“What was he thinking?” That’s what columnist Gail Collins asked about Barack Obama appointing James Johnson to head his vice-presidential selection committee. Johnson resigned Wednesday after complaints that he may have received sweetheart loan deals from Countryside Financial Corp. But as Collins noted, Johnson was already tainted from his time heading Fannie Mae. This isn’t a huge deal. And it is difficult for the McCain campaign to make any hay over it, given the number of lobbyists it has had to dismiss. Still, what was Obama thinking?
Topeka Capital-Journal columnist Ric Anderson appreciated abortion opponents’ efforts to get the word out about the Cedar Crest reception purchased at auction by George Tiller and hosted by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. But they overdid it, Anderson wrote, by calling it a “lavish secret party” for Tiller and “photographic evidence that there is an extremely close relationship” between the governor and the Wichita abortion doctor: “You half expected the anti-abortion crowd to suggest Sebelius and Tiller spent the evening sticking pins in Phill Kline voodoo dolls and cracking beers around a bonfire fed by abortion records.”
The U.S. House voted 251-166 Wednesday to send proposed articles of impeachment against President Bush to the House Judiciary Committee, but don’t expect any action on it. The impeachment resolution was proposed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. He says Bush should be impeached for reasons that include manufacturing a false case for war in Iraq, botching the nation’s response to Hurricane Katrina and undermining efforts to address global warming, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
Wichita City Council members did the right thing Tuesday in moving to resolve a funding conflict with six local groups that provide paratransit bus services for people with disabilities.
The nonprofit providers, including Starkey, KETCH and Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas, have long complained that city reimbursements don’t cover the costs of providing transportation services. Under federal law, it’s the city’s responsibility to ensure adequate disabled transportation access.
Paratransit bus service is a crucial lifeline that makes it possible for Wichitans with disabilities to participate in our community.
So it’s encouraging that council members gave initial support to increasing payments by more than 35 percent. And kudos to Mayor Carl Brewer for pushing for immediate relief for the groups instead of waiting for consultant studies.
Let’s hope this agreement keeps the buses rolling.
This is funny: A Salina man said he lost control of his car and slammed into a house after he suffered a “brain freeze†from drinking a super-cold frozen drink from Sonic. The brain freeze spread into a “chest freeze,†he said, and momentarily incapacitated him.
Expect to see “brain freeze†warnings soon on your cold drinks.
“What was he thinking?” That’s what columnist Gail Collins asked about Barack Obama appointing James Johnson to head his vice-presidential selection committee. Johnson resigned Wednesday after complaints that he may have received sweetheart loan deals from Countryside Financial Corp. But as Collins noted, Johnson was already tainted from his time heading Fannie Mae. This isn’t a huge deal. And it is difficult for the McCain campaign to make any hay over it, given the number of lobbyists it has had to dismiss. Still, what was Obama thinking?
