TKC will not make Polish jokes

First of all . . . And I don't know if this is funny: Other than Great Britain the people of Poland were the biggest (and funniest) supporters of the U.S. War of Terror in Iraq and they shouldn't be taken for granted. Also, a gully new missile shield in Poland should make the world safe for more missiles and U.S. interests.

So, with little or no useful commentary (as usual) on the subject I will simply link a pretty interesting story I noticed at The Star's site earlier this morning regarding some small dust-up over KCK Polish festivities in what is now a neighborhood that's predominantly occupied by Mexicans.

A bitter conflict has erupted on Polish Hill in Kansas City, Kan., where Polish-American descendants filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the beloved Polski Day parade has been hijacked.

The official Polski Day committee received a jolt to the system in mid-March when a member applied for the May 5 parade permit and discovered it had already been issued to a non-Polish bar and restaurant owner.

Further fanning the flames? Instead of ending at St. Joseph-St. Benedict's church, the benefactor, the parade ends at the bar and grill — in the traditionally Croatian part of town. That's raising some Old World tensions.

Personally, I've always liked Polish people because I went to grade school with a lot of their kids and I was surprised they resented the Irish kids just as much as I did. White people are picky like that . . . Additionally, I just now learned that the word "Polack" is actually a derogatory slur. Strange because that's the term they always used to describe themselves . . . I guess self hate crosses cultures even if those light bulb jokes don't translate in other languages.