Open Question to Congressman "You Lie"

Where the HELL were you Congressman "You Lie" when George Bush was having thousands of Americans killed in Iraq or when your apparent hero was giving away billions to Wall Street and his "have mores" buddies?


Where was Congressman "You Lie" when PATRIOT ACTS 1 and 2 were passed- eroding American citizen rights and making the 9-11 terrorists de-facto victors?


I thought so....

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Hey Kansas and Nebraska Furniture Mart - Take The Royals and Chiefs Too

From all that I've read- the Nebraska Furniture Mart people not only started the discussions between Wizards owners and the KC-KS government- Nebraska Furniture Mart ALSO owns the land the Wizards would be buying with STAR (taxpayer-subsidized) bonds.

Why stop there NFM?

You people ought to relieve us poor Missourians of the Royals and Chiefs too!

It's time the Kansas side of this so-fragmented Metro started subsidizing ALL of Metro Kansas City's "pro" sports teams.

We'll sell you both stadiums too. Good luck trying to move them across the state line.

Let's quit this childish competing with OTHER metropolitan areas and start fighting amongst ourselves for the ever-shrinking pieces of corporate pie.

Better yet- lets just put up a 20-foot wall along the state line that runs the length of Metro Kansas City with checkpoint gates at major streets and highways.

Meanwhile- I'll just pretend Kansas City-KS and the Nebraska Furniture Mart don't exist....

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AP: "Worst Recession since 1930s Appears to be Over"

Now the national press is drinking the same Kool-Aid that the Federal Reserve drinks.

You people at the Federal Reserve and Associated Press need to get OUT more!

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What IS "Inside The Mind of Mark Foley"

Gay boys- of course!

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Big HOORAY For Raytown: Smoking Ban Shot Down

Last night- Raytown's elected "council" The Board of Aldermen- shot down a proposal to ban smoking in that western Jackson county city.

Good for them!

This is America dammit- if a business wants to have someone smoking a fully LEGAL PRODUCT inside their establishment- it should be that business owner's right to decide.

Or the customer's decision whether or not to do business there.

I'm sure someday- the "health Nazis" will totally get their way and none of us will do anything that in any way shape or form is a detriment to our health.

I hope I'm dead by then!

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BREAKING NEWS: K.C. Wizards May Back Out Of Bannister Mall Stadium

It appears that the Kansas City Wizards soccer team may be about to back-out of their south Kansas City-MO stadium plan and move to Kansas City-KS instead.



In Wednesday morning's KANSAS CITY KANSAN- it was reported that- according to a story on "bigsoccer.com" (I couldn't find the story there)- Kansas City Wizards President Robb Heineman is in negotiations with Wyandotte county and state officials to build a new soccer stadium in KC-KS..

The Wizards currently play their home games in the T-Bone's Community America baseball stadium.


IF the K.C. Wizards abandon their current plans to build a new 18500 seat stadium at the former site of Bannister Mall- it's unlikely ANY re-development plan for the Bannister area will take place for years.

Lane4 Development Co. had wanted even more city financial help for the planned south KC-MO development- but that request was turned down.

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WDAF FOX-4's Dedication To Kansas City News Coverage Shrinks

It's "official"- WDAF Channel 4- Kansas City's FIRST on-air station- news department and station that got a helicopter back in 1994 has grounded SkyFox.

That station is already last in weekend overnight news coverage- they don't have a staff photographer on duty at those times nor will they call one out to a news event unless it's "The Second Coming" as one Channel 4 staffer told me awhile back.

There will be major news events where Channel 4 WILL take a back seat to the superior aerial pictures that a news department helicopter can provide.

Flooding and tornadoes are just two events best covered from the sky.

Shaky internet-connection video just won't hack it on those.

Guess I can leave WDAF Channel 4 out of my channel rotation when it floods or there are twisters around....

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President Obama's Message To Students A Good One

It's the worst imitation of a "socialist" I've ever seen or heard.

The message was straightforward without a HINT of politicalism.

I would have been chez proud to have had my children spoken to by President Obama because his message re-enforces what we SHOULD be telling our children.

The young people at Wakefield High School in Obama's audience are now crowding around- squealing and smiling at the opportunity to meet the President.

Education is the key to success.

It's really a shame those who were critical of Obama's speech before he even gave it weren't educated with anything but hate....

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K.C. Scout Officials To Hold Public Meetings On Proposed I-435 On-Ramp "Metering"

On-ramp metering is simply traffic signals installed on freeway on-ramps to regulate the flow of traffic during peak periods.

The OLATHE (KS) NEWS says Kansas City SCOUT traffic officials are considering on-ramp metering along I-435 in Overland Park- and that the Metro agency will hold 2 meetings open to the public to get citizen input on the process- a done deal whether the public likes it or not

In case you feel like wasting your time anyway- the meetings are as follows: "The first meeting will be 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Jewish Community Campus of Greater Kansas City, 5801 W. 115th St. in Overland Park. The second meeting will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Leawood Middle School, 2410 W. 123rd St. in Leawood."

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Omaha-NE Pollys Come Up With New Revenue Source

Unsightly satellite dishes?

According to The Lincoln-NE JOURNAL-STAR- the Omaha City Council is considering a new fee for that city's residents: satellite dish inspections.

Not reported in the story was if the Omaha City Council drinks from the same vat of Kool-Aid as KC-MO's City Council....

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Northmoor Fatality Pedestrian Update and Other K.C. MetroRegion Wrecks Early Sunday

Northmoor police and the Missouri Highway Patrol report having the suspect of a fatality hit & run of a group of pedestrians in custody.

That suspect is reported as 23-year-old Jack A. Martin of Liberty-MO.. The MHP reports Martin's Jeep Cherokee that struck the group was also in police custody.

Reported here first at CSW at 1:55 am Sunday morning- the incident occurred at Northwest Vivion Road and North Frontier as "multiple" pedestrians hit after a disturbance..

It was initially reported that "3" persons- including the deceased- were struck. One of those struck was also in critical condition.

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Three people were hurt- one seriously- when just after 3:30 am Sunday morning a SUV driving at "a high-speed" plowed into the back of a car waiting at a traffic signal in the 4900 block of Bannister which in turn hit the car of front of them as well as a car turning in the intersection.

A female passenger in the first car struck was not seatbelted had serious injuries. The other 2 patients had less-serious injuries.

The driver of the SUV was under hospital arrest by police- who closed Bannister Road between I-435 & U.S. 71 for a couple of hours to investigate the crash.

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In a one-vehicle crash reported first here at CSW- the driver was in surprisingly good condition.

The crash occurred on M-291/Cookingham just west of the intersection of Flintlock around 4:50 am.. The wreck was found by a Liberty police officer on patrol.

After about a 30 minute extrication from his vehicle which had "rolled several times" according to a MAST-EMS paramedic- the "26-year-old" man was taken to an area medical trauma center in good condition.

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A 46-year-old Omaha truck driver suffered leg injuries after a crash of his rig on southbound I-35 north of Kearney-MO about 6:20 am..

The MO Highway Patrol reports that the driver- "James J. Nichols of Omaha-NE" was trying to avoid another vehicle. Nichols crashed through a guardrail and the semi came to rest on it's side on the west side of the highway.

Nichols suffered non life-threatening "leg" injuries. It wasn't reported what- if anything- Mr. Nichols was carrying in the semi's trailer.

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