The Emporia Gazette

End death penalty now

Ah, yes. Let's just ignore the fact that heinous crimes are committed by perpetrators, repeatedly. Let's just ignore the fact that these people ruin peoples lives, sometimes ending them. Because it is cruel to these perpetrators and because our court systems have their faults, let's just cut them a break. That way they can possibly, just possibly get a chance to ruin, or perhaps end, a few more lives. Makes perfect sense to me.

June 30, 2011 at 7:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

War on the working class

A "Town Without Pity", for the unions?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/mag...

March 3, 2011 at 1:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

War on the working class

Genxer, I cannot agree with you if it is your opinion that Wall Street does not deserve to be “bashed”. It is a direct result of control and greed from Wall Street that has brought our great country to it’s knees. These big banks own the Federal Reserve, a private, for profit entity, despite any spin you might read. These banks, the federal reserve, the fed. Treasury, and even the white house is rife with their inbreeding. The Federal Reserve has continued as our elected officials come and go. You mention greedy politicians and greedy unions. Who do you think has had access to more money, and has had the ability to buy these greedy, elected officials, for decade after decade. Who do you think has more money to buy these elected officials than the unions. Who, greedily, has stopped downturns in our economy, and kept things going up, even if it has meant their slicing, dicing, and bundling toxic waste to the world. Then, when they couldn’t keep it going anymore, they influenced their Washington lackeys to hand them more taxpayer largesse. Wall Street has sucked the money out of Main Street until there is no more to suck. Their influence is unbelievable, extending through our media and across the world. The power of our country has been usurped by them.

March 3, 2011 at 10:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

War on the working class

Wayne, nobody’s going to like my reply to you, but here it is anyway. Nobody (relatively speaking) spoke up as our factories were transferred out of the country. Nobody spoke up as our government spent way beyond it’s means. Few spoke up as our border laws were ignored. Despite spin, this has cost us a lot of money. Lastly, few have protested the ongoing wars. In other words, apathy reigned. Now we reap what we sowed. This is not war on the working class. The money is not there. I expect far more trouble than we are seeing now. It’s not just too bad, it’s a shame. The greatest country this world has ever seen, kaput. Control was transferred to the Federal Reserve when we put them in charge of our money. Greed and thirst for power on Wall Street and apathy on main street is who is to blame, not union busting, big business. Of course tax breaks, legislation, etc. is not necessarily fair, but that’s not the big problem right now. Of course “everyone” should share equally in paying the piper. That’s the way I see it.

March 2, 2011 at 6:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Be informed

Someone please explain to me how one can go to a Democratic campaign meeting and hold their head up, considering what we now have in national office. I'm still hanging my head knowing that I'm a registered Republican and that George W was re-elected, despite my campaigning against him.

September 20, 2010 at 5:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Be informed

seriouslyfolks, yes, I am a reform kinda guy. I once sat my old rose & white '55 ford hardtop in front of the Gazettee all day with reform party posters all over it. I did fail to get the meter fed immediately once. hmmm, it got a ticket immediately. I didn't look at your links, but I will.

September 20, 2010 at 5:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Be informed

I'm not on here to "bash" anyone. I have watched Brownback and his illegal immigration stance. He did take to the Senate floor to talk against more border patrol. He did consistently vote for amnesty. On the last big bill, when he found out it wasn't going to pass, he changed his vote. I talked to him personally about his pro amnesty/illega immigration stance at the state fair a few years ago. I got nowhere. I would not vote for him again, nor trust him.

September 20, 2010 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Immigration facts

I agree with Methusla wholeheartedly. Also it would be nice if we could put the whole world on welfare (what a lot of illegal immigration amounts to),but it's already helped bankrupt our country. Moderate, perhaps I'm tired of seeing more of our own citizens without health insurance. There's nothing like a bleeding heart, feel good about yourself seminar, nevermind ALL the facts.

September 20, 2010 at 7:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Vote for Hill

Yes, Don Hill appears to be a special interest kind of politician. He certainly special interested when he voted multiple times to give and keep taxpayers money going to the college for illegal immigrants.

July 31, 2010 at noon ( permalink | suggest removal )

Truck stuck in underpass

ouch

July 30, 2010 at 3:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )