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Entries Tagged as 'George W. Bush'

Oh Snap Monday! Bruno Should Visit the SBC

June 22nd, 2009 · 9 Comments

Anyone else think it’s borderline hilarious that the Southern Baptist Conventioneers came to town on gay pride weekend? Absolute hilarity in Louisville this weekend. The city was overflowing with the gays and the gay-haters.
And speaking of the SBC, it’s interesting that this Courier-Journal story didn’t mention that while Mohler is a known homophobe, […]

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Tags: Discrimination · The Gays · Hypocrisy · Polling · Economy · George W. Bush · FEAR! · Mainstream · Health Care · Steve Beshear · Gambling · Eastern Kentucky · Corruption · Stats

Hope the Storms Didn’t Get You This Morning

June 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments

We can’t hammer this enough: We’re giving you a chance to win one of five copies of The Complete Guide to Kentucky State Parks - free, from us. Contest ends tomorrow afternoon. [Click Here to Enter]
Just in case you needed another reason to distrust Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Sheldon Berman. […]

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Tags: George W. Bush · Hypocrisy · Giving Back · Economy · Contest · Trey Grayson · David L. Williams · Education · Gambling · Kentucky Tourism · Eastern Kentucky · Jim Bunning · Steve Beshear

Tuesday Afternoon of Jim Bunning’s Back At It!

May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

We hear via the Secretary of State’s Office that funds were approved at today’s Board of Elections meeting to develop paper-based voting systems in a few Kentucky counties. Good news for voters! [SOS Folks]
HAHAHAHA! Jim Bunning says that Mitch McConnell is a “control freak.” For real. Bunning ripped McConnell up […]

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Tags: Trey Grayson · George W. Bush · Giving Back · Contest · Humor · Jim Bunning · Kentucky Business · Gambling · Kentucky Tourism · Mitch McConnell

Karl Rove to Be Questioned Tomorrow

May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Warshingon Post is reporting that prosecutors plan to question Karl Rove about those fancy U.S. Attorney firings.
Former top White House official Karl Rove will be interviewed tomorrow as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration, according to two sources familiar with the appointment.
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Tags: George W. Bush · Investigation · Corruption · Flashback

The Darkness and Dick Cheney

May 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Henry Rollins, of all people, has written a rather interesting bit about Dick Cheney for Vanity Fair.
Former vice president Dick Cheney has been the most visible of the old Bush gang since Barack Obama was elected president. It seems that every weekend, Cheney is on television news programs, warning of the danger Americans face now […]

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Tags: George W. Bush · FEAR! · Flashback

Higher Cancer Risks Than Previously Reported

May 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today at 1:00 P.M., the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice plan to release EPA files previously hidden by the Bush Administration for more than seven years.
The files allegedly show dramatically higher than previously reported cancer and non-cancer risks to Americans living near landfills and wet ponds that are used to dispose of ash and sludge […]

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Tags: George W. Bush · Environment · Health Care

Tuesday Morning of Absolutely Nothing Has Changed

April 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Greg Stumbo and David Williams are signaling that they’re ready to further cut state retirement benefits. Wait. We thought everything was puppies & rainbows with the budget? [Stephenie Steitzer]
Are Republicans really targeting Ben Chandler with robo-calls? [The Hill]
No, David Adams, Jack Conway isn’t just not jumping on the press release bandwagon. […]

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Tags: George W. Bush · Environment · Economy · Veterans · Barack Obama · Hypocrisy · Dan Mongiardo · Budget · College Sports · Greg Stumbo · David L. Williams · Jack Conway · Ben Chandler

Some Fancy Friday Afternoon Time Wasters

April 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments

The Herald-Leader editorial board realizes that Mitch McConnell is steering the Republican Party down a dead end road. Unless their roots go green. [H-L]
The Bush torture memos were finally released. Corruption galore. You won’t want to miss them. [Salon]
Thankfully, the Feds have given Kentucky the okay to extend unemployment benefits. […]

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Tags: Discrimination · Dan Mongiardo · Senate · George W. Bush · Economy · Jack Conway · Humor · Kentucky Tourism · Health Care · Jim Bunning · Mainstream · The Gays · Mitch McConnell

Hump Day Dept of Withholding Beautiful Snark!

April 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Message to Bob Damron: Jonathan Hurst isn’t my source, sweet cheeks, so quit spreading that mess of a rumor all over Frankfort. (The rest of leadership thinks you’re a whack job each time you say it…) And you may want to stop politicking directly from your office - with the help of […]

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Tags: Dan Mongiardo · Senate · George W. Bush · Jack Conway · Humor · Jim Bunning · FEAR! · The Gays · Crit Luallen

Oh Snap Monday! Spring Feels Nice & Stuffy

March 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Is it D-Day at the Herald-Leader? Layoffs of 53 people at the newspaper are rocking Kentucky. Who in the news room will get the cut? [Herald-Leader]
Wonder where the Herald-Leader got the idea for this Ring Road story? We typically talk about where we get our ideas. [Bluegrass Politics]
Former sex scandal […]

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Tags: Dan Mongiardo · Jack Conway · Hypocrisy · Senate · KDP · George W. Bush · Jobs · Mainstream · Kentucky Business · Mainstream Mistake · Eastern Kentucky · Jim Bunning · Journalism · Mitch McConnell