Alonzo Ganks American Gangster

This came a lot quicker than I thought it would . . .

Check it:

Today (11-30-06) Verizon Wireless officials announced that they have pulled their support from the American Gangster 6 series television program and that no more Verizon Wireless advertisements would appear during the TV show.

That's a pretty big coup for local activist Alonzo Washington who started the boycott just a couple of days ago.

And now I must admit that I have to pay more attention to my neglected Myspace page. I figure if he can can earn this kind of noteriety, then I can at least garner a few nude photos from chubby women.

People of KC support cancer instead of Chuck Eddy

One small sign of hope for folks (at least small biz owners) in KC is that today marked a rare occasion when Chuck Eddy's enormous appetite (for credibility among the anti-smoking Nazi's in this instance) was curtailed.

The smoking ban that the KCMO City Council voted on today FAILED.

One of the reasons for the failure was reportedly a number of small business people calling their local council person and voicing their disapproval of the measure.

Personally, I thought it was a tad shady that the ban didn't include the Casino floors given that I wasn't aware of any recently discovered health benefits to smoking while gambling away your retirement money or your kid's college fund. Actually, the exclusion of the casinos in the smoking ban really just spelled out for everyone that big money excludes you from having to comply with city ordinances or give a damn about the dumb/addicted people your robbing.

While I'm not a big fan of lung tumors I believe that Chuck Eddy's hypocrisy is nearly as unsavory. Personally, I'd like a smoke free environment as well a City Council that is free from Eddy who wants to help save your life in one breath and then destroy your home in the next.

Fat people rarely embrace change

For the first time in more than 30 years, the Midwestern candy bar staple Cherry Mash is changing its recipe. And yes, that photo is one of the most sexy things I've ever stolen to put up on this page. It almost looks good enough to give you diabetes.

Blizzard '06

There is nothing going on in this city other than the snow which means that the terrorists Katie Horner and Brian Busby have won.

Also, is there any X-mas tune more gully than "I'm dreaming of a white X-mas?" Every time I hear that tune I can feel my credit rating go up.

Finally, here's a quick list of things you can do given the fact that almost everything in this town is closed:

1. Summer and beach themed porno - It will cheer you up for at least 1 minute and 28 seconds.

2. If you live Downtown - look outside and guess which homeless bum isn't going to make it through this weather cycle.

3. Guess which weather person is the ghey - good odds and very few surprises but it's a simple and fun way to make you feel like a winner.

Down and out in KC: Or please blame this on Mexicans and not lackluster results of urban redevelopment

The Kansas City area's October unemployment rate tied for the second-highest rate among the 49 metropolitan areas with at least 1 million residents, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday.

The Gospel According to Larry Johnson: Blacks and whites can't work together

I haven't regularly watched Inside the NFL since I was in grade school but I decided last night would be a good time to start since rumors were circulating that Larry Johnson would be offered yet another platform for him to make a fool of himself. Certainly, he did not disappoint.

The most banal insight by LJ was his assertion that it was Herman Edward's Blackness and NOT the fact that Priest Holmes had his spine shoved up his ass that led to Johnson's ascendancy. Here's the money quote in a series of softball questions from ex-jock (read: functional illiterate) Cris Carter:

"I think so. I could relate to Herman. I couldn't do that with the other coaches I had because they had not done it. You know, they haven't put those pads or they haven't been in the situation as a young black athlete and know what we had to go through."

First of all, I'll let it slide that Johnson's logic overlooks the fact that he ran well enough in college under Joe Paterno (the whitest of white men) to earn a place in the pros. Instead, I'd like to point out that if the softball interview of Johnson was truly supposed to be a tale of a young man overcoming obstacles to achieve success then they might have mentioned that he has seemingly kicked his penchant for beating the shit out of white women in public for the moment.

Thing is, I didn't think that you could play that "It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand" when 90% of your fan base are white people from Johnson County (one of the richest suburbs in the country). I would say that they are, in fact, paying his salary BUT that wouldn't be completely true considering that broke ass and much more brown Jackson County chumps are the people contributing to Johnson's rushing records, touchdowns, instances of domestic violence and his most recent propagation of the notion that Blacks and whites can't work together.

Actually, we aren't all in the same gang

Today's column from Steve Penn refers to some silliness about the use of the N-word and how some unheard of academic is not only gonna save cRap music from itself but also reverse 400+ years of history by bringing the use of the N-word to an end. Good luck with that one, I'll meet you at the bar.

Anyway, this reminded me of local activist Alonzo Washington's most recent fight is against BET's American Gangster.

Mind you, on the surface the concept is brilliant. It's kind of like one of those History Channel Documentaries only instead of Nazi's they profile "some of the most violent Black criminals in history" according to their promotional material.

On the other hand, I can see where Alonzo is getting bent out of shape with this one. Think about all of the violence in the Black community, the disproportionate number of Black men in jail and then think that Ving Rhames is doing the narration and not one cent is going toward Jack Lemmon's estate!!! It's a travesty!

And seriously, in your heart of hearts you know that there is no way that a documentary "Suburban/Child Molesting Uncles across America" would make it to prime time even though the footage would be equally interesting and disgusting all at the same time. It's a question of perception and public consumption. Sadly, from watching the media closely for most of my life I hate to admit that the public has an appetite to see Black people in situations pertaining to crime and very few other places (oversexed or angry Black guys on MTV's Real World don't count) . . . Unless you count sports, which is a far more organized form of violence.

Anybody else notice a hell of a lot of homicides during this holiday season?

Peace on Earth? Eh, I'll just take a little bit more quiet East of Troost. Here's the latest holiday bummer that's slightly more depressing than that fact that IPod prices aren't really coming downt hat much yet: A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot outside a liquor store at 24th Street and Spruce Avenue Tuesday night, police said.

A few more insights into the Appleby trial

I've never been to a murder trial, mainly because they all had it coming and nobody bothers to investigate . . . Anyway, local blog "My World as I Shot It" has a couple of great posts the provide even further detail into the coverage of the court case.

The blogger writes: "They're playing the 911 call now and its just heart breaking. Majority of people in court room are crying, as Appleby just sits and stares."

And then he observes: "This is some of the most gut wrenching testimony,this poor man is having to re-live all this with the guy who killed his daughter just a few feet away."

Honestly, it's pretty chilling and exciting stuff and the closest I want to come to a murder trial. So, I guess I should probably rethink that anger management class and maybe stop practicing my "Are you talking to me?" routine so much.

Calling your mother

Here's a charming post from my favorite Irish blogger. The title alone dictates that it earns a link on this page:

A Kansas City Phone Call To An Irish Mother

Check out the post to read a transcript of the conversation. There are a lot of sentiments that go across cultures so I enjoyed it thoroughly and I think I might have even detected a bit of Catholic guilt depending which part of Ireland the guy is from . .. It almost read like a conversation with my mom, only less swearing, Spanish and references to murder.

Ice, Ice, Baby

If you have television, radio or a window you've no doubt figured out that the weather sucks around town lately and it's only gonna get worse. Now that the ice is gone, the snow is on it's way. I don't feel a need to comment on it other than to remind you to be careful and how freaking lucky I am to have a roof basement ceiling over my head right now.

Oh, and my pick for the least annoying and most accurate weather dude for Blizzard '06 is Gary Lezak . . . Katie Horner was not eligible for an award because . . . She's a woman.

Appleby killed her "in the heat of passion"

In opening statements, this morning, Benjamin Appleby's attorney admits his client killed Leawood teen Ali Kemp four years ago in what has to be the worst defense ever. You might remember (I do) that one of his previous attempts to get off the hook involved blaming nearby Mexican lawn care workers so you'll understand if I'm also a bit "enthusiastic" about whatever guilty sentence the guy gets.

Suggestion: If found guilty, they should beat the guy to death with the kid's arm he shot off

Police question a 20-year-old Grandview man in two slayings and the wounding of a 9-year-old boy. Doctors amputated one of the boy's arms. He remained in a hospital Tuesday with serious injuries to his other arm. His mother, Kimberly C. Ford, 30, and her boyfriend, Rickey L. Gardner, 27, died.

Katheryn doesn't need anymore cake

Mike Sanders is going to throw a party for the outgoing Jackson County Executive, it's going to cost less than 500 BUCKS THIS TIME compared with her 60th birthday party which reportedly cost the people of Jackson County 5K.

Here is a photo from the party in case you don't get an invitation:

I think we can all agree with snitching on cheap ass employers

Starting in '08, The Missouri Health Care Responsibility Report will narc on companies that don't offer health benefits and list them on a Web site.

Spoiled or dying kid will get to light X-mas tree in Brookside

Instead of an athlete or celebrity, one lucky child will get to light the Brookside Christmas tree at Thursday night's ceremony.

KC forced to pay more for an attraction that attracts no one

Budget director Troy Schulte said Tuesday that City Manager Wayne Cauthen had agreed to give the memorial an additional $207,000 in the current budget year and $620,000 more in the city budget year that begins in May.

That is on top of the $625,000 in annual operating subsidies the nonprofit Liberty Memorial Association already receives.

Correspondents across the metro forced to suppress laughter when reporting on a "Suspicious Package"

The Bomb and Arson squad, tactical response and sex crimes units (WTF???) were called to the scene at the 6500 block of N. Mercier off 169 Highway last night. Authorities later gave the all clear.

Go ahead and add a hot dog to your Ramen noodles!

House Dems Back 12.6 Percent Increase For Missouri Higher Ed

God help this town

18-year-old charged in knifepoint robbery at church

KCMO spends 500k to avoid drinking tap water

Ever since I was a kid I've been told that tap water in Kansas City is the best in the country. Recently, KSHB did an investigation and found out that this town's water is still not good enough for most of the people at City Hall. Thing is, I don't like criticizing the worker bees who have to toil at the place so I have to assume that all of this water waste is done by City Council members who are trying to get themselves clean.

Here are the highlights for the report:

Why would City Hall spend more than $500,000 on something they could get for free?

City departments are using tax dollars, again, to buy the bottled water back to the tune of another $61,500.

NBC Action News Investigators found a state-of-the art Innowave Water Filtration System at City Hall. The company's promotional video says the machine hooks right up to the tap, filtering the water with a special UV light. But Kansas City's drinking water already ranks #1, so we asked Cauthen why the city was spending tax dollars on the systems.

And we found them in at least 62 city departments around the metro, totaling another $215,000 in taxes.

I know, I know there are a lot of good Evian jokes to make at Country Club Kay's expense but everybody knows she doesn't drink water because it makes her melt.

Brett Saberhagen has screwed up priorities

Local blogger Dan talks about 3 baseball players, only one should be in the Hall of Fame. Guess.

Arenas make me itchy

Nice shot from ThingsKC of Kemper in all its buggy glory.

More judges, less diversity and I guess the current level of corruption is fine

This is the funniest news I could find this morning: A local judge is trying to provide some ethical and financial advice to the KC City Council.

You know it, I know it and it's a safe bet that everyone in town knows that there is no way either one of these institutions knows anything about leadership in the areas of finance or ethics.

To wit, the presiding Jackson County Circuit Court judge on Monday said city officials have not provided enough judges or staff for a growing Municipal Court caseload.

The Star quotes Judge J.D. Williamson reminding everyone that the court's budget this year is about $6.5 million, while court fines bring in about $17 million to city coffers. He said money should be available from that additional court revenue to alleviate the staffing problems.

However, his REAL PROBLEM is that the KC Council recently rejected a panel of three finalists for a vacant city judgeship. The finalists were all white and I think that everyone knows that that the only people who complain more than minorities about discrimination are, in fact, white people.

The City Council voted 7-6 this month to reject the panel because it included no racial minorities and to send the matter back to the nominating commission.

Therefore the judge is making a stink and trying to garner more funds, political leverage and clout by making this pronouncement while further embarrassing the uber PC KC Council whose only interest in funds relates to those that are going directly in their pocket.

Meanwhile, mainly po'folk from this town are providing those funds that the council and the judges are so desperate to squander utilize.

Civic Duty . . . Hehe, I wrote duty

Mark Funkhouser will be on KCUR's Up to Date program this Wednesday. Hear all of his good ideas now that he's finished hiding under his desk for nearly 30 years. Via Heidi.

Planners recommend denial of TIF for City Walk as the suburbs are getting tired of paying people for real estate development let's hope the trend takes hold in the City as well.

Donate a $10 Christmas toy and you'll get a free dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts. You fat, generous bastard!.

Children's Mercy Hospital and the family of Jake Clough have reached a settlement in a year-old wrongful death lawsuit. His feeding tube had dislodged from his stomach and emptied into his abdomen.

The Star approves of the KCMO School District planning school consolidation, which is nice considering that most of their kids are educated in JoCo.

Crime in the morning

Student Brings Gun to Lee's Summit High School. Suburban kid arrested and reminded that he's too old for show and tell

Shot, Killed in Kansas City

House Riddled With Bullets

Badda Boom! House bombed in the Northland and lots of names with vowels. Arson Unit Investigates Northland House Fire. Fughedabout getting any answers. And does anybody know when the next season of the Sopranos starts?

Intruder Handcuffs Teen,Leaves Empty-Handed
- Thankfully, criminals are becoming very forgetful during the Holiday Season rush. It must have completely slipped his mind to assault her in some fashion.

Reward Jumps To $16K In Bonner Springs Slaying

Leet Hackorz prove that even while watching porn in mom's basement they can still trump any guy in a business suit: Community America Credit Union confirmed to KMBC that a hacker managed to redirect people from the company's Web site to a phony site. Community America said it caught the intrusion within a few minutes, but that was enough for the hacker to get information to access 180 accounts.

A massive effort to make life tougher for pet owners who obey the law: KC pit bull law to be enforced starting Friday

Police say a 37-year-old father faces child abuse charges for allegedly spanking his nine-month-old daughter until her body was bruised. On the bright side this pasty, suburban white guy will probably be somebody's "baby" in the pen

I guess we should all double bag it until she gets the results back

Jenee Osterheldt writes her obligatory World AIDS Day column. She's getting tested and setting a good example while the rest of the local hipsters are crossing their fingers and hoping that all of their ex's die of drug OD's and not nasty diseases WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY refusing to have unprotected anonymous sex with anybody at the club who has a cough during this annoying first week of December when we're all forced to realize that their are bigger problems out there than people not returning your calls.

One last joke about how these bitches are nuts

ACORN is calling for larger child-care subsidies, paid sick days and lower taxes on low-income workers.

Clearly, you should pay attention to what these women have to say not only because they are street walkers who get their payoffs from political leverage and not man juice money but also because they have a MANDATE from imaginary, fake, dead and forged voters who will back them up.

You can't cry at KU Med

KU Hospital recently ejected a mother who had just lost a child.

A grieving woman who lost her infant daughter in a house fire was handcuffed and her 2-year-old son placed in protective custody after a confrontation at the hospital.

The grieving mother says the hospital mistreated her while I'm sure that a nifty, comforting commercial featuring Tom Skerritt will assure us all that the broad was crazy to cry in such a cutting edge, newly remodeled, state of the art facility.

Yet another example that this town has too many musesums that nobody visits

LIBERTY MEMORIAL is in the red which is slightly ironic because I noticed the color of the lights illuminating the monument and they are red too . . . Almost like a bat signal only directed toward Country Club Kay to come to the rescue with her credit card.

By any other name

There was a bit of a dust up over the original name given to an upcoming 18th and Vine District restaurant. I guess the name "Empty" would have been too descriptive.

Anyway, the Star reports the the owner "naming her restaurant Strange Frut, after a Billie Holiday tune that dealt with lynching in the South, caused a public outcry. As a result, her new venue will be known as Harper's."

Considering that the place is going to solely serve organic food, I'm guessing that this new venture will only be using the name for about 4 months. Finally, in a story that involves someone upset about a name and organic food I guess it probably should have been titled "The bland leading the bland." Bleh.

Fred Phelps: Movie Star

J.D. over at Evolution has filed an amazing post regarding an upcoming documentary about the Phelps clan.

Apparently, the film must be pretty good considering that it has not only earned a bit of critical acclaim but the Phelps family seems to like it as well in much the same way that so many Mexicans don't understand that the film Nacho Libre was actually making fun of them in an ironic, non-threatening hipster way the might offend if hipsters weren't the ghey.

Here is the trailer for the film and a bit of advice: Odd remarks about buttering popcorn don't make anyone laugh but me.

Opie Come Home

I don't wanna get too jokey in this post because I think everyone knows that this is probably going to end badly.

Jesse Ross, known to 95.7 fans as Opie, has been missing for quite a few days now.

DJ's at his radio station have been sounding frantic this week and are now actively asking for help determining his whereabouts during broadcasts.

Friends and relatives are using the Internet in an effort to find out what led to his disappearance in Chicago.

And here's the guy's Myspace page that seems justifiably desperate and pleading for information. (Also, a bad time for a friend request for you jerks who think like me)

And in more disquieting news that should probably prepare you for the most likely outcome of this story, authorities have begun searching the Chicago River for the missing UMKC student.

Animal abuse is not a crime

Hard to believe that so many people are in a fervor over a local vet smacking around a few mutts and yet few people seem to have any idea about the horrific number of civilian causalities in Iraq.

If you've followed this blog for any amount of time at all you know that I don't regard any violence against animals as a crime only a form of overenthusiastic tenderizing. Yet, I know the following line will tug at the heartstrings of some people who never had any human friends as children:

"He punched and he kicked dogs"

Thing is, you can't tell me that it's okay to stalk, hunt, surprise the hell out of and then kill one kind of animal at a record level and that it's somehow inhumane to manhandle a far more mangy, domesticated beast. Deers, dogs, door mice . . . There are all things that can be disposed of without much afterthought. However, I guess disposing of deer is actually good practice for combat and a training of some sort, it's just like killing Iraqis . . . They even have the same kind of horns, I've heard.

I'll have a blue X-mas without you

Jerry Agar is leaving Kansas City

There hasn't been a huge dance party among this many Mexicans, homosexuals, Black people, liberals, readers and agnostics since Lou Bega's Mambo Number 5 hit the rave circuit back in 1999.

UPDATE: Alonzo Washington shares his thoughts and experiences about the "local Hannity wannabe."

The Crazy Train

Just a couple quick thoughts about the WORST initiative for mass transit in Kansas City that so many young, dumb, naive (read: white) voters approved:

Many (most people) who voted for the thing had absolutely no idea what they were approving. Including the fact that you can basically say goodbye to Broadway in the unlikely event that any construction will start.

Additionally, all of the recent conversations with Clay Chastain confirm that he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about . . . And yet, it's important for the people leaving City Council (most of them hopefully) and the people entering (don't mind the smell) to understand that this initiative has absolutely NO political capital and only a few politically savvy white folks will throw a mild tantrum once this thing disappears. And then they'll probably move on to their other pet causes like the environment, starving kids or finding the next great restaurant that doesn't serve bloated duck or whatever in the hell foie gras happens to be . . . Even though I think it sounds delicious.

My Lord, too bad so many of the local brown people couldn't vote against this whole light rail silliness because of the previous felony convictions or because they were late.

Blogger Backtalk: They've been everywhere

Death's Door offers this weekend report and review: "To me the sign of a good bar is its hangoutability and the New Hurricane just doesn't have that yet. "

You can apply the following review of a local Mexican restaurant to pretty much anything having to do with Latinos: "It's never going to win any awards, but El Cerro Grande contains everything that's absent from the adequate but lifeless chain restaurants surrounding it."

Finally, a realistic holiday message I can fully endorse: "Get over yourselves. You're not that fucking important."

Some candidate for prxy might be getting a little jealous over Sebelius, a local blogger maintains the following: "I bet that Sam Brownback is pissed about all the attention she gets."

Local blogger Scooter goes All about Midtown and provides some nice photos of his journey.

Save your energy this X-mas

One of my favorite Missouri bloggers provides an important tip about conserving electricity with the X-mas lights you chose during the holidays.

By grouping several LED's together, they are much brighter and more efficient than a conventional bulb. They don't produce heat, should last 5 times longer and operate with 98% less energy. So it turns out they make beautiful Christmas lights, without the worry.

I know what else would make the season bright . . . If the local radio stations would stop reminding me how broke I am with all of their X-Mas garbage, music and phony love for their fellow man. That would be a good start and then I can concentrate on all of the important family gatherings, social events and X-mas time traditions that I must avoid by employing clever excuses in order to save my own energy . . . Which is the only natural resource I really want to conserve.

Was it one of the worst ass kickings in Kansas City history?

For the most part, I'm proud of our little Internet community in Kansas City except for those douchebags at MK-12 . . . Anyway, here in KC there is a very low key vibe that's more about accomplishment than the insane speculation that exists on both coasts.

I don't know if Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka counts as somebody from KC since he's out in Lee's Summit but I'm drawing that loose connection in order to link today's top story from Wired that reports the embarrassing details of the head honcho from Something Awful getting his ass kicked.

But he's back up in a flash and taking another trip around the ring before Boll surges forward with a left to the body, then a right to the head. The webmaster crashes faster than an overloaded server. "You hit me in the face!" he says, glaring up at Boll. He climbs to his feet and prolongs the match by yo-yoing to his knees whenever the eager director threatens to take another crack at him. But Boll catches him off guard and hammers him with three solid punches. Kyanka sinks to the mat and stays there as the ref counts to 10. The fight is over in less than two minutes.

It only gets worse from there with even more whining from Lowtax about how he doesn't know how to fight (not getting punched in the face is a good start) and more classic complaining like what happens to your average suburbanite when they get served.

Yeah, the more I think about it, the guy isn't representative of this town at all. If he was really from KC . . . He would have brought a gun.

With an admissible confession this should be the quickest trial ever

Also, Fox 4 provides an informative time line and history of the Ali Kemp case.

Ten Killed in Group Home Fire in Southwest Missouri

This tragic story is getting a ton of coverage local coverage today and I'm not sure why, I thought we put people in these kinds of homes in the rural areas of this state expressly for the purpose of ignoring them . . . Anyway, it's pretty horrific so I'm guessing it'll be the top story at least at 6.

Exemplar

As a dude, if you would not do anything and everything in your power, move Heaven and Earth to get along with this woman and keep her happy for longer than 4 months then OBVIOUSLY the institution of marriage is over in the Western World.



Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock divorce

Forecast: Cold, bitter, and a gust of whining from clueless parents

School closings are likely to be on table in KC . . . After decades of shrinking enrollment, some 30 percent of the space in occupied district buildings is going unused. The school board has long understood that the district needs to consolidate schools and close buildings. Many buildings are old and in need of expensive repairs.

Grandma always was trashy

All right, admit it when you heard about the story of a local grandma getting dumped in the trash yesterday you couldn't help but laugh a little especially given that fact that you'll probably be avoiding contact with all of your relatives for at least a month after Thanksgiving and then only to pick up that X-mas check.

An 84-year-old woman is recovering after she was robbed, beaten and thrown in a trash bin Saturday.

According to police, the woman was having dinner in her Red Bridge home near 104th Terrace and Wornall Road Saturday night when a man broke in through a window.

A few other observations: South KC continues its downward slide and since the incident took place near Red Bridge I can only suspect that Chuck Eddy has finally found a more efficient way to get residents to go along with his efforts to destroy their homes. Also, the phrase "white trash" is a lot more hurtful than you think, especially when used on women who won't date you, please use the term "hillbilly" instead . . . It's a lot more fun and reminds us not only of the roots of this nation but also explains why Britney Spears and Larry the Cable guy still have careers.

Brokeback patrols

Police On Horseback Patrolling KC Again . . . Seems like they're bringing back all the old traditions, like not talking to Black people.

I love the crazy stuff people send me in e-mail

You might wanna check out Delusional Democracy. It's a pretty optimistic book from the same guy who writes at The Smirking Chimp and OpEdNews which are two websites that have yet to state that all of the world's problems are solved just because the Democrats won a few victories. Actually, the promo material for the book held my interest almost as much as all of the penis pill info I get everyday. And if it was possible for me to grow 3 to 4 inches, I think I'd take it in height because I always felt like I could have been better at basketball and that's probably much more important than "her pleasure" which those ads mistakenly think I care about . . .

Downtown Development is all smoke and mirrors

Today our local newspaper is celebrating all of the cheap looking glass buildings downtown along with the upcoming Sprint Center. I guess I can understand the excitement of this town's fish wrap given that the big investment will no doubt boost their property values as well, but the average KC citizen is getting nothing but tax increases out of this deal given that it's a long shot that the facility will ever host a decent team and there was little minority participation in the construction of the project.

Strangely, the gushing of today's latest Star article failed to note that the paper's own glass house was the victim of a lot of broken windows earlier this year.

Oh, and another thing that the Star failed to celebrate in this glowing article about the Sprint Center . . . Most of the glass for the building was manufactured in China.