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KFTC Blog - 1:20 p.m.
The Conway campaign released a video of the Democratic debate/forum from this Sunday that shows Dan Mongiardo refusing to give a straight answer on whether he would vote for the health care reform bill if he was in the Senate today. About 4 times. While Conway hasn't exactly been clear and to the point the past few months on health care reform (to his great detriment among Democrats, ...
Barefoot and Progressive - 1:08 p.m. - 2 clicks 
Wow, how many glorious quotes can I pull from this story about KY Republicans gushing about how much they love Jim Bunning, and how popular he is in Kentucky. Here's one: Alicia Webb-Edgington: " He’s incredibly popular , I truly believe he could have easily won another term.... He flies the flag for the Republican party" Sorry to rain on Grandpa Simpson's parade, but: SUSA- approval in KY (...
Barefoot and Progressive - 12:06 p.m.
I just love how David Adams thinks sending a guy in a chicken suit to track a candidate is a vapor inducing tactic that the media must write about. Especially since 2 weeks earlier, he himself tried to shout over a candidate speaking at an event so that no one would be able to hear him. As you can see in the video I shot below: In Adams' defense, he only did so in defense of Libert...
Barefoot and Progressive - 10:25 a.m.
OK kids, let's see if you can fill in the blanks of this quote from our esteemed Congressperson Ben Chandler today (don't cheat): "There are very few things in our day and age economically that are more important than the ability to access ______________. If you're not able to _____________, if you're not able to have access to that asset, you're really in the position where you can't ___________...
Barefoot and Progressive - 10:03 a.m.
Currently, the state of Kentucky enforces the pollution discharge permitting program under the Clean Water Act. Yes, a big shocker that a state government owned by King Coal doesn't care about Sunkist water. KFTC wants to change this , and put enforcement under the Tyrannical Communists at the EPA. “Citizens know when the companies violate the law here, but they’ve stopped reporting it because t...
Barefoot and Progressive - 9:46 a.m. - 2 clicks
Jim Gray presented Mayor Newberry with some uncomfortable facts this morning, which is just the kind of bitter grandstanding and headline grabbing that you would expect from such a meanie head: GRAY CALLS CENTREPOINTE AND WATER COMPANY “FAILURES OF NEWBERRY LEADERSHIP” At Tuesday’s National Association of Women Business Owners Mayoral Forum, Vice-Mayor Jim Gray stressed that Jim Newberry’s lack ...
Barefoot and Progressive - 8:23 a.m.
Great minds like Jim Newberry and George W. Bush: Yes, even great men like George W. Bush had to deal with bitter grandstanding headline grabbers back in his day. His critics couldn't offer anything positive, they just nagged and nagged and nagged about trivial stuff like Iraq, New Orleans, bankrupting our country, abandoning our ideals, ruining our reputation among allies and the rest of the ...
Barefoot and Progressive - 5:29 a.m.
Dan Mongiardo's campaign just laid down $3k on some fancy intertube blog ads. And not just any fancy blog... THE GREAT ORANGE SATAN . OK, a few things: 1. What does " Mongiardo took on Tea Party first we've seen an ad calling out conservative movement " mean, exactly? Are you rehashing your old bizarre lie that you are the first Democrat in the entire country to criticize teabag...
Barefoot and Progressive - 3:44 a.m.
Coach John Calipari has brought shame upon Kentucky with the recent news dealing with NCAA violations regarding Fetch, the basketball playing dog . Kentucky Violated NCAA Rules While Recruiting Basketball-Playing Dog ...
Kentucky Democrat - Mon 8:43 p.m. - 2 clicks
KFTC along with the Sierra Club , Public Justice and the Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment asked the U.S. EPA today to rescind the state of Kentucky's authority to enforce the pollution discharge permitting program under the Clean Water Act. The request was based on the state's widespread failure to protect the waters of the commonwealth, especially in coal mining area...
KFTC Blog - Mon 3:45 p.m. - 4 clicks
In Kentucky, everyone knows that you should never go public with being a Duke fan. That's Rand Paul's mistake. Trey Grayson is a Kentucku graduate. Trey Grayson, as I reported yesterday, posted a video on his website with regards to Rand Paul and Duke. An ESPN blogger picked up on the story. In an ideal democracy with informed citizens and open public debate about important issues, you would...
Kentucky Democrat - Mon 3:24 p.m. - 3 clicks
I'd venture to guess that the most-read and respected writers when it comes to Kentucky basketball fans in this state are at Matt Jones' Kentucky Sports Radio. Well, Matt just weighed in on Kim Geveden and Dan Mongiardo's insult to the intelligence of Kentuckians today, and... it's not pretty . So if you liked subtlety, then maybe something was in Grayson’s advertisement for you. But not from...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 2:25 p.m. - 6 clicks
Donna Brazile wants to primary Ben Chandler. Unfortunately, prominent Lexington area Democrats were (and always will be) too afraid to stand up to DINO Ben. At least your Republican constituency will vote for you, right Ben? Of course they will, just as sure as the status quo will drive down health care costs. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 2:15 p.m. - 2 clicks
Just in case you didn't realize this already, Dan Mongiardo's campaign thinks that you are a complete idiot . "Geveden dismissed Conway’s claim to have picked Kentucky over Duke in his NCAA bracket saying, “Real Wildcat fans aren’t fooled by Jack’s claim to having picked Kentucky over Duke. While it is interesting to watch Jack flip-flop on his allegiance to his alma mater, we can’t help but wo...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 1:43 p.m. - 4 clicks
So my intel on the Webb mystery investor/Leprechaun trap to take our gold and bite our ears off to make boots plot turned out to be false, fortunately. Turns out, it was only to save money on mowing the CentrePointe lawn. There is no off position on failed businessman Dudley Webb's genius switch. (h/t to Logan for the pics) ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 1:16 p.m.
Ken Ham has a new national campaign that exhorts people to testify that they are not ashamed to believe that the Flintstones was a documentary on life 6,000 years ago. If you want to share your own video testimony of why you are not ashamed to believe in magic, incest and saddled dinosaurs , head on over to iamnotashamed.org . ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 1:02 p.m.
House Bill 70 is the strongest vehicle we have in Kentucky right now to push to restore voting rights to most former felons in the state. But KFTC also has supported federal legislation since it was filed in August that would represent a big step forward. The bill finally seems to be moving! The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil ...
KFTC Blog - Mon 12:49 p.m. - 3 clicks
I generally ignore Kentucky's most unintentionally funny blogger, because it's like making fun of (insert un-PC line here), but these truly wondrous lines from this weekend lamenting the loss of some dude named Bill Johnson from the Senate race are simply too good not to share. Someone please put this to tape, in Jon Lovitz Master Thespian voice, please? I love irony in the theater but this ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 12:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
It's Dan Mongiardo's turn to insult your intelligence by portraying Kentuckians as dumb hicks who will vote for something as important as who will be their US Senator based on who is a bigger fan of the hometown team that throws the bouncy ball into a basket. "I am a proud Kentucky graduate, as I know Jack Conway is a proud Duke graduate. In the spirit of friendly competition, I offer Jack a frie...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 10:23 a.m. - 6 clicks
Let the count begin. More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the most because of lower-than-average mail participation r...
KFTC Blog - Mon 7:23 a.m.
Thought that no campaign could insult the intelligence of Kentucky voters more than Kim Geveden and Dan Mongiardo? Think again. Meet Trey Grayson : Trey Grayson just gave up any right he had to become a United States Senator. Oh, and I gave Trey the benefit of the doubt on this in his first bio ad , but I suppose I shouldn't have: ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Sun 4:40 p.m. - 6 clicks
Times and commentators will be posted when I have them. All times aere eastern and televised on CBS, except for the opening round as that airs on ESPN. OPENING ROUND Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Dayton (UD Arena) Arkansas Pine Bluff vs. Winthrop, 7:30 PM MIDWEST (St. Louis) FIRST ROUND Oklahoma City (Ford Center) Thursday, March 18 No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Lehigh, 9:30 PM No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Nor...
Kentucky Democrat - Sun 4:07 p.m. - 3 clicks
I really wish Spencer Ackerman would leave FireDogLake so I could call them out for being a Republican sleeper cell with a clean conscience. (And don't bring any of that Overton window shit in here. You want to oppose bills from the left, go for it, but don't adopt Republican rhetorical frames when you do.) ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Sun 9:44 a.m.
Hey, Texas, listen up. You have a problem. You let your own conservatives in the state mess with you. Not just you, but the future of your state. You are trying to revise history. Guess what? It doesn't work. The New York Times has an article up, which I suggest you read. After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum th...
Kentucky Democrat - Sun 9:26 a.m.
Community star Donald Glover was profiled in the New York Times . At one point, Glover's name had come up as auditioning to play Barack Obama on SNL. The former 30 Rock writer has gone on to new success in front of the camera. “When I get stopped on the street, I have to listen to know how the person knows me,” Mr. Glover said over arepas at an East Village restaurant. “If it’s an older w...
Kentucky Democrat - Sun 9:26 a.m.
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I wrote a few diaries several months ago about a Democratic newcomer in Kentucky politics when John Waltz announced his run here, here, and here. While I very much liked what Waltz was saying, I wondered about his ability to mount a race as a newcomer and in Kentucky's Fourth Congressional District. However, as this race is progressing John Waltz is pro...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Sat 9:06 p.m. - 8 clicks
In a proposed commonwealth budget that allocates over $3.4 billion for road projects, a small request of $3.5 million to fund the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program (KADAP) has been ignored, leaving hundreds living with HIV/AIDS facing difficult choices. The nearly 1300 patients enrolled in KADAP, which is currently unfunded, receive medications through a hodge-podge of resources that are tempo...
United We Stand - Sat 10:02 a.m. - 5 clicks
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KFTC Blog - Fri 9:27 p.m. - 7 clicks
Funny how the Democrats always resign over what the Republicans rally around when it happens to them, isn't it? The DNC sends a DC-area love letter to our boy Mitchie Poo: ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Fri 2:28 p.m.
Well, the campaign was embarrassed 2 weeks ago when the Democrats outnumbered the Paul teabaggers outside Bunning's office, and today at Ben Chandler's office ? About 10 people who weren't staff showed up. And they were so far away that Chandler's staff needed binoculars to see them. Pretty lame... ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Fri 11:18 a.m. - 8 clicks
God bless their souls for making me laugh so hard. Here's is Rand Paul's moneybomb video: (fyi, you better hope a good portion of your base didn't see that brief Abraham Lincoln shout out) ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Fri 9:43 a.m.
March 11-14 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN FIRST ROUND March 11 (Thursday) Game 1: [W4] Alabama 68, [E5] South Carolina 63 Game 2: [E3] Tennessee 59, [W6] LSU 49 Game 3: [E4] Florida 78, [W5] Auburn 69 Game 4: [E6] Georgia 77, [W3] Arkansas 64 SECOND ROUND March 12 (Friday) Game 5: [E1] Kentucky 73, [W4] Alabama 67 Game 6: [E3] Tennessee 76, [W2] Ole Miss 65 Game 7: [W1] Mississippi State 7...
Kentucky Democrat - Fri 7:46 a.m. - 4 clicks
As you all now it was illegal to help free slaves and many people spent years in prison for that "supposed" crime back in the 19th century. In fact, in Kentucky back in the time when slavery was legal, The Rev. Calvin Fairbank spent 17 years in a Kentucky prison, suffering beatings and brutal labor, for committing the felony of helping slaves escape to freedom. ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Fri 5:25 a.m. - 3 clicks
This is a movie that I am definitely going to see. Universal Pictures has set Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman to star in The Change-Up , the David Dobkin-directed body-switching comedy. Reynolds was also being courted for Universal's supernatural comedy RIPD , but chose a comedy that has a priority for the studio since it bought the spec by The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Ba...
Kentucky Democrat - Thu 7:01 p.m. - 3 clicks
Jay Baruchel, star of She's Out of My League , spoke with The Onion's A.V. Club .Here's a snippet of it. The A.V. Club: The filmmakers involved in She’s Out Of My League talked about casting actors with experience in stand-up and improv. How did that figure into the final product? Jay Baruchel: I’m a chronic ad-libber. So whoever hires me, often to their chagrin, should know that I will be ...
Kentucky Democrat - Thu 11:49 a.m. - 2 clicks
Steven Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times wonders if Ed Helms is the new Steve Carell. It's an interesting question. Helms was one of the main stars of last year's blockbuster comedy, The Hangover . Helms' career is looking a lot like Steve Carell's these days. It's not just that each got their break on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," evince a geeky likability, practice a similar brand of d...
Kentucky Democrat - Thu 11:27 a.m. - 3 clicks
In political news Congressman Eliot Engel is unhappy with President Obama reappointing Robert Ford as ambassador to Syria. New York Rep. Eliot Engel called Obama's appointment last week of Robert Ford a "mistake." "Unless Syria has agreed to something I am not privy to behind the scenes -- making themselves helpful, ready to take some steps away from Iran, ready to cooperate in the region for p...
Kentucky Democrat - Thu 10:40 a.m. - 2 clicks
I'm sorry, Hollywood, but this time, you have gone too far . If you don't have ORIGINAL material or SEQUELS to be made, please do not tempt fate and mess with classic movies. Adapt books or video games all that you would like for the big screen. Convert board games for the big screen. But leave classics such as The Wizard of Oz alone. Unless the project is done with perfect justice, it sho...
Kentucky Democrat - Thu 10:31 a.m.
The social networking site Facebook has been a key way to mobilize members and allies of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth for a few years now - for events, legislative call-in actions, etc. But today may have been the first big (albeit fairly spontaneous) instance of lots of KFTC members and allies using Facebook to both organize and directly contact a legislator to demonstrate support for a...
KFTC Blog - Wed 7:22 p.m.
Our own Janet Tucker had a letter published in the Herald-Leader about Voting Rights today. Restore ex-felon rights When 186,000 Kentuckians have lost the right to vote, how can we call ourselves a democracy? This is how many of our fellow citizens have lost the right to vote due to a felony conviction in their past. Who among us has not made a mistake that they are not proud of? Wh...
KFTC Blog - Wed 6:43 p.m. - 2 clicks
It's very likely that John Krasinski , best known as Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office , could very well be the next person to play Steve Rogers aka Captain America. Insiders at the Marvel compound tell Fox 411 that he is close to landing the superhero gig of his life. John, who plays Jim on "The Office," has appeared in front of producers repeatedly since the start of the new year and since rumo...
Kentucky Democrat - Wed 4:40 a.m. - 3 clicks
Curtis Morrison has been a diplomatic, honest, opinionated (especially on his blog, Louisville Courant), direct, no-nonsense "cut to the chase" kind of guy since I've known him. Earlier this year, Mr. Morrison (D-Louisville) decided to run for the Office of Jefferson County Judge/Executive. United We Stand - Kentucky's LGBTI News™ has the pleasure of interviewing him....
United We Stand - Wed 2:24 a.m. - 9 clicks
In a shocking move, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church at funerals for U.S. military members killed in Iraq. The group maintains that God hates homosexuals above all other kinds of "sinners" and that homosexuality should be a capital crime....
United We Stand - Tue 11:25 p.m. - 3 clicks
Members of KFTC under the banner of The Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance (KySEA) have been enthusiastically supporting HB 408 , legislation introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly ( see blog post 2.9.10 ) On the last day that new bills could be introduced Rep. Rocky Adkins filed House Bill 3 as a "clean energy bill." Although HB 3 includes new supports for energy efficiency and renewabl...
KFTC Blog - Tue 7:30 p.m. - 7 clicks
Virginia college students began to mobilize Monday in response to a legal opinion from Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II. declaring Virginia's public colleges have no authority to ban discrimination against gay employees. Students at Virginia Commonwealth University planned a rally for noon Wednesday, with several hundred students committed. At Christopher Newport University, student Repu...
United We Stand - Mar 9 - 5 clicks
The House budget proposal is getting its hearing today, to be sent to the House floor for a vote later in the week. Kentucky’s unemployment rate averaged 10.5% in 2009, the highest it's been since 1983. Economists say that budget cuts to public services make state economies worse by eroding safety nets and costing jobs. More info available on CBPP's website. Written versions ...
KFTC Blog - Mar 9 - 4 clicks
Rowan County members held a Bake Sale for the Budget on the campus of Morehead State University yesterday. It was great! We got about 80 people to sign on in support of adequate budgets and fair taxes, had lots of good conversations about the tax/budget/tuition relationship, and raised about $70 for the state budget that we'll deliver to the Governor's office. ...
KFTC Blog - Mar 9 - 2 clicks
The ring from a bell means so much during Week in Washington...it means that another legislator has stood up to big coal and decided to co-sponsor the Clean Water Protection Act We just got another co-sponsor ! We are now up to 166! Week in Washington Bell Ringing from Kentuckians For The Commonwealth on Vimeo . ...
KFTC Blog - Mar 9
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KFTC Blog - Mar 9
Members from KFTC and other member groups in the Alliance for Appalachia lobbying in DC this week We need your help to bring an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. Join us today as part of a national day of action to end mountaintop removal coal mining. This week, nearly 200 citizens from Appalachia and across the US are gathering in our nation's capita...
KFTC Blog - Mar 8 - 2 clicks
This segment was featured last night during the post-Oscar edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live : ...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 8 - 4 clicks
Avatar , for the most part, was shut out at last night's Oscar ceremony. It didn't surprise me. Look at the story and all those viral videos with either Fern Gully or Pocahontas footage being dubbed with dialogue from Avatar . It may have gotten financial success but it just wasn't a hit with the critics that viewers might think. Here's one Yahoo article about last night from Mike Ryan...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 8 - 4 clicks
SurveyUSA for the Louisville Courier-Journal and WHAS-TV. 3/1-3. Likely voters. MoE 4.7% for GOP primary, 4.1% for Dem primary. ( 10/30-11/02 results in parenthesis): Rand Paul (R) 42 (35) Trey Grayson (R) 27 (32) Dan Mongiardo (D) 45 (39) Jack Conway (D) 27 (28) Mongiardo came within inches of unseating Jim Bunning in 2004, but has been a bit of an asshol...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mar 8 - 8 clicks
Performance by an actor in a supporting role : Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Best animated feature film of the year : "Up" (Walt Disney) Pete Docter Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) : "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett Original scree...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 8 - 3 clicks
It appears that after quitting Hollywood in 1994 that John Hughes never stopped writing. The last movie based on something he wrote was the Owen Wilson vehicle, Drillbit Taylor . Paramount appears to be getting back in the Hughes game. John Hughes' film career may not yet be over despite his sudden death in August. The writer-director -- who was given an Oscar tribute Sunday -- has an unprod...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 8 - 3 clicks
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the potential candidates for the Bunning seat in the Senate, I wrote about them with links to their sites HERE . The republican primary candidates have been dueling each other to seem more pro-coal and less pro-Obama. Now for the interesting part... ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mar 8 - 3 clicks
At this juncture, we’re quite sure we have a little more than 60% support in the Kentucky Senate that we need to pass HB 70 - our proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. We also have nine votes in the Senate State and Local government committee that the bill is presently in. That’s two more votes than ...
KFTC Blog - Mar 7 - 4 clicks
Worst Picture of 2009: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Aka Trannies, Too) Worst Actress of 2009: Sandra Bullock, All About Steve Worst Actor(s) of 2009: All Three Jonas Brothers, Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience Worst Screen Couple: Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper, All About Steve Worst Supporting Actress: Sienna Miller, G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA Worst Supporting Actor: Bill...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 7 - 4 clicks
Performance by an actor in a leading role : Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actor in a supporting role : Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an actress in a leading role : Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.) Performance by an actress in a supporting role : Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel ...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 7 - 3 clicks
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 17 U.S. senators in calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to overturn a ban on gay men donating blood. Many states criminalize gay men donating blood. The senators said that while hospitals and emergency rooms are in urgent need of blood products, "healthy blood donors are turned away every day due to an antiquated policy and our blood supply ...
United We Stand - Mar 5
Yesterday, KFTC members and allies filled the halls of Frankfort for our major lobby day to support HB 70, our proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. Three hundred of us were there, breaking most of us into small lobby teams to talk to senators about House Bill 70. We met with more than twenty s...
KFTC Blog - Mar 5 - 8 clicks
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts today denied a last-minute request by traditional marriage supporters to stop Washington, D.C.'s same-sex marriage law from taking effect. As a "matter of judicial policy," Roberts said in an opinion that it has been the practice of the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene in local matters....
United We Stand - Mar 3
Last week, Western Kentucky University's "employee benefit committee" voted 8 to 6 against allowing benefits for both same-sex and opposite-sex unmarried partners. According to school officials, only about a handful of university employees would actually qualify for the "domestic partner" benefits if the university was to offer it. The issue was first brought up last year after resolutions were pa...
United We Stand - Mar 2 - 3 clicks
Today, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. which has been battling the District of Columbia government about same-sex marriage since last year when The District proposed same-sex marriage legislation, announced it will stop health benefits for new members and same-sex couples....
United We Stand - Mar 2
Sunday afternoon's Gold Medal game between Team USA and Team Canada in the men's hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, was the highest watched hockey game since Team USA knocked off Finland in the 1980 Gold Medal game! Canada's victory against Team USA in the Olympic gold-medal game Sunday night was the most-watched hockey game in the United States in 30 y...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 1 - 5 clicks
Jack Conway released this press statement following Senator Jim Bunning's attempt to filibuster the expansion of unemployment benefits. "Jim Bunning's filibuster of an urgent extension of unemployment and health care benefits is preposterous and it isn't fair to the people of Kentucky and the nation. Without this extension, these critical benefits that help Kentucky workers and families will exp...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 1 - 3 clicks
This post isn't as much for the regular readers as it is for the people that come via Google searches. Does anyone know the reason as to why John Grisham's novels are being reprinted with another cover (anf for $9.99 no less!) If you have the answer, I am interested. ...
Kentucky Democrat - Feb 24 - 2 clicks
According to Nikki Finke , John Krasinski, better known as Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office , is up for the role Captain America, to be seen in the 2011 film, The First Avenger: Captain America . I've learned that Marvel Studios and director Joe Johnston are testing candidates for The First Avenger: Captain America which Paramount will distribute on July 22, 2011. I’ve scooped their wish list:...
Kentucky Democrat - Feb 24 - 3 clicks
Race, sex, age, disability -- it's common knowledge that if you discriminate based on those things, you could face a tough legal battle no matter where you live in the United States. But what if you're gay? That still depends on where you live. It's a lesson learned the hard way by one woman who's speaking out after what she calls a hurtful decision....
United We Stand - Feb 23 - 2 clicks
In a horrific show of force, and a major blow the the National Organization for Marriage, the New Hampshire House of Representatives killed two measures that would have overturned the state’s new gay "marriage" law. The bills would have simply repealed the same-sex "marriage" law that passed in June and came into effect January 1 of this year. New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a same-sex ma...
United We Stand - Feb 21
We won.... sorta.... We knocked on doors for Obama and talked about EFCA. It helped get our base excited and got them out to vote. Craig Becker is Change to Win, via the SEIU. He's basically a Teamster. The Senate didn't allow his nomination to come to an up and down vote. The GOP is holding him hostage. This should be a big deal. Teamsters should be on the radio, in print, and on TV bla...
Team 651 - Feb 11 - 2 clicks
