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Entries Tagged as 'Politics'

Clean up on Aisle three: left overs from 2009 part 2

January 27th, 2010

Naughty Grog   Dad like thoughts
verbICT   Beer
State of the State KS   Civility in politics? Heh
KhuZoo   Predicting the future
The World of Mike Mathia  His health and a move

Life after marriage   Touring Wolf Creek

The Wichita NAACP blog    Net neutrality

No harm intended

April 21st, 2009

Iggy Donnelley did what I hoped others would do when he read my micro-description of his blog; he thought, “hmmmm.” Then he explained what the site, or at least his posts, are about in relation to 1896.

Dave is on a curmudgeonly roll

January 20th, 2009

First he goes after himself, but not too harshly, for being an American Idol fan.
Bush’s farewell speech? Not on his DVR.
Standing ovations for every performance? He’s not getting up unless it’s really, really good.
Then there’s the word-axe he takes to the inauguration celebration.
Douglas and Main subscribes to the Dave Knadler school of reality therapy. Plus, [...]

Fox media

October 9th, 2008

He’s on TV and the local newspaper. And he’s not tossing soundbite sized opinions around. If you want your thought processes stimulated here’s the  link.

The honorable Ms. Easilyamused

September 9th, 2008

Easilyamused’s wife is running for District Court Judge. He’s not asking for your vote, rather he wants you to think about voting all the way down the ballot at the next election.

Poop Storm

September 5th, 2008

Thats what In Media Res calls the political uproar ricocheting around new and old media and he gives it the same respect poop deserves.
Actually he says “shitstorm” (twice) but, if that kind of descriptive wordsmithing bothers you, he does apologize . Douglas and Main chose to use the juvenile form in the headline because we [...]

The trouble with labels

July 31st, 2008

Moti looks at the latest discussion/argument concerning the use of labels in political disagreements. Although the questions he thoughtfully deals with are bigger than just Wichita he brings the question home to a personal level. The issues may be different for you but the question of why you ultimately choose to vote for someone is [...]

Bob to Bob

July 31st, 2008

Bob Lutz is concerned that the reworking of the Wichita school district bond proposal, only three months before the voters decide, will hurt its chances of passing.  Bob Weeks responds to Bob Lutz’s column with some concerns of his own.
The proposed changes are here. They have not been approved by the board of USD 259.
If [...]

The (Carlos) Mayans calendar

July 28th, 2008

Our former mayor is not about to accept the blame for Wichita’s lack of a Bass-Pro franchise. In an email to the Eagle, Mayans argues that the seeds of failure were planted and had taken root before he took office.
Shouldn’t the beginning of the email be dated 1 B.C. and does that mean we are [...]