Kansas to Ban Sex Education

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Sunday April 09, 2006 · 8:01 AM PDT

2006/04/09 · 08:01

If it wasn't so maddening, so crazy, so dangerous, and if it wasn't the state in which I was currently living in, affecting all the kids that I know and teach here, I would almost want to laugh. Instead, we all have to prepare our psyche for a new level of shame and rage.

The infamous Kansas Board of "Education" wants to completely ban all sex education from schools.

Should sex education classes stop at "Just say no"? Some members of the Kansas Board of Education think so, and are pushing for a change that would require abstinence-only sex education across the state.
Under a proposal to be considered at the board's meeting Tuesday in Wichita, districts that teach more than abstinence could risk losing their accreditation.
Supporters of so-called "abstinence until marriage" programs say such programs are the best way to lower teen pregnancy rates and prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

Steady yourself for the flip..
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Santa Fights Back!

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Saturday December 24, 2005 · 9:49 PM PST

2005/12/24 · 21:49

Santa is fighting back on The War Against Christmas!

I looked under the tree early Christmas morning to see what magic was there for us. Sure enough, Santa had blessed our house by leaving presents.

But apparantly, he was extremely pissed about having to fit down the exhaust pipe of a wood burning stove. Plus, I think he was drinking and watching Fox News a lot.

Seriously, I didn't do this - it really was under my tree! Just look at that wrapping paper - how crazy is Santa?

Kansans Hate Americans

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 8:36 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 08:36

Even with the evolution and gay marriage debacle going on here in Kansas, I still held out hope that the people in our fine state were still the moderate, salt of the earth hard working and caring people the country has loved.

But I'm now seriously questioning that idea.

Here are some comments from the Wichita Eagle blog entry about the relief efforts going on in New Orleans.
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Congress to Kansas Newspaper: Print Nicer Iraq Stories

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 11:39 AM PDT

2005/09/01 · 11:39

We all should be focused on helping the millions in the Bayou. But we have to keep half an eye on Iraq , and don't let Republicans get away with anything dealing with Iraq, medicine (Plan B) or anything else.

Great Odin's Raven!

Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., both told The [Wichita] Eagle editorial board in separate meetings in the past week that the media isn't reporting enough of the good news in Iraq. Tiahrt said there have been great successes, but that successes don't make the headlines. Brownback said that the media favor conflict over good news and that, on an objective basis, things are actually going well in Iraq.

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Saturday August 13, 2005 · 7:28 AM PDT

2005/08/13 · 07:28

Sweet Hammer of Justice. The basket cases over at the "Counter Clinton Library" have given up:

"I'm giving up," said Houston businessman Richard Erickson, who established nonprofit Counterlibe Inc. last year to fund construction of a Counter Clinton Library in Little Rock and another in Washington.
Erickson said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that he had been naive about fundraising procedures. He said the project's Web site also would be shut down soon.

You know you're drinking your own bathwater when you're stupid enough to put this banner on the front page of your website:

And what Republican is naive about fundraising?

Somehow, I think our Counter Bush library (with the Sheehan Wing of Opposition) will be much better funded. :) It will also have a lot more coffins.

kosTV: The Future? [updated with fake logo!]

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Saturday August 06, 2005 · 1:26 PM PDT

2005/08/06 · 13:26

Imagine flipping on the TV to get the day's news. You flip past channels you long ago abandoned for responsible news -- CNN, MSNBC, (you blocked FoxTV long ago) .. and with a smile on your face, you throw down your remote after reaching kosTV.

You know that for the entire time you're watching kosTV, you'll get the real scoop about what's happening in the world. And not through just some corporate filter, but from hundreds of diverse voices and opinions. News - liberal activism -- the arts -- science -- the possibilities are limitless. Read More

Harry Reid Delivers Bolton Ultimatum

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Thursday June 09, 2005 · 7:15 PM PDT

2005/06/09 · 19:15

(From the diaries -- Plutonium Page. Right on, Harry Reid!)

CNN is reporting that Minority Senate Leader Harry Reid has issued an ultimatum to President Bush: Produce the documents we requested, or no Bolton. Period.

"You can't ignore the Senate. We've told them what we've wanted. The ball is in his court," Reid, D-Nevada, told CNN. "If they want John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, give us this information. If they don't, there will be no Bolton."

Damn, he's good. Harry Reid knows when to call your bluff, and boy, you better be holding the political cards or you're going to pay. The Dems can position themselves as guardians of democracy by filibustering someone who people KNOW shouldn't be there. That's the difference between this showdown and the one with judicial nominees.

Give em hell, Harry!

[Update]: Our political soldiers need to hear our support as well as our criticisms. If you like what Reid has done, send him a note as well as to your Senator telling them that this is more of what we like to see.

Republican Terrorists <b>Updated</b>

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Wednesday March 30, 2005 · 2:34 PM PST

2005/03/30 · 14:34

Republican Pennsylvania State Representative Jeff Habay from the Pittsburgh area gets a complaint from a constituent about his PAC. The Commonwealth Court is asked to investigate. What's a fine upstanding five-term Republican legislator to do? Fake an anthrax mailing from the guy.

State Rep. Jeffrey E. Habay of Shaler was charged today for allegedly lying about a white powder he said he received in the mail from a contituent who was critical of him.

Allegheny County authorities charged Habay, 38, with facsimile weapons of mass destruction, falsely incriminating another and fictious reports for claiming in May that he received an envelope in his home that contained a suspicious white powder.

U.S. Postal Service investigators had said the powder was harmless.

In court documents, authorities claim Habay said the package came from George Radich, a constituent who along with four others asked Commonwealth Court to conduct an audit of Habay's political action committee, the Friends of Jeff Habay.

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News of the Mundane: Lint for Sale

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Sunday March 27, 2005 · 9:00 PM PST

2005/03/27 · 21:00

In an attempt to provide a balance to the big-issue slugfest that we all spill our guts over here, I like to periodically find the most mundane, boring, and hopefully unmeaningful world news. It's a new segment I like to call (airhorn)...

NEWS OF THE MUNDANE

'Cause the planet is still spinnin', yo.

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It's 3D Chess, Not Checkers.

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Wednesday March 23, 2005 · 7:17 PM PST

2005/03/23 · 19:17

You can't skip ahead. The fast forward button is broken, folks.

Throughout the Kosiverse, I keep seeing poll data related to the Terri Schiavo matter waved about. Some say that it's going to be the straw that broke the camel's back, and when combined with the frowning poll numbers on the Prez's SS privitization efforts, it's suggested that the public may be finally turning against Republicans. Is the fever going to be broken soon? Is this a turning point?

In what is sure to be regarded as a diary entry worthy of being scrawled on the back of Napolean Dynamite's Dungeon Master's screen, let me use the Star Wars trilogy to better explain where I think we are. Read More

Abbas Takes Action After Gaza Violence

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Thursday February 10, 2005 · 11:53 AM PST

2005/02/10 · 11:53

Abbas Takes Action After Gaza Violence

I can't believe the problems in the middle east have come down to this.

We haven't seen ass-kicking on this scale in many a fatwa. I'm not sure about how much they've been paid to do this, but there's gotta be some serious eurosigns ringing in the eyeballs of these folks to make this happen. While many of you may view this as the final solution, let me assure you, newly appointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice always has the diplomatic nuclear option.

Ow! Nerf Crotchbat to Bush!

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Tuesday February 08, 2005 · 2:16 PM PST

2005/02/08 · 14:16

Bush wants to destroy Social Security - while giving Wall Street investment firms a landfill of cash by giving them the biggest prize the government has to offer. He's worked, slaved, brainwashed, lied, publicized, and heck, even gone on tour, to do everything he can to get it passed.

What are the results so far for all the effort? This latest poll says that wealthy should give up their cash to fix it. Ow! That's not the answer the Bush administration was looking for! The money's going the wrong direction for them!

Other poll results are mixed however, showing that people are indeed being brainwashed with false information about SS's "solvency."

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