Rand Paul has a dream that one day his children won’t be kicked out of restaurants for smoking, but because of the color of their skin, as is the right of the property owner. [Barefoot & Progressive]
Last night Tony McVeigh broke the story about an upcoming parole hearing for Harrison Yonts, son of State Rep. Brent Yonts. You should give it a read/listen. [Kentucky Public Radio]
Oh, looky there, the national folks took note of Jack Conway’s latest campaign video about Rand Paul. [HuffPo]
Now Harry Reid has taken to fighting Mitch McConnell like an old lady trying to cut line at Kroger on senior citizen discount today. Goodness gracious. Watching these two old ladies fight is tiresome. [The Hill]
Rand Paul is, indeed, wrong on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Take it from that Mommy Lady. [Mommy Lady]
Should we be concerned that Teresa Isaac is palling around with some furriner terra-ist-types? [Twitter]
This is why the faux Kentucky Equality Federation isn’t worthy of your time. Not just because the Office of the Attorney General fined the group’s leader for swindling $15,000 from college groups last year. [H-L]
Kentucky’s primary election results were officially certified by the Kentucky Board of Elections. [WFPL]
Papaw Governor Steve Beshear says there will be job cuts and benefit losses without congressional action. [Ryan Alessi]
Meemaw and poppop need to stop getting scammed. Do not give out your bank account information unless you’re paying a bill, meemaw! [H-L]
Maybe our legislative leaders wouldn’t get away with highway robbery (pun intended) if the Courier-Journal editorial board would force its paper to dig deeper on the legislative front and closely scrutinize people like Larry Clark. [C-J]
6 responses so far ↓
1 Lisa Graas // Jun 8, 2010 at 9:05 am
Regarding the teen assault case, THIS is what should be making big headlines:
“Williams, 18, testified that on April 16, Schwab, Sams and the 17-year-old took her to Flat Lick Falls, forced her to walk to a spot near a cliff, choked her with a chain and hit her with sticks. Sams picked up a heavy rock and said she would crush Williams’ head with it after the others pushed her over the cliff, Williams testified.”
This part below is not relevant:
“Williams is openly gay. The other teens — her longtime friends — attacked her because of her sexuality, Williams said.”
It doesn’t matter why she was allegedly attacked. The fact that she was attacked at all in such a violent manner is the problem, no matter the reason for it. Bullying is bullying. Assault is assault. Murder is murder.
2 Belknap Banquo // Jun 8, 2010 at 11:20 am
First Governor Beshear proposes a budget with over 700 million dollars from a revenue source currently illegal under Kentucky law. Then Greg Stumbo and David Williams play asphalt barons in closed rooms while legislators diddle themselves awaiting the magic parchment they haven’t read but are whipped into voting for, and now the Governor is off begging Congress to fund hundreds of millions of dollars Kentucky didn’t have in our piggy bank but have “budgeted” for in special session. Congress is still holding on to nearly 400 billion dollars of un-spent “stimulus” monies to be strategically un-leashed right before the upcoming elections and now state governments are begging a bankrupt Uncle Sam to write more checks for state and local responsibilities. Yes, we’ll be Greece very soon.
3 wondering // Jun 8, 2010 at 11:37 am
Lisa, the heart of this case is that the accused say it was a prank that the “victim” went along with. If the “victim” is lying then a perjury or false swearing charge would be very appropriate. I think the justice system should deal harshly with those who make false accusations.
4 Lisa Graas // Jun 8, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Of course perjury should be punished, but the only relevance her sexual lifestyle has to the case is proving motivation. The alleged crimes themselves (assault and perjury) should be our primary focus on what we should be outraged about. *IF* they assaulted this young woman, they should go to jail. Remember the Shanda Sharer case? *IF* she committed perjury, she should be dealt with according to the law, as well. I just do not like to see group pitted against group as in the motivation for an assault being sensationalized over the assault itself.
5 Michael Brown // Jun 8, 2010 at 3:46 pm
You are such a joke Jacob Payne. Kentucky Equality Federation rocks and was found guilty of nothing. However, you have just crossed the line and I am forwarding this to Jordan Palmer and Jill Hall Rose, you cannot slander people. Your facts are wrong. One would have thought you would have grown up a little by now.
6 jake // Jun 8, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Interesting. Where’s the slander? Unfortunately for you, I deal with the facts. Let’s take a trip:
You mean like the time KEF slandered Senate President David Williams, accusing him of being gay?
You do recall that the Office of the Attorney General – through an AVC – took $5,750 from KEF, correct? Click here if you’re having fuzzy memories. Jordan himself had to pay for the OAG’s investigation.
Surely you remember it. You folks went ballistic lobbing threats galore.
Maybe you should dig a little deeper into the memory bank.
Or are you going to attempt to retaliate against our sources again, Nancy?
Yeah, I know you’re Nancy Couch, Jordan’s mother:
You should think twice about slandering me when you’re commenting from a system so identifiable. That’s stupidity on your part.
Maybe you’ll send another cease & desist letter because we published public records from the Attorney General? And then slandered ME dozens of times?
Do you really want me to start publishing all the documents I have received from fairness groups around the state? Maybe all the stories I’ve heard from the OAG and other law enforcement? REALLY? Because I will if you keep trashing me.
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