Category: Politics

  • Wichita tea party more than protest

    This Friday, August 28, Wichita’s having another tea party. This event seems more like a carnival or fair, although the spirit of protest and discontent — especially regarding the proposed energy and health care bills — will likely be on display.

  • Astroturf, Obama style

    At the recent New Hampshire town hall meeting, President Obama took a softball question from a young girl. It seemed innocent enough. Almost natural.

  • Astroturf, union style

    The American left takes great delight in making accusations of “astroturfing.” Meaning that nothing that conservatives or libertarians do, such as attending tea party protests or raising a ruckus at town hall meetings, is real. It’s all driven from the top, the left says. I wonder: When a government employee labor union provides a service…

  • Tea party event planned in Wichita

    Kansans for Liberty presents An American Tea Party September 11, 2009, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Sedgwick County Park, Wichita, Kansas

  • Nancy Armstrong memorial radio call-in show

    Tomorrow there will be a radio show in Nancy’s honor.

  • Nancy Armstrong, advocate for liberty

    Today I learned that Nancy Armstrong died yesterday. Nancy was an activist who organized the first tea party in Wichita at the end of February. Those who knew her admired her passion and energy.

  • Jean Schodorf’s education credentials

    Kansas state senator Jean Schodorf, a Republican from northwest Wichita, is testing the waters in the race for the Republican nomination for Kansas’ fourth congressional district. It appears that she’ll use her public education experience and advocacy as a selling point.

  • Howard Dean lies about Sarah Palin

    Today, while watching the former governor of Vermont on MSNBC television, I heard Dean said this about Sarah Palin: “…and I don’t think she can see Russia from her house.” But Palin never said such a thing. Tine Fey, acting as Palin, did.

  • Raj Goyle’s lecturing at Wichita State University sporadic

    Raj Goyle’s website, in announcing his candidacy, states: “In addition to his legislative duties, Goyle serves as a lecturer at Wichita State University.” While perhaps satisfying the technical description of a lecturer at Wichita State University, his career as that is spotty.

  • Forum to to discuss conservative principles to be held in Wichita

    On Saturday, July 18, 2009, a forum will be held in Wichita to “discuss conservative principles, and why we must return to them.”

  • Articles of interest

    Chemical security, national health care, global warming cost, school order.

  • Faust-Goudeau’s concern selective

    In today’s Wichita Eagle, Oletha Faust-Goudeau, a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing parts of north-central and northeast Wichita, writes this in a letter to the editor: I would like to commend Mayor Carl Brewer and the Wichita City Council for having the courage to vote down a rate increase for water and sewer…