The Emporia Gazette

America’s Promise

Brad Karr,

Guess what...“The People’s basic needs must be met in a country."

Otherwise there is unrest, lawlessness and economic failure. Think Darfur or Somalia.

"Needs for housing, education, transportation, and health care [are and have been for many years now] overseen by our government system.”

Why do you think that is a bad thing? Somebody has to step in when a child is living in unsafe, filthy conditions. Somebody has to write and then enforce building codes. Somebody has to regulate that our meds are not comprised of "snake oil."

MrC ain't got the time or know-how to do it all on his own; so, he relies on his government for that.

If you wanna make MrCmonkeeDo believe that our government—which is all of us and you—is trying to indoctrinate our nations youth to accept socialism you're gonna have to Do better than that; 'cause that's just silly.

March 12, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Candidate ticketed for dog theft

"Legally, he can be charging interest."

MrC is no expert but is pretty sure that the above statement would only be true if there was a contract that stated interest would be owed and the rate of said interest. Doesn't sound like there was any kind of contract.

March 2, 2011 at 5:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Candidate ticketed for dog theft

Awwwwwkward!

March 2, 2011 at 5:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gazette Blogger: Preston 'biscuitboy' Monroe dies

Nobody told MrC there'd be days like these.

There are probably darned few of US who would not say we started contributing to this forum because of some issue with which we strongly disagreed. In truth though, in the beginning it is probably our desire to find like minded folks that compel us to write our thoughts out like this more than anything else.

Most of US probably thought we'd make our anonymous statement and be done with it. As it turns out, it doesn't really work that way; because anonymous or not this forum quickly adopts it's contributors to the familial. For it is not the real names that is important here, only real thoughts.

The loss of biscuitboy's thoughts have already been sorely felt here. The realization that there will be no more is hard to fathom.

It was supposed to be anonymous. MrCmonkeeDo wasn't supposed to care about any of you folks. How come it feels like this.

Strange days indeed.
strange days indeed.

January 6, 2011 at 11:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Tonight: Congressional candidates to face off

Thanks to the Gazette for streaming this.

Alan Jilka killed.

Tim Huelskamp made tea.

September 27, 2010 at 8 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ESU players ticketed for marijuana use in dorm

OMG!

College students smoking pot?

What's next; Jazz?

LOL YO!

September 21, 2010 at 12:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Rape is not ‘surprise sex’

Actually bobhornet, most of us probably agree with your comment. It is, one should hope, the first concern any American should have when confronted with such things.

However, Facebook like You Tube does have rules that posters agree to by using those sites as "hosts" for the material they post. By necessity Facebook and You Tube also rely on members and the public at large to, in effect, police themselves. The Fact that You Tube will not host videos containing nudity doesn't mean nudity is never on You Tube. However the sheer volume of it's visitors and members dictate that inappropriate material is removed in minutes.

Besides there are plenty of sites that will host just about any kind of material so censorship is not really an issue in this case.

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MrC couldn't agree more with create.
Especially with the Charles Bronson reference; but more importantly, for her referencing the parents perspective.

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empgazfan,

Really?

Your comment is so short sighted it bygod epitomizes the adage: "If you can't say anything nice; don't say anything at all."

There are about 142 million facebook users in the U.S. alone. About 500 million worldwide. Do you really think all those peeps are dumber than you?

LOL Yo!

September 1, 2010 at 10:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Trucks running over west Emporia intersections

What was wrong with the way it was before the roundabout salesman came to town?

MrC doesn't remember there bein' m/any accidents out that way. Maybe there were an' He forgot. Were there?

It used to be "common sense" was about all one needed to get from here to there. Now days ya need nerves of steel, a rabbit's foot and St. Christopher Hisself to pilot you "round." It's confusing and frankly seems ridiculously small.

Likewise the Turnpike used to be so easy to get on an' off of. Now ya practically need a map to find the entrance.

It's startin' to sound like the west side of town is so screwed up it's practically unusable. Silly humans; what have you done?

September 1, 2010 at 7:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Cannonball found in Emporia

create,

MrC wasn't attacking your comment. To the contrary, he thought you might get a kick out of the article because of this particular paragraph:

"Simple cannonballs weren't all the artillerymen of three centuries ago had to work with, of course. Other potential loads included grapeshot, a bundle of iron balls clustered around a wooden spindle and wrapped in a canvas bag, which worked like an oversize shotgun shell; canister shot, basically a tin can full of pellets; and chain or bar shot, which was a chain or bar (duh) with weights at both ends--think of a giant flying nunchaku. Chain was particularly useful in naval engagements since it could be used to bring down rigging; if it hit (erk) a man--well, no doubt a moviemaker of a certain sensibility could make an unforgettable moment out of it, but not without saying good-bye to his PG-13."

Can you imagine? Yikes!

Nonetheless it does illustrate there was probably more realism in your comment than you or several of us other posters believed.

Anyway...LOL Yo.

July 18, 2010 at 3:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Cannonball found in Emporia

And here's one more from the world's smartest human:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/r...

July 17, 2010 at 6:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )