Kansas City, Missouri Police, Lies, and Videotape.

....[c]2007 by
Richard L Zorek.........02.03.07........



Two police officers were suspended indefinitely with pay Thursday as an investigation continued into their arrest of a pregnant woman who had a miscarriage a day after she was thrown in jail. Kansas City, Missouri Police Chief James Corwin said, “I ask for patience from the community as we investigate this incident” However, the incident happened a year ago and apparently was not much of a concern "to investigate" until the videotape showed up in the national news. How many times do they have to watch the tape to figure out what was going on? Until the two suspended officers get a few more paychecks under their belt? And suspension with pay?? The suspensions never happened until the videotape showed up. The question then becomes...how many other things are being hid just because the video tape hasn't shownup yet???

Random Bytes: Inergy, Sebelius, Penguins and Health.

Inergy has announced it has paid $35 million for a 24 mile pipeline from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company. It won't save anybody any money, but its a really cool "24 mile" pipeline.....................Kathleen Sebelius has proposed a hike in the toll on turnpikes to pay for maintainence on state university campuses. Give a politician an inch and they will take 236 miles...........NHL Pittsburh Penguin's have threatened Pittsburgh that if they do not get a new stadium they will move to Kansas City. Does Kansas City want to be know as the "Revenge of the Penguins?".................The University of Kansas Medical Center and St Lukes are planning to create a collaboration. Translation for the financially impaired: No news to report. If you get sick, you're still not going to get good care. At least that's the way I heard it...

Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens: New Icons?(Or More Proof America is Motivated By Fear and Paranoia)

......[c]2007 by
Richard L Zorek

.........02.01.07........
Sorry, but I think they gave one of the most impressive press conferences I have seen a long, long time. First, they ran the press conference. They didn't let the press run it. That in itself was enough to anger the press...who later touted them as "mockers." It was interesting to see CNN, Fox, and MSNBC start to listen to what they had to say. As they began talking about 70s haircuts..........I think it just threw them into a headspin as they couldn't figure out what was going on. I myself was impressed that Stevens and Berdovsky stayed their course and did not give into the reporters questions. The anchor from CNN said, as she went to commmercial break "I am not sure what that was."

They had been hired by a marketing firm, Interference Inc., which had been hired by Turner Broadcasting. They placed 38 of the devices on buildings, under bridges and in other spots around Boston, and each earned $300. The devices, featured flashing lights in the shape of a character from the cartoon show “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” The devices had been placed in ten other cities around the country. None reacted like Boston.

So, just how efficent is Boston's "terrorist" team? I have doubts about one that could shut down a great portion of the city because of a toy with batteries. I predict the city of Boston will pursue a lawsuit against Turner Broadcasting because they know they can. And, if they don't, it would be admission that they messed up. Police Commissioner Edward F Davis is not likely to let that happen.

Time for the Democrats to Trash America Again

....[c]2007 by
Richard L Zorek

.........01.31.07........Senator Christopher Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Rep Dennis Kucinich, Tom Vilsack, Sen Joe Biden, Sen Barack Obama, Gov Bill Richardson, Sen Hillary Clinton, Wesley Clark, Al Gore, Al Sharpton, are among the official and unofficial Democratic candidates for the president in 2008. The election is still about one and three quarters of a year away. What happens now is that we have to hear all these candidates talk about how awful things are in this country and how they all want to "take it back" (to where????). And, though they have the right to speak, while they do so, they divert attention from the real issues that need to be faced. Go ahead and hate Bush's plans.........but do something contructive and suggest and alternative. Go ahead and hate the Iraq war plans..........but do something constructive and offer an alternative. Go ahead and hate all the Republican ideas.....but do something constructive and suggest an alternative.

It is not likely that will happpen. Instead....in order for the Democrats to get the White House, we will have to endure months of them selling the world (not just the US anymore) the idea that the US is in the worst possible condition it can be in and only they can make it better. And, they will be doing this while some incumbents will be missing time in their perpective elected office because they are to busy campaigning for another one. If I kept taking time off from my job to pursue another one, I dont think my employer would be too happy about that.

This has happened before though. Following the attacks on 9-11, Republicans and Democrats embraced in solidarity against the perpetrators of this tragedy. But, as election time came closer and candidates started declaring their intentions, they made efforts to draw lines. Suddenly, everything that was done was wrong and the Democracts declared that the USA was a mess again. Even though a lot of Democrats voted for the Iraq war initially, they suddenly decided that they did it because they were lied to by the opposing party. Not true, of course, but you would be surprised how many people actually believe that they were "lied" to because of the repeated "talking points" issued by the Democrats. Granted, there was a lot of bad information, but there was no orchestrated lie. The problem with this political warfare is that it is the citizens who are caught in the crossfire. While they try and politically out-manuever each other.......they often don't care what gets hurt in the scuffle.

The warfare from both parties that will go on between now and November 2008 has a price. Neither party is willing to pay it. That would require an interest in real issues, not just who is "more powerful" than the other.

President Bush Comes to Kansas City to Tell the Poor: Go Ahead and Die!

[c]2007 by Richard L Zorek............
President Bush came to Kansas City on Jan 25 in order to to tell a select group of people at St Luke's Hospital in Lee's Summit, that he doesn't acknowledge the plight of the poor when it comes to health care. Missouri Senator Kit Bond accompanied him. He came to promote what he is calling a "health care proposal," which in reality is nothing more than a tax break for the rich and upper middle class. Bush told the group, "There is no question in my mind that a proper role for the federal government is to help the poor and the elderly and the diseased get health care." But, he never offered any ideas onhow they are helping. His proposal isn't helping them. Bush proposed taxing employer-provided health care benefits, after allowing a $7,500 deduction for individuals and $15,000 for families. He said the plan would help individuals buy insurance, while keeping health care costs low. His plan does not help the poor and uninsured who truly need medical care. About half of the uninsured earn so little that they do not file income taxes, so the standard deduction would not help them. One of the "selected" audience member was an uninsured waitress. She was selected to give the impression that his plan really will help the poor. The truth is, though that she may be a waitress, but she has a husband who works also and they do not have a family riddled with health problems.

He told staff as he toured the hospital, “Medicine is finally catching up with the rest of America in the use of information technology, particularly this facility here." It is too bad that Bush and his administration hasn't caught up with the rest of America. People who don't get health care die. The last thing they say as they are dying is not "I wish I had a tax break."