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A group on Facebook called ‘Goodbye Bush! - Hello Obama! - Be part of the largest event on Facebook’, actually has had more people decline to join than be a part of their silly online event. The funny thing is that there is nothing required, you only choose to join or not join. Over 9500 people chose no and less than 9000 have said yes. Still waiting on about 9200 people to decide and another 2100 maybes.
Silly Libs.
(+2 rating, 1 votes)All In The Miller Family
Kentucky Treasurer Jonathan Miller’s sister Jennifer Miller is a rumored “replacement” for the seat which will be vacated by Rep. Kathy Stein (D), who is going for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Ernesto Scorsone, who wants to be a judge.
Well, the rumor is starting to seem more and more true. Kathy Stein has a Facebook group up called “Kathy Stein for State Senate.” Interestingly, Jennifer Miller is the Creator of the group.
Page One Kentucky reported recently that Miller once told another liberal blogger that she thought U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford was trying to assassinate her. Senator Mitch McConnell recently launched a website criticizing Lunsford’s gas tax policy.
This is a great opportunity for Kentucky Republicans to pick up a House seat. Aside from the weak Democrat candidates, I think a lot of people are just sick of current politicians’ family members running for office. Republicans dominate control of the Senate, and a steady stream of House pickups would be a great way to shape the rest of the Steve Beshear administration.
In Louisville, Metro Council President Jim King has a family member running for a judicial post. His daughter Katie King, who I heard is dating Attorney General Jack Conway’s little brother (somebody verify?), is completely unqualified compared to her opponent David Holton, a.k.a. “The Blind Judge,” but many expect King to pull out the victory anyway given her father’s (and I guess Conway’s) influence.
One time Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Forgy’s sister Alice Forgy Kerr currently serves in the Kentucky Senate.
The Threat Influencing The Reality
This CNNMoney article highlights something very important and very real that liberals need to learn to acknowledge when talking about economics - the threat or possibility of something happening in the future influencing the present day reality. Excerpt:
In the last three days oil prices have fallen by roughly $10 a barrel. Many analysts say slackening demand, or the threat of it, is the main culprit.
But another force could be at work in the background. Last week various analysts said there was talk that Mexico, the world’s fifth largest oil producer, was hedging its bets - the country was said to be signing contracts to deliver oil several years into the future at today’s prices. Essentially, it was betting oil prices have peaked.
“This is a smart move,” said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Alaron Trading in Chicago, who also thinks there’s a good chance prices have peaked. “If I were an oil producer, I’d want to lock in these prices.”
Analysts say if other oil producers follow suit and lock in future contracts, that could be one thing that would cause oil prices to fall, far and fast.
Lower Gas Prices On October 1st
The ban on delevelopment of western United States oil shale was slipped into the $555 billion dollar omnibus spending bill passed by Congress late last year. The ban was the result of a combined effort by Colorado Senator Ken Salazar (D) and Colorado Rep. Mark Udall (D).
This ban is set to expire on September 30th, 2008, but these members of Congress and other liberal Democrat Luddites are working on finding a way to extend the ban on oil shale development into 2009.
Please use the forms on Senator Salazar’s and Congressman Udall’s websites to tell them not to try to extend the ban on oil shale development.
If they do, the other option is to get President Bush to veto any and every bill that extends the ban.
The Real Story On The VA Hospital
John Yarmuth will try to steal headlines in light of the funding approved yesterday by the Senate for the new VA Hospital in Louisville. Yarmuth got all excited about the $45 million he got in the House budget. However, the VA hospital is not his doing.
Anne Northup announced that the VA hospital was on a fast track in August 2006. That’s two years of time that John Yarmuth wasted on getting our veterans proper healthcare. Don’t believe me? You say these projects take time and this is just the schedule? In that August 2006 announcement, Anne stated that the project will be complete in about 5 years, or 2011. Yesterday, it was announced that the facility would not be opened until 2013. So, Yarmuth is either incompetent and wasted momentum, incompetent in getting things done, or knew this would be good PR and purposely put it off for his gain.
You decide.
The underlying story is that the Senate, thanks to Mitch McConnell, actually secured $75 million for the facility. Even Yarmuth thanked Mitch. What’s the big deal you ask? It underscores how Yarmuth consistently brings back about half as much to the district on the same projects as Anne was able to do. At the end of 2007, he made claim to $55 million in funds from Washington, of course $44 million of that was for the McAlpine Locks and Dams, a project started when Northup was in office.
Look for posts in the coming weeks that detail the efforts of Northup and Yarmuth in getting projects in this town. For now, just revel in the fact that Louisville area veterans finally got something more than a post office named for them from Rep. Yarmuth, and that they’re important enough to McConnell for him to clean up Yarmuth’s mess and get them real funding.
(+5 rating, 4 votes)Senator McConnell Will Be On The Rush Limbaugh Show Today
At approximately 1:06 pm Eastern (12:06 pm Central) today, Senator Mitch McConnell will appear as a guest on The Rush Limbaugh Show. Listeners in Kentucky can listen live online at WHAS.com or WLAP.com, or the regular way on one of the following stations:
Northup: Yarmuth’s Hypocrisy On Ethics “Deafening”
Just got this email from the Northup campaign:
Kentucky Democrats Should Learn Their Congressional Districts
KDP Chairwoman Jennifer Moore sent out a fundraising email recently incorrectly identifying Congressman Geoff Davis as the House Representative for Kentucky’s 5th District. Davis represents Kentucky’s 4th District, consisting of northern Kentucky. Congressman Hal Rogers, of course, represents the 5th District.
Way to go, Ms. Moore.
Congress Disapproval
Before going into numbers, I just want to say that I am against crying foul against a particular pollster when the numbers don’t work for you and then touting that same pollster when the report says something good for you. No doubt the Congressional numbers from Rasmussen and SurveyUSA are around the same lows as other respected polls. However, I am against reporting their numbers when they help and then tearing down their credibility when they don’t. With that said, Gallup is confirming a record disapproval rating for the Nancy Pelosi/Harry Reid/Democrat controlled Congress that does nothing except name buildings after people.
The lack of action from the Democrat-led Congress on gas prices and its overall record of mismanagement and partisanship has the public expressing its displeasure with the latest Gallup poll showing a 14% approval rating. It is “the lowest congressional job approval rating in the 34-year Gallup Poll history of asking the question.” Gallup writes, “Approval of Congress has fallen below 20% only six times in the 34 years Gallup has measured it. Including the latest reading, four of those have come in the past year.” This latest low follows last week’s record low 9% approval in Rasmussen’s poll.
McConnell On Fox On Gas
Sign Mitch’s Petition to Help Lower Gas Prices - And if you think these petitions do not make a difference, think again. When they reach critical mass, they make noise. Witness Yarmuth’s nervousness on energy lately. Just like the people spoke against amnesty for illegal aliens and it shifted Congress’s direction, so can we on this issue.
Mitch’s blog also has an interesting post here.
The Truth On Yarmuth PAC Money
John Yarmuth likes to talk about how great he is for not taking corporate PAC money. He talks about how corrupting it is. He talks about how if you take money from a corporate PAC, how do you expect to not be forced to vote a certain way. He likes to prop himself up for his ethics and honestly, and it’s a lot of garbage.
See, Yarmuth takes PAC money. And lots of it. As of April 30, 2008, for the 2008 election cycle, Yarmuth outPAC’d Anne Northup $422,572 to $177,750 (disclaimer on the 2nd link, they do not include Ideological PAC money for Yarmuth). The difference is that Yarmuth takes money from trial lawyers and Union PACs.
Yarmuth leads us to believe that he is above reproach and would not be swayed by the mighty dollar. However, unfortunately for him, there is a voting record that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
- Rep. Yarmuth proved his loyalty to the trial lawyer lobby again when he rejected a proposal to protect firefighters who assist families in their community with the proper installation of child safety seats from frivolous lawsuits (House Roll Call 159).
- Yarmuth voted for a bill that is widely perceived as a giveaway to the trial lawyer lobby, allowing for an open-ended commitment for frivolous lawsuits in the workplace. (House Roll Call 768)
- Yarmuth can’t seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Yarmuth voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
- In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Yarmuth voted to strip away a worker’s democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)
- Yarmuth voted against the Colombian Free Trade agreement, per the wishes of the Unions. Even the CJ (link to text, the actual article is removed from the CJ site, wonder why?) knew it was right. (House Roll Call 181)
- Yarmuth voted against the Peru Free Trade Agreement, too. Interesting fact? Even Pelosi voted for it. (House Roll Call 1060)
GOP Chair: “REPUBLICANS PROVED RIGHT “
Press release from Jefferson County Republican Party Chairman Brad Cummings:
Republicans won a decisive victory yesterday in the debate over how to solve our energy crisis when President Bush removed the executive moratorium on offshore drilling. Despite much Democratic griping to the contrary, the market responded to this action with oil dropping as much as $10 a barrel and experienced the sharpest single-session decline since 1991.
“There is no doubt that Republicans are right on this issue and yesterday’s market reaction only further cements our argument,” said Jefferson County Republican Chairman Brad Cummings. “Despite a mostly symbolic gesture by the President, speculators immediately responded to what they perceived to be the potential writing on the wall. Imagine what would happen if our Democratic Congress finished the deal and completely lifted the moratorium. If investors believe we are serious about finding our own solutions to this energy crisis, they will respond accordingly.”
“I am tired of hearing John Yarmuth, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama repeat the disconnected viewpoint that lifting these bans will not affect the market for 10 years,” Cummings said. “I would advise that they take lessons in how the market works, perhaps even speak to a speculation expert or two. It still might not be too late to flip on this issue and keep their political obituaries from being written prematurely.”
Fortunately, Jefferson County has several candidates and officeholders with the understanding necessary to lead us towards the most fiscally and environmentally responsible solutions for our energy future.
“Senator Mitch McConnell and Anne Northup have been on the forefront of this issue since their campaigns began, understanding how to bridge the gap towards our eventual energy independence,” Cummings said. “Even on a local level, State Senator Dan Seum filed legislation that would allow for low speed electric cars to be driven on Kentucky roadways. On the flip side, Democrats seem to be entirely focused on possibilities that won’t be fully realized for 15-20 years. While alternatives are the future, the average, hardworking Jefferson Countian will not be able to financially make that transition without affordable energy prices in the meantime. John Yarmuth may be able to afford to buy a new car or add solar panels to his home at a drop of the hat, but most of the people he claims to represent cannot.”
“It is clear that the Republican plan for our future of drilling for our own oil, controlling our immediate energy future and eventually transitioning exclusively to renewable energy solutions is the right plan for Jefferson County.”
Update: Waiting On Yarmuth Answers
Today, I have sent an email to the personal address that John Yarmuth gave me. The email is below:
Thank you for speaking with me at the 4th Street Live! event you had a couple weeks ago. You told me to just email you directly to get some answers on some issues.
First, this the youtube video of Congressman Kanjorski admitting to lying to the American people. Will you please respond?
http://www.bluegrassredstate.com/2008/05/democrat-liars.html
Second, will you agree that people that take money from trial lawyers and Unions are just as susceptible to influence from them as candidates who take corporate PAC money? Will you start telling people about the Union money you received as much as you tell them about the corporate PAC money you don’t?
Third, will you comment on allegations on Nancy Pelosi’s involvement with FARC in Colombia? Will you denounce her if the allegations are proven true? Will you apologize to the people of Kentucky for getting into her inner circle, as you have recently claimed, in light of her involvement with this terrorist group?
I will let you know when I hear something.
More On JCPS Dixie Investigation
After we wrote about this Dixie Elementary investigation a couple days ago, The ‘Ville Voice told what they knew and now today The Courier-Journal has a short column about it.
Adrian Sanford, who was hired by the district in 1997 and has been principal at Dixie since 2002, was reassigned July 1 to the central office, district spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said.
The bookkeeper, Toneke Bullitt, who has been with the district at Dixie for one year, was suspended without pay on June 25, Roberts said.
JCPS will be forced to release the outcome of their investigation. However, all information will go through the Jefferson County Sanitation Department first. You will find out whether or not the Principal and the bookkeeper conspired to steal money, but nothing else unless you read it here.
If it is true that the Principal maybe never should have been hired in the first place, the Jefferson County Information Sanitation Department won’t let you find that out. You’ll have to find out here. If it is true that maybe JCPS bears some responsibility for what happened, the Jefferson County Information Sanitation Department won’t let you find that out. You’ll have to find out here.
The JCPS spin room will be spinning so fast that a wise new energy policy may emerge - hook generators up to the JCPS spin room (and Abramson) and power the city for days at a time.
If anyone attempts to circumvent the Jefferson County Information Sanitation Department and actually uncovers something that would indicate that maybe the Principal never should have been hired in the first place, and that maybe JCPS bears some responsibility for the situation occurring, expect that person to be pointed at, laughed at, and labeled. The label will probably be one of the typical words that some people use when they are trying to shut someone up. It will probably be something they have found useful before when they found themselves in the uncomfortable situation of hearing something they didn’t want to hear. It will probably be something along the lines of “racist,” “sexist,” “homophobe,” or “fascist.” Of course, the use of these words is usually completely absurd and designed only to shout others down. Expect so-called journalists to say, “that’s not the story.” However, that other story that should be told will not be told at all, unless it’s told here.
That said, C-J says it couldn’t find contact information for Toneke Bullitt, the former bookkeeper. I can’t either, really. However there is a Toneke Bullitt with this mailing address:
PO Box 0103
Louisville, KY 40256-0103
Is this the right Toneke Bullitt?
Hawkins Wins Bomb Storage Battle
Looks like Doug Hawkins has won the bomb storage fight against Jerry Abramson.
The ATF is pulling out of their cooperation with Abramson and now the project is just pointless.
Lunsford Panders To The Leftest 5%
Amid the usual Big Oil and Drug distractions, W. Bruce Lunsford makes this statement when pandering the the Kos Kids:
My beliefs and core values could not be further from those of Mitch McConnell. That is a fact.
I wouldn’t go there if i were Lunsford. We Americans disagree on many issues, but you simply can not question the values of Senator Mitch McConnell. He loves Kentucky and the United States and will do everything he can to work for the betterment of Kentucky and to protect the United States.
You especially can’t question McConnell’s core values if you are Bruce Lunsford and you are pandering to the leftest most crazy 5% or less of America. Here is a sampling of insane things that have been posted at Daily Kos.
Founder Markos Moulitsas himself had this to say about the charred bodies of murdered American troops (emphasis mine):
Every death should be on the front page
Let the people see what war is like. This isn’t an Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush’s folly.That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.by kos
Bruce Lunsford, does Mitch McConnell have more in common with ordinary Kentuckians or these fringe kooks at Daily Kos? He’s not pandering to their insanity and delusions, is he? Why are you?
On a poll, 45% of Kos readers said they would rather have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of the United States than George W. Bush. Why are you pandering to these insane people, Bruce Lunsford?
Kos readers also had this discussion on “gassing” (as in the Holocaust type of gassing) Senator Joseph Lieberman “like a dog.” Once again, emphasis mine. **WARNING: EXTREME STUPIDITY**
Once we lock up a Majority
where we don’t need Lieberman, I hope they will kick him to the curb like the dog he is.
by OneCrankyDom
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He’s a much lower form of life than a dog
Weasel seems about right to describe him–if you’re kind enough to afford him vertebrate status.
John McCain’s Straight Talk Express runs on fossil fuels.
by Dump Terry McAuliffe
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Don’t insult dogs like that
Given a choice between my dog and Lieberman, I’d gas him without thinking twice.
by Sharon Jumper
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It’s too bad when peopleuse animal references to derogate people with. Animals are not deserving of these kinds of insults!
by Loquatrix
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Sharon , jeezI know you didn’t mean it that way, but a reference to gassing a Jew needs to be hidden.
I hope you will join me in asking that this comment be hidden and that there will not be a pile on.
I will find some other comments of yours and uprate to make up for this.by TeresaInPa
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Oh please
You’re being a bit hypersensitive and PC here. Dogs get gassed at animal shelters every day. I can name a bunch of other politicians I’d gas over my dog.
by Sharon Jumper
Why are you pandering to these people who hate Joseph Lieberman so much they call for him to be “gassed,” Bruce Lunsford? Why do you pander to these people who ignore the holocaust that is more than 30 million children murdered before they were even born, yet somehow find the audacity to compare President Bush to Adolf Hitler? Why?
The following is what Kos readers do to denigrate people who disagree with Barack & Michelle Obama. How is it racist to question a political candidates words, Bruce Lunsford? How is it appropriate to use KKK imagery when refering Republicans?
Is anyone interested in finding out how Kos readers feel about Israel? Well, they find comfort imagining a world without Israel. Does that get the point across?
Or is that not allowed?Muslims, Jews, and Christians could live in peace without fear of mutual destruction.
There would be no more need for US AID or justification for Dimona.
We could bring down the Wall, send prisoners home, and families could be reunited.
We could dismantle checkpoints, open crossings, and pull down barbed wire fences.
There would be no more settlements or armed settlers because the people would be united.
We could replant trees and olive groves and rebuild battered cities.
No more suicide bombers or sniper fire, and no more dead civilians.
No more targeted killings and hell-fire missiles, or systematic demolitions.
Palestinians and Jews could live together and the world could address other issues.
What a simpler place this world would be
if there was no need for a Jewish majority - where there would otherwise be none.
Is it so hard to imagine?
Why do you pander to these fringe kooks, Bruce Lunsford? Why?
(Big hat tip to Little Green Footballs on the Kos Kooks tracking.)
Geoff Davis Gives NRCC $200,000
Following the lead of Minority Leader John Boehner (R - OH) and Whip Roy Blunt (R - TX), Congressman Geoff Davis (KY - 4) donated $200,000 of his campaign war chest to the National Republican Congressional Committee today, according to The Politico.
The donations were part of a “fall fundraising drive to minimize expected losses in November,” and while Davis was certainly glad to be able to help (facing only limited opposition this fall), one political reality is that the donation will buy him some additional influence on the Hill.
Rep. Hal Rogers (KY - 5) also gave the committee $150,000.
KY Congressmen Fight Out Gas War
As noted earlier here at BGRS, Democrat Congressman John Yarmuth (KY - 3) is obviously feeling the heat from constituents on gas prices. His challenger, former 5-term Congresswoman Anne Northup, has gathered thousands of petition signatures demanding immediate expanded drilling at community events and online at Lower Gas Louisville. Today, she reported outraising the vast majority of congressional Republican challengers nationwide with $625,000 in the 2Q. That dollar amount eclipsed even 2Q numbers of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s challenger, Bruce Lunsford, who is supported by MoveOn.org and liberals nationwide who are anxious to “Daschle” McConnell.
Yarmuth sent an email blast to constituents this morning telling about all the things he has done to bring down the price of gas. However, the price has only gone up since 2007 when the Democrats took office.
Yesterday I received in the mail a brochure from my Congressman, Republican Rep. Geoff Davis (KY-4), whose district neighbors Yarmuth’s. In it, Davis lays out “A plan to provide relief at the pump.” In it, Davis says specific things that he supports doing in Congress and then provides an estimate of the impact that action would have on the price of gasoline.
A savings of $1.80 is what I’m talking about.
After an inquiry to Congressman Davis’ office, I learned that the estimates are based on estimates made by the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA). Pelosi estimated that suspending shipments of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (aprx. 40,000 - 75,000 barrels a day) would reduce the price of gas per gallon by about $.05. The numbers Davis distributed, which I believe originally came from Republican Whip Roy Blunt, then estimate the price changes based on the increased numbers of barrels of oil that would be supplied by those actions he supports in the proportion originated by Speaker Pelosi.
Geoff Davis is winning the battle of ideas with John Yarmuth, and Louisvillians need to continue pressuring Yarmuth to stop obeying special interest groups who believe that if an action could even possibly disturb an animal or an insect that that action should not be taken. The needs of humans are more important than the needs of animals and insects and the world needs energy.
Hurricane On Yarmuth Email Blast
Once again readers, we here at BGRS have absorbed the liberal propaganda spread by the left through the emails and updates they send out to their masses. We then filter it, clean it, treat it and ultimately deliver it to you in its raw form. Basically, the BS that it is.
John Yarmuth sent out a heartfelt newsletter today explaining what this disappointing Congress is doing to fix gas prices. First of all, just last month Yarmuth and Dems were touting the facts of land already open to drilling that wasnt being used and how they were going to force companies to drill. They have now even come up with a cute slogan, “Use it or Lose It”.
Personally, I still like Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less. Seems a bit more positive and a little less oppressive. With that in mind, the first item on Yarmuth’s list is to end speculation on the free market. To me that sounds like the use it or lose it mantra isn’t taking hold and they have moved on to their next target to confuse you the taxpayer and voter. You usually go with your strongest argument first, not second.
After those two items, Yarmuth moves on the the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He pats himself on the back for calling the President to stop filling the reserves, which is what happened. Then he makes the request to start emptying the reserves to increase supply. He has said numerous times that drilling would increase the supply but that it wouldn’t really change the demand and the price. Then why is releasing our reserves going to do it. And what effect do you think taking emergency action is going to have on the markets and our enemies who control oil. Do you think that Chavez and Ahmadenijad wont see that as a weakness? Yarmuth then has the audacity to say that we need to free America’s oil. Not by drilling on our lands, but by releasing the emergency reserves. He then goes on to ask what his consituents think and lists several options including a couple that were not his party’s idea as well as an other. Nice touch. Except the items are a bit confusing and misleading. See, there is an area called the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Its an old Naval Oil Reserve field that was turned over for open drilling a number of years ago. There is also the Artic National Wildlife Refuge or ANWR. ANWR is the area that has been so heavily talked about. ANWR is huge, but the area that companies want to drill is about the size of a tiny dot on a map of the Refuge. Yarmuth lists drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Preserve as an option. That place doesn’t exist. Presumably, he meant ANWR, but the name is so cut up that it looks a lot like National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. I wouldn’t put it past the Dems to start trying to confuse the issue and hope that you are easily fooled.
They felt that way about the Iraq war apparently (still no answer from Yarmuth). An option appears for a gas tax moratorium, but not for drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf. Interestingly, Mitch McConnell took ANWR off the table as a negotiation, just to expedite a solution in his latest bill.
