Monthly Archives: June 2011

Parsons City Commission Code of Conduct – proposed

 It appears that Parsons City Manager Fred Gress and Commissioner Greg York are pushing a code of conduct for our City Commissioners. This code seems to be aimed at new commissioner Frankie Barnett, since he is to our city what … Continue reading

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After Midnight

Everyone in the world who claims to be a Rock N Roll fan should absolutely know who J.J. Cale is! You may already know a couple of his hit songs like “Cocaine”, “After Midnight” or “They Call Me The Breeze”.

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Michele Bachman Tries To Identify With a Serial Killer. (via Beneath the Tin Foil Hat)

Here's another foot in mouth moment for Michele Bachmann: While announcing her official candidacy today in Waterloo Iowa, she told Faux News that "John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit I have too." The historically challenged … Continue reading

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End The Pot Prohibition!

Ron Paul, Barney Frank Introduce Bill Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced a bipartisan bill today that would remove the federal prohibition on marijuana. The bill would instead let states legalize, regulate and tax marijuana. USA Today reports the … Continue reading

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Filed under AMERICANA, Country Music, Crime, Environmental, Human Rights, Music, NEWS, Politics

What’s That Smell? (via Still Skeptical After All These Years)

Am I the only one who finds our system of justice sometimes strange and inconsistent?  My attention was caught by a short item in Wednesday's USA Today (6/22/2011, p. B1).  It reported that, The CEO of what had been one … Continue reading

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Koch Brothers Exposed

Thanks Victor (The Glenn Beck Review) for the link to this.

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KOCH CLASSINESS

  by Jim Hightower David Koch, the right-wing multibillionaire, likes to pose as a class act. He’s thrown around several million bucks, for example, to get a wing of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center named for him and to buy a seat on … Continue reading

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Grandpa Was A Carpenter

Just another favorite artist here.

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Filed under AMERICANA, Bluegrass Music, Country Music, Music

More gridlock and posturing, v 2012.0

Great. Gotta love this democracy stuff, especially now that money = free speech.  Yes, the debt is a problem. Rewarding bankers and wealthy folks won’t help, been there and still going there. Bankers aren’t lending, and the rich are not … Continue reading

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Filed under Environmental, History, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics

Two Tea Party Goobers In Congress

- by Jim Hightower It’s time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who have their tongues running 100-miles-an-hour, but forgot to put their brains in gear. Today, I’ve got two goobers from last year’s … Continue reading

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