capn. You have no friends in Europe because you do not live there. Living in Europe might improve your ability to find European friends I also think they speak english outside of Kansas. You can move away from wingnutty and bigoted Kansas and still speak the local language of any of the other 49 states and territories and Canada. I did not realize that being born in Kansas means you are not allowed to leave for greener "less bigoted" pastures. I think they speak your language in England, Capn.

You have no friends in Europe because you do not live there. Living in Europe might improve your ability to find European friends

I also think they speak english outside of Kansas. You can move away from wingnutty and bigoted Kansas and still speak the local language of any of the other 49 states and territories and Canada.

I did not realize that being born in Kansas means you are not allowed to leave for greener “less bigoted” pastures.

]]> By: Boxlock http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357980 Boxlock Tue, 27 May 2008 17:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357980 For ksfarmgrrl, Not my perspective expressed below, just posted to liven up your day. Glad you got missed by the weather too, we need the stimulated posting you provide, less any swearing or acronyms of such nature. A Kansas farmer watched his young daughter playing in their garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and pure his little girl was. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders revealed there. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her to see what work of God had captured her attention. He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. 'Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?' she asked. 'They're married and they are mating,' her father replied. 'What do you call the spider on top?' she asked. 'That's a Daddy Longlegs,' her father answered. 'So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?' the little girl asked. As his heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question he replied 'No dear. Actually both of them are called Daddy Longlegs.' The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat, saying 'Well, we're not having any of that brokeback mountain stuff in our garden.' Brings a tear to your eye...doesn't it, I guess for different reasons depending on one's perspective. May be she really didn't care what they were doing or even that in her perception they were both male, as long as no one tried to call it marriage. For ksfarmgrrl,
Not my perspective expressed below, just posted to liven up your day.
Glad you got missed by the weather too, we need the stimulated posting you provide, less any swearing or acronyms of such nature.

A Kansas farmer watched his young daughter playing in their garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and pure his little girl was. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders revealed there. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her to see what work of God had captured her attention. He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating.

‘Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?’ she asked.

‘They’re married and they are mating,’ her father replied.

‘What do you call the spider on top?’ she asked.

‘That’s a Daddy Longlegs,’ her father answered.

‘So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?’ the little girl asked.

As his heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question he replied ‘No dear. Actually both of them are called Daddy Longlegs.’

The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat, saying ‘Well, we’re not having any of that brokeback mountain stuff in our garden.’

Brings a tear to your eye…doesn’t it, I guess for different reasons depending on one’s perspective.

May be she really didn’t care what they were doing or even that in her perception they were both male, as long as no one tried to call it marriage.

]]> By: SolDevVB http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357952 SolDevVB Tue, 27 May 2008 17:13:28 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357952 <i>Dumb.</i> Seemed to work for you in your beloved china... Dumb.

Seemed to work for you in your beloved china…

]]> By: CapnAmerica http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357951 CapnAmerica Tue, 27 May 2008 17:10:31 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357951 The CONs love that word "choice," don't they, just as long as it isn't applied to abortion that is. KsFarmGrrl was born here, RFL. The CONs think people can just pull up stakes and move to Seattle or Madison, Wis or even Lawrence. CONs are always telling me I should "choose" to move to Europe because I like their health care system. Sure, I wouldn't have a job, my retirement pension and Soc. Security would be cut in half, I couldn't speak the local language, I'd have no friends or family in the area, but I should just up and move to Europe. Dumb. The CONs love that word “choice,” don’t they, just as long as it isn’t applied to abortion that is.

KsFarmGrrl was born here, RFL. The CONs think people can just pull up stakes and move to Seattle or Madison, Wis or even Lawrence.

CONs are always telling me I should “choose” to move to Europe because I like their health care system.

Sure, I wouldn’t have a job, my retirement pension and Soc. Security would be cut in half, I couldn’t speak the local language, I’d have no friends or family in the area, but I should just up and move to Europe.

Dumb.

]]> By: RFL http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357944 RFL Tue, 27 May 2008 16:49:13 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357944 "I’d say that as long as the wingnuts control the state, the brand, as they say, is broken. It’s in the trash." -farmgrrl Maybe farmgrrl can explain to her readership why she has chosen to live in state where the brand as SHE says is trashed. It's so funny that there are those who feel that Kansas is wingnutty and bigoted but somehow choose to eke out a comfortable existence in the same. Perhaps living in so called bigoted and wingnutty community offers certain benefits not available in communities perceived as being less wingnutty and bigoted. Why stay here farmgrrl? Is it just a mere coincidence that the area farmgrrl deems attractive for her chosen way of living happens to coincide with an area that she considers to be wingnutty and bigoted? “I’d say that as long as the wingnuts control the state, the brand, as they say, is broken. It’s in the trash.”
-farmgrrl

Maybe farmgrrl can explain to her readership why she has chosen to live in state where the brand as SHE says is trashed.

It’s so funny that there are those who feel that Kansas is wingnutty and bigoted but somehow choose to eke out a comfortable existence in the same.

Perhaps living in so called bigoted and wingnutty community offers certain benefits not available in communities perceived as being less wingnutty and bigoted.

Why stay here farmgrrl? Is it just a mere coincidence that the area farmgrrl deems attractive for her chosen way of living happens to coincide with an area that she considers to be wingnutty and bigoted?

]]> By: CapnAmerica http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357935 CapnAmerica Tue, 27 May 2008 16:32:25 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357935 Regular posts, "If you want my position on gay marriage kfg, I’ll tell you. I think it should be allowed." More of the "new" Regular. Good on you, as the Australians say. And I'm not kidding. Regular posts, “If you want my position on gay marriage kfg, I’ll tell you. I think it should be allowed.”

More of the “new” Regular.

Good on you, as the Australians say. And I’m not kidding.

]]> By: CapnAmerica http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357933 CapnAmerica Tue, 27 May 2008 16:29:23 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/time-to-retire-%e2%80%98as-big-as-you-think%e2%80%99/#comment-357933 Kansas: Die from heat and drought or floods and tornados . . . take your pick! Kansas: Die from heat and drought or floods and tornados . . . take your pick!

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