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Entries from May 2009

TGIF! Beautiful Bluegrass Weekend Is Upon You

May 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Want free Louisville Bats tickets? Hurry and enter. We’ll select a winner in the early afternoon. [Page One] Really, what the hell is up with gas prices? And when will Kentucky actually do something about them? We’re tired of talking points and lip service. [C-J] Haha – Mitch McConnell said he didn’t watch Dick “Darth [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Contest · Economy · Giving Back · Health Care · Humor · Hypocrisy · Jack Conway · Jim Bunning · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mitch McConnell · Senate · Steve Beshear · Trey Grayson · UofL

Win Free Louisville Bats Tickets Again!

May 21st, 2009 · 14 Comments

We’re giving away tickets to tomorrow’s (Friday, 05/22) Louisville Bats game at Slugger Field. Great seats, great game, great spot in town. And sometimes there are fireworks on Friday night. You wanna win? Leave a comment and use your real email address in the email field so we can contact you. Have at it. I’ll [...]

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Tags: Contest · Giving Back

Trey Grayson Is Bringing the Big Dogs

May 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments

Trey Grayson just announced a pretty huge finance committee for his exploratory campaign for the U.S. Senate. Some of the more interesting names on the list? State Rep. Scott Brinkman of Louisville, Metro Councilman Ken Fleming of Louisville, oil baron Matt Thornton of Louisville, Brad Cowgill of Lexington, Scott Crosbie of Lexington, Mike Harris of [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Jim Bunning · Senate · Spotted · Trey Grayson

Newsflash: Kentuckians Are Terribly Unhealthy

May 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments

Today the Department for Public Health released results of its annual health survey. 20.3% of those 18 and older report only fair or poor general health. Residents of Appalachia report much higher rates of poor health and chronic diseases than those in non-Appalachian areas. And those Kentuckians with only a high school diploma or less [...]

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Tags: Eastern Kentucky · Health Care · Poverty · Stats

When Will UofL Stop Wasting Our Money?

May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Dear University of Louisville: STOP WASTING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS! This is getting ridiculous and it needs to end once and for all. What seemed like a simple change involving the Mint Jubilee Derby Eve gala has devolved into a legal battle pitting the event’s co-founders against the University of Louisville. Today Chris Thieneman is filing [...]

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Tags: Chris Thieneman · UofL · Wasted Money

Say Hello to Roger Quarles & Jim Anderson Stivers

May 21st, 2009 · 25 Comments

Roger Quarles & Jim Anderson Stivers: You may want to think twice before spreading all kinds of misinformation. Check out what these two have been spreading around lately: From: jstivers jstivers@fewpb.net Subject: fyi Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, Subject: JACOB PAYNE — Please read! Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:07:36 From: Roger Quarles rogerquarles1960@yahoo.com To: [...]

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Tags: Dan Mongiardo · FEAR! · Humor · Jack Conway

Thursday Morning Dept of Power’s Out Again

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Uh, thanks, LG&E. The wind blows and power goes out? Thank you, sir, may I have some more? We’ll keep bending over for you. That said, here’s some junk for you to waste work time on while we go somewhere with electricity. John Yarmuth is switching spokescritters. [Joe Gerth] And yet another Metro Agency in [...]

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Tags: Congress · Corruption · Education · Environment · Flashback · Gambling · Jim Bunning · John Yarmuth · Kentucky Tourism · KY-3 · Taxes

Wednesday Afternoon Time For Lost Withdrawal

May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Are you ready to pee yourself laughing? Get ready. It’s hilarious. [Page One] Will Teresa Isaac cost Jim Gray the mayoral race in 2010? Or will her negatives push her out of the race? [Barefoot & Progressive] Today Attorney General Jack Conway announced that Kentucky has joined up with the Federal Trade Commission in a [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Discrimination · Economy · Education · Flashback · Health Care · Humor · Investigation · Jack Conway · Rand Paul · Senate · The Gays · Trey Grayson · Veterans

Ensuring Veterans Get the Help They Deserve

May 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments

John Waltz, a veteran and current Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress in Kentucky’s fourth district wants to share the following with our readership: When I became disabled in 2006 after I started having seizures I found it nearly impossible to get any help at all. Getting signed up for health care through the Veterans [...]

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Tags: Congress · Geoff Davis · KY-4 · Veterans

Attention Nutbags – Stop With The Spam

May 20th, 2009 · 17 Comments

Okay, the blow nutbag has spammed over 200 comments today. But this one is just HILARIOUS: Author : jim anderson stivers (IP: 199.1.133.126 , host-199-001-133-126.dhcp.fewpb.net) E-mail : jstivers@fewpb.net Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=199.1.133.126 Comment: I’ve got a picture of Dr. Dan snorting coke with Jennifer Moore, Jim Gooch, and Bob Feeler. Just wait till I post it! [...]

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Tags: FEAR! · Humor