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Entries Tagged as 'Corruption'

Fancy Farm 2008 - Should We Go?

July 23rd, 2008 · 17 Comments

Well, should we? Will it be worth our time?
A campaign or two needs to drop us a confidential note letting us know what will go down. We can guarantee confidentiality. But we’re not gonna suffer through a lack of healthy vegetarian options for two sweat-filled days unless we know it’s worth our […]

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Tags: Humor · KDP · RPK · FEAR! · Mainstream · 2008 · Kentucky Tourism · Corruption · Takin yer guns!

Elaine Chao Wants Workers to Die. Hard. Now.

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

What’s that noise? Why, it’s the sound of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao– wife of Mitch McConnell– trying to poison American workers. She and her cronies at the Department of Labor are working at lightning speed to push rules through the Bush Misadministration to make it tougher to regulate on-the-job exposure to deadly chemicals […]

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Tags: Corruption · Jobs · Mainstream Mistake · Health Care · Labor · Elaine Chao

It Didn’t Take Long…

July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For the captain of the rusty GOP you-know-what hoopty to attack her opponent, John Yarmuth, for being an unethical little shrew because some Democrats steer earmarks.
Wait. Anne Northup is attacking John Yarmuth for being unethical?! Haha. Yeah. John Yarmuth. Unethical. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. We can’t breathe.
In Northup’s latest campaign email […]

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Tags: Embarrassing · Anne Northup · KY-3 · Congress · John Yarmuth · Corruption

Convicted Jury Tamperer Appointed to the Crime Victims Compensation Board and the Board of Claims

July 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Man, Stephenie Steitzer is really hammering out the good stuff these days.  She has the story today about Jim Sullivan, a man convicted on a misdemeanor charge of attempting to tamper with a jury during the 1989 trial of Jerry Lundergan. (No, the issue here isn’t Jerry Lundergan– it’s Sullivan. Stay focused.)
Sullivan was […]

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Tags: Corruption · Mainstream Mistake · Steve Beshear

Oh Snap Monday! We’re All Gonna Go Broke

July 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

George W. Bush has something wrong with him. Is the man retarded? Republicans, please teach him how to save face. [Ditch Mitch]
The Executive Branch Ethics Commission is proceeding with the investigation of four Fletcher administration folks. Jim Adams, Basil Turbyfill, Dan Druen and Darrell Brock. [C-J]
It’s always interesting to read […]

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Tags: Environment · Investigation · Corruption · Senate · George W. Bush · Robert Felner · Embarrassing · Eastern Kentucky · UofL · Wasted Money · Ben Chandler · Mitch McConnell · Flashback · Mainstream Mistake · Education · Bruce Lunsford · Ernie Fletcher

Friday Afternoon Update Dept of Slowness

July 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

You thought Kentucky politicians were corrupt? Hoo boy! Charlie Rangel in New York is taking the cake these days. Naturally, corrupt Rangel is defending his corrupt and illegal activity. So fancy. [NY Times, City Room]
Who are the college students John McCain and Barack Obama will target? Marcus Carey actually […]

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Tags: Presidential Race · Humor · FEAR! · Corruption · Wasted Money

Courier-Journal: Dropping the Ball on Felner Scandal in the Most Obvious Manner Possible

July 10th, 2008 · 15 Comments

We cannot in good conscience hold back any longer. We have waited more than three weeks. The time to wake up is now.
Where is the Courier-Journal on the Robert Felner scandal at the University of Louisville? Why is the newspaper of record and the largest publication in the Commonwealth of Kentucky ignoring […]

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Tags: Investigation · Embarrassing · Robert Felner · Journalism · Corruption · Mainstream Mistake · Education · UofL · Wasted Money

Live in Lexington? Poor You

July 8th, 2008 · 16 Comments

God. Lexington is sucking hard.
This is why everyone will move to Louisville or the big cities of Moon and Salt Lick.

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Tags: Embarrassing · Corruption · Wasted Money

Hump Day Update Dept of Lexington is Ruined

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

McConnell slips out the bathroom window? First Mitch McConnell says he’s a lot bigger than he used to be. Then we discover this gem buried in Stephenie Steitzer’s piece about Kentucky’s Senior Senator: McConnell indicated to a group of reporters at the end of the luncheon that he would grant interviews after […]

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Tags: Senate · Giving Back · KY-2 · KDP · Taxes · Humor · Bruce Lunsford · Corruption · Mainstream · Mitch McConnell

Saturday Update For Lazy Bums Everywhere

June 28th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Another Knott County Judge-Executive could be going to prison for vote buying! Second in a row! The best part is the dude could actually remain Judge-Executive WHILE IN PRISON so long as he is appealing. [H-L]
Mitch McConnell cast the deciding vote against legislation that would have prevented major Medicare cuts and reimbursement […]

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Tags: Discrimination · Polling · Senate · Presidential Race · Hal Rogers · Corruption · Health Care · Bruce Lunsford · Eastern Kentucky · Mitch McConnell