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The Mahones - The Irish Punk Collection

Playing Catch Up

What do you miss when you take some time off from blogging?  Not a damn thing.  Same goes for avoiding all political shows, news and emails.  Nothing changes.  But now the break is over and it is time to get ramped up for the 2014 elections and continue to report on life in Southern Joco. 

In my time off the following have remained the same

• KCMO still averages a murder every other day
• JOCO continues to discuss the future of Metcalf mall
• Police chases, traffic cams, flash mobs, race baiting all still here
• Obama Care continues to be a disaster
• Blue Valley Schools are still winning awards while KCMO schools try to stay open
• The 9-11 time slot on KMBZ is still the worst radio that this city has ever had
• Topeka douche bags threaten to picket another funeral of an innocent victim.  
• An end of the world snow storm is coming...... again.
• Obama continues to get clowned by our enemies
• The NSA is reading this post as I type it
• Michelle Obama still believes that she can raise your kids better than you 
• Spike Lee is still Racist
• Movies on Islam that appear on Youtube continue to be the source of all "evil" in the world
• Democrats fail to pass another budget in the Senate
• THIS is the year the Royals will finally put it all together, or next year.
• Olathe, Merriam, Mission and Roeland Park continue to be the crap holes of JOCO.

I am sure that there are more but I think you get the point

Kansas City Metro Citizen of the Day

Man charged after camera found hidden above neighbor's bathroom | Local News - KMBC Home

Could the Dust Bowl Happen again in Kansas?

This is the topic that everyone has been discussing since Algore left Kansas City last week.  The simple answer to this question is yes, but not because of “global warming/climate change/insert token phrase here”.  The real reason that this could happen is due to the drying up of the Ogallala Aquifer.  This water table is responsible for the irrigation of most of this countries farmland in the Great Plains and is currently running low. 

Now I am not one that believes in man made global warming or  man made climate change but I do believe in the depletion of a water table.  

Ernast Evans Discusses Policing in KCMO

In some of my memos on KCMO crime I have referred to the "de-policing" that took place in NYC in 1987-1993. The initial cause of this "de-policing" was the Tawana Brawley case of 1987-1989--this "de-policing" was reinforced by the election of David Dinkins as Mayor in 1989-1993; fairly or unfairly, Dinkins and his police commissioner Lee Brown were considered hostile to the NYPD. Initially, the NYC "de-policing" only impacted the black neighborhoods of the city: In the aftermath of the Tawana Brawley case, out of sheer self-survival, the NYPD abandoned their duties in the black neighborhoods of NYC out of fear of being accused of racism--violence in these neighborhoods exploded in 1987-1989. By 1989, however, even before the election of Dinkins as mayor, the impact of "de-policing" began to spread to the rest of the city: As reflected in the Central Park jogger incident in April 1989 and later the Crown Heights riots of August 1991, the city began to see a surge of crime in areas of the city previously unaffected by the "de-policing" set in motion by the Brawley incident and reinforced by the Dinkins term as mayor. This brings us to the Plaza crisis in KCMO. While the situation is still developing, the current crisis over violence in the Plaza area of KCMO may signal the danger of the "de-policing" that has plagued the black neighborhoods of KCMO since the spring of 2008--leading to a major violence surge in these neighborhoods--is starting to spread elsewhere in the city. Now, with apologies to V I Lenin, the question is: "What is to be Done?" What stopped the explosion of crime in NYC was the election of Rudy Guiliani as Mayor of NYC in 1993. Contrary to myth, Guiliani did not bring down the crime stats by adopting a "Dirty Harry" approach to crime. He knew that such an approach was neither necessary nor morally justifiable. What Guiliani did was what the political class in KCMO needs to do: He told the cops on the beat that he would make sure that if accused of racist misconduct they would get due process. This simple promise ended the nightmare that all races in NYC had been living for years.

Headline of the Day - Masturbating disfigured arsonist

Man accused of arson at Tampa apartment community | Tampa Bay Times

Man accused of setting fire after masturbation complaints - Sun Sentinel

"Haskins, who's disfigured from when he shot himself in the face"

Might be the headline and the year due to the picture that came with it.

24 hour coverage of 5 inches of snow????

Wow, you would that the world was coming to an end if you watched local news tonight. The crap that they are now reporting on is so trivial and unimportant that they are losing any chance of actually relaying important information to their viewers.

How many locations do I have to see field reporters stand in front of a camera and say "Yep it's snowing, don't drive if you don't have to?

Or my favorite new one, showing reporters driving on the roads. I think they are trying to recreate the effect of helicopters covering tornados. The only problem with that is sever storms need to be tracked and tornados can pop out at anytime during a threatening storm. These roads have been getting bad for over 8 hours now! This isn't late breaking news.

I keep waiting for Katie Horner to make a surprise appearance on my screen to tell me to wear a helmet when out shoveling.
Meanwhile, the rest of the nation doesn't give two craps about a snow storm that doesn't take place on the East coast.  Not one major news site last night even mentioned this "horrific" snow fall on their webpage last night.  This is just an example of the media not giving a crap about what happens to the rest of us out here in fly over country.

Which is worst?

Below are the front pages of 4 major news sites as of midnight last night.  

Obama ignores Fry Cook

Fry Cook Shifted to Part-Time Work Confronts Obama | National Review Online

This guy got cut to PT due to Obama Care and when confronted about it Obama said that he is working on an increase in min wage to help him out!  

Another example of just how out of touch the dictator is with non elites.