Cass County??

One-time Eagles rock and roll group writer, singer and performer Don Henley has a new album coming out September 25--his first in 15 years.

As it happens, it has a rather distinct country/country western flair and is named, rather significantly, maybe,

CASS COUNTY

Go figure, huh? 

You can listen to all the tracks here:

First Listen: Don Henley, 'Cass County' : NPR

Do you suppose he visited?

Peculiar? Harrisonville? Pleasant Hill?

(And no, I know it was based on Cass County, Texas but what the hey. We can pretend. Country is country, after all).

Enjoy your Sunday, y'all.

Is Roy Blunt not Senator for Kansas City?

Senator Blunt has done it again.

He's having what he calls "Listening Posts" so his constituents can come by and tell him, through his staff, I believe, what's on their minds.

The only problem with this seems to be that this is the second time I'm aware of that he does them all AROUND the Kansas City area but not--never?--IN our city.

Proof? I received an email today that linked to this page, showing where these "Listening Posts" of his will be. Here's his list:

So I ask you, is the very Republican Senator Roy Blunt NOT our senator or does he just not like us or not care what we think or doesn't want to hear from us or what? Do we intimidate him? Does he not like us? Does he just assume he doesn't have enough people here he cares to listen to?

Are we the wrong color?

What is it?

Senator?

An answer?

Please?

Link: http://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/constituent-services?p=listening-posts-kansas-city-region

Ike Skelton vs. Vicky Hartzler: a rock and a hard place

On the one hand, there's Democratic Representative Ike Skelton who is 80 years old, for pete's sake, and who has been in Congress for 17--count 'em--17 terms.  That's 34 years in Washington.

On the other hand, there's Republican Vicky Hartzler who, according to the Star this morning "...wrote the book on faith-centered campaigning."


Excuse me, I think I'm going to be sick.

Links:  http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/16/2321211/incumbent-congressman-ike-skelton.html;
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/16/2320807/former-home-ec-teachers-campaign.html