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Entries Tagged as 'Jobs'

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

Steve Beshear Pleases Both Dems & Pubs

July 18th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Remember those fancy little three-wheeled electric vehicles that both Republicans and Democrats want to have built in Kentucky? Now Governor Steve Beshear is chiming in and said yesterday that he wants talk to the manufacturer of the Zap! autos about producing the vehicles in Kentucky.
The governor is now considering, it would seem, the possibility […]

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Tags: Jobs · Kentucky Business · Steve Beshear

Wednesday Morning Update Dept of Broken Puters

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Looking for a job? U.S. Customs and Border Protections is hiring in Kentucky! They’re in Hopkinsville, Louisville, Lexington and Owensboro through the end of the week accepting applications. Big money. [Business First]
Read the first paragraph of this story. A former Champaign school official is accused of hitting the mother of […]

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Tags: Investigation · Jobs · Senate · Presidential Race · Robert Felner · FEAR! · Campaign Finance · Mainstream Mistake · Wasted Money · Bruce Lunsford · Education · UofL · Mitch McConnell

Wednesday Update Dept of Sticky Humidity

July 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

George W. Bush tours America to survey the damage caused by his disastrous presidency. It’s from the Onion News Network. Watch the video. Scary and hilarious. [Hilarious Video]
The Governor’s Scholar program kids chose Walnuts McCain over Barry Obama in a mock election. 49.4 to 46.9. Nader 1.5, Barr 1.3, […]

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Tags: David Williams · Hypocrisy · George W. Bush · Presidential Race · Humor · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mainstream · FEAR! · Steve Beshear

Oh Snap Monday! Everyone Hates Mitch Edition

July 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Gay-hater and world renowned bigot Jesse Helms finally died. After 86 years of ruining the lives of everyone he could. He hated the homos, Martin Luther King, Jr. Naturally, king of the Republican hate mongers Mitch McConnell released a statement praising Helms as “a leading voice and courageous champion for the many […]

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Tags: David Williams · Taxes · Discrimination · Hypocrisy · Environment · The Gays · Jobs · Health Care · Iraq · Mainstream Mistake · Bruce Lunsford · Kentucky Business · Mitch McConnell

Three-Wheel Electric Cars in Kentucky?

July 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Heck yes. Senators Gary Tapp (R-Shelbyville) and Dan Seum (R-Louisville) are announcing their intention to pre-file a bill for 2009 that will allow three-wheeled electric vehicles to, you know, drive around in Kentucky.
They’re holding a press conference on Wednesday, July 9 at 10:00 A.M. at the offices of Integrity Manufacturing in Sheperdsville with Larry […]

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Tags: Environment · Jobs · Mainstream · Kentucky Business

More Big Cuts at Ford in Louisville?

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

We hear Ford is cutting an additional 300 jobs at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. One of three shifts will be eliminated sometime in August. (Body paint and stamping line)
Workers got the news this morning.
Exciting economic times in Kentucky, eh?

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Tags: Economy · Jobs · Kentucky Business

Republicans Attack Yarmuth For Supporting Ford

June 20th, 2008 · 61 Comments

Louisville Republicans are attacking John Yarmuth and Nancy Pelosi over their pending visit to a Ford plant tomorrow afternoon. The Louisville GOP claim the two are hypocrites for visiting Ford after pushing the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act which repealed a giant tax break for companies making SUVs. Large tax breaks […]

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Tags: Environment · Anne Northup · Hypocrisy · Jobs · John Yarmuth · Kentucky Business

Nancy Pelosi at Ford in Louisville Saturday

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

We reported a couple days ago that Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi would be in Louisville this weekend with Rep. John Yarmuth for several events.
Finally, we’ve confirmed that Pelosi will join Yarmuth at one of the Ford plant locations in Louisville for a closed door tour and roundtable discussion with Ford and labor […]

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Tags: KY-3 · Economy · Jobs · Congress · John Yarmuth · Kentucky Business

Don’t Even Know Why We Legitimize Him

June 3rd, 2008 · 9 Comments

Brett Hall is at it again. Click here for the story.
We hear from very reliable sources that there are several (as many as five) Bruce Lunsford campaign staffers calling around looking for jobs.
Looks like there might be a mass exodus in the works.
Not true. Two people have given notice that they are leaving […]

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Tags: Senate · Jobs · Bruce Lunsford · Mitch McConnell