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Entries from September 2011

Boards & Commissions Help Make Folks Wealthy

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

Every Friday, Governor Steve Beshear’s office hides his appointments to boards and commissions in Kentucky in an evening news dump. But we noticed this in the latest: Gov. Beshear has reappointed Nathaniel G. Smith to the Kenton County Airport Board Advisory Committee to serve for a term expiring Sept. 21, 2013. Nathaniel G. Smith, of [...]

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Tags: Spotted · Steve Beshear

Jack Whitewashing Heavily On Mortgage Fraudsters

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

Aw, look, even Jack Conway is whitewashing! CLICK TO ENLARGE He’s even got a cute little petition to pretend he wasn’t fighting hard against it until we called him out: CLICK TO ENLARGE And the mainstream ignores it. Pro-tip to P’Pool folks: Publicly taking the side of the mortgage fraudsters is a stupid move. Quit [...]

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Tags: Economy · Election 2011 · Hypocrisy · Jack Conway · Spotted

Mainstream & Democratic Hypocrisy Rising High

September 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Steve Beshear accepted $85,000 worth of state flight time for personal use and wasn’t going to pay it back until he got caught. Then the Kentucky Democratic Republican Party paid for it in what appears to be a personal gift for which he was not taxed. Much of it was reported as a campaign contribution [...]

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Tags: Election 2011 · Hypocrisy · KDP · Mainstream · Wasted Money

Kentucky Is Absolutely Screwed Forever And Ever

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

I mean, really. Just look at this guy running fro Commissioner of Agriculture: It takes a LOT to make Richie Farmer look good. But. Uh. He just made Richie Farmer look good.

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Tags: Election 2011 · Embarrassing

Candidate Advertising Heads-Up

September 26th, 2011 · Comments Off

Notice to candidates in the general election: Advertising tells me we’ve got an open spot (one on The ‘Ville Voice, one on Page One) for the general election. It’s apparently because I said “NO EFFING WAY” to a particularly dishonest teabagger and nixed their contract. We’ll hold the spot open until close of business tomorrow [...]

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Tags: Election 2011

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed strengthening the American education system:

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Tags: Barack Obama · Education

Sorry, Jerry Abramson Won’t Win Statewide Alone

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

What? We always have laptop to sell? Well… We have YET ANOTHER 15″ MacBook Pro to part with. Same as rest. Late 08 unibody (solid aluminum), glossy display, 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, 4gigs ram, 320gig drive. It’s $1,100 on eBay but I’ll roll it out for $800 locally, $850 shipped. Yell Jake’s way. [Email Jake] [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Discrimination · Economy · Election 2011 · Environment · FEAR! · Kentucky Business · Mainstream Mistake · Poverty · Presidential Race

Jack Conway Was For It Before He Was Against It

September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Just a reminder that Jack Conway switched his position on the mortgage fraudsters. We asked how long it would take him to flip-flop on August 30. Now you know. The mainstream media, however, wouldn’t be caught dead telling you he changed his position after pressure. [Page One] This marks the 142nd day Republican Party of [...]

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Tags: Education · Flashback · Humor · Hypocrisy · Jack Conway · Journalism · Mainstream · Military · Presidential Race · RPK · Stats · The Gays · Wasted Money

Governor Beshear’s Weekly Video Address

September 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

This week Governor Steve Beshear spends 1:49 discussing Complete College America:

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Tags: Education · Steve Beshear

Here’s Why Beshear’s Really Going To Owensboro

September 23rd, 2011 · 5 Comments

Holding a groundbreaking? Gotta make sure you’re also holding a fundraiser: That’s how it works in state government. Don’t go anywhere if you can’t hold a fundraiser. Of interesting note: The chair of the board (Billy Joe Miles) and administration officials (Steve Johnson and Dr. Don Neal) from Owensboro Medical Health Systems are listed on [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Election 2011 · Spotted · Steve Beshear