Category: Politics
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for January 11, 2010.
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Kansas Days schedule announced
Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka. Saturday is the most important day, with candidates for offices holding receptions starting at 9:30 am, the four congressional district meetings at 11:00 am, and the Kansas Republican Party State Committee Meeting from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There is a…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for January 4, 2010.
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Tiahrt to address Wichita Pachyderms
This Friday, United States Representative from the fourth district of Kansas Todd Tiahrt will address the members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. Tiahrt is running against Jerry Moran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from Kansas. Moran will speak at the same vent one week later.
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Raj Goyle is not moderate or conservative, even for a Democrat
In its article 10 to watch in 2010, the Wichita Eagle included short profiles of the candidates in the race for the Kansas fourth district Congressional seat. For Democrat Raj Goyle, the article describes Goyle as a “blue dog Democrat.” A blue dog Democrat describes a moderate or conservative Democrat. This doesn’t describe Goyle. He…
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Kansas fourth district Congressional candidate forum announced
The Great American Forum Steering Committee is pleased to announce its third public forum to be held Friday, January 15th, 2010, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Bank of America Auditorium, 1st floor, 100 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS. The forum will feature all five of the candidates for the 4th District U.S. House…
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Public sector employees doing well
The economy is struggling, the unemployment rate is high, and many Americans are struggling to pay the bills. But one class of Americans is doing quite well: government workers. Their pay levels are soaring, they enjoy unmatched benefits, and they remain largely immune from layoffs, except for some overly publicized cutbacks around the margins.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for December 14, 2009
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Former Congressman McEwen endorses Kelsey, talks about economics
This week former Ohio Representative Bob McEwen appeared in Wichita on behalf of Kansas Senator Dick Kelsey and his campaign for the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives from the fourth district of Kansas. At a breakfast meeting, McEwen said that his state — Ohio — needs Dick Kelsey in Congress, and…
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Left’s obsession with funding diverts attention from issues and its own funding
One of the duties of being a blogger on the left is constant disparaging of the source of funding or leadership of your opposition. All done, of course, while ignoring the painfully obvious problems with your own. As an example, a recent Boston Globe column — its title is In glitzy shadows, a health reform…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for December 7, 2009.
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McEwen to present seminars in Wichita
Former U.S. Congressman Bob McEwen will be in Wichita next week to present two seminars. McEwen, an advocate for pro-family interests and free-market economics, is sponsored by the Senator Dick Kelsey for Congresscampaign.