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Photo Caption Contest: Presidential Edition
Boyda Bloc | 23 hours ago
In honor of both the President's newly abysmal polling numbers, and to the fact Jim Ryun and Lynn Jenkins both still want to be seen in his company, we have today's photo caption contest.(We know it isn't the best picture ever...but we trust in your read more
More on the Farm Bill
Boyda Bloc | May 16th 2008
Another article today from the Wall Street Journal talking about why the Farm Bill found veto proof success, even though the President and the Republican leadership in the House instructed members to vote against it (which bleary-eyed lapdogs Todd Ti read more
Daily Tomorrow Looks Back at Its Favorite Five Posts
Daily Tomorrow | May 16th 2008 by Gabrielle
As I mentioned at Fertility Notes, I would love every post here at Daily Tomorrow to be seen noteworthy. But, if I must choose five, and it seems I must, here are the five most popular posts from the last few months: 5. Another Reason to Love Mushroo read more
Boyda Secures $404 Million for Ft. Riley
Boyda Bloc | May 15th 2008
Congresswoman Nancy Boyda announced in a press release today that the Emergency Supplemental Budget the House acted on today included $404 million for a new hospital at Ft. Riley.Congresswoman Boyda said "This funding is a huge step in the right dire read more
Boyda Joins Veto-Proof Majority in Backing the Farm Bill
Boyda Bloc | May 15th 2008
From the Hutch News: Democrat Nancy Boyda, of Topeka, said the bill is far from perfect, but called the measure a reasonable compromise that won the backing of most major farm groups, including the Kansas Farm Bureau."I think we all worked to restore read more
A Grey Cloud Sky Watch
Dog's Eye View | May 15th 2008
(Photo-a-Day: 136/366)Visit more Sky Watchers HEREThis is my second week participating in Sky Watch (maybe I should start numbering these posts like I do everything else around here?). I don't usually manage to take many sky photos besides the occas read more
Communication by Example
Anger Management Blog ala George Anderson | May 15th 2008 by George Anderson
Setting a good example for your children is the most powerful way to teach them positive behaviors and attitudes. Parents who behave in a negative manner (fight constantly, abuse alcohol and/or drugs, are disrespectful, are unmotivated, etc.) teach t read more
More on the New Ryun-Jenkins Poll
Boyda Bloc | May 15th 2008
Little snippet from The Hill gives us some more reaction to the recently released poll that shows Jim Ryun destroying Lynn Jenkins by 44 points in the primary in the KS-02:Former Rep. Jim Ryun leads state Treasurer Lynn Jenkins by roughly 3-to-1, acc read more
Baseball MLB Live Game Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Onli…
bilkorsel | May 15th 2008 by ibrahim
Baseball MLB Live Game Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Online Free Stream Thursday 5/15 14:10 ET Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=12454&part=sports read more
Ah, the Smell of a Political Bloodbath in the Morning
Everyday Citizen | May 14th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
It is wrong for me to be so gleeful about the Republican Party's stunning lose in the Mississippi First yesterday, isn't it? And about the ones in Louisiana and Illinois, too? I mean, it just doesn't seem seemly to me to take this much pleasure out read more
Anger is an Energizer
Anger Management Blog ala George Anderson | May 14th 2008 by George Anderson
Anger is a natural emotional state and is designed to help us stay alive. Anger sends signals to all parts of our body to help us fight. It energizes us and prepares us for action. Often, the perceived need to protect one-self comes from what amounts read more
Ryun Crushes Jenkins in New District Poll
Boyda Bloc | May 14th 2008
As released today in the DC-based newspaper Roll Call (which you must have a subscription to access), Jim Ryun has a shocking 44 point advantage over Lynn Jenkins in the run up to their August primary.Ryun’s internal poll found that he led Jenkins read more
Conservative Bloggers Take Notice of Jenkins' Stand on Abortion
Boyda Bloc | May 14th 2008
From Kansas Meadowlark today we get some more coverage of Lynn Jenkins' decision to accept contributions and other fundraising assistance from WISH List- the nation's largest pro-choice Republican organization.Wikipedia explains that “WISH” stand read more
Letter to the Editor: "Thank You"
Boyda Bloc | May 14th 2008
A Letter to the Editor from the Pittsburg Morning Sun-Dear Editor, On Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda called on Nancy Pelosi and other leaders in Congress to stop charging American taxpayers for reconstruction projects in Iraq a read more
CBB Column: Missouri Scouting Report
The College Baseball Blog | May 14th 2008 by Brian Foley
The CBB recently had an opportunity to take in the Missouri-Kansas series over this past weekend. We focused on the strong Missouri team which includes one of the top pitchers in the country for 2008 in Aaron Crow and one of the top 2009 pitching pro read more
Best Direct Sales Idea | Direct Selling | Home Based Sales | High…
High Income Sales Opportunity: No Travel Six Figure Income | May 14th 2008 by Joe crawford
Looking for the best direct sales idea?What qualifies a direct sales opportunity as "best" to you?Most Profitable?The Most Fun?The Most Flexible Opportunity?Have you ever wondered what the benefits are of a home based direct sales business thatoffers read more
YouTube - The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)
The Tao of Blog | May 14th 2008 by Pablo
Hi I am back blogging !!Life has been very complex lately and I have not had the time or the drive to blog as regularly as I was.Anyway less of that and more of thisYouTube - The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)Very Matrix........Nice One Prof! read more
Kansans Asking For More Democracy
ARRA News Service | May 13th 2008 by OzarkGuru
by Phyllis Schlafly: Kansas will have a proposition on the ballot in November that could send shock waves into the tenure of state court judges. The voters in Johnson County, Kansas (suburban Kansas City) will vote on the right to elect their 10th ju read more
Republicans Fail- Again- To Win A Republican Seat in Congress
Boyda Bloc | May 13th 2008
Honest-to-goodness, it's music to our ears:A GOP House leadership aide told the Politico last week that “if we don’t win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of.”They d read more
So Far So Good
Brain Foggles | May 13th 2008 by Connie
Yesterday Lady Ali and her fiance came to visit, spent most of the day, had dinner with us and then left for Kansas. They acted with such maturity, explaining things over and over to each one of us that asked the same questions. They had handled the read more
San y Santas
Marie Meier Goth'n'Roll Graphic Blog | May 13th 2008
Une note un peu facile mais j'ai pas mal de boulot et je n'avais pas le coeur à faire un truc un peu drôle comme prévu. Voila l'album ou vous trouverez ma série de San et de Santas ( enfin... read more
Kansas Gov. Signs Rate Modernization Bill
Daily Insurer | May 13th 2008 by davet.
The Governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius (D), today signed into law the rate modernization bill (HB 2689) for personal lines of insurance, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). Flex band rating will foster competition in both the ho read more
Vote No on Judge Phill Kline
Everyday Citizen | May 13th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
I just saw this on the morning post on the MAINblog and about choked on my coffee. It seems Phyllis Schlafly has taken an interest in seeing judges elected in Johnson County Kansas vs. having them appointed in a non-partisan process that costs tax read more
President George W. Bush in Kansas City
Boyda Bloc | May 13th 2008
That's right, the least popular president in modern history is coming to Kansas City, Kansas, to campaign for Republican congressional candidate State Senate Nick Jordan.What on Earth is wrong with Jordan we do not know- this comes after he threw an read more
Boyda Praised for Actions on Healthcare
Boyda Bloc | May 12th 2008
From this Sunday's Wichita Eagle, in an article about the state of Kansas's work toward health reform for children:In the end, the Kansas Legislature chose wisely by approving a health reform package that will make health care more accessible to chil read more
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Eric Wilder | May 12th 2008
As a longtime geologist, I’ve heard many oil patch stories, some true, some likely false. Here is a story I heard about the discovery of the El Dorado Pool, the largest oil field in Kansas. Believe it if you will. I don’t know the truth, just read more
Give Civil Rights a Face
Everyday Citizen | May 11th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
I was tipped off to this outstanding video from a friend who went to the same high school as the kid who did this video. Justin Benefiel is an 18 year old senior at Yukon High School in Yukon, OK, and will be attending NYU in the fall. He only rece read more
Happy Mother's Day, but just from the Democrats
Boyda Bloc | May 10th 2008
All of us here at BoydaBloc, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda, Congressman Dennis Moore, and 235 other members of the United States House of Representatives would like to wish you and your mothers a very happy Mother's Day.Kansas Republican Representatives read more
BIG 12 Recap 05/09
The College Baseball Blog | May 10th 2008 by Brian Foley
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES #6 Texas A&M 6 at #7 Nebraska 3 No. 5 Texas A&M outlasted No. 5 Nebraska, 6-3, in 16 innings Friday night before a season-high crowd of 8,708 fans at Hawks Field. (more) Nebraska Recap Texas Tech 2 at #8 Oklahoma read more
Judicial Appointments or Elections
Everyday Citizen | May 9th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
A truly interesting and extensive piece appeared over at the MAINstream Coalition's blog today that discussed an upcoming ballot initiative in Johnson County, Kansas that would move county judges from being appointed by a panel to being elected by th read more
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