From the Duh Files

Too Few Kids Use Fast-Food Calorie Info, Study Finds – WebMD 

YA FREAKING THINK!

The 20 best beer towns in America

The 20 best beer towns in America (via Matador Network)

Craft beer in America is more popular than ever. Today’s drinkers become more educated by the day, and the breadth of choices available to them has never been so extensive. This is great for beer lovers, and beneficial on the supply side as well, as a high-quality product created by friendly, local…

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Brian Boyd - Music Was His Life

On Friday night at 11pm the Blue Valley area lost a great young man and musician, Brian Boyd.  He died south of Lawrence, Ks in a traffic accident just after 11pm and the news of his passing shook the whole area.

I never knew Brian but he was a great friend to my younger siblings in my family and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him or knew of him.  

From what I have been told Brian was a friend to everyone and made sure to treat people as such.  He was considered a genius musically and pushed band members at BVN to become the best that they could be.  That is rare to find nowadays in a "me first" world.  

Here is a quote from one of his best friends.

"It's hard to but the legend of who is Brian Boyd in to words Other than everyone who spent any time with him gained a friend. It's just hard knowing how invincible he had been going through a lot of rough times and always coming out on top with a grin. He was too wreck less and never wore his seatbelt which came back to haunt him."

Rest in Peace Brian and thank you for being there for those in my family that were lucky enough to know you.

Kansas City needs vs Kansas City wants

Anyone that has been following Kansas City politics for the past few years has to be scratching their heads about the prioritization of projects.  The lack of recognition of the basic needs and wants of the citizens of Kansas City is a clear sign of blatant disregard and political elitism by elected and unelected leaders.  Is there anyone in City Hall or the KC Country club that gives a crap?

It would seem to me that the biggest needs for the city are the following 

• Sewers
• Tearing down of Abandoned Houses
• Increased Policing
• Sidewalks
• Vacant lot cleanup 
• Blight (half destroyed buildings, overgrown lawns, gang signs spray painted)
• Something done with old schools
• Getting rid of Kemper Arena
• Improved roadways
• Better trash pickup and snow removal
• Lower Taxes
• More equipment for first responders.

Instead the great minds in Kansas City have spent all their time and effort on the following

• A light rail system that does absolutely nothing 
• Redoing the one thing that people in the city thinks works, the airport.
• A downtown hotel
• Removing homeless from camps
• Fact finding trips vacations for government employees 
• Government control of Union Station (private ownership would have that thing making money hand over fist)
• Low level drug arrests instead of high level players
• Gun buyback programs that do NOT reduce crime
• Retrofitting Kauffman instead of building downtown. 
• Funkhouser legal fees
• MAST
• 1000 other wastes of money

Here are some questions that I have

• Can you imagine what the city would look and feel like if the leaders actually listened to the people instead of worrying about legacy projects or elitist paybacks for political support?  
• Wouldn't you like to see the Kemper family invest in cleaning up the city instead of crappy art that only 1% of the residents of this city will see?  
• Don't the elitist in this city owe the residents something for all of the crap that the taxpayers have funded for them?  
• Isn't anyone holding the politicians accountable for the lack of progress in addressing the basic needs of the city?
• Does the city budget contain a breakdown of money spent per region in the city?  I think it would be interesting to see how much tax dollar money went to the Plaza, Downtown, Crown Center, East Side, West Side and NKC.  

Obama Administration = Paranoia Justified

For the past 3 years we have been extensively covering the attack on personal freedoms by extremist and our government and along the way some people have said that we were blowing things out of proportion.  They said that there is no way that the government would ever stoop to such tactics and that the constitution protects us from these attacks.  

REALLY? 

Anyone ready to change their mind yet?  This government run by the most corrupt politician in history has betrayed us all and is unworthy of our trust.  From murder cover ups, political slander, IRS investigations, lies about terrorism, voter fraud..... there isn't a soul alive that should trust them.  

1.  Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe - Freedom of the Press is GONE
2.  How is this different than KGB tactics?  IRS IG Report: Targeting Conservatives Began In 2010 - ABC News
3.  Enemies of the Government? - IRS scrutiny went beyond Tea Party, targeting of conservative groups broader than thought | Fox News
4.  IRS will also be enforcing Obama Care and will have access to all of your medical records.  Warm Fuzzies for everyone.
5.  George Will: Jay Carney's 'Usefulness to This Administration is Diminishing Rapidly' | NewsBusters
6.  What Search Warrant? Your Facebook Messages And Private Emails Are Not Safe From FBI Surveillance, Says ACLU
7.  Obama doesn't want an investigation into his cover up.  Wonder why.....

Threats, Bribes and denial

Transparency: WH Holds Benghazi Briefing ... Off-the-Record 

Why in the world would the White House have to have an off the record behind closed doors meeting with reporters?  If you don't know the answer to that then your head is in the sand.  

Benny Flores - American Hero

One Marine's View: Corpsman to receive Silver Star at Pendleton on Friday 

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (FMF) Benny Flores, who repeatedly braved enemy small-arms fire to treat wounded Marines and an Afghan police officer, will be honored with a Silver Star on Friday in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif.Flores was riding in I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) convoy in Nimruz province’s Zaranj district on April 28, 2012, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Flores, of Guam, suffered shrapnel wounds in the blast but immediately began assisting wounded Marines, according to his award citation.

Thank You for your service Mr. Flores