Old Beer is New Again in KC

IIIIIIIIIIIIII'MMM BACK!

If you are of an age when Schlitz beer was the adult beverage of choice then you'll remember the little 'fog' that drifted from the bottle when the cap was opened by a "church key".

The tastes is extraordinary as beer goes but remember after you take that first little sip and maybe remember something about adding salt; use caution if you do and be prepared to sip the suds as they come drifting over the bottles top.

Billy Blogger

Way to much going on in the last few days to pinpoint just one. Below you'll find several links and photos of interesting/revelant stories.

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Good riddance to GM's Rick Wagoner:
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star

Editorial Page columnist

Link to - "President Asks GM's Rick Wagoner To Resign"

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Kansans to vote on gun ownership amendment
By JEANNINE KORANDA

The Wichita Eagle

SCR 1611 Individual Right to Bear Arms

Link to - Kansans to vote on gun ownership amendment

SCR 1611 would authorize the submission of a state constitutional amendment to section 4 of the Kansas Bill of Rights that would be considered at the general election in November, 2010. The proposed amendment would insert new language that states: “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose.” This change would clarify that bearing arms is an individual right as well as a collective right. It passed 116 – 9; I voted yes.

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STEVE KRASKE COMMENTARY
Cleaver asks for forgiveness over AIG vote

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‘Green’ houses sit vacant in KC’s central city
By KAREN DILLON
The Kansas City Star

Link to - When Government Is Involved, Houses Sit Empty

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KC picked to get all-electric van plant
By KEVIN COLLISON
The Kansas City Star

Link to - KC picked to get all-electric van plant

Is Steve Ill?

We need to keep Steve Rose, Publisher of the Johnson County (KS) Sun in our prayers, apparently he is ill and is trying to make things right with the head man.
I can think of no other reason for his criticism of Democrat Congressman Dennis Moore of Kansas.

Dennis Moore; former Republican, former District Attorney of Johnson County and now Democrat representing the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas for half an eternity.
Steve Rose a popular character in Johnson County once when meeting Ronald Regan ask the President ‘how it felt shaking hands with a flaming young liberal’ or, something to that effect.

Billy Blogger
(Please Read On)

By Steve Rose

The Johnson County Sun

March 25, 2009

Dennis Moore may be hanging us out to dry. After our strong endorsements for him over the past 10 years, he is co-sponsoring horrendous legislation that is grossly anti-business and unabashedly pro-union.
In Dennis Moore’s six successful, though usually very narrow victories, for U.S. Congress, this newspaper has supported him, often to the frustration and dismay of Republicans who believe a Republican should represent Johnson County, where the GOP outnumbers Democrats by 2-1.
Traditionally, we have endorsed Republicans, but in the case of Moore, we have crossed over party lines, just as many other Republicans have, because Moore has been a conservative Democrat on major issues and has been particularly pro-business, often bucking unions who have been among his major supporters, both financially and in their grassroots efforts on his behalf.
Until now, Moore has withstood unions’ virulent opposition, to support both the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Moore has also stood up to environmentalists, when his opinions differed, even on the most contentious issues. A recent example is his support for offshore drilling, which caused much angst among environmentalists who have supported him.
Now comes one of the most anti-business, pro-union pieces of legislation to ever come before Congress, and not only is Dennis Moore on record as supporting it, he actually signed his name as a co-sponsor.
This menace to business is known as the “Card Check” bill.
The key to the complicated legislation is this:
As of now, employees who vote whether to organize a union or not do so in private. The union never knows how anyone voted.
Under the newly proposed law, everyone would sign or not sign their ballots in the open with everyone’s vote known. That means the union would know whom to harass and intimidate to get them to vote their way.
There is more to this odious bill than that. Under the proposed new rules, if over 50 percent of the employees sign authorization cards, a union is automatically formed. Today, the matter would go before the National Labor Relations Board, where the union might or might not be organized and where businesses would have a say in the outcome.
In a county like Johnson County, where small businesses are the backbone of our community, how could our representative vote for a bill that could result in mass unionization?

The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps will be holding a "Tea Party" rally at the Topeka State Capital (south lawn) April 4, 2009 starting at 10:00 AM.

Tea Party rallies are springing up all over the United States in protest of the past and current events going on in Washington DC. In addition we are protesting the fact that our current Kansas Legislature is doing absolutely nothing to curb the fact that illegal aliens are taking jobs in Kansas of American citizens. In spite of the calls, emails and letters during the 2008 session in which they did not have the courage to pass SB 458 , as one State Senator said the calls to his office was 300 to 1 in favor of SB 458. They took the side of everyone except Kansas citizens and voters.

The Kansas legislature is once again caving to the Chamber of Commerce which I refuse to refer to as the "United States" Chamber of Commerce any longer, they are not US and they are not Kansas or Missouri anything in my opinion. In addition to the Chamber there is a long list of the usual suspects, those that were on the against list for SB 458 in 2008.

From one of our Volunteers and supporter who just happens to be in the Legislature "April 4 is a great day we will be having drop dead DAY. That means there is a good chance everyone will be in Topeka" so we have a chance of making a great showing at the Topeka statehouse.

Bring your signs to show your disgust and outrage at what is going on in Washington and Kansas. We will have guest speakers for the event as well as many Patriotic Americans and Kansas citizens with one goal in mind, SAVE AMERICA AND THE GREAT STATE of KANSAS.

Ed Hayes

Director of the Heart of America

Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

Court Suspends Carry in National Parks

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Today, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. granted anti-gun plaintiffs a preliminary injunction against implementation of the new rule allowing concealed carry in national parks and national wildlife refuges. Until further notice, individuals cannot legally carry loaded, concealed firearms for personal protection in national parks and wildlife refuges.
The court did grant NRA's motion to intervene in the cases. Under federal law, NRA is entitled to an immediate appeal, and NRA will exercise that right.
"Just as we did not give up the fight to change the old, outdated rule, we will not give up our fight in the courts to defend the rule change," said NRA chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox. "We will pursue every legal avenue to defend the American people's right to self-defense."

Mexico levies higher tariffs on U.S. imports

By Ken Ellingwood

March 19, 2009
Mexico maintains that the United States violated the North American Free Trade Agreement by ending a pilot program that allowed a limited number of Mexican trucks on U.S. highways beyond the border area. The U.S. Senate ended funding last week when it excluded the program from a $410-billion spending bill.
Mexico on Wednesday announced higher tariffs on $2.4 billion worth of imports from the United States in retaliation for the U.S. government's decision to end a program allowing some Mexican trucks on America's highways.The list of 89 products includes toilet paper, Christmas trees, fruit juices, pet food, shampoo, sunflower seeds, soy sauce, pencils, beer and deodorant.

As Mexico made clear its unhappiness over the trucking issue, White House officials announced that President Obama would visit next month. The April 16-17 trip will be Obama's first to Mexico as president.

Chris Dodd Admits To Adding Loophole In Stimulus That Allowed A.I.G. Bonuses

In effect Senator Chris Dodd Democrat Senator from Connecticut said he was just following orders.

Where have we heard that before?

Click above title to view video of Dodd's admission.

Justices Decline New York Gun Suit

By DAVID STOUT

WASHINGTON — New York City’s nine-year lawsuit accusing gun makers of flooding illicit markets with their firearms came to an end on Monday, when the United States Supreme Court refused to consider a lower court’s dismissal of the case.
Without comment, the justices decided not to review a ruling by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which declared on April 30 that federal law protected the manufacturers from such suits.
The appeals court had overturned a decision by Judge Jack B. Weinstein of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, who ruled in 2005 that the suit could proceed despite protests by gun makers like Beretta U.S.A., Browning Arms, Colt Manufacturing, Glock and Smith & Wesson. The gun companies had complained that a federal law passed just two months earlier shielded them from such suits.
In its suit, New York City contended that the gun makers had made themselves liable under that narrow exception, by failing to monitor firearms retailers closely enough and thus allowing guns to end up in the hands of criminals. Therefore, the city argued, the manufacturers had created a “condition that negatively affects the public health or safety,” and consequently were in violation of New York State’s public nuisance law.

“The court didn’t rule the way we wanted,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said at a news conference, calling the lawsuit “one part of our strategy to fight against illegal guns.”

Feds bolster agents on border with Mexico

By Rick Jervis,

USA TODAY

The U.S. will soon send a large contingent of federal agents to its southern border to help stem the recent violence in northern Mexico, the nation's Homeland Security chief said Thursday. "Every American has a stake in this," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a phone interview with USA TODAY. "Violence on the border easily seeps into our communities. It also creates a fear in border communities that the rule of law doesn't apply anymore, and that's just unacceptable."
The new initiative will mobilize more border-enforcement teams, multiply the number of intelligence analysts working on the border, and step up searches of cars going into Mexico from the USA, Napolitano said. She said she won't reveal the number of extra agents or how much money will be spent until a formal announcement is made in coming weeks.
The push will come within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection, the two main federal agencies responsible for patrolling the USA's 2,000-mile border with Mexico.
Napolitano said the increase in agents is in response to violence by drug cartels, including assassinations of police, kidnappings and beheadings, that has roiled through Mexican border towns in the past year, killing more than 6,000 people.

Congresswoman, Tied to Bank, Helped Seek Funds

New York Times:

WASHINGTON -- Top federal regulators say they were taken aback when they learned that a California congresswoman who helped set up a meeting with bankers last year had family financial ties to a bank whose chief executive asked them for up to $50 million in special bailout funds.
Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, requested the September meeting on behalf of executives at OneUnited, one of the nation's largest black-owned banks. Ms. Waters's husband, Sidney Williams, had served on the bank's board until early last year and has owned at least $250,000 of its stock. - Snip -

But Ms. Waters intervened again, in early December, calling Treasury to request a second meeting to ensure that minority-owned banks shared in the $700 billion bailout, according to Michael A. Grant, president of the National Bankers Association. At that meeting, an official from OneUnited was also present, but the agenda focused on minority banks in general, not any particular institution, participants said. - snip - Two weeks later, OneUnited received its $12 million TARP allocation.

Obama considers using National Guard in border drug war

By MARIA RECIOMcClatchy Newspapers

(David Goldstein of the Kansas City Star contributed to this report.)

President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying he was looking at possibly deploying National Guard troops to contain the violence, but ruling out any immediate military move.
"We're going to examine whether and if National Guard deployments would make sense and under what circumstances they would make sense," Obama said during an interview with journalists for regional papers, including a McClatchy reporter.
"I don't have a particular tipping point in mind," he said. "I think it's unacceptable if you've got drug gangs crossing our borders and killing U.S. citizens."
Already this year there have been 1,000 people killed in Mexico along the border, following 2008's death toll of 5,800, according to federal officials who credit Mexican President Felipe Calderon for a crackdown on drug cartels.

Some Mexicans Fear Threat To Way Of Life

Alfredo Corchado

Not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat to Americans. Many Mexicans complain about the rapid growth of the American population in their neighborhoods, the threat they see to Mexican culture and language, and the possible drain on Mexico's inexpensive health care.

"The last thing I want to see is an extension of California deep into Mexico, where Mexicans are priced out of their own communities," Ms. Swedlow said. "It's our obligation to ensure that webuild bridges, learn their language and celebrate their culture. We need to learn to coexist."

Today another anti-stimulus rally was held this time in Olathe Kansas. Some 125 people showed their disapproval of President Obama's policies.Groups such as the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of course, FairTaxKC.org, KansasLiberty.com are just three that had representatives there.

Next week, Monday March 9, 2009 a rally in Topeka Kansas is scheduled for 2:30 PM on the south lawn of the state capitol.

Justice Department drops voter-roll suit against Carnahan

By MARK MORRIS

The Kansas City Star
Federal lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit they filed against Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan alleging that she hadn't properly managed state voter rolls.
The Justice Department contended in 2005 that Missouri voter registration officials had failed to purge ineligible voters from the rolls and pointed to counties that had more registrations than eligible voters.
Carnahan applauded the department's decision to dismiss the suit, which she described as "unnecessary, unwise and costly."

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Remember ACORN?

http://rottenacorn.com/

Silver Star Goes To Overland Park Kansas Sailor

Written by Loren Stanton

Sun Publications

An Overland Park sailor has been awarded the Silver Star, the military’s third highest award for valor.Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Simson received the honor for actions taken during an ambush on July 27, 2007, while the medical corpsman was serving with a Marine regiment in Afghanistan. Marines do not have their own medical corpsman.In ceremonies held Feb. 26 at the Marine Corps Base Camp, Lejune, N.C., Simson received the award from Lt. Gen. Dennis Hejlik, commanding general of the II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Simson is a 2002 graduate of Blue Valley North High School. His parents, Lance and Katherine Simson of Overland Park were on hand for the Silver Star presentation.

Ind. Senate OKs Illegal Immigration Bill

The Indiana Senate voted 37-13 to approve legislation that would punish employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
SB 580 carries one of the stiffest penalties in the nation for companies who hire undocumented workers. Under the legislation, employers who fail to verify the legal status of their workers after three different occasions would have their state business license suspended.

(Senator Mike Delph)

How long must the American people and the people of Indiana wait until we solve this problem once and for all?" asked Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, a co-author of the bill. "We have the power to do something about this."
The legislation now moves to the House, which passed its own version of an illegal immigration bill last year but failed to reach a final compromise with the Senate.

A Link To Saturday's Rally

(Borrowed Photo)

Since Billy Blogger (that's me) FAILED to attend the Claire McCaskeel non-support rally on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza Saturday morning in 4" of snow, I wanted to give credit to some of those that did and then marched to Senator Claire McCaskill's office.

BB

“Tea Party” Rally and March to Senator McCaskill’s Office in Kansas City

http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/kansas-city-tea-party/


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