Archive for the ‘Mass Politics’ Category

KANSAS SENATOR CHRIS STEINEGER (D) SAYS “THE RECESSION IS NOT OVER,“ by Wayne Hodges
TOPEKA, KS -It’s official. The national unemployment rate has exceeded 10%. Employers are hesitant to hire. Budget deficits continue to plague local and state governments. And consumer spending remains relatively low. Is the recession over? Let’s find out. Recently, I had a [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
LIMBAUGH AND ROBERTSON STRIKE A NERVE WITH COMMENTS ABOUT HAITI, By Wayne Hodges

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –In the aftermath of one of the world’s most damaging natural disasters, television Evangelist Pat Robertson and Political Commentator Rush Limbaugh found it necessary to partake in their own unique version of “Def Comedy Jam.” According to Robertson, “Something [...]

SARAH PALIN GETS CAUGHT WITH NOTES WRITTEN ON HER HAND, by Mike Krumboltz
NASHVILLE, Tenn – Remember those quizzes you had on the state capitals back in junior high? Oh, the pressure! The temptation to write “Pierre, Olympia, Dover, Albany” on the inside of your hand was overwhelming, wasn’t it? But you resisted. Maybe Sarah Palin [...]

SARAH PALIN BLASTS PRESIDENT OBAMA BEFORE TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS, the Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sarah Palin declared “America is ready for another revolution” and repeatedly assailed President Barack Obama on Saturday before adoring “tea party” activists. They make up a seemingly natural constituency should she run for president. “This movement is about the people,” the [...]

MICHELLE OBAMA FACES INTENSE SCRUTINY AS PRESIDENT’S WIFE, by Mike Celizic of TODAY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man [...]

PRESIDENT OBAMA PROPOSED A NEW BUDGET PLAN TO REDUCE DEFICIT, the Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion. Obama’s new budget blueprint preaches [...]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS OPENING THE DOOR FOR PALIN PRESIDENCY, by Jon Jeter
WASHINGTON, D.C. – It does not take a pollster, partisan or psychic to see a harbinger of things to come in Massachusetts voters’ choice of a Republican to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. If Barack Obama’s next three years in the White House [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR’S LEGACY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, by Wayne Hodges

LAWRENCE, Kan – On Sunday, January 24, the University of Kansas hosted a Celebration Banquet in honor of the legendary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., served as the honorable keynote speaker for the famed event. During [...]

MASSIVE DEATH TOLL FEARED IN HAITI AS CITY REMAINS IN RUINS, the Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Death was everywhere Wednesday in this devastated city of 2 million. Bodies of tiny children were piled next to schools. Corpses of women lay on the street with stunned expressions frozen on their faces as flies began to gather. [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
TO CLOSE GAPS IN BUSINESS AND INCOME, BATON MUST BE PASSED! by Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, MO – After suffering through a miserable 2-14 season in 2008, Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro guard, and team leader, Brian Waters approached new head coach Todd Haley to discuss the team’s future. By the time the brief encounter had [...]