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Wichita Eagle letter promotes taxes, big government
Read more: Wichita Eagle letter promotes taxes, big governmentToday’s Wichita Eagle carries a letter to the editor that, like many we’ve seen before, makes claims and espouses beliefs that are totally opposite to freedom and liberty. In today’s example, Omer C. Belden of Wichita argues that we should “concentrate on saving such successful programs as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
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We won’t do that here
Read more: We won’t do that hereRecently someone left a comment that tried to associate a made-up name someone uses when commenting on this blog with an actual name. I removed that comment.
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestWichita airport, golf, Sweden’s economy, federal government hiring needs, depression.
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Racism injected into Kansas school funding debate
Read more: Racism injected into Kansas school funding debateIs Kathy Cook, head of Kansas Families for Education, a self-styled advocacy group for Kansas public education, using a false claim of racism to advance her political goals and discredit an opponent?
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Pachyderms to host panel on Republican Party’s future
Read more: Pachyderms to host panel on Republican Party’s futureAt this Friday’s meeting of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, the topic is “What does the Republican Party have to look like to be successful in 2010?”
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Dale Swenson, tea party critic, a barrel of laughs
Read more: Dale Swenson, tea party critic, a barrel of laughsToday’s Wichita Eagle contains a story (Tea party organizers: We paid for event) covering the dust-up between a member of the Kansas House of Representatives and tea party organizers. The state representative — Dale Swenson, a Democrat whose district covers parts of southwest Wichita — said of the tea party event: “We need taxes to…
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Kansas school establishment rejects reform
Read more: Kansas school establishment rejects reformIn Kansas, we’re left to wonder: when our education establishment rejects reforms that even the liberal editorial page of the New York Times embraces, what hope have schoolchildren in Kansas?
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Astroturfers get benefits
Read more: Astroturfers get benefitsThe headline at Michele McGinty’s blog reads Wow! Lefty astroturfers get benefits!. Who could have figured?
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To sway opinion, basic facts must be correct
Read more: To sway opinion, basic facts must be correctA Vince Corbett of Wichita makes the case for riding an electric bicycle to work instead of driving a car. (“Biking saves,” August 30, 2009 Wichita Eagle) Unfortunately, the letter contains a mistaken fact and an assumption not supported by evidence.
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Wichita tea party paid its expenses
Read more: Wichita tea party paid its expensesAfter Friday’s American Tea party in Wichita, complaints rolled in. The Wichita Eagle article reporting on the event drew over 200 comments, many complaining about one or another aspect of over 700 people gathering for a peaceful event. In particular, the squawking of one member of the Kansas House of Representatives only revealed the ignorance…
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Tea party and fine weather tonight in Wichita
Read more: Tea party and fine weather tonight in WichitaTonight, at 6:00 pm at the Sedgwick County Park, Kansans For Liberty hosts “An American Tea Party.” It looks to be a great event, with many speakers and exhibitors.