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I’m not a fan of John Edwards, but I hope this somehow not true.

Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

Wow, how much of a dick institution do you have to be to not even allow the Governor of your state, who many are talking about as being the next vice-president, have a t-shirt proclaiming that Kansas University obviously supports Barack Obama for the next president of the United States.

I guess in the eyes of Kansas University there is no such thing as bad publicity.

I believe the song goes….”Don’t believe the hype…it’s a sequel, as an equal can i get this through to you…..”

Citizens United Productions examines the phenomenon that is Barack Obama. HYPE: The Obama Effect examines the Junior Senator from Illinois and his record. Is he the new Kennedy or recycled Jimmy Carter? Is he the one who will finally change Washington, or will challenges like the Tony Rezko trial reveal politics as usual? Is he the uniter the country begs for, or a liberal divider? HYPE: The Obama Effect seeks the answers.

Including interviews with political leaders, media experts, and social commentators, HYPE provides the in-depth analysis that can only occur in a full-length feature documentary. HYPE goes to Illinois and interviews those who know the Senator’s record as a state legislator. Go on the road with the campaign and experience the enthralled crowds as they are consumed by the HYPE. Washington insiders analyze Senator Obama’s Senate record, his views on abortion, his statements on the second amendment, his plan for a troubled economy, and his foreign policy-will the US be safer or will the US become a bigger target? Will Senator Obama’s actions match his eloquence in the toughest job in the world, or will his rapt and motivated crowds be left with little substance at the end of the day? HYPE: The Obama Effect lays out the truth.

Yesterday I shot a story about the upcoming auction of  "The Music Exchange". For diehard vinyl fans and people who love decanters and other memorabilia oddities this is a must attend event. It was a blast seeing all the stuff that will be up for auction and sell.

I think my favorite was the "Blaxploitation" genre movie poster for "Five on the Black Hand Side." The tag line at the top reads:

"You’ve been coffy-tized, blacula-rized and super-flied - but now you’re gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride… when you see Five on the Black Hand Side."

i’d rather….

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Covering kcmo school board meeting…….i’d rather be water boarded.

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I can’t wait till these dinosaurs are gone from Congress. It is obvious that for some, wisdom does not come with age.

Some old and out of touch lame asses House and Senate Democrats are so fearful of free speech that they are trying to silence your Representatives and Senators from posting information on the internet.

Hot Air has the full details here:

Efforts in both chambers of Congress have Republicans wondering why Democrats seem to fear free speech.  Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) has proposed limitations on how Representatives can post information to the Internet in a time when we should be demanding more transparency, not less.  According to a source in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein has begun her own campaign to force Senators to seek permission before communicating over the Internet.

This ad out from the RNC is pretty damn good at pointing out Baracks assesment on the military surge in Iraq was completely wrong

U.S Congress hits single digit approval rating!  I love it, let’s see how the hippies spin this bit of bad news.

hat tip Hot Air

The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category. …

The percentage of Democrats who give Congress positive ratings fell from 17% last month to 13% this month. The number of Democrats who give Congress a poor rating remained unchanged. Among Republicans, 8% give Congress good or excellent ratings, up just a point from last month. Sixty-five percent (65%) of GOP voters say Congress is doing a poor job, down a single point from last month.

Voters not affiliated with either party are the most critical of Congressional performance. Just 3% of those voters give Congress positive ratings, down from 6% last month. Sixty-three percent (63%) believe Congress is doing a poor job, up from 57% last month.

No news for me

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I’m cutting an open for 6pm newscast. Today has been pretty boring, although as i drove to Overland Park PD (126TH and Foster) to pick some video of a smash and grab, i once again wondered to myself…. What the F@?$ do some of these people do to afford these huge ass homes. Obviously not cut opens for newscasts.

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Day laborer falls to death

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House where day laborer was prepping to paint.

Day laborer dies

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Getting briefed about a painter who fell off 3 story house in westport and impaled himself on privacy fence. He is dead

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Now it’s raining

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Reporters run for lives.

More scene

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Plane crash scene

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Just a scene photo.

Small plane down

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Today im covering a crash involving a small aircraft where two people were killed outside of linwood kansas. Which is reason enough for me to stay off those dang things.

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They shootin

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Back from vacation straight to another hood shooting. At least its next to churches chicken so i can get my poultry on…

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The funny part about this video, besides the fact that a bug flies into the reporters mouth, is the fact that everyone watching local news usually only hears the reporters “TV” voice, listen as he goes from mister tv reporter to…..well just listen. If you are at work don’t turn the speakers up to loud…there are some colorful words used.

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A video being hosted on Blogcastingnews.com

Well the reason i haven’t been blogging lately launches today. Over the years I’ve been approached while covering dead bodies and perverts the news and asked why we don’t cover the rest of what happens in the Kansas City Metro area, well our new site Blogcastingnews.com hopes to bridge that gap by empowering you, the citizen journalist and video enthusiast.

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Remember, at Blogcastingnews.com you decide what’s news.

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Make it stop

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I usually have to listen to the last half hour of oprah while i wait for my 5pm live shot. According to my calculations Oprah owes me a couple thousand hours of life.

(hand out) Check please.

Ever since May Sweeps has started things have been crazy busy, which is why i haven’t posted in a while. But as sweeps is winding down i finally have a chance to catch my breath.

May sweeps 2008 will be remembered for one thing. Tornado’s……. Oh and bad tornado coverage cliches.

1. Homes flattened
2. Cars tossed around like toys
3. Sounded like a train
4. Cutting a wide swatch of destruction
5. Flying debris
6. Looked like a war zone.
7. And now the cleanup begins.
8. The morning brings the sober reality of what happened
9. Officials are touring the hardest-hit areas today, assessing the damage.
10. Families picking up the pieces

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we now return you to your regularly scheduled program already in progress….

My T mobile Dash,which I’ve had for almost 2 years and love it, was one of the first phones to come with wifi capabilities. So the other day while waiting to do a live shot at the river market i fired it up to see if i could get some wifi signals. Sadly the Market it self doesn’t provide free wifi, but what i found more amusing was how someone chose to name their wifi signal, take a look at the pic closely.

Gary must of been a real douche. Now that is some funny sh!t!

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Farewell single life

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So this is the bar we went to last night for my buddy’s farewell to the single life. Small towns have awesome bar names.

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Wedding Shoot

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So i’m in Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin shooting a friends wedding, and let me tell u i can’t wait for the free saturday morning buffet. the other best hotel feature??? yep…free wireless internet.

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