Category: Politics

  • I approved this message…

    Today was primary day in Kansas. Here’s who I voted for in the Republican Primary US Senator: Jerry Moran Basically, the two leading candidates are fairly close policy-wise. What sealed the deal for me to break for Moran was the way Mike Shanin and Scott Parks of KMBZ felt of the way the candidates handled…

  • On the Kansas Highways front

    On Memorial Day, I took a road trip to explore a couple of roundabouts, as well as parts of the new US 69 freeway in Linn County. As a Consequence of my raodtrip, I’ve also updated the US 69 exit guide to reflect the actual signage out in the field (I wasn’t *that* far off…

  • Found while surfing

    While surfing randomly, I saw this picture at punditkitchen.com. You know, I hadn’t thought of that double-meaning. I’d much rather have Phred protest smoking than… whatever it is they actually are protesting. 🙂

  • Politics and spirit… a reminder of events 10 years ago

    A recent set of comments on a spirit squad related email list reminded me of events that happened 10 years ago this month that brought controversy to the KU spirit squad. In December of 1998, the KU Athletics department decreed that the spirit squads would not be allowed to participate in Nationals. However, the Dance…

  • Sarcoxie Township is definitely GOP territory

    Once again, I present my not-so-surprising voting decision. POTUS: McCain. In a previous post, I noted that the a presidential picking website generally favored McCain as my pick. If there’s any other reason for me to choose McCain over Obama, it is this: The National Federation of Independent Business gave Senator McCain a rating of…

  • Presidential picks

    I took this little survey at matchpresident.com to see how it turned out. No big surprise, a plurality of the issues go to McCain. Some selections go to Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin, and one issue was marked as Obama… that particular question might (social issues) may have been badly worded.

  • Random acts of politics…

    Environment: The fact that CO2 levels have been higher than they have been in mensurable history is based on solid evidence. Human activity is one of the few variables that affect CO2 levels that could be responsible for such a spike. The “greenhouse gas” properties of CO2 have likely been proven, and reproduced in chemistry…

  • New address… New Polling Place

    With the move to a new house, and a new county, there’s a new polling place. The polling place for Sarcoxie Township is at an old one-room schoolhouse just north of Lawrence. They also use a optical scanning method pretty much the same as the one in Douglas County. For the Republican Primary, there were…

  • 10,000

    A little bit was made on the Fox News Channel about Senator Obama accidentally stating that 10,000 had been killed in the Greensburg Tornado in reference to comments made Gov. Kathleen Sebelius regarding the state of the National Guard in light of the Iraq deployments. Obviously, he added the thousand by mistake. However, it is…

  • Elcection anlaysis

    one commentary on the 2006 election campaign as the polls close. Kansas Governor I voted for Republican Jim Barnett; however, our incumbent Governor Kathleen Sebelius is expected to be re-elected. Attorney General: Phill Kline… you can egg me all you want after Democratic challenger Paul Morrison wins.  Even before the abortion records case comes into…