The K.C. Star & Selective Reporting Part Two: K.C. Star Biased? In a recent piece of “investigative journalism,” the Kansas City Star manufactured a corruption story featuring Rod Jetton, former Speaker of the Missouri House. While it very well may be true that Jetton had issues, The Star clearly invented the “facts” they presented to […]

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Yesterday, we shared a post with you that details the selective scrutiny of the Star’s liberal editorial board regarding campaign donations, former governor Sebelius, and a pro abortion PAC. Here’s part two of our series: Neither the staggering influence purchased by ProKanDo, nor the heavy-handed ways in which the power has been wielded since, has […]

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The Kansas City Star recently unleashed a torrent of criticism on the influence of political lobbying and money on Missouri’s government.  Aside from some glaring factual errors, the KC Star’s hatchet piece further exposed the paper’s leftist agenda and conclusively demonstrates that The Star’s Editorial Board will sacrifice journalistic integrity to help their friends and […]

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We still stand behind our post. Our sources assure us this is solid and we will be vindicated. Related: Prime Buzz: Squash that rumor: No grand jury in KC

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Question-and-answer session conducted by Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) at the House Small Business Committee hearing: “The Looming Challenge for Small Medical Practices: The Projected Physician Shortage and How Health Care Reforms Can Address the Problem.” Hat tip:SmallBizRepublicans [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/c_eygvPdI7E” width=”325″ height=”250″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: KCMO POdcast: Chris Stigall talks with Congressman Sam Graves about […]

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 A “green” bus stop in San Francisco As usual with most liberal good intentions, there’s always unintended consequences when they’re spending your money with reckless abandon. We told you last month about “Leave it to Cleaver’s” $200 million “stimulus” earmark for green jobs and green friendly bus stops. Well, here’s the unintended consequence of this […]

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We can always count on Congressman Cleaver to shoot from the lip and give us a great quote! And the Democrats are wondering why they’re having such a hard time selling their health care snake oil to the public? Imagine trying to defend and explain this “plan” to a bunch of angry constituent? Related: Rasmussen […]

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Is this the future for our elderly if Obamacare ever became law? From Kansas City Dog Advocates: On August 1st, the Animal Control Department in Kansas City, MO implemented a new policy when it comes to evaluating their field officers. Effective now, animal control officers in KCMO will be required to issue a minimum of […]

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We’re somewhat supportive of federal grants that help communities hire police officers. The only problem with these grants are that once the money runs out, these positions are usually eliminated for lack of funding. According to this post on Congressman Cleaver’s blog, once the money for this three year program is depleted, local governments are […]

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“The people we represent can feel comfortable with what we have included in this package. Regardless of party, we all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other.”- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver after voting for the $787 billion “stimulus” package. Well Cleaver crossed his fingers and taxpayers received this boondoggle that […]

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