KCMO Morning Show Blog

Late Friday afternoon (5/23), the five members of Kansas City's Board of Police Commissioners upheld the firings of two quality, flawless police officers. The board was hopeful this story would go away by announcing their findings on a Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend, but they obviously don't know our show.

Mayor Funkhouser will join us Friday for our weekly chat at 7:40 to explain his position, but what of the other four members? Will they come on the public airwaves and explain their firing of two exemplary officers? We thought you should know who they are and where they work on the off chance you'd like to send a note or a voicemail. We always encourage you to be respectful, but letting our public servants know we're watching them and we don't like our police being railroaded to placate self-appointed, race-bating "community activists" is always important. Click on their names for email addresses or more specific information. Phone numbers listed below.

Karl Zobrist - Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP - (816) -460-2545

Terry Brady - Lathrop and Gage - (816)-460-5635

Mark Thompson - CCB Financial - (816) - 931-4060

James Wilson - Gates Bar-B-Q - (816)-923-0900

Mayor Mark Funkhouser - (816) - 513-3500

It has been a disastrous week for local news outlets in Kansas City. They're coming unraveled and undone by their own shoddy, corrupt, compromised coverage of local politicos.

We've spent the last week chronicling those in Kansas City who are supposed to be the officials in the game of campaigns and court rooms. But, like the NBA, our referees are compromised and corrupted by their own blind political leanings and irresponsible desire for ratings at all costs.

We were the only media outlet in print, TV, or radio to expose the embarrassing reporting by Fox 4's Linda Wagar and the deceptive media firm she featured. Our friends at Bottom Line Communications review the entire story. We're working to get our full audio coverage of this sham on our podcast page soon. Stay tuned.

We also found this unprecedented rebuke of a news outlet - in this case the Media Mafia - by a Jackson County judge who absolutely blisters them and bans them from his courtroom for good.

The final amazing piece of this sad puzzle comes from Derrek Donovan of the Falling Star. In the most honest writing by a member of that newspaper's staff, Donovan admits that the paper's leanings and incessant attacks on Johnson County DA Phil Kline and his supporters has grown to a level that is indisputable and egregious.

Yet this Hollywood agnostic with a radical past thinks it's a serious subject.

You nosey folks who wanted the link to snoop around in public employees' salary information...

We got a number of calls from guys with healthy prostates today - perverts!

We have the smartest audience in all of Kansas City. Look no further than Darren C. who wrote in to the show today. Couldn't say it better on a day we're all being lectured about our existence.
Thanks, Darren.

Earth Day Advice

Today is Earth Day, a day full of advice on how each of us can live a"greener" lifestyle. Today is a day for raising awareness of our planet and how we should balance our needs with its protection. In the spirit this day is supposed to be about, I'd like to offer a bit of advice on how you should treat our planet. My advice: Use the earth and all of its resources to fulfill your every need and want, and don't feel guilty about it. For the truth is, your life and happiness depend on your ability to use the earth's resources.

The things that you need to live (such as food, medicine, computers, automobiles, oil, electricity, etc.) are not made out of thin air; they are extracted from the earth. Luckily for us all, the earth has plenty. Our planet is an enormous ball of resources that could not only sustain us, but make our lives last longer and be immeasurably more enjoyable. We haven't even begun to realize the true potential the earth has for our betterment. The true limit is not the amount of resources the earth contains, but our knowledge of those resources and our imagination.If the earth deserves our appreciation, then it's for the great value it offers us. And therein likes the flaw in the way Earth Day is celebrated.

Instead of celebrating Earth as a source of human prosperity, it is treated as something that should be protected from humans. We are told that we should aim to limit our effect on our environment. This might seem like a noble goal, but if your life is dependent on your ability to use the environment, what is really being limited? Your life and your happiness.Some people might think that is a fair trade to make, but I do not. We each have a relatively short time to spend on this planet, and I think it's unfair to ask anyone to sacrifice even one precious second of that time for the sake of plants, animals, or inanimate matter. We all will be one with the earth eventually, so let's make the most of our lives while we can. So this Earth Day, don't be afraid to take advice. Save gas money by carpooling. Get some exercise by riding a bike. Lower your utility bill by adjusting your thermostat a few degrees. Just don't forget why you're doing it.

Also, a little humility might be in order today as well. We can't create it any more than we can destroy it. This story pits nature versus man's greatest weapon. Wanna guess who wins?

Jay Eggleston gets a huge platform in the New York Times online edition this morning. Read his analysis of our local TV weather folks on display for all the world to see.

Some great questions to shut global warming kool-aid drinkers down. Try 'em in your next conversation with your favorite tree-hugger:

Who says a warmer temperature is a bad thing? What's optimal?

Why is Greenland now primarily covered with ice? Now uninhabitable, it was once farmed.

Why are the ice shelves in Antarctica (the South Pole) growing?

If CO2 is a pollutant, why do plants and trees need it for life?

Why are the warmest years on record prior to combustible engines and coal plants?

How can we have record and near record cold weather this past winter?

Why does Al Gore not allow press into his private global warming talks?

Is "consensus" proven science? Or is science undeniable fact? For instance, the Earth is round, what goes up must come down, we breathe oxygen, etc - all facts - indisputable. Man-made global warming is not science - it's "consensus."

It is something you almost never see; a member of your evening news - local or national - stand up and speak out on the myth of man-made global warming.

Mike Thompson's done just that. Both on the air to a carefull, lesser extent, but full-throttle on his blog. Below is the original text.

"As Joe (Lauria) pointed out, Dr William Gray is a very outspoken critic of the global warming proponents. As such, he has been attacked by the GW proponents, and funding for his research has dried up...he put $100,000 of his own cash into his research. He puts his money where his mouth is, and he would not do that were he not concerned over the derailing of logic in climate science. This story has become all too common for those who dare speak up, and debunk Global Warming. Gray, and other scientists with strong credentials in physics and climate science have been shouted down as climate heretics, for disagreeing with the GW crowd. It is easier to silence scientific dissent by utilizing the politics of personal destruction, than to actually debate them on the merits of their arguments. That should tell you something about the global warming debate...there is none right now...it's either you believe, or you are to be discredited. Isn't that how Hitler took control of Germany? It's a slow process, but it is scary, because if someone can control your energy sources, they can control you. We are already being told what light bulbs we can and cannot use...through legislation. We are being forced to fund research into alternative energies sources that are inefficient, and that cause the price of food, energy, and everything else to rise...through legislation....rather than allow free enterprise to allocate funds to those energy sources that will survive through good old American innovation! How far do we let it go? That's up to all of you."

We've had many requests as to where to find Mike's blog, so we've linked it here. Thanks for your courage, Mike. It's sad we have to use the word courage when debating in public, but that's what this sham has wrought in our country.