Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd denied a request by Gov. Steve Beshear to dismiss a Tea Party lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange. [H-L] After years of vilifying prominent religious and conservative leaders, gay activists on Wednesday turned their ire to an unlikely target: Democrats. [Politico] The Louisville Metro Council on [...]
Entries Tagged as 'FEAR!'
Rand Paul Taking Whimsical Jalopy To Henderson
May 24th, 2013 · No Comments
Tags: Eastern Kentucky · Education · Embarrassing · Environment · FEAR! · George W. Bush · Health Care · Humor · Immigration · Journalism · Law Enforcement · Rand Paul · Steve Beshear · The Gays · UK
Jamie Comer Perpetuates Welfare Queen Myth
May 22nd, 2013 · No Comments
That welfare story we mentioned this morning? Of course Jamie Comer thought it was brilliant: Because, as we all know, welfare queens driving fancy new cars and causing crime = 100% of all recipients of benefits. Still wondering why Larry Cox left Comer hanging? And why other staffers are soon set to depart? It’s the [...]
Unbelievably Terrible Story By WKYT On Welfare
May 22nd, 2013 · 6 Comments
Former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s sister has resigned as assistant executive director of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. [H-L] If you have any heart at all, this story will melt it. An elderly woman whose home was destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog among the rubble during a live TV interview. [...]
Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Economy · Environment · FEAR! · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mainstream Mistake · Poverty · Richie Farmer · Senate · Takin yer guns!
All The Mitching & Moaning You Can Handle
May 16th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Did you see all the Mitching and Moaning going on yesterday? Here’s a taste: We stopped holding our breath waiting on Mitch McConnell to offer a solution for any of this country’s problems long ago.
Tags: FEAR! · Mitch McConnell
Let’s Make This A Morning Of Mitch McConnell
May 15th, 2013 · No Comments
Yep, let’s just make it an entire morning. Here’s Mitch McConnell on KET’s One to One: Immigration, deficits, gun control, yadda, yadda…
Tags: Budget · Economy · FEAR! · Immigration · Mitch McConnell · Takin yer guns!
Television Actor Rand Paul Appears On-Air Again
May 14th, 2013 · 6 Comments
Rand Paul, because he is the expert on everything, appeared on Fox News because of its worldwide standing as an institution of journalistic integrity: He must consume an awful lot of cornbread to believe he’s presidential material.
Tags: FEAR! · Rand Paul · Takin yer guns!
You’re Excited For The Special Session Funtimes
May 14th, 2013 · 1 Comment
You can’t even be in Lexington these days without getting shot or stabbed. That town is still trying to catch up to Louisville. [H-L] Pat Buchanan has a plan to win more white voters for the GOP. Which should make some racist old coots in Frankfort quite happy. [HuffPo] People magazine dubbed him “the deadliest [...]
Tags: Corruption · Discrimination · Economy · Education · FEAR! · Flashback · Humor · Jobs · Mitch McConnell · Senate
What Kind Of Person Opposes Medicaid Expansion? It’s Really Not That Surprising
May 13th, 2013 · No Comments
What are the fearmongering teabaggers up to on the Medicaid front? That. And so you know what kind of people they are? And the kind of horse crap they peddle as reality? Take a look: It got some, ahem, interesting comments: CLICK TO ENLARGE The “report” being hyped along with the photo? Well… Comparing Obama [...]
Tags: FEAR! · Health Care · Takin yer guns!
Teabaggers Melt Down Over Medicaid Expansion
May 10th, 2013 · 3 Comments
Steve Beshear, as you already know, decided to expand Medicaid in Kentucky. Sure, it took a massive Republican-led lobbying effort to get him to take action. But action is action and Steve Beshear is to be commended. It only took a few minutes for the teabaggers (not Tea Partiers) to lose their minds: CLICK TO [...]
Tags: FEAR! · Health Care · Steve Beshear
Bluegrass Institute Is Showing Its True Colors
May 9th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Caleb Brown leaves a comment on Page One – proving he’s sane and worthy of attention: Caleb O. Brown // May 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm At the risk of referring you to additional items produced by a “septic tank,” here are two short pieces I’ve written about the pension system and its constraints. LINK [...]
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