<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017</id><updated>2008-05-12T06:10:15.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tony's Kansas City</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13640</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-1826961851178031161</id><published>2008-05-12T05:15:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T06:10:15.770-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Country Club Kay in San Francisco!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5eipRbIwNuA&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5eipRbIwNuA&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="330" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eipRbIwNuA"&gt;the latest Jeff Roe attack ad&lt;/a&gt; . . . I kinda like it, because it attacks national connections, successful fundraising and powerful women. TKC Question: What happens when Republicans imagine themselves to be even more lame and stereotypical than they are in real life?*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One more Funny note: The Youtube user name is "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BigCityKayBarnes"&gt;BigCityKayBarnes&lt;/a&gt;" which is not even as clever as some of the mean-spirited attacks against the former Kansas City Mayor I've posted on this page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everybody else sees &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://axiomstrategies.com/"&gt;Jeff Roe losing his touch&lt;/a&gt; in much the same way that Graves seems to be almost giving this race away . . . Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Answer: They lose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. - Double Bonus points for the chubby white woman dancing next to the minorities with "San Francisco Values" . . . Does anybody really believe that kind of talk anymore or did the 4k dead soldiers in Iraq dispel the wisdom of Sean Hannity?</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/country-club-kay-in-san-francisco.html' title='Country Club Kay in San Francisco!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=1826961851178031161&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1826961851178031161'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1826961851178031161'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2292833170800514421</id><published>2008-05-12T05:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T05:41:22.158-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Crazy Kansas City Council lady wants to raise taxes to fund empty museums!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0936508120070510"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/parishiltonart.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that Deb Herman is a member of Mayor Funkhouser's "Great White North" contingent and she has gone absolutely mad with power in her attempt to &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/615579.html"&gt;RAISE PROPERTY TAXES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS TOWN'S WHITE ELEPHANT MUSEUMS!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Deb Hermann, chairwoman of the council’s Finance and Audit Committee, has introduced an ordinance to ask voters on Aug. 5 to support raising the current museum (property tax) levy of 2 cents to the authorized limit of 10 cents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;There' hasn't been a formal list drawn up of the museums that would benefit from putting some Kansas City folks one step closer to forclosure but we're obviously talking about all of the local (so-called) attractions that don't come anywhere close to pulling their own weight:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; Union Station&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; The Empty WWI Museum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; The American Jazz Museum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously, there are many more but these three need the cash in a bad way . . . And here's where Mayor Funky's contingent shows (once again) that they have absolutely no credibility when it comes to the City's finances. If they had any courage they would have cut even deeper into Museum funding rather than potentially firing so many City Hall employees. Putting any more cash into these empty venues is simply following the same tired old path put forth by Former Mayor Kay regardless of the fact that it has been proven that suburbanites don't want to support Kansas City's cultural attractions unless there is a lot of booze and TV coverage involved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm calling it "The Death of culture" in Kansas City because this town's credit cards are so maxed out on losing sports teams and lame entertainment districts that there just isn't any money to fund places in this town where people might actually learn something.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. - Here's an underreported and widely disputed fact that the Kansas City Media doesn't want anyone to know . . . &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Those dead Chinese peasants that are being displayed at Union Station are underperforming expectations (!!!)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;because it turns out a lot of people in Kansas City do have a conscience OR would rather spend their time outdoors rather than looking at &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/02/kansas-city-stands-against-bodies.html"&gt;the handiwork of body snatchers&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/crazy-kansas-city-council-lady-wants-to.html' title='Crazy Kansas City Council lady wants to raise taxes to fund empty museums!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2292833170800514421&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2292833170800514421'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2292833170800514421'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-6132137351233238141</id><published>2008-05-12T05:12:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T05:55:56.884-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On the phone with a 13 year-old alleged Kansas City Killer!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_of_Chucky"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/chuckymovie.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alonzo Washington had a informative and somewhat frightening blogger weekend, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;amp;friendID=106341812&amp;amp;blogID=393141841"&gt;not only was the guy threatened by a former cop&lt;/a&gt; . . . He also documents a scary &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;amp;friendID=106341812&amp;amp;blogID=393017153"&gt;conversation with a young alleged  killer. Check it&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;However, talking to a 13 year old boy who sounds like a baby from jail on the phone just makes me depressed.  This kid really can not understand what he has done.  I don't think he understands the death sentence or life in prison.  The fact that he gets high with adults is so sad.  Many words I used with him he could not understand them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Look for more details at &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/alonzo_washington"&gt;Mr. Washington's blog&lt;/a&gt; as he continues to keep following, reporting and helping to solve local murder stories that most people ignore.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/on-phone-with-13-year-old-alleged.html' title='On the phone with a 13 year-old alleged Kansas City Killer!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=6132137351233238141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/6132137351233238141'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/6132137351233238141'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-3305858476183934822</id><published>2008-05-12T05:05:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T05:09:07.918-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kansas City Smoking Ban teaches next generation about hypocrisy and politics</title><content type='html'>Tough restrictions on smoking send &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/615467.html"&gt;a useful message to young people&lt;/a&gt; . . . Mainly that cancer prevention and public health is a lot less important when tax revenues and powerful special interests are involved.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/kansas-city-smoking-ban-teaches-next.html' title='Kansas City Smoking Ban teaches next generation about hypocrisy and politics'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/615467.html' title='Kansas City Smoking Ban teaches next generation about hypocrisy and politics'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=3305858476183934822&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/3305858476183934822'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/3305858476183934822'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2285238300219749556</id><published>2008-05-12T05:02:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T05:04:14.707-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The column in which Mike Hendrics attempts to allay his white guilt</title><content type='html'>Just once I'd love it if &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/615701.html"&gt;suburban white people&lt;/a&gt; could talk about ethnic cultures without mentioning food . . . F*cking pigs.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/column-in-which-mike-hendrics-attempts.html' title='The column in which Mike Hendrics attempts to allay his white guilt'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/615701.html' title='The column in which Mike Hendrics attempts to allay his white guilt'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2285238300219749556&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2285238300219749556'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2285238300219749556'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-5263187465765964185</id><published>2008-05-12T03:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T03:27:55.672-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comprehensive David Cook Coverage (ugh)</title><content type='html'>Conservatism with Heart offers &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://chatterboxchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/05/kansas-city-loves-david-cook.html"&gt;the ultimate David Cook roundup&lt;/a&gt; . . . I guess it's not that bad when you consider that other "conservative roundups" involve me and my Grandma being deported "back" to Southeast Asia.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/comprehensive-david-cook-coverage-ugh.html' title='Comprehensive David Cook Coverage (ugh)'/><link rel='related' href='http://chatterboxchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/05/kansas-city-loves-david-cook.html' title='Comprehensive David Cook Coverage (ugh)'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=5263187465765964185&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/5263187465765964185'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/5263187465765964185'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-4719216094600392145</id><published>2008-05-12T03:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T03:21:25.937-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Undead link: Kansas City Zombie Walk</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/zachzombiewalk.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Found this one courtesy of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://3oclockam.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-your-brains.html"&gt;Emaw's blog&lt;/a&gt; and if you haven't already checked out the photo set of Kansas City's Zombie Walk . . . Well then you should.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Local photo blogger &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.zachishere.com/2008/05/10/kc-zombie-walk-2008-2/"&gt;Zach captures some amazing images of Zombies walking through Westport&lt;/a&gt;, during the day no less, they usually don't show up until about 2 a.m. and they're out for breakfast and booty . . . Brains, not so much.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/undead-link-kansas-city-zombie-walk.html' title='Undead link: Kansas City Zombie Walk'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=4719216094600392145&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/4719216094600392145'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/4719216094600392145'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8529783319881776866</id><published>2008-05-12T00:42:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T01:02:29.387-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Kansas City, Aggregate this!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Atkinson"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/gemmaatkinsonbikini.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've never been a fan of groups, teams, clubs or associations . . . Most of the time they're just an excuse for people to stop thinking and I think this also applies online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing I like about blogs is that they most often express the work of one individual in a sea of similar content . . . The blogger who stands out to any reader represents a special kind of connection that's unique in the history of media or at least as gully as &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9rpP6eFMtY"&gt;that old Piña Colada song&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyhoo mostly because people are weak minded or don't think they merit enough attention on their own, they seek out groups to support their opinions, demographics or agenda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came across yet another Kansas City online group (that admittedly looks kinda cool) that's trying to lay claim to this town's niche online space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://www.kconlinecommunity.com/"&gt;The Kansas City Online Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not a bad idea and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.ning.com/2008/05/keeping-up-with-kansas-city.html"&gt;they've already amassed a nice following&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, I'm always suspicious of groups because I'm a student of History and I know it's a shorter step than most people think from bake sales and brownies to goose stepping and mass deportations . . . Or so I've been told.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyhoo, what's great about the local Internet scene is that there is a never ending stream of these little communities that always pop up from time to time and they all provide an understanding of the local net that's unique. Also, there's usually at least one or two hot broads in the crew who are down to "make new friends" which usually means banging a few new guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's all good . . . But it shouldn't persuade bloggers or any singular online presence from pursing their own agenda. Remember, that it has been proven that there is &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail"&gt;a niche market for nearly everyone on the Internets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's simply a matter of attracting a crowd . . . I've found &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.popoholic.com/2008/05/09/gemma-atkinson-bikini-pictures/"&gt;images and links of half naked white women work best&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/hey-kansas-city-aggregate-this.html' title='Hey Kansas City, Aggregate this!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=8529783319881776866&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/8529783319881776866'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/8529783319881776866'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2004951507829333892</id><published>2008-05-12T00:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T00:11:00.396-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sleepy comeback from a long weekend</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Pressly"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/jamiepresslyfhm.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, by now most of you with families are probably tired of them . . . Thankfully, Monday is here and the weekend will be a distant memory by about 8:30 a.am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the weekend my family conversation mostly revolved around &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=1984"&gt;even more Catholic hypocrisy&lt;/a&gt; and the losing battle against violent crime in Kansas City. TKC Interesting Fact: No less than 3 childhood acquaintances of mine have been killed in the past 5 years because of the burgeoning drug game in Kansas City . . . The more you know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've got a lot of ground to cover . . . I'm gonna start looking for photos of scantily clad women in order to spice up the mostly downbeat news. Stay tuned.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/sleepy-comeback-from-long-weekend.html' title='Sleepy comeback from a long weekend'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2004951507829333892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2004951507829333892'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2004951507829333892'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-4419466318154000162</id><published>2008-05-10T17:55:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T19:07:42.472-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The TKC Saturday Night Vidcast: I'm celebrating MILFs like your mother!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/angelinajoliesofa.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This blog is written from my mom's basement so obviously I have a vested interest in keeping Mother's Day sacred, I may even scrape together a few nickels I've made and venture outdoors to buy my mom a card . . . But this isn't about me, it's about your mother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have no idea why but for some reason there has been an abundance of older broads going around half naked in order to prove that the ravages of time and childbearing can be delayed or at least cleverly masked with Photoshop . . . And I'm not just referring to Madonna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few are just a few examples of older lady, mommy ass that have been thrust upon us by the media (click the image for a bio):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Burke"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/brookeburke.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Margolis"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/cindymargolisplayboy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Nordegren"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/elinnordegren1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_McCarthy"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/wnjennymccarthy.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The upshot of this welcomed phenomena of horny older mothers (heh) is that the average Kansas City &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hausfrau"&gt;hausfrau&lt;/a&gt; has become even more skanky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a recent trip to the Crossroads and the P&amp;amp;L District I noticed that the whole "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cougar"&gt;Cougar&lt;/a&gt;" movement of older ladies out on the prowl was in full effect. TKC note to myself: Be sure to buy stock in make-up companies and exceedingly dark nightclubs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, instead of the weekly compilation of songs I'm simply going to advise everyone, if they are lucky, to tell their mom that they love them this weekend . . . Or I will. And in the spirit of Mother's Day and that fact that I know that women love being appreciated almost as much as they love money, enjoy this timeless clip from Kennedy entitled "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhbXv0hCXSQ"&gt;Your Mama&lt;/a&gt;":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="330" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AhbXv0hCXSQ&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AhbXv0hCXSQ&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyhoo . . . Because now older ladies and moms in this cowtown are being told by the media that skanky is a good look for the few 40 year-old(ish) broads who don't happen to be morbidly obese, I'm dedicating this Mother's Day post to MILFS and that fact that booty is now undergoing a "vintage" phase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, it's probably equally important that I reveal a personal realization that I've come to recently which is simple and the kind of thing that most adults comprehend long before I did . . . No matter how horrible, evil or reprehensible a person is regarded, at one time or another they most likely had a mother who adored them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/tonyskansascity/tonyandhismama.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;I LOVE YOU MAMA!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for reading this week . . . Have a safe and fun weekend.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/tkc-saturday-night-vidcast-im.html' title='The TKC Saturday Night Vidcast: I&apos;m celebrating MILFs like your mother!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=4419466318154000162&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/4419466318154000162'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/4419466318154000162'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2524093002970492531</id><published>2008-05-10T16:16:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T16:42:06.345-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Best of Kansas City Bloggers: Weekend Warriors Doing Battle Edition!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/heidiklumfootball.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could do better this weekend but I'm busy not trying in other aspects of my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sooooooooo, here are &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;some of Kansas City's best blog posts that I've been reading&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; Some Kansas City bloggers care about important local issues. KC Sponge is a perfect example: "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://imgonnasueyou.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-you-should-give-shit-about-kids-and.html"&gt;Why you should give a shit about kids and their education&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; MORE EXCLUSIVE CRIME DETAILS FROM ALONZO WASHINGTON: &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;amp;friendID=106341812&amp;amp;blogID=392398278"&gt;Man shot by the police was not driving a stolen car!!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Nick Sloan serves up one of the best sports analysis in all of local media: "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nicksloan.com/2008/05/ranking-kansas-citys-coaches.html"&gt;Ranking Kansas City's Coaches&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/blogspot/xPiD/%7E3/287077653/bike-week.html"&gt;JoCo SOB comes up with some FANTASTIC COMMENTS REGARDING BIKE WEEK!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; May's Machete just might be the most awesome lady in all of the KC blogosphere. Here's proof and it involves your girlfriend complaining about your taste in movies: "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/MaysMachete/%7E3/286998518/why-i-cant-wait-to-see-kingdom-of.html"&gt;Why I Can't Wait to See Kingdom of the Crystal Skull&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://rdmblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/midtowns-a-must-read/"&gt;RDM&lt;/a&gt;: The Midtown Miscreant is Kansas City's &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://midtownmiscreant.blogspot.com/"&gt;Must Read Blog!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://rdmblog.wordpress.com/"&gt;RDM is a must read&lt;/a&gt; as well as far as I'm concerned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/best-of-kansas-city-bloggers-weekend.html' title='The Best of Kansas City Bloggers: Weekend Warriors Doing Battle Edition!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2524093002970492531&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2524093002970492531'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2524093002970492531'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8189603386736318312</id><published>2008-05-09T10:25:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T11:13:38.102-05:00</updated><title type='text'>TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! MAMMY-GATE CONTINUES IN KANSAS CITY!!! MAYOR FUNKY'S OFFICE COULD SOON BE FACING A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/vincentvegapulpfiction.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The case regarding the use of racial slurs in the Mayor's office continues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Word around the campfire is that the period for the arbitration and consideration of the EEOC complaint is just about up (90-120 days) and the victim of racial slurs in Mayor Funky's office could soon file a federal case citing a violation of her civil rights over the clear cut case of pay disparity and the well-documented use of racial slurs and intolerant attitudes within the Funkhouser Administration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's also take into account that, in a separate instance, the actions and words of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/10005"&gt;Gloria Squitiro also caused the departure of the highest ranking African-American female in the Funkhouser Administration&lt;/a&gt; given that the woman in question in that case was rudely referred to as "Bernie Mac" repeatedly by the first lady of Kansas City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far the mainstream media has failed to discuss the details of the case and a simple question that looms on the mind of almost every City Hall watcher:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;IF GLORIA SQUITIRO, AN UNPAID VOLUNTEER, IS THE CAUSE OF  A LAWSUIT . . . WILL KANSAS CITY HAVE TO PAY THE BILL FOR HER DEFENSE?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a simple question but I really don't know the answer . . . Certainly, TKC doesn't think this town should have to pay for the Mayor's wife calling an African-American female "Mammy." The ambiguity over tab in this scenario is due to Mayor Funkhouser leaving the role of Ms. Squitiro horribly unclear and undefined . . . It's a real liability to his office even though most of us understand that she's the Co-Mayor. Sadly, the media doesn't question the first couple when they openly call one of their employees, supporters and supposedly a long time friend a liar on the airwaves all over town. The personal attacks endured by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;this woman who worked harder than anyone else to get Funkhouser elected&lt;/span&gt; truly illustrate the misguided and mean-spirited nature of Funkhouser loyalists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the Mayor's credibility continues to sink and his stubborn and misleading insistence that his wife didn't use the racial slur not only discounts this City Hall worker who has no reason to lie but also alienates the Mayor from the vast majority of the people in Kansas City who understand a simple truth:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;MAYOR FUNKHOUSER'S WIFE HAS NO PLACE IN CITY HALL AND IT'S TIME FOR HER TO LEAVE!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The looming EEOC complaint and now the prospect of a lawsuit make it clear that Squitiro has been nothing but a detrimental force in the Mayor's office. The free parking space and desk at City Hall are a clear cut case of nepotism and if she wasn't the Mayor's wife . . .  The call for her job would have been echoed by mainstream media outlets long ago. Sadly, so many columnists in this town are cowards and they don't want to hurt Mayor Funky's feelings. Yet, at this point the Mayor's personal loyalty needs to be expressed at home and not in Kansas City's highest office. It is past time for the Mayor to end his stubborn defense of his wife's unsanctioned, distracting and divisive presence in City Hall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;GLORIA SQUITIRO MUST GO!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's time to force her to put her shoes on and escort her from the building. She has cost the Mayor most of his credibility and now threatens to make the people of Kansas City pay for both her inappropriate behavior along with her husband's stubborness, inexperience and bad judgment.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/tkc-exclusive-mammy-gate-continues-in.html' title='TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! MAMMY-GATE CONTINUES IN KANSAS CITY!!! MAYOR FUNKY&apos;S OFFICE COULD SOON BE FACING A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=8189603386736318312&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/8189603386736318312'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/8189603386736318312'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-7965075015089981249</id><published>2008-05-09T09:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T09:02:26.742-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wake Up Kansas City!!! David Cook is a d-bag with no talent!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/dcook.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;It's David Cook Day in Kansas City&lt;/span&gt;. Ugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the top 10 reasons everyone should discourage any celebration:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Does it really matter? If the answer is yes, then you're probably Paula Abdul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. He's not even from KC . . . This is a celebration is for a guy from Blue Springs (or wherever) who probably dreamed of leaving that hell hole every minute of his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/davidcookpicture.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. If &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kctalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8556"&gt;this photo above is any indication&lt;/a&gt;, the dude wears lipstick and that's just as creepy as his faux Country music twang style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. When the name "David Cook" is mentioned 3 months from now in Kansas City no one will have any idea who you're talking about . . . Example: Has anyone heard from Taylor Hicks?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. It's just wrong that young white women set the agenda for local news coverage. Can't we at least wait till one of them disappears before handing over control of the airwaves to the affluent white broads?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. I contend that American Idol is racist . . . I don't know how but give me about 5 minutes and I'm sure I can find something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Almost nobody turned out for the last election, there is WAY MORE interest in this &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_%28singer%29"&gt;David Cook&lt;/a&gt; Dude and for that both you and your children should be slapped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. David Cook and the P&amp;amp;L District combined could form an apex of bland, generic entertainment that collapses into itself like some kind of dying supernova. Be careful!!! I'm all for letting &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the bland lead the bland&lt;/span&gt; but this level of douchery could be dangerous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. C'mon, please realize there has not been one artist of merit to come from the American Idol TV show . . . It's a TV show for William Hung's sake (!!!) and the mediocre, insipid and marginally talented hopefuls make &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees"&gt;The Monkees&lt;/a&gt; look like David Bowie by comparison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. I haven't heard or seen him perform but if he was any good he'd already be on some kind of cell phone or Ipod commercial so I think we can all safely assume the guy isn't worth all of this hoopla.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/wake-up-kansas-city-david-cook-is-d-bag.html' title='Wake Up Kansas City!!! David Cook is a d-bag with no talent!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=7965075015089981249&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/7965075015089981249'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/7965075015089981249'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-3948383473233898810</id><published>2008-05-09T07:12:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T07:46:37.433-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell all hip-hop book just might hint that Larry Johnson is the ghey!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/nov07/larryjohnsoncelebrate.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, the Kansas City blogosphere is overwhelmingly white so I'm not surprised that even Chiefs fans haven't picked up the gossip that's heating up the rest of the blogosphere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems that some the ghey guy has written a tell all book about the many "Down low" African-American dudes in the rap game AND in pro sports. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/hidinghiphop.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The title: &lt;a target="_blank" href="www.myspace.com/hidinginhiphop.com"&gt;Hiding in Hip-Hop&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does this relate to Kansas City?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, TKC has previously reported that LJ may in fact be a homersexual given that &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2007/06/is-larry-johnson-ghey-for-jay-z.html"&gt;he's shacking up with Jay-Z&lt;/a&gt; even though the two guys could obviously afford their own places even in New York, even in this recession. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, for Kansas City d-bags who don't know a thing about hip-hop . . . The fact that LJ pledges his allegiance to Jay-Z after every touchdown has always struck me as kind of the ghey. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/tonyskansascity/ljhandstupid.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/jayzdiamond.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while this kind of groundbreaking reporting might be viewed as speculation among Kansas City's media elite (who are mostly the ghey themselves) . . . One of the hip-hop world's foremost authorities has stated plainly that he thinks Larry Johnson is the guy named in the tell all the ghey hip-hop book. &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=21376"&gt;Check it&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;My guess as to who this might be: You guessed it, none other than Kansas City Chief and male Roc-A-Wear model Larry Johnson, who shares an apartment in New York with Jay-Z despite the fact that the two of them could obviously afford places by themseves. How do I know it’s Larry Johnson? Well, to be honest with you, I don’t know jack shit about football, and he’s the only DL football player I know of, let alone one who’s been known to be around a lot of music industry people. But come on. Who else could it be? Don’t let me find out Jay-Z is involved in this shit as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;There's no arguing it - That's an expert opinion and I think there's already been a clear indication that LJ is definitely the ghey given that &lt;a target="_blank"  href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuEbocfcOE"&gt;LJ has been seen by a huge audience on Youtube kissing some man named Fantasia&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NO HOMO&lt;/span&gt; on this whole post and Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/tell-all-hip-hop-book-just-might-hint.html' title='Tell all hip-hop book just might hint that Larry Johnson is the ghey!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=3948383473233898810&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/3948383473233898810'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/3948383473233898810'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2470557452216182375</id><published>2008-05-09T07:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T09:32:20.598-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's tie it all together</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Howard"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/sophiehowardtop.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a some important links that I should have posted earlier . . . Still, they're pretty good:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kmbc.com/news/16203836/detail.html?rss=kc1&amp;amp;psp=news"&gt;A recent fatal shooting involving the KCPD&lt;/a&gt; is creating a lot of stir and is currently the top story of every local media outlet in town . . . It could get ugly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ea571281-0024-4dd9-ac4a-ae9d70b9cd35&amp;amp;rss=764"&gt;The witnesses say the suspect that police killed did not have a gun!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; I'm telling you this town is exceptionally cruel: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kmbc.com/news/16206997/detail.html?rss=kc1&amp;amp;psp=news"&gt;Gas Station Clerk Fired After Being Robbed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Supremacy is still the game of choice in Kansas City: &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=6496539"&gt;Men Were Playing Game to Kill a Black Person&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank=" href="http://www.kmbc.com/news/16203138/detail.html?rss=kc1&amp;psp=news"&gt;Detectives in Blair case start talking to TV . . . Again&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; The angle on this story so close to mother's day has me kind of bummed out, I'm not made of stone: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=6497044"&gt;Mother On Phone with Son When He Was Shot, Killed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Making a gunshot work for Grandma: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kmbc.com/news/16207536/detail.html?rss=kc1&amp;amp;psp=news"&gt;Shooting Victim Donates Kidney To Grandma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; JoCo people are nosy: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/612228.html"&gt;So many people clicked on the Johnson County sheriff's new online warrant-checking system that the site crashed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/lets-tie-it-all-together.html' title='Let&apos;s tie it all together'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2470557452216182375&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2470557452216182375'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2470557452216182375'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-5858668362498062305</id><published>2008-05-09T07:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T10:03:59.948-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Tony Frank$ Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/tonyfrankscrew.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kansas City is home to a diverse array of artists and since TKC is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;all about&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; celebrating the many cultures which call Kansas City home . . . I took special notice of a guy who goes by the moniker: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/tonyfranks18"&gt;Tha Unchallenged Truth - Tony Frank$&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course the people who read this blog are nothing but haters but I have to say that I found the music to be pretty captivating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I especially like the tracks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Block Boi Rough Cut&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to Kansas City (of course)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artist has promise and I have to admit this is the first time I was inspired to listen to any new hardcore/gangsta rap in recent memory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now obviously, I'm wasn't even going to think about writing a negative review about somebody who holds a shotgun in half their publicity photos . . . However, I think there might be an interesting subtext that folks could easily overlook: Tony Frank$ has great lyrics, interesting hooks and the beats on the tracks that I listened to were far better than the stuff that passes for mainstream hip-hop on the radio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course there is the subject of image and Hardcore/gangsta rap is not everyone's cup of tea . . . However, two white guys claiming Eastside, rapping about a lifestyle that makes an episode of The Wire seem tame by comparison: That takes courage in this day and age. Like it or not, Tony Frank$ is worth a listen if only to understand that Kansas City's hip-hop roots are inexorably linked to hardcore/gangsta rap no matter how much local music critics would like to think otherwise.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/tony-frank-review.html' title='The Tony Frank$ Review'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=5858668362498062305&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/5858668362498062305'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/5858668362498062305'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-1334893208629842617</id><published>2008-05-09T07:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T08:25:32.364-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Boycott Bike Week in Kansas City!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/tonyskansascity/iranbikeladies.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a couple of minutes ago The Pitch posted a great compilation of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2008/05/cyclists_gear_up_for_a_week_of.php"&gt;activities slated for Bike Week&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was trying really hard to let this one slide but I just can't see how this Weak Ass "Bike Week" does anybody any good. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unless middle-class white people patting each other on the back for pushing pedals of luxury bikes can be used to power the City . . . It's obviously self-indulgence put on display as some kind of civic duty, (heh duty) which is a complete load of crap.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/boycott-bike-week-in-kansas-city.html' title='Boycott Bike Week in Kansas City!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=1334893208629842617&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1334893208629842617'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1334893208629842617'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-1217850717631845263</id><published>2008-05-09T07:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T07:11:42.722-05:00</updated><title type='text'>KC snitches deserve riches not stitches!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/tonyskansascity/stopsnitchsmag.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, that mo'money, mo'problems song finally makes sense to me now given that &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=75728255-5ba2-4bdf-a8b5-b923c96fff2a&amp;amp;rss=764"&gt;more than $1 million has been paid out by Kansas City Crimestoppers since 1982&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how well it's working considering all of the recent killings but it could be viewed as an economic stimulus of sorts given that bullet proof vests are far more affordable nowadays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, it's a good idea to provide some kind of reward to encourage people to stick their neck out and speak up in a city that would much rather keep the abundance of violent crime a secret.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/kc-snitches-deserve-riches-not-stitches.html' title='KC snitches deserve riches not stitches!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=1217850717631845263&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1217850717631845263'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1217850717631845263'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8990517638634359934</id><published>2008-05-09T06:54:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T09:37:24.755-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kansas City Bloggers are the light of my life (not really)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Miller"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/marisamillersand.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good morning . . . Here's the best of the local blogs that I was looking at: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; Wondering about this weekend? &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://kansascity.about.com/b/2008/05/08/kansas-city-weekend-guide-may-9-11th.htm"&gt;Mary-Anne makes planning it much easier&lt;/a&gt; for those of you who won't be hiding in your mother's basement and playing X-box . . . Losers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://kcbike.info/2008/05/08/blue-springs-boy-killed-by-delivery-van/"&gt;Comprehensive coverage of the kid recently killed on his bike&lt;/a&gt; . . . I'm not even gonna clown this link because it's a sad story and TKC believes that every baby biker deserves the right to grow up to become an annoying hippie who mistakenly thinks they're doing the world a favor by getting in the way of more important traffic. Sadly, this young soul didn't get a chance to join the rest of the obnoxious d-bags in Kansas City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://sarahsnodgrass.com/blog/418/"&gt;Urban Tour roundup: The last gasp of the condo crowd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; A pretty great local music post and review: "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.knuckleheadskc.com/"&gt;Knuckleheads&lt;/a&gt; is every bit as &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://happyinbag.blogspot.com/2008/05/rapping-your-knuckles.html"&gt;welcoming&lt;/a&gt; as the Main Street institution."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/kansas-city-bloggers-are-light-of-my.html' title='Kansas City Bloggers are the light of my life (not really)'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=8990517638634359934&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/8990517638634359934'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/8990517638634359934'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-1764315628752176217</id><published>2008-05-09T06:40:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T06:51:43.364-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mike Hendricks is an ass and it's no surprise he is getting behind the Star's light rail plan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocio_Guirao_Diaz"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/rocioguiraodiaz.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike "Humorless, Hack" Hendricks recently filed a column &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/612188.html"&gt;supporting the Star's starter line light rail approach&lt;/a&gt;. It's no big surprise that he's clandestinely pushing the plan of his employer but the fact that the JoCo jerk is backing a mass transit plan that doesn't transport masses of people is a tad troubling . . . Of course the his view from the Golden Ghetto might be skewed but I challenge anyone to prove how moving people form Crown Center to Downtown is going to make a difference in anyone's life but contractors and architects. Also, now that The Star is ramping up support for the stupid plan they've once again proven that their opinion pages are just about equal (but far less interesting) than any blogger in the metro given that they're not providing a glimpse of opinion in the metro but really just pushing their own agenda.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/mike-hendricks-is-ass-and-its-no.html' title='Mike Hendricks is an ass and it&apos;s no surprise he is getting behind the Star&apos;s light rail plan'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=1764315628752176217&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1764315628752176217'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1764315628752176217'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-7168671297488695889</id><published>2008-05-09T05:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T07:52:06.224-05:00</updated><title type='text'>UNSPOKEN TRUTH: KANSAS CITY IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE MIDWEST!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/grindhouse.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There have been &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://www.kctv5.com/news/16204720/detail.html?rss=kan&amp;amp;psp=news"&gt;six people killed in the past seven days in Kansas City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weekend is coming . . . There will be more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the Johnson County editors at Kansas City's paper of record had any courage they would print this information above the fold in 36-point-type with exclamation points . . . Instead the news is buried in the local section because it doesn't really impact the lives of the d-bag columnists and editors in the suburbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As usual, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;MAYOR MARK FUNKHOUSER HAS PROVIDED ABSOLUTELY NO LEADERSHIP ON THE SUBJECT OF VIOLENT CRIME IN KANSAS CITY&lt;/span&gt; and now the majority of his time is being spent debating an imaginary light rail plan with Clay Chastain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And still more people will die in Kansas City this weekend while so many middle-class media folks read and report this devastating news as if they're reciting a laundry list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recent spate of homicides in Kansas City is a problem affecting everyone who lives in this town, but the majority of us (white people) are ignoring it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Young, mostly minority males are being slaughtered en masse in Kansas City . . . Sadly, the majority of the excitement in local media coverage today is being directed toward David Cook. Media people offer lame excuses about demographics, the structure of the local media market and all sorts of reasons for their lack of coverage . . . But the blame isn't all theirs. Time after time it has become clear that the people in this town don't care when people of color are killed which is one of many reasons that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;Kansas City is a horribly racist, cruel and backward town&lt;/span&gt; and people would most likely take offense to the preceding remark than the constant stream of homicides and blood on our streets.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/unspoken-truth-kansas-city-is-murder.html' title='UNSPOKEN TRUTH: KANSAS CITY IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE MIDWEST!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=7168671297488695889&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/7168671297488695889'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/7168671297488695889'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-1214501110818452510</id><published>2008-05-09T03:22:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T06:36:29.575-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Focus on the future</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/tonyskansascity/britneyshaggyupskirtagn.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Expect Voter photo ID rhetoric to ramp up as &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.missourinet.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=CB547D32-D3C6-85E5-E6D6D2F5EFEA2084"&gt;the issue heads toward the Missouri Senate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what two of the best bloggers that I follow are writing about the subject:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.mocommonsense.com/jdub/2008/05/all-things-cons.html"&gt;Some older people and poor people may not have a picture I.D., so why should they be denied the right to vote for that reason alone?&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; "&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://chatterboxchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/05/one-man-one-vote.html"&gt;Democrats continue to scream about how unfair it is require a photo id to vote&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I think it's a bad idea but if we must have to provide a form of identification in order to vote I believe that TKC should be allowed to request that all blonde, big booty MILFS show me their boobs in order to cast a ballot. It's only fair and it makes as much sense and the other efforts requiring people to jump through hoops to participate in Democracy. &lt;/li&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/focus-on-future.html' title='Focus on the future'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=1214501110818452510&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1214501110818452510'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/1214501110818452510'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2683256574074290733</id><published>2008-05-09T03:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T06:13:00.260-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's all about product placement</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/mexicousteesandflag.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kudos to the Irish Fest blog for posting the most creative product tie-in I've ever read in the Kansas City blogosphere. Check it: &lt;blockquote&gt;Mis amigos, the &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://kcirishfest.blogspot.com/2008/05/fiesta.html"&gt;Fiesta Kansas City opens mañana at Crown Center&lt;/a&gt;, home of the Kansas City Irish Fest, which opens itself in just 113 days.&lt;/blockquote&gt;And every time I think I have a hard time coming up with content I'm reminded that the Irish fest blog has to find a way to post on pretty much the same subject every day.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/its-all-about-product-placement.html' title='It&apos;s all about product placement'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2683256574074290733&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2683256574074290733'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2683256574074290733'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2393726316857496623</id><published>2008-05-09T03:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T06:05:20.728-05:00</updated><title type='text'>JoCo Controversy: Flying Tambourine forces teacher into retirement!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/may08/evetambourine.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supremacy and privilege stay winning by protecting their young against dangerous flying instruments and teachers enforcing minimal rules of conduct: &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The accident came about when the 58-year-old music teacher instructed the children to put down their instruments. Police said one girl wouldn’t let go of her tambourine so the teacher took it from her and tried to toss it behind him onto a desk. While doing so it struck a boy who went home with a cut on his chin and bruises on his arm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d52d65c3-93ea-4e32-8a34-d7d562b54b31&amp;amp;rss=764"&gt;parents contacted police and pressed charges&lt;/a&gt;. Blue Valley District officials said the teacher tendered his retirement as a result.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;And when people wonder why there are so few people who want to go into teaching (as a first choice) they might want to remember this story and realize that because of school systems that don't support teachers and pain-in-the-ass parents . . . A percussion instrument could be the final insult in a career that doesn't pay enough.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/joco-controversy-flying-tambourine.html' title='JoCo Controversy: Flying Tambourine forces teacher into retirement!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=2393726316857496623&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2393726316857496623'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/2393726316857496623'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-6235439849134837407</id><published>2008-05-09T03:19:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T05:47:11.076-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Aquila has Missouri in a chokehold and easily demonstrates who has the real power</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.tonyskansascity.com/march08/smokestacktall.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Missouri, corporations own the the air you breathe . . . Kind of like &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall"&gt;a bad (ass) Schwarzenegger flick&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, he Senate &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/11628"&gt;voted to bail out Aquila&lt;/a&gt; today in a 26-5 vote that gives retroactive approval for a power plant the company built in Cass county, despite court orders forbidding it to do so. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Missouri State Senator from KC, Jolie Justus was one of the 5 NO votes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On her blog, she offers the money quote that pretty much sums up the whole situation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="http://joliejustus.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-corporate-bailout.html"&gt;I don't see any real punishment from the state for Aquila blatantly ignoring the law&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But breathe easy, when the time comes that you are a rich, white male and have a ton of government connections . . . You can break any law you please . . . In fact, you might even be able to write a few of your own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I feel sorry for anybody who actually believes that "This is a nation of laws" BS when referring to illegal immigrants who are mostly here to clean up dishes rather than pollute the enviornment while ignoring any kind of regulation or governing bodies.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2008/05/aquila-has-missouri-in-chokehold-and.html' title='Aquila has Missouri in a chokehold and easily demonstrates who has the real power'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&amp;postID=6235439849134837407&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tonyskansascity.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/6235439849134837407'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10849017/posts/default/6235439849134837407'/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>