Surprising intelligence from a letter to the editor in the Star yesterday

One John Segale of Shawnee had a letter to the editor in the Star today that made reading the letters to the editor worthwhile yesterday, Sunday, which is so, so very rare.

He pointed out, so rightly, that the Republicans have a lot of nerve trying to de-fund NPR, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting when, in fact, it was only NPR and PBS on radio and TV, respectively, that broadcast their national convention last week, almost completely in its entirety.

It seems that, besides the hypocrisy they're so capable of, they're also extremely capable of producing a goodly amount of irony, too.

God bless they're pointy little heads.

And great thanks to Mr. Segale. You built back up a little of my faith in humankind.

Link: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/02/3791269/letters-google-fiber-republicans.html

Still a cheap thrill

I know this is a funny thing and only a small number of people outside of The Kansas City Star staff would get this but I still get a kind of cheap thrill in seeing our own, former Kansas City editor of the Star and Kansas City resident Arthur Brisbane as now public editor of  The New York Times.

I saw a column of his a couple weeks ago and had to kind of pinch myself, figuratively speaking, in seeing his name in their paper.  

Considering I'm not a media person, really, but just a news junkie, I know it's nerdy but I'm good with that. It's still kind of cool.  He was (is?) one of us.

Have a great week, y'all. 

For our entertainment from The Kansas City Star today

An actual article from The Kansas City Star today:

Sharon home:  As expected, Israel's comatose former prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was moved from Friday a hospital to his ranch home.

Wth?

But hey, thanks for the laughs, Star.  You're a hoot.

Now, can we just say this is no way to assure your success and continued existence?


Have a great weekend, y'all!

Link:  http://www.kansascity.com/

How are we supposed to take Tea Party members seriously?

Here's one more example, in too long a line of examples, of an out of control Tea Party candidate, this time threatening a reporter in public. Seriously, how is this guy supposed to be taken seriously? He isn't even in office yet and he's threatening people. Sharon Angle, in Nevada, denies things she's already said not knowing the original is on video, Christine O'Donnell lies about her past and education AND says she dabbled in witchcraft, literally. I repeat--how are we supposed to take these people seriously? Link to original post: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100930/el_yblog_upshot/ny-gov-candidate-threatens-to-take-out-reporter