Our friend Tony over at Tony’s Kansas City has been one of the most ardent and consistent critics of Mayor Funkhouser and renowned scribe Gloria Squitiro. Well, things just took a very interesting turn. Advantage: blogosphere.
Archive for August, 2008
Posted in Funkhouser, Local blogs, Politics on August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Royals Attempt to Reverse Slump By Ceasing Prurient Showcase
Posted in Royals, Sports on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So all of us had pretty busy weeks at our real jobs, and thus could not keep up with local blogs as much as we usually like to do. We’re ashamed, though, that we missed this. Our friend Eric at the Small-Market Scribblings blog reports that the Royals, in an attempt to “try some new [...]
Posted in Ink, Paulie on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, let’s check in with Paulie one last time before the holiday weekend: “A friend of mine I run into from time to time at Oceans of Fun has told me on several occasions this trueism… “You can bet if you’re involved with a woman to the point of there being sex involved, you can [...]
Posted in Local Journalism, Mike Hendricks, Star on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mike Hendricks offers odd social commentary (?) about Mission Hills. Or about art?: “Starving artists looking for a meal ticket hereabouts, hey, try knocking on doors in Mission Hills. If you don’t land a commission within a block or two, you might at least hook on as a gardener, pool boy or gigolo, which is [...]
Cashill Condemns Obama, Wildly Misreads Orwell
Posted in Jack Cashill, So-called Journalism on August 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Even though many of us are still buzzing about last night’s Invescopalooza, in which Senator Obama made the case for his election and exposed the church of lies that is modern conservatism, there are those out there who did not care for the speech. Or for the man himself. Chief among those men is Jack [...]
In Which We Turn a Critical Eye to the Star’s MySpace Page
Posted in Local Journalism, Star on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, sweet lord. How’d we miss this? The Star has a MySpace page? The Kansas City paper of record is out amongst the publicity hounds and pedophiles? We’re not really sure how we feel about this. After all, it’s important to keep up with modern technology and interaction — but we can’t help but consider [...]
Ohpleasegodletchevroletbuythenamingrights
Posted in Chiefs, Sports, Star Comments on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So Benton mentioned this in a post last night (and inaugurated our first online contest — get those suggestions in to tips@stateoftheline.com!), but it’s probably worth examining again simply for the local ramifications. Clark Hunt and the Chiefs have decided to sell the naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium. Why’s everyone so angry about this, exactly?
Paulie Asks Bewildering Question About Mystifying Sales Scheme
Posted in Ink, Local Business, Local Journalism, Paulie on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’ll admit up front that we don’t understand a lot of stuff in the business world — we were liberal arts majors, after all. We’re fairly befuddled by things like “sales strategies” and “target markets.” But you know who isn’t confused by that? Our good friend and smoke-ban-hating “frink,” Paulie. Last night at 10:47 p.m. [...]
Star Blogger Pronounces Wave Worthless; Blames Meaningless Childhood Experience
Posted in Local Journalism, Royals, Sports, Star on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so the Star’s Royals blogger, Sam Mellinger, hates the wave. Yes, the wave. That harmless, folksy, good-time activity which has long been the hallmark of slow baseball games… like those found at a certain stadium on I-70. Fair enough, we guess. There are things we dislike at baseball games, too — mostly drunk fans [...]
Star Ignorant Comment of the Day: Man is Own Best Audience
Posted in Local Journalism, Star, Star Comments on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s pick by Senator McCain of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has the media world abuzz. What does this pick mean? Will it draw HRC supporters? And who, exactly, is “Sarah Palin”? But as always, the truly insightful commentary is reserved for the Star comment boards. Here, another anonymous commenter weighs in with his thoughts.
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