Posts Tagged ‘kansas’
Kansas and ESPN teamed up for a “green game”. During the Kansas-Michigan game, viewers were battered with green stuff. Some of the eco stuff was OK, but some was the tired, usual, global warming is gonna kill us all if we don’t start trading carbon credits on the Chicago carbon exchange crap. I got a [...]
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The Energy Information Administration, who touts themselves as “Official Energy Statistics from the US Government”, released a rather astounding conclusion. While most people have been scare-mongering by saying Waxman-Markey will practically bankrupt most lower income people through much higher energy prices, EIA says this is not true at all: ACESA increases energy prices, but effects [...]
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In today’s news, we are looking at more Obama appointees. Today’s CNN headline is about his nominee for the US trade representative. Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk got the nod. He has something in common with several other Obama nominees, he can’t seem to figure out how to pay his taxes correctly. Kirk’s tax returns [...]
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February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package. I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way. As such, I was interested in the numbers. However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at. In essence, [...]
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Posted in Entitlement Programs, Ethics, Health Care Debate, National Politics, Politics | 1 Comment »
Barack Obama’s campaign has been all about “change“. However, one thing seems bound not to change if Obama is elected. Whereas we’ve had to deal with nucular, internets, and global warmings, now we’ll get muddled facts instead of words: Marking the anniversary of the March 1965 “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Ala., Obama, speaking at a [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Media | 2 Comments »
In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died an entire town destroyed, the Democratic presidential candidate said Tuesday in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser Turns out that the National Guard in Kansas only had 40 percent [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, barack obama, greensburg, kansas, tornado
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On CNN: SEBELIUS: Well, states all over the country are not only missing personnel, National Guard troops are — about 40 percent of the troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan — but we’re missing the equipment. When the troops get deployed, the equipment goes with them. So, here in Kansas, about 50 percent [...]
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