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Opinion: Democrats Julian Carroll And David Boswell Tea Bagger Wannabe's?

by: Hillbilly

Tue Feb 09, 2010 at 00:38:01 AM EST

Opinion:
Here we go again injecting religion into politics. This use to be Republican turf, but here in Kentucky it's really hard to tell a Democrat from a Republican. 

Bluegrass Politics
FRANKFORT - Three Democratic state senators are pushing a proposal to give public schools the option of teaching the Bible as an elective social studies course. The class would "teach students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture," said Democratic Sen. David Boswell of Owensboro, the primary sponsor of Senate Bill 142. Boswell said he filed the bill at the request of a group of people in his Western Kentucky district. Senate Minority Leader Ed Worley, D-Richmond, and Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill.
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Growing Discontent with Democrats & Access-Bloggers Leaves an Opening for Genuine Progressives

by: Archangel M

Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 14:47:37 PM EST

(Some great food for thought. - promoted by RDemocrat)

Lately there has been a spate of diaries at such web sites as FireDogLake and "Open" Left wherein lay members - typically under attack from site moderators, who act as Democratic Party hacks and gatekeepers - have sought ways to bring back the Progressive Party, or join the Greens, or build up some other institution, that will allow progressives to act together as a cohesive political unit.  (I posted an entry there myself, only to end up being attacked by site moderators, threatened with banishment, and ultimately banned when I refused to back down against their incessant bullying.)
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Weiner Blasts Bi-Partisanship

by: RDemocrat

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 22:32:10 PM EST

All through the healthcare debate last year Republicans made one thing perfectly clear. They simply would not accept any kind of meaningful reform and indeed just sought to delay the problem by making President Obama and the Democrats mad. Now, one leading Progressive is scoffing at the idea of bi-partisanship on healthcare and is offering the suggestion that could have saved healthcare if it would have been fought for, the public option.
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Sarah Palin Born To Hand Jive

by: Hillbilly

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 21:12:40 PM EST

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Hillbilly Teleprompter

by: Hillbilly

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 16:23:22 PM EST

Discuss :: (2 Comments)

Hey Blue Dogs, Are You Peeking Under The Tea Party Tent?

by: Hillbilly

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 14:52:02 PM EST

Are Democratic Blue Dogs peeking under the Tea Part tent or are they already in the tent? Could it be that the Blue Dog Democrats are Dixiecrats in disguise?

Discuss :: (1 Comments)

Ed Marksberry Website Is up and Running

by: RDemocrat

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 12:55:40 PM EST

As many of you may know, Kentucky's Second Congressional District did field a Democratic challenger to Brett Guthrie. His name is Ed Marksberry and his website is up. Hopefully, Kentucky Democrats will rally around him and help him to expand the electoral map for our party.
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Sarah Palin: Failed Voice of a Disgraced Movement

by: RDemocrat

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 12:16:17 PM EST

At the recent tea-bag convention Sarah Palin, whose main foreign policy experience seems to be the fact that she could see Russia from her home in Alaska, got a lot of things wrong in her speech. As the new darling of the greediest and least patriotic among us she was fast and loose with the facts. While the possible candidate for the GOP nomination passed out red-meat for the rabid masses, she seems to have left the facts somewhere frozen in the Alaskan tundra.
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Sunday Train: Taking the Train to the Airport

by: BruceMcF

Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 19:09:53 PM EST

Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence

Disclaimer: Nothing said here should be taken to imply that airport/train connections are the primary transport task for either light rail, mass transit, conventional intercity rail, or high speed intercity rail. In other words, the focus of an essay in a regular weekly series on one particular topic does not imply anything along the lines of "most important thing".

However, recently, I keep running into the issue of taking the train to the airport. I read an recent article in an air travel industry publication that focused on the airport connections associated with the projects funded in the $8b HSR funding. I read an older piece about the proposed intermodal station in Chicago that would allow our Ohio trains to get to O'Hare. And the proposal to terminate the California HSR at the redesigned Lindbergh Field came up as part of the discussion at the California HSR blog.

So with the Super Bowl coming up to distract things, I succumbed to what was clearly fate, and am going to discuss taking the train to the airport.

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National Tea Party Convention: A Conservative Meal With Liberal Prices.

by: Hillbilly

Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 07:53:03 AM EST

I went to the National Tea Party Convention, in Nashville Tennessee, and paid $368.42, including service fee and a $18.00 parking fee on top of that bringing the total to $386.42. As you can see in the photo below, this was a very conservative, or should I say skimpy meal meal with a very liberal price. Hell if these folks were running the country a "Big Mac" would cost $200.00 or more. I was so hungry after leaving the banquet I stopped by McDonnell's and got a "Big Mac" and some fries.
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Rand Paul Says He Can Win Without GOP. Credits His Success To Tea Party Movement.

by: Hillbilly

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 16:44:25 PM EST

Bluegrass Politics
Paul said he can win the May 18 Republican primary in Kentucky without support from “mainstream” GOP organizations, such as the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
“I’m not positive that their endorsement actually is a help at this point,” Paul said. “Most people in Kentucky don’t want to be told by somebody in Washington who to vote for.”

 

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Lobbyists Set Sights on Killing Student Loan Reform

by: RDemocrat

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 10:22:40 AM EST

Nothing should surprise anyone in this current environment in Washington. While the American people in 2008 called for change loud and clear what they continue to get is more of the same. Whether it is with the wars in the middle-east, or the uncaring cowardice and complacency shown on delivering a real healthcare bill to the American people Washington is still run the same way by the same old folks. Now it appears their next casualty will be Student Loan Reform.
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Barack Obama Prayer Breakfast: Question My Policies Without Questioning My Citizenship

by: Hillbilly

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 23:21:52 PM EST

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Vote Vets Ad in Kentucky on Clean Energy

by: kilowat

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 18:22:30 PM EST

(All of the above!! - promoted by RDemocrat)

Leader of the the party of GEE NO PEEE 70 fillibuster last year.Under Bush voted 8 times for reconciliation and to pass tax cuts, how this man keeps getting elected is beyond me.

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Health Care Costs Rise at an Alarming Rate

by: RDemocrat

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 21:30:37 PM EST

While the healthcare debate has devolved and sputtered, we still see the need for real reform almost daily. Whatever one might believe is the solution it is almost impossible for anyone to admit we have serious problem. While the real solution, single-payer has been off the table, healthcare costs continue to spriral through the kitchen ceiling. Reports today show just how bad the recession has made things.
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