What happened to Ruckus? I can’t find it anywhere on the schedule for this week.

What happened to rucus has not been on in several weeks

My husband and I appreciate the viewpoints of the Ruckus panelists as they discuss issues impacting the lives of Missouri and Kansas citizens each week. Mike Shanin, keep up your good work as moderator.

Mr Marackian – your toast was a cheap shot

put a tie on mike shanin i am a regular viewer

I was watching your program until I heard that the urban districts have the worst teachers. I teach in an urban district, and I work hard every day. There are a lot of great teachers in urban districts.  Why are we always the problem?  Many of us could have taught elsewhere, but we chose to stay. There is much more to the problem than bad teachers. I would love to see a suburban teacher at an urban school. Or, how about anyone on your panel?

Like your show we need more voices like Mary O’s

Gee, you don’t suppose Phill Kline was going after Tiller because Tiller was deliberately breaking the law that Phill Kline, himself, wrote, do you?  If the State of Kansas had prosecuted Tiller as they should have done, chances are Tiller would be alive today – in prison, but alive.

Steve Rose toasted Rep. Yoder for what?  Raising 1 million dollars in an off-election year.  Again, I ask, for what?  If he’s talking about re-election campaign funds, and I think he is, I see nothing about that to praise.  What has he done for the people of his district?

Dear Ruckus – I know this is a national election year, but I ~hope~ that you will not spend the year discussing the national scene every week.  Especially at this point, I hate to see Ruckus wasting its time discussing the same issues talked about every day on every other channel.
Ruckus does a fabulous job covering local and state issues, which so often go completely ignored even by other local news outlets.
Please focus on local concerns.

Mike,
You were wrong to jump on Mary. You did not call on Mary during the birth control/Catholic Church issue.   She needed to be allowed to comment on Obama health care and the Catholic Church.  Women are not forced to take birth conrtol pills.  It is not a vilation of religious freedom.  You cut the whole discussion short – probably about 30 seconds.  You were not fair.  Shame.  Be fair and do not show your far right position.

Walt S.

Wally: What it is, is a violation of the First Amendment rights of Christians to force them to pay for abortifacients, which is what “morning after” pills are.  Moreover, they are not as safe as those pushing for easy access to them would have you believe.  Women have died from taking those pills.  Funny how you don’t hear much about that in the MSM, isn’t it, but then, they don’t tell the public what they don’t want the public to know.  Most people have little problem with contraceptives, but what is the problem with paying for them themselves???  Why do taxpayers have to pick up the tab?  And, while most people don’t have problems with them, the Catholic Church, in particular, does.  Why should Catholic employers be forced to go against their consciences to pay for something that goes against their religion?  The purpose of “the separation of church and state” (which Thomas Jefferson wrote about in his letter to the Baptists – it’s nowhere to be found in the U.S. Constitution, and Thomas Jefferson had no hand in drafting the Constitution) was to protect the Church from the State, not the other way around.  The Church was intended to be the conscience of the State.  When the Constitution was drafted, most of the signatories were members of both. Secular Humanists have inserted it into jurisprudence as a means of trying to wipe God out, as if they could.

Mike, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya for finally putting a muzzle on that big-mouth, Mary.

I was watching the Feb 19th episode on what to do with the west bottoms stockyard area and was disappointed that no one there had thought of preserving or adding a meuseum to as when the era of the stockyards began and ended and why. I had moved here from Denver and grew up in the Denver stockyard area and knew it well . When we moved here in 1969 I noticed the YARDS AS WE WENT DOWN TOWN AND THOUGHT HOW COOL…I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE YARDS CAME THIS FAR…I  WAS 14 then. I went down to the yards and they were empty except for all the stalls and never heard anymore as to what happened?

I tried watching the show again last night, but the format of three liberals vs. one conservative is getting old. It would be much more balanced — as well as entertaining — if you dumped one of the liberals and added a second conservative. Ron Freeman, an African-American conservative who ran for Congress, was head of the Kansas Republican Party and now is a public speaker would be an exccellent choice.

A major
irritation about politicians is their holier-than-thou attitude when it comes
to disrespecting a person’s right to privacy as it pertains to respect of the
Do Not Call List.  The Do Not Call List
is supposed to allow us to list our telephone number and not be bothered by
calls from anyone we do not provide our number to specifically with permission
to call us.

However,
politicians have always written an exception to themselves (politicians) in the
Do Not Call List, so they can call us and text us (at our expense)
unfettered.  During the last national
election, we received more than 14 text messages along with numerous voice
messages from the supposedly democratic party. 
We did not receive any from the republican party that time.  The small letter democratic and republican
are on purpose since their lack of respect means they are not truly Democratic
or Republican.

During this
election cycle, we have already begun receiving the unwanted calls.  There is a group of us who have already
decided that we will refuse to vote for any politician who calls our telephone
numbers that are on the Do Not call List. 
We will also follow the same policy for ay politician who calls or tests
our cell phones since they currently do not allow cell phones to be on the Do
Not Call List.  Unless someone
specifically “signs up” to receive spam calls, a politician should
respect the right of people to not be bothered by the call.

Yes, it may seem
contrary to be ready to vote for someone, then change that vote due to an
unasked for and unwanted call or text. 
However, if ANY politician does not respect us enough to not respect our
right to not be called, they will not respect us in any other manner, so they
do not deserve our vote.

Maybe you can
implore politicians’ to respect this right. 
We are having more people agreeing with our opinion, and there are
likely more people in other areas of the country with the same feelings.  We are just drowned out and ignored by the
mass and political persuasion groups, but maybe our votes will make the
difference in who is elected.  At least
we will know we did not place our vote for anyone, Republican, Democrat,
Independent, or other, who star of by disrespecting us and perpetuating the
“golden politician syndrome” of a law not being applicable to them.

Terrific show. Especially the lady who disagrees with Mike a lot.( Mary )

No, Anne, I would not prefer all men to talk on the show. But you, like Mary, are a bit closed-minded in your thinking. The show is supposed to be shared thoughts not a display of smug attitudes. Mike strives to give all his guests equal time so it is not necessary to interrupt.

Does Gwen ever toast a non-african american?  She and L Duigood are sooooo biased/prejudiced.  Surely you could find a Black person who is more representative of the population.    

You need a picture ID to register to vote, but the panel think there is something wrong with requiring the same ID when you actually vote?

Local issues is where the guests have expertise and make the show worthwhile.  But Mr Shanin needs to rotate in some fresh minds with views that aren’t restated week after week.  Really, it’s time for the moderator to move on to full time FOX reporter.

On the August 9th show Steve Mirakian says the US Olympic Committee receives no government funds. Mary says it does. Steve then says, “Not much.” Who is right? As a non-profit, the USOC receives no regular monetary support from Uncle Sam. Why does Mary disagree with Steve’s assertion?

Hey brainiac, it’s pharmaceutical. Lighten up-don’t have a cow! Otherwise, you’ll be doing a dirt nap and miss the elections. I thought she was the incumbent, not Akin.

How do you spell sycophant? 

Pertaining to the broadcast on 10/11/12… You got the ‘sound-byte’ of Al Gore in at the end.
Why wasn’t the comment by Mr. Romney concerning ‘Turning off the Tap’ of federal funding on Public Television addressed? Did you ( or the station) feel it would be a conflict of interest in addressing it? (I left Big Bird alone…)