Words of Gov. Parkinson

[BenWSU]

We play KU & KSU on a regular basis in baseball which shows you our school can compete with Kansas & Big 12 teams.

[Zardoz]

We play KU & KSU on a regular basis in baseball which shows you our school can compete with Kansas & Big 12 teams.

That's only because Gene will play anyone anywhere.

[WSUwatcher]

Re: Words of Gov. Parkinson

"Every minute the legislature spends on this issue is one minute they can't spend messing something else up."

Well said, Aargh. The notion that legislatures spend all their time solving critical problems that only they can handle is foolish, and certainly not one that our country's founders would have accepted.

Who plays whom in basketball may be trivial in the larger scheme of things, but at least it's harmless, which certainly can't be said for everything else the Kansas legislature works on -- and don't get us started on what the legislative clowns in Washington do with their time.

[WuDrWu]

I like to mostly stay away from these conversations as I acknowledge my unhealthy hatred for the U of Entitlement.

What I want to see is a more challenging schedule, period. I don't care who we play. But I want to compete against programs that want to compete against us and where there is a mutual respect.

All I will say is this......someday we'll meet in the tournament (again) and those people (you know who you are) should hope and wish that the outcome isn't similar as in past years, so as to borrow a line from the genius Rev. Wright....those chickens are going to come home to roost.

Billboards will be babyshat compared to the response you'll see then.

[Rosewood]

Re: Words of Gov. Parkinson

Start the legislation and get us matched up!

As much as I would like to see annual games between ALL THREE regents D1 programs, consuming the legislature's time on this matter is a waste of public resources, IMO.

--'85.

They are used to it. Parkinson is a lame duck who is being anything but. This would be our shot at making it law.

[ShockerFever]

Re: Words of Gov. Parkinson

From The Sunflower:

Mark Parkinson has had to field some pretty tough questions from the media in his short tenure as the governor of Kansas. But, when he was asked recently whom he would root for in the upcoming basketball game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State, he had to choose his words wisely.


“I would hope they'd both be healthy and no one would get hurt, and I really wouldn't care who won," he said. “Then after the game, I hope both of their athletic directors would have the courage to schedule a Wichita State game, and then I'd root for Wichita State."

http://www.thesunflower.com/web/isite.dll?1264049637875

I'm voting for this guy next term. I don't care what affiliation he is.

[vbird53]

Re: Words of Gov. Parkinson

From The Sunflower:

Mark Parkinson has had to field some pretty tough questions from the media in his short tenure as the governor of Kansas. But, when he was asked recently whom he would root for in the upcoming basketball game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State, he had to choose his words wisely.


“I would hope they'd both be healthy and no one would get hurt, and I really wouldn't care who won," he said. “Then after the game, I hope both of their athletic directors would have the courage to schedule a Wichita State game, and then I'd root for Wichita State."

http://www.thesunflower.com/web/isite.dll?1264049637875

I'm voting for this guy next term. I don't care what affiliation he is.

I don't believe he's running for anything.

[ShockerFever]

Re: Words of Gov. Parkinson

From The Sunflower:

Mark Parkinson has had to field some pretty tough questions from the media in his short tenure as the governor of Kansas. But, when he was asked recently whom he would root for in the upcoming basketball game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State, he had to choose his words wisely.


“I would hope they'd both be healthy and no one would get hurt, and I really wouldn't care who won," he said. “Then after the game, I hope both of their athletic directors would have the courage to schedule a Wichita State game, and then I'd root for Wichita State."

http://www.thesunflower.com/web/isite.dll?1264049637875

I'm voting for this guy next term. I don't care what affiliation he is.

I don't believe he's running for anything.

I don't care. I'll write him in.

[vbird53]

Re: Words of Gov. Parkinson

From The Sunflower:

Mark Parkinson has had to field some pretty tough questions from the media in his short tenure as the governor of Kansas. But, when he was asked recently whom he would root for in the upcoming basketball game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State, he had to choose his words wisely.


“I would hope they'd both be healthy and no one would get hurt, and I really wouldn't care who won," he said. “Then after the game, I hope both of their athletic directors would have the courage to schedule a Wichita State game, and then I'd root for Wichita State."

http://www.thesunflower.com/web/isite.dll?1264049637875

I'm voting for this guy next term. I don't care what affiliation he is.

I don't believe he's running for anything.

I don't care. I'll write him in.

;-)

[rZ]

In the Wichita Eagle article about the same speaking event, someone in the crowd asked him if he had changed his mind and was considering a run for a full term next election. His response was "No comment."

This is different from his previous responses to the same question, which were always an emphatic "NO"

[pinstripers]

After that comment, there is no point in him running for anything. What an idiot. Maybe mayor of Wichita.

[shockmonster]

I don't understand your point. Which comment made him an idiot?

[pinstripers]

It's hard enough to get elected without alienating certain blocks of voters.

[Ashockalypse]

Parkinson for Governor Permanente

[jocoshock]

For the most part, the legislature itself is a waste of public resources...

:good:

2 x :good:

At least it has been ever since they voted WSU into the Regents System, thereby saving the school from possible extinction... :whistle: