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Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Gun Violence in KC's East Side

Missouri ranked No. 1 in black homicides in the United States for the second time in four years, according to the Violence Policy Center’s annual study of victims.  http://www.vpc.org/press/1101homicide.htm



© 2011 Rachael Jane
Peggy, an East Kansas City resident gave testimony in church about her fear of her oldest son getting shot.  He bought a gun last week for protection.  Many kids his age are dying every week in gun battle on the streets of KC's East Side.


Homeless Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Son's Education

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I wonder how many upper class people who suddenly lost everything and were landed in a neighborhood like this woman or like Kansas City's East Side would also lie to take their kid to the other side of the tracks to get a fair chance in school?


Thursday, February 24, 2011

Human Rights Campaign and Soulforce held a Vigil and Delivery of 70K Petitions to Lou Engle



Last weekend, Human Rights Campaign and Soulforce paid a visit to the world headquarters of International House of Prayer and The Call ministries in Kansas City to ask Pastor Lou Engle to restate his position on the "kill the gays" bill in Uganda.


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Thursday, November 12, 2009

How Bizarre...

People from the Fred Phelp's following decided to picket The Pembroke Hill School for some reason that no one seems to understand and UMKC for it's screening of The Laramie Project. Many passersby found it very difficult to comprehend the reasoning behind their rhetoric. Several observers tried to get into philosophical and ethical discussions with them and ending in no resolution while others simply responded by showing them the middle finger.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Playing Poker

"... as in a poker game where the chips were concentrated in fewer and fewer hands,
the other fellows could stay in the game only by borrowing.
When their credit ran out, the game stopped."

Marriner S. Eccles
Franklin D. Roosevelt's chairman of the Federal Reserve

Monday, September 29, 2008

Praying for a Pipeline



I think god's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that..." -Sarah Palin

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Barack Obama came to Kansas City today




“All of us (are) driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do — that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be,” Michelle Obama said. “That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack’s journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope.”
more here:http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/766636.html