If You Hate the 'Burbs So Much, Then Why Do You Shop Here?

OK, OK; I get it.

It's not cool to live in the suburbs.

I've learned this lesson from several ghetto-thumping acquaintances and way cool urbanite bloggers like Tony's Kansas City who endorse living the ghetto because, well, I guess because it's the cool anti-establishment thing to do these days.

These ghetto thumpers so hate the suburbs (even if they actually still live in the suburbs, just a bit closer to the Almighty Urbanland and out of the dreaded Joco and into the hallowed dotte) that every chance they get they try so hard to demean them.

Take this random ghetto thumper (who makes sure to remind you of how cool he is by naming his blog after the very neighborhood of questionable safety and reverse-economic progress in which he resides), who seems to think that because some losers cross over into Joco from KCMO or the Dotte to inflict crime on the natives that Joco is falling apart and all us pasty whitefolk are looking at where to flight to next.

Give me a break. According to this website, violent crime in KC was 1,444 per 100k people, while in OP it was a mere 200 per 100k people. There were nearly 4,000 aggravated assaults in KC, and OP barely broke the 200 mark.

But that's just part of the point. What gets me is, considering how much you talk about hating the 'burbs, you sure do spend a lot of time out here. All the parking lots at the malls and businesses in Joco are chock full of MO and WY tagged cars.

So I guess while it's cool to live in the ghetto, it's not cool to support your ghetto community. You'd rather drive your money over state or county lines and give us 7 1/2 percent of it in sales tax.

So why not shop in your 'hood? Oh, what's that? Indian Springs is no more, and the Power and Flight district is a laughing joke of overpriced everything? What you say? Bannister mall closed like Indian Springs did because the rampant crime kept shoppers at bay?

Huh ...

Well, at least you seem cool living in your awesome neighborhood. So, I'll see you at Oak Park Mall this weekend? Sounds like a plan.

Our Mindless America

Why do I do this to myself? All I want to do is catch up on the news over my lunch, and I'm suddenly hurled into this harsh reality that our president-in-waiting lacks the experience needed to run this country, let alone pull it out of the economic raping that his party has so forcefully given it.

Next thing I know I'm reading how this damn fool-elect tells us “only government” can provide the solution to the country’s economic ills.

THIS is the change he's promised? Big government? The same crap the fruity dems have been pushing for since FDR and beyond? And here is the sick part; all of these star-struck liberals who voted this fool into office are so ignorant they're still taking his bait hook, line, and sinker while screaming thank you sir may I have another!

I truly wish this wasn't the case, but look around you. Besides the conservative mouthpieces (who are being banned by MSM outlets as I write this), who else is saying, "Hey, wait a minute ... this guy we've put into office is full of crap"? What more can we expect from the sheeple in this country who look to their television to provide their opinions for them?

No, our liberal sheep are too busy goo-gooing over The Fresh Prez's amazing shirtless physique to pay any attention to what's really going on, no thanks to our fabulous left-biased media.

For example; did you know that in 2001 the much hated President Bush tried to warn us about the impending liberal-fueled economic crisis? Of course not. But I bet you can name Palin's baby boy with Down's syndrome, her unwed daughter, and probably even her daughter's boyfriend. Here's another one: Which have you seen more on the news: Shoes being thrown at Bush, or an exposé about Obama's criminal and hate-fueled circle of influence? Ann Coulter says it best in her most recent article:

When Obama broke his word and voted for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act bill (FISA), the Times' editorial began: We are shocked and dismayed by Sen. Obama's vote on ... oh, who are we kidding? We can't stay mad at this guy! Isn't he just adorable? Couldn't you just eat him up with a spoon? Is he looking at me? Ohmigod, I think he's looking at me!!!! Couldn't you just die?