KC Company Accused Of Selling Fake Lipitor Drug

Whether they are on a street corner, a corporate office or a pharmacy I guess you just can’t trust drug dealers. I bet just like Robert Courtney these guys were all “pillars” of their communities.

Sadly, after all the legal wrangling is settled these guys will probably only do a little bit of time (if any) in a country club jail. Whereas, if they were street drug dealers they’d have been beaten several times over by now for inferior shit.

Triple shooting On East Side

I know we’re all sending good thoughts to the people in New Orleans but let’s not forget that we have our own disaster occurring right here on the East side of KC.

Blunt passes buck on military base closings

"Republican Governor Blunt accused former Democratic Governor Bob Holden of failing to take pre-emptive steps. Democrats faulted Blunt for closing the state's lobbying office in Washington."

Claire McCaskill is also trying to blame incumbent Jim Talent for the losses.

I blame all of them for worrying about stripper's boobies too much. Leave those worries to me.

Former Cop gets sweetheart deal

Wow! Six months probation for pulverizing two teenage girls. Truly, justice is blind, especially when it gets behind the wheel.

Wear your seatbelts! Baby Blunt is at the wheel.

Governor Matt Blunt works for seatbelts on Missouri school busses. It’s not a bad idea. We all should be wearing seatbelts, especially since Blunt is running such a car wreck of an administration.

Gasoline more than $3 bucks a gallon in KC

It’s finally happened!!! However, it’s not the end of the world. Merely an excuse to make your girlfriend give you a piggy back ride.

Remaindered links format change (kottke.org)

See, I’m not the only person that dicks around with the format of my page damnit!!! Thankfully, I’ve heard from a few people who think this latest fix may work.

Here’s how it goes: The bold headline is the link. Unless it’s not a link and in that case it’ll probably be followed by a picture and a lot of text.

A good rule is: Whatever lights up when you hover over it is a link. Look to the bottom of your browser to see where it goes. I know, people who’ve been on the Internet for awhile think that these instructions are suitable only for those riding the short bus but believe it or not there are people out there that don’t get this stuff right away. There is no such thing as a stupid question only a stupid blogger.

Now, what this new format allows me to do is not only go off on a tangent when I feel like it but also fire off a quick link when I just want to mention something.

If you have any problems, questions or you just need somebody to talk to and send a naked picture to drop me a line – tony@tonyskansascity.com

Kansas City Cosmopolitan

Check out this new local blog.

Olathe Students get Internet Courses

It's never to early to learn how to secretly lurk the Net for deviant sex.

KC earmarks $1.3M for Sprint Center art

Here's a short list of the exhibits I'd like to see displayed in the new arena.

- A naked statue of Kay Barnes

- A statue of KC taxpayers grabbing their ankles

- A bronze sculpture of a tumbleweed

- A copy of The Constitution in a jar of urine labeled "Eminent Domain" ala Maplethorpe

- A sculpture of a Monster Truck driver burning money entitled "What the fuck were we thinking?!"

Income falls in Kansas, Missouri

Thankfully, Meth is still pretty cheap.

Munchausen syndrome alleged in KC child endangerment case

Munchausen syndrome is alleged in a local child endangerment case. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a psychiatric disorder in which a parent is driven to harm a child for attention and sympathy.

You could read this story or check out Dooce for a daily blog update on this condition.

KC Leads Missouri In Car Thefts

The story revolves around the UMKC campus where at least it's good to know that somebody there is learning a valuable skill.

Blogger Backtalk: Wine, Women and Song. Not in that order

• Upcoming shows in KC from local blogger Doug.
  
• Local blogger KJ shows you how to help out the Red Cross.
  
• Happy in Bag says goodbye to the circus.
  
• Truespoon #2 from local blogger/artist Parrish debuts in KC.
  
• Outsource your bowels and eat Indian food. KC Kitty provides a few local reviews.
  

Play time is over

A new playground facility at Woodland Elementary raises false hope of urban renewal.

The school, which had no play equipment before, is the site of what is hoped eventually will be a $3.2 million outdoor athletic and play complex to benefit a neighborhood east of downtown.

“This is part of the 12th Street resurgence, a multimillion-dollar project transforming your neighborhood and making it a safe and prosperous place,” said J. Carnell Wallace, director of the nonprofit 12th Street Heritage Development Corp.

Keep telling yourself that smart guy. I just hope the playground equipment is bulletproof so the kids have something to hide behind. Additionally, I’m a big believer that form should follow function in any architectural design so I hope that the playground offers the following items to increase its value to the people who will be predominantly using the grounds:

• Well lit and stable swings for heroin junkies to shoot up in and pass out on.


• Flexible slides so hookers can “whoop that trick”


• Stain-proof see-saws for piss smelling bums


• Crack pipe holders for kids ages 8 to 80


• Finally, the park should also feature recycling bins for all the bullet casings that will undoubtedly be strewn across the park.

Foaming at the mouth

The thought of black creatures sneaking in the night and feasting on the young white flesh of a suburban white kid sent a bunch of people panicking. Subsequently, a young suburban kid gets a needless series of rabies shots. Ultimately there was no reason to worry but police are still treating everything black and passing through the suburbs with the utmost suspicion.

Foreign Affairs

Today the Star reports on a KU music student that can’t find a job. Whereas most college students coming out of KU are only virtuosos when it comes to the bong or Xbox this guy plays the organ. Not the skin flute, the organ. He’s a music student not a theater major.

Anyway, if the dude doesn’t find a job he’ll be kicked out of the country.

Last December he completed his doctoral degree in organ playing and composition at KU. No longer a student, he must either find a job or convince immigration authorities that he is an artistic asset to the United States to remain here. Otherwise he will be sent back to Bulgaria at the end of the year.

Great, one white man needs a job and I we read about it in the paper. Mexicans all over this city have two or more jobs and duck La Migra all day long in order to make your bratty kids cheeseburgers and you desperately try not to make eye contact with them.

I hope this guy gets his wish and stays in the country. Maybe a few white faces in the mix of all the brown people getting kicked out of the country might give the Bill O’Reilly types some pause. Strange that Irishmen like O’Reilly and Pat Buchanan are leading the charge to boot Mexicans out of the country. As if it’s our fault they have a horrible headache and a hangover.

Revival

Claire McCaskill is out to win the hearts of rural voters. Besides corny speeches and bad grammar I don’t know how this is accomplished. Already people are making abortion a big issue. Claire was spanked in her race for Governor because of her pro-choice stance. Frankly, I don’t know what all the fuss is about. It’s not like she’s performing the abortions herself. But who knows? Maybe that’s exactly what she’s doing. I suggest she stop. Walking into some poor girl’s bedroom in the middle of the night and performing an abortion is no way to win votes from the people from rural Missouri.

Oh, that’s right. A lot of women actually want abortions. They make appointments and drive down to the clinic without anybody pointing a gun to their head. Okay, so it’s impossible to control the many whorish women from relentlessly falling on all the dick that’s lying around and then getting knocked up because they don’t have the patience to bag it, so we must hold the politicians accountable for the skank like behavior of our daughters, wives, girlfriends and moms. Now I understand.

I don’t envy Claire. “You’ve got a pretty mouth,” is the standard come-on line in rural Missouri so I don’t expect any of them to have a nuanced approach to social issues. Additionally, Claire’s faux-folksy banter is about as natural as Pamela Anderson’s chest.

McCaskill hopes to promote “good old-fashioned Missouri common sense” in her campaign. She should start by avoiding a religious debate among the yokels and ask them if the present administration is doing them any good. Now, most of the people of rural Missouri will always be barefoot, ignorant, racist, toothless and mean and her reign probably wouldn’t help either but she could confuse them just enough to garner a few votes.

Or maybe she might just try showing a little more ass to gain support. Everybody can get behind (I mean support you perv) the ass of an ambitious white woman.

McCaskill Will Run for U.S. Senate

Strange, she'd save time if she'd just fly on her broomstick.

"If you need help, here I am"

Recently, Mayor Kay Barnes has been all over Channel 9 News earning good press as KC sends resources to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

And I know that I'm supposed to at least try and be witty and cleaver but the only thing that crosses my mind when I see that tramp smiling for the camera is: "You fucking old whore! Why not send a few people east of Troost and help out that situation?" Sadly, there's not a good photo op for a politician addressing the worsening violence in KC. There is no easy solution to the problem and the only thing to do is watch the murder rate climb like KC is some ball player chasing a coveted stat. Still, it'd be nice if Mayor Kay would at least talk about the violence raging in this city instead of just posing for feel-good human interest stories.

Road To Nowhere

The Paseo Bridge should open two months early. Many Italians up North will be happy that the commute to dump off bodies in the river will soon be shorter.

Hush Hush

Some people don't like it with the lights on:

Jackson County officials are scrapping two committees in an effort to keep stadium negotiations private.

Two weeks ago, legislators announced that they had agreed to create the committees to work on upgrades to the county-owned Truman Sports Complex.

You know, I like privacy as well when I'm screwing. I'm sure that Jackson County officials don't want the whole city watching them grab their ankles.

Go Chiefs! Go Royals!

Go and try some other sports market that will adore perennial losers and smile when you try to extort public funds for your profit.

Dog Days

The Ghost of Scruffy's Law has been resurrected and is arousing more frighteningly stupid initiatives from the state of Kansas.

The abuse of a puppy in Wichita has renewed interest in legislation that would make intentional animal cruelty a felony in Kansas. A similar push was made after the 1997 torture of a dog named Scruffy. A tape of that abuse was sent to Kansas City, Kan., police.

The poor pooch who has inspired vengeance against the criminally stupid is named Magnum and here the dog's story:

The puppy, known as Magnum, was found this month in a Wichita recycling bin suffering chemical burns on much of his body, bound with wire and with one paw stuck in its mouth. The puppy died shortly after being taken to a specialty clinic in Overland Park for around-the-clock care.

Call it cruel but to me it reads like an exotic barbecue recipe.

I love (the way) animals (taste). But the reasoning behind tougher penalties for animal cruelty is stupid.

"Revelations that BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, as a child, strangled dogs and cats added fuel to the new push."

"We know that some of the people involved in these activities are also involved in activities that harm people later in life, said Sen. Carolyn McGinn of Sedgwick.

That sounds fair. A person is mentally disturbed so it's wise charge them with a felony and lock them up with hardcore criminals because their victims are cute and cuddly? Forget therapy, if you can pet the victim of the crime then there should be no mercy for the offender. Talk about inhumane. Someone hurts a pet and you'd much rather turn them into a convict rather than offer counseling?

Animals are edible; the only talk about saving them that I want to hear should regard freezer burn. I know it's hard to teach humans new tricks but sticking up for dogs over (even flawed) people isn't kind, it's insulting.

Now I know that animal lovers might find my position hurtful but if you really want to talk about it I'd be glad to convince you over a freshly tenderized and thoroughly cooked Korean meal. The odds are good that it's not a kitten . . . I think they use puppy.

Heal Thyself

Recent cuts to Truman Medical Center have left patient care in a sickly state:

The changes include the elimination of the hospital's prescription assistance program and the requirement that nonemergency patients who live outside Kansas City or Jackson County make a down payment on their anticipated bill and commit to paying the balance. And Truman eliminated dental services at its Lakewood facility for adult patients who lack dental coverage, unless they work out a payment plan in advance.

Capitalism sure is fun unless you're poor or sick. I hope all of Missouri's leaders who pushed for the cuts are enjoying good health. Did they envision all of the poor, sick people they would be turning away when cuts to medical services took effect? Nobody said that "Compassionate Conservatism" was actually referring to Hospice care.

Smooth operator

Only the KC School District would qualify the absence of arson and rioting as a smooth start.

The first day of school for about 28,000 children in the district came off relatively smoothly. Some buildings showed remnant water damage from last week's rains. Fans hummed at full tilt at some of the buildings without air conditioning.

And a distressed fourth-grader who walked out of Attucks Elementary School was quickly recovered and reunited with his mother, Harshaw said.

But a relatively smooth day didn't mean it wasn't hectic. Across the district, principals and others presented themselves to curious children and parents.

Sure, the district has little money to educate the kids, there is a dearth of qualified teachers, Latinos drop out at a rate of more than 50%, so many of the young Black men will wind up in jail and not college, the busing system is outdated and some say unsafe and paying the salary of the top heavy administration is costing the taxpayers and arm and a leg. BUT, nobody was killed today so all's well.

Realistically, all of the news cameramen in town know that the start of school for KCMO means nothing more than an opportunity to capture some great video of the kids beating the crap out of each other sometime in the near future.

Bird Man

Steve Penn of The Star re-caps a Charlie Parker birthday celebration. My only question: Is there any heroin in Heaven. If not, I'm pretty sure that Hell has a steady supply.

Show Me Stupidity

Channel 9 reports that the state plans to appeal a judge's ruling tossing out a law placing many new restrictions on strip clubs.

Monday, the attorney general's office said it planned to appeal the decision.

Sponsoring Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, said he was disappointed in the ruling but not too concerned yet.

Sure, there's no need to be concerned. Think of how much time, effort and money is being wasted on regulating these tramps when we could be thinking and asking questions about Medicaid cuts, rising gas prices, soldiers from Missouri being wounded or killed in Iraq, crime on KC streets or the ongoing ponzi scheme otherwise known as KC downtown redevelopment. Thank God that Matt Bartle and the rest of the dumbassses that pushed this nonsense through are carefully paying attention to how much stripper ass the people of Missouri can see. The rest of us have to worry about real problems.

Young Guns

An 11 year-old from KCK is charged with armed robbery and carjacking.

Police said the boy threatened to pull a gun on three children sitting in a car near Fifth Street and Quindaro Boulevard. The children's mother was inside a convenience store.

After forcing the children to get out of the car, the 11-year-old got in and drove off.

The boy was arrested when he drove the car to school the next day.

Stories about a young prodigy always make me feel horrible. This kid is so advanced. Hell, when I was 11 I was just beating up other kids and stealing lunch money. A few months in juvy surrounded by formidable criminal minds and there's no telling what this kid can achieve in terms of crime. The seemingly limitless potential of some children is downright scary.

By the way, I'm sure the kid in this story is probably a minority and not a white kid like the ones pictured above but the mainstream press gets to create their stereotypes so I don't feel guilty about spinning some of my own. Besides, white people are violent too. All of those Native Americans didn't kill themselves.

I've got the power

Fire at the Hawthorn Power Plant. No one was hurt and there were no power outages. Somehow there must be a way to blame this on undocumented workers.

Making a killing

The 79th homicide victim of the year in Kansas City was identified as a 16-year-old boy.

Mayor K and most of the City Council have been pretty silent on this issue throughout the entire summer. Seems as if they're too busy trying to help businessmen make a killing in the real estate market to pay attention to all of the bloodshed going on in the streets.

They're all tramps to me OR Reason # 4,582 why I hate women

Damn, I went back to check out the super diss by SPC and I found 50 comments and the usual bitchy things that women and fags (not homosexuals just fags) talk about each other. I felt paranoid that I have a couple of pics of myself floating around out there on the Internet, thankfully nothing too embarrassing. I think I took care of the one where I'm holding a lollipop and wearing a bonnet. Anyway, just like I noted earlier, bitches are mean about appearances.

Lots of name calling and style observations. Funny, style tips coming from KC . . . isn't it ironic . . . don'tcha think? This is a cowtown and anybody trying to pretend that the Plaza is midtown Manhattan should have their head readjusted with a blowtorch and the jaws of life. Take this catty comment from SPC:

A lot of women TRY to emulate Sex and the City...POORLY. First of all, the women of Sex and the City were clearly classy FIRST and sex-crazed second.

Get it straight bitches, the women of Sex in the City were make believe whores. The characters were just able to negotiate a better price. Any real whore with that kind of lifestyle is asking for a lifetime of loneliness and genital warts at best.

Ugh, when I see broads trade barbs like this it just makes me think that all women are whores. My mom and my Grandmas get a pass along with (maybe) my sister when she was younger but damn if most women aren't tramps when it comes down to it. The comment war comes off like one hooker telling another that they're wearing too much eyeshadow. Alternately, this little tiff could be construed as a contrived diss just like the ones used in the glory days of hip-hop. MC Hammer came after Run-DMC and LL Cool J insulted Kool Mo Dee in order to attract attention and create buzz. Sadly, the more popular rappers try to refrain from doing that sort of thing once people started turning up dead . . . Tupac, Biggie . . . Thankfully, I don't think any bloggers will come to bullets because of this dust up whether it's contrived or not. Because this thing seems "real" I've encouraged Laura to keep her blog and SPC is doing the same.

Personally, I don't wanna take sides in this thing. I've had my own sarcastic comments about Laura while still enjoying her blog and I've never seen SPC but I'd be curious to see her package and make sure she's not pre-op. Still, I just wanted to note that this little flamewar is mighty funny and part of the reason that women should only open their mouths or use their hands when cock is involved. Somewhere Andrea Dworkin is wishing she were alive so she could slap these ditzy bitches.

New Laws

New laws have been put into effect in Missouri. Not that you'll pay attention to them in your drunken stupor or Meth fueled rage.

Catfight

The Superficial Plaza Chick takes aim at Laura from "Life of a Single Woman."

First of all, let me volunteer my services to set up a webcam in the event of a full on booby punching brawl. I'll also bring the Crisco and a sponge.

Strange how women hate each other so much. I don't think about guys. More successful guys, better looking guys, tougher guys don't register on my radar. I spend more time thinking about the consistency of my poop than other dudes.

But women are different.

I've heard some of the horrible shit they say about each other when they spot somebody better looking or with a less flabby ass. When the Human Genome Project ramps up, they will probably discover a "jealousy gene" in women. I'm betting that it will somehow relate to levels of bitching and dramatic mood swings as well.

Update: Go say something nice to Laura and don't let her quit. Her blog is too funny, good and interesting to be lost in a flamewar.

MU players will honor O'Neal with a moment of silence. They might want to consider dicking around for 90 minutes before game time.

Meeting of the minds OR Please come back in the afternoon. 5ish

Friday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of local bloggers for just a moment as our favorite blog supporter Tony O. left to chase scoop in South Florida. As Joe explains, blogging is the wave of the future. And after talking to Death's Door and Dangerboy, I couldn't agree more.

However, right now my head hurts and I'm sleepy so I'll probably take to blogging a little bit later in the day. Other than the shooting at Chubby's over the weekend, there hasn't been much in the news that has caught my interest.

Two bits of housekeeping to attend to:

- Check out this great opinion article on how much The Royals suck written by a KU law student and recently featured in Flak magazine.

- A local blogger has secured the best title for a page I've seen in a long time. This one is sure to become a regular read: "The Dating Life of a Kansas City Fat Chick"

Take care. See you very soon. Tony need sleep! All work and no play . . .

Show me your ass!!! And boobs!

As BlogKC reported earlier, for the moment, boobies on stage are still legal in the Show-Me state. So take advantage of this momentous legal decision and give your hard earned cash to local single moms.

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.

Rock Chalk Perp Walk

Bruce Ringwood, of KU's football team, allegedly beat the shit out of a Shawnee couple at a concert on Sunday. This summer has been turbulent for the Jayhawks.

The incident caps a turbulent spring and summer for the Kansas athletic department. The school placed itself on probation in July, and three other athletes have been caught up in criminal investigations.

Too bad all my teachers and coaches lied to me about my unruly behavior in high school. Everybody said that my antics weren't helping me when it came to advancing in sports and life. Apparently, drunken brawls seem to be an integral part of a training for local athletes.

Additionally, did anybody see the size of that kid's neck? I don't know what kind of crazy suburban couple would go looking for a fight with a guy that huge. Maybe they thought it was a mutant tree gone berserk. In that case, the best thing to do is grab hold of a chainsaw and ask questions later.

Screaming in the rain

It has rained nearly every day this week and hasn't cooled off a bit. In fact, it's all muggy, humid and gross. It's as if the whole city is trapped in Kay Barnes panties.

Cowtown Corral:The Rains Came

• Forgive this former Father (or not). He has allegedly sinned.


• Sewage and rats plague Brookside. Something tells me that ignoring the last bastion of white people in midtown KC could cause the shit to hit the fan for local leaders.


• Grandma got run over by a . . . aw, no joke here. Sweet old lady beats cancer but falls victim to a hit and run.


• Former Shook Partner decides to rob people blind without help from an accomplice. Note: I'm broke so don't bother suing because I'm also crazy, angry and armed.


• KCI passengers decrease in July. Still, Midwest expands service. Last person out of this town, don't forget to turn off the lights.


• Stolen guns and car parts found during a local drug bust. Defenseless and stranded Kansas Citians should take target practice.

Sorry Barbarella

No justice for Jane Fonda. Or a local judge shows a lot more forgiveness than an area Veteran.

Sorry folks. I'd like to be ultra-patriotic but Vietnam is over. People like the spitting Vet remind me of those Japanese sub commanders that unknowingly roamed the Pacific for years after WWII still thinking they were at war. It's time to move on. We could sit around and bitch about Korea as well but then we wouldn't get to enjoy barbecue dog or kitten egg drop soup.

There is no shortage of armed combat raging on the Eastside of Kansas City right now, local traffic is deadly and it's hard to understand that a few people are still mad about a conflict that produced some of the best American Cinema since the silent era. Yes, to me Vietnam is only bad acting, cheap pyrotechnics and being disappointed every time an Asian girl won't say "Me love you long time" to me when I'm drunk.

Regardless of all the death, protesting, social unrest and good music that came out of the Vietnam-era . . . it's over. On the bright side, in case you forgot, there's a current war raging that's full of great targets for spitting. Enjoy.

Private Eyes Are Watching You

Recently, a Gladstone man admitted that he was cyber-stalking his ex-wife. Unfortunately, nobody told the guy that after a divorce you can safely assume that your ex-wife will become a whore. No exceptions.

For men, divorce means lots of take out food along with the nasty buffet line at a casino or strip club but women can look forward to a lot of sex with strangers. Strangely, the sexual escapades of recently divorced women are often dictated by the prejudices of their ex-husbands. For instance, if the ex-husband hated black people . . . expect a flurry of fucking that looks like the '88 Lakers on a fast break, only naked. If the ex-husband hated Mexican people the ex-wife's cooter will be host to more Mexicans than the Rio Grande. And so on.

There's no need to learn the details. Most of it is just stuff that you don't want to know and will probably make you feel jealous or inadequate. Rest assured that someone you despise is fucking your ex . . . well.

Cyborg Tony

This is probably the most brilliant business idea I've ever seen on the net. Additionally, the site is pretty funny and frighteningly accurate as well.

Link via Badda Blog!

Blogger Backtalk: Nobody loves you like your Mom

• Local blogger Bob on Cindy Sheehan, not porn but thoughtful political commentary.


• Another capital edition of "Sweating the Small Stuff" from Death's Door.


• In the PC version of The Bible, all those people in Sodom and Gomorrah actually just went for a vacation on Fire Island. The Whole Wheat Blogger takes the pulpit in this post.


• President Bush is quickly becoming "Mr. Mom" as the death toll in Iraq leaves a host of mourning loved ones in the States to argue about their differing political views.

Circus

The circus is in town and today The Star features an article about the kids who travel with the show and the details of their schooling.

Every circus kid must go to school. It’s the law. They learn math, English, social studies, even when you travel with your folks in the circus.

Sadly, the KC School district can't provide this level of education. Strange, because they're also a bunch of clowns.

"Fishjacked"

Fox4 News invents the stupidest term ever used in a news story. Yes, you guessed it, the "news" concerns a stolen fish.

Complaints

South Kansas City residents air their grievances that pretty much begin and end with the fact that they live in South KC.

Armed Forces retreat from KC

Troops pull out of KC due to Pentagon cutbacks.

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission will continue to vote on each individual Pentagon recommendation, with its work expected to be done Friday. The Pentagon wants to close about 180 installations nationwide, estimating doing so would save more than $48 billion over 20 years.

The commission voted to close the Marine Corps Support Center in Kansas City, at a cost of 333 jobs; a Navy recruiting headquarters in Kansas City, where 38 would leave; and the Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons, Kan., representing 167 positions.

With all of the violence and deadly traffic in this town I don't blame the military for cutting out of this place. Still, KC's insurgents have a better soundtrack than all of that horrible Arab music.

Kind College Town

On the surface, an initiative to ease marijuana restrictions in Lawrence, KS seems like a good idea.

People caught with small amounts of pot would be prosecuted in municipal court instead of district court under a proposal that is supported by the mayor and the district attorney.

And then I realize that it's simply an initiative to keep stoner white kids and their supple pale asses out of the legal system and in good standing with their college loans.

"The district court system is here, in my opinion, for more serious cases," Mayor Boog Highberger said. "There's a lot of savings, I think, in being able to have a city court be able to do these things."

Highberger stressed that he was talking only about cases involving small amounts of marijuana for personal use, not cases involving drug dealers.

Thing is, in my experience, the difference between a drug addict and a drug dealer is usually the color of their skin. For the most part, white people get counseling and brown people get jail. Think I'm wrong, visit a state prison full of brown people on drug charges and then talk about the true casualties of the drug war. (*Brief aside: The prisons are also filled with more than a few toothless white Meth user/dealers as well but they probably never got a chance at college. Tony says: "Consider social issues fro