Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Lady Tigers growl
sports updates
I have been posting press conferences from the Big-12.
These are player and coach quotes about games. The KU-K-State game is this weekend and the previews and quotes are there.
Is this interesting to you all?
http://www.arkcityrevived.com/SPORTS_PAGE/Sports.html
Oh and dont forget, cowley volleyball tonight at 6:30.
Then the volleyball district tourney is here saturday. What is your favorite cowley sport? i doubt anyone knows what mine is :) (said sarcastically)
These are player and coach quotes about games. The KU-K-State game is this weekend and the previews and quotes are there.
Is this interesting to you all?
http://www.arkcityrevived.com/SPORTS_PAGE/Sports.html
Oh and dont forget, cowley volleyball tonight at 6:30.
Then the volleyball district tourney is here saturday. What is your favorite cowley sport? i doubt anyone knows what mine is :) (said sarcastically)
Wednesday, updates and hate crimes
Cop notes are posted. Not a hate crime there.
The thing I posted about freedom of speech the other day turned into a discussion of hate crime laws.
I thought we could move that to here so it could have its own thread.
I "hate" hate crime laws.
And even the idea of "hate speech" laws is very scary. That would be a real threat to freedom of speech. Much as i "hate" hate speech, I do not want to see it become illegal. That is the beginning of the end of freedom of speech.
But back to hate crime laws.
There are a lot of reasons that this is a bad idea to start with.
It is unenforceable. It is impossible to say what someone's motive is. It leaves a lot of room for speculation and removes much of the objectivity that should be there in judging a crime. In not sure how you would even define it. If it is even definable. Its like pornography. You cant really define it. How would you measure it? What if it was 50 pecent hate, 25 percent greed and 25 percent just plain old meanness? Or what if it was 15 percent hate .... how would you know?
Second, it denegrates crime victims who are not "special." Being a crime victim is traumatic enough, and to say that the crime against you is not as bad as the same crime against someone else, would make that even worse.
A crime against a black person should not be considered worse than the same crime against a white person, or gay person, or religious person. All crimes are bad, that's why they are crimes.
Hate crime laws create a special class of people, and is just reverse discrimination.It drives groups further apart.
It is true that no one should be beaten because they are gay, black, white, religious or whatever. No one should be beaten up period. There are laws against it and that should be enough.
Just enforce the laws we have equally for all people. Hate crime laws do not promote equality. They actually promote more hate by creating resentment and distrust between people groups.
Ok, thats it.
have at it.
The thing I posted about freedom of speech the other day turned into a discussion of hate crime laws.
I thought we could move that to here so it could have its own thread.
I "hate" hate crime laws.
And even the idea of "hate speech" laws is very scary. That would be a real threat to freedom of speech. Much as i "hate" hate speech, I do not want to see it become illegal. That is the beginning of the end of freedom of speech.
But back to hate crime laws.
There are a lot of reasons that this is a bad idea to start with.
It is unenforceable. It is impossible to say what someone's motive is. It leaves a lot of room for speculation and removes much of the objectivity that should be there in judging a crime. In not sure how you would even define it. If it is even definable. Its like pornography. You cant really define it. How would you measure it? What if it was 50 pecent hate, 25 percent greed and 25 percent just plain old meanness? Or what if it was 15 percent hate .... how would you know?
Second, it denegrates crime victims who are not "special." Being a crime victim is traumatic enough, and to say that the crime against you is not as bad as the same crime against someone else, would make that even worse.
A crime against a black person should not be considered worse than the same crime against a white person, or gay person, or religious person. All crimes are bad, that's why they are crimes.
Hate crime laws create a special class of people, and is just reverse discrimination.It drives groups further apart.
It is true that no one should be beaten because they are gay, black, white, religious or whatever. No one should be beaten up period. There are laws against it and that should be enough.
Just enforce the laws we have equally for all people. Hate crime laws do not promote equality. They actually promote more hate by creating resentment and distrust between people groups.
Ok, thats it.
have at it.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Hospital
There will be a ground breaking ceremony at 12:30 p.m., Thursday at the site of the new hospital for Arkansas City.
There was a ground breaking held a few years ago when organizers were close, so this one is being called a re-ground breaking.
It will be held at the site for the replacement faclity, north of the 242nd and 61st roads intersection.
A reception will follow at the hospital.
There was a ground breaking held a few years ago when organizers were close, so this one is being called a re-ground breaking.
It will be held at the site for the replacement faclity, north of the 242nd and 61st roads intersection.
A reception will follow at the hospital.
Publicans meet
The Cowley County Republicans are holding a fundraiser banquet on November 10th at 6:30 pm at the Brown Center in Ark City. They have invited Todd Tiahrt, US Congressman and Mike Pompeo, Republican National Committeemans. There will be several other candidates with their information as well.
The ticket cost is $35 each. Please contact, Steve Ruggles, at 229-6345 or by email at steve.ruggles@sckans.edu if you are interested in purchasing some tickets.
tuesday
Good Tuesday morning
cop notes are posted. Ive got a lot of BIg-12 football info posted as well on the site.
Tonight is city commisson.
cop notes are posted. Ive got a lot of BIg-12 football info posted as well on the site.
Tonight is city commisson.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Police news
Ark City police reported two arrests over the weekend in separate cases.
One involved shoplifting of an expensive piece of electronics, which lead to more chargers beign filed againts two men.
The other was a car theft reported. The car was recovered, but that investigation continues.
See the stories here
http://www.arkcityrevived.com/police.html
One involved shoplifting of an expensive piece of electronics, which lead to more chargers beign filed againts two men.
The other was a car theft reported. The car was recovered, but that investigation continues.
See the stories here
http://www.arkcityrevived.com/police.html
Monday
Good morning all.
Cop notes are posted. Hopefully the technical problem is worked out and I will be able to post them daily again.
Still having my own technical problems. I am using an older computer so everything is slower.
I have a lot of Arkalalah parade pictures to post, and hopefully that will happen this morning.
Remember city commission is Tuesday at 7 p.m.
I will post their agenda soon.
One observation on Arkalalah. It seemed like the street was not quiet as trashed this year as it has been during previous parades. Did anyone else think the same thing?
Cop notes are posted. Hopefully the technical problem is worked out and I will be able to post them daily again.
Still having my own technical problems. I am using an older computer so everything is slower.
I have a lot of Arkalalah parade pictures to post, and hopefully that will happen this morning.
Remember city commission is Tuesday at 7 p.m.
I will post their agenda soon.
One observation on Arkalalah. It seemed like the street was not quiet as trashed this year as it has been during previous parades. Did anyone else think the same thing?
Sunday, November 1, 2009
day of the dead
Today - Nov. 2- marks a big day in Mexico and much of Latin America
It is the Day of the Dead. a day to honor those that have died.
Its roots go back to Mayan and Aztec Indian religions, and has some Catholicism thrown in to the mix
Here are some pictures and stories
http://www.mexconnect.com/tags/day-of-the-dead
http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm
Here is a wiki pedia article
It is the Day of the Dead. a day to honor those that have died.
Its roots go back to Mayan and Aztec Indian religions, and has some Catholicism thrown in to the mix
Here are some pictures and stories
http://www.mexconnect.com/tags/day-of-the-dead
http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm
Here is a wiki pedia article
Freedom of speech takes a fall
I know lots of folks around here are Chiefs fans.
Have you been following the Larry Johnson saga. He typed on his Twitter - or blog too maybe - saying on of his critics was gay, or acting gay, or something like that. He may have used a different word, but gay rights groups were in an uproar, and Johnson was suspended for two weeks.
Now they have reduced it to one week.
Here is the story
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-chiefs-johnson&prov=ap&type=lgns
This is the type of political correctness that ticks me off. THis is America. This is supposed to be the land of freedom of speech.
When you cannot get by with saying what Johnson said, we no longer have freedom of speech in this country.
Again, what he said was not that bad. You can google it to find the exact wording. It was not even intended as a knock on gay people.
Freedom of speech is not about having the freedom to say what others like. It is about the freedom to say what others dont like. Freedom of speech means the right to criticize others, even groups of people.
This whole thing SEEMS PRETTY GAY to me.
That is about what Johnson wrote. Maybe ill get boycotted by the gay rights movement.
I know i could not have written that while i was employed.
Have you been following the Larry Johnson saga. He typed on his Twitter - or blog too maybe - saying on of his critics was gay, or acting gay, or something like that. He may have used a different word, but gay rights groups were in an uproar, and Johnson was suspended for two weeks.
Now they have reduced it to one week.
Here is the story
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-chiefs-johnson&prov=ap&type=lgns
This is the type of political correctness that ticks me off. THis is America. This is supposed to be the land of freedom of speech.
When you cannot get by with saying what Johnson said, we no longer have freedom of speech in this country.
Again, what he said was not that bad. You can google it to find the exact wording. It was not even intended as a knock on gay people.
Freedom of speech is not about having the freedom to say what others like. It is about the freedom to say what others dont like. Freedom of speech means the right to criticize others, even groups of people.
This whole thing SEEMS PRETTY GAY to me.
That is about what Johnson wrote. Maybe ill get boycotted by the gay rights movement.
I know i could not have written that while i was employed.
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