The Emporia Gazette

open_eyes

At first, I actually thought your point was the exact opposite, but I had only skimmed through your post. I went back and reread it. Then I understood the point you were making about no correlation/causation connection. I suppose that is why some people like connect the dot pictures, some like coloring books, and some have to paint by number.

February 12, 2011 at 2 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

EHS to present ‘The Laramie Project’

Sorry to disagree, but correlation does not imply causation. The two responsible for his murder stated that his being gay did not factor into their actions. If someone commits a crime against me, can I later claim it was a hate crime simply because I am in a certain social, racial, or religious group, even if that wasn't the reason for the crime?

November 9, 2010 at 8:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

EHS to present ‘The Laramie Project’

All the squabbling and nobody mentioned the fact that Mathew Sheppard wasn't killed because he was gay. He was killed because McKinney and Henderson were drugged up and robbed him to buy more drugs. So why are we putting on the play, to promote a drug free school?

November 8, 2010 at 9:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Newman board approves urgent care clinic

What may be more important is not how much, but where they lost money last month.

August 26, 2010 at 11:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

neighbor

I would tag myself a a conservative Christian. I posted that I was leaning towards #1, given the limited information. What I saw was that most of the hypothetical candidates were focused on practice, not principal. Given the choices that you posed, #1 was running on what he believed to be principal.

July 25, 2010 at 8:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Control borders

If you don't want to be burlarized, don't have nice "stuff".

July 24, 2010 at 8:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Control borders

"Obviously, we are going to have to "agree to disagree" as mustangsue said before, since there are just some people who are so set in their own minds, that they will not budge, nor make valid enough points to argue. You ,sir, are complaining, not searching for a workable solution to the problem."

This sounds like obama. It becomes bipartisan just as soon as you agree with me.

July 24, 2010 at 2:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Religion and politics

I'm leaning towards number 1, with reservations about the use of the wording "rules of the constitution". could you clarify?

July 24, 2010 at 12:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Religion and politics

Even those who do not believe in God believe in something. Something forms our belief systems, and whatever that is, is the basis for individual morals and values. Religion is a set of beliefs, therefore, everyone is "religious", whether they like it or not. Personally, I am a Christian. One of the fundamentals of that is "free will". I am not trying to cram my faith down anyones throat, but I will defend it. Even George Michaels said ya gotta have faith.

July 24, 2010 at 10:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Control borders

Here is a quote from an old law book I have. I think it's relevant.
"You shall do no injustice in judging a case; you shall not be partial to the poor or show a preference for the mighty, but in righteousness and according to the merits of the case judge

Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

July 24, 2010 at 10:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )