tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post4806229906337745083..comments2007-11-19T22:08:51.556-06:00Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-87456784035913766462007-11-19T22:08:00.000-06:002007-11-19T22:08:00.000-06:00hello, just i'd like to ask if its dangerous to live in KC?, 'cause i recieve an offer to work for the KC goverment , but i didn't know there was a lot of racial tension ,so dont wanna be beated for anyone , so im a Mexican legaly of course and am asking u how much violence has existed lately?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-46990471699380823292007-10-27T03:40:00.000-05:002007-10-27T03:40:00.000-05:00shut the fuck upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-5563362779558239702007-10-25T01:25:00.000-05:002007-10-25T01:25:00.000-05:00I have to agree that, in these enlightened times, the one poster was insensitive in saying "I work with a bunch of Mexicans." I would have said, "I work with about two dozen persons of Mexican ancestry," and I would have then gone on to say what percentage I believe to have been born on US soil, and what percentage were "first generation Mexican Americans," giving them the benefit of the doubt as to citizenship status. But then I would have allowed myself to rant a bit about the US becoming North Mexico. We cannot support an unchecked influx of persons, from anywhere, all at once. <BR/><BR/>Unbridled numbers of immigrants flooding the land do not make life better for themselves or the people already here. Good Sense and Moderation are needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-23123477588399427392007-10-24T20:27:00.000-05:002007-10-24T20:27:00.000-05:00The only racism in this whole argument is coming from you & people like you.I love legal immigrants,those who are willing to go through the process,it takes a committment to become a citizen of the USA.My Great Grandfather made that committment & I'm glad he did.I am now a citizen of a nation I am proud of.I'm not mailing money home somewhere & hoping someday to return.This is my country & I want to stay here.Herbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573676282919868472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-25183314811541791572007-10-24T17:23:00.000-05:002007-10-24T17:23:00.000-05:00Hate to respond anonymously, but this strikes me as the kind of environment where disagreement is going to be met with scorn and accusations, as opposed to attempts at understanding, and I don't really need those kinds of emails. <BR/><BR/>I find the bile in this posting to be very distasteful, and the accusations of racism leveled at those who differ on a basic political opinion: i.e. whether membership in an anti-immigration organization (or anti-illegal, or however you wish to describe the Minutemen) should be considered reason enough, in a vacuum, to exclude a person from public service. The Latino leadership in this city appears to feel the correct answer is "yes, it should", and point to their 60% support of Funkhouser to bolster their stance that they are "owed" this favor.<BR/><BR/>It is apparent that most of the white community disagrees, and feels that membership in this organization, however distasteful it might be to those of us with more enlightened views on immigration (including myself), does not disqualify one from public service BY ITSELF. No one is arguing that we should allow racist policies on the Parks board. In fact, the chairman of the Parks board is Latino, which seems like an obvious check against the risk of racist policies being the end result of appointment of a person of questionable racial tolerance. However, Frances Semler is an individual, not an organization. Is she personally racist? Has anyone demonstrated writings from her pen, or words from her lips showing that she is overtly racist? I have followed her story, and I have not seen any solid evidence to indicate that she is anything but a good-intentioned, but perhaps misguided, supporter of enforcement of immigration law.<BR/><BR/>I personally welcome immigration, and feel that the influx of freshly minted Americans is the best possible thing for our nation. I feel we should allow as many immigrants into our nation as we can integrate into our economy and employ legally. I feel we should liberalize our immigration system to make it easier for all workers, particularly Latin workers, to come to this country and seek legal employment. I don't extend the same attitude toward illegal immigration, strictly as a matter of national order, and my attitude applies to Canadians just as it does to Mexicans. Does that make me a racist? Should I be kept out of public service? Or is it only those who organize who are subject to this ban?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-42562993951429978122007-10-24T00:12:00.000-05:002007-10-24T00:12:00.000-05:00<B>102 and counting, Sr. Painty</B><BR/><BR/>Just want everyone to know that I am writing at you, not at Don Tony.<BR/><BR/><I>¡I like that hombre Tony. He has a face for radio, such a good looking caballero!</I><BR/><BR/>Y tu, <I>pedazo de caca</I>, Painty. ¡Your face looks like it is still being sat on by your momma! <BR/><BR/>That's probably why you are the way you are - a sad little man, <I>viejo seco. </I>Paintman's Housekeepernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-34269161643612250352007-10-23T23:57:00.000-05:002007-10-23T23:57:00.000-05:00<B>101 is better, cabróncito! </B><BR/><BR/>Why did you call la migra on me, jotito? I have been swimming for three days and nights just to get back here to write at you some more, pendejito. <BR/><BR/>You are going to pay for this. <I>¡Juro que si!</I> <BR/><BR/>Tomorrow I am going to put bugs in your raisin bran, and spit in your milk. We'll see how you like that, para que aprendes, putito.Paintman's housekeepernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-82844172416030572272007-10-23T23:26:00.000-05:002007-10-23T23:26:00.000-05:00I'm the 100th commenter....hahathepaintmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16278425621411312438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-32619658714644662042007-10-23T18:06:00.000-05:002007-10-23T18:06:00.000-05:00I'm just doing my part to help get you over the 100-comment mark...Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735213378851473207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-77553547654619164482007-10-23T17:04:00.000-05:002007-10-23T17:04:00.000-05:00LMAO.... Tony, you have got to be the biggest, stinkiest, piece of crap wrapped in human skin. You crack me up. I am so glad the RACIST group LaRaza is not coming to KC. Now if we can only find a way to get your dumb Latino pathetic wetback ass out as well, we'll all be better off. LaRaza promotes illegal immigration, and sounds like you do to. You should be hung by your nuts for treason, you piece of dog feces. You have done nothing for this community. You are the epidimy of Basement Dwelling Porn Scum. You are so less than a man. Hell... Mexican woman are more manly than you are. And I should know.. I've banged my share of Mexican trash... scratch that... I mean dated my share of Latino Ladies... You're such a dorkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-53880842583757770202007-10-23T13:54:00.000-05:002007-10-23T13:54:00.000-05:00Only reason, I found this crappy site, was through a link, that wants to shed the light on you, and show what a racist you are! I'm glad Laraza's not going to be here, you want to talk about racist. What does Laraza stand for the " Race" that implys that other races, are inferior. Who said we want Laraza here! Minutemen are true patriots, they watch the border and alert, the border patrol, they're not breaking any laws, they're just helping out. God bless the Usa, if you and your fellow mexicans, don't like it, and you all think were Racists, leave with Laraza!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-11865087667617561432007-10-23T11:50:00.000-05:002007-10-23T11:50:00.000-05:00Mijo,<BR/>I´ve been reading these comments with much interest.<BR/><BR/>One of your anonymous commentors said "I work with a bunch of Mexicans. For the most part they are good people and not as bitter and mean spirited as you."<BR/><BR/>Does this goon not realize his very statement is one of the most racist of all comments? Bunch? You can have a bunch of bananas. A bunch of monkies. A bunch of cagada. However, Human Beings are not Bunches. Additionally, I would venture to say, the people he calls "Bunch of Mexicans" are most likely American Citizens. This racist calls Americans who are Hispanic "a bunch of Mexicans."<BR/><BR/>He just doesn´t get it. Then he has the gall, the utter gall to say you are bitter. This guy is bitter and he is truly a racist. Shame on him!!<BR/><BR/>Momma DeeDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-85479595080929279562007-10-23T08:02:00.000-05:002007-10-23T08:02:00.000-05:00Tony, You are a mighty Latino warrior. Fighting for the many injustices brought to your community and battling the ever growing forces of racism. |pissing my pants ROFLMFAO| Your plight is right and true and you sacrifice so much in your valiant efforts to dissuade those nefarious white evil doers who are hell bent on destroying all that you have accomplished in regards to bridging the Latino community with the other races. You will forever be known as an inspiration for many millions of racially challenged, basement dwelling, porn addicts. In spite of your race, you are a valuable commodity for this city and our country Tony. Dare I say our world?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101067907981929414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-24482284805258465362007-10-22T23:51:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:51:00.000-05:00No joke, Jena is that REAL racist vibe that makes KC look nice by comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-54218463882404488382007-10-22T23:22:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:22:00.000-05:00If you think Kansas City is a racist town, maybe you should spend a night in Jena.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-51978873793462867702007-10-22T22:51:00.000-05:002007-10-22T22:51:00.000-05:00When my dog gets this yippy I give him part of a valium. What is the proper dosage for a snack cake eatin' chihuahua?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-30691581728438389402007-10-22T22:46:00.000-05:002007-10-22T22:46:00.000-05:00"unapologetic, bigoted, reactionary and racist" -- rule by Gloria and her Vulcan Consort.hoodratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-37900013765154762122007-10-22T22:44:00.000-05:002007-10-22T22:44:00.000-05:00AWESOME POST MAN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-44784073917139866692007-10-22T21:04:00.000-05:002007-10-22T21:04:00.000-05:00The Minuteman's Tale<BR/><BR/>A civil rights group writes about a vigilante's storied past<BR/><BR/>By TIM VANDERPOOL<BR/><BR/>It started darkly, with a phone greeting just after Sept. 11: "Hi, this is Chris. ... Due to the horrific changes in our society in the last few days, I now must preface that I will accept offers of communication only from people who preface their message with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America. If you include that with your message, I look forward to communicating with you, and have a great day. Thanks. Bye."<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the peculiar world of Chris Simcox, vigilante leader, right-wing dilettante and, according to one new report, a man rapidly skidding towards extremist delusion. In "Minuteman Leader Has Troubled Past," the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center portrays a confused and dangerous demagogue whose rapacity for conspiracy theories exploded as the Twin Towers imploded.<BR/><BR/>In Southern Arizona, he's known as co-founder of the Minuteman Project and former owner of the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper. But according to the report, Simcox arrived here with a little baggage from his tumultuous Los Angeles past--one rich with wild-eyed rants, violent outbursts and an alleged molestation attempt.<BR/><BR/>The SPLC was founded in 1971 to fight hate crime and racism. In Simcox, it apparently found shades of both. The center began investigating the vigilante chieftain "because he was making very bigoted statements about Hispanics, and he sounded a bit crazy," says Mark Potok, SPLC Intelligence Project director. "Simcox in many ways represents a lot of people in the vigilante movement."<BR/><BR/>Contacted by the Tucson Weekly, Simcox in turn accuses the SPLC of "conducting a witch hunt."<BR/><BR/>"I consider the Southern Poverty Law Center a hate group," he says. "Their goal is to slander and stereotype people."<BR/><BR/>But what SPLC reporters Susy Buchanan and David Holthouse found was a former primary school teacher who left frightened ex-spouses, bizarre behavior and plenty of firepower in his wake. If Simcox was paranoid before Sept. 11, they write, he was raving in its aftermath. "His phone messages and conversations with relatives were growing increasingly bizarre. He talked endlessly about stockpiling firearms and apocalyptic premonitions. Los Angeles was doomed, he said. Then, on Sept. 30, he fled the city for good. 'I'm going on a great adventure,' he told his teenaged son. 'If I end up going to prison, you can always e-mail me.'"<BR/><BR/>But old memories die hard. Take Deborah Crews, his first ex-wife, who accused Simcox of pedophilia in 1998. "He tried to molest our daughter when he was intoxicated," Crews told the SPLC. "When she ran out, he tried to say he was just giving her a leg massage and she got the wrong idea.<BR/><BR/>"He's a drastic, chaotic, very dangerous guy," Crews added. "I'm surprised he hasn't shot anybody yet. I see him on TV and I have to turn if off, because it makes me sick to see him getting all this attention."<BR/><BR/>Today, Simcox calls those molestation claims "a bunch of crap, considering that I just spent Christmas with my daughter, and she's pretty estranged from her mother as well."<BR/><BR/>The scene was little better between Simcox and his second wife, Kim Dunbar. She filed for full custody of their son "because she feared that Simcox had suffered a mental breakdown and was dangerous," says the SPLC story.<BR/><BR/>In sworn affidavits, Dunbar testified that Simcox would fly into sudden and violent rages during their marriage. "He once took a knife from the kitchen and threatened to kill himself," she said. "When he was angry, he broke furniture, car windows, he banged his head against the wall repeatedly and punched things."<BR/><BR/>When their son was 4 years old, Dunbar said, Simcox slapped him with such force that the marks lasted for two days. And she reported grabbing her boy and jumping out the window another time, because Simcox was heaving furniture at them.<BR/><BR/>Her husband always emerged morose from his outbursts: "He would stare at walls, mumbling to himself," she told the court. At one time, she reportedly tried to have him hospitalized, but he rejected all professional help. Finally, she said, "the only thing I could do was file for divorce."<BR/><BR/>And after Sept. 11, she started filing emergency appeals. "I am convinced he has had some kind of mental lapse," she said, "and I am now, more than ever, afraid for my son to be in Chris' care." At the same time, says the SPLC report, Simcox would leave ranting phone messages about terrorist attacks, nuclear bombs targeting L.A. and the fact that their then-15-year-old son sorely needed a little good gun training.<BR/><BR/>Soon Dunbar was awarded full custody.<BR/><BR/>At that point, Simcox was drifting. He tried joining the U.S. Border Patrol, but was too old. So he struck out for the borderland, eventually rambling into Tombstone and a brief gunfight actor's gig. Then he reportedly raided his son's college fund to buy the Tumbleweed, according to the SPLC. And that's when the Simcox we've come to know started to emerge. Soon, he'd formed the Civil Homeland Defense Corps, a ragtag band of weekend warriors bent on turning back Southern Arizona's migrant hordes.<BR/><BR/>Today, Simcox dismisses the entire SPLC report as culled "from one ugly divorce, and another with the court considering that me wanting to sign my son up for an NRA-sanctioned gun-safety course was inappropriate.<BR/><BR/>"Other than the court records," he says, "90 percent of it is inaccurate and blatant lies. I could really care less--it has nothing to do with anything now."<BR/><BR/>But the past may portend the future, says Potok. "This wasn't an attempt to pillory the guy with unpleasant things his ex-wives had to say about him. I think what is most important in this story is the idea that he is a chaotic individual, a person who is acting for reasons other than the reasons he says."<BR/><BR/>Potok calls Simcox an unstable conspiracy theorist who draws extremists to his cause. "I don't mean to suggest that everyone in the Minutemen and other (vigilante) groups are Klansmen or off their rockers," Potok says. "But we have seen time and again that the leadership of this movement is shot through with people who are racists, very militaristic and seem somewhat divorced from reality.<BR/><BR/>"Conspiracy theories run through these groups from top to bottom. Our overall concern is that the mixture of false conspiracy theories, a lot of weapons and a great deal of bigotry is really a tinderbox waiting to explode."Judged by the company you keepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-3723699373628755642007-10-22T20:43:00.000-05:002007-10-22T20:43:00.000-05:00Wow. I'm really shocked by all of the racism on display in this thread.<BR/><BR/>I live in Midtown. I voted for Mayor Funkhouser because I thought he would make some changes. This isn't exactly what I had in mind. <BR/><BR/>I support diversity. I'm not afraid of immigrants or African-Americans. The Mayor I voted for was going to unite Kansas City and work on infrastructure while standing against TIF for corporations. <BR/><BR/>Mark Funkhouser hasn't really done much of anything but get bogged down in this debate. It's just as much his fault as anyone else. It takes two to tango :) <BR/><BR/>I won't be voting for Funkhouser again.Just Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-52672528670266417562007-10-22T20:38:00.000-05:002007-10-22T20:38:00.000-05:00I work with a bunch of Mexicans. For the most part they are good people and not as bitter and mean spirited as you.<BR/><BR/>I did not read all of your writing but I did notice that you made personal insults to Mike Hendricks. The man is a true supporter of the patriot Minutemen.<BR/><BR/>The Minutemen are protecting us all and they should be commended for their work. <BR/><BR/>Mayor Funkhouser did the right thing by not agreeing to blackmail. <BR/><BR/>I applaud him and I promise that I will never read your blog again. <BR/><BR/>You are the true racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-38811738379505447572007-10-22T20:32:00.000-05:002007-10-22T20:32:00.000-05:00Bravo Tony. YOU have brought out the worst in Kansas City.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2474111661230296042007-10-22T20:30:00.000-05:002007-10-22T20:30:00.000-05:00I don't agree with this stupid blog. <BR/><BR/>I do agree with a recall of Funkhouser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-79087974160474528872007-10-22T20:26:00.000-05:002007-10-22T20:26:00.000-05:00I'm wondering about traffic and influence. Is Tony's blog really that popular is it just him posting anonymously and a few other nutcases.<BR/><BR/>Sadly Tony is such a coward there is no way we'll ever know. Not that anybody really cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-17580659183936446892007-10-22T19:38:00.000-05:002007-10-22T19:38:00.000-05:00Right Tony, I mean Dee.<BR/><BR/>Working hard today I see. Especially on the Hendrix thread eh?<BR/><BR/>ROFLMAO<BR/><BR/>Humor guy. It's all a joke right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com