2009-07-04T14:30:13Z http://blog.stayredkansas.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-07-02:bab13448-6982-4db8-931d-637d7d28a333 RedBull 2009-07-02T23:53:00Z Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:53:00 GMT Last weekend marked the annual straw poll at the Olathe Republican Picnic. All the usual suspects were in attendance; candidates, their staffers, and not to mention many Johnson County Republicans. Kathy Kist put together the event that went off without a hitch. Below are the results of the straw poll:US SenateTodd Tiahrt -- 165Jerry Moran -- 46Others -- 8 CongressPatricia Lightner -- 74Macie Houston -- 33Daniel Gilyeat -- 30Darla Jaye (write-in) -- 24Other Write Ins -- 21 GovernorSam Brownback -- 197Other Writer Ins -- 12 Secretary of StateKris Kobach -- 192JR Claeys -- 22 President -- 2012Sarah Palin -- 76Mike ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-26:a9e60b9d-028c-4c0c-af32-412ba074f022 RightKansas 2009-06-26T20:05:00Z Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:05:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-25:5e5d0548-61b9-43fc-87bf-fda5f94bf415 RightKansas 2009-06-25T18:08:00Z Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:08:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-24:bba4e518-9751-462e-a526-2110abcd7bab RightKansas 2009-06-24T22:01:00Z Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:01:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-23:2b4301d9-d5ab-4368-9f16-f4598858f4d1 RightKansas 2009-06-23T22:00:00Z Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-10:b571a86a-6a8f-4a39-9a42-7448bb640b45 Concerned Kansans 2009-06-10T20:45:00Z Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:45:00 GMT If you've been paying attention to the news lately, you've certainly seen reports about corrupt Congressman John Murtha's 'airport for nobody.' Over the last decade, Murtha has received in excess of $150 million of federal money to pay for a state of the art airport in a town of 21,000 people. On any given day, the airport handles an average of 20 passengers on three flights - all to Washington, D.C. To make it simple - since 1999, the U.S. Government has paid $1,200 per passenger from John Murtha's airport. As the American Spectator points out, it would have been ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-10:e8fe1545-cac0-41e0-a074-9fdd8b1e56dc RightKansas 2009-06-10T12:55:00Z Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:55:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false ontGrowAutofit/> MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-01:793a256e-94f9-40c9-8515-b7901916840b RightKansas 2009-06-01T22:11:00Z Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:11:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-06-01:6b155cbb-7624-4632-8c92-5fde0c90d8b3 Concerned Kansans 2009-06-01T17:24:00Z Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:24:00 GMT Yesterday, George Tiller, one of the most controversial figures in American society over the past two decades, was brutally gunned down during church services. We would like to start this off by extending our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Tiller - though we do not agree with his line of employment, we do not feel that anyone deserves that sort of exit from Earth. Moreover, we feel terribly for his wife who was subjected to a visual experience of this horrible scene. Hopefully, they'll be able to move past this tragedy. That said, the response from media ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-28:94785eeb-bef7-432c-b4a8-5bff1f167048 RightKansas 2009-05-28T20:02:00Z Thu, 28 May 2009 20:02:00 GMT Normal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> ontVertAlignInTxbx/> ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-26:27cd2bfd-bf2f-4207-9bf0-bdb732fc6860 RightKansas 2009-05-26T19:49:00Z Tue, 26 May 2009 19:49:00 GMT It has been reported today that Aaron "Ottomatic" Otto (this is his fraternity and facebook name) has been named to the Assistant Treasurer position by State Treasurer Dennis McKinney. Ottomatic Otto Facebook Ottomatic OttoIt seems to us that ole Ottomatic Otto wasn't good enough to be taken to DC by Governor Sebelius, and Parkinson didn't want him on his staff AGAIN, so they shifted ole Ottomatic over to the State Treasurer's office. All Kansas bureaucrats can celebrate as this is a clear sign you don't have to do your job well, or even be effective, you just have ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-21:5e06e84f-a57a-4a0e-af74-8d027579c594 RightKansas 2009-05-21T23:21:00Z Thu, 21 May 2009 23:21:00 GMT Could This Hurt Huelskamp? Is this what Wasinger was talking about in exposing Huelskamp? ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-21:c10cc6c8-4b16-45b4-a653-a7f81e0984ec RightKansas 2009-05-21T22:56:00Z Thu, 21 May 2009 22:56:00 GMT When did Laura Kelly become an expert on Republican politics? Kelly was featured in an AP article saying, “she thinks fellow Democrat Mark Parkinson has been been well-received by Republicans in his early days as governor.” Oh, do you really? Because she, a democrat, knows EXACTLY what the Republicans are thinking. Also, why in the world did the Associated Press even write this story?! Did they just take a press release and put it in paper? Does the opinion of one senator really matter enough to dedicate an entire article ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-20:86e964a5-817a-45fd-ac2b-7dcd649fd371 RightKansas 2009-05-20T18:19:00Z Wed, 20 May 2009 18:19:00 GMT Anything interesting happening today? ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-20:e90ef18c-530a-45ea-9519-9cbaa85596ae RightKansas 2009-05-20T18:19:00Z Wed, 20 May 2009 18:19:00 GMT StayRed has learned from an inside source with the Rob Wasinger campaign (1st district) that they are doing some heavy opposition research on Tim Huelskamp. Supposedly, they have some good stuff on Huelskamp that could be very harmful and want to confirm sources over the next couple weeks, but will release some info at the end of the month. Does that mean the Wasinger campaign has been "dumpster diving" Huelskamp? What could they possibly have? ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-09:be1b52e0-4c91-4755-af2e-19b4a29057c8 RedBull 2009-05-10T01:31:00Z Sun, 10 May 2009 01:31:00 GMT It’s that time of the year again – Washington is setting off on a pork-laden bonanza and it’s the consumer that’s set to foot the bill. The suspect, this time around, is a bill known inside the beltway as “Waxman/Markey” – a cap-and-trade/energy bill that would cut carbon emissions and attempt to put the country on a path toward a renewable and sustainable future. A commendable goal, no doubt, and one we can all support. In practice, unfortunately, Waxman/Markey is shaking out to be an entirely different beast. The bill establishes an intricate “allowance” trading scheme, providing favored ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-07:d547ce49-8e12-492f-b966-c20f7655c76e RightKansas 2009-05-07T06:25:00Z Thu, 07 May 2009 06:25:00 GMT In the past ten years my family has purchased three new Chrysler automobiles and a new Dodge truck; unfortunately they will be the last we own. I have been an adamant “buy American” consumer, and I will attempt to remain so in the future. However, as the United States Government flexes its control over the American auto industry, my only avenue of dissent is to boycott the socialist-created remnants of once-great companies.If Chrysler failed to make the type of vehicles the American consumer desired, an opinion the government has voiced, then they deserved to fail. However, if failure was in ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-05:deb098c0-67d7-4917-9370-5e8651bc255f Concerned Kansans 2009-05-05T17:14:00Z Tue, 05 May 2009 17:14:00 GMT SurveyUSA released their latest tracking polls on the public approval of our two Senators, Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts. What does this tell us? The vast majority of Kansans really like 'em both. Sam Brownback posted approval-disapproval numbers of 53-36, while Roberts came in at 53-34. These figures come in the same month as the first negative approval numbers for former Governor Kathleen Sebelius in as long as we can remember. Heck - even 44% of Kansas' Democrats approve of Sam Brownback's job in the US Senate. How do you think your prospects in the 2010 Governor's race look should ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-05:8ba16549-c3da-4dbc-9433-0cd35fcfd503 Concerned Kansans 2009-05-05T15:01:00Z Tue, 05 May 2009 15:01:00 GMT For more than one year, Kathleen Sebelius preferred to stand atop her partisan perch, vetoing the Holcomb Coal Plant bill at every turn, than strike a compromise and get to work on creating Kansas jobs. For more than one full year, Sebelius decided to make a political statement rather than allow the Republican-led legislature to improve the Kansas Economy. And it took Governor Mark Parkinson less than one week with the gavel to reach an amicable consensus that Kathleen Sebelius couldn't - scratch that, wouldn't - ever find. All we can say is 'Thank God for Tom Daschle's tax problems.' ... tag:blog.stayredkansas.com,2009-05-04:28673087-7596-48db-b5ca-54fcac102dad RightKansas 2009-05-04T20:16:00Z Mon, 04 May 2009 20:16:00 GMT Katheen the Queen was hugely unpopular by the time she left Kansas for DCHer poll ratings had slipped tremendously, and she knew that the budget crisis was above her head. The only problem is, The spoils of Kansans, are now the problems of all Americans in her new role as HHS Secretary. Kathleen the Queen can no longer mask her policy ineptness by embarking on signifcant PR campaigns like she did in Kansas, as HHS Secertary she is playing second fiddle to the Obama Administration and soon enough her lack of gravitas to handle the rigors of a cabinet ...