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Entries from April 2009

Regular Monday Afternoon Time Wasters

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

A big money Republican donor with an atrocious history regarding worker safety, environmental standards and insider trading. He’s just the person Daniel Mongiardo loves to be in cahoots with. And he’s the kind of person he loves taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from. [Barefoot & Progressive] More on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Dan Mongiardo · Discrimination · Economy · Health Care · Jack Conway · Jim Bunning · Law Enforcement · Mitch McConnell · Polling · Senate

Richie: Keep Eatin’ Them Pigs, Fat Boy!

April 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Fancy Important Person Richie Farmer says, “Don’t worry! Keep eatin’ them pigs, fat boy! Don’t be skeert!” CLICK TO VISIT SITE And in related news: Since when is the Department of Agriculture a “Consumer Protection” agency? Suppose that’s the case as with all state agencies?

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Tags: FEAR! · Health Care · Kentucky Business

Obama Wants Mountaintop Removal Reversal

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

President Barack Obama wants to reverse the Bush-era rule allowing mountaintop removal wastes to be dumped near streams. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday that the administration will ask the courts to abandon a rule that made it easier for coal mining companies to dump waste near streams. Prior to President George W. Bush’s change, [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Eastern Kentucky · Environment

VoteVets Has New Ads on Energy & Security

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Here’s an example of the first one: Click here to learn more and to put other ads on the air. Cause you know this would fire people up in Kentucky.

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Tags: Economy · Mainstream · Military · Veterans

NGP Made a Killing From Kentucky Campaigns

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

About a month ago we brought a rather interesting campaign finance issue to your attention. It seems NGP, a national software vendor for Democratic campaigns, could have betrayed thousands of Democrats. The company promotes itself as only working with Democrats and only supporting Democratic interests. But it turns out that couldn’t be further from the [...]

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Tags: Andrew Horne · Ben Chandler · Bruce Lunsford · Campaign Finance · Dan Mongiardo · Flashback · Greg Fischer · Investigation · Jack Conway · John Yarmuth · Steve Beshear · Wasted Money

What’s the Stimulus Mean for Kentucky?

April 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A recent press release from the White House indicated that Kentucky will receive stimulus funds for the following: $34,898,645 for child care $25,382,500 in energy block grants $70,913,750 for weatherization $52,533,000 for energy rebates $1,051,494,526 potentially available for education reform $4,974,534 for four new community health centers $5,124,387 to expand 19 community health centers $1,356,017 [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Economy · Health Care · Jobs

The Sheldon Berman & C-J Spin Job Begins

April 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Want proof the Courier-Journal is in bed with Jefferson County Public Schools? Here you go: JCPS Superintendent Sheldon Berman sent out a memo to members of the Jefferson County Board of Education yesterday, defending his recommendation earlier this month to approve a contract with a non-profit organization in which he also serves on its board [...]

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Tags: Education · Hypocrisy · Investigation

Oh Snap Monday! Wasn’t the Weekend Beautiful?

April 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The Los Angeles Times reported Mitch McConnell’s criticism of reconciliation without noting his past support of profess. [Media Matters] What is it with American Administrations and their complicity to allow genocide to occur? And why is Barack Obama such a coward? Why is he afraid to call Armenian genocide what it is? [LA Times] Can [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Brad Cummings · Dan Mongiardo · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Environment · FEAR! · Flashback · Greg Stumbo · Jim Bunning · Mitch McConnell

Louisville Metro Corrections Does It Again

April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Remember the little mess Rick got into a couple months ago? The routine legal issue that landed him lost in the Louisville Department of Metro Corrections for nearly eighteen hours? Read all about it here, here and here. Remember the lines Chief of Metro Corrections Mark Bolton and his Spokesperson fed us at the time? [...]

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Tags: Flashback · Frustration · Hypocrisy · Wasted Money

Don’t Forget Comment on Kentucky Tonight

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Watch Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. on KET. Scheduled guests: Ryan Alessi, Herald-Leader Tom Loftust, Courier-Journal Should be an interesting show. Don’t miss it.

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Tags: Journalism · Mainstream