Kentucky
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11:02 a.m.
Louisville is one of the finalists for ESPN's Titletown. Click now to vote . You have until 3 PM on July 28, 2008, and the winner will be announced during Sportscenter at 6 PM later that evening....
Kentucky Democrat - 11:02 a.m.
It appears someone on the McCain staff has mistaken The Onion's story guidelines for a campaign strategy. Via TPM. See more here. ...
BlueGrassRoots - 10:30 a.m.
(crossposted at Barefoot and Progressive) Not only has Ryan Alessi pointed out the blatant deception in Mitch McConnell’s new attack ad......
BlackWednesday.org - 12:42 a.m. - 6 clicks 
Anne Northup’s congressional campaign sent out an email blast touting support of conservative blogger Jefferson Poole of Blue Grass Red......
BlackWednesday.org - 12:42 a.m. - 5 clicks
WILLIAMS ROAD SCANDAL WIDENS We have already discussed the potentially significant personal conflict Mr. Williams has with his aggressive efforts to prosecute a lawsuit that would give him further control of many more taxpayer dollars when it comes to roads. And good news -- it looks like FINALLY the MSM is paying attention . But it goes further than th...
BlueGrassRoots - Wed 10:03 p.m.
At Ryan for Kentucky, we believe that the playing field has been tilted against working families for far too long. My whole life, it seems that war has been waged on union workers and workers attempting to form new unions. I have witnessed this personally in a union fight. Although initially, 80% of the workers at our warehouse signed on to become union, the long process allowed the company to com...
BlueGrassRoots - Wed 8:01 p.m. - 6 clicks
At Ryan for Kentucky, we believe that the playing field has been tilted against working families for far too long. My whole life, it seems that war has been waged on union workers and workers attempting to form new unions. I have witnessed this personally in a union fight. Although initially, 80% of the workers at our warehouse signed on to become union, the long process allowed the company to co...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Wed 7:41 p.m. - 5 clicks
Fayette County Young Democrats to the rescue! We've organized a caravan up to Fancy Farm and would love for you to join us! You don't have to be a dues-paying Young Dem and hey, you don't even have to be young (young at heart is good enough). We do ask, however, that you sign up to attend by Monday, July 28th . All the details about our trip are explained after the jump...
BlueGrassRoots - Wed 7:41 p.m. - 9 clicks
Brace yourslef. The starvation state budget has kicked in and agencies have started announcing the taxpayer-funded services that you can't have any more. First the state's public defenders announced they'd have to let runaway teens and indigent suspects take their chances in court without lawyers. Then Kentucky State Police announced the end of roving patrols on the highways in favor of ...
BlueGrassRoots - Wed 7:41 p.m. - 7 clicks
(crossposted at Barefoot and Progressive) Not only has Ryan Alessi pointed out the blatant deception in Mitch McConnell’s new attack ad against Bruce Lunsford, but the LHL and CJ editorial absolutely impaled Sen. Beaker on it yesterday. LHL ********** McConnell’s commercial is essentially dishonest. But that’s not the worst of it. He’s confusing an already perplexing pict...
DitchMitchKY.com - Wed 7:03 p.m. - 5 clicks
Pollster.com has been an excellent site for political junkies, and they've just revamped their look. But this is what really grabbed my attention: They designate only four Senate races as competitive -- two as Toss-Up, one as Lean Democrat, and one as Lean Republican. Mitch McConnell is one of them. Mitch is on the ropes. Let's do everything we can to get him out of office this fa...
BlueGrassRoots - Wed 7:08 a.m. - 10 clicks
Because everyone likes to ready about Funny Jews, right? An early review of Pineapple Express . I won't excerpt it here because I, um, have not yet seen it. Look, if you are going to publish an interview , please bold the questions. What makes a good comedian? People don't need to be famous to be funny. If someone makes me laugh, I think, why shouldn't they be the star of the movie? I do...
Kentucky Democrat - Wed 5:39 a.m.
Boy, here in Kentucky we sure are straddled with two of the worst the national Republican Party has to offer. First we have Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, then we have Exxon Ed Whitfield, whose election year Renaisance doesn't quite reach to the point of holding Karl Rove accountable for contempt of Congress. Read on about some goings on in the Bluegrass state. ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Tue 9:00 p.m. - 8 clicks
So, Netroots Nation '08 is come and gone, but the organizers of the premiere gathering of liberal bloggers/new media folk have announced the location and date of next year's festivities: Pittsburgh, August 13-16 . The organizers have released a limited number of early registration tickets at unbelievably low prices. If you register now, you can go for as little as $225 . Wi...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 8:06 p.m.
TPM Election Central has the latest list of swing district Congressional races to which the Democratic National Committee has allocated ad money, and it mostly ignores Kentucky. The latest list, which adds up to $17.6 million in 20 districts across the country, paints an extraordinary picture of just how grim the GOP's outlook is in House races: About three fourths of the money the DCCC is pl...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 7:10 p.m. - 8 clicks
David Watson, running for House of Representatives in Kentucky's 48th Legislative District, has his website up and running for the fall. Scope our list of legislative candidates and if you know of a link to a candidate that we're missing, tell us in the comment box. We're making good progress toward having a complete list! ...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 6:10 p.m. - 9 clicks
Polite smiles and handshakes from service members trained to be courteous is one thing; this is something else entirely. HuffPo has the excerpt from ABC of Obama in Bagdad getting mobbed by cheering GIs and embassy employees. That's right, the GIs McCain supposedly has in the bag; the embassy staff supposedly full of "loyal bushies," screaming, snapping pictures, straining and pushing to sha...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 3:36 p.m.
You can read Mark Millar's interview at Den of Geek . Here's an excerpt though: I genuinely had waited since 1987, Superman 4 ; buying magazines, checking it out online when the internet came along, just praying for a Superman movie. And managing to snare a draft of the Tim Burton scripts, and probably versions people haven’t even bothered looking at. I’ve probably read them all. So I was rea...
Kentucky Democrat - Tue 2:12 p.m.
Exxon Ed Whitfield has been trying to clean up his voting record for this election year. He knows it is a bad year for Republicans, and that he has been a shameless enabler of every failed policy of the Bush Administration. All the election year scuffling to clean up his record cannot hide the fact that he has been a constant, bitter opponent to reform of our healthcare system, and of providing eq...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 1:02 p.m. - 9 clicks
Six Central Kentucky stores are among the 600 Starbucks locations closing around the country. Hard to believe that the Frankfort Starbucks is staying open while the Starbucks at Euclid and Upper near UK in downtown Lexington is closing, but that's what the list says. Two stores in Louisville, and one each in Danville, Paris and Somerset are also getting the ax. 11753 S DANVILLE BYPASS &a...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 1:02 p.m. - 8 clicks
On June 24, I sent State Senator David Boswell, the Democratic candidate for retiring Rep. Ron Lewis' Second District Congressional seat, an email asking Senator Boswell his position on five issues. The last issue was this: Publicly endorsing Barack Obama and enthusiastically campaigning for him. On July 11, I received Senator Boswell's response. His answer to the last issue, on publicly endor...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 1:02 p.m. - 10 clicks
We have a big problem in this country. Lobbyists control Washington and poison the system with their money. Corrupt politicians such as Mitch McConnell openly brag about their lobbyist money. Lobbyists are allowed to corrupt the process and influence politicians on both sides to overlook their unscrupulous activities because of the dire need of campaign cash. The recent housing crisis nails th...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 1:02 p.m. - 7 clicks
Even oilmen believe our planet is burning up, says Full Monty writer behind terrifying TV drama | Mail Online Even oil industry chiefs now privately admit global warming will worsen disastrously without urgent action Oil companies pumped out the oil that was producing the carbon dioxide, so why would he tell me any different? Sure enough, that's how the interview st...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 1:02 p.m.
cross-posted at GreenKY : I'm very sad that I'm not at Netroots Nation . Especially because Al Gore decided to drop by this morning for a surprise appearance. And one of the guys from West Virginia Blue got to ask Mr. Gore what he thinks of mountaintop removal mining and coal-to-liquid fuels. Prepare to swoon: take the jump for a full transcription of Gore's...
BlueGrassRoots - Tue 1:02 p.m.
Cyclists decry abject failure on the part of Louisville to hold drivers accountable for deathsLouisville, Ky - In light of......
BlackWednesday.org - Tue 1:02 p.m. - 13 clicks
"U.S. Found Not Trustworthy (http://sideshow.me.uk/cabdrollery.blogspot.comom/news/story British officials are convinced of the same thing that the U.S. public has learned the......
BlackWednesday.org - Tue 7:39 a.m.
It’s happening again right here in Kentucky. Another refugee family accused of having ties to terrorism after being kidnapped......
BlackWednesday.org - Tue 7:39 a.m. - 8 clicks
Our homie Okjimm, and I were discussing the General feeling of Malaise that is currently running through our Great Nation. People are Fucking Worn Out. If it’s not the Bills Piling Up, it’s problems at work, or with the kids, or the car, or the Politicians WE elected. Whatever it is, People are Exhausted. My background is in Sociology, [...]...
Jones Town - Tue 2:04 a.m.
(Cross posted at Hillbilly Report ) For those that might think I’m a Muslim basher, click here and here and see what I have to say about those claiming to be Christians. Let me begin by saying I don’t believe Ed. Whitfield is involved with terrorism or supports terrorist, but I’m questioning Mr. Whitfield’s [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Tue 1:08 a.m. - 9 clicks
Exxon Ed Whitfield has been trying to clean up his voting record for this election year. He knows it is a bad year for Republicans, and that he has been a shameless enabler of every failed policy of the Bush Administration. All the election year scuffling to clean up his record cannot hide the fact that he has been a constant, bitter opponent to reform of our healthcare system, and of providing e...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mon 6:32 p.m. - 10 clicks
Roll Call reports that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has heavily invested early in the campaign cycle to improve field......
BlackWednesday.org - Mon 3:01 p.m.
As you know, I’m not a big fan of Obama. I’ve tried. I really have, and for a Time I even thought- “Maybe he’s not so Bad. Maybe, I should give him a Second Chance.” But with each Passing Day, I find myself returning to my initial Impression- “He’s not the One.” However, my reasoning may not be what you [...]...
Jones Town - Sun 5:00 p.m.
(Cross posted at Hillbilly Report ) Opinion: During Hurricane Katrina TV showed folks looting over and over. Remember when Coralnelle Little, 36, Rhonda McGowen, 42, and Paul C. Pearson, 36, were sentenced to 15 years for looting during Hurricane Katrina and the judge said he wanted to send a message that looting would not [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Sun 4:04 p.m.
Go see this movie. What Christopher Nolan has done with the franchise is unbelievable. To future generations, Christian Bale IS the Batman. And go give Heath Ledger an Oscar now. And if DC thinks they can get away with a Justice League movie without Christian Bale or Brandon Routh, they are wrong....
Kentucky Democrat - Sun 3:32 p.m. - 2 clicks
Yesterday's New York Times ripped Mitch McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao: To lead the Department of Labor, Mr. Bush appointed Elaine Chao, who took office in 2001 arguing that states should be able to opt out of the federal minimum wage - a terrible idea that would drive down wages for the lowest-paid employees. For more than seven years, Ms. Chao has run a department that has tilted toward empl...
BlueGrassRoots - Sun 12:11 a.m. - 17 clicks
I’m one of those people who believes the “Ideal” Candidate is someone who combines the Best of Both Parties. Now, I’m not talking about some Lame Ass “Centrist,” but someone who takes the Extremes from both the Left, and the Right, puts them in a Food Processor set on “Finely Chopped,” adds a pinch of [...]...
Jones Town - Sat 6:32 p.m.
(crossposted at Barefoot and Progressive) Obama’s plan for withdrawal has just been endorsed by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki. Soooo, let’s see if Bush/McSame/McConnell keep talking about Iraq’s “sovereignty”… SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq? Maliki: As soon as possible, as far as we’re concern...
DitchMitchKY.com - Sat 3:02 p.m. - 11 clicks
(crossposted at Barefoot and Progressive) Well, McConnell is finally spending his millions on his long expected attack ads on Bruce Lunsford. And, as expected, they have no regard for the truth. Fortunately, Ryan Alessi is there to point out the inaccuracies (lies). By saying Lunsford wants to “pump taxpayers for even more,” it leaves the impression that Lunsford [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Sat 4:03 a.m. - 15 clicks
Well, we knew it wouldn't take too long for Mitch McConnell to begin his smearing, and outright lying. Yes, fresh after charging for his time in a supposedly non-profit, Christian bookstore, Mitch McConnell is unleashing his war-chest of dirty money to try and smear the Democratic Senatate candidate in Kentucky, Bruce Lunsford. ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Sat 4:03 a.m. - 16 clicks
(Cross-posted at UK Dems ) As many of you have heard, and many more have not, UK College Democrats, together with UK KFTC and Accio Rock!, present Wizard Rock the Vote! Now, I know many of you will ask, what is Wizard Rock ? Well, the wikipedia entry explains it better than I could. We are teaming up with these organizations to help register voters, get information out about the can...
BlueGrassRoots - Fri 11:05 a.m. - 2 clicks
It was my oldest brother’s 58th birthday on Wednesday. He died in 1995, the official cause of which was AIDS. But it was heroin that pushed the spade into the plot of land that became his grave. Gus was a junkie. Most years, July 16 comes and goes as just another summer day [...]...
Jones Town - Fri 7:31 a.m. - 2 clicks
(crossposted at Barefoot and Progressive) Some Republicans actually grew a heart today, cutting the unholy umbilical chord that attached themselves to President Bush, and voting to override his veto of the “Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act”. This bill prevents a 10.6% cut in pay for doctors under Medicare, as explained here. But here’s the least [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Fri 1:01 a.m. - 14 clicks
Summer is upon us and the blistering heat of Kentucky's political process is about to kick into full swing. Democrats have incumbents in John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler, and are contesting all but one of the current Republican seats. Now with summer arriving in Kentucky, the fight is on!! ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Thu 1:10 p.m. - 20 clicks
PFC James Burmeister’s Court Martial was held yesterday at the Pike Hall (the Legal Offices) building #1310 court room in Fort Knox, Kentucky. This was my first time to attend a Court Martial and now I understand why Court Martial’s are seldom covered by the press. If you’re a member of the [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Thu 11:42 a.m. - 11 clicks
Dashiell (Part I can be read Here) For the United States to make the transition from a war society to a peace society, many old ways of thinking will need to be abandoned, ways that have determined public policy for a long time. It may seem as if completely new ways of thinking will have to replace [...]...
Jones Town - Jul 17 - 2 clicks
Which is just an evolution of Jewish humor in America... I just saw this in a newsletter and for my sake, I hope this is on PBS: Billy Crystal signed on to host the six-hour documentary series Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Ghost Light Films. The documentary, which is slated to air next January, will look at the various forms of American comed...
Kentucky Democrat - Jul 17
A sad news story broke today from the Middle East. Two Israeli soldiers, held captive since 2006, have been confirmed to have died. My condolences go out to their families and friends at this time. Hezbollah confirmed that Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, Israeli soldiers it seized in a 2006 border raid, are dead. The Lebanese militia delivered two black coffins to the Israeli border on Wedne...
Kentucky Democrat - Jul 17 - 3 clicks
Former Cardinals honored before the game during the honoring of 49 Hall of Famers able to make the game: P: Steve Carlton, Dennis Eckersley, Bob Gibson, Bruce Sutter 1B: Orlando Cepeda SS: Ozzie Smith OF: Lou Brock Current or former Cardinals that made either All Star roster: Albert Pujols, Ryan Ludwick, Dan Haren and J.D. Drew. That made for a total of 11 current or former Cardinals represented...
Kentucky Democrat - Jul 17 - 2 clicks
…and if you have a problem with that, fvck you. It’s okay for me to say that–now. But in the future? Will we follow the lead of the National Children’s Bureau in Britain, which recently sent out a 366-page guide to the staff of pre-schools (according to the Telegraph), titled Young Children and Racial Justice? “Racist incidents [...]...
Jones Town - Jul 15
President Bush vetoed a bill blocking Medicare and Tricare pay cuts to doctors, but congress tells him to go to Hell and overrides the veto. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly by a 383-41 vote to override President Bush’s veto and the Senate vote was 70-26 . Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Jul 15 - 6 clicks
Have you ever been in a rural Kentucky church or restaurant and hear folks wailing about all those "Baby Mommas" on welfare? Well I have and I hear it all the time and it’s coming out of the mouths of those receiving more money than you can imagine, what a bunch of [...]...
DitchMitchKY.com - Jul 14 - 11 clicks
As the threat of the issue of gay marriage, and now a gay priest being appointed Bishop threatens to tear apart the Anglican Communion, its 80 million members (making it the 3rd largest church in the world) are receiving no feedback from Queen Elizabeth II. The Anglican Communion is an association of churches in full communion with the Church of England (which may be regarded as the "mother...
United We Stand - Jul 14
If one thing is apparent, it is that the U.S. Midwest and Southern states have a long, long way to go for LGBT rights..... let alone marriage equality. I remain surprised that most LGBT advocates in those areas don't even like to place the words "gay" and "marriage" in the same sentence. In addition to marriage equality, hate crime laws, discriminations laws, and domestic partner benefits...
United We Stand - Jul 14
Suzi Riot When you spend a generous amount of time contemplating the horrific stupidity of humanity and the global demise resulting from our general fucktardedness, it can be challenging attempting to select the most fucktardian from the fucktard herd. This week’s list is by no means all inclusive. I’ve been without television for the past [...]...
Jones Town - Jul 14
To see the slimy cover of the New Yorker, click here. The New Yorker email address is webcomments@newyorker.com ...
DitchMitchKY.com - Jul 14 - 2 clicks
I'm not sure what to think about this. One one hand, I loathe Billy Packer for all of his pro-ACC commentating. On the other hand, it's not the NCAA tournament without the Nantz/Packer combo. Either way, this came out in the Miami Herald today. College basketball commentator Billy Packer, who has announced 34 consecutive Final Fours on network television and created a few controversies along ...
Kentucky Democrat - Jul 14
We've reached the halfway point of the 2008 baseball season and it's time to update my award picks based on statistics and the standings. As you may recall, my original picks were made with this posting here . Based on the current standings, here is what the playoffs look like. National League East: Philadelphia Phillies Central: Chicago Cubs West: Arizona Diamondbacks Wild Card: St. Louis C...
Kentucky Democrat - Jul 14
I know it's satire but Bob Gibson is making a comeback . In more serious news, on Baseball Tonight last night, Peter Gammons thinks the Cards are a leader if Toronto does decide to move A.J. Burnett....