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Friday December 04, 2009 · 8:19 AM PST

2009/12/04 · 08:19

I drove my granddaughter home Tuesday night from our house. And as I returned home, I was forced to detour because the street was blocked by a police car with flashing lights. I circled the block to get home, parked and walked down the street to see what had happened.

A reporter from a local news station told me there had been a shooting. A "black male, late teens to early 20’s" had been found dead on the sidewalk by Rockhurst University security. I could see the covered body on the other side of the crime tape. I was asked if I had heard anything by the officer blocking the street.

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Monday November 30, 2009 · 9:26 PM PST

2009/11/30 · 21:26

I originally posted this on a conservative local Fox news website, if you are interested in reading the comments of the bloggers on that site, go here.

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Nine hours later I added the UPDATE based on the comments I received. I thought KOS readers might want to read this as well.
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There has been a lot of discussion here in the US concerning gay marriage. Some say it’s a religious issue while others claim it’s a civil rights issue. So when I ran across this story on the web, I thought I would solicit comments from both sides concerning a "gay rights" issue in Uganda. Just to see how far each side is willing to go.

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Friday November 27, 2009 · 4:28 PM PST

2009/11/27 · 16:28

The first "official" Thanksgiving did not occur with Pilgrims. The first "official" Thanksgiving Holiday was in 1863. Signed into law by President Lincoln during a time of great turmoil and strife in our nation. The Civil War was at it's height, the Battle of Gettysburg had occurred that summer with over 60,000 Americans dying over a three day period, riots had erupted in New York City over Lincoln's Draft law and the political pundits of the day had declared him a one-term president who had tried to destroy the nation.

And in these troubled times, Lincoln asked the country to give thanks!

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Wednesday November 18, 2009 · 6:48 AM PST

2009/11/18 · 06:48

Just a quick update on a post I did a few weeks ago entitled PROFITING ON PARANOIA. It was a discussion on people who deliberately inflame people on the Right for profit. One of the many examples that I used was a program promoted on World Net Daily. It offered to send each member of Congress a "pink slip" with your name & address on it to symbolize the "pink slip" you would give them in the next election if they raised taxes, vote for Health Care Reform, etc.

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 9:18 PM PST

2009/11/16 · 21:18

I haven't spent a lot of time criticizing the Obama administration. He came into office at the worst of times, facing unbelievable obstacles and an incredibly heated political climate. The GOP has done everything in thier power to slow down his initiatives and to derail his plans. So I wait patiently for him to get a full team into place and to work through the initial crises before throwing my personal stones.

And to be perfectly honest....for the most part I've been very happy with much of what he has accomplished. For one thing...our economy is still here. Battered and bruised, but we seem to have avoided another "Great Depression". A great many very important legislative matters have been passed that Democrats have wanted for years. Even more are looming in the future.

But today, two items came out in the news that have raised questions that we as Americans deserve to have answered.

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Sunday November 15, 2009 · 2:42 PM PST

2009/11/15 · 14:42

The idea that Republicans were the party that brought about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is being thrown around on the web. At first, I thought this was too silly to spend much time on. But it seems to be a growing tall tale of conservative goodness! Many websites seem to have taken this as a theme of discussion. In reality it is nothing more than history told with a bias. (Which happens frequently, I might add.) The continuing advancement of this particular bit of revisionism needs to be addressed before the myth becomes a psuedo-reality.

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Thursday November 05, 2009 · 10:03 PM PST

2009/11/05 · 22:03

Dear Soldier:

We don't know who you are yet. You are one of the dozen soldiers who died today in Texas at Ft. Hood.

We don't know your name or where you came from.

So much we don't know....

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Sunday October 25, 2009 · 6:21 PM PDT

2009/10/25 · 18:21

WHERE DO THEY GET THESE RIDICULOUS STORIES??? It’s a question often asked between those on the left lately. You know the stories I mean. Obama was born in Kenya, he’s taking your guns away from you, he’s killing granny, he’s a socialist, etc. They are stories that seem to have little if any basis in reality but feed the paranoia of those on the far right. Generally liberals come to the conclusion that GOP leaders are soul-less losers who desire power so much they will say ANYTHING to get it back or that the people who believe these myths are "right-wing nut-jobs without a brain who also believe in alien abductions".

And that may in some cases be part of the story. But it’s not the whole story! As P. T. Barnum allegedly once said, "there’s a sucker born every minute" and he spent a lifetime profiting off of those "suckers", who were ready to believe anything he told them. Such is the state of the far right today. They have become the National Cash Cow for Scam Artists. And it’s all perfectly legal.

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Thursday October 15, 2009 · 7:39 PM PDT

2009/10/15 · 19:39

On October 16, 2008 at 2:15 PM, part-time college librarian Alan Godin walked into the library of Northeast Longview College in San Antonio. He went to the desk of fellow librarian Devin Zimmerman, a well liked member of the library staff who was working on new ways to make the library more accessible to students with disabilities. Mr. Godin put on a pair of shooting range ear protectors, pulled a handgun then shot and killed Mr. Zimmerman. He then put the gun on a table, sat down and waited for the police to arrive. He is currently being held on a $250,000.00 bond and his trial is scheduled to start at the end of the month.

Mr. Godin’s gun did not kill Mr. Zimmerman. Alan pulled the trigger and will pay for his crime. But the gun did make it easier for him to kill his fellow co-worker. Godin is 62 years old, 5’3" and weighs approximately 125 pounds. He is not the type of person to participate in a physical altercation. Without access to a firearm, there is a very good chance that Mr. Zimmerman would still be alive.

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Thursday October 08, 2009 · 5:00 PM PDT

2009/10/08 · 17:00

What happens in Vegas: stays in Vegas. That’s what the TV ads tell me. But in my particular case I don’t think it’s appropriate. I recently spent three days in Vegas and it was not an experience that I want left in Vegas.

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Thursday September 24, 2009 · 12:47 AM PDT

2009/09/24 · 00:47

William Sparkman, 51, was a substitute teacher for Laurel County Kentucky. He was an Eagle Scout. He was well liked in the community. He moved to Kentucky when he was transferred by his employer, The Boy Scouts of America. He became interested in teaching and several years ago decided to switch careers. He went back to school to become an elementary school teacher. He loved to teach and was scheduled to graduate college with his teaching certificate in 2007. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma before he completed his degree. He balanced chemotherapy with school work and managed to graduate on time. He was even the key note speaker at his own graduation, where he told his fellow graduates, "I’d been knocked down, but I refused to be knocked out. Those brick walls will appear from time to time in your career. Do not let them stop you. There are no failures, just teaching moments."

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Tuesday September 22, 2009 · 11:10 AM PDT

2009/09/22 · 11:10

There’s been a lot of talk about the so-called "public option" in the health care debate. And much of the talk has been all wrong! We’re told that by adding a public option, we will destroy health care insurance in this country. We will become communists! The time honored tradition of a free market will dissolve into a mire of socialism. Older Americans will be rationed to death and rainbows will disappear from the earth forever! And that’s all it is....TALK! (And not too intelligent talk at that.)

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