Karen Sypher was indicted on six counts including retaliating against a victim. This story is never going away. [Ruh Ro]
Kentucky’s poor spend a larger percentage on taxes. Which makes tons of sense. Too bad Frankfort is too damn ignorant to attempt serious tax reform. [H-L]
After years of corruption and double standards, Ed Worley is getting a Democratic opponent. [Bluegrass Politics]
Barack Obama appointed notoriously ignorant Dana Perino to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Hahaha. God. What a failure this administration is turning into. This is Beshear-esque, for sure. [Politico]
Woah! Richie Farmer is alive and had one of his staffers write a letter to the Courier-Journal about bacon! [They Get Letters]
Kentucky Democratic Party dollars were used in a vote-buying scheme in Perry County. [H-L]
Can you believe this mess? Marilyn Parker is bogarting the Rand Paul money bomb idear. She’s begging people on Facebook to take part in the Marilyn Parker Money Bomb on Friday, December 4. I bet she raises literally tens of dollars. John Yarmuth is totally shaking in his boots. [Hilarity]
A judge says the Army Corps of Engineers’ negligence caused Katrina. [Woah]
How many times will Joe Arnold regurgitate what the Rand Paul campaign feeds him? We love the hilarity, sure, but this is getting a little old. [WHAS11]
Jim Beam is spending $28 million to expand in Frankfort. 120 new jobs could allegedly be created. [State Journal]
Fairdale Bigfoot is still running for mayor and he still answers your questions in a weekly advice column. [Consuming Louisville]
Oh god. We’re gonna start burning books in Nicholasville, aren’t we? Just cold cracks me up that it’s always “evangelists” who lose their shiz over books because they’re lacking, you know, sense. [H-L]
17 responses so far ↓
1 bestmid // Nov 19, 2009 at 8:42 am
Again with the shoving of Jesus down our throats. It never ends. If you don’t like a book/movie/program, don’t read or watch. Get out of my damn library. Turn the channel. Shut up, take your home-school victims (I mean, children) back home where they belong and where society needs them to stay. Turn your freaking other cheek, ya bunch of hypocrites. Get off my back with your self-righteous crap.
2 jake // Nov 19, 2009 at 8:44 am
In fairness, there are a lot of books I would like to burn.
3 E // Nov 19, 2009 at 9:03 am
In the age of the ‘internets’…people are bent out of shape over an image in a book?
*sigh*…I feel my migraine coming back…
4 Thunder Storm // Nov 19, 2009 at 9:47 am
Is this the first time in 6 year Farmer has made a public statement about something? The guy doesn’t even use email.
Farmer says the Commonwealth has a lack of “processing” facilities. What has he done to recruit other processing facilities to come to Kentucky?
It seems like an easy sell if there truly is a shortage. Even the Dunce Beshear would welcome ANY new business coming to Kentucky.
Come on Richie, get in the game and knock down some game winners! We need the jobs
5 Larry West // Nov 19, 2009 at 9:55 am
Thanks for being honest, Jake. Very few things bother me more than these “self-righteous” folks self-righteously criticizing other “self-righteous” folks while acting “self-righteous” themselves.
For example, the “banned books” folks won’t include the book “Evolution: The Fossils Say No” and other far-right books on their lists even though those books are often banned from libraries, etc.
There is narrow-mindedness on both ends of the political spectrum, although I have yet to see the vitriol (causticness) from the right that I sometimes see from the left. (I have never seen the right tell the left to “shut up,” for example – trying to stifle freedom of speech is going too far.)
Personally, I don’t think the books in question should be in the children’s section of the library, but adults should be allowed to read whatever they want. I also don’t think that the library should check out books that would be “R” rated if a movie to those under 17 without parents’ permission, or “PG-13″ for those under 13. (Since most libraries already have that restriction when checking out movies, why not also on books?)
Right-wing parents should be given freedom from worrying about their children picking up what they think are wrong things in the library’s children section, just as much as left-wing parents should be free from worrying about their children picking up something put out by the Creation Museum there, for example.
Note: The article itself said nothing about burning books.
6 Roger // Nov 19, 2009 at 10:14 am
“…although I have yet to see the vitriol (causticness) from the right that I sometimes see from the left…”
Really? …. Really? Who are these vitriolic hate monger of the left?
The right is replete with hate mongers, bullies, and people calling for violence against any that would dare disagree with them.
I’m sure there are a few on the left that are similarly ‘caustic’ on the left, but most are marginal people that no-one pays much attention to, while those on the right are glorified and idolized.
7 jake // Nov 19, 2009 at 10:16 am
Note: Do I REALLY have to explain the book burning bit?
Head – desk.
8 Mark H (Not Hebert) // Nov 19, 2009 at 10:40 am
As we evolve to e-books, would we burn, delete, shred, or erase “evil” e-books?
Burning books just has more theatrical pizazz.
9 Larry West // Nov 19, 2009 at 11:07 am
“Really? …. Really? Who are these vitriolic hate monger of the left?”
If you don’t think that “Shut up, take your home-school victims (I mean, children) back home where they belong and where society needs them to stay.” is not vitriolic and hate-mongering on the left, then you need to open your eyes. Point me to a right-wing post here that tells those on the left to “shut up” and stay home. Actually, point me to several since the “right is replete with hate mongers, bullies, and people calling for violence against any that would dare disagree with them.” Yes, there may be a couple (although I have not seen any that actually promotes violence, and that includes Dr. Simon), but saying “replete” is, I feel, in error and going too far.
Both the left and the right have their extremes, and if you don’t see that fact, then you are probably too close to the extreme that you don’t see.
And Jake, I’m not saying that there are those on both sides who promote “book-burning,” I’m just saying that the article you link to does not mention it. Unlike you, there are no books that I would like to see burned, although there are books that I don’t think children should be exposed to.
10 farmer // Nov 19, 2009 at 11:31 am
study points out that poor are paying more taxes particularly sales tax and then talks about cigarette taxes. Well, if some people are paying more taxes because they are buying more products like cigarettes, alcohol, etc. then oh well.
11 Roger // Nov 19, 2009 at 11:41 am
I stand by my post.
While. of course, both side have their extremes, any claim of parity is absurd. The right in this nation has a long and sorrowful history of violence and hatred for those that aren’t like them.
And while comedy and comedic insults can hurt those that are the target… they’re hardly vitriolic. A cheap shot? Sure. Although a lot of comedy is based on truth.
12 Larry West // Nov 19, 2009 at 11:52 am
If bestmid (post #1) was just comedy and comedic insult, then I apologize. It doesn’t read to me that way, however.
Still I would like an example here of someone on the right telling someone on the left to “shut up” and stay home, however, let alone bully and promote violence.
I do believe there is parity in this regard — convince me otherwise.
13 Conservative // Nov 19, 2009 at 12:53 pm
The Obama administration’s FCC machinations in an attempt to silence nationally syndicated conservative radio shows, through a variety of methods designed to be an end-around of the Fairness Doctrine (which I believe to be in violation of the First Amendment), would certainly be one way the left is telling the right to shut up.
Personally, I think the FCC ought to be in charge only of frequency allocation to make sure that stations don’t walk over top of each other on the broadcast dial, and get out of the business of licensing and regulating content. To fine a network because Janet Jackson’s boob falls out of her top or because some NASCAR driver cusses after being wrecked and some reporter sticks a mic in his face as soon as he crawls out of the car is ridiculous.
14 Roger // Nov 19, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Parity between “shut up” or or as I’ve heard said: “A big steaming cup of STFU” , and a legacy of murdering someone who disagrees? Really?
Convince you? Sorry, I’m not here to proselytize.
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I keep hearing from people on the right about the “Fairness Doctrine” boogeyman, but little-to-nothing about it from the left. And for the record, I’m a proponent of boobs on TV – or where-ever they happen to be.
15 eric schansberg // Nov 19, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Thanks for posting the Kentucky tax burden piece.
You’d think Democrats and “progressives” would get REALLY worked up about taxing on the working poor– whether excise taxes, state income taxes or especially the federal payroll taxes that impose such a crushing burden.
Maybe some day…
16 Conservative // Nov 19, 2009 at 9:38 pm
I keep hearing from people on the right about the “Fairness Doctrine” boogeyman, but little-to-nothing about it from the left.
That’s because no one is trying to get Rachel Madcow or Chris Matthews or Randi Rhoads (not to be confused with Ozzy’s late guitarist of the same name) or Alan Colmes off the air.
17 J. R. // Nov 19, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Larry, right-wing parents do have freedom from worrying what their children are picking up in the library. It’s called actually looking at what their children are picking up from the library. Otherwise known as parenting. It is not the library’s job to monitor what your child checks out. I grew up in a right-wing family, and when I was young, my mom would take a look at everything I picked up from the library to see what it was. If she didn’t like it, it got put back. She also did this with games, toys, and cartoons.
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