Digest for Nov 5, 2009

Kansas Clips from Thursday

Watchdogs

• Kansas
  • Concerned citizens visit Congressman Dennis Moore’s office
  • Overland Park man subject of cease-and-desist proceedings from the SEC
  • Response from JoCo DA to the Kansas Press about alleged open meetings violations
• Texas:  Texas state lawmakers can dip into campaign cash for travel, accept travel from special interests
• Missouri:  Lies, Damn Lies, and GDP in the Age of Obama

YouTube

• KU:  Hawk in the driver’s seat: Alan Mulally, Ford CEO
• Petitions and letters to Congressman Dennis Moore opposing government-run health care

Blogs

• Wichita Liberty:  Citizen lawsuits won’t enhance chemical safety
• What’s Right with Kansas:  Kansans Mourn Avery
• KRA:  Dennis Moore’s staff shows distaste for open government
• KFL:  Rally Opposing Gov’t-run Health Care Reform Outside Rep. Dennis Moore’s Office Today

• State of the State KS:  Tea Party Express Comes To Wichita
• WE Blog:  Disclosing meals, gifts has merit
• Midwest Voices:  Educational success story on the Kansas plains

• Kansas Free Press:  Patients Want Faster Access to Better Medical Records [Meadowlark:  But who will pay for it?  "Faster" usually costs more.]
• Forward Kansas:  Wichita Eagle Sells Out, Panders to Teabaggers Related YouTube video.  [Meadowlark:   Why the denigrating term "Teabagger"?  Why the term "astroturf" when so many folks are quite frustrated with wasteful spending and are self-motivated to get involved -- no one is paying them. Because you disagree with someone you don't respect them? Why the push for class welfare?   You said "lots of pictures of aborted fetuses".  I saw three pictures of the same sign on Flickr.  What did I miss?  You said "scores of misspelled signs" .  Could I ask for an example of at least one score of misspelled signs?  And what would that prove anyway?  I once knew a very smart liberal guy that couldn't get the difference between "it's" and "its".  Does that make him a lesser person, or less smart?  But, so what?  Estimating crowd size is not easy.  The size of the crowd is a function of time as people come and go, and pack and disperse.  Take a series of aerial photographs and use image processing -- but the exact number isn't that important.  You complain about "distortions of the truth before" but perhaps you should look at C-SPAN pictures for the event talked about in your link.  Ultimately, everyone wants health care for everyone.  The argument is over how to pay for it.  Last I knew, money doesn't grow on trees. Help find a way to pay for it without forcibly taking assets from others.]
• KansasPrairie:  Who is paying for the sidewalk and fence at the grade school? [Meadowlark:  Sounds like some open record requests might shine some light on this.]

News

Featured

• Shawnee (Kansas Liberty)
  • Kansas pours millions of dollars into 10 public broadcasting services
  • Opponents say hate-crime amendment could be used to promote same-sex marriage
  • Rep. O’Neal receives leadership award

Across the State

• De Soto:  Moore to back health care reform package
• Dodge City:  City OKs loan agreement with state for new wastewater plant
• Fort Scott:  KDOT warns motorists to be on lookout for deer
• Hutchinson
  • Owners remove 3 million acres from conservation program
  • Hutchinson will cut another $1.4M
  • Dodge City reporter, Globe challenging subpoena
• Kansas City (Biz): Groundbreaking is set for first building at K-State Olathe Campus
• Kansas City (Star):
  • Judge rules Kansas tribe has sovereign immunity
  • License plate renewal mystery
• Manhattan:  $50m in STAR bonds and $25m TIF bonds to finance downtown redevelopment projects
• Pittsburg:  Kansas group revising revenue forecast
• Salina:
• Topeka (WIBW): Kansas Looking At Deep Budget Hole
• Wichita (KAKE): IRS Trying To Refund Money To Hundreds Of Kansans
• Wichita (KWCH)
  • Salina Chamber Suspends Palin Ticket Sales
  • Tea Party Express Stops in Wichita
  • Stimulus Money to Improve Wichita Sidewalks

Technology

• KMBC:  Are You Addicted To Facebook?

Twitter

• @KansasWatchdog: Kansas lacks enough transmission lines to spur further development of renewable energy.http://bit.ly/3euN4b 11/5/2009 02:31 AM
• @salinajournal: Colby residents pass sales tax for aquatic center, fire station: By the Salina Journal COLBY — A 0.75 percent.. http://bit.ly/4gXAy6 11/5/2009 05:23 AM
• @TeamObama: Obama still has 3 years to get the job done – Honolulu Star-Bulletin http://tinyurl.com/ycgetjp 11/5/2009 06:08 AM
• @Heritage:  New Study Shows Tax Cuts Most Effective Stimulus http://tinyurl.com/y8qy4vd 11/5/2009 09:01 AM
• @JDieker: Wow, the Chief Justice isn’t sure there’s a constitutionally protected right against being framed by the prosecutor: http://bit.ly/2S89Lr 11/5/2009 09:53 AM
• @allegrooch: RT @KS_SierraClub: Register for KU Energy Forum on Nov. 18th http://tinyurl.com/yju2q8u 11/5/2009 10:41 AM
• @KansasWatchdog: About 100 outside Cong. Dennis Moore’s office in OP opposing gov’t healthcare. One in favor. 11/5/2009 12:26 PM
• @calebhays: @glennbeck oooh. appendectomy? not fun at all. get well soon, man. 11/5/2009 12:51 PM
• @rsylvester: Was in prison this morning. Just visiting, getting a tour of how people condemned to death live while awaiting execution. 11/5/2009 12:51 PM
• @CatoInstitute: #Communism: Imposing “paradise” at gunpoint. http://bit.ly/22hC8I #BerlinWall 11/5/2009 02:19 PM
• @NorthWestKansas: RT @salinajournal: Sale of Palin tickets suspended. http://bit.ly/3wECM3 11/5/2009 02:24 PM
• @KansasWatchdog: Video: “There’s no filming allowed” in Congressman Dennis Moore’s Office in Overland Park. http://bit.ly/13TPJO 11/5/2009 02:35 PM
• @jimogle: Great reasons to be on Twitter! http://ping.fm/Qq41n 11/4/2009 02:54 PM
• @cacardinal: RT @kspoliticalbuzz: Dennis Moore annouces plans to vote for healthcare bill – http://tinyurl.com/yla6×86 #kansas #politics 11/5/2009 04:03 PM
• @kfdinews: Mail ballot election scheduled in Butler County http://bit.ly/2JlD8p 11/5/2009 06:40 PM
• @kansansforlife: Down syndrome abortions rising; parents need info & support in Brownback law http://tinyurl.com/yabq4ma #prolife #down syndrome #brownback Today 08:11 PM
• @HutchNews: $235M cut from Kan. tax revenue forecast http://tinyurl.com/yjvmdak 11/5/2009 11:04 PM
• @RyanGigous: Say a prayer for those who have lost loved ones. Afterwards, say a prayer for our world. 11/5/2009 11:15 PM