Happy 4th of July.... Phil Kline In Lenexa, KS Parade

Happy 4th everyone.

The fireworks were flying around here for a few moments this morning at our local Independence Day parade.

I live on the parade route and have for 23 years, I actually live on the corner and our corner has become known as the corner house" by the 4th of July parade regulars. Over the years, due to my volunteer work, we have handed flyer's out to the elected officials that are in the parade. We have hung signs up in the trees, we have literally turned our backs to those officials we don't like and numerous other antics to get our point across.

This was Phil Kline's first Lenexa parade as a candidate for a political position, if you have read my other posts it is clear... I do not like the man. He is scum, a liar and strictly a one position DA. He is not in this job to do what a DA does he wants to go after the pro-choice believers and Planned Parenthood.

It recently came to light that Phil Kline gave his address as a storage locker, allegedly he now has a physical address but I doubt it is really his. I would imagine he live elsewhere.

Anyway back to today and the parade. Phil comes be bopping down the street glad handing everyone, and use radicals start yelling "Boo Hiss", "De-Kline Phil Kline", "go back to your storage locker with the rest of the rats", etc. he makes a beeline to the opposite side of the road and then takes off in a trot around the corner. A few moments later a young lady in her 20 approaches me and asks "could she bring Phil back so that I could say these things to his face?" "Absolutely", I respond "I would LOVE to tell him to his face what I think of him and how hard I plan on working on his opponents campaign to see that he does not get elected" (he was appointed by the Johnson County Republican Party the first time.

Needless to say the worm never came back to hear me out, not that I was surprised. What did surprise me is that I was later told that the young woman was his daughter. I could tell that this girl was pretty hot under the collar, but to tell you the truth I cannot imagine anyone sleeping with this scumbag in order to produce a child.

I am going to do some research and if I find out that he is using his children in such a way in a hostile environment (we were not the only ones heckling him) this is really going to piss me off. Here he claims to care for the "sanctity of life" but he will knowingly put his own child in a situation to hear such nasty things said about her father and then have her confront these crazy people.

If you read this Phil.... I am the corner house in Lenexa and welcome you anytime to sit down and have a civil conversation with me. I have tried ever since you have been in office to have a meeting with you or even a phone conversation concerning the DA's office enforcement of child support and how bullying among youth is being handled by your office.

If you care about the DA's office vote for Mr. Howe.... Kline's opponent.

All in all it was a very fun 4th, filled with family, good friends, great food and a little bit of hell raising.

Gay Marriage Passed in California, Good For You!!

I am so glad that California is following the constitutional rights given to us all, the right to privacy and equality... this includes sexual orientation and who we choose to spend the rest of our lives with.



Of course Kansas is one of those states which has declared it unconstitutional to essentially have these rights because several years ago they wrote a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. As a heterosexual woman I felt very offended by this action and saw it as a step backwards in the treatment of human beings.



Women and blacks fought hard to get the right to vote, slavery was abolished, blacks were allowed to share space with whites, (we won't get into the holocaust) and here we are banning a group of people from sharing in the same rights enjoyed by the rest of us in this "free country."

The church folks always fall back onto "well the Bible says...."

The Bible also says that you will be put to death for cursing your parents or committing adultery. Yikes... granted these are not honorable acts to commit but I do believe that death is a little harsh. Also working on the Sabbath is an act that demands death... where does that put all of the preacher's and others that spout the word of God on a Sunday?

I would love to see every state in the U.S. allow anyone who wants to get married to be allowed to do so, as long as they are of legal age. The Bible needs to be left out of this. Churches of all faiths need to find a way to acknowledge and celebrate these unions, not hate the people involved and label them as sinners, heathens, etc.

I also think that it is time for everyone to acknowledge that the Bible is not a book to be taken literally (Billy Graham has even stated this fact). In an interview with Newsweek he spoke of the way that with age and perspective has led him to reject the absolutism of the left and the right and to make his peace with the notion of God as a loving mystery. That he is not a "literalist" in in sense that every word in the Bible is from the Lord.

This has been my belief for many years and what has driven a wedge between me and structured religion. I have yet to find a church, in my area, that teaches the theory of the Bible and not hell fire and damnation.

I would like to see us all just get along and accept each one for who they are and quit hiding behind the Bible as an excuse for homophobia or intolerance.