Nearly 60% of black kids can’t swim

That’s about twice the number of white kids who can’t swim.  USA Swimming is hoping to help reduce the number of minority drownings and to attract blacks to the sport of swimming. 
Good luck with that.

Clemens allowed many women “base on balls”

Roger “Rocket” Clemens is having a rough year.  Just a few days after Mindy McCready admitted that Clemens romanced her for 10 when she was 15-years-old, now reports state that he was linked to the ex-wife of PGA phatboy golfer John Daly. 
Well, if that is true, then it explains that she liked fatties.  Daly has [...]

The numbers are in….again

The people have spoken.  They don’t like this president.  If the numbers are remotely true, George W. Bush is the worst president in modern history.  That’s a tough act.  You have to try real hard to get that title. 
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicated that 71% of Americans think this guy is mucking it up [...]

Where would we be without the storm chasers?

Nice spring storms are pounding the KC area.  This is a good time.  We’ve come a long way since the days Fred Broski used to scare me out of my wits.  Now, we have Katie Horner to pour fear upon us.  Thank goodness for cable.  Back in the day, there were few options when the [...]

D.C. Madam not hanging around for prison

Deborah Jeane Palfrey has taken her life.  Palfrey, also known as the D.C. Madam, was recently convicted for running a prostitution ring in the nation’s capital.  She was scheduled to be sentenced in July.  To put it bluntly, she kept the Washington elite from being backed up. 
Palfrey has already done prison time before.  She served time [...]

Old Barbara Walters down with the mandingo

I certainly don’t want a visual of this one.  Barbara Walters was getting her groove on with a mandingo warrior back in the day.  Walters has a book coming out in which she details a romantic experience she shared with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke. 
Apparently, the love was so thick that someone had to call Barbara [...]

KC Knives 2008: Uno De Mayo Edition

 Again, it appears that KC’s love affair with knives has struck again.  Too many people have been stabbed this year.  It’s getting out of hand out there.  Before long, people will be stabbing folks with plastic knives.  That’ll be the day.
Your latest version happened around 30th and Harrison earlier this morning.  The wounds weren’t life [...]