It's been a long time since I have blogged --- once again. Sorry. Some observations while I've been away.
1. 'Top Gun' is without doubt the greatest movie of all time. Although, they should have picked someone more attractive than Kelly McGillis for the female lead. Kelly McGillis = not hot.
2. I like Sarah Palin. But I wonder sometimes if she isn't taking the Tea Party movement for a ride. She's good for the Republican Party, but she's not nearly as smart as some of you think. That's not to say she is a dumb woman. But to hear some people talk --- you would think Sarah Palin graduated at the top of her class from Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. She went to college for six years and graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho.
3. My jury is still out on Glenn Beck. I'm not sure he believes everything that comes out of his mouth. I find his show incredibly entertaining, but I wonder if he really stocks up on food in his pantry and whether he really buys gold.
4. I should be on Jeopardy.
Where Have I Been? Answer: Asleep at the wheel.
December 22, 2009
1. My mother and brother asked me over the weekend why I hadn't blogged in so long. I didn't realize how long it had been. For those of you who actually check this blog a) are you really that bored? and b) sorry!!!!
2. I quit. I have come to the realization that no matter what you do on the air, someone is going to hate it. We just got off the air with Senator Claire McCaskill --- and I knew this would happen --- she spun her way through every question. Fine. I expected that. What I also expected was a flood of emails accusing Mike and me of being too soft on her. We asked what I thought were tough but fair questions. As always, we treated a person in her high office with courtesy and respect. Good Lord people. What do you want us to do? Scream at her? Interrupt her everytime she says something we don't agree with? We invite these people (McCaskill, Funkhouser, Sanders, etc) on the air because we WANT to hear an opinion we might not share. Screaming at Senator McCaskill will only ensure that we don't speak to her again. If you're looking for out-of-control, lunatic, right-wing crazy talk ---- there's a low rated guy down the dial a ways.
3. The KISS concert a couple of weeks ago was over the top!!!! If someone had told me when I was a kid sitting around listening to KISS records and collecting Teen Beat magazines that I would be watching these guys prance around in make-up 35 years later --- I would have laughed. Only complaint: I hate guitar and drum solos. I definitely don't need to hear them from people pretending to be Peter Criss and Ace Frehley. And KISS should include more 80's material in their line-up. Just playing Lick It Up and I Love It Loud ain't going to cut it.
4. Despite what some people on the uber-left will say --- this health care reform package now awaiting final action in the Senate is the first step toward a single-payer system. The single payer will be the federal government. Rue the day.
5. I would to wish all of you a Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. See you soon!!!!
Parks.
No More Dennis Moore
November 23, 2009
So Dennis Moore has decided not to seek re-election in Kansas' 3rd Congressional District. Can't say I am shocked, but I am a bit surprised. A statement from his Washington, D.C. office offered no real reason for this sudden reversal, other than to suggest that he was "tired".
"Tired" of what? Tired of skating to re-election every two years?
Even though Dennis Moore was casting decidedly liberal votes over the past year, for everything from Cap-And-Trade to health care reform, conventional wisdom would have to suggest he was still the odds-on favorite to win re-election in 2010. Now, it appears, the new favorite is whoever wins the Republican primary. Patricia Lightner is in, Kevin Yoder may be in, and Nick Jordan is now in again. My money, at least right now, is on Nick Jordan. He ran against Moore last year, knows where the campaign donations can be found, and has decent name recognition. Carol Marinovich is being rumored as a possible democrat contender. She could be tough to beat head-to-head.
There has been speculation that Dennis Moore is no longer in the best of health. Hopefully, that is not true. But if it is, it would certainly explain his rather bizarre behavior of late: refusing to hold town hall forums, uber-liberal votes, and stammering interviews with local media. Nowhere in his public statement announcing his decision to not seek re-election did Congressman Moore announce why he is not seeking re-election. Oh, except the line about being tired. I ain't buying it.
Dennis Moore owes his constituents the truth --- the real reason he is not running anymore. Although, I must admit, I am just thrilled he's leaving.
Random Thoughts for a Saturday Afternoon
1. I don't think I sleep much anymore. Not sure why.
2. The Shanin and Parks program, for whatever reason, has proven to be amazingly successful. Mike and I are about to begin our fourth year together. I can't believe it. I never thought this show would work. I hoped it would...but was filled with doubt when it was first launched. Thank you --- Kansas City --- for making a dream come true.
3. When I retire I would like to have a home in Lawrence, Ks. and an apartment in Venice, Italy.
4. Mark Mangino is fat.
5. Facebook may be the greatest and the worst invention in the history of the world.
6. I love Iron Maiden.
7. If a tree falls in a forest...and nobody hears it --- then who gives a crap?
8. Health care reform will pass the House, but won't in the Senate.
9. Cap and Trade is dead.
10. If I had to give up one of my senses it would be the sense of smell....if I had to give up another it would be taste....if I had to give up another it would be sight.
11. If I had to be an animal I would be a tiger.
12. One of my guilty pleasures is watching re-runs of Beverly Hill, 90210 on Soap Net.
13. Joy Behar is the worst ....
14. CNN needs a makeover....badly.
15. I'm out.
Peace of Crap
October 9, 2009
I woke up this morning at 5:50. As I am prone to do, I grabbed my laptop and logged on to my KMBZ e-mail account. There was an e-mail already in my in-box from morning news anchor Ellen Schenk. It read simply, "wake up, we need you on the air". I wrote back that I was awake and enquired as to what she needed me on the air to discuss. The reply? "Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize".
Thinking that this was some sort of really strange, and not very funny, joke....I logged on to the New York Times. And there it was.
So the crew of European elites who select the annual recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize have been kind enough to bestow such an honor on our new president. A man who promised change --- and sadly, has brought some. But for what? Could someone please explain to me exactly what President Barack Obama has done in the first 10 months of his administration that would warrant being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
If your answer is he has re-opened talks with an avowed enemy of the United States hoping to forge a mutual peace --- I'm not buying. He hasn't met with Mahmoud....but his envoys have. If your answer is he chaired a recent meeting of the UN Security Council and the crew agreed in principal to a meaningless pact to cut down on nuclear weapons --- I ain't buying that either.
If the criteria for winning the Nobel Peace Prize is to meet with enemies and work toward the reduction of one's nuclear arsenal then riddle me this Batman --- why didn't President Reagan ever win a Nobel Peace Prize? He met three times face-to-face with Mikhail Gorbachev and actually signed treaties with the Soviets to reduce nuclear weapons. Oh wait. I forgot. Reagan was a conserative. Reagan was a republican.
The Nobel Peace Prize lost whatever credibility it had left this morning. Not that it had much in the tank after awarding one to Yasser Arafat in the 90's.
Obama won --- let's be honest --- because he is not George W. Bush. And President Obama would be smart to not accept. Just give the damn thing back.
Perhaps in four to eight years President Obama will have a body of work put together that would warrant awarding him this peace prize. But he hasn't done anything yet. This award has now been politicized beyond repair.
