"There'll Be Much Mistletoe-ing"

Is it just me or do some of the lyrics to the Christmas song "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" sound like a description of a Russian May Day parade?

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ATT To Slash 12000 American Jobs

The Dallas-TX-based firm- which has some of the worst customer service known to Man- is cutting 12000 American jobs- according to the Associated Press.

Merry Christmas.

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Bad Economy Is A National Security Issue

The train wreck which is the American economy at this point certainly can be considered an issue of national security.

America's moneychangers- particularily those asking for taxpayer hand-outs- should be considered terrorists for putting our national security at risk.

Since WHEN does the American government subsidize terrorism?

It's happening folks.

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AEG Lays Off Kemper Workers- Should The City Close Kemper?

AEG- the outfit that runs both of Kansas City-MO's arenas: Sprint Center and Kemper Arena- laid-off 4 Kemper workers.

AEG claims this isn't bad news for the 35-year-old West Bottoms facility. I'll bet it's not bad news like those Wall Street firms and banks who said they were fine 4 months ago.

I always thought it a little strange that the city hired THE SAME company to run BOTH arenas.

One would think the city might have hired SEPARATE firms to compete with one another for events and such.

Or closed Kemper Arena- as KC-MO councilman Russ Johnson proposes. This city doesn't NEED 2 large arenas- the subsidies for which takes away city money from stuff we actually need.

For too long- Kansas City's leaders have concentrated on glitz projects rater than basic infrastructure.

Now's the time to "get real."

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Manhattan-KS Recomended For Government Germ Lab

According to the Associated Press- the Homeland Security Administration says Manhattan-KS- aka "The Little Apple"- should get the US Government's new $450-million biodefense laboratory.



Manhattan beat out at least 4 other states for this prize- which is no prize if any of the bio-germs get loose- including bio samples of cattle-deadly foot & mouth disease.



How about an Air Force base instead???

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Bush Is Sorry

That's all the worst president in my lifetime has to say in regard to America's financial meltdown.

Specifically- "I'm sorry it's happening, of course"- says Bush- who is likely to be filthy rich once he cashes in his oil stocks in escrow for the past 8 years.

W- "sorry" just- don't- cut it.

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Metro Kansas City WEATHER: Snow Accumulations Likely Overnight

An upper-level atmosphere storm system continues to produce light to moderate precipitation over the K.C. MetroRegion.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for extreme northeastern Missouri portions of our M-Region and up to 2 inches of snow are possible across Metro Kansas City.

I think the greatest snow accumulations will be over the eastern or Missouri portions of the Metro- and with temeperatures continuing to fall slowly- some bridges and overpasses could become slick and hazardous in those areas by dawn Sunday.

No problems are anticipated on Metro Kansas City roads through early Sunday morning- but caution should be used around dawn.

More here as needed....

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Longview Lakes' Christmas In The Sky Fireworks

The weather was beautiful. The festive crowds around the lake numbered in the tens of thousands.

It was the annual Christmas In The Sky at Longview Lake Wednesday night.



Bless you and yours- remember- The Spirit of Christmas costs nothing- so spend freely this year!

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Oh- Thank You Great Spirit

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!

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Rare Astronomical Event Next Monday

Imagine a crescent moon- Venus and Jupiter clustered together in the dusk sky.

Monday evening- you won't have to imagine it- as the phenomenon will occur shortly after sunset in the southwestern sky- according to this AP story.

These heavenly bodies will begin to close-in on each other Thanksgiving night- getting closer until Monday evening's group shot.
Hoping to get a couple of pix of this- for the next such occurrence won't happen until 2052.

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KC-MO's Corporate Welfare

Like most of Corporate America- the City of Kansas City- MO is in financial doo-doo.

Unlike Corporate America- what exacerbates KC-MO's troubles are corporate subsidies (welfare)- a.k.a. Tax Increment (Excrement) Financing (TIF/TEF).

Almost $10-million will be required from the city's coffers to satisfy TIF obligations with a multi-billion-dollar sanitary sewer bill ready to fall on our citizens.

On top of that idiocy- city leaders are already talking of putting ANOTHER sales tax increase on the ballot. There's even been rumors of an increase of the highly-unpopular KC-MO "Earnings Tax"- that insidious tax on tax on tax on our paychecks.

Now it appears that Lane4- the outfit that claims to makeover the eyesore known as the old Bannister Mall area- will be asking for MORE financial help from the City.

How can we say NO- NO- NO to that and convince our elected officials?

It increasingly seems to me that Kansas City's failure will be corporate welfare and cost of non-infrastructure glitz projects.

We may see council people with signs at street corners soon: "Hey Buddy- can you spare any money to help us fix (fill in this area)?"

Sheesh!!!

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