Digest for Nov 11, 2009

Kansas Clips from Wednesday:

Veterans Day

• Kansas Watchdog:
  • Veteran Receives Bronze Star Forty Years Late
  • Veterans’ Day Activities in Kansas
• Kansas Liberty ($):  Veterans celebrate in shadow of Democratic health care passage
• What’s Right with Kansas:  Senator Roberts Recognizes Veterans
• McClatchy Watch:  Thanks to vets
• Forward Kansas:
  • Honoring our Veterans
  • Kansas Veterans Deserve Better

• Augusta:  Honoring their service every day
• Baldwin City:  New generations putting stamp on military service
• Emporia (Gazette):  Emporia be proud
• Emporia (ESU):  WWII veterans commemorated through oral history
• Hays:  Vets get their due from Kansas heroes
• Hays:  For Veterans Day — real troop support
• Hutchinson:  Federal dollars may be at risk
• Kansas City (KCK):  Roberts, Gates honor veterans
• Kansas City (Star):  Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery
• Lawrence (J-W):
  • Code Talkers break silence
  • America’s veterans deserve the best social services and medical care this nation has to offer
• Pittsburg:  PSU honors Veterans Day
• Pratt:
  • Local World War II veterans visit their memorial
  • Veterans honored at airport ceremony
• Topeka (C-J):
  • Muggers return stolen items after finding military ID
  • Kansans mark Veterans Day
  • Vet remembers Vietnam War
• Topeka (WIBW):
  • Emporia: Veterans Day’s Founding City
  • Veterans Day Hometown Honors Vets
• Wichita (Eagle):
  • Kansans mark Veterans Day in ceremonies, parades
  • Kansas Guard members joining Veterans Day events
  • WWII vets recall people, conflict

Ballotpedia  [New Kansas 2010 ballot measures page]

• Kansas Health Care Amendment, 2010
• Kansas Right to Bear Arms Question, 2010

Watchdogs

• Kansas:  Opposing Viewpoints: What if government wants more for health care?
• Nebraska:  New Omaha Pension Numbers Push Tax Fight
• Virginia (Old Dominion):  One trillion dollars
• Mackinac Center:  States with strong government unions have slower job growth, faster government growth
• National:  Stimulating Exaggeration in Jobs Numbers Report

YouTube

• Veteran Receives Bronze Star Forty Years Late
• Jason At Oakdale 5th Grade Veterans Day Program
• Emporia Kansas Veterans Day Parade
• Salina Kansas Veterans Day At War Memorial in Sunset Park

Blogs

• Wichita Liberty:
• All Things JoCo:  JoCo Seniors sold out by Dennis Moore and Obama and AARP
• KFL:  6 Kansas City/Topeka Area Upcoming Pro-Life Events
• Nice Deb:  Lou Dobbs Quits CNN

• American Thinker:  Unconstitutionality of federal health care reform?

• CattleNetwork:  Senator Roberts: Cap & Tax Legislation Will Cost Kansas Jobs
• WE Blog:  No justifying Tiller’s murder
• Prime Buzz:  Report finds more children in poverty, going uninsured in KS

• Everyday Citizen:  The Truth and Only the Truth About the ‘Public Option’ Plan [Meadowlark:  But how do we pay for this plan without the loss of freedom and liberty?  How do we get such a plan without destroying free markets, and imposing higher taxes, and a loss freedom? Do we want socialism to replace free markets?]

News

• Basehor:  Improving education
• Hutchinson:
  • $2 million more in budget cuts needed, USD 308 superintendent says
  • Woman’s tenacity saved wetland
• JoCo (Sun):  Legislators seek state amendment to trump health reform legislation
• Kansas City (Biz):  U.S. will speed up broadband plan
• Kansas City (KCK):  KCKPS likely to lose around $5 million of state funding
• Kansas City (KMBC): Kansas Houses About 300 Foreign Inmates
• Kansas City (Star):
  • Lack of power lines a blow to wind energy [Meadowlark:  This was reported during the Governor's Wind Working Group meeting on Sept 10, 2009]
  • Obama uses school dollars to prod states to change
  • Americans may be settling into spending less
• Lawrence (J-W): Report: 10 states are confronting looming budget disasters
• Salina:  Letter:  Kansas algae industry
• Shawnee (Dispatch):
  • Both sides turn out for protests surrounding healthcare debate
  • Park district announces 313 deer killed in initial cull
• Shawnee (Kansas Liberty):  Brownback, Roberts fight against FCC Internet regulations
• Topeka (C-J):
  • Alorica to add 200 jobs
  • Grain harvest record predicted
• Wichita (Eagle):
  • Kansas Cash for Clunkers statistics
  • KU Department of Geology and the Kansas Geological Survey received a $5 million grant

Technology

• Web 2.0 Explained K-State Anthropology Prof Michael Wesch

Twitter

• @FWKS: Honoring our Veterans http://bit.ly/4GAPa1 #fwks #p2 Today 08:46 AM
• @calebhays: Thank you to those who have served, and to those who still serve. #VeteransDay Today 09:31 AM
• @skyecoleman: A big thank you to everyone who has ever worn a military uniform. | RT @FWKS Honoring our Veterans http://bit.ly/4xnGBU #fwks #p2 Today 10:10 AM
• @CatoInstitute: “Freedom in Crisis” on YouTube http://bit.ly/4u1nRf #tlot Today 11:30 AM
• @KansasWatchdog: Former Topeka mayor, who served 10 months in jail for 4 felony thefts and perjury, wants teaching license back: http://tinyurl.com/ybey2e9 Today 12:32 PM
• @KansasWatchdog: RT @BradKCTV5 RT @TVSpyNews Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN: http://bit.ly/2Xw2kk Today 05:38 PM
• @MikeNellis: Lou Dobbs has been deported. Today 06:40 PM
• @KansasWatchdog: KAKE: State BOE Member Says Schools Have Extra Funds http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/69819047.html 11/11/2009 10:11 PM
• @hawkrew: Thanks to all past and present service members. 11/11/2009 10:31 PM
• @KS_SierraClub: So we dropped the ball on live tweets at the Coal Country screening. The film & group discussion were so captivating, we forgot to tweet. 11/11/2009 11:37 PM

Tags: Veterans Day