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First of all: KU women claim first Outdoor track crown
It is an observation not ignorance. I also claim there could be another reason for it so maybe you are right. Not taking anything away from them at all as it has nothing to do with it, it just struck me as interesting when the picture poped up as a social commentary. That is all, you can take it how you want or take it for what it was. But then again any comment about race at all these days either means you are a racist, ignorant, or a troll. God forbid we actually had an open and honest dialog on it instead of knee jerk reactions. Ugg you are right I am ruining this awesome achievement and should have realized this would be the reaction to an innocent observation.
May 6, 2013 at 10:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
First of all: KU women claim first Outdoor track crown
First off awesome job ladies... Now a bit off topic but somewhat interesting to me was the natural racial segregation of the photo. Maybe it is just by relay teams or something and happened to work that way but it just struck me that even though many of the racial barriers have been broken down that people themselves still tend to voluntarily segregate themselves even on a "team".
May 6, 2013 at 7:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Health care providers oppose Republican resolution to not expand Medicaid
This is a great story. Everyone should read it and be pissed.
February 22, 2013 at 10:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Health care providers oppose Republican resolution to not expand Medicaid
Thanks for some truth on this insidR. So many people saying I have to cut this and that for the ACA and are not even affected. but no one reads the details. it is not perfect but what legislation is to begin with? reform it, address cost and incentives that is how the system works. Papa John is so phony when he says he has to lay off people, maybe you should have treated your employees humanly to begin with? Or increase the cost of a pizza by 25 cents so your employees dont have to live in fear? but no have a party with Mitt in your 40 million dollar house and talk about how bad you have it.
February 22, 2013 at 10:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Health care providers oppose Republican resolution to not expand Medicaid
So as a subscriber to the Economist for 15 years your picking and choosing is amusing. On the whole they liked the reform but you would never get that from your comments. Though not perfect the ACA (thanks for calling it that by the way) is not bad but doesn't look at cost (as the Economist points out). So based on your objections the solution is to make the penalty higher so that it is punitive enough to be cheaper to provide benefits than pay the fine? I do like a flat rate plan that can be paid or subsidized by employers or tax deferred, kind of an all you can eat preventative care plan with insurance for catastrophic incidence. Employeer provided health care is broke when will people here realize what so many others have that a single payer solution, though it has issues, is far more cost effective?
February 22, 2013 at 10:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Legislation seeks to block federal gun laws on Kansas firearms
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February 19, 2013 at 3:51 p.m. ( permalink )
U.S. Postal Service to cut Saturday mail delivery to trim costs
No just making money for those in government especially when their "service" ends...
February 6, 2013 at 1:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
U.S. Postal Service to cut Saturday mail delivery to trim costs
Think his/her point is not that he/she disagrees with cutting sat delivery but the fact that they have to fund future benefits so far out which no other gov agency that I am aware of (not that the post office is even an agency) that has such a requirement. Hence it appears there are ulterior motives to why they would do this, such as making it look as unprofitable as possible which could allow things like privatization to look like the only thing that could be done. Has nothing to do with breaking even in fact it distorts what breaking even means. Would be nice if the GOP did the same thing for SS and Medicare funding...
February 6, 2013 at 1:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Missouri tax debate focuses on Kansas
When you setup a system where states compete to lure in companies and give them decade long tax abatements and they don't pay decent wages this has nothing to do with personal responsibility. What all those on the far right (I refuse to call myself left I used to be a Reagan republican until my party went off the rails, yes the same one that raised your taxes then) is the ranks of the working poor is FAR FAR larger than any "takers". These are the people that get hurt by this competition along with our ability to educate and stay competitive in a global economy. All this will serve to do is shrink an already shrinking lower-middle and middle class and tax base along with it. Also the far rights view of "takers" involves far more people that paid into the system they are now getting benefits from than those gaming it. Only 2-3% are on what is considered traditional welfare. This exaggeration of the minority of the people that game the system when federal income tax rates are already the lowest since the 1930s and them having their hand in your pocket is frankly laughable. The far right takes one example of someone who games the system and extrapolates it to the whole program they may be on instead of looking for statistical validity. But then again when have the facts ever gotten in the way of someone who already has their mind made up?
January 25, 2013 at 2:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Missouri tax debate focuses on Kansas
Cant_have_it_both_ways: This logic is so flawed. So then Kansas becomes less attractive because Missouri one ups us on attracting business that pays no tax and low wage jobs. So Kansas gives more incentives. Oklahoma doesn't want to be left out so it does even more. And so the cycle continues until the midwest is nothing but another South like Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana etc who all are one upping each other and cutting education, social welfare, mental health programs, road maintenance, etc etc to pay for it all. In return they get some of the lowest paying jobs in the nation and have laws allowing no collective bargaining to get them anything better. They are the new Mexico. Sound like a familiar path? There is a reason those states rank last in just about everything. So I suppose those dixie flags they sell in Mizzery will come in handy soon.
January 25, 2013 at 9:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )