tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035101027992174852024-03-14T01:00:19.126-05:00The Community Bridge Blog<em>Democracy, I would repeat, is the noblest form of government we have yet evolved, and we may as well begin to ask ourselves whether we are ready to suffer, even perish for it, rather than readying ourselves to live in the lower existence of a monumental banana republic with a government always eager to cater to mega-corporations as they do their best to appropriate our thwarted dreams with their elephantiastical conceits.</em> ~ Norman MailerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-16897565868466157512013-03-09T06:57:00.000-06:002013-03-09T07:00:37.474-06:00YOUR VOTE – EVERY VOTE - MAKES A DIFFERENCE!Jan Galitzer wrote this, I agree with the sentiment, the Manhattan Mercury would not print without payment.<br />
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In the 2011 election for city commission, only 20% of registered voters
voted! There were 32,015 registered voters - 25,582 people did not vote
for any of the commissioner candidates – that is - 80% of register
voters did not bother to vote. That doesn’t even count the people who
could have been registered and didn’t even bother to do so!<br />
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent">In an
election for city commission the top 3 vote getters will become
commissioners by simple majority. For example, in the last election, a
candidate who got 3,495 votes was actually only elected by 10% of
registered voters.</span></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"><br /> In the first few months after the last election,
this commission reversed ordinances passed by the previous commission,
sometimes claiming they had a mandate from the people because of their
election. This is what a mandate of 10% of voters led to:</span></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"><br /> 1. They
stopped inspections of rental properties, thereby allowing landlords to
rent properties that do not meet recognized safety standards. This
essentially allows landlords free reign to endanger tenants and to
embarrass this community in front of all of those student’s parents and
all of our soldiers’ families – Manhattan, this reversal says, doesn’t
care enough about you to make sure you live in proper housing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"><br /> 2.
Then they reversed the newly amended civil rights ordinance that
included protection for LGBT citizens from discrimination. I agree it’s
too bad that we have to list people to be protected….but I want to live
in a community where the civil rights ordinance says that no one can
discriminate against anyone for any reason! But since people DO
discriminate, it is sad that 10% of the registered voters elected people
who think protection of the any members of our society is unnecessary.</span></span></div>
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3. They also withdrew support for a fixed route bus system that would
help residents without their own transportation get to jobs, grocery
stores, doctors’ appointments, classes, etc. – even though it required
less than a onetime $12,000 match of funds to grants already in place to
support the system.</span></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"><br /> This commission has consistently demonstrated a
lack of concern for the health and welfare of this community. They have
cut support for social services and plan future cuts in funding to
important agencies in our community. They are more concerned about the
“bottom line” then about the quality of life that makes Manhattan the
kind of place people want to live.</span></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"><br /> If you are not registered to vote – the deadline for registering for this election is March 18. The Riley County website (<a href="http://www.rileycountyks.gov/index.aspx?NID=1118" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.rileycountyks.gov/index.aspx?NID=1118</a>) provides information on what you will need to register and what you will need to show when you go to vote.</span></span></div>
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If you are a registered voter – good for you! Find out about the
candidates, elect people who will make Manhattan the kind of welcoming,
safe and productive place that will encourage people to invest their
business, bring their family and make a good life with us in this
community. Help create a community where you want to live. <br /> YOUR vote – every vote - makes a difference!</span></span></div>
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What are 1,000 votes or 100 or even 10 here and there- isn’t it
obvious? Every single voter can influence the outcome of this election.
Don’t blame anyone else for what happens in an election that you have
not participated in! Be an active citizen – be counted! VOTE – do it for
all of us!</span></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"><br /> Janis Clare Galitzer</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-58229727110205685322012-07-26T12:43:00.001-05:002012-07-26T13:30:21.263-05:00KSBOE Candidate Forum District 6On July 23, 2012, <a href="http://http://www.kcfs.org/">Kansas Citizens for Science</a> sponsored a Kansas State Board of Education candidate forum for District 6 at the Manhattan Public Library. Candidates participating in the forum included: Usha Reddi and Carol Viar, Democratic candidates, and Deena Horst, Republican candidate. After general introductory statements, questions were solicited from the audience and were asked to the candidates by forum moderator, Harry McDonald, President of the Kansas Citizens for Science Board of Directors.<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P2c5e388235c5396fb9142d225a805335bFpwSlREYGtw&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-12103750887769817152011-10-09T08:02:00.003-05:002011-10-09T08:13:00.115-05:00Podcast Special: The Hidden Hands in Redistricting<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CfUaJrHImE/TpGdvvPwsEI/AAAAAAAAB10/8VDwHmzkI4c/s1600/redistricting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CfUaJrHImE/TpGdvvPwsEI/AAAAAAAAB10/8VDwHmzkI4c/s200/redistricting.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>Special podcast: </b>In the first story of a new series, <a href="http://www.propublica.org/">Propublica</a> reporter <b>Olga Pierce</b> and news application developer <b>Jeff Larson</b> examine how corporations, unions and other special interests are manipulating the redistricting process in their favor by funneling money through purportedly independent redistricting groups.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As these murky groups play a more dominant role, Pierce and Larson explain on the podcast this week that voters are the ones ultimately losing. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“What we're trying to point out is that drawing the maps to benefit a particular person is kind of problematic. If you're an outside group creating a safe district for a particular person, then essentially what you're doing is you're taking away people's votes,” Larson says.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pierce adds, “What more fundamental tenant of democracy is there than ‘one person, one vote?’ If that's gone, then what else is there?”</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For complete transcript, visit: <a href="http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/podcast-the-hidden-hands-in-redistricting/">http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/podcast-the-hidden-hands-in-redistricting/</a></div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=Pb307cdd1cb85f97313c3357e894c78f0bFpwSlREYGtx&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-18131864825037379182011-09-18T10:50:00.002-05:002011-09-20T08:09:22.627-05:00Meeting Community Healthcare Needs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kq4w52bzMk8/TniP7cHDYhI/AAAAAAAAB1w/IojDEXdPLJc/s1600/uninsured.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kq4w52bzMk8/TniP7cHDYhI/AAAAAAAAB1w/IojDEXdPLJc/s1600/uninsured.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On August 30, 2011, the <a href="http://www.mapj.org/">Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice</a> sponsored a community forum featuring representatives from local hospital, mental health and dental services who responded to questions from the audience regarding the needs for low cost health care in the Manhattan area and service accessibility.</div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P6c342433547694eb6087fa260b719b2ebFpwSlREYGt2&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-16038276006855754432011-08-08T16:35:00.003-05:002011-08-15T18:27:34.739-05:00Podcast Special: Kansas Equality Rally Speeches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AL8XjbvjzkE/TkmnkH_ouhI/AAAAAAAAB1M/K_oZ0qkkpu0/s1600/Topeka+Rally.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AL8XjbvjzkE/TkmnkH_ouhI/AAAAAAAAB1M/K_oZ0qkkpu0/s200/Topeka+Rally.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On August 6th, Kansas Chapter of the National Organization of Women and the Kansas Equality Coalition held a rally for equality at the state capitol building in Topeka. The rally was in response to attacks on the free speech rights of Kansans by the Brownback administration. You will hear <b>Tom Witt, Kari Ann Rinkner, Pedro Irigonegaray, and Mark Manning</b> as well as the voices of four participants.<br />
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<b>Additional Links:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.kansasequalitycoalition.org/">Kansas Equality Coalition</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ksnow.org/KS_NOW/Welcome.html">Kansas NOW</a><br />
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<a href="http://cjonline.com/news/2011-08-06/brownback-prays-opponents-rally"><i>As Brownback prays, opponents rally</i></a>, by Phil anderson, Topeka Capitol Journal, August 6, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/aug/06/statehouse-live-people-rally-capitol-protest-brown/"><i>Statehouse Live: People rally at Capitol to protest Brownback policies</i></a>, by Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal World, August 6, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://cjonline.com/news/2011-06-24/gay-rights-group-protests-govs-trip"><i>Gay rights group protests Gov's trip</i></a>, by Fredrick J. Johnson, Topeka Capitol Journal, June 24, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700146916/Kan-gay-rights-group-protests-at-Statehouse.html"><i>Kan. gay rights group protests at Statehouse</i></a>, by John Hanna, Associate Press (via Dessert News), June 24, 2011. </div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P6f861ae30251316d1f0cdb9cc33a1e91bFpwSlREYGt3&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-57831088824766169202011-08-02T11:44:00.003-05:002011-08-02T15:17:02.096-05:00Kansas Equality Rally<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kXmomkMB1I/TjhVFtsjduI/AAAAAAAAB1I/BYmUS5xW6AQ/s1600/defend+equality.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kXmomkMB1I/TjhVFtsjduI/AAAAAAAAB1I/BYmUS5xW6AQ/s200/defend+equality.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Community Bridge opens this week with <b>Tom Witt,</b> President of the <a href="http://www.kansasequalitycoalition.org/">Kansas Equality Coalition</a>, for a discussion of the upcoming equality march and rally at the state Capitol on August 6th. The rally is being called in response to Sam Brownback's hijacking our state government for his own agenda and his efforts to hijack as well the First Amendment rights of all Kansans who disagree with him by treating opposition groups differently than those who support his imperial governorship. Then we will hear a short clip from the<a href="http://www.bestoftheleftpodcast.com/"> Best of the Left podcast</a> and close out the hour with <b>Lynne Davy</b> from the <a href="http://www.rchsks.org/">Riley County Humane Society</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2011/08/the_prayer_rally_that_texas.php"><b>Sam Brownback downplays his involvement in creepy prayer rally</b></a>, by David Martin, The Pitch, August 2, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/aug/01/critics-blast-brownback-attending-prayer-day-hoste/"><b>Critics blast Brownback for attending prayer day hosted by ‘inhumane’ anti-gay groups</b></a>, by Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal World, August 2, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://pluckyonline.com/2011/07/26/brownback-stops-gay-rights-group-flying-rainbow-flag/"><b>Brownback Stops Gay Rights Group From Flying Rainbow Flag</b></a>, by Christina, Plucky Magazine, July 26, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kansasfreepress.com/2011/07/1st-amendment-freedom-equality-dissent-is-patriotic.html"><b>Dissent Is Patriotic: 1st Amendment, Freedom and Equality!</b></a>, by Kari Ann Rinkner, Kansas Free Press, July 15, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://cjonline.com/news/2011-06-24/gay-rights-group-protests-govs-trip"><b>Gay rights group protests Gov's trip</b></a>, by Fredrick Johnson, Topeka Capitol Journal, June 24, 2011. <br />
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<b><a href="http://cjonline.com/news/2011-06-13/kansas-now-sends-complaint-brownback">Kansas NOW sends complaint to Brownback</a></b>, by Tim Carpenter, Topeka Capitol Journal, June 13, 2011.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2011/06/kansas_now_pete_degraaf.php">Kansas NOW delivers $4,000 worth of miniature tires to Rep. Pete DeGraaf for his rape comments</a></b>, by Peter Rug, The Pitch, June 3, 2011. </div><br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P1f8161d16a5beaa46de5817d29eff62dbFpwSlREYGt0&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-81634000255108149512011-07-22T09:50:00.003-05:002011-07-24T14:26:14.052-05:00The Christian Patriarchy Movement<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PfmY_5W9DrM/Tixw_9SVLcI/AAAAAAAABzw/ela8GUq9pU0/s1600/Quiverfull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PfmY_5W9DrM/Tixw_9SVLcI/AAAAAAAABzw/ela8GUq9pU0/s200/Quiverfull.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Community bridge opens this week with Kathy Cook, Executive Director of Kansas Families for Education, discussing the upcoming Save Our Schools Rally that will take place at the Capitol building in Topeka on July 30th beginning at 11:00 am. The rally is part of a national effort to put the public back in public education! A national rally will take place in Washington DC at the same time.<br />
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Then Community Bridge welcomes Kathryn Joyce, author of "Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement," published by Beacon Press in 2009, for a discussion of the movement, how it saddles women with a life of submission and near-constant pregnancies, and a look at evangelical Christians new campaign to adopt children from around the world in order to spread its ideology.<br />
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The website for the <a href="http://www.saveourschools-kansasrally.com/"><b>Save or Schools Rally</b></a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-our-Schools-Kansas/173844686002907"><b>Save Our School rally on Facebook</b></a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/121603/women%27s_%27liberation%27_through_submission:_an_evangelical_antifeminisim_is_born_/">Read</a> Kathryn Joyce' s article on the patriarchy movement on <i>Alternet</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.babble.com/Gods-Army-For-the-Quiverfull-movement-a-huge-family-isnt-just-a-blessing-its-a-way-to-change-the-political-landscape/">Read</a> Kathryn Joyce on <i>Quiverfull</i> for Babble.com<br />
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<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/media/2009/03/books-purpose-driven-wife">Read</a> an article based on the book in <i>Mother Jones</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/189763/page/1">Read</a> Kathryn Joyce' s article on the Quiverfull movement on <i>Newsweek.com</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/14/joyce_quiverfull">Read</a> Kathryn Joyce' s Salon.com feature on a former Quiverfull adherent and how she left the movement<br />
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<a href="http://killingthebuddha.com/mag/dogma/victory-through-daughters/">Read</a> Kathryn Joyce an essay by Kathryn Joyce on Killing the Buddha.<br />
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<a href="http://buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/149">Read</a> an interview with Kathryn Joyce on <i>BuzzFlash</i></div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=Pc5a1a9976581d734826720b160ab1d03bFpwSlREYGt1&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-63952772228870191332011-07-22T07:53:00.002-05:002011-07-24T14:50:08.294-05:00July 21: Global Warming - What every person needs to know<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gk5WEwoOUzw/Tix3EJuaoEI/AAAAAAAABz0/gnJWiPU9U9I/s1600/Global+Warming+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gk5WEwoOUzw/Tix3EJuaoEI/AAAAAAAABz0/gnJWiPU9U9I/s200/Global+Warming+1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>In the second hour, <b>Charles Rice</b>, distinguished K-State Professor of Soil Microbiology and President, Soil Science Society of America, joins us for a discussion of what science knows about global climate change - and it isn’t what the corporate media is saying! Contrary to what the US media and the New York Times in particular has been saying, there is not disagreement in the scientific community on this topic. Global warming is happening and it could drastically alter life as we know it. Rice also gives a report on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting preparing for the 5th Assessment Report which took place this past week in South Korea.<br />
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<b>Additional Links/Resources:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a><b> </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/climatechange/?s_eng=google&s_ce=normal&s_med=ppc&s_dis=search&s_cs=text&s_cid=Global+Warming+%28GG%29&s_ag=Global+Warming+Information&s_kwd=global%20warming%20information&s_mt=b&gclid=CIPR_NHcmqoCFQVR2godsCshxw">Help Fight Climate Change</a> - The Nature Conservancy<br />
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<a href="http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=63999&gclid=CMH8i5fdmqoCFYoP2godQFUCyw">The Basics of Global Warming</a> - Environmental Defense Fund<br />
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<a href="http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/">Climate Change</a> - the Environmental Protection Agency <br />
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<a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-overview.html">What is Global Warming</a> - The National Geographic Society<br />
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<a href="http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/">Global Warming</a> - National Resources Defense Council<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Climate-Crisis-Cover-up-Prescription/dp/0738200255"><i>The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, The Cover-up, The Prescription</i></a>, by Ross Gelbspan<br />
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<a href="http://www.heatisonline.org/">The Heat is On</a> website. </div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=Pef1e690fb555ab35c2e05cead965293fbFpwSlREYGR8&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-5732848241672242172011-07-16T14:21:00.002-05:002011-07-16T14:48:08.673-05:00What's Causing the Flooding on Wildcat Creek?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-943KVXDCM90/TiHn7ynHi9I/AAAAAAAABzM/6_UgDp5ZTbY/s1600/Wildcat+creek.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-943KVXDCM90/TiHn7ynHi9I/AAAAAAAABzM/6_UgDp5ZTbY/s320/Wildcat+creek.png" width="247" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Community Bridge opens this week with representatives from the Wildcat Creek Watershed Council to discuss the recent flooring in west Manhattan, the impact development is having on the watershed and what alternatives exist. Joining for the discussion in studio will be <b>Rod Harms, Commissioner Rich Jankovich and Eric Bernard</b>.<br />
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<b>Additional Links/Resources:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.wildcat-creek.org/"><b>Wildcat Creek Watershed Council</b></a> webpage.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/rising-waters-1.2598833"><b>Rising Waters: Flooding nearly reaches 500-year storm levels</b></a>, Rachel Spicer, K-State Collegian, June 8, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/02/manhattan-flooding-prompts-evacuations-kansas-rive/"><b>Quick Flooding Prompts Evacuations in Manhattan</b></a>, John Milburn, Associated Press, printed in the Lawrence Journal World, June 2, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ktka.com/news/2011/jun/16/manhattan-and-riley-county-plan-future-flooding/"><b>Manhattan and Riley County plan for future flooding</b></a>, Lindsey Elloit, KTKA News (Channel 49), June 16, 2001. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.nbcactionnews.com/gallery/news/news_photo_gallery/manhattan-flooding-june-2-2011">Photos of the June 2, 2011, flooding on Wildcat Creek from</a></b> NBC Action News. </div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P948daa68fd942c72011f103ee353434bbFpwSlREYGR9&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-65365004131534782452011-07-15T15:50:00.004-05:002011-07-24T14:27:30.514-05:00Exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5dUJlsEiKvc/TiHhlhw64KI/AAAAAAAABzI/ERpjBz6_F4M/s1600/Publicopoly+Exposed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5dUJlsEiKvc/TiHhlhw64KI/AAAAAAAABzI/ERpjBz6_F4M/s200/Publicopoly+Exposed.jpg" width="151" /></a></div>In our second hour, Christopher Renner connects with journalist <b>Beau Hodai</b> for a discussion of the American Legislative Exchange Council. What Is ALEC? They meet in secret. They write our laws. And they want to silence the American people. <br />
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On March 15th, University of Wisconsin Professor Bill Cronon posted a study guide on his blog on the history and actions of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He asked: What is behind the “sudden and impressively well-organized” wave of right-wing legislation targeting workers, students, women, immigrants, and the environment in state legislatures? He found that all roads led to ALEC.<br />
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ALEC is a conservative think-tank run by right-wing politicians and corporate and financial interests within the banking industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the big oil and gas industries, and others. They are aligned to many right-wing and conservative interests, including the election-manipulating Koch Industries. ALEC is funded by the Koch brothers to promote an agenda that curbs individual liberties, attacks unions, the social safety net and seeks to insure that corporations pay no taxes, but benefit from all sorts of tax-payer dollars in return. Much of the legislation passed in the during the 2011 Kansas Legislative session was ALEC inspired, including cuts to public education, the "administrative reforms" Governor Brownback has imposed on the state, and Kris Kobach's Voter ID bill.<br />
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<b>Additional Links/Resources: </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed"><b>ALEC Exposed</b></a>, website - a project of the Center for Media and Democracy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/11603/publicopoly_exposed/"><b>Publicopoly Exposed: How ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allies plan to privatize government</b></a>, Beau Hodai, In These Times, August 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6084/corporate_con_game/"><b>Corporate Con Game: How the private prison industry helped shape Arizona’s anti-immigrant law</b></a>, Beau Hodai, In These Times, June 19, 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161978/alec-exposed"><b>ALEC Exposed</b></a>, John Nicholas, The Nation, July 12, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161973/koch-connection"><b>ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection</b></a>, Lisa Graves, The Nation, July 12, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10880/alec-bills-wisconsin"><b>ALEC Bills in Wisconsin</b></a>, Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 14, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/07/15/the-latest-threat-to-health-care"><b>The Latest Threat to Health Care</b></a>, Andres Grimes, MS Magazine Blog, July 15, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/15/alec_exposed_state_legislative_bills_drafted"><b>ALEC Exposed: State Legislative Bills Drafted by Secretive Corporate-Lawmaker Coalition</b></a>, Democracy Now!, July 15, 2011. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.billybragg.co.uk/sun.php">Billy Bragg website</a></b>.<br />
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<div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ACTION ALERT: Stop ALEC's end run around the law</span></b></div><br />
From Common Cause:<br />
The American Legislative Exchange Council is a secretive front group of hundreds of corporations that are investing millions of dollars a year to write business-friendly legislation at the expense of the middle class.<br />
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ALEC has drafted more than 800 model bills for state legislators, including efforts to privatize everything from schools to prisons, to weaken workers' rights, and to make it more difficult for citizens to vote. They even wrote a resolution in support of the horrendous Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates for corporate money in our elections.<br />
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Worse, they are lobbying in state capitals across the country, all while claiming to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that they are a charitable organization. That means that their corporate backers can take a tax deduction by giving money to ALEC to – guess what? – push for more tax breaks and less regulation for their companies!<br />
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Under the law, charities are allowed to lobby, up to certain limits, and they must disclose what they spend on that lobbying work. ALEC's annual filings state that they have engaged in zero lobbying activity.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ntJWL5PPIrIUKcJ&s=bgIKIYNHKhKMKXNyFnH&m=juKYK8NTLpIZIjI" target="_blank"><strong>Tell the IRS to launch an immediate investigation into whether ALEC is committing tax fraud.</strong></a> </strong></span> </div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P0dc201f9cd643e967ce361ee0948d3c8bFpwSlREYGRy&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-38952151020894260992011-07-08T20:01:00.003-05:002011-07-08T21:37:58.605-05:00The Flint Hills Discovery Center<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbTG9YIUqeY/The7P2UfASI/AAAAAAAABxQ/xw0OMGGZL-M/s1600/fhdc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbTG9YIUqeY/The7P2UfASI/AAAAAAAABxQ/xw0OMGGZL-M/s320/fhdc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">During our first hour this week we take up the <a href="http://www.flinthillsdiscovery.org/"><b>Flint Hills Discovery Center</b></a> with its executive director, <b>Bob Workman.</b> The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrates the importance of the tallgrass prairie, through a presentation of its geology, biology and cultural history. With 7,000 square feet of dynamic permanent exhibits, visitors will learn the importance of this rare eco-system and its rich biological diversity. Visitors will also learn how the first Native peoples lived here in harmony with nature for 13,000 years, and how Euro-Americans adopted grazing as the principle economy of the Flint Hills that has essentially saved it. Workman discusses the architecture of the building, its green features, and what the Center will offer the people of Manhattan and the state of Kansas. <br />
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<b>Additional Links/Resources:</b><br />
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<a href="http://kansasflinthills.travel/"><b>Kansas - Flint Hills</b></a>: tourism resource site. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/flinthills/flinthills.html"><b>Flint Hills map and resources</b></a> - Kansas Geological Survey resource site. <br />
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<a href="http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2095/"><b>Flint Hills Scenic Byway</b></a> is the gateway to the tallgrass prairie. It offers travelers an unchanged view of the grasslands of the Great Plains. Explore historic sites, quaint towns, and scenic vistas as you discover where the West truly begins.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flinthillstrail.org/"><b>Flint Hills Nature Trail</b></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><b></b> is a 117 mile rail-trail in northeast Kansas. It crosses 7 counties along its east-west course.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.protecttheflinthills.org/"><b>Protect the Flint Hills</b></a> is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information and education about issues that affect the Flint Hills of Kansas, the last expanse of tallgrass prairie on the continent.<br />
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<a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/04/tallgrass-prairie/richardson-photography"><b>National Geographic Photo Gallery: The Splendor of the Grass.</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.konza.ksu.edu/general/knzsite.aspx?currMenu=9&depth=1"><b>Konza Prairie</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nps.gov/tapr/index.htm"><b>Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/169/Imbrie/"><b>Beattie Linestone</b></a></div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P78ee9d7b5bf6280037669c15fcf13b08bFpwSlREYGRz&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-82716633872287964352011-07-08T19:00:00.002-05:002011-07-08T21:20:43.232-05:00The Future of Water in Kansas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hg1AlP0Zmrs/The0YsNmBmI/AAAAAAAABxM/UMVOnf4F80g/s1600/Ogallala_changes_in_feet_1980-1995_USGS.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hg1AlP0Zmrs/The0YsNmBmI/AAAAAAAABxM/UMVOnf4F80g/s320/Ogallala_changes_in_feet_1980-1995_USGS.png" width="218" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For our second hour, <b>Chris Cardinal,</b> Legislative Director for the Kansas Sierra Club, joins us for a discussion of water policy for the state of Kansas as well as discussing some strategies people who are concerned about the environment can employ given the actual political reality. <br />
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<b>Additional Links/Resources:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.hpj.com/archives/2010/nov10/nov15/KansasWaterConference5picsd.cfm"><b>Kansas water policy must transition from development to management</b></a>, by Doug Rich, High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal, 2010. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Books/1998/Sophocleous/"><b>Perspectives on Sustainable Development of Water Resources in Kansas</b></a>, by Marios Sophocleous, editor, Kansas Geological Survey, 1998.<br />
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<a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/12/am-the-future-of-water/?refid=0&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+APM_Marketplace_Sustainability+%28APM%3A+Marketplace+stories+on+sustainability%29"><b>The Future of Water </b></a>- Podcast from American Public Media.<br />
Water on earth may be more scarce than you may think. Charles Fishman, author of "The Big Thirst," talks about what people should do to help secure the world's water future.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/water/151214/vision%3A_the_declaration_of_the_rights_of_mother_earth_is_our_roadmap_to_a_liveable_future"><b>Vision: The Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth Is Our Roadmap to a Liveable Future</b></a>, by Nnimmo Bassey, AlterNet, June 6, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/gas-drilling-companies-have-the-water-quality-methane-risk-data"><b>Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality</b></a>, by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica,May 17, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/water/150917/federal_budget_deal_slashes_key_community_water_funds"><b>Federal Budget Deal Slashes Key Community Water Funds</b></a>, by Judith Lewis Mernit, High Country News (via AlterNet), May 12, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/water/150784/privatization_has_failed_to_deliver_safe%2C_affordable_water_for_all_--_here%27s_a_better_idea"><b>Privatization Has Failed to Deliver Safe, Affordable Water for All -- Here's a Better Idea</b></a>, by Mthandeki Nhlapo and Peter Waldorff and Susan George, AlterNET, April 28, 2011.</div><br />
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<b>Related Links:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.uuabookstore.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1452"><i><b>A Queer History of the United States</b></i></a> - ordering info from Beacon Press.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2295179/">How Gays Helped Make and Remake America</a></b>, Johann Hari, Slate Magazine, May 23, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2297609/"><b>The Gay Bar: Can It Survive?</b></a>, June Thomas, Slate Magazine, July 1, 2011. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.gayheroes.com/main.htm">Gay Heroes</a></b> - website dedicated to educating about famous LGBT people throughout history.<br />
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<a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/index.html"><b>People with a History</b></a> - online guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans history. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.glbthistory.org/">GLBT Historical Society</a></b></div><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="20" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P4a1ee72fda419df7ac24450c9f95e317bFpwSlREYGR2&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703510102799217485.post-8309299123563175872011-07-03T12:56:00.002-05:002011-07-04T11:41:04.580-05:00What is the People's Budget?<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLGrAoyumzA/ThHtC_mSvdI/AAAAAAAABw8/pgm3rlxDzwo/s1600/peoples_budget.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLGrAoyumzA/ThHtC_mSvdI/AAAAAAAABw8/pgm3rlxDzwo/s200/peoples_budget.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>For the second hour <b>Stephanie Mott</b>, Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.k-step.org/">Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project (</a>K-STEP), joins host Christopher Renner for a discussion of transgenderism and to show support for transgender Kansans and their families. Mott kicks off a state-wide tour at 7:30 am Friday morning at the Bluestem Bistro to raise awareness of K-STEP and transgenderism in the state. <br />
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Community Bridge closes out with <a href="http://www.fair.org/">Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting</a>'s <b>Peter Hart</b> for a discussion of the People's Budget. This week <b>Sen. Bernie Sanders</b> challenged President Obama - and over 50,000 people co-signed his letter to the President - to stand with the poor of our nation and demand that the Republicans raise taxes on the wealthy. People's Budget was put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. Their plan is humane, responsible, and most of all sensible, reflecting the true values of the American people and the real needs of the floundering economy. Unlike Paul Ryan's almost absurdly vicious attack on the poor and working class, the People's Budget would close the deficit by raising taxes on the rich, taming health care costs (including a public option), and ending the military spending on wars and wasteful weapons systems.<br />
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<b>Additional Links:</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70">The People's Budget</a></b> - Congressional Progressive Caucus.<br />
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<b><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/04/09/157448/main-street-richest-taxes/">CHART: As Services For Main Street Are Gutted, Richest Pay Lowest Taxes In A Generation</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/news_from_epi_peoples_budget_offers_sound_alternative_to_ryans_draconian_pl/">People’s Budget offers sound alternative to Ryan’s draconian plan</a></b>, Economic Policy Institute, April 13, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/the-peoples-budget_b_846573.html"><b>The People's Budget</b></a>, Jeffery Sachs, the Huffington Post, April 8, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/americas-only-honest-budget-proposal-20110428"><b>Progressive Caucus Budget: The Only Honest Plan on the Table</b></a>, Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, April 28, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2011/apr/21/usdomesticpolicy-congress-progressive-caucus-budget-plan-ryans-radicalism"><b>The Only Responsible Budget in Town</b></a>, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian UK, April21, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/wonkbook-a-congress-problem-not-a-deficit-problem/2011/06/23/AGDDHBhH_blog.html?wprss=ezra-klein"><b>Wonkbook: A Congress problem, not a deficit problem</b></a>, Erza Klein, The Washington Post, June 23, 2001. <br />
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<b>The Truth About the Economy</b><br />
Robert Reich connects the dots on the economy, in less than 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Who knew he could draw!?!<br />
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<b>2011 Little Apple Jazz Festival Line-Up</b><br />
5:00 - 6:00 pm KC Youth Jazz Band<br />
6:00 - 6:30 pm Barefoot Dixieland Band<br />
6:30 - 7:00 pm Kelly McCarty Band<br />
7:00 - 8:00 pm Pablo Sanhueza Latin Jazz Trio<br />
8:00 - 9:00 pm Steven Richard Band<br />
9:00 - 9:30 pm Swing Machine, a KSU Jazz combo<br />
9:30 - 10:45pm CJ Manning and Company<br />
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<b>Related Links:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/can-animals-save-us/our-animal-selves">Our Animal Selves</a>, Linda Hogan, YES! Magazine, March 9, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/can-animals-save-us/10-best-things-we-can-do-for-animals">10 Best Things We Can Do For Animals</a>, Jane Goodall, YES! Magazine, March 31, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/can-animals-save-us/whats-so-special-about-humans">What’s So Special About Humans?</a>, James Trimarcom YES! Magazine, April 13, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/can-animals-save-us/how-happy-was-your-meal">How Happy Was Your Meal?</a>, Madeline Ostrander, YES! Magazine, March 27, 2011. <br />
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<b>Related Links:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/18/2959875/kansas-agency-power-company-worked.html">Kansas agency, utility worked closely on permit for plant</a>, Karen Dillion, Kansas City Star, June 18, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/20/2963130/the-stars-editorial-kansas-failed.html">Kansas failed its residents on Sunflower power plant</a>, Kansas City Star editorial, June 20, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gpace.org/blog/the-message-to-kansans-let-them-eat-coal-dust/">The Message to Kansans: ‘Let Them Eat Coal Dust’</a>, Editorial, Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy. <br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/20/kdhe-had-close-ties-sunflower-electric-co/">KDHE had close ties with Sunflower Electric Co.</a>, Associate Press in the Lawrence Journal World, June 20, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gpace.org/blog/the-cleanest-coal-plant-in-the-country-not/">“The Cleanest Coal Plant in the Country?” Not.</a>, report from the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy on whether or not Holcomb 2 is the "Cleanest Coal Plant in the Country." <br />
<i>Read the GPACE White Paper <a href="http://www.gpace.org/wp-content/CleanestCoalPlantintheCountry_WhitePaper.pdf">here</a></i><i>.</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/jobs-promised-by-coal-fired-power-plants-are-bogus.html">New Coal Plants Fail To Provide Promised Jobs</a>, Beth Buczynski, Care2.com, April 2, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.ksfarmersmarkets.org/">Kansas Farmers' Markets</a>, website of the Kansas Rural Center.</div><br />
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<b>Additional Links/Articles:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.mxtw.org/">Experimental Theatre Workshop</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2011/feb/09/world-social-forum-senegal">World Social Forum 2011 Dakar - in pictures</a>, The Guardian UK, February 9, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/feb/14/world-social-forum-ends-activists-buoyed">World Social Forum activists buoyed by fall of Egypt and Tunisia regimes</a>, Liz Ford, The Guardian UK, February 14, 2011.<br />
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<b>Climate Justice Declaration at World Social Forum 2011</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/15/david-axelrod/axelrod-claims-bush-saddled-obama-big-deficit/">Axelrod claims Bush saddled Obama with a big deficit</a>, PolitiFact.com, January 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/bush-administration-%22the-least-fiscally-responsible-in-history%22-budget-hawk-says-457944.html?tickers=%5EDJI,%5EGSPC,TBT,TLT,TIP,UUP,XLF">Bush Administration "the Least Fiscally Responsible in History," Budget Hawk Says</a>, Aaron Task, Newsmakers, March 31, 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://www.economyincrisis.org/content/bush-era-tax-cuts-increased-budget-deficit">Bush Era Tax Cuts Increased Budget Deficit,</a> Joshua Sanders, The Economy in Crisis, August 188, 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/06/14/245320/gop-cuts-food-aid-one-day-tax-cuts/">GOP Cuts To Food Aid For Seniors And Food Banks Equals One Day Of Bush Tax Cuts For Millionaires</a>, Pat Garofalo, Think Progress, June 14, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/study-bush-tax-cuts-cost-more-twice-m">Study: Bush Tax Cuts Cost More Than Twice As Much As Dems' Health-Care Bill</a>, Susie Madrak, Crooks and Liars, September 9, 2009. </div><br />
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<a href="http://www.manhattanarts.org/">Manhattan Arts Center</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jeremiahclarkmusic.com/">Jeremiah Clark Music</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/windycitytimes.php">Windy City Times</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.obamaandthegays.com/press.php">Obama and the Gays: a Political Marriage</a><br />
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<a href="http://my.firedoglake.com/elliott/2011/01/23/obama-and-the-gays-a-political-marriage-book-salon-preview-teddy-hosts/">Obama and the Gays</a> - Book Salon Review at FireDogLake<br />
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<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/23/nation/la-na-obama-gays-20110323">Obama administration calls on United Nations to support gay rights</a>, Julie Mianecki. Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2011/feb/24/obama-administration-gay-rights-doma-constitution">Obama, gay marriage, the constitution and the Crackerjack prize</a>, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian UK, February 24, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/06/17-3">UN Rights Council Passes 'Historic' Gay Rights Bill</a>, Hui Min Neo, Common Dreams, June 17, 2011.</div><br />
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<b>Related Articles:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2011/spring/the-year-in-hate-extremism-2010">The Year in Hate and Extremism, 2010</a>; Marl Potok, Intelligence Report, Spring 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43389933/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/armed-extremely-dangerous-ex-militia-leader-hunted-after-mont-shootout/">'Armed and extremely dangerous' ex-militia leader hunted after Mont. shootout</a>; The Associated Press, Reuters, NBC News and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report, June 14, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/01/06/137586/koch-teaparty-us/">Exclusive: Polluter Billionaire David Koch Says Tea Party ‘Rank And File Are Just Normal People Like Us’</a>; Lee Fang, Think Progress, January 6, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/142177/right-wing_militias_are_resurging_--_will_they_produce_more_terrorists_like_timothy_mcveigh/">Right-Wing Militias Are Resurging -- Will They Produce More Terrorists Like Timothy McVeigh?</a>; David Love, AlterNet, August 2009.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/07/2934438/kansas-budget-focuses-on-mere.html">Kansas budget focuses on mere numbers without regard to the harm</a>, Rep. Paul Davis, Kansas City Star, June 7, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/21/168363/billionaires-privatize-education/">REPORT: Meet The Billionaires Who Are Trying To Privatize Our Schools And Kill Public Education</a>, Zaid Jilani, Think Progress, May 21. 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/13/2873377/brownback-score-card-toss-up.html">Brownback score card? Toss up</a>, Steve Kraske, Kansas City Star, May 13, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://blogs.kansas.com/gov/2011/05/12/senate-passes-state-budget/">Senate Passes State Budget</a>, Dion Lefler, Wichita Eagle, May 12, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kiowacountysignal.com/news/education/x2011265098/KNEA-reacts-to-Brownbacks-budget-cuts">KNEA reacts to Brownback's budget cuts</a>, Tim Huelskamp, Kiowa County Singal, March 14, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700117710/Public-schools-take-hit-in-Kan-govs-budget-cuts.html">Public schools take hit in Kan. gov.'s budget cuts</a>, John Milburn, Associate Press, March 11, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x256578">Casualties in the American Right-Wing's War on Science and Education</a>, ToddWV, DemocraticUnderground.com, January 23, 2011. </div><br />
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<a href="http://www.cityofmanhattan.info/"><b>City of Manhattan, Budget Information Center</b></a><br />
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<b><a href="http://commongood.org/">Common Good</a></b> - Common Good is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 2002 with the mission of rebuilding reliable legal structures that will permit Americans to use their common sense.<br />
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<a href="http://www.christopherrenner.com/issues/improving-quality-of-life/economic-development.html">Information about the impact of spending you dollars in a locally owned vs. big box store</a> and its impact on the local economy. <br />
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<a href="http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/publications/lectures/shuman/michael/going-local"><b>Going Local: New Opportunities for Community Economies</b></a>, talk (transcript) by Michael Schuman.<br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/05/states-balanced-budget-could-force-local-governmen/?kansas_legislature">State’s balanced budget could force local governments to increase taxes or cut services</a>, Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal World, June 5, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/156179/20110602/us-war-on-drugs-failure-global-commission-on-drug-policy-report-illicit-drug-trading-legal-regulatio.htm"><b>US-led global war on drugs a failure: report</b></a>, IB News Staff Reporter, Business and Law, June 2, 2011.<br />
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<b><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/06/201162133345452496.html">Global war on drugs 'a failure</a></b>,' Al Jazeera, June 2, 2011, (video and written story)</div><br />
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In February, Brownback had issued an order to eliminate the Arts Commission as a cost-cutting move and replace it with a private, nonprofit foundation. The plan brought widespread opposition with supporters of the commission saying it was needed to lure federal arts dollars and provide important programs in local communities. The Kansas Senate rejected Brownback’s order and both the House and Senate agreed to fund the commission at $689,000 for the year. Even so, Brownback earlier this month issued layoff notices to the commission’s staff of five employees.<br />
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In his veto message to the Legislature, Brownback said, “In difficult fiscal times such as these, the state must prioritize how to spend its limited resources and focus its attention on providing core services. The arts will continue to thrive in Kansas when funded by private donations, and I intend to personally involve myself in efforts to make this happen.”<br />
Sam Brownback has cost the State of Kansas over $1.2 million by vetoing the funding for the Kansas Arts Commission.<br />
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We take up the question of the future of the arts in Kansas with: <b>Llewellyn Crain</b>, Kansas City Symphony; <b>Jay Nelson</b>, Kansas Arts Commissioner; <b>Henry Schwaller</b>, chairman of the Kansas Arts Commission; <b>Penny Senften</b>, Director, <a href="http://www.manhattanarts.org/">Manhattan Arts Center</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/#%21/kansasarts">Kansas Citizens for the Arts</a> on Facebook.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/#%21/KansasArtsMovement">Kansas Arts Movement</a> on Facebook.<br />
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<a href="http://www.enewsbuilder.net/nasaanotes/e_article002122105.cfm?x=bjyqPBP%2Cbhv25gFy"><b>Fallacies of the Kansas Veto</b></a>, Jonathan Katz, Executive Director, National Assembly of State Art Agencies, June 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://createquity.com/2011/06/reactions-to-the-demise-of-the-kansas-arts-commission.html">Reactions to the demise of the Kansas Arts Commission</a>, Ian David Moss, Createquity, June 6, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/05/states-balanced-budget-could-force-local-governmen/?kansas_legislature">State’s balanced budget could force local governments to increase taxes or cut services</a>, Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal World, June 5, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lawrence.com/news/2011/jun/02/falling-backwards-lawrence-artists-react-kansas-ar/">'Falling backwards': Lawrence artists react to Kansas Arts Commission closing</a>, Sarah Henning, Lawrence Journal World, June 5, 2011<br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/04/moderation-wanes-kansas-brownback-fast-start/">Moderation wanes in Kansas as Brownback off to fast start</a>, John Hanna, Associate Press, Lawrence Journal World, June 4, 2011.<br />
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Governor names arts chairman, pledges funding, Hawver's News Company, June 3, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://minnesotaplaylist.com/blogs/open-letter-kansas-governor-sam-brownback">Open letter to Kansas governor Sam Brownback</a>, Laura Zabel, Minnesota Playlist, June 1, 2011. <br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/01/arts-ax/">Art's Ax</a>, editorial, Lawrence Journal World, June 1, 2011 <br />
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<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/may/31/americans-arts-criticizes-gov-sam-brownbacks-veto-/">Americans for the Arts criticizes Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of Kansas Arts Commission funding</a>, John Hanna, Associate Press, Lawrence Journal World, May 31, 2011.</div><br />
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McChesney is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, host of the weekly talk show, <a href="http://will.illinois.edu/mediamatters/">Media Matters, on WILL-AM radio</a>, and cofounder of the media reform organization <a href="http://www.freepress.net/">Free Press</a>.<br />
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McChesney has written or edited seventeen books on media and politics. He has also written more than 150 journal articles and book chapters and another 200 newspaper pieces, magazine articles and book reviews. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages. He has been the subject of more than 70 published profiles and interviews. In 2001 Adbusters Magazine named him one of the “Nine Pioneers of Mental Environmentalism.” Utne Reader in 2008 listed him as one of their "50 visionaries who are changing the world."<br />
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<b>Related Articles:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/156391/money-media-election-complex">The Money & Media Election Complex</a><span class="subject-topic">, John Nichols and Robert McChesney, 2010</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/how-save-journalism-0">How to Save Journalism</a>, Robert McChesney and John Nichols, The Nation, 2010<br />
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/archive/bushs-war-press">Bush's War on the Press</a>, Robert McChesney and John Nichols, The Nation, 2005<span class="subject-topic"> </span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/11/22/mcchesney">Rich Media, Poor Democracy</a>, </b>Robert McChesney, Salon, 1999<br />
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<b>Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rWroodiO90">The Problem of Media</a></b></div><br />
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<a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1889649613">Stonewall Uprising on PBS</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.progressive.org/moyers0211.html"><i>Rule of the Rich</i></a>, Bill Moyers, The Progressive, February 2011.<br />
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A report by The Guttmacher Institute, finds that in addition to these laws, more than 120 other bills have been approved by at least one chamber of the legislature, and some interesting trends are emerging. As a whole, the proposals introduced this year are more hostile to abortion rights than in the past: 56% of the bills introduced so far this year seek to restrict abortion access, compared with 38% last year. Three topics—insurance coverage of abortion, restriction of abortion after a specific point in gestation and ultra sound requirements—are topping the agenda in several states and all three have been approved by the Kansas legislature.<br />
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For the complete Guttmacher report, <a href="http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/updates/2011/statetrends12011.html">click here</a>.<br />
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Joining us to talk about what has happened in the Kansas legislature is <b>Kari Ann Rinker</b>, State Coordinator of <a href="http://www.ksnow.org/KS_NOW/Welcome.html">Kansas NOW</a>, and <b>Shanna Kay Crowe</b>. Then, <b>Amanda Marcotte</b>, a blogger <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/">RH Reality Check</a>, best known for her writing on feminism and politics, joins Community bridge to discuss what is happening at a national level. In 2008, Marcotte published her first book, entitled <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Its-Jungle-Out-There-Inhospitable/dp/1580052266">It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments</a></i>. Listeners can find her <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/user/amanda-marcotte">blog at RH Reality Check here</a>.<br />
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<b>Related Articles:</b><br />
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<a href="http://pol.moveon.org/waronwomen/">Top 10 Shocking Attacks from the GOP's War on Women</a>, MoveOn.org<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/150938/men%27s_health_cover_flashing_gop_congressman%27s_tight_abs_reveals_how_conservatives_worship_a_cartoonish_hyper-masculinity/">Men's Health Cover Flashing GOP Congressman's Tight Abs Reveals How Conservatives Worship a Cartoonish Hyper-Masculinity</a> by Amanda Marcotte<br />
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<a href="http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v24n4/anti-abortion-strategy-in-the-age-of-obama.html">Anti-Abortion Strategy in the Age of Obama</a>, by Frederick Clarkson, Political Research Assoicates<br />
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<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-03/abortions-return-to-back-alleys-amid-restrictive-new-state-laws/?cid=hp:mainpromo3">The Return of Back Alley Abortions</a>, Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast <br />
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<a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/fetal-pain-bills">Behind the Right's Fetal Pain Push</a>, Mother Jones<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/149891/horrific_bill_takes_the_gop%27s_war_on_women_to_a_whole_new_extreme">Horrific Bill Takes the GOP's War on Women to a Whole New Extreme</a> by Vicki Saporta, The Hill<br />
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<b>To Take Action, visit</b> <a href="http://stopthewaronwomen.com/">http://stopthewaronwomen.com/</a></div><br />
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