Kentucky
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9:48 a.m.
Well isn't this fun? Jim Newberry is holding a fundraiser with all kinds of King Coal executives around the state. And check out what their invitation letter says: "Mayor Newberry's opponent in the race has been associated with individuals that have opposed the efforts of the coal and energy industry." Huh? Well, I suppose that pitch might work on coal executives. But the lack of coal mines in, y...
Barefoot and Progressive - 8:47 a.m.
Our newest chapter , located in the most northern part of our state, had an interesting weekend last week, decided to take an opportunity to table at a music festival in northern Kentucky. The festival is located at the l ongest continuing operating drag strip in the country , and is a diverse collection of self-described beardos . Many, due to the nature of the festival, the feel of t...
KFTC Blog - 7:20 a.m.
By Mary Love Jefferson County Chapter member On August 13-15 a first-ever Community Leader Training Weekend took place at Camp Virgil Tate north of Charleston WV. The training was planned and conducted by the Alliance for Appalachia, of which KFTC is a member. Seventy-four folks participated from KY (15), TN (15), VA, (16) WV (17), PA (3), NC (2), DC (2), OH (1), and even one each from Color...
KFTC Blog - 6:48 a.m.
$13 million in Kentucky Retirement Systems kickbacks paid since 2004, and the management hides those facts from the board of directors? What would possibly motivate management to do such a thing? Governor Beshear called for state Auditor Crit Luallen to review the Retirement Systems last week. Yesterday, despite the coverup previously attempted by its management, [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - 3:23 a.m. - 4 clicks 
Forget about the right to marry—cynics today would assert that the really critical right is the right to divorce. This, along with the Equal Protection Clause, is the point at which the legal ability to oppose same-sex marriage crumbles. A Texas court has ruled that a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts does not have the [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - 3:23 a.m.
From the Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial, noting that the defense of lunch-counter racial discrimination by Rand Paul is being teamed up with David Williams’ legislation to resegregate Kentucky’s schools: State Senate President David Williams and his fellow Republican, Sen. Dan Seum, went into full pander mode last week, thereby removing any doubts election season has arrived...
Blue Bluegrass - 3:23 a.m. - 5 clicks
Reporting as it should be, from a blogger who’s powerfully addressed a critical issue in his own small town. No histrionics, just a compelling case, built solidly, brick by brick. Meet the Marion County Line. Jimmy Higdon methodically, factually and clearly lays out the case: Lebanon has a pain pill factory that is drawing drug [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - 3:23 a.m.
After hitting the ground running last week with a voter registration table on the first day of classes, tabling at the student involvement fair, and posting flyers on campus, tonight was the first UK KFTC meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year. Nearly all of the active UK KFTC leaders of last year have graduated, are taking a semester abroad, or have had to step back bec...
KFTC Blog - Wed 7:29 p.m.
Jukebox the Ghost will be appearing tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman . They are longtime friends--especially pianist Ben Thornewill, a fellow Ballard High School Class of 2003 graduate. ...
Kentucky Democrat - Wed 2:49 p.m.
Tragic news out of the 12th floor of Lexington's city hall today: Jim Newberry's chief of staff Shaye Rabold has finally, after a 3 month absence, deleted her Twitter account . This means that all we have left of the most retweeted tweet in the history of Lexington is just the screenshot: We can only assume that her reasons are the same as Miley's, because there's nothing to see here. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 12:24 p.m. - 7 clicks
Well, failed businessman Dudley Webb isn't ever going to build his Magic Unicorn Tower for Lexington, but some other folks have an idea for a substitute Tower of Magic : Oh yeah, let's make this happen. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 11:05 a.m. - 6 clicks
In response to Higdon showing us this : And Gay Skeletor mentioning " Mom Jeans ": I really have no choice but to share this with you: No, that campaign video was a great idea, really. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 10:48 a.m.
When your campaign logo has a BASKETBALL in it... ... this is what you are saying to the people of Kentucky: "You are a bunch of redneck idiots who will vote for a gubernatorial candidate because he's running with a guy that used to throw a bouncy ball into a basket for the home team." David Williams thinks that you are an idiot. I hope he's wrong. (But it worked so well for Grayson and ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 9:05 a.m. - 9 clicks
The KDP's Republican chairman released this statement: FRANKFORT - "I believe that Kentuckians, both Democrats and many Republicans, are as happy as I am that we finally get a chance to cast a ballot against the man who has turned the State Senate in to a place where good ideas go to die. The people of Kentucky are going to find that Senator Williams' record is one of working against Kentucky's f...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 9:05 a.m. - 10 clicks
When will this federal oppression and wasteful spending end? Nineteen people were arrested as part of a drug roundup by the Somerset Police Department and Operation UNITE on Tuesday. Among those arrested were Gary Cook, 36, who had been staying at the Economy Inn. He was taken into custody when officers discovered that he was a fugitive wanted in Florida for possession of oxycodone. And they...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 8:04 a.m.
WKYT broke the news first on Monday. Yesterday, Scott Jennings issued a media advisory confirming the David Williams/Richie Farmer 2011 gubernatorial ticket announcement set for this morning. Well, reports that have been published refer to Richie Farmer having been promised a job if he runs with David Williams on the Republican gubernatorial ticket and loses. [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - Wed 3:08 a.m.
Drugs aren’t a pressing issue in Kentucky to Aqua Buddha. But others, including neighboring sheriff’s, disagree. To see the video report, click here. A local sheriff says that he wants more federal funding to fight drugs here in Kentucky. Barren County Sheriff, Chris Eaton, says that his department cant survive without federal money to fight [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - Wed 3:08 a.m. - 7 clicks
Not a hard man to track. Leaves political dead men wherever he goes. Underground Rooster responds to the Bill Johnson desire to run for something—anything—including state senator Joey Pendleton’s seat. The post has the legacy of previous failed challengers to Pendleton, including this: If anything Sen. Pendleton has probably gotten stronger since 2008. After the [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - Wed 3:08 a.m.
It appears that I've done something bad. My little post on the Freedom and Liberty of the shady pain pill pipeline shack in Marion County that Higdon discovered has apparently put a dent in the Brain Armor of a White Male Liberty Patriot. On their internet home in the Ewok Liberty Village, I found this Paulbot slowly becoming self-aware of the foolishness of his 8th grade Civics student ideolo...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 4:29 p.m.
Page One says David Williams and Richie Farmer are announcing their gubernatorial ticket tomorrow. This just means that Joel Pett will keep doing that horrifying cartoon of Richie Farmer over the next year, so I'll go ahead and give this a thumbs up. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 3:44 p.m.
It might not be the best idea for our state to commission ads like these... ...if we remain one of the two ass-backwards states in the union to not let former felons restore their right to vote without a pardon. Mkay? Great. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 1:48 p.m.
Hi, I'm Afghanistan . FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Military officials say seven members of the 101st Airborne Division were killed during a deadly weekend in Afghanistan. So when exactly do we get to declare victory and retreat from this one? And why doesn't Rand Paul have the spine that his father has? I know that he's busy doing McConnell's bidding right now, but you'd figure the son of Ron Paul woul...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 1:25 p.m. - 7 clicks
Focus on the Family has a message for gay rights activists: stay off the playground. Candi Cushman, an education analyst for the James Dobson-founded group, told The Denver Post this weekend that gay rights advocates have inserted their agenda into anti-bullying efforts at the expense of "Christian values."...
United We Stand - Tue 11:23 a.m.
The New World Order is going to rape and murder you and your family any day now: Rand Paul needs to speak out about this stuff, but he's too much of a sell out I guess. He'd rather tell you about his Soviet-style 5-year plans, get tough on Iran, be an accomplice to the bloodshed in Afghanistan, and raise money from Mitch McConnell and his AIG buddies in the Senate. Liberty weeps... b...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 11:23 a.m. - 9 clicks
In this week's episode Obama and Jack kidnap your white daughter and drive her up the mountains of Kandahar, so that they can impose socialized medicine and Sharia Law on her: I am full of FEAR. I am afraid that Conway wants to cut government entitlements and expand government. Hide your daughter before the black muslin preznit throws her in the trunk of his Camaro. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 11:23 a.m. - 9 clicks
Mark your calendars for September 16th, as our next president rears her head... enters our airspace... where will she be?... above Louisville! Yay America! ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 10:10 a.m. - 14 clicks
This woman is one of the serious people of the new American movement that will restore honor to our country, and must be taken very seriously by the media. Enjoy (before Obama imposes his Sharia Law on you): ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 8:27 a.m.
(This is the sixth edition of Barefoot and Progressive's ongoing series of what happened this week in Watergate history that has nothing to do with anything happening inside Lexington's city hall right now) August 30-31, 1972 On August 30th, 1972, President Richard Nixon announced that White House counsel John Dean had completed his internal investigation of the Watergate affair. Dean found ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 8:05 a.m. - 10 clicks
Alessi lands one of the biggest scoops that the state has ever seen: Bill Johnson, the Todd County businessman and former U.S. Senate candidate, said he will make a choice in the next month between running for the Republican nomination for secretary of state in 2011 or mounting a campaign in 2012 against Democratic state Sen. Joey Pendleton. “If I don’t run for secretary of state, I will run f...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 6:20 a.m.
According to a brand new Newsweek poll , only 40% of Republicans do not believe that "Barack Obama sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the world". 40% 59% of Republicans believe that "Barack Obama favors the interests of Muslim Americans over other groups of Americans". By the time we get to the 2012 primaries, I'd say that you'll have ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 6:20 a.m.
Gee, tens of millions of dollars of payments to friends in transactions by managers, sweetheart legislators’ pension increases, underfunding by the legislature, and mismanagement that doesn’t even match the stock index returns. The news of the so-called audit that announced the tens of millions in questionable payment wasn’t even shared with all the retirement board [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - Tue 3:08 a.m.
From Conway’s press release: Democratic Senate candidate Jack Conway’s first statewide ad of the general campaign features endorsements from police officers and sheriffs. The ad, which began airing early Monday, specifically touts Conway’s record during his first term as attorney general targeting the illegal prescription drug trade, child pornography via the Internet, and elder ...
Blue Bluegrass - Tue 3:08 a.m. - 6 clicks
Perrspectives identifies the many parts of the Constitution that those constitution-loving teabaggers work to ignore: Even as they argue with the actors at Colonial Williamsburg and offer classes on the Constitution, the Tea Bagging crowd belies its boasts like, “I’ve read the Constitution 20 times in the past two months.” In no particular order, here [...]...
Blue Bluegrass - Tue 3:08 a.m.
Expect long lines at the DMV on Tuesday. This week marks the first week that many state workers are on "furlough"--fancy language for being out of work for a day so that the state can cut their pay. Meanwhile, national experts called out Kentucky for the severity of our underfunding of the retirement accounts for 84,000 state workers. The Kentucky Employees Retirement System has a...
KFTC Blog - Mon 2:40 p.m. - 9 clicks
On Saturday night, the folks at the Kentucky Theatre were nice enough to let us set up a table for their monthly showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show . The showing coincided with a free movie night for University of Kentucky students, making it a great opportunity to register some voters. Central Kentucky members registered voters, collected voting rights postcards, and handed out invitat...
KFTC Blog - Mon 1:29 p.m. - 8 clicks
Rand Paul is all about getting the government out of our lives and health care, so that small businesses and Liberty can thrive. This is what loving freedom and capitalism is all about. Also, Liberty. And it's hard to find anything that exemplifies these principles more than the new pain pill pipeline shop in Marion County . As Higdon notes, carloads of people come from all over the state at ran...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 12:27 p.m.
Rand Paul phoned in this 3 minute video for his out of state Dick Armey folks, mentioning Tea Party 7 times and Kentucky once. His top issue is the debt, debt, debt, but his Soviet 5-year plan is a secret that he won't tell anyone until he is sworn in. Hallelujah. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 10:45 a.m. - 10 clicks
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series : Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series : Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, Modern Family - "Pilot" Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series : Jane Lynch, Glee Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series : Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series : Edie Falc...
Kentucky Democrat - Sun 8:30 p.m.
We're starting to get some responses from candidates sending in their answers to the the KFTC Candidate Survey, which we will publish in a few weeks in our Voter Guide (50,000 copies strong) and on www.KentuckyElection.org . It's a key part of our voter education campaign - asking candidates to make statements on issues and to relay those answers word-for-word to KFTC members and friend...
KFTC Blog - Sun 4:26 p.m. - 9 clicks
I haven't really had a chance to make my Primetime Emmy predictions, mainly because, at the time, I was unsure as to which categories were going to be presented at the Creative awards ceremony. As always, the lead actor in a comedy series and the Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series are the hardest categories when it comes to making predictions. Jim Parsons is hilarious on The Big Bang T...
Kentucky Democrat - Sun 11:02 a.m.
A North Lexington couple is using the grand occasion of their wedding next weekend to share good fortune, food, and a little voter empowerment with everyone in their community. Christian Torp and Tanya Ferguson, both KFTC members, expect to feed about 800 people at their wedding, to which everyone in their neighborhood is invited. KFTC will be there to register voters and to talk to peop...
KFTC Blog - Fri 4:48 p.m. - 13 clicks
" Our water is worth more than that coal!” Bennie Massey said to the Kentucky Department of Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (DMRE) at Wednesday's hearing on the proposed strip mine for Benham & Lynch, Harlan County. Bennie, Lynch's longest running city council member, joined 20 of his neighbors and friends in Middlesboro at the DMRE to speak out against the 500-acre strip...
KFTC Blog - Fri 2:48 p.m. - 12 clicks
We all know of the BP ads about how they will be in the Gulf forever to clean up whatever remains. We know of their commercials from before about their investments in alternative energy - I emailed them and told them the amounts in the ads were lame. We know of other industries and companies in trouble with public opinion going on air with ads. This does two things, first, the ads themselves wo...
Team 651 - Fri 12:02 p.m.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/economy/the-ground-war- But for some, the “bailout” assignation is a below-the-belt rhetorical tactic. As Factcheck.org has pointed out, even some supporters of FedEx on the policy have balked at the use of the word “bailout” to describe the legislative measure. Conservative columnist George Will wrote last year , in a colu...
Team 651 - Fri 11:01 a.m.
Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain have been hired as a featured player for Saturday Night Live . Both performed during the IO Showcase in Chicago when Lorne Michaels and various writers were scouting for new cast members. Joining them as a featured player is Groundlings' Sunday Company cast member Taran Killam. ...
Kentucky Democrat - Fri 10:48 a.m.
On Wednesday, University of Kentucky KFTC members were on campus tabling in honor of the first day of classes. We registered a total of 76 voters on their way to and from class! We invited folks out to the first meeting of the semester on September 1st. UK KFTC will meet every Wednesday at 7pm in the Student Center. On Thursday, UK KFTC President Callie Thomas and volunteers tabled...
KFTC Blog - Fri 9:00 a.m. - 10 clicks
Going the Distance was filmed at the home of an Orthodox family in Queens. Justin Long recently spoke to George Lopez about some of the issues involved with filming. An Orthodox Jewish couple is more upset about non-kosher hamburgers being cooked on their grill than a sex scene on their dining room table, actor Justin Long said.[...] In an interview with George Lopez on Lopez Tonight, Long...
Kentucky Democrat - Fri 8:08 a.m.
Ray Hanania wrote an interesting column in the Jerusalem Post. When was the last time leading Arabs or Muslims came to the defense of Jews? I say that because a phenomenal thing happened in America last week. American Jews were divided, but still led the national debate on whether or not a mosque should be allowed within blocks of “Ground Zero,” the spot where the Twin Towers collapsed under a t...
Kentucky Democrat - Fri 7:45 a.m.
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is really not taking Rand Paul much time at all to be morphed like clay in the hands of Mitch McConnell. Yes, the further away from his primary win he gets, and the more time he spends with the Kentucky Republican taskmaster Rand Paul is being shaped into Mitch McConnell. One need only look at his now rescinded promise to balance the budget in a year to ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Thu 6:27 p.m. - 8 clicks
Will Forte is leaving the cast of SNL . Will Forte, the longtime “Saturday Night Live” cast member who portrayed that incompetent adventurer, among a wealth of other eccentric characters, will not be returning to “S.N.L.” when the NBC late-night sketch series begins its 36th season in the fall. In an email message, a representative for Mr. Forte said he offered his thanks to his colleagues and ...
Kentucky Democrat - Thu 2:24 p.m.
Portal 31 Residents of Benham and Lynch in Harlan County are creating a new future of their communities. They are asking for support to help stop another proposal to strip away the communities' assets and their hopes for the future. “Our little communities of Benham and Lynch have a lot of potential. The Portal 31 Exhibition Coal Mine, Lynch Depot, Benham Theater, ...
KFTC Blog - Thu 12:29 p.m. - 2 clicks
Join MACED and water heating and space heating experts to learn the latest in energy efficiency at a free Lunch and Learn on September 2 in Paintsville. Electricians, plumbers, HVAC contractors, solar installers, energy managers, and operations teams are welcome. Location: Kentucky Highlands Entrepreneur Center 120 Scott Perry Drive Paintsville, KY 41240 ...
KFTC Blog - Aug 26 - 13 clicks
T O P C O M M E N T S Top Comments can be found around these parts every evening at 10:00pm ET. So, if you discovered some funny, erudite or informative comments that you want to share with more people, you can nominate that comment to TopComments at gmail dot com (make sure to send it in by 9:30pm ET ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Aug 25
Check out this article by KFTC’s own Sara Pennington and Randy Wilson (pictured below) in the latest issue of the journal Solutions, which focuses on the future of Appalachia. Pennington is a KFTC organizer, and Wilson is a long-time KFTC member and fifth-generation Appalachian who lives in Clay County. Read about a plan called Renew East Kentucky that would crea...
KFTC Blog - Aug 24 - 9 clicks
Our goal was to explore the connections between the impacts of the coal industry in Kentucky and Colombia. An important part of the exchange and the high point for many was a celebration of culture and an exchange of the things that people in both places love about where they are from. A delegation of 5 from Kentucky - including 3 KFTC members and 2 staff - participated in this Witness for Pea...
KFTC Blog - Aug 24 - 8 clicks
Nearly three years ago, Elmer Lloyd began a journey for justice on his property in Cumberland, KY after the Nalley & Hamilton owned strip mine above his home completely devastated his family's fish pond. Excessive drainage of toxins, sediment, and mud killed hundreds of fish and nearly filled in the entire pond, as shown by video footage here . Years of lawyers, inspectors, court battles,...
KFTC Blog - Aug 23
There's been a lot of controversy over the recent Community Center/Mosque that is being proposed a few blocks from Ground Zero. Here's a tidbit of interest: The head of the Manhattan JCC is advising the effort to build an Islamic cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero. Rabbi Joy Levitt, executive director of the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, is calling on Jewish and Christian inst...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 23
KFTC members Janet Tucker and Tayna Fogle took turns this past weekend visiting the East End Reunion in Lexington, registering voters and talking about restoration of voting rights for former felons. The day started out slow, but by 7 p.m., the event had attracted many hundreds of participants. Tayna Fogle returned with over 100 postcards filled out, calling on our legislators to...
KFTC Blog - Aug 23 - 10 clicks
Conservative speaker Ann Coulter, the woman who says you cannot say the word “fagot” without going to rehab, claims Jews need to be “perfected,” and calls people in the Middle East “Camel Jockeys,” has been asked to step down as a keynote speaker at WorldNetDaily’s “Taking America Back National Conference”. Coulter is an American constitutional attorney, [...]...
United We Stand - Aug 23
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/03/mcconnell-bush- Of course, less than two percent of the small businesses in the country make enough money to file in either of the top two tax brackets, which are the ones in question here, so Republicans have had to find ever more creative statistics to try and prove their small business bona fides. Today, during an interview with Bloomb...
Team 651 - Aug 23 - 3 clicks
She's only been on Saturday Night Live as a featured cast member for one season but Nasim Pedrad is going to be starring in feature film. Nasim Pedrad has already set up her first feature film, working with producers Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the directors behind the upcoming comedy The Switch. This news comes from The Los Angeles Times , who also mention that Speck and Gordon are collaborati...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 22
Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart "I'll say it one more time cause it's that good: read Super Sad True Love Story !!" --Adam McKay ...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 22
Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White Jr. is hoping to spark a national movement in order to pass and ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution establishing marriage as only being recognized as a union between a man and a woman in the United States of America....
United We Stand - Aug 20
Last night, in describing the Ground Zero/Mosque controversy on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , Jon used the Charlton Heston's words against them. Charlton Heston addressed the NRA convention in Denver, Colorado on May 1, 1999. Here's an excerpt that Jon used in order to make the point: Tragedy has been, and will always be, with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 20
As far as the movies are concerned, Marvel has really been on the ball over the past decade. Seth Rogen commented recently on being a true believer of Marvel Comics. Seth Rogen grew up loving Marvel Comics -- especially the high body-count exploits of Punisher and Deadpool -- and the years haven't softened his disdain for that other company. "I like Marvel," the actor and writer says. "I've kin...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 19
My friend, Jay Deskins, wrote this and I am sharing it with you. So I have never written a blog, or written a note on the internets, but I figure I might as well do this after a great discussion yesterday morning. If you don't know, a Muslim group is planning on building a community center in Lower Manhattan, about a block away from where the World Trade Center towers once stood. Now, several...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 19
Sarah Palin really does not get it. She hearts the N word now with her defending of Dr. Laura. Sarah Palin has used Twitter to share some advice with Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the talk radio host who apologized and decided to retire from her highly-rated program after using the N-word on the air 11 times in 5 minutes. Palin's advice: "don't retreat...reload!" It's a breathtakingly tone-deaf bit...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 19
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that District Judge Henria Bailey-Lewis acquitted the juvenile at her trial on Monday. The girl's name has not been released because she was 17 in April, when the alleged crime occurred. Her trial was closed, but her attorney, Sharon K. Allen Gay, said she received permission to release information about the verdict. The teen and two 18-year-old friends, Corinn...
United We Stand - Aug 18 - 4 clicks
Seven months after the New Jersey Senate failed to pass a gay marriage law, and nearly a month after the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear a gay case, speculation runs rampant through the state and the nation. Senator Lesniak (D) blamed his own party as being without a moral compass. Others blamed the Governor, the first Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey in 12 years....
United We Stand - Aug 17
A prenatal pill for congenital adrenal hyperplasia to prevent ambiguous genitalia may reduce the chance that a female with the disorder will be gay. Critics call it engineering for sexual orientation while others are calling it outright genetic engineering....
United We Stand - Aug 15
"We win the right way and we lose the right way. We’ve received a lot of compliments over the years that when we lose we tip our caps and when we win we keep our mouths shut. That’s my comment...I don’t think that will go over well in his own clubhouse. Phillips is ripping his teammates — Scott Rolen, Miguel Cairo, Russ Springer, Jim Edmonds — all the ex-Cardinals over there. He isn’t talking abou...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 12
Felipe Calderon, president of the United Mexican States and his opposition to legalize gay marriage and calling it "unconstitutional" was overruled on Thursday, August 5, 2010 when Mexico’s Supreme Court sanctioned the landmark law. On Monday it will review the gay adoption clause. Washington, D.C. legalized gay marriage earlier this year after a District Superior Court rejected a citizens anti-ga...
United We Stand - Aug 10
WFPL News reports that Kentucky Senate President David Williams was busy during the weekend, making speeches and taking about Republicans taking additional seats in the Kentucky Senate. No pro-LGBTI legislation has made it through the Republican controlled Senate....
United We Stand - Aug 8 - 10 clicks
Every Kentuckian ought to sing "My Old Kentucky Home" with pride but it appears that Kentucky's senior senator, Mitch McConnell, does not know the lyrics to the state song or is embarrassed his singing voice. Well, which is it, Mitch? ...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 8
The legal battle over same-sex marriage is far from over. Last year, the leaders of major gay rights organizations issued a plea urging people not to make Prop 8 a federal issue. The national and state leaders of these organizations listed their reasons for issuing the plea --- the battle must we waged within the states....
United We Stand - Aug 7
The writers for Dinner for Schmucks talked recently about the movie. “’Schmuck’ is a funny word,” said Michael Handelman, co-screenwriter of “Dinner for Schmucks.” “It’s one of those very satisfying words to say,” added co-screenwriter David Guion.[...] At the Beverly Hilton, the conversation veered from their respective Midwestern childhoods (Guion hails from Chicago; Handelman from Milwau...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 5
Israel will be participating in the probe being conducted by the United Nations . Here is to hoping that the probe is conducted without bias. Knowing how the UN behaves, the probe will be with bias. Israel has agreed to participate in a United Nations investigation of the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla incident. "Israel has nothing to hide," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday after inf...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 5
Jeff Jacoby asks why Mel Gibson gets slammed by the media and Oliver Stone isn't. Yet far from triggering a media storm, Stone’s anti-Semitic conspiracy-mongering barely stirred a breeze. Seven days after his words first appeared, Nexis had logged fewer than 150 items mentioning Stone’s toxic rhetoric. On ABC, CBS, and NBC, the news shows completely ignored the story. The New York Times restri...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 5
Rand Paul lied to Kentucky about his college degree and got away with it? Why? It doesn't have anything to do with some mystery detectives and their great dane. It's one thing for collegiate coaches to pad their resume but it's another thing when it comes to someone that is running to represent the people. You know, where you represent the people! Rand Paul is openly lying to the citizens of ...
Kentucky Democrat - Aug 5
