Dear Chili’s, You Suck

Dear Chili’s,

You suck. You suck for two very important reasons. The first reason you suck is that you got rid of your yummy French onion soup. The second reason you suck is that you traded Boulevard Pale Ale for nasty Sam Adams. That beer tastes like ass. So to reiterate, you suck because of the soup and the assy beer. In conclusion, Chili’s, you suck.

Your pal enemy,

Eric

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Regime Change Tunes

This is inspired by Diatriber over in the ‘Lou, and The Meat Purveyor’s most excellent track We Kill Evil… I give you my soundtrack for Election 2004. If ya got iTunes then you can grab most of these from this iMix.

1. The Revolution Starts Now – Steve Earle
2. Mosh – Eminem
3. We Kill Evil – The Meat Purveyors
4. American Idiot – Green Day
5. Ballad Of Ira Hayes – Johnny Cash
6. F The CC – Steve Earle
7. Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth? – Willie Nelson
8. Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Uneasy Rider – BR5-49
10. I Won’t Back Down – Johnny Cash
11. Keep On Rockin In The Free World – Neil Young
12. Helicopters – Barenaked Ladies
13. Travelin’ Soldier – Dixie Chicks
14. Be This Way – Jay Farrar
15. The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
16. Man In Black – Johnny Cash
17. Beautiful Day – U2
18. Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
19. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

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Curse of the Cardinals

The worst president in history throws out the opening pitch. The team gets roughly spanked in the World Series. Just a coincidence? I wonder if the team regrets piping in recorded applause for the pitch?

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KC Unplugged

Over the past year KC has begun reaching a critical mass of free WiFi hotspots. Some of my favorites are Union Station, Crown Center, the Central Library, Coffee Girls in the Crossroads, Tea Drops in Westport, Panera Bread, and Westport Coffee House.

A lot of places want you to buy a cup of coffee or something, but the Union Station, Crown Center, and library sites are totally free. BlogKC has a bigger list of hotspots around town.

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Election day looking good

After attending volunteer training for the Missouri Democratic Party’s election day efforts, I’m very hopeful of a good outcome next week. The party and the various candidates are working on a huge operation to get their voters to the polls, and to protect the election from the shenanigans that have already begun.

Thousands of people are committing to volunteer on election day. The training I went to expected 80 people, and over 200 showed up. The campaign is overwhelmed by the number of Missourians and others who want to make sure this election goes well. 3,000 or more will be out on Tuesday making phone calls and canvassing neighborhoods. Yellow Cab is offering a free ride to the polling places for anyone that needs it.

The campaign is targeting dozens of precincts in the urban core and other Democratic neighborhoods. Each one will have a dedicated poll checker and a lawyer on site all day. A team of roving lawyers will cover the rest of the metro area. And this is just in KC. Similar efforts are planned for the rest of the state.

A lot of people are writing Missouri off as a Bush state this year, but if we get enough people to vote it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are places to go right now to help protect the election.

Missouri Victory 2004 coordinated campaign
www.kcforkerry.org
Headquarters – 8415 Wornall Rd, KCMO – 816-822-1702
Independence – 109 East Lexington, on the Square
Northland – 1931 Burlington, NKC

Claire McCaskill for Governor
1724 Main Street, KCMO – 816-300-5585
claireonline.com

America Coming Together, election day volunteer training
Saturday, October 30th
10:00 am – Noon
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway
Kansas City, MO
RSVP to buckleyj@seiu.org or call 816.931.4995.

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