ROAST AND TOAST - Ruckus: 11/1/12

MATTER. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT
 
MATTERS, WE TURN TO ROASTS AND TOASTS WHERE THE RUCKETTES CHEER OR JEER PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE
 
NEWS. AND WE START TONIGHT WITH WOODY. BACK IN THE REAL WORLD, A
 
TOAST TO MO DOT, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH HAS JUST REOPENED THE
 
BROADWAY ATTENTION AND BROADWAY BRIDGE AFTER A MAJOR REHAB, AND THEY FINISHED SIX WEEKS EARLY.
 
THIS WAS DONE BY A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS CUT ITS STAFFING BY 20% IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
 
MO DOT DOES A GREAT JOB. 7th LONGEST HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN AMERICA AND ONE OF THE LOWEST
 
FUEL TAXES TO WORK WITH, AND YET THEY MANAGE TO MAINTAIN THAT SYSTEM.
 
I WISH MORE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES WOULD GO AND DO LIKEWISE.
 
GREAT JOB. THIS IS A TOAST TO GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE AND PRESIDENT
 
BARACK OBAMA FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH BOTH OF THESE GREAT LEADERS HAVE SET ASIDE PARTISAN
 
POLITICS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE SANDY.
 
I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REPUBLICAN
 
CONGRESS AND THE NATIONAL WHO -- AND THE SENATE WHO COULD LEARN A LOT ABOUT HOW THESE TWO
 
GENTLEMEN HAVE BEHAVED. MY TOAST IS KIND OF AN UNLIKELY ONE.
 
IN THIS ELECTION YEAR, WE ACTUALLY ARE SEEING THE BEGINNINGS OF A FLU -- NEW
 
STRONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND GOD KNOWS THE STATE OF KANSAS NEEDS SOME
 
BALANCE. AS THE KANSAS CITY STAR HAS POINTED OUT IN ITS ENDORSEMENTS,
 
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF KANSAS IS GOING TO CONTROL POSSIBLY THE COURTS, CERTAINLY
 
CONTROLS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT WHETHER OR NOT HE CONTROLS
 
THE STATE SENATE REALLY MATTERS. SO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS PUT FORWARD KYLE RUSSELL TO RUN IN A
 
SEAT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME A STRONG DEMOCRAT WHO RECEIVED THE STAR'S ENDORSEMENT HAS A CHANCE
 
OF WINNING. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TOAST NANCY LUSK AND LARRY MEEKER AND ALL
 
THOSE OTHER BRAND NEW PEOPLE OFFERING A CHANCE TO STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST
 
BROWNBACK'S OO AGENDA. WELL, THIS IS A SAD TOAST TO THE LIFE OF BIS, THE AFRICAN
 
GRAY PARROT THAT MY WIFE AND I RAISED 27 YEARS. SHE DIED SUDDENLY THIS MORNING.
 
SHE WAS A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY, AND BIFF WILL BE MISSED. FINALLY A MASSIVE ROAST TO
 
THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH CREATING THE MORONIC, AND I'M BEING CHARITABLE, MORONIC
 
CONTROVERSY OVER A NUDE STATUE IN THE OVERLAND PARK ASH RECEIPT RECEIPT -- ARBORETUM.
 
PREDICTLY THE GRAND JURY REJECTED THE CALL OF LEGAL AGAINST AGAINST THE CITY.
 
I FEAR THAT THE GROUPS WITH NAMES LIKE THE AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI AND
 
KANSAS WILL BE MISTAKEN FOR CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS. GOING AFTER THIS WORK OF ART IS
 
NOT CONSERVATIVE, AND IT'S NOT LIBERAL. IT IS JUST STUPID.
 
AND THAT'S RUCKUS FOR TONIGHT. BE SURE TO JOIN NICK HAINES FOR KANSAS CITY WEEK IN REVIEW
 
FRIDAY EVENING AT 7:30. AND NOW ON BEHALF OF THE RUCKETTES AND THE RUCKUS CREW,