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Blue in the Bluegrass: Last Gasp of the White Male Power Structure

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Peter Beinert - would that be the same shit-fer-brains who spent 2002-2009 sucking Smirky/Darth's cock and declaring that the Democratic Party could only save itself by becoming republican? Oh, yes it is. Because now he's saying only re-embracing racist, misyogynistic, xenophobic, homophobic "values" can save the Democratic Party.
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Dialogic: Annie Leonard: The Story of Cap and Trade

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:00 -0500

(Courtesy of The Socialist Project)

The Story of Stuff

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Dialogic: Animation (Archive)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:37:00 -0500

"Animation Timeline: From Trick Effects to CGI." Sight and Sound (British Film Institute: August 2006)

Barsam, Richard. "Evolution of Animation Techniques." Looking at Movies. 2nd ed. (Student Website: W.W. Norton)

Bordwell, David. "Coraline, Cornered." Observations on Film Art (February 23, 2009)

Bordwell, David and [...]

Dialogic: Caroline Koebel: Torture, maternity, and truth in Jasmila Zbanic’s Grbavica: Land of My Dreams

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:17:00 -0500

Torture, maternity, and truth in Jasmila Zbanic’s Grbavica: Land of My Dreams
by Caroline Koebel
Jump Cut

Set some ten years into the aftermath of Slobodan Milosevic’s onslaught in former Yugoslavia, Jasmila Zbanic’s Grbavica: Land of My Dreams (2005)[3] does not examine how Esma (Mirjana [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: "Americans Want Government to Spend for Jobs, Send Bill to Rich"

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:05:00 -0500

That's the headline on a new Bloomberg poll:

"Americans Want Government to Spend for Jobs, Send Bill to Rich."

Steve Benen comments:

It seems the Neo-Hooverite agenda isn't gaining steam.

Americans want their government to create jobs through spending on public works,' [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: BOARD DISCUSSES COURSE CODES, STANDARDS, LEGISLATION

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:42:00 -0500

At its regular meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, the Kentucky Board of Education took action and heard presentations on a number of items.

The board approved directing the Kentucky Department of Education to work with the appropriate stakeholders to develop an administrative regulation requiring the use of Uniform Academic [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: "Christians" using Jesus to Discriminate

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:28:00 -0500

This from the School Law Blog:

Supreme Court to Review

Rights of Student Religious Groups

The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to review whether a public college may deny recognition to a student religious group because the group requires its members to agree with its religious beliefs.

The [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Harvard Law School Suspends Program Giving Students Free Tuition

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:50:00 -0500

This from the New York Times:

Less than two years after announcing that it would waive tuition for third-year students who pledge to spend five years working for nonprofit organizations or for the government, Harvard Law School is suspending the program — in part because almost twice as many [...]

Elephants in the Blue Grass: Former Louisvillian Saves Girl From Stabbing

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:48:00 -0500

Former Louisville resident Ken Schulz saved a 16 year-old girl's life in his new hometown of Anchorage, AK. Schulz, a UPS pilot who recently relocated to Alaska, was cross-country skiing at noon when he saw a teenage boy and girl behind a high school. The boy, a Junior, appeared to [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Rep. Keith Hall failed to disclose wife’s state job

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:46:33 -0500

Number of comments: 8
By John Cheves - jcheves@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — State Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, has failed for seven years to disclose to a state ethics panel that his wife holds a part-time salaried position with the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. Stephanie Hall is paid [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: It's Still the 60s in California

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:45:00 -0500

This from the New York Times:

26 Students Arrested in Protest Over Tuition Increases

Twenty-six students were arrested at San Francisco State University before dawn on Thursday after some students barricaded themselves inside a building to protest budget cuts and tuition increases across the [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Sexual Assault on Campus

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:35:00 -0500

This from NPR:

A report from the Center for Public Integrity indicates more than 20% of college women will be victims of rape or attempted rape by the time they graduate.

Kristen Lombardi, investigative reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, and lead author on the report, "[...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Love of Teaching

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:29:00 -0500

This from the LA Times:

Retired Los Angeles teacher

keeps at it, for free

The district balked at first, but now Bruce Kravets is back in the classroom at Palms Middle School doing what he loves.

Five mornings a week, Bruce Kravets, 66, puts [...]

Bluegrass Politics: New murals to be added to Capitol Rotunda

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:26:25 -0500

FRANKFORT -- The state capitol will be getting some new, permanent art for its 100th birthday celebration. First Lady Jane Beshear, in a press conference on Thursday, announced that Marion and Terry Forcht of Corbin, who own Forcht Bank, will provide funding for four murals that were supposed to be included [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Malicious Prosecution

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:24:00 -0500

This from the Law Reader:

KENTON COM. ATTN. SUED FOR

MALACIOUS PROSECUTION

BY ACQUITTED SCHOOL TEACHER WHO WAS ALLEGED

TO HAVE HAD SEX WITH A MALE STUDENT

On Wed. Nov. 25th. Nicole Howell filed a Federal 1983 Civil Rights complaint against Kenton Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders. The suit claims [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Obama and Duncan Launch NCLB 2.0

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:14:00 -0500

This from Diane Ravitch at Bridging Differences:

We promised to keep a close watch on what is happening at the federal level, and now it begins to get interesting. And a bit scary, if you care about the future of public education.

The U.S. Department of Education announced its plan [...]

Dialogic: Lexington Film League: DO-ERS Community Video Contest

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:58:00 -0500

Make Yourself Necessary

“DO-ERS”
Community Video Contest
Lights, Community, Action!

What are people doing in a neighborhood near you? We want you to film it and tell us the story!

The Lexington Film League invites all filmmakers and those interested in making films to go [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:57:00 -0500

This from USA Today:
In the past three years, the government has provided the nation's schools with millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn't meet the quality or safety standards of many fast-food restaurants, from Jack in the Box and other burger' [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Who's hot for teacher?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:40:00 -0500

It Looks like the other teacher
This from the New York Daily News:

Two female Romance language instructors were tossed out of their Brooklyn high school after being caught "undressed" in an empty classroom, sources told the Daily News Tuesday.

Students at James Madison High School in Midwood were [...]

ON THE RIGHT !: Job Creation: Obama-Pelosi-Reid Out of Touch with Reality

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:32:00 -0500

Newt goes On The Record with Greta Van Susteren to talk about "Trickle Down Bureaucracy" vs "Liberating Small Business".

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Dialogic: Dave Zirin: The People Speak -- When Television Makes History

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:23:00 -0500

The People Speak: When Television Makes History
by Dave Zirin
Common Dreams

On December 13th, a date I’ve basically had tattooed on my arm like the guy from Memento, The People Speak [1] finally makes its debut on the History Channel. This is more than [...]

ON THE RIGHT !: Words Of Wisdom From Comrade Lisa Jackson

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:22:00 -0500

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ON THE RIGHT !: Big Brother Wants To Dictate Worldwide "One Child Policy" In The Name of Global Warming

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:13:00 -0500

Excerpt From Canada's Financial Post:

The "inconvenient truth" overhanging the UN's Copenhagen conference is not that the climate is warming or cooling, but that humans are overpopulating the world.

A planetary law, such as China's one-child policy, is the only way to reverse the [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: ...or should we say, $60 million?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:49:00 -0500

This from Marc Murphy at C-J:

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Bluegrass Politics: State revenues climb for the first time in 11 months

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:26:50 -0500

Number of comments: 1
FRANKFORT --- Bucking an 11-month trend, state revenues were up in November from the previous year, but Kentucky's top budget official warned Thursday that the state is still not out of its fiscal free-fall. General Fund receipts were up [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: State ed board: Begin work on course assessments; uniform content

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:40:00 -0500

This from Jim Warren at H-L:
The Kentucky Board of Education gave the go ahead Wednesday to develop plans for tests that state high school students would take at the end of a course to demonstrate whether they have mastered the material covered.

It still isn't known just' [...]

Bluegrass Politics: GOP mainstay Velma Childers killed in car crash

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:16:13 -0500

Sign a guestbook for Velma Childers By Dori Hjalmarson - dhjalmarson@herald-leader.com PIKEVILLE -- Mrs. Velma J. Childers, a prominent Pikeville civic leader and long-time mainstay of the Kentucky Republican Party, died at Pikeville Medical Center after a car crash Wednesday afternoon, Pike County Coroner Russell Roberts [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Should pregnant women who abuse drugs face criminal charges?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:37:15 -0500

Number of comments: 12
FRANKFORT — Before he came to the state Supreme Court on Thursday, Assistant Attorney General James Shackelford received a phone call from a grandmother of a child whose mother had abused drugs during her pregnancy. The child now has severe mental and physical disabilities, Shackelford said. The grandmother wondered why the [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: "Doctor Mengle, Calling Doctor Mengele"

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:18:57 -0500

If you are not shocked by this, then you have been appropriately desensitized and will make a perfectly fine slave.

The Climate Change conference in Copenhage has a secret agenda. They are serious about controlling the world population as an acceptable tool of the green movement.

This discussion can be found in [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: The Marcus Carey Perspective 12-10-09 Harry Reid Thinks Taxes Are Voluntary

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:56:10 -0500

Believe it or not, Harry Reid really and truly believes that we pay taxes, not under threat of force, but under a "voluntary system".

Major disconnect don't you think?

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LawReader: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds 6th. Circuit Ruling that (RICO) Racketeering Suit May Proceed Against Employer and Worker’s Comp. Insurance Adjustor for conspiring to deny Benefits – It is claimed they sought fraudulent medical opinions and unqualified d

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:50:02 -0500

December 10, 2009 Court has declined to hear a workers’ compensation case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in which the appeals court found that the plaintiffs could sue their employer and its workers’ compensation claims adjuster under federal racketeering laws. In Paul Brown et al. vs. Cassens [...]

Cyberhillbilly: Rest in Peace, Velma Childers

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:54:00 -0500

Velma Childers of Pike County passed away yesterday in Pikeville. She'd been involved in a car accident and apparently died of heart related issues. Ms. Childers had been involved in the GOP for decades. She'd been the RNC National Committeewoman for KY and was considered a close personal friend to [...]

Elendil's Journal: Attack of Socialism

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:53:00 -0500

The socialist leaders in the world are gathering this week in Copenhagen to plot the destruction of capitalism. All of which is done under the guise of "saving the planet". They continue warning of dire consequences if they don't act now.
Keeping global temperature rise under 2C (3.7F) will' [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Scoring The Grayson/Paul Bout

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:44:07 -0500

With the end of the next campaign finance reporting period three weeks away, no doubt the fight for the title of "GOP Nominee" between Trey Grayson and Rand Paul will soon be entering round 5 of a 10 round championship bout.

So how would the judges score the fight so far?

First, [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Undercover Video Accuses Planned Parenthood Of Lies

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:16:08 -0500

Planned Parenthood is an euphemism for the advisers who help America's "for profit" abortionists make money from killing babies. This video is part of a series from the undercover investigation of their persuasive techniques which, according to the series, include telling young mothers lies in order to increase the number [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Main Stream Media Now Warning About Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:58:25 -0500

I went out of my way to give you a warning yesterday before exposing some sexually explicit information being disseminated by GLSEN, the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network formerly headed by Barack Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" Kevin Jennings. Well, here is the warning given by the Washington Times at [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: It's Human Rights Day - Work for Non-Discrimination

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:47:00 -0500

The theme of the 62nd Human Rights Day is Non-Discrimination.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

"Discrimination targets individuals and groups that are vulnerable to attack: the disabled, women and girls, the poor, migrants, minorities, and all those who are perceived as different.

... But these victims of" [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Morning Funnies

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:30:18 -0500

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Elendil's Journal: Blisters And Running

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:19:00 -0500

I haven't done any distance running since grade school. So when I started running this year in preparation for triathlon, it was a bit of a shock to the system. The worst part was the blisters. I would run for 60 minutes and have huge blisters on my big toe' [...]

The Kentucky Democrat: Up in the Air

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:42:00 -0500

The National Board of Review has named Up in the Air as the Best Picture of 2009.

The Washington, D.C., Film Critics Association named it as the Best Picture.

George Clooney is getting praise for his role in the Jason Reitman movie.[...]

The Kentucky Democrat: You made Daley angry...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:40:00 -0500

Tribune:When Mayor Richard Daley spoke at the private and final meeting of Chicago 2016 volunteers, he was, according to one attendee, "in rare form." Another described him as "on a rant. It was straight off the cuff. ... He looked angry, and he was angry."

Now, we weren't' [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: Don't Miss "The People Speak"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:29:00 -0500

Regardless of whether you've read Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States - and if you haven't, read it now - don't miss the documentary based on it this weekend.

The first time Howard Zinn's now-classic book "A People's History of the United States"' [...]

The Kentucky Democrat: In the entertainment world...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:21:00 -0500

A Serious Man is a Jewish movie.Joel told ShortList: "It's a Jewish movie. Yeah. We used to call it The Jew Movie before we had a name.

"I don't know what you would call it. It's comedic, but it's not a standard Hollywood Judd Apatow comedy. It's not' [...]

The Kentucky Democrat: Retiring...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:18:00 -0500

I would like to announce that I am finished with politics in this state and in general. The blog is not done but as far as any sort of political activism is concerned, I am finished. [...]

Dialogic: Sarah Haskins in Target Women: Doofy Husbands

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:02:00 -0500

Courtesy of Laura W.

Sarah Haskins

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Dialogic: Wendell Berry: "The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:51:00 -0500

Berry, Wendell. “A Letter to Wes Jackson.” Home Economics. Berkeley, CA: North Point Press, 1987.

The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance. Our knowledge of the world instructs us first of all that the world is greater than our knowledge of it. To those who rejoice [...]

Dialogic: Element Skateboards: Power to the Planet

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:44:00 -0500

Courtesy of About-Face

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Dialogic: America the Beautiful (USA: Darryl Roberts, 2007)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:22:00 -0500

Courtesy of About-Face

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Bluegrass Politics: Horse industry has no short-term strategy to pass slots bill

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:10:54 -0500

Number of comments: 13
By Janet Patton and Beth Musgrave - jpatton@herald-leader.com Kentucky’s horse industry, which bet heavily on a Democratic win in Tuesday’s special state Senate election, wasn’t prepared for defeat and doesn’t have a short-term plan to advance legislation that would allow slots at racetracks, industry leaders say. “We didn’t plan on losing, so [...]

Dialogic: Sexual Education and Side Hugs

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:47:00 -0500

(Commentary on this phenomenon: The Side-Hug: Youth Group Puts Down Sinful "Front-Hugs" With Rap)

Courtesy of Laura W.

ZOMGitsCriss

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Dialogic: International Film Studies

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:32:00 -0500

Starting to build my spring course:

Spirited Away (Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 2001: 125 mins)

Suzuki, Ayumi. "A nightmare of capitalist Japan: Spirited Away. Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

Y tu mamá también (Mexico: Alfonso Cuarón, 2001: 105 mins)

Benson-Allott, Caetlin. "Sex versus [...]

Dialogic: Caetlin Benson-Allott: Sex versus the small screen -- home video censorship and Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:27:00 -0500

Sex versus the small screen: home video censorship and Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también
by Caetlin Benson-Allott
Jump Cut

Seventeen years ago, video critic Charles Tashiro warned that “you can wait for it on video, but ‘it,’ like Godot, will never arrive,” and today [...]

MUCKRAKER: War in Copenhagen?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:00 -0500

Predictably, there’s a war brewing at the magnificent Copenhagen Climate Conference at which the powers-that-be from the UN member-nations are attempting to decide just how much each country will not be allowed to contaminate the atmosphere any longer, thus saving the planet from global warming and thus saving both it [...]

Dialogic: Lisa Sullivan: Elections in Honduras -- Whitewashing the Path to a Past of Horrors

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0500

Elections in Honduras: Whitewashing the Path to a Past of Horrors
by Lisa Sullivan
School of Americas Watch

I came to Honduras to participate as a human rights observer of the electoral climate in a delegation organized by the Quixote Center. Several delegations converged, connecting some 30 U.S. [...]

Elephants in the Blue Grass: Tiger/Obama Laugh Of The Day

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:09:00 -0500

The Hill reports:

In a statement given to The Hill's ITK, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) said, “In light of the recent developments surrounding Tiger Woods and his family, I will not pursue legislation awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal this session."

One of the comments:

Maybe" [...]

Dialogic: Gil Scott-Heron: The New Deal

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:07:00 -0500

The New Deal
by Gil Scott-Heron

I have believed in my convictions
And have been convicted for my beliefs
Conned by the Constitution
And harassed by the police.
I have been billed for the Bill of Rights And treated like I was wrong.
I have become a special amendment
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ON THE RIGHT !: Today's Conservative Quote: Rush Limbaugh

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:37:00 -0500

"Compassion is defined not by how many people are on the government dole but by how many people no longer need government assistance."

-- Rush Limbaugh [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Page One Has Image Of Limited Edition Capitol Ornament, But There's More

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:31:33 -0500

Jake over at PageOneKentucky has an image up on his blog and ordering information for the official 2009 Limited Edition Capitol Ornament featuring Henry Clay.

Rumor has it though that Beshear and Mongiardo lobbbied hard for a different design, which was rejected by the voters [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: The Marcus Carey Perspective 12-09-09

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:45:39 -0500

What images will be dancing in your children's heads this Christmas Eve? Visions of sugar plum faeries or X rated images placed there by Obama's safe schools czar?

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Bluegrass Politics: Connected coal executive not registered as lobbyist

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:41:27 -0500

Number of comments: 2
By John Cheves - jcheves@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — An Alliance Coal executive connected to a state firing controversy has called, written and met with political appointees of Gov. Steve Beshear's administration on coal-related issues for at least the past year without registering as a lobbyist. Raymond "Rusty" Ashcraft has made suggestions to aides [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Kentucky ranks 40th in spending for smoking prevention, cessation

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:26:42 -0500

Number of comments: 11
By Beth Musgrave - bmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — Kentucky ranks 40th among states in the amount of money it spends to persuade people to quit or never start smoking, according to a report released Wednesday by anti-smoking groups. Health advocates in Kentucky have been pushing the legislature to up its funding for tobacco [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: E. KY Doctor Killed for Refusing Pills to Addict

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Wonder why mountain doctors often enable their obviously addicted patients by continue to prescribe narcotics? This is why:

A man seeking prescription painkillers shot and killed a doctor at a Perry County medical clinic Tuesday morning, according to state police.

Dr. Dennis Sandlin, 57, of Delphia died [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: More Sexually Explicit Education Of Children Under Kevin Jennings Umbrella

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:23:49 -0500

WARNING!

This contains very explicit descriptions of sexual activities. But don't worry. According to those working for GLSEN, the project of Kevin Jennings, Obama's Safe Schools Czar, this is perfectly okay to discuss with 14 year old kids. The topics? "Fisting", a dangerous sexual activity and a discussion of "Spit [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Obama Getting Testy With The Left

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:59:02 -0500

Eighty year old Congresman John Conyers is the second longest serving member in the House of Representatives, was the first member of the Congressional black caucus to get behind Obama and is a good friend of liberal loons like Michael Moore. When President Obama picks up the phone and complains [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Another More Serious Security Breach Under Obama

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:25:40 -0500

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has apparently posted it's security manual online in such a way that terrorists could easily breach airport security and obtain credentials which allow them to "pass around" the security checks.

This massive breach endangers all Americans. While the breach is being portrayed as an accident, [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Why Steve Beshear Is A One-Termer

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:17:59 -0500

Steve Beshear was not the favorite pick of the democrats in 2007, but among the field he was seen as the least "undesirable" a long time democratic source in Frankfort told me. "Anybody could have won against the republicans that year," he said,"and Beshear was our safe harbor."

But Beshear took [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Obama Approval Rating At Historic Low

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:06:15 -0500

Obama's approval rating has fallen to 47% and according to at least one source this is the lowest of any president in history at this point in his term.

What happened?

First, the media packaged and sold us on Obama without proper analysis of his background. As his true colors began [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Morning Funnies

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:38:26 -0500

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Blue in the Bluegrass: Audited for Being Too Poor

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:27:00 -0500

Zandar brings us yet another dispath from the front lines of the War Against the Working Poor.

It all started a year ago, when Porcaro, a 32-year-old mom with two boys, was summoned to the Seattle office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She had been [...]

The Bridge: Conway(D-KY) Heralds His Campaign Team for U.S. Senate

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:48:10 -0500

For Immediate Release

Contact: Allison Haley

December 8, 2009

Office Phone: 502-632-1820

www.JackConway.org

Mobile Phone: 859-539-5430

Haley@JackConway.org

LOUISVILLE – The U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic candidate Jack Conway announced his campaign team today. The team includes some of the Democratic Party’s top advisors, leading experts on winning tough battleground states and unmatched Kentucky success.
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The Bridge: A Must Watch Video: Congressman John Yarmuth(D-KY) Takes on Senator McConnell Concerning Health Care Reform

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:40:44 -0500

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The Bridge: Kimberly Greenwell, Democratic Candidate for KY State Representative(33rd District), Receives Endorsement from International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 181

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:35:26 -0500

For Immediate Release

December 7, 2009

Contact: Kimberly Greenwell

kimberly@kimberlygreenwell.com
502-386-7038

Louisville, KY– Kimberly Greenwell, candidate for state representative in the 33rd House District, received another union nod with the endorsement of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 181.

The International Union of Operating Engineers agrees Greenwell is the candidate who [...]

The Bridge: Electrical Workers Endorse Greg Fischer(D) for Mayor of Louisville: Fischer Wins Fifth, Sixth Labor Endorsements in As Many Weeks

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:25:34 -0500

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced today that they have endorsed Greg Fischer for Mayor of Louisville. The IBEW joins four other labor unions who have given their early support to Fischer since his campaign launched October 31.

Echoing the sentiments of earlier endorsers, IBEW Local [...]

The Bridge: U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Daniel Mongiardo's(D-KY) Statement on President Obama's Address on the Economy & Jobs

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:20:42 -0500

NEWS RELEASE

December 8, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kim Geveden
(502) 682-2010
kgeveden@drdan2010.com

Annette Lee
(502) 498-4008x230
aml@drdan2010.com

FRANKFORT --- Lt. Governor and U.S. Senate Candidate Daniel Mongiardo released the following statement today following President Obama’s address on jobs and the economy:

With Kentucky’s unemployment rate almost 11% and [...]

The Bridge: AP Reports: Senate Democrats Have Tentatively Agreed to Drop the "Public-Option Plan"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:12:50 -0500

WASHINGTON – After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a full-blown government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, several officials said, a concession to party moderates whose votes are critical to passage of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

In its place, officials [...]

MUCKRAKER: The Lexington Herald-Leader Strikes Again

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:28:00 -0500

The skewing of facts, slander, and an unbelievably hostile approach are often combined by the Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) editors to construct their front-page above-the-fold offerings. An example appeared in the issue of 08 December. Under the headline VERDICT ON EMISSIONS was a picture of the E.W. Brown Electricity Generating [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: State school board to discuss uniform content, graduation requirements

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:07:00 -0500

This from Jim Warren at the Herald-Leader:

The Kentucky Board of Education will tackle several key items related to plans for statewide educational improvements during two days of meetings in Frankfort starting Wednesday.

Board members are to consider steps aimed at ensuring that course content is uniform across the state, [...]

Kentucky School News and Commentary: Nearly $40 million Already Cut from SEEK

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:00 -0500

How has the state budget already cut Kentucky's SEEK funding? Prichard Counts the ways.
Kentucky is sending districts $39,723,567 less in SEEK funds this year than the state provided last year...

So, let's stop saying the state hasn't cut P-12 funding yet. We've actually seen cuts to the [...]

Elendil's Journal: Voters Reject Democrats

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:44:00 -0500

Beshear's dream of switching the senate by appointing Republicans popped tonight. Republican Jimmy Higdon beat Democrat Jodie Haydon with 56% percent of the vote. The solid victory occurred despite Higdon being outspent almost 3 to 1. Two components led to the Republican win tonight.

The first element was [...]

Cyberhillbilly: Drugs Continue to Ravage Kentucky

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:23:00 -0500

A sad reminder today from Buckhorn (Perry County), Kentucky that drugs are devastating large swaths of our Commonwealth. A snip from the Herald Leader story by Bill Estep (one of the few Herald Leader journalists who actually seems to get EKY, BTW):

A man seeking prescription painkillers shot and [...]

Cyberhillbilly: Richard Epstein Offers Advice to Obama

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:20:00 -0500

From Forbes:

You can only improve labor markets by freeing them up. Scrap the talk about goofy ad hoc subsidies, and tell the president, for the first time in his life, to think hard about deregulation. Roll back the three recent minimum-wage increases that have blunted job creation for [...]

Cyberhillbilly: David Brooks on the Innovation Agenda

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:05:00 -0500

Brooks is right, inovation and the new economy must be America's top economic concern. But his latest column contains some gems but loses quite a bit of focus. Here are his policy suggestions, somewhat edited for brevity:

First, push hard to fulfill the Obama administration’s education
reforms...

Second, [...]

Cyberhillbilly: Kotkin: Chinese Encouraging CO2 Restrictions to Hobble West?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Interesting... Joel Kotkin is no fire-eating dittohead. In his latest on climate change he writes:

So who benefits from this collective ritual seppaku? Hegemony-seeking communist capitalists in China might fancy seeing America and the West decline to the point that they can no longer compete or fund their militaries. [...]

BluegrassBulletin.com: Kentucky Republicans Turn Back Beshear Challenge

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:52:57 -0500

Word from Bardstown is that republican state senate candidate Jimmy Higdon has defeated his much better funded democratic opponent in a special election today.

Two points of interest. First, despite the efforts of Steve Beshear to change the balance of power in Frankfort, his influence continues to be rejected.

Second, United States [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Lexington Vice Mayor Jim Gray running for mayor

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:59 -0500

By Andy Mead - amead@herald-leader.com Lexington Vice Mayor Jim Gray, who has clashed with Mayor Jim Newberry on several key issues, will run for the top spot himself next year, he told the Herald-Leader on Tuesday. "My decision has a lot to do with" [...]

The Bridge: Republican Jimmy Higdon Wins the Special Election in Kentucky's 14th State Senate District(see the unofficial results below)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:21:57 -0500

2009 Special Election Results

Unofficial results for State Senate 14th District

County

Jimmy Higdon
Republican

Jodie Haydon
Democratic

Marion

2,860

1,405

Mercer

1,542

1,186

Nelson

2,982

3,850

Taylor

2,612

1,396

Washington

1,331

1,054

Totals: 11,327 8,891

Total Registered Voters = 83,416
Total Votes Cast = 20,218
Turnout = 24%

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Dialogic: Juan Cole: Student Protests Erupt in Over a Dozen Iranian Cities

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:56:00 -0500

Student Protests Erupt in Over a Dozen Iranian Cities
Juan Cole

The protests against the regime in Iran on Monday were remarkable in several ways, I conclude on reading Borzou Daragahi's account in LAT. One is the sheer number of cities where students came out for [...]

LawReader: THE JOHN M. BERRY JR. LETTER WHICH UPSET THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION AND SPARKED A WARNING FROM THE KBA INQUIRY COMMISSION, AND A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:43:04 -0500

THE FOLLOWING LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY NEW CASTLE ATTORNEY JOHN M. BERRY, JR. A FORMER STATE SENATOR. THIS LETTER IS AN EXHIBIT IN A FEDERAL CIVIL SUIT FILED BY JOHN M. BERRY, JR. AND THE ACLU AGAINST THE KBA INQUIRY COMMISSION. AS A RESULT OF THIS LETTER THE KBA INQUIRY COMMISSION [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Higdon declares victory in special state Senate race

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:37:07 -0500

Number of comments: 15
By Jack Brammer - jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — Central Kentucky voters rejected an attempt by Gov. Steve Beshear to erode Republican control of the state Senate Tuesday, choosing the GOP’s Jimmy Higdon over Democrat Jodie Haydon in a special Senate election. The election — one [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Republican wins 96th House District seat

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:27:41 -0500

Number of comments: 6
By Beth Musgrave - bmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — A former Carter County magistrate and businesswoman will become the first Republican in a decade to represent the 96th House District in Eastern Kentucky. Jill York beat Democrat Barry Webb in a special election Tuesday for the seat vacated by former state Rep. Robin Webb, [...]

Dialogic: Sugimoto Kousuke: Full Moon Party

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:24:00 -0500

(Courtesy of Lauren Davis)

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Out of the Mountains: Balloon-Juice, Matt Taibbi, And The Republican Way

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:08:00 -0500

I pretty much agree with him:

I really don’t know how this country is supposed to operate when one of the two political parties is composed almost entirely of crazy assholes.

..And the other party's usual reaction is to say, "Thank you sir, may I have" [...]

Elendil's Journal: Annual Anti-BCS Rant

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:32:00 -0500

Part of my yearly sports therapy is to use my blog as an avenue to rant against the stupidity of the current BCS system. This year was a nightmare for BCS supporters. Having 5 undefeated teams makes the title game a bit of a farce. How can you have a [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: Who is your hero?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:26:00 -0500

SJ has a provocative post on heroes, wondering if it is even possible to name a living individual as a personal hero.

While it may be “jaded” to say: “there are no heroes,” it is certainly false to say so.

A more appropriate question to ask is [...]

Dialogic: We Want Everything: Communiqué from an Absent Future

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:24:00 -0500

Communiqué from an Absent Future
We Want Everything

I

Like the society to which it has played the faithful servant, the university is bankrupt. This bankruptcy is not only financial. It is the index of a more fundamental insolvency, one both political and economic, which has been [...]

Dialogic: Democracy Now: The Assassination of Fred Hampton-- How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:38:00 -0500

“The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther”
Democracy Now

Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the death of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. On December 4th, 1969, Chicago police raided Fred Hampton’s apartment and shot and [...]

Bluegrass Politics: Results from the 14th Senate District election

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:39:57 -0500

Number of comments: 11
We’ll be posting election results as we get them in the 14th Senate District race between Democrat Jodie Haydon and Republican Jimmy Higdon. We’ll also be putting them on our Twitter and Facebook pages. The district covers Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor and Washington counties. County Haydon Higdon Winner Margin Marion 1,405 2,860 Higdon 1,455 Mercer 1,186 1,542 Higdon 356 Nelson 3,840 2,982 Haydon 858 Taylor 1,396 2,612 Higdon 1,216 Washington 1,054 1,331 Higdon 277 Total 8,881 11,327 Higdon 2,446 [...]

Dialogic: David Korten: When Our Leaders Fail to Lead

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:26:00 -0500

When Our Leaders Fail to Lead
by David Korten
Yes!

On Tuesday night, President Obama announced his decision to increase U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan. It was a tragic error. He specifically said that to compare Afghanistan with Vietnam is a misreading of history. In a way, I [...]

Dialogic: CFP: Inventions of Activism (Reconstruction 10.3: Deadline 02/01/10)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:08:00 -0500

Call For Papers
Reconstruction
Issue 10.3
Michael Benton, Alan Clinton, Wes Houp and Danny Mayer

Inventions of Activism

"Creative acts of social justice fulfill every function that can be asked of a work of art.
They inspire us, make us think in new ways, and birth new beauty" [...]

Out of the Mountains: Wingnut World | Google And Climate Gate

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:33:00 -0500

Hilarious...
Sadly, No! delves into the paranoid Wingnut's view of Google, which it seems is(as if you didn't know) a pawn of the evil mastermind Al Gore.

Here:
The RedState Trike Force Rides Again

Don't forget the comments. They are teh LOL.

Note: Speaking of [...]