November 2011
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December 2010
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August 2010
13 posts
“I believe that net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time — unless...”
– Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) (via savingpaper) (via think4yourself) (via mustamuseme) (via sheasylvia)
WatchSitting in a cave that serves Indian food listening to hippies get jiggy. #sweetawesomeness
—Eureka Springs, Ark.
July 2010
5 posts
My Picks: Kansas Governor -- Holland-Kultala
Tom Holland and Kelly Kultala (no other candidates, thankfully, Herbert West III!).
Keeping it short, both of these folks make perfect choices for our party’s nomination—they have both governed from the center with an eye on Kansas before any special interest or party line. Instead of participating in political hackery, both of these state senators got down to business in the last legislative...
U.S. Congress (KS-04): Raj Goyle over Robert...
I pick Raj Goyle over Robert Tilman.
Some will wish for me to explain this vote much deeper, but my analysis hinges on Who Can Win in November? I believe that state representative Raj Goyle represents the best chance Democrats have had at representing Kansas’ 4th Congressional District since Dan Glickman last represented the district over 15 years ago. Raj Goyle is a smart dude, and he has...
U.S. Senate Primary (KS): My Picks--David Haley
I chose State Senator David Haley over Lisa Johnston.
Bottom line, David Haley has demonstrated himself as a man of principle in the Kansas Senate. He has stood up for his Wyandotte County community for the last 16 years in the Kansas Legislature, and he is a man that doesn’t take no for an answer. He has been the type of moderate voice Kansas Democrats have come to expect from their elected...
My Personal Democratic Endorsements
Throughout the day today, I will be posting my personal political endorsements for the Democratic ballot cast in Wichita. As an intro, I live in Wichita’s 201st Precinct.
Races that are on my ballot include: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Kansas Governor, Kansas State Treasurer, Kansas Secretary of State, Kansas House of Representatives (House District 83), 18th Judicial District judges, Democratic...
June 2010
9 posts
WatchThis is what the non-violent direct action that MLK encouraged looks like. @afscme @CityofTopeka
Wyandotte County Pro-Tip
manspeaker:
If you are ever find yourself in a meeting with four life long Wyandotte County folks just listen. When they start arguing high schools and neighborhoods look at the floor and try not to make eye contact. They will try to get you to choose sides. Its a trap. Unless of course one of those people signs your check then side with them. But if two of them sign your check go back to...
WatchThere is no greater thrill in the world than seeing your child move for the first time ever…
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May 2010
28 posts
Rage Against the Machine lead Arizona boycott →
redguard:
Hot on the heels of Shakira, Rage Against the Machine are leading a fresh charge against Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Artists including Kanye West, Sonic Youth and Massive Attack have all pledged a musical boycott of the US state, refusing to tour there until the “odious” bill is repealed.
Rage frontman Zack de la Rocha is seizing the megaphone for Sound Strike, a new...
RATM frontma Zack de la Rocha leads Arizona... →
“You must make certain they are exposed to pain in the only place they can feel...”
– Keith Jones, Father of Gordon Jones, who was killed on the Deep Horizons drilling rig, on the BP Gulf disaster
“As always in politics, the ‘wheels still in spin,’ even as victories are...”
– Burdett Loomis, Professor of Political Science, University of Kansas, “Legislative Winners and Losers,” Hutch News (May 17, 2009).
“Men build power; women build coalitions.”
– Retiring State Rep. Marti Crow, D-Leavenworth, after serving 14 years in the Kansas House.
“There are dreams and there are pipe dreams and there’s just plain bad...”
– Kansas State Representative Ann Mah (D-Topeka) speaking on an amendment by Rep. Kasha Kelley (R-Ark City) that would require the state to sell $100 million in assets, including state office buildings, by close of the 2011 fiscal year (July 2011).
Conservative Republicans in the Kansas...
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas Edison (via manspeaker)
