Sound Off: Truck dogs

I'm pretty sure this is the only safe way to transport your dog.

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May 20, 2013 at 11:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Affordable Care Act bringing jobs to Lawrence

Half a billion dollars a year, just to field questions about this mess? Our government makes me nauseous.

May 17, 2013 at 7:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opponents of drug testing for welfare benefits see it as hassling the poor; Brownback says it will help

so as long as those compromises don't overlap the things that you're into, then it's the right thing to do?

April 22, 2013 at 2:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opponents of drug testing for welfare benefits see it as hassling the poor; Brownback says it will help

then roll over and obey the government like a good dog, George; THEY know what is in YOUR best interest.

April 22, 2013 at 2:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opponents of drug testing for welfare benefits see it as hassling the poor; Brownback says it will help

your paycheck doesn't get "dinged", your employer pays for unemployment insurance; when they have a lot of claims against their account, then their rate goes up. Sure, you might say that if people weren't unemployed, then we wouldn't need the unemployment insurance, and your paycheck could go up a little. But that still has nothing to do with drug use or abuse.

April 22, 2013 at 2:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas law aimed at gang crime signed

I think that the facts of the matter will show that illicit drug use is far less dangerous than you're being led to believe. You should be far more concerned with legal pharmaceuticals, and the way those companies push their product on to society. Our children are stoned on Ritalin, and their mothers are stoned on Xanax, meanwhile dad is drunk, and everyone is addicted to caffeine. But our time is better spent worrying about the cost of a few heroin overdoses on society...

April 18, 2013 at 7:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas law aimed at gang crime signed

WE the people, in many states are saying that marijuana laws should be addressed, and are taking that initiative to clean up this mess that is leftover from prohibition. Yet, the US government wants to keep it under their thumb. Once you realize that the laws aren't about public safety or health, but are about political points and financial gain, then you'll finally see the rationale of ending prohibition forever. WE the people deserve to make our own choices.

April 18, 2013 at 7:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas law aimed at gang crime signed

Heroin, crack & meth are definitely terrible drugs, and highly destructive when abused. But all of those drugs, or synthesized versions of them, are widely used in today's medicine. Additionally, these street versions are widely available, even with the draconian drug laws we have in place. So if massive criminalization of the American people hasn't worked to curb use, then maybe we should approach with a different tact for a while.
Now, just because something is legal, doesn't mean that everyone will run right out and get some; Cigarettes and chewing tobacco are both completely legal, and I want nothing to do with either. Further, studies show that in countries where the laws are more relaxed, drugs don't have the same allure to young people.
In the United States, all of the deaths from meth, cocaine, heroin, acid, ecstasy, and any other illegal substance you can imagine, come nowhere close to the havoc caused by the legal substances alcohol and tobacco.
The biggest set of problems this country faces from illegal drugs, is the judicial system, and the destruction it brings to every life it comes in contact with.

April 18, 2013 at 7:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas law aimed at gang crime signed

you do know that there are ways to regulate prostitution and gambling, right? Sure, legalizing drugs won't end all crime, but it will knock the profitability out of the business. Street crime is a direct result of prohibition. No black market, no associated criminal element; it really is that simple.

April 17, 2013 at 4:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gov. Brownback signs Kansas drug test law for aid recipients

The people asking for this bill are being snowed into believing that this is a widespread problem, and that stoners are just leaching every spare dime from the system. It's just not reality, but it makes for great hellfire/brimstone fodder.

April 16, 2013 at 4:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )