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

"There are provisions in the law to steer payments through another person to ensure that a child's benefits are continued"

WELL! THAT ought to about solve any concerns for the children. As long as the kids have the "Benjamins" then ANY other affects on the kids should be minor and irrelevant?? Right??

Who could foresee this going wrong?

...and the Titanic was unsinkable, sorry I'm suffering from ignorance overload.

I'm a veteran of twenty years, and I'm drug-tested for work. I don't feel like that has anything remotely to do with the circumstance here. My former, and current employers OWE it to my current co-workers (and formerly my fellow soldiers) to make a reasonable effort to ensure a reasonably effective/ safe workplace (as safe as circumstances allow). It was, and remains advisable to ensure that my work is performed without any negative impact of drug use for the safety of the end user/ customer. What co-worker, workplace, or consumer is Gov Brownback keeping safe with this testing?

He doesn't even appear to have any merit to an assertion of saving money.

Is there something stopping the good Governor for offering drug rehabilitation to those on welfare without mandatory testing? If this were truly the ultimate goal?

Is there any data to back the presumption that a single stint of rehab is typically successful? Does the Gov truly care?

All of you Polly Anna excuse makers just keep it up. Brownback is certainly the kind of leader that needs yes-men (of any gender) and lots of them. Too many independent thinkers in the electorate, and the Koch brothers might have to find another stooge to run Kansas for them!

April 21, 2013 at 11:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gov. Brownback signs Kansas drug test law for aid recipients

Dear Governor Brownback, Which of your Christian principles assured you that the innocent children of drug users will not suffer, and that you will bear no responsibility for your judgmental moral myopia??

God forgive you, but these kids have nothing to say about the choices their parents make, but they will most certainly suffer from the denial of welfare benefits from this plan.

Christianity isn't just about a moral compass to determine (or mandate) right or wrong...it is also about caring for the "least of these."

When did you turn away Jesus when he was hungry and without? Just now with the stroke of your pen Governor, just now.

April 17, 2013 at 11:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Public airs questions over $92.5 million school bond issue

Sweet! I was actually having trouble deciding. Now that I know that Gov Brown-shirts cronies are against it; I know I'm for it!

April 1, 2013 at 9:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

K.I.D.S matching-grant tuition program comes under fire

So for years the conservative mantra was to give a hand-up rather than a hand-out. Yet this was before the State of Koch had elected their minions of mindless puppets. The mantra now is the same or worse than the previous liberal plantation mindset of have and have-nots. Don't we all remember that good 'ol system where a group could manipulate the masses in return for their fish every day rather than teaching those people to fish for themselves for a lifetime? Now it is the republicans who fear that a dangerous free-thinking opposition to their right-wing brown-shirts (Brownback-shirts?) could foment.

Heaven forbid!

Please, please somebody with name recognition (either party) please give us an alternative for these goons!

I swear I'll vote for a literal donkey if necessary!

March 10, 2013 at 9:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sweeping abortion bill approved by Kansas House committee

I guess I only hope that every congress-person that votes for this knows that they are leading with love, and not being judgmental or hypocritical.

I'm hoping they come home and love their multiracial, teenage, adopted child born with a drug addictions, and still living with multiple challenges. I'm sure this is true in some cases, and I applaud them. If some are not, I hope they look in the mirror, and ask if there really is a shortage of couples willing to adopt white, healthy, "normal," infants? Without abortion as an option, I would expect political leaders legislating as Morality enforcers, might recognize that the ultimate judge might wonder if they are not at the front of the line for taking on the most challenging foster children and/or long-adoption-seeking kids.

This isn't even touching on diagnoses made in utero of fetuses doomed to shortened, and excurciatingly painful congenital disorders that were impossible to detect until past the first trimester. While I would hope to have the "moral compass" to do the "right thing," how as a wannabe Christian could I judge a woman and/or couple who felt that they were led that the more godly decision was a late-term abortion?

If we have godly hearts, maybe we will find the way toward more love and compassion than legislative "enforcing."

March 8, 2013 at 7:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Poll shows low approval rate for Brownback

better hope they keep their "R"s and find some more moderate friends to add them

did you read the entire article? -- the best shot at unseating the gomer is the primary, not the general

February 26, 2013 at 10:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Poll shows low approval rate for Brownback

Can't blame him, probably hard to match anything up with your nose stuck where his is, perhaps there's not enough daylight where the sun doesn't shine?

February 26, 2013 at 10:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Health care providers oppose Republican resolution to not expand Medicaid

Dear Skinny, congratulations on being hardworking, brilliant, and rich.

There are plenty of your fellow citizens who have worked just as hard, exerted every neuron the good lord blessed them with, and compiled every nickel with sacrifice that they could...and still can't "pay their own way" as you say.

So let them do without healthcare for their inadequacy you say?

A number of responses come to mind here, but the obvious implications of your statement blatantly point out an inadequacy of humanity and/or Christianity which no retort of mine could exceed. I guess pity for your blinding self-love is about all I can offer.

February 23, 2013 at 11:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Would you shop at a Menards built in Lawrence?

not familiar with the store either, the ads from the Topeka store do not look particularly enticing, but I agree that Home Depot lumber often leaves a lot to be desired.

February 21, 2013 at 11:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Senate approves constitutional amendment to remove courts from school finance decisions

agreed. good post.

trouble is, like Wisconsin, there where be years of court battles where Gov Brownie has a de facto victory choking Kansas schools into a dilapidated state ripe for voucher system approval.

February 21, 2013 at 7:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )