Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Why not just break some windows?

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Wednesday is minimum wage increase day in Kentucky. The economic illiterates at Kentucky Youth Advocates couldn't be more thrilled. So h...

Wild (and misplaced) rhetoric

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The Lexington Herald Leader editorial board is mighty upset about the Kentucky Association of Counties misspending perhaps several thousand ...

Lee Cruse looks at taking on Ben Chandler

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Growing opposition to Congressman Ben Chandler has fueled quiet speculation in recent months that he might draw a high profile opponent in 2...

Grover brings Big Mo to Lexington

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A top Washington D.C. Republican came to Lexington Monday with an optimistic message for local conservatives. "One of the things that h...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Finding out what's worse than a loan shark

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Another day, another one-sided, single-sourced "news" story in the Lexington Herald Leader about shutting down private businesses ...

Horse industry needs a better argument

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The Lexington Herald Leader's pro-casino columnist Larry Dale Keeling's latest effort strays from the mark on a key point that deser...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Sunday evening vanity alert

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Found in the Lexington Herald Leader:

How about Benito Mussolini instead?

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After public disclosure of his taxpayer-funded trip to see his Argentinian mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had the gall to compar...

"A country of arbitrary rules"

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Potential U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Rand Paul said current federal policies run the risk of doing significant damage to American society: Sp...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

All hands on deck!

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Every club, organization, and group of every kind in Kentucky's Sixth Congressional district should call Rep. Ben Chandler's offices...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Pelosi power pooper passes

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Energy Tax bill 219-212. U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler voted for it. Georgia Congressman Tom Price att...

Someone's desperate for a PR victory

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Gov. Steve Beshear is going to great lengths today to take credit for state taxpayers picking up the tab for storm cleanup. 4:00 UPDATE And,...

Ben Chandler turns off your air conditioner

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In case you were wondering, U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler voted for the Cap and Tax procedural vote that barely passed the House. Evening update :...

We shouldn't have to beg

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We can't improve a government that we can't see. That is what the transparency movement is all about. In Kentucky, Rep. Jim DeCesare...

Trouble in casino paradise?

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Kentuckians seeking to make our state budget problems go away -- or even get just a little better -- might want to look at a Friday New York...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

President says Kentucky needs ObamaCare

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The Obama Administration will release reports for every state in the nation Friday describing how things will be better for everyone in each...

Another "press release journalism" hit job

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How would you respond if one of your enemies put out a press release about you and the newspaper called you for a response, but you couldn&#...

Do you support Obama's Energy Tax?

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Word is bond

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Potential U.S. Senate primary opponents Dr. Rand Paul and Secretary of State Trey Grayson , while also racing to a June 30 fundraising dead...

Don't need a new car? Pay up anyway

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Before running out of Frankfort slapping each other on the back for such a "successful" special session, legislators slipped into ...