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Posted on October 6 at 6:31 p.m.
Whoa folks. I am a lifetime member of the GOP, and I will say readily the leadership we have seen has been awful from my own party. However, there is plenty of blame for Democrats as well, I don't care to start listing everything I think can be attributed to one party or the other, I will however point out that if you ask any Democrat right now, GW Bush is the dumbest man in the world, corrupt as all get out, etc. etc,, YET, it was the Dems who just pushed this ridiculous bailout package through with good old George and his henchmen. It had to be done quickly or we would have a financial meltdown, well from where I sit this evening looks to me like we are having one anyway. Not just in the Dow, but also in the grain and livestock markets, and those will affect this area just as much as the stock market will.
The last week all I heard from either side is how this is not the time to assign blame or point fingers. I sure wish I would have thought of that when I was 8 years old and through a chair through our front door, if only I would have told dad, "now is not the time for blame dad, lets join together and fix the problem". Dad whipped me, fixed the door, then threatened to whip me again. Now is exactly the time to assign blame, and all of us are kidding ourselves if we think whatever party we are affiliated with is blameless, both have shown tremendous dereliction of duty.
Supposedly, we have just been through a period of great economic growth for the last 10-20 years, if this is so, why are we now 11 trillion in debt? Until we quit fighting amongst ourselves and tell our own parties we expect better, we are going to head down the path to becoming a third world country.
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Posted on October 2 at 11:26 p.m.
This is an outstanding program for many reasons, not the least it gives young people a chance to learn about history from those who lived it. I have much admiration for the Southern Coffey County school district, and hope to send them a few bucks to show it.
Posted on September 29 at 6:24 p.m.
Observation: Farm Bureau the organization is now disconnected from Farm Bureau the insurance company, for better or worse.
I respectfully disagree with ET Anderson about the farm bill and Jerry Moran. This new farmbill is a joke, we might as well not have had one and I am glad Moran voted against it. I do agree though that the KFB blindly supports who they want to, it made no sense to me that they supported Sebelius over Jim Barnett in the governors race.
Posted on September 26 at 8:32 a.m.
Just to pass this on, I called the offices of Moran, Roberts, and Brownback in DC. The only office I got any satisfaction from at all was Morans. Both Senators staffers were quick to point out this wasn't really going to cost 700 billion. My number one question(after I ranted about how ticked off I was to be saddled with debt caused by greed and stupidity, and how as a lifelong Republican I was thinking of voting Democrat just because I didn't see how they could do any worse) was, "how are we going to pay for this, McCain has promised not to raise taxes, so how are we going to pay for this???". Well guess what they don't know. If you don't believe me call them and ask the same question. I borrow alot of money to farm, I have never once gotten a loan when I couldn't tell the banker how I was going to pay it back,yet most of our government expects us, the US taxpayer, to just go along with a bailout(group of bailouts really) in excess of 1.5 trillion when you add them up, about half of our national budget, with no idea of how they will be paid back. Is this leadership?
Posted on September 25 at 9:39 p.m.
It is hard to know what is really going on, but on the surface I think McCain probably did the right thing. It was reported by CBS news Sunday the government(meaning the taxpayers) has already pledged over 800 billion bailing out the likes of AIG, etc, add to this another 700 billion(and tonight news programs and "experts" say that will probably not be enough, more like at least 1 trillion) and you get between 1.5 and 1.7 trillion of extra spending by the US government. What I found on the internet was our 2008 budget was about 3.2 trillion, so we are talking about spending nearly half our national budget bailing out Wall Street. Everyone seems to agree this situation is a crisis, and inaction could lead to a bigger crisis. McCain, Biden and Obama already have jobs, they are US senators. In my opinion anyway, true leadership is putting aside the election for the time being and doing the job they have been elected to do, that of a Senator, in a crisis situation. This deal is huge, the amount of money is staggering, and a wrong move by the government now could be devastating. McCain is right to be in Washington.
Posted on September 20 at 11:39 p.m.
Why on earth doesn't Emporia try to fill some of the empty buildings and businesses rather than constantly moving west. Sometimes when I drive from the east side to the area Wal Mart is in, it seems I am in a town that should have a population of 100000. Use areas where there are already streets, and sewer, and water, electricity, and empty buildings.
Posted on August 30 at 2:20 p.m.
You know this whole story shows the best of small town middle America. This is why I love it here. Great job Justin, and everyone else who helped out.
Posted on August 29 at 11:18 p.m.
Well, I have to admit I was shocked by this. At first, I thought McCain had lost his mind. I had never heard of the woman until a few days ago, and I thought it was kind of like the Sebelius thing with Obama, her name was circulating as the token woman.
Now that I have had some time to absorb it all, McCains choice does not seem that wild anymore. Obviously he has picked a woman to try to lure some of the Hillary camp, but it also allows the GOP to say they are open to change as well, you definitely cannot call Sarah Palin a "good ol' boy" and you can't call her a Washington insider either. She is young and McCain is old, so she should have some youth appeal, had McCain picked an old white guy they would have been labeled "two old white geezers". What can Biden say about her inexperience??? Less than 6 months ago there are numerous news clips of him saying the very same thing about Obama..what can Obama say about her inexperience, after all in reality she has about the same experience as he does. Obama preached change and no more Washington insiders, pointing to McCain as an insider, then picks Biden, who is just as much an insider as McCain. McCain picks someone who has never been in DC.
From what I can tell, she is blue collar as is her husband, as am I. She was a mayor of a small town, that has drawn alot of criticism already. If the Dems hammer that too much, it is going to offend alot of small town blue collar people. She is the mother of a child with Downs Syndrome, and pro-life...she has actually been in a situation where many would have had an abortion and chosen not to, so you can't call her a hypocrite on that matter.
So, what first looked to me like a really stupid move on McCains part, tonight looks like a fairly smart move. What do I think about her with her lack of experience being "a heartbeat away" from being President? Well, face it, Obama has the same amount of experience and is running to be President, what do you think I think.
Posted on August 28 at 11:04 p.m.
I want nude centerfold wrestling, I think it has much more class, and is more socially acceptable. I am willing to compromise and let them be put in a cage. What is it they like to say about Emporia, was it the "Athens of the Plains"??
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Posted on October 7 at 7:17 a.m.
Goodoleboy, everything right now is about the election. Obama is not evil, just very misguided. The moderator in the Palin/Biden debate tried to get them to answer a question Obama and McCain dodged in their debate, what promises they would not be able to deliver on because of the cost of the bailout, a question that to me makes perfect sense, and is very appropriate given a $700b expenditure. She didn't get any better results, other than Biden said one promise Obama might have to slow down on was the promise he would double foreign aid. Double foreign aid?? We are $11 trillion in debt and in the what could be the worst financial crisis since the depression, and we have a candidate who can still suggest we double foreign aid?
I won't stand up for either party, and I won't claim that McCain is the best the GOP could find. Obama clearly still does not get the idea we are going to have to cut spending. Having said that, I agree with you that Obama will be our next President, people are mad and their anger is directed at Bush and the party he belongs to. It would take a miracle for McCain to win now.
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