Soo…. How long will it take our Gas Station Governor to appoint Ken Winters as Joe Meyer’s replacement in the Education & Workforce spot? [Just Wondering]
More than half of teachers report buying food for hungry students with their own money. These are the times we’re living in. [HuffPo]
Democrats like Ben Chandler should be quite nervous. [Hotline On Call]
This is why I refused to link to the Washington Moonie Times several months ago when the paper begged me to add a link. Well, one of the many reasons. [Media Matters]
National political pundits are still hedging their bets on Jack Conway, the only candidate who isn’t wholly embarrassing in Kentucky. [MSNBC]
PEE ALERT: Apparently, we’re the “radical left.” Because I’m such a feminist and such a liberal. Never mind that David himself begged me to write about things by sending the press release to me. [Paultard Manager]
HELLO! Perfect gift for a guy named Jake. Just saying. [The WHY Louisville Store]
Another pee alert: “At about 3:15 in this horrifying white-rap teabagging paultard video, there is a vaguely hot gal literally raising her hands in the air like she just don’t care. We’re going to assume brain damage here, or some kind of congenital body odor issue severe enough to even keep away the lonesome middle-aged dudes in their Barry Lyndon hats.” [Wonkette]
Dine out for Life next Wednesday, December 2. You could go to our favorite places: Blue Dog, Cafe Lou Lou, Havana Rumba, Porcini, Simply Thai. Mmmm. [Click Here for Details]
The UofL student who won a Rhodes Scholarship is from Boyd County in Eastern Kentucky. Huzzuh. We’re smart in the mountains after all. [H-L]
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1 Novena // Nov 25, 2009 at 1:19 pm
“Teachers Care–and the Rest of Us?
That 63% of our teachers care enough about hungry kids to give them food money is both a compliment to the teachers and an unmitigated shame on our society. America needs to face the fact that almost 1/4 of our youth go hungry every day–in the wealthiest nation ever. It is a nation of two worlds–one for the rich, one for the poor. It is a nation that should begin to address its wider social, economic and political problems (which are huge) and stop blaming schools and teachers for what the public and its pols are too gutless to change. Do we really care about our kids, especially other people’s children? Or do we believe more in apartheid?
2 Novena // Nov 25, 2009 at 1:29 pm
“Praise for Monica and Her Dad”
Monica Marks, Rhodes Scholar, you uplift the spirit of UofL. You are indeed one of those who has achieved the American Dream that is so often a myth for most of our people. I salute your aim to become a human rights lawyer (we need more of them and far fewer corporate sycophants). I also applaud your dad for rising above narrow religious boundaries in encouraging your education–one you used so fully and wonderfully.
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