Welcome to Kentucky, the 8th-least green state in the country. More stats for us to be proud of. [HuffPo]
Take your headline pick: Tea Party Comes To Harvard or Grayson Finally Invited To Tea Party. [Twitter]
Ralph’s head is about to asplode over the CPE’s fancy pending decisions. He’d rather have bourbon. We concur. [Ralph Long]
Now that Wade Hurt – former Louisville GOP official – has become a Democrat, what’s in store? Will an actual Democrat beat him? [CN|2]
S&P’s bombshell means more politically than economically. Skeptics have wondered how long America could use its control of the world’s reserve currency as an excuse to rack up huge debts. [The Economist]
Will Rand Paul be a work horse or just a show horse? Our money’s on show horse. Unless he actually sticks to something for a change. [Tom Eblen]
The Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation poll confirms that Republican attempts to privatize Medicare are unpopular. [Daily Kos]
This is the most amazing Tea Party video you will ever see. Maybe. [HuffPo]
Oh my goodness. This is ripe. Mike Harmon says he’s running for higher office because he “felt God tugging on [his] heart.” Wow. [John Cheves]
Gas prices: lessons from the Carter years? The cycle is familiar by now — they go up, the American people get angry, and they blame the man at the top. [NPR]
Patients are not consumers. Politicians talk about the act of receiving health care as if it were no different from a commercial transaction, like buying a car. [NY Times]
The draft executive order on outside spending disclosure would have sweeping reach. [Sunlight Foundation]
40% of Republicans say that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States. And with that, mouth-breathers unite. [Slate]
Mitch McConnell faces a tough choice on the open Finance Committee spot. How screwed up will his pick be? [The Hill]
Joe Gerth says Jack Conway’s re-election campaign could be in trouble. We hear he’s just been holding back on the fundraising front so as not to dry up money for Alison Grimes. [C-J/AKN]
Al Smith penned a great piece about why we all like First Lady Jane Beshear. [H-L]
6 responses so far ↓
1 Ed Marksberry // Apr 25, 2011 at 8:40 am
Kentucky’s low ranking on “Green States” shows we have a long way to go to inform our commonwealth on the benefits of being “Greener”. Do we stay the course of ignoring the health of our children, the damage we do to our environment, all in defense of draconian economics? Or do we face the reality that we have an opportunity to seek a better way to grow our economy and create new innovated technologies for our agricultural, energy needs and etc. Let me borrow a quote I heard from Gatewood Galbraith, “when you find yourself in a hole, quit digging!”
2 Novena // Apr 25, 2011 at 9:15 am
“His Cup of Tea?”
Reporter: “Is it a quandary pickin’ between DeMint and Isakson, Senator?
Mitch: “DeMint is like holy grail to the Tea Baggers. Isakson might be seen as a bit more rational.”
Reporter: “I see your dilemma. What will you do?”
Mitch: “Play for political expediency, go for DeMint.”
3 Novena // Apr 25, 2011 at 10:03 am
“I Hear Music, I Hear God”
Reporter: “How could you tell God was tuggin’ at your heart?”
Harmon: “It was the same kind of warm feeling I get when I finalize a solid loan transfer.”
Reporter: “What did you say to God?”
Harmon: “I humbly agreed with Him and said it was the right time for me to rise to higher office. We think alike in many ways that serve our purposes.”
4 Aaron // Apr 25, 2011 at 10:58 am
As for the gay marriage law Tea Party video, I’m surprised that you included it for today, being it doesn’t support the notion that the Tea Party are backwards bigots that some try to portray.
5 jake // Apr 25, 2011 at 11:14 am
For the millionth time: There’s a difference in teabagger and tea partier.
6 DougieHawkies // Apr 25, 2011 at 11:42 am
Maybe Conway see’s that Grimes could not only be a strong SOS, but run for Attorney General someday.
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