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Entries from March 2011

Judge: Passport Records Subject To Sunshine Laws

March 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments

If you missed it yesterday, here’s a good look at the hypocrisies of the sinking teabagger and his campaign. [Page One] Whattya mean the labor shenanigans in Wisconsin are just about Republicans sticking it to Democrats? Surely not. [HuffPo] Why has the New York Times banned the term “Polish concentration camps” from its paper? [The [...]

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Tags: Budget · Education · Election 2011 · Giving Back · Health Care · Hypocrisy · Kentucky Business · Labor · Mitch McConnell · Taxes

The Walrus, Frankfort & A Kid Ruining Everything

March 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Faux teabagger Phil Moffett says he doesn’t want to see Rand Paul run for president. [Ryan Alessi] FACT: This is how it really happened, maybe. Someone needs to ask the Creation Museum folks for clarification. [Toothpaste For Dinner] Jim Gooch is working hard to ruin Louisville. Bet any visit he makes to the city won’t [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Budget · Election 2011 · Environment · FEAR! · Health Care · Humor · Mainstream Mistake · Polling · Presidential Race · Rand Paul

Ceremonial Signing For HB52 & HB164 Was Today

March 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Earlier today, Governor Steve Beshear held a ceremonial signing for House Bills 52 and 164, sponsored by Reps. Joni Jenkins and Mary Lou Marzian, respectively. It’s a a good thing, really, and the Governor’s Office sent out a release about the event. Rather than share with you the 80% of the release where Papaw is [...]

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Tags: Giving Back · Spotted · Steve Beshear

Want TIckets To See Bob At Actors Theatre?

March 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

Here’s the deal: I’ve got Actors Theatre tickets to give away for Bob. Full disclosure (unlike other locals who refuse to disclose where their stuff comes from, violating FTC rules): Acquired by me, not freebies. About the show: Sometimes it comes down to just one thing: Bob. Bob was born and abandoned in a White [...]

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Tags: Contest · Giving Back · Kentucky Tourism

Get On The Adams-Moffett Train To Delusion Land

March 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

You know what I don’t like? I don’t like hypocrites who continually make shiz up – like the former stripper/lesbian-turned-holier-than-thou teabagger in Lexington. The folks who endlessly attack individuals who don’t go out of their way to make themselves part of the spotlight. The grifters who always seem to be experts at saying one thing [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Election 2011 · Health Care · Hypocrisy · Investigation · Spotted · Taxes · Wasted Money

Big City Paper Notices Pork Princess Hal Rogers

March 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

This New York Times feature on Hal Rogers is bizarre: Representative Harold Rogers toiled on the House Appropriations Committee for 28 years, using the plum assignment to ship tens of millions of federal dollars back home for projects in his rural Kentucky district. -SNIP- But spending is now a dirty word among Republicans, and the [...]

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Tags: Congress · Hal Rogers · Wasted Money

Embarrassingly Bad Moments With Hilda Gay Legg

March 23rd, 2011 · 7 Comments

Haha, so, funny story… At last night’s LaRue County Lincoln Dinner, Hilda Gay Legg said something along these lines: (Paraphrasing, loosely) “One way Kentuckians could guarantee honest elections in the Commonwealth is very simple. “We should berequiring them to present birth certificates before registering to vote. “Maybe if we did something like that we wouldn’t [...]

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Tags: Election 2011 · Embarrassing · Humor · Spotted

Morning Pee Alert: Rand Wants To Be Pretzeldent

March 23rd, 2011 · 5 Comments

This morning at 10:30 in Room 110 of the State Capitol, Governor Beshear will hold a ceremonial signing of House Bills 52 and 164. On-hand will be: State Rep. Joni Jenkins, sponsor of HB52; State Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, sponsor of HB 164; Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell; Jim Kimbrough, president of the Kentucky AARP; [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Giving Back · Health Care · Humor · Mitch McConnell · Poverty · Presidential Race · Rand Paul · Steve Beshear · Taxes

Remember It: This Crap Costs Us $63,500 Per Day

March 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments

Republican obstructionism in Warshington is reaching new heights as the mouth-breathers backed by mega corporate bucks go after Elizabeth Warren. So much for giving two flips about consumers. [Paul Krugman] The courts are allowing a constitutional challenge to the new FISA law. [Salon] The search committee to find the University of Kentucky’s next president has [...]

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Tags: Budget · Corruption · Discrimination · Education · FEAR! · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Hypocrisy · Steve Beshear

David Adams & Crew Just Love Breaking The Law

March 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Oh, what’s that? Why, it’s David Adams of the fake teabagger campaign running yet another campaign website without legally-required paid-for-by disclosure information: CLICK TO VISIT Haha. How bout that? Not only trying to kill the Food and Drug Administration but breaking campaign finance law, as well. You’ll enjoy the story coming tomorrow about the disgusting [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Election 2011 · Spotted