Karen Crnkovich for JoCo Board of Commissioners Chair

 OK, even if you can't pronounce her last name just remeber she IS the one Karen that JoCo needs to be Chairman of the County Commission.

Let's keep it simple. In 2023, 2024 and 2025 the KC Chamber recognized the business that she owns as one of the top 10 small businesses.  Now, what kind of business?  It's a heating, cooling, ventialting and plumbing comapny.  That's right, she is an electrician and a plumber and knows what it means to get in the trenches and work.  She has no qualms about getting her hands dirty, and run a successful business.

Besides her work, she has been involved in various community and charitable organizations.  One such organization she herself founded:  "Strong Homes, Strong Families" which is a non-profit that helps struggling home owners with needed urgent repairs. Visit her web site for a complete list of all that she has been involved with, including as a past president of the Junior League.

August 4th is one week away.  We deserve a hardworking, business oriented individual to lead our county's Board of Commissioners.  Vote for Karen......you won't regret it.  

Eric Jenkins for Congress - Republican Primary August 4th 2026

The summer primary is rapidly approaching and Republicans need to choose a candidate to run against Sharice Davids.

IMHO that person would be Eric Jenkins.  Eric has spent his life serving his country and his community.  He served 34 years in the US Army,both active and reserve time, retiring as a Colonel.  That service also included multiple deployments to hostile areas of the world (Iraq & Afghanistan).  

As a member of FEMA he was responsible for  overseeing the rebuilding of communities devastated by natural disasters.  

On the local level he served many years on both the City of Shawnee's Planning Commission and then the City Council with two terms as Council President.

Eric knows what it means to literally serve for the people, as opposed to those who only know how to give lip service.

Vote for Eric on primary day, August 4th, 2026 so he can then go forward to challenge Sharice Davids and bring some much needed intelligence and a strong work ethic to Washington for the citizens of Kansas' 3rd Congressional District.

His web site is https://ericjenkinsforkansas.com/

Should We Elect Our State Supreme Court Justices?

 It's been awhile since I have posted.  Very simple explanation.  After doing this for approximately twenty years I felt it was time to "retire" and let the younger folks get more involved.  Seeing some of the things that are happening recently I've decided to get "back in the swim". Probably for a short time though.

With that said, let's talk abour the upcoming election and the ballot question about the selection of Kansas Supreme Court Justices.  A yes vote on the ballot question will change the procedure and make it a direct election by the citizens.  A no vote keeps the current procedure.

So, first we must look at what the current procedure is, which is a nominating commission and then selection by the governor.  The Supreme Court Nominating Commission has nine members.  There is one lawyer and one non-lawyer from each of the state's four congressional districts, plus one lawyer who serves as chairperson.  Nonlawyers are appointed by the governor.  Lawyers are elected by other lawyers within their congressional districts.  The chairperson is elected by lawyers statewide.  The commission presents three candidates to the governor.  If the governor does not select one of the candidates within 60 days then by the state constitution the list is turned over to the chief justice to make the selection.

Now, the folks that are supporting a no vote have been saying that the justices are selected on a merit basis and are supposedly voter approved.  They are also saying that if the positions were filled by citizen elections that billionaires would control the elections.  Now, needless to say the "vote no" folks are heavily democratic and are full of BS.  

Who determines whether the candidates have merit?  Lawyers elected by other lawyers to nominate other lawyers to serve.  Yeah, I know, there are 4 nonlawyers on the commission, but there are 5 lawyers.  Do the math, it's lawyers picking lawyers. Voter approved?  Only after they have served are they placed on the ballot for a vote for retention.

The most recent appointee to the Supreme Court, Larkin Walsh never served one day as a judge in a lower court.  She had been a lawyer for approximately 20 years and had served as a law clerk to judges.  But, she herself never sat on the bench prior to her appointment to the state's highest court.

Now as for the statements about billionaires controlling the court......gotta laugh.  Go ahead, tell me that there are no billionaires telling democrats what to do.  Ever hear of George Soros?  It seems though that blaming billionaires for anything and everything that ails folks is the buzz word of the left wing element of this country.

My choice:  Vote "yes" to the ballot question and let the people decide, not a lawyer controlled commission.

Iran is a Four Letter Word

 What is happening in Iran right now has to be on most folks' minds.

Trump has said that we cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.  I'd have to agree.  Who knows what those nut jobs and/or their proxies would do if they had them.

Those that are critical of Trump's action need a history lesson.

Let's go back to when Obama was so happy with the deal he worked out for Iran.  Ask him. He said they'd be good boys and girls and only wanted nuclear power for non-military applications.  Sure they did.  BS.  They stymied inspections at every turn, as they worked on their military applications.  Let's just call Obama the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st Century.  Another "intelligent" man who got made a fool of by a dictator.  

Along came Trump (45).  Sanctions started and that affected Iran's ability to move forward.

Then, along came "Sleepy" Joe Biden.  He lifted the sanctions on Iran, gave them back billions of dollars and said that they were going to be good boys and girls......because he told them "don't"!  Iran didn't give a rat's rearend about what Joe Biden said or what he would do.  Why?  Because they knew he wouldn't do anything.  Why?  Because he didn't have any metallic based lower anatomical spherical appendages.  Plus, they knew, he wasn't really in charge.  Plus, because of his stupid, dumba$$, open border policy, tens of thousands of military age, single males from countries that are not friendly to us have come into this country.  Did ya ever hear the term "sleeper cell"?  Be careful.  If and when those cells wake up, it won't be in major areas.  It'll be in small towns across the country, just to prove that they can go and do whatever they want.  Let's hope that Trump (47) can find them quickly and send them packing to their home countries.

Now, let's talk about 47.  He does have some of those items that Biden doesn't.  He proved it when our forces went in to Iran and created major damage to their nuclear production facilities.  He told them, stop or you won't like what could happen.  First they said OK, then they said no, then ok, then no.  So, 47 stood by his word.  He reached down, remembered that he did have a pair of those metallic based lower anatomical spherical appendages and took necessary action.

Now, if those dumba$$ want to "blame" anybody for what is now going on, they need to look in the mirror.  They need to look at the actions, or inactions of Obama and Biden that allowed Iran to get away with BS all these years.  If they had been Presidential instead of kitty cats, Iran would never have gotten where they did and we wouldn't be pounding on them today.

Prairie Village City Council Needs a Lesson in Civics 101

 Looks to me like the city council of Prairie Village Kansas needs a lesson in Civics 101.  That council recently passed a resolution of support for the people in Minneapolis who supposedly were exercising their First Amendment rights to peacefully assemble and protest.  In this case the federal round up of illegal aliens who have criminal records and who need to be deported.

The First Amendment  protects free speech.

It does not protect spitting on law enforcement personnel.

It does not protect throwing projectiles at law enforcement personnel.

It does not protect interfering with and impeding law enfocement making arrests.

It does not protect causing physical damage to another's property.

It does not protect using a vehicle as a weapon to inflict harm upon another.

It does not protect the blocking of traficways.

If the city council of Prairie Village feels so strongly about what these Minnesota protesters are doing and apparently don't mind the fact that the protesters are actually supporting criminals on the street I have a suggestion:  The mayor and council should contact all media outlets in the Minneapolis area.  They need to advertise that if you are an illegal alien, with a criminal history, you know, murder, rape, pedophilia, domestic violence, firearms violations, drug violations, etc. and you don't want to be arrested, move to Prairie Village.  I'm sure those a$$holes would welcome you with open arms and would never ask law enforcement to protect them from you.

Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota to Send in Federal Troops?

 There has been talk that President Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act and direct federal troops to go to Minneapolis.  Reports are that the 11th Airborne Division - Arctic has been put on alert for the possibility of approximately 1,500 troops to deploy.

Fifteen Presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act (some on multiple occasions).  The six most recent Presidents to do so (for eleven events) are listed below.  Curious, would the a$$hole liberal left call FDR, JFK & LBJ nazis and fascists?  Note, that on various occasions, state governors had activated the National Guard, for opposite reasons. The President federalized them, then ordered them to stand down, and brought in the federal troops.

The list is below:

Date	Invoker	Event	Results
June 21, 1943	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Race riot in Detroit.	Riot suppressed.
September 23, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Arkansas National Guard forbids black students from a school in Little Rock.	Arkansas National Guard federalized and ordered to stand down. Federal troops escort black students to school.
September 30, 1962	John F. Kennedy	Siege and riot of University of Mississippi due to racial integration.	Riot suppressed.
June 11, 1963		Governor of Alabama forbids black students from a school in Tuscaloosa.	Alabama National Guard federalized and ordered to stand down. Federal troops escort black students to school.
September 10, 1963		Alabama National Guard forbids black students from all-white schools.	Alabama National Guard federalized and ordered to stand down.
March 20, 1965[40]	Lyndon B. Johnson	Alabamian policemen suppress first Selma to Montgomery marches.	Federalization of Alabama National Guard before the third march.
July 24, 1967		Protests and riots in Detroit.	Riots suppressed.
April 5, 1968		Riots and civil unrest in multiple states after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr..	Riots suppressed.
November 24, 1987	Ronald Reagan	Prison riots in Atlanta over announced deportations of Cuban detainees.	Riot suppressed.
September 20, 1989	George H. W. Bush	Looting in the United States Virgin Islands after Hurricane Hugo.	Order restored.
May 1, 1992[50]		Riots in Los Angeles after the acquittal of policemen who beat Rodney King.	Riot suppressed.

Per Greg Jarrett:  Uninformed critics erroneously assert that Trump is barred from acting by the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of federal troops for policing on domestic soil. This is a frivolous argument since the Insurrection Act is a well-established exception to Posse Comitatus. 

Why Wasn't Local Law Enforcement Involved?

 A reader of this blog emailed me with come comments.  In particular he mentioned that shouldn't it have been local PD in Minneapolis controlling the crowd?

The simple answer is, yest, it should have been local PD.  But they work for a government (city and state) that consider themselves a sanctuary location.  Their mayor and governor side with illegal immigrants.  The local PD should have been there to arrest every individual in the crowd that threw objects at the ICE personnel, that sent firecrackers to the ICE personnel, that weaponized their vehicle against ICE.  Peaceful protests are one thing, demonstrators that commit crimes should be arrested by the local PD and charged accordingly.  Maybe, the shooting could have been avoided if the local PD had been released to do their job and enforce crowd contril measures.  But, when you have a mayor, a governor and other government officials ramping up the rhetoric these kinds of things will happen.

TDS Has Cooked Their Brains

 The liberal left wing of this country is so deeply immersed with TDS that it has definitely cooked their brains.

Let's take a look at Minnesota and the recent protests and the shootings.

Can people gather to protest?  Yes

Can people march in protest? Yes

Can people carry signs in protest?  Yes

Can people speak in protest?  Yes

Can people chant and/or sing in protest?  Yes

Can people impede traffic in protest?  No

Can people throw physical objects at law enfocement in protest?  No

Can people set off and direct fireworks at protests?  No

Can people use their vehicles as weapons at protests?  No

Can people physically strike law enforcement at protests?  No

The demosnstrations in Minneapolis are NOT peaceful protests.  Ironically, the LEO if the feds had to be biting their tongues and hikding back what they could have done days ago.  These protesters don't want to accept the truth that persons here illegaly are breaking the law.  Add to that , that many of them are criminals for other reasons, well who in their right mind would want them in this country?  

When has Mayor Frey, Governor Walz or any other high profile Dem leader stood a vigil, spoken out, or shown any type of concern for those Minnesotans who have  been killed and raped by illegals.  Check it out, the answer is never.  

Just to lightly touch on the financial side, how many billions of dollars have been expended to house, clothe, feed and provide medical services to those illegal aliens.  Anybody check the law?  It is a requirement that someone wanting to live here has to be able to show that they will not be dependent on government hand outs.  The liberal left is crying about Medicare, Social Security, SNAP etc.  Wipe those crocodile tears you dumb SOBs.  Look where the money has been spent, and we won't even talk about the fraud at this point.

How does that affect us here in Shawnee?  Easy, our taxes are part of the pool that has been espended having these criminals here.  Deportation.  Simple one word answer.

Wanna have some fun.  Ask those 7 liberal wonks on out city council if they support the protesters in Minneapolis.  Bet you won't get a definitive answer, but rather a Kamal Harris type of word salad.

The Hypocrites Are At It Again

 The two posts below are right on.  they show the true hypocrisy if the liberal Democrats in this country.

They both said exactly what was on my mind.

This was posted on line by a Terence Williams on 1/9/26.   

THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING: It’s incredible how selective some people are about outrage.

When Laken Hope Riley was brutally attacked and killed by an illegal immigrant, Democrat leaders didn’t call for marches, protests, or policy changes.

When 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was assaulted and murdered by two illegal immigrants, not a single major Democrat voice demanded deportations or accountability.

When mother of five Rachel Morin was tragically killed, again by someone who should not have been in this country, there was no national call from Democrat politicians for justice or reform.

When Dacara Thompson was assaulted and thrown from a bridge by an illegal immigrant, the silence from Democrat leadership was the same.

No statements.

No rallies.

No urgent policy push.

No labeling these criminals for what they were.

Yet suddenly, when an unhinged activist strikes an ICE agent with her car, we’re told to treat her like a victim and ignore the danger she posed. Some of these same voices are now lecturing everyone about law enforcement and morality.

If you hit an officer with a 4,000-plus pound vehicle—like Renee Nicole Good did—that vehicle becomes a deadly weapon. Officers are fully justified in defending themselves.

People see the double standard. The selective outrage. The moral grandstanding that only appears when it fits a political narrative.

That’s the real problem—and everyone knows it.

And then this by a Janet Elaine Parks on 1/8/26

LET’S GET UNCOMFORTABLY HONEST ABOUT ICE …AND THE MEDIA LIES

At this point, the way ICE is portrayed by the media is no longer journalism.

It’s fear-mongering …and it’s reckless…

We are watching a federal law enforcement agency be deliberately caricatured as:

• “Terrorists”

• “Nazis”

• “Kidnappers”

• “Rogue militias snatching people off the street”

That narrative is false, dangerous, and it has real-world consequences…

ICE agents are not vigilantes…

They are not kidnapping random citizens…

They are not operating outside the law….

They are executing federal warrants, enforcing immigration law passed by Congress, and operating under strict use-of-force and engagement rules…

They are doing their job…

But the media is counting on one thing:

that people won’t actually watch the full video..

that they won’t slow it down..

that they won’t read primary sources..

that they’ll just react emotionally to a headline..

Because outrage gets clicks…

If you watch the entire video of this recent incident in Minneapolis… and not a clipped headline version …the narrative collapses…

This was not an innocent woman “randomly shot by ICE”

This was:

a federal enforcement operation..

repeated commands given by agents

a driver who chose not to comply

a vehicle used in a way officers reasonably perceived as a deadly threat..

Under U.S. law, a vehicle is legally considered a deadly weapon when used against officers…

That’s not opinion…That’s established legal precedent…

THE HARD TRUTH PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO FACE..

When politicians and media figures:

• call ICE “Nazis”

• label agents “fascists”

• encourage interference with enforcement

• normalize blocking, surrounding, or confronting agents

They create an environment of escalation…

You don’t get to demonize law enforcement for years, rile up activists, tell people they’re morally justified in obstructing federal agents…and then act shocked when encounters turn dangerous…

Words matter.

Rhetoric matters.

Leadership matters.

And yes …responsibility matters.

ABOUT TODAY’S TRAGEDY..

A life was lost.

That is tragic. Period.

But pretending this happened in a vacuum is dishonest…

The stress, hostility, threats, and chaos ICE agents face right now are not accidental…they are the product of years of political demonization and media gaslighting…

Shame on the left wing media and democratic leaders for creating that narrative…

ICE agents operate under far more restraint than most people realize..especially considering:

• the constant threats

• the surrounding mobs

the interference

• the disinformation campaigns targeting them

Frankly, it’s surprising incidents like this haven’t happened more often….

That’s not because ICE is reckless …it’s because they’ve shown extraordinary restraint in an increasingly volatile environment…

FINAL REALITY CHECK

You can oppose immigration policy.

You can criticize enforcement priorities.

You can advocate for reform.

What you cannot do is:

lie about what ICE does..

incite hostility toward federal agents..

pretend obstruction is “peaceful protest”

ignore video evidence when it doesn’t fit your narrative..

And you don’t get to smear law enforcement as monsters …then blame them when chaos follows…

This death didn’t happen because of ICE…

It happened because truth has been replaced with propaganda…

Faith. Family. Freedom