Sheehan Slap Fight

The KC Strip reports on the recent controversy involving a KC Star reporter and claims of bias by a New York rag.

(Derek) Donovan (Star Ombudsman) was worked up because, he wrote, a transcript clearly showed that Daily News columnist Michael Goodwin had wronged the Star's Lee Hill Kavanaugh when he accused her of giving an "anti-war speech" during an August 16 telephone conference call with famous protesting mom Cindy Sheehan.

And that's the state of mainstream journalism. You get shit if you feel sorry for a mother who has lost her son. Luckily, the Strip has the freedom to call the Iraq campaign our "dumbass war effort."

As for myself, I have crackheads on my block that concern me far more than the Iraqis and their affairs. The only terrorist I know is the jerk that broke into my sister's car a couple of weeks ago. As for fear, I'm afraid that real estate developers are gonna build a condo on top of me if I sleep too late. If you take a minute and turn off the TV, the "War on Terror" really doesn't have much of an effect on KC. That is, unless you notice any of the area soldiers coming home wounded or dead.