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John Yarmuth Is Now Closer to Awesome

July 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments

Like Joe said, Congressman John Yarmuth now has almost enough Homo Reward Points to qualify as awesome. Mostly because he does not approve of wasting our nation’s time on creepy Michael Jackson/pervert/King of Pop by officially remembering him in the U.S. House of Representatives:

Yarmuth said: “I thought it was outrageous. In my […]

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Tags: KY-3 · Humor · Congress · John Yarmuth

John Yarmuth on Health Care Reform

June 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Here’s a short video of Congressman John Yarmuth questioning witnesses on health care reform during a hearing of the House Ways & Means Committee.

We love watching him obliterate people with the facts.

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Tags: KY-3 · Congress · John Yarmuth · Health Care

It’s a Hot & Humid Wednesday of Drama & More

June 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments

The House & Senate agreed on several new “incentives” in Frankfort. Active-duty military members are now tax-exempt (state), folks trading in a vehicle for a different vehicle only pay sales tax on the difference of value in the two vehicles (wtf?), $5,000 credit for people who buy newly built homes. Not just any […]

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Tags: Investigation · Taxes · Discrimination · Hypocrisy · Military · Humor · The Gays · Jim Bunning · Corruption · Mainstream · Congress · Ben Chandler

Geoff Davis Launches New Website

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Republican Congressman Geoff Davis (KY-04) just launched a new congressional website:

From Davis: “This website is designed to be a one-stop shop for residents of the Fourth District. The new website provides Kentuckians with a significantly enhanced resource to learn more about what is happening in Washington and how my office can assist them […]

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Tags: Congress · Geoff Davis · KY-4

John Waltz on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

June 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

John Waltz, a Democrat and disabled Navy veteran running for U.S. Congress in the 4th District, has issued the following release about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. We haven’t said too much about the matter, but we wanted to run John’s statement because he says much of what we believe and feel.
It’s high time Barack […]

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Tags: Military · Barack Obama · Discrimination · The Gays · Geoff Davis · Congress · KY-4

Ed Whitfield Says No to U.S. Senate Bid

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Tuesday we questioned whether or not Ed Whitfield was pretending to test the waters for a potential U.S. Senate bid.
And we had some questions for his congressional staffer, who has taken a leave of absence:
Couple notes: Jason Hasert is the guy who allegedly operates his toy train business/website from Whitfield’s congressional office computers. And he’s […]

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Tags: KY-1 · Senate · Congress · Campaign Finance · Wasted Money

Early Friday Evening Of State Budget Disaster

May 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Enjoy the weekend. We’re off to a very fancy birthday party at which we will eat fancy cake and other lady treats. In other words, it’s a small gathering we put together for someone special - at their house, using their stuff (aren’t we thoughtful!) - with a cake we made and maybe […]

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Tags: Humor · FEAR! · Dan Mongiardo · KY-3 · Polling · Congress · John Yarmuth · Labor · Health Care · Budget · Poverty · Mitch McConnell

Thursday Morning Dept of Power’s Out Again

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Uh, thanks, LG&E. The wind blows and power goes out? Thank you, sir, may I have some more? We’ll keep bending over for you.
That said, here’s some junk for you to waste work time on while we go somewhere with electricity.
John Yarmuth is switching spokescritters. [Joe Gerth]
And yet another Metro Agency […]

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Tags: Congress · Taxes · Environment · KY-3 · John Yarmuth · Corruption · Gambling · Education · Kentucky Tourism · Jim Bunning · Flashback

Ensuring Veterans Get the Help They Deserve

May 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments

John Waltz, a veteran and current Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress in Kentucky’s fourth district wants to share the following with our readership:
When I became disabled in 2006 after I started having seizures I found it nearly impossible to get any help at all. Getting signed up for health care through the Veterans Administration […]

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Tags: Veterans · Congress · Geoff Davis · KY-4

Yarmuth Honors Ice Storm Volunteers

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

John Yarmuth honored volunteers who aided ice storm recovery in Kentucky yesterday:

Transcript after the jump…

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Tags: Giving Back · KY-3 · Congress · John Yarmuth