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  • Liberal Kansas internet groupies flip-flop faster than John Kerry

    It’s a set of dance moves that would make John Kerry proud. Government run healthcare supporters gathered in Wichita Saturday to protest the Healthcare Freedom Amendment (HFA). The Amendment, sponsored by Reps. Brenda Landwehr, Peggy Mast and Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, would try to prevent the federal government from imposing fines, or [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:53am EST
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  • Poll: KS-03 Republican primary

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    Let the races begin! The primary race in Kansas’ Third Congressional District just got a lot more crowded with Dennis Moore announcing he’s quitting rather than face Republican opposition. You can vote for your choice for a Republican nominee in our poll on the right. We’ve tried to list any candidate running [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:16pm EST
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  • New report on uninsured children confirms Healthwave enrollment failures

    #quote1 { border-style: dotted; border-width: 2px; padding: 6px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify; min-width: 300px; max-width: 300px; color: #CC0000; float: right; } “Though Kansas is experiencing a growth in its rate of uninsured children, it is important to note that the [...] [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:17pm EST
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  • Liberal-socialists ignore government failure in insuring children

    #quote { border: 1px dashed black; margin: 6px; padding: 6px; float: right; max-width: 200px; min-width: 200px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em; color: #000099; text-align: justify; } “In Kansas, the percentage of uninsured children continues to rise, according to 2008 data released Thursday by [...] [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:06pm EST
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  • Dennis Moore’s staff shows distaste for open government

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    A rather shocking video on the Kansas Watchdog news site shows a staffer of Congressman Dennis Moore showing his distaste for openness and public access to the Congressman’s office. When Congressman Moore’s office was contacted, they stated that any citizen in Kansas has the right to request to not be filmed. [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:10pm EST
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  • Kansas Supreme Court shuts down wind power

    According to a Lawrence Journal-World article this evening, the Kansas Supreme Court has moved to shut down wind turbines in the Kansas Flint Hills. Whether or not wind power should be sought in Kansas is still up for debate. It is clear that wind power is unreliable and can not be [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:43pm EDT
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  • Honoring Old Glory

    In light of the Democratic National Committee using a video that desecrates our nation’s flag to make a point about government run health care, I would like to share a letter to the editor from my local newspaper from three of my old high school friends who now serve and [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:44pm EDT
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  • Watch ‘Not Evil, Just Wrong’ Live

    What a great documentary! Thank you Not Evil, Just Wrong for live streaming the film for free! If you missed the show, visit www.noteviljustwrong.com for more information about purchasing a copy. Don’t forget to follow the producers on Twitter and take a look at their news section, especially the story, [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 5:29pm EDT
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  • Watch ‘Not Evil Just Wrong’ streamed live on the KRA Blog

    Some of you may be saying, “Hey, I can’t travels hours to watch a movie! How can I watch Not Evil, Just Wrong?” The producers have graciously decided to livestream the entire movie on the internet tomorrow evening at 7pm CST. The KRA Blog will be live hosting the movie here. [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 11:53pm EDT
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  • ‘Not Evil Just Wrong’ to be shown in Overland Park

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    Another Kansas site has been added to the Sunday premiere of Not Evil, Just Wrong. Liberty Republic will be hosting a free premiere at The Refuge. Where: The Refuge, 135th and Flint St., Overland Park, KS When: Doors open 6:15pm Sunday, October 18, 2009, film starts at 7pm Cost: FREE!!! There are also premieres at [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
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  • ‘Not Evil, Just Wrong’ to premiere in Wichita, Topeka

    A new documentary about the dangers of the environmental movement will be premiering around the globe this Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 7pm. Not Evil, Just Wrong will premiere in Wichita and Topeka. Americans for Prosperity and the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy will be co-hosting the premiere at Wichita. Where: [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 7:04pm EDT
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  • Three people decide new state rep

    A tweet from the Kansas Watchdog tells us why it’s so important to become a precinct man or woman and keep the Republican Party conservative. @KansasWatchdog – Hawver reports Melany Barnes elected 3-0 to replace Tom Sawyer as State Rep in 95th district in Wichita. Sawyer moves to Parole Board. Only three [...]
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    Posted: October 10, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
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  • Kelsey wins fourth district poll

    Looks like a lot of fourth district campaigns “got out the voters” so to speak in the just closed KRA poll. Dick Kelsey won 41% of the total votes with a record 5,110 votes. Jim Anderson was second with 34% of the vote and Mike Pompeo was third with 24%. Results as [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:13pm EDT
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  • Last chance to vote in our fourth district poll

    This weekend will be your last chance to vote in our poll for the fourth district Republican primary. The response has been significant, so we’re going to give everyone a few more days to voice their opinion before the results are posted. Results as of 10:30am Friday are posted on the [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 10:45am EDT
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  • In 96 years we’ve only learned how to raise tax rates and tax more people

    96 years ago: By 1913, 36 States had ratified the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. In October, Congress passed a new income tax law with rates beginning at 1 percent and rising to 7 percent for taxpayers with income in excess of $500,000. Less than 1 percent of the population paid [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:48am EDT
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  • The Soldier’s Experience: Iraq vs. Afghanistan

    Soldiers who have served in both Afghanistan and Iraq compare the two countries. They say there is one key difference: See the answer by clicking on this link (video is just under 6 minutes long after a short ad plays). That’s just a taste, you can check out more of JD Johannes’ [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 2:50pm EDT
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  • Buy health insurance or go to jail. We can’t make this up folks, it’s just too incredible.

    Buy health insurance, pay a fine if you don’t, or go to jail? Politico reports: Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance. Violators could [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:54pm EDT
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  • Lawmakers Request AG Investigation of SRS Funding Decisions

    Kansas lawmakers are asking the Kansas Attorney General to investigate SRS funding decisions. When this story began to come to light earlier this year, we did some background investigation on the firm in question and found more questions than answers regarding how one firm was chosen to receive money and [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 3:19pm EDT
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  • Cap-Journal: Earth may be cooling

    Today’s Topeka Capital-Journal article highlights why it is so important to fight the false alarms raised by global warming extremists. Charlie Perry of the U.S. Geological Survey in Lawrence explained how cool spots on the sun’s surface could be contributing to fluctuations in the Earth’s temperature. In fact, it looks as [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:20am EDT
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  • In Obama’s world you get to make up your own definitions

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    Remember this? President Bill Clinton: “it depends upon what the meaning of the word is is” (longer version here) George Stepanopoulos looks up the definition of tax STEPHANOPOULOS: I — I don’t think I’m making it up. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary: Tax — “a charge, usually of money, imposed by authority on persons [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:18pm EDT
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  • If it’s a government required payment, how does it differ from a tax?

    Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Is a forced expenditure just as much a government requirement as a tax? The President tried to play word games this morning. He claimed it’s not a tax to require you to buy something. Let me see, you’ll require me to buy [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 2:11pm EDT
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  • Mr. Moore goes to a Washington fund raiser with Barney Fwank

    Democrat Dennis Moore recently attended a liberal fund raiser with House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Fwank (D-Mass.) What would “Blue Dog” Dennis Moore have in common with liberal Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank? Whatever they have in common, it must mean a lot to Dennis. After all, why else would Moore [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 8:22pm EDT
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  • Steve Rose finally sees the light on Dennis Moore, announces he’s running for Congress

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    In his own words, Steve Rose has strongly supported Dennis Moore since at least 1998 After our strong endorsements for him over the past 10 years… 1998: Steve Rose endorsed Democrat Dennis Moore over Republican Vince Snowbarger 2000: Steve Rose endorsed Democrat Dennis Moore over Republican Phill Kline 2002: Steve Rose endorsed Democrat Dennis [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:17pm EDT
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  • She’d force you to buy health insurance, I won’t… never mind, now I will

    I think I understand why Congressman Joe Wilson couldn’t hold his tongue… the games being played are so infuriating how could anyone remain quiet? Candidate Obama on Feb 13, 2008 … the main difference between my plan and Senator Clinton’s plan is that she’d require the government to force you to [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 11:24am EDT
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  • FACT CHECK: Obama uses iffy math on deficit pledge

    From the Associated Press: (CALVIN WOODWARD and ERICA WERNER) President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation’s health care system without adding “one dime” to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars. The president’s speech to [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 11:57pm EDT
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  • SEIU seeking payback for $100K donation to Sebelius

    What is quickly becoming a liability for Gov. Mark Parkinson, the Service Employees International Union is asking the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services for thousands of employees names, addresses and telephone numbers so they can be contacted about SEIU’s “services.” The SRS has stated that they will comply with [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 10:37am EDT
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  • Poll: Who gets your vote in the fourth district?

    The results are in from the first district and it looks like Sen. Tim Huelskamp is the run away winner. Now you can look to your right and vote in our new poll for the fourth district. Click the links below for website information. I was unable to find website information [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 10:11am EDT
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  • Election Day - in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Wonder what it’s really like there? JD Johannes reported in this evening: There are actually three or four elections today, depending on the region and province. Some places went smooth. Others…well. (editor’s note: go to his blog to follow a link to a site with more specifics) … I spent the day filming [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
    by KRA ED

  • When the Government can convince you life isn’t worth living, they don’t need a ‘death panel’

    Wonder why Americans know that end of life counseling by the government is a dangerous slippery slope? Read this from the Wall Street Journal Last year, bureaucrats at the VA’s National Center for Ethics in Health Care advocated a 52-page end-of-life planning document, “Your Life, Your Choices.” It was first published in [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
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  • Why does the AARP want government run health care for all?

    AARP is running ads blaming “special interest groups” for blocking health care reform. One was seen on the history channel in the last hour or so (as of when this was typed). Pretty graphic… An ambulance driving with it’s sirens on is having to swerve around cars that keep deliberately [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 1:03pm EDT
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  • Watch Sebelius get booed in Philadelphia town hall meeting

    Kathleen Sebelius. You’re not in Kansas anymore. Queen Kathleen and Democratic Senator Arlen Specter attended a town hall meeting in Philadelphia where the two were trying to convince a large audience that they knew what was best for the nations health care system. Imagine their surprise when the audience insisted they [...]
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    Posted: August 03, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
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  • There’s nothing ethical about the Ethics Commission

    The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission today spit in the face of the law they have been sworn to up hold. The commission today declined to award Kris VanMeteren, a Topeka activist who was unlawfully sanctioned by the Commission, $17,500 in real damages. There has never been a more clear case [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 3:37pm EDT
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  • Vice President Joe Biden: “We’ve Got To Spend Money So We Don’t Go Bankrupt”

    Can you imagine running your household this way? Now we know, sometimes you need to spend money on things that will protect your family from potential financial ruin… But in reality what he’s saying is the Government has to spend money on their version of health care for all so [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 10:51pm EDT
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  • Kansas left admits 2010 looking like a Republican sweep

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    Kansas Confidential, a new liberal blog in Kansas, has an interestingly truthful post regarding the leadership void within the Kansas Democratic Party and who’s to blame for it. According to the new blog, the primary culprit is none other than Kathleen Sebelius. According to the Kansas left, Sebelius was more interested [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2009, 5:19pm EDT
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  • Just one of the little goodies in the Cap & Trade bill

    no sense reinventing the wheel… Jimmie Bise over at the American Issues Project blog has done some research for us: I bet you thought that if you bought a house, you actually own it and can, with reasonable exceptions, do with it what you want. You probably think that if you [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 1:09am EDT
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  • Independence Day

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    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2009, 2:32am EDT
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  • Clinton Administration hard drive “missing”

    Reward of up to $50,000 offered for the return of a missing Clinton Administration hard drive. We do not know whether the drive was stolen, lost, or otherwise misplaced. If you thought your files were disorganized, don’t fret, the National Archives can’t keep up with everything either and they specialize in archiving [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:20pm EDT
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  • Honduras & Sotomayor

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    First we have an Obama nominee to the US Supreme Court who has yet another of her rulings overturned by the US Supreme Court… then Obama opposes the Honduran Supreme Court that was simply trying to uphold their constitution. They don’t seem related… or do they? It just so happens [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
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  • Kansas Democrats: “We’re falling behind a united, conservative Republican Party”

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    The Kansas left is on the run and it’s starting to show. Openleft.com, a liberal activist website, is promoting a blast email sent out by Mike Nellis, online director for the Kansas Democratic Party. In the email Nellis makes an appeal for all Kansas liberals to ease up on the purse [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2009, 12:35am EDT
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  • NO - You CAN’T have more of my money!

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    Tonight I’m sitting at home, peacefully enjoying a summer evening thunderstorm that has temporarily suspended the heat wave. And then what shows up in my inbox but a couple of news updates from Kansas Liberty News and my tranquility vanishes. No, it’s not the messenger who annoyed me – but [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 9:56pm EDT
    by KRA ED

  • Remembering D-Day

    A friend of ours reminded us of the speech President Reagan gave on this day 25 years ago. We found it inspiring to read again these many years later – and it served as a reminder of how much has changed, good and bad, in just one generation. Thinking about [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2009, 4:15pm EDT
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  • Obama & Middle East Policy

    I’m sitting in a session on national security, listening to Senator Jim Talent & Frank Gaffney (Center for Security Policy) and I happen to notice this at the top of Google News: Kenya Welcomes Obama’s Speech to Muslim World (but… “some Muslim leaders said they will watch closely to see [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
    by KRA ED

  • Transparency in Government - Opening Night at CHLC

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    KRA is hanging out in St. Louis, getting our batteries recharged at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference. Last night we heard about transparency in government (more coverage here) from some folks who have made it happen their state, similar to how it’s happening in Kansas (check out KanView to see [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2009, 12:06pm EDT
    by KRA ED

  • Elected Republicans should govern by the principles they profess

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    It seems simple enough. Yet today we have so-called moderates and liberals claiming that Republicans need to act more like Democrats if they want to get elected. Isn’t that what turned off their voters in the first place? It seems I’m not alone in that reaction, as I found when [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 11:41am EDT
    by KRA ED

  • TEE Party moves to legislator’s offices

    Around 80 citizens attended AFP’s TEE Party in the capital. Activists stood outside the House chambers to greet legislators as they entered and then moved to the viewing balcony to see our government at work. One activist had a campaign flyer from her Senator stating that she had worked to [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 2:35pm EDT
    by rockchalk

  • TEE Party in the capital

    There’s a TEE Party in the statehouse today. Americans for Prosperity - Kansas has organized grassroots activists to come and encourage lawmakers to not tax their way out of their spending problem. Citizens met this morning at 10am and are now spread throughout the statehouse speaking with legislators about what [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 11:41am EDT
    by rockchalk

  • Firm receiving extra Medicaid funding from Sebelius administration makes nearly $1 million in improvements to property

    Community Living Opportunities (CLO) was recently highlighted for their unusual protest and subsequent Medicaid reimbursement from the state of Kansas. The Board of Directors for the non-profit include Lew Perkins, athletic director for the University of Kansas and Larry Gates, chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party and former law partner [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2009, 10:21am EDT
    by rockchalk

  • TEA Party Video: Stay Strong

    My camera doesn’t take the best video and my editing skills are even more lacking than my photography skills, but I hope you find this video of the Topeka TEA Party inspirational. My apologies to the other speakers that aren’t featured here (and there are many), my memory card only [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 12:46am EDT
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  • Topeka TEA Party photos

    I’ve uploaded photos of the Topeka TEA Party to Flickr. You can go here to view them or enjoy the slideshow below. A few video clips will be posted later. [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 5:20pm EDT
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  • Topeka TEA rally draws over one thousand

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    #box { border: 1px solid #000099; margin: 3px; padding: 3px; float: right; max-width: 300px; } #box li { list-style-type: square; list-style-position: inside; left: 15px; } The latest on Kansas Tea Parties Over 500 Rally at Salina Tax Day “Tea Party” Kansas Tea Parties Pottawatomie County Tea Party Wichita Tea Party updates: the day [...] [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2009, 10:42pm EDT
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