BRAVE GANG BANGERS TARGET KIDS

I have been saying it for months. Street gangs in the United States are nothing more and nothing less than terrorist. Seriously what is the difference between what goes on here and over in Israel? It sickens me that we continue to let this go on with little or no effort to stop it. Sure this incident happened in LA but let us not kid ourselves into believing that this could never happen in our metro area.

Everyday the headlines in the papers and the first 10 minutes of the 10pm news are filled with homicides, shootings, drive by shootings & drug busts. The thing that they leave out is "gang related". It is almost as if there is an unwritten rule in our area that this subject is taboo. Ignoring and not reporting on a problem doesn't make it go away.

Is it going to take a sick act like the one that took place in LA before we open our eyes? Hell I doubt that even kids getting lit up like christmas trees isn't enough to drag the media and blogger attention away from the trivial crap that almost every in this town covers.

I AM THE PARENT OF A 6 YEAR OLD (god I am old)

Yesterday was my daughters 6th birthday and it is hard to believe that she hasn't always been in my life and for a moment I thought she wasn't going to be. When she was born we had a bit of a scare. After she got weighted, measured and cleaned up the nurse took her into the room to be with my wife and 3 minutes later she started turning purple. They rushed her out of the room and put her on monitors and a machine to help her breathe. I felt completely helpless but had to remain calm for my wife who couldn't leave her room. I will never forget sitting by her with her little fingers gripping my pinkie wishing that I could do something. By the end of the day she was doing better and she has been as close to perfection as one can get ever since.

The thoughts of her struggling haunted me for months and years afterwards and it made it hard for me to bond with her. In the back of my head I always had the extreme high I felt when she was born followed immediately by the fear of losing her and I didn't want to feel that way again. It wasn't until the birth of my 2nd child that I was able to let my guard down and allow myself to bond with the oldest. Now we are best buddies and she is truly a daddy's girl.

WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. DEAD!

This country just lost a great man....

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THE TRUTH - Paul Pierce

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QUICK HITS

1. All of my flights on Southwest Airlines confirms what these two girls are saying.

2. Kids get a lesson in the food chain by python.

3. KCMO school district has an "early college campus" opening? Finally something to challenge Union Station for poor turnout. What's next, a Nordstroms on Prospect?

4. KCK drug market faces setback.

5. This could be the only thing that the mayor of kcmo hasn't been accused of doing.

ARE YOU DARKER THAN THE BAG?

That is the question that students faced at Schlagle yesterday. It appears that instead of teaching kids history, math, english & science the "educators" at the before mentioned place of learning feel that skin color should be the focus this week.

Seriously, this is freaking funny. KCK is the best!

If I was one of these kids being split up by the color of my skin compared to a freaking sack I would be pissed.

Brown bags lead to brown signs on the side of the road begging for change.

872 UNSKILLED WORKERS TO HIT JOB MARKET

If the job market in the metro is a toilet then it is about to have the biggest turd it has ever seen chip the porcelain.

QUICK HITS

1. Chaos will strike the homosexual community at 5:30pm.

2. 7 year old crack dealer takes Jersey by storm.

3. Just when you think you have gotten in all of the candidates for the 2008 Mother of the Year award............. This chicks 16 month old tests positive for cocaine.

4. Hollywood nails the casting description for the people of West Virginia. Finally a career path for K State Grads.

5. KCMO shows once again why they are considered the Varsity squad. Murder number 17 today puts them 8 ahead of the pace they were on for last year. Could this be a record year?

6. Catholic Church is against the Science City body exhibit, saying it isn't suitable for kids.......If I was the PR rep for Science City I would shoot a reply back "Are Catholic Priest suitable for kids".

7. Bad aim to blame for this poor attempt at murder in KCMO. Swope just isn't what it use to be back in the 90's.

8. KCK will now be producing some of the funniest reality shows ever. Good god these tapes are going to be funny.

WELCOME BACK

My theory of cold weather preventing crimes in the hood held up once again. Today was a balmy 48 degrees and guess who made it back into the headlines?
KCK
1. Man shot in his car while cruising scenic Parallel Parkway.

2. Death of infant under investigation off of N. 33rd street.

3. Remember the days when murderers had some work ethic? If you killed someone you took the corpse into the woods or dumped them into the river. Now they are just dropping bodies in manhole covers in KCK.
UPDATE: It turns out they were animal bones. Still pretty damn lazy.

I for one would like to welcome you back to the headlines. This place just isn't the same without you.

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TOP 15 GANGSTER MOVIES

These movies represent some of my absolute favorite movies. These are in absolutely no order.
1. Menace 2 Society
2. Paid N Full
3. Belly
4. Boyz N da Hood
5. American Me
6. Colors
7. Goodfellas
8. The Godfather
9. The Departed
10. Casino
11. Scarface
12. Donnie Brasco
13. Carlitos way
14. Reservoir Dogs
15. Pulp Fiction

SCORES IN THE NEWS - QUICK HITS

Here are some quick scores in todays news.

Team Score
John Deere..................1
Monk...........................0 FINAL

Flight attendant.........1
Passenger....................o FINAL

Circus Lion.................1
9 year old....................0 FINAL

ICE AGE.......................1
Global Warming .........0 FINAL

GYNO.......................... 300
PATIENTS.................... 0 FINAL

A SIGN THAT SPRING IS ON ITS WAY

There are two things that signal the end of Winter.

1. Spring training for baseball
2. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

This year the people at SI have offered everyone a video sneak peak. There are over 50 videos available to view for those of you looking to buy some new swim wear for your wife or girlfriend?