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Entries Tagged as 'Mainstream'

Larry Dale Hit The Nail On The Head. Again.

May 21st, 2012 · No Comments

Larry Dale Keeling seems to think Jack Conway is playing pat-a-cake with Richie Farmer and he rightly thinks this tax reform commission is as silly as the rest of us. [H-L] Chris Christie and some other bloated white men love to claim Barack Obama is the least experience president ever. Apparently, they’ve never heard of [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Campaign Finance · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Health Care · Jack Conway · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Rand Paul · Richie Farmer · Youth

Carter County Wants To Be The Next Clay County

May 18th, 2012 · No Comments

Carter County is a corrupt poop hole of awful. The County Attorney and the Journal-Times are reporting open meetings violations. [Journal-Times] Comment on Kentucky will likely be a bit boring tonight on KET at 8:00 P.M. Eastern. But you should consider watching it anyway. Scheduled guests: Joe Gerth, Donna Groves, Amanda Van Benschoten’s replacement. [KET] [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · FEAR! · Greg Fischer · Journalism · KY-4 · Law Enforcement · Mainstream · Poverty · Presidential Race · Stats · Steve Beshear · Wasted Money

Carter County Tries Hard To Be Like Clay County

May 17th, 2012 · No Comments

What the crap is going on in Carter County these days? Now the Fiscal Court is up to no good with the DLG? Lawwwwd. [Journal-Times Here & Here] The wife of Chuck Wells says a defective heater caused a fire that killed her husband and she’s suing the manufacturer. [H-L] Mittens Romney used to love [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Humor · Hypocrisy · Mainstream · Presidential Race · The Gays · Wasted Money

You Probably Don’t Hate The Gays Hard Enough

May 14th, 2012 · 4 Comments

Here’s a bunch of mouth-breathers freaking out over folks not hating the gays. [NPR] Will the Obama Campaign create a fancy website like this to hit Mittens Romney on his flip-floppy anti-gay ways? [Romney Economics] You should read this scathing op-ed about Steve Beshear’s road budget veto harming the residents of Clinton County. [H-L] For [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Budget · Corruption · Discrimination · Economy · Environment · Flashback · Humor · KY-4 · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Rand Paul · Steve Beshear · The Gays

Put Those Dang Kids Back To Work Right Now

April 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Like we’ve been hinting for days about Monday being an awesome day in Frankfort? Adam Edelen’s office finally made public that results of the Reeeechie Farmer investigation will be released at 10:00 A.M. [Reechie Gon' Play Tonight, Coach?] Here’s a damning story about the Ohio River Bridges Debacle in Louisville that you will never see [...]

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Tags: Adam Edelen · Campaign Finance · Contest · Eastern Kentucky · FEAR! · Giving Back · Investigation · Journalism · KY Supreme Court · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Richie Farmer · Senate · Takin yer guns!

Have We Reached A New Societal Low Point?

April 24th, 2012 · No Comments

Really, has Kentucky reached a societal low point? Look at this big feature in the Herald-Leader: Yep – a section of the paper’s website just so you can see how badly your neighbors are suffering. Because that is necessary.

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Tags: Economy · Mainstream

Another Govt Agency, Another Open Records Fight

April 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment

The Richmond Register and the Madison County Health Department are in a battle over open records. Looks like yet another government agency in Kentucky is trying to play pat-a-cake with your tax dollars. [Richmond Register] The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights last week publicly accepted three conciliation agreements in fair housing cases, including one in [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Campaign Finance · David L. Williams · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Environment · FEAR! · Flashback · Giving Back · Mainstream · Polling · Presidential Race · Steve Beshear

Yeah, About Williams Shouldering All The Blame…

April 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment

We’re absolutely shocked that Alecia Webb-Edgington didn’t resort to personal attacks and just cold being nasty in this story about how, well, how bad her fundraising sucks. And what was that about making a budget stretch in Frankfort, again? [WFPL] Predictions on how long it takes for A Kentucky Newspaper to not change at all? [...]

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Tags: Ben Chandler · Campaign Finance · David L. Williams · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Giving Back · Humor · Hypocrisy · KDP · KY-4 · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Steve Beshear · The Gays · Wasted Money · Youth

Williams Doesn’t Lose, It’s Kentucky That Loses

April 16th, 2012 · No Comments

Remember corrupt former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge? His partner in crime was finally sentenced. [H-L] Debby Yetter’s new position as an editorial writer at A Kentucky Newspaper is a strong move for the paper. She not only deserves the position but is one of the most solid and honest journalists in the state. [C-J/AKN] [...]

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Tags: Ben Chandler · Campaign Finance · Corruption · David L. Williams · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Education · Flashback · Giving Back · Hal Rogers · Hypocrisy · KY Supreme Court · KY-4 · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Steve Beshear · Wasted Money

Here Comes Your Extra Special Wasteful Session!

April 13th, 2012 · No Comments

What would you do if your home, place of employment and entire community were wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado? Recovery in Eastern Kentucky will take a long time and only the Red Cross remains on the ground supporting the people who most need it. [Click Here To Give] You know [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Contest · Corruption · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Giving Back · Humor · Jack Conway · Journalism · Mainstream · Steve Beshear · Taxes