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Prophet Muhammad - “Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.”

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Yea can't keep the words of your great leader.

Prophet Muhammad - “Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.”

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Death of Muslim soldier’s son issue for lawsuit: CJOnline - Death of Muslim soldiers son issue for lawsuit

The Associated Press
Published Friday, May 30, 2008 at 2:29 p.m. CDT
The death of a Muslim soldier’s son in North Carolina has become a key issue for a group that is suing the military in Kansas.

Eight-month-old Lachlan Agee died May 3 at Fort Bragg, and officials suspect sudden infant death syndrome. His father, Pfc. Eli Agee, is stationed there.

Mackenzie Agee says she tried repeatedly to get routine medical appointments for her baby over several months and couldn’t. He was born premature in September 2007.

She believes the family was mistreated because it is Muslim. Post officials say they don’t condone discrimination, and an inspector general is considering a complaint.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation says the case is relevant to its federal lawsuit in Kansas.

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Posted by: topher40 at May 30, 2008 at 04:35:06 PM
I pay to much in taxes because I am white, the sky is blue because I am white and I dont like it, water is wet because I am white and it makes me wet. C'mon folks grow up and take the baby to another hospital. Why cant I sue someone because I am white, I dont want to be so maybe i should sue my parents! I couldnt sue anyone BECAUSE I am white!

Posted by: nrockwell at May 30, 2008 at 06:23:13 PM
cause you are white you made the rules.so live by what you made.maybe you should change your color ,your ways and the very shoes you wear.cause you are white you don't have to.that is why l don't just hate white people,l hate all people.as the song says you can't be that vain to think this is about you.don't you?

Posted by: councilcrooks at May 30, 2008 at 09:15:18 PM
nrockwell, I hope you someday build a bridge and GET OVER it.

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Yea can't keep the words of your great leader.

Prophet Muhammad - “Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.”

Scratch my back and I will scratch yours if not the people suffer anywa!

No wind break, but an end:CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - No wind break, but an end

2008 session concludes as Topeka delegation pushes for turbine plant
By James Carlson
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, May 30, 2008
Talk about a reversal.

Exactly four weeks ago from Thursday, House members voted overwhelmingly to pass a bundled bill authorizing a coal-fired power plant and extending the sunset for a tax break meant to lure a $150 million investment to Topeka.



Anthony S. Bush / The Capital-Journal
House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, closes the 2008 legislative session Thursday with a smack of the gavel and the words "sine die," which mean "final adjournment."
When Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed the bill earlier this month, House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, chastised her for costing the state "billions in opportunities."

On Thursday, lawmakers rejected a standalone bill solely extending the tax break. This time it was Sebelius' chance to cry foul, saying the speaker blocked "the opportunity to advance significant economic development."

Lawmakers adjourned for the year after denying the bill during the ceremonial sine die session on Thursday.

Topeka lawmakers say the $1 million per year tax break is aimed at a wind turbine manufacturing plant interested in locating in the capital city. The Topeka Chamber of Commerce has said the investment would bring up to 950 jobs to the area.

The incentive was coupled in early May with a series of economic development projects and the coal plant issue in a last-ditch effort to allow the plant expansion, which Sebelius had twice vetoed.

The move was meant to persuade coal opponents to get on board. When the governor vetoed that bill, the tax break went with it.

On Thursday, area legislators pushed the House to pass a bill pertaining only to the tax incentive.

"We felt like this is an important issue for our community, and unfortunately it was held hostage in the economic stimulus package that included the coal bill," said Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka.

Rep. Annie Kuether, D-Topeka, offered the motion to approve the bill, saying it earlier had been a "victim" of the coal issue.

"We believe this bill will help all of Kansas, not just Shawnee County," she said.

But following Thursday's vote, Neufeld said that bringing up new measures in the sine die session is out of line with normal procedure.

"The majority of folks came here saying we weren't going to do business, and they didn't want to do business," he said.

Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, criticized that logic, saying legislators "don't normally take hostage an economic development bill, either."

"This was a unique situation where lots of games got played during the session," Kelly said. "And (today) was an opportunity to move forward on an important economic development."

Kelly, Hensley and the rest of the 12-member Shawnee County delegation signed a May 27 letter to Neufeld urging his support for the measure. All 12 voted for the bill.

Rep. Lee Tafanelli, R-Ozawkie, voted for the original bill, including the tax break and coal plant addition, but said "no" Thursday to the standalone proposal.

"There weren't enough votes to overturn it, and I wasn't going to get involved in the gamesmanship," Tafanelli said.

The 47-49 vote was close to a majority of those legislators present but far from the 63-vote majority needed for passage.

James Carlson can be reached at (785) 233-7470 or james.carlson@cjonline.com.

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Posted by: BAB at May 30, 2008 at 07:42:42 AM
Can you say small little man that got his butt kicked and now is scratching back? I hope he is not truly representative of southwest Kansans. But, he probably is.

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Politics needs to change from the top to the bottom. The parties have way to much power and control. And for the most part do more harm than good.

Wind plant still up in air: CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - Wind plant still up in air

State senator hopeful facility and its jobs will land in Topeka
By Michael Hooper
The Capital-Journal
Published Saturday, May 31, 2008
A Topeka legislator hopes the Legislature's decision not to extend a tax break doesn't kill the city's chances to attract a wind turbine manufacturer.

"I would hope not," Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, said in an interview Friday. "It (the tax break) expires in 2009. I would hope they (the company) would have confidence in us to work hard to get it in the next session. That would be my fantasy."

As lawmakers ended the 2008 session Thursday, they rejected a standalone bill extending the tax break beyond 2009. Topeka lawmakers say the $1 million per year tax break is aimed at a wind turbine manufacturing plant interested in locating in the capital city. The investment would bring up to 950 jobs to the area.

"We know other states have put up cold hard cash," Kelly said.

The name of the company hasn't been disclosed.

Without the extension on the tax break, it is likely the company will look elsewhere, she said.

The tax break originally was approved a year ago to entice Hill's Pet Nutrition to build a new Emporia plant, which is currently under construction.

The wind turbine industry is booming in the United States as energy companies look for alternatives to fossil fuels for production of electricity. At least three wind farms are under construction in Kansas. Westar Energy has made a commitment to increase its use of wind power. It is fairly common to see truckers hauling wind turbine propellers along Interstate 70 in Kansas.

"That is one of the new emerging industries," said Steve R. Jenkins, senior vice president for economic development at the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce/Go Topeka.

Jenkins declined to discuss prospects for Topeka attracting a wind turbine manufacturer.

"I can't talk about it," he said.

But Jenkins said the Legislature has to address the state's competitiveness in attracting jobs and industry.

"We're finding it increasingly difficult to compete," Jenkins said.

A month ago, House members voted overwhelmingly to pass a bundled bill authorizing expansion of a coal-fired power plant at Holcomb and extending the sunset for the tax break meant to lure a $150 million investment to Topeka. After Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed the bill, House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, chastised her for costing the state "billions in opportunities."

On Thursday, Sebelius issued a statement critical of Republican and Kansas Chamber of Commerce leadership for not working toward passage of the tax break.

"It is unfortunate that Kansas business owners, their employees and the state's economy will be the victims of this legislative decision made on the final day of the 2008 legislative session," Sebelius said.

A Kansas chamber official said he didn't have enough knowledge of the issue to comment.

The 47-49 vote Thursday involving the tax break was close to a majority for those legislators present at the sine die adjournment but far from the 63-vote majority needed for passage.

Michael Hooper can be reached at (785)295-1293 or michael.hooper@cjonline.com.

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Yea can't keep the words of your great leader.

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Well this is the end of the road for me. I had hopes that we could share info, data and grow toward understanding that one city no matter the size has many of the same problems and adventures. But I counted on one thing to make it happen you! You didn't let me down you let yourselves down. Like the citizens of American have done for so long. Now your voices is just an echo heard by your friends and familes but no further. You failed your selves and your country in the end, but that is from my point of view only.
So enjoy any of these or find a local with the last link which list so many of our countries papers and if you bother to look you will find that many of the worlds papers are there too.. Thanks for the time reading but that was not my reasoning behind this thread. I will check back from time to time to see if anyone gets it. And if so maybe the hope that started this thread will continue.

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Not sure if you have any online newspapers se this site for state by state news on line. Newspapers of the World - Newslink

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Yea can't keep the words of your great leader.

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Here's one involving an NFL football player - well, at least his SUV anyway:

WGRZ News - Police Investigate Accident Involving Marshawn Lynch's Car

What's really interesting is how the article says it was the SUV itself that hit the pedestrian and not that the driver hit the pedestrian. If this had not been an SUV, the article would have said the driver hit the pedestrian.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

You sure it wasn't because he is a player for the Bills? lol

I read some other news worth reporting, but that is your choice Chan, it is your paper.
Thanks for the post. I hope others do like wise.

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Yea can't keep the words of your great leader.

Prophet Muhammad - “Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.”

I posted the link because of the following observation:

What's really interesting is how the article says it was the SUV itself that hit the pedestrian and not that the driver hit the pedestrian. If this had not been an SUV, the article would have said the driver hit the pedestrian.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Over 1,500 readers and not any other posters but me and Chan.. How sad.


More at the site with plenty of reader comments. Enjoy.

Help wanted: Legals only
Councilman wants city part of E-Verify employment program
By Tim Hrenchir
The Capital-Journal
Published Saturday, June 21, 2008

Topeka City Councilman Jack Woelfel wants to ensure the city doesn't hire anyone who isn't legally entitled to work in the United States.

CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - Help wanted: Legals only

Woelfel has sponsored a resolution the council will consider Tuesday that would authorize the city to take part in the federal E-Verify program.
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Jack Woelfel

There is no charge for employers to participate in E-Verify, an online service offered by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. But... Read it all at the site.

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Prophet Muhammad - “Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.”