Tuesday, September 30, 2008

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"

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It's ironic that just as Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Jonathan "Skippy" Miller is trying to take credit for p...

Let there be spending transparency

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The Beshear administration will post a website next Monday morning related to the E-Transparency effort. Glad they have finally gotten this ...

This isn't helping

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You'd think the campaign staff, or the Senate staff, or the party staff, or some random dude running down the street with his hair on fi...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Picking up steam: no bailouts for junkies

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An interesting comment on a Bluegrass Policy Blog post about drug abusers in Kentucky drawing welfare benefits: "I have worked in law e...

Kentucky candidates vote no on bailout

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It says something that everyone with an opponent in the Kentucky House delegation voted against the bank bail out. Chandler, Davis, Whitfie...

George W. Bush, stabilizer-in-chief

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No, Mr. President, it isn't for every American. President Bush is pushing the bank bailout bill this morning. He said "Every member...

Stop nursing care for newspapers

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Very soon, Kentuckians across the Commonwealth will become keenly aware of the need to reduce government spending. When that happens, we nee...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Do you know what a muni is?

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At least for a while, the federal government may get away with bailing out holders of bad mortgages because it can print money. The state of...

Smaller government, transparency, pension reform

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Speaking Saturday in Stamping Ground, Sen. Damon Thayer discussed key issues not getting enough attention elsewhere including the "fisc...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Ten minutes to understanding the meltdown

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All is well in Community Organizer Nation

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One little-noted detail about the current "financial meltdown" is that the rabble-rousing continues unabated without any community...
Friday, September 26, 2008

A snag in the Jim Newberry set-up

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Judge Jennifer Coffman issued an eight page order yesterday in the Fayette jail employees' class action lawsuit against the city of Lex...

"That's not political, it's nooze, baby!"

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Since when is it newsworthy that Rep. Ben Chandler is endorsing a fellow Democrat running for Congress? And don't tell me it is because ...

Grover Norquist to the rescue

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Americans for Tax Reform is making plans to come to Frankfort to publicly express opposition to Gov. Steve Beshear's internet meddling .
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Beshear gets national attention

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In a week of disasters in Washington D.C., Gov. Steve Beshear brought some unwanted attention home to Kentucky. Beshear's plan to seize ...

Why re-electing Mitch McConnell matters

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't need any more power.

Jody Richards' golden butt-kicking

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House Speaker Jody Richards is trying to get Education Commissioner Jon Draud's job so he can bow out "gracefully" rather than...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Al Gore: "take down" those coal plants

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Al Gore has gone off the deep end again, calling for "civil disobedience" and urging young people to "take down" coal pl...

Obama is the real Herbert Hoover

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Thanks to the Club for Growth for passing along this video of an interview that lines up both sides of the bailout debate pretty well. Abou...

Kentucky's financial bailout plan emerges

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moar funny pictures