Bombardier's Remorse

I was the one who pushed the button that opened the doors that dropped the bombs that rained down fire and death in Dresden, killing innocent women, children and old men. This was a city with targets that were of no military significance but designed to terrorize and demoralize the German people. I know people from Germany. We had back yard neighbors named Hoffmeier. We exchanged dessert over the fence right before Thanksgiving one year; the Hoffmeiers made an apple strudel that you could not buy in a bakery. My mom made a pecan pie that was great too. I played with the Hoffmeier kids. The Hoffmeiers were not Nazi's! We had a passion for football and bicycle riding. Read this article from the Institute for Historical Review for the horrible truth.......

Cox Cable Really Lacking

I have been a subscriber to Cablevision then Cox Cable for over 18 years and I believe that they have the fastest high speed internet (with "turboboost" whatever the heck that is) in Wichita. I download a lot of music and podcasts so speed is what I need. I do believe that it is overpriced. I pay $46 a month. I also subscribe to their TV Starter and Expanded Service packages for another $49. This gives a less than spectacular menu of channels. I get 2- 13, 15, 18, 20-65 for a grand total of 58 channels. They have been raising the price while taking away channels like MTV 2! They used to have a pre-view channel that would run a top tier channel for a month and that was pretty cool especially when they ran the Golf Channel or Fox Soccer Channel. Right now they have several empty channels that are showing color bars so I hope that means new things to come in the future. If I can keep my high speed internet with Cox and 86 the cable tv I will. I am looking at AT&T but they want you to bundle phone service, internet and television when I only need one of them (television). Do not tell me that AT&T internet is faster than Cox because my mother-in-law has AT&T on her pc and it is noticebly s l o w e r. I said bye bye to a land line phone about two years ago and I will never go back, cell is the way to go. I have a line and my wife has a line.

Whats Wrong (and Right) with Wichita AM Radio

On the AM side of the dial we have a wasteland between endless neo-conservative talk and religious rightist church radio. The sports part of the dial is good. I particularly like what Steckline Communications has done on 1410 KGSO. They seem to have found the right mix of national sports talk (Fox Sports) and great local coverage. You cannot beat the Friday Night football show they have on in the fall. I however cannot say that I am impressed with what Steckline has done with 1480 am after buying it from Radio Disney. It seems like they have just picked up the cast offs from 1330 KNSS and 1240 KFH: Laura Ingraham, Phil Hendrie, Don Imus & Dr. Laura. I know they have Glen Beck (yawn), who is NOT a libertarian as much as he wants people to believe that he is. What would really make 1480 a stand out would be to host a local morning show that takes live callers and discusses/debates the issues pertinent to Wichita and Kansas. It should be hosted by a local Libertarian like Bob Weeks. Yes Bob is a libertarian. Bob does a great job on the Kansas Week show that is now being shown on KAKE television (I know that Bob provides the Conservative counterpoint of view) and his Wichita Liberty blog is the best in Kansas. Update: Newsradio KNSS 1330 AM has added "Goldwater Conservative" and strict Constitutionalist Jim Anderson to its weekend line-up on Saturdays from 1 to 3 pm. He is live and kicking! 436-1330.

Wichita FM Radio Is Coming Up Short

First it was the sale and death of FLY 92 and now with the new format being forced upon us at 107.3 The Brew I can officially declare that album rock is dead in Wichita! I really liked the sound that 107.3 The Road had and I am sad to see it go. I am 100% for the free market and I realize that this change had to be made because The Road was not making advertisement revenue. I will continue to listen to Bob and Tom in the mornings on 107.3 The Brew, and then 104.5 The Fox for about an hour; but after that it is Shawn FM on my mp3 player from about 10 am on for the rest of the day at work! The Fox plays some of the stuff that The Brew no longer plays but not the longer album length cuts that The Road used to do. Some cuts that come to mind would be the full live version of "Do you feel like we do" by Peter Frampton.  I love digital music technology even though the sound quality is not quite as good as playing a cd or lp. I am sure that the quality will improve as the technology gets better.

Where Do We Go From Here?

This is an article that I wish I had submitted to the Wichita Eagle and Wichita Liberty prior to the November election of 2010:

  Tea Parties are nice and fine, a public display of protest and anger at the ever growing size and scope of the Federal and State Government. How do you channel that dissatisfaction into real positive action? Do you try to hijack one of the Establishment parties and make it a liberty loving, Constitution abiding, freedom oriented entity? Or do you join up with the strongest, largest and best organized third party in the United States? The answer is clear if you can stomach the truth! The GOP is a dead elephant and one half of the whole problem in Topeka and D.C. When out of power the opposition party always sounds the clarion call of warning about "big government" and "losing our freedoms and civil liberties". Or we hear about how we are becoming a "fascist" or "socialist" country. Mr. Republican where have you been the previous 8 years when "big government" was growing faster than at anytime since LBJ and we were "losing our freedom and civil liberties" by the waging of the so-called War on Terror? Yes indeed, where were your protests against "W" and his corporate-military-fascist state? The silence was deafening. It is time for a peaceful revolution and it begins by thinking way outside the box and above the status quo of the two establishment parties. Want liberty? The only way that you can re-gain all that you have lost is to join up with other limited government, civil liberties, anti-war/pro-peace and free market people....The Libertarian Party!
    For every person that says that a third party candidate cannot win an election, if they actually voted for that candidate, that candidate would probably WIN! For every person that says a third party is too small and cannot raise enough money to win an election, if they actually donated to those candidates or volunteered time to help with the campaign of those candidates, those candidates would probably WIN! For every person that says that the election process is slanted towards the two "major" parties, actually volunteered to be a precinct worker and guard against voter fraud, that third party would probably WIN!
  The fact that the people are now finally fed up enough to actually foment a revolution scares the HELL out of the Establishment Parties. The Establishment would like nothing more than for you dear voter to waste your time, talent and treasure trying to reform the GOP back to its supposed Constitutional Conservative roots.. Let's face facts the GOP is one half of the "Big Government" problem and not the solution! The future is now, please join with us in creating a bright future of peace and prosperity for our state and country. The Libertarian Party awaits you dear Patriot. Do you have the guts to join it?
Vote Libertarian on November 2nd!
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