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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>BluegrassBulletin.com</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/</link><description>A blog dedicated to honest and respectful comment on the political and cultural issues of our time.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:44 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>TypePad http://www.typepad.com/</generator><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A blog dedicated to honest and respectful comment on the political and cultural issues of our time.</itunes:subtitle><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bluegrassbulletincom" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><title>Pelosi Threatens Liberty</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/pelosi-threatens-liberty.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:44 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340128756011db970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A criminal statute threatens.  If you don't comply with the law, you are forewarned that your life, in some cases, your liberty, in other cases and your property in most cases, will be taken away from you by force if necessary.  Armed agents of the government are empowered to take you into custody, jail you and confiscate your property through fines if you are found guilty of non-compliance.</p><p>So, are you still on the fence with regard to the clearly unconstitutional health care bill currently under consideration?   Well, be forewarned:</p><blockquote><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">Today,
Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI)
released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation
(JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate
to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R.
3962, as amended) could land people in jail.  The <a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/JCTletter110509.pdf"><span style="color: #548dd4;">JCT letter</span></a>  makes
clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance
coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate
tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and
criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and
imprisonment of up to five years.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">In
response to the JCT letter, Camp said:  “This is the ultimate example
of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we
tell you or go to jail.  It is outrageous and it should be stopped
immediately.”[<a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=153583">Ways and Means Committee Website</a>]<br></span></strong></p></blockquote></div>]]></content:encoded><description>A criminal statute threatens. If you don't comply with the law, you are forewarned that your life, in some cases, your liberty, in other cases and your property in most cases, will be taken away from you by force if necessary. Armed agents of the government are empowered to take you into custody, jail you and confiscate your property through fines if you are found guilty of non-compliance. So, are you still on the fence with regard to the clearly unconstitutional health care bill currently under consideration? Well, be forewarned: Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee...</description><enclosure url="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/JCTletter110509.pdf" length="1108953" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/JCTletter110509.pdf" fileSize="1108953" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:subtitle>A criminal statute threatens. If you don't comply with the law, you are forewarned that your life, in some cases, your liberty, in other cases and your property in most cases, will be taken away from you by force if necessary. Armed agents of the governme</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>A criminal statute threatens. If you don't comply with the law, you are forewarned that your life, in some cases, your liberty, in other cases and your property in most cases, will be taken away from you by force if necessary. Armed agents of the government are empowered to take you into custody, jail you and confiscate your property through fines if you are found guilty of non-compliance. So, are you still on the fence with regard to the clearly unconstitutional health care bill currently under consideration? Well, be forewarned: Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee...</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Patriotism</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>New Ad: Stop Abortion Funding In Healthcare Proposal</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/new-ad-stop-abortion-funding-in-healthcare-proposal.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:03:22 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b26cb5970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[
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]]></content:encoded><description></description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/9iPym0GvYEg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" length="1029" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/9iPym0GvYEg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" fileSize="1029" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:keywords>Patriotism</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>***SHOCKING CONNECTION?*** Ft. Hood Shooter Involved With Obama Transisiton Team?</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/shocking-connection-ft-hood-shooter-involved-with-obama-transisiton-team.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:35:20 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65ce87d970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man who shot and killed 13 people and wounded 30 more at Ft. Hood yesterday was listed as having participated in the Obama transition task force, according to <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=115230">World Net Daily</a>.</p><p>In a document published by the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University, Hasan is listed on page 29 as having participated in an event from which the report <a href="http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>"Thinking Anew-Security Priorities For The Next Administration: Proceedings Report of the HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force, April 2008-January 2009</em></span>"</a> was published in May of this year.  </p><blockquote><p><strong>Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of the Homeland Security Policy
Institute at George Washington University affirmed to WND in a
telephone interview this morning that the Nidal Hasan listed as
attending the meetings of the HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force
was the same person as the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre. <br></strong></p><p><strong>"Muslims should stand up and fight the aggressor," Hasan said about
America before he and possibly other Muslim soldiers at Fort Hood shot
43 fellow soldiers, killing 12, who were returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan. </strong></p><p><strong>"He said Muslims had a right to attack" the U.S., said Col.
Terry Lee, who worked with Hasan at the Texas post, where the devout
Sunni Muslim refused deployment. "He said Muslims shouldn't be fighting
Muslims," he added. "He was very clear on that." </strong></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><strong>According to an explosive new book, "Muslim Mafia: Inside the
Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America," Hasan is just the tip of a jihadist Fifth Column operating within the ranks of the U.S. military- which is too blinded by political correctness to see the threat. [<a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=115230">WorldNet Daily</a>] <br></strong></p></blockquote><p>The <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/iwndis-jerome-corsi-claim_n_348461.html">Huffington Post </a>confirms via George Washington University that WND's claims are grossly overstated.</p><blockquote><p><strong>"[Hasan] has no role on the task force, other than the fact that he
attended these meetings as an audience member, as did hundreds of
others." Hasan's name appears on the list of participants only because
he provided the HSPI with an RSVP, indicating his attendance. [GWU director of HSPI Frank] Cilluffo
told me, "We always record RSVPs and publish them as a matter of
transparency, and will continue to do so."</strong></p></blockquote><p>Hasan is not connected in any way to George Washington University or the HSPI, University officials have said.  WorldNet Daily is the main source for the stories regarding the Obama birth certificate issue.</p><p>

</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man who shot and killed 13 people and wounded 30 more at Ft. Hood yesterday was listed as having participated in the Obama transition task force, according to World Net Daily. In a document published by the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University, Hasan is listed on page 29 as having participated in an event from which the report "Thinking Anew-Security Priorities For The Next Administration: Proceedings Report of the HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force, April 2008-January 2009" was published in May of this year. Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of the Homeland Security...</description><enclosure url="http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf" length="882825" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf" fileSize="882825" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:subtitle>Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man who shot and killed 13 people and wounded 30 more at Ft. Hood yesterday was listed as having participated in the Obama transition task force, according to World Net Daily. In a document published by the Homeland Security Po</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man who shot and killed 13 people and wounded 30 more at Ft. Hood yesterday was listed as having participated in the Obama transition task force, according to World Net Daily. In a document published by the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University, Hasan is listed on page 29 as having participated in an event from which the report "Thinking Anew-Security Priorities For The Next Administration: Proceedings Report of the HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force, April 2008-January 2009" was published in May of this year. Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of the Homeland Security...</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Current Affairs, Patriotism</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Watch This Video And Feel Your Blood Boil</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/watch-this-video-and-feel-your-blood-boil.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:48:08 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65be71c970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I just saw this video of the way in which the Democrats, or at least one democrat, on at least one occasion, conduct business in OUR House of Representatives.  Your blood should boil.  It was published by Eric Cantor.</p>

<p></p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ywgUCdefSW8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ywgUCdefSW8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object></div>]]></content:encoded><description>I just saw this video of the way in which the Democrats, or at least one democrat, on at least one occasion, conduct business in OUR House of Representatives. Your blood should boil. It was published by Eric Cantor.</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/ywgUCdefSW8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" length="1052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/ywgUCdefSW8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" fileSize="1052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>I just saw this video of the way in which the Democrats, or at least one democrat, on at least one occasion, conduct business in OUR House of Representatives. Your blood should boil. It was published by Eric Cantor.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>I just saw this video of the way in which the Democrats, or at least one democrat, on at least one occasion, conduct business in OUR House of Representatives. Your blood should boil. It was published by Eric Cantor.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Patriotism</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Can We Please Profile Now?</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/can-we-please-profile-now-1.html</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:14:30 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65be469970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>According to <a href="http://www.kentucky.com/254/story/1007393.html">reports coming out this morning</a>, the shooter at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday who killed 13 and left 30 wounded in a murderous rampage shouted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takbir">"Allahu Akbar"</a> before opening fire.  Of course that is the Islamic phrase for "God Is Great" allegedly <a href="http://www.sparksflyup.com/2009/06/end-of-one-islam-lie.php">shouted by the pilots</a> who flew planes into the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001 and shouted from the rooftops the night of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.</p><p>Now before we search the bra of another college girl flying home for Christmas, or make a wheel chair bound grandma leave her toe nail clippers behind could we please stop pretending that the enemies of our way of life are not currently, and predominantly, Islamists, like Major Nadal Malik Hasan who shouted the Jihad war cry as he was killing innocent Americans?</p><p>It doesn't have to be an official policy, but if the rest of us are a little worried about the Iranian guy in front of us as we board a plane, can't we at least allow law enforcement and military officials a bit more freedom from the politically correct BS being hyped by our esteemed president who earlier this year <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/03/obamas-muslim-nation-comment-sparks-debate/?feat=home_headlines">declared the United States to be on of the the largest Muslim nations in the world?</a>  </p><p>Can we please profile now?  Maybe just a little bit?</p>]]></content:encoded><description>According to reports coming out this morning, the shooter at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday who killed 13 and left 30 wounded in a murderous rampage shouted "Allahu Akbar" before opening fire.  Of course that is the Islamic phrase for "God Is Great" allegedly shouted by the pilots who flew planes into the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001 and shouted from the rooftops the night of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.</description></item><item><title>Trey Grayson Phones It In, Flubs It Up</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/trey-grayson-phones-it-in-flubs-it-up.html</link><category>Politics, Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:09:28 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b0f44e970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>At the UK forum the other day Rand Paul appeared and spoke to the students, but none of the other leading candidates for the United States Senate made the trip.  Paul made light of Trey Grayson's absence, saying that perhaps he was too busy studying the recent poll results which put Paul ahead of Grayson among likely republican voters.</p>

<p>But then the forum moderator made a phone call to Trey and let him speak over the Public Address system from Frankfort.  Okay, but then Trey tried to do a homey little connection with the group and fell flat on his face.  Here's the video, take a look:</p>

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Look Trey, catch the wave man. The typical phony politician image is being rejected all across America. If you want to win this thing then you have to play the new game, and if your old coach won't let you, change coaches.</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>At the UK forum the other day Rand Paul appeared and spoke to the students, but none of the other leading candidates for the United States Senate made the trip. Paul made light of Trey Grayson's absence, saying that perhaps he was too busy studying the recent poll results which put Paul ahead of Grayson among likely republican voters. But then the forum moderator made a phone call to Trey and let him speak over the Public Address system from Frankfort. Okay, but then Trey tried to do a homey little connection with the group and fell flat on his...</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/lr6TUDky8So&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" length="1052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/lr6TUDky8So&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" fileSize="1052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>At the UK forum the other day Rand Paul appeared and spoke to the students, but none of the other leading candidates for the United States Senate made the trip. Paul made light of Trey Grayson's absence, saying that perhaps he was too busy studying the re</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>At the UK forum the other day Rand Paul appeared and spoke to the students, but none of the other leading candidates for the United States Senate made the trip. Paul made light of Trey Grayson's absence, saying that perhaps he was too busy studying the recent poll results which put Paul ahead of Grayson among likely republican voters. But then the forum moderator made a phone call to Trey and let him speak over the Public Address system from Frankfort. Okay, but then Trey tried to do a homey little connection with the group and fell flat on his...</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Politics, Kentucky</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>What Is Damon Thayer Up To?</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/what-is-damon-thayer-up-to.html</link><category>Politics, Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:51:06 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b0e2a8970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Ky State Senator Damon Thayer has made good on his promise to file a bill seeking to put expanded gambling on the ballot for consideration by the voters, perhaps as early as next November.  So now the question is, what's Damon up to?</p><p>First, his long standing relationship with the horse industry might be argued as his motivation, since the biggest proponents of slot machines in the Commonwealth are the race tracks.  But according to the Lexington Herald Leader, they are opposed to Thayer's bill.</p><blockquote><p><strong>[T]he bill has gotten a cold reception from the horse industry, which
views it as hostile because it would not guarantee racetracks got
expanded gambling. Instead, the racetracks would have to compete openly
against other potential operators for a slots facility in their
counties.</strong></p><p><strong>
			Also, the bill would require local voter approval, which would give opponents two chances to block slots.</strong></p><p><strong>Horsemen have characterized Thayer's bill as a political move that offers too little too late. [<a href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1007509.html">Lexington Herald Leader</a>]</strong></p></blockquote><p>Second, Thayer represents voters in Owen, Grant, Scott and southern Kenton counties.  There are no race tracks in his district.  Neither is his district comprised of folks likely to be big proponents of gambling of any sort.</p><p>Of course Thayer has said that this bill is designed to get the issue on the table instead of allowing it to fester in Frankfort and distract government from the serious task of dealing with budget problems in the upcoming session.</p><p>But others in the know have said that Governor Beshear has shown "zero" interest in dealing responsibly with the root cause of Kentucky's fiscal issues and has instead placed all of his chips on the casino solution.</p><p>For example, some republicans contend that if the government would eliminate the prevailing wage law we would see considerable savings in tax dollars spent on government projects.  In addition, if Kentucky became a "right to work" state we would be much more competitive when it came to attracting new industry to the Commonwealth which in turn would provide jobs and revenue now being lost to other states in much more palatable industries than the cry that we are losing out to neighboring casinos.</p><p>Instead of pre-filing bills to deal with these issues and then taking the lead to convince the voters that we can fix our problems without trying to balance the budget on the backs of the poor, Thayer could have shown more boldness.</p><p>So one has to wonder, what is Damon Thayer up to?  Who is behind his bill and are the track owners right that this is just some sort of political game playing?</p><p>If Thayer wanted to remove gambling as an obstacle to getting more serious business done in Frankfort, (<em>"We must move forward so that the Governor can focus on working with the
General Assembly in a bipartisan manner to address the serious public
policy issues facing Kentucky"</em>) his decision to pre-file a casino bill which is likely to become the focal point in the upcoming session needs a little more explaining than that which he has given it thus far.</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Ky State Senator Damon Thayer has made good on his promise to file a bill seeking to put expanded gambling on the ballot for consideration by the voters, perhaps as early as next November. So now the question is, what's Damon up to? First, his long standing relationship with the horse industry might be argued as his motivation, since the biggest proponents of slot machines in the Commonwealth are the race tracks. But according to the Lexington Herald Leader, they are opposed to Thayer's bill. [T]he bill has gotten a cold reception from the horse industry, which views it as...</description></item><item><title>Living In Exile: Will Social Conservatives Have A Home In The New GOP</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/living-in-exile-will-social-conservatives-have-a-home-in-the-new-gop.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:25:48 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65b9e2b970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>EDITORIAL:</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/02/the-intolerance-party-gop_n_274355.html">Article</a> after <a href="http://www.paradisepost.com/opinion/ci_13714112">article</a> has been written discussing the so called "split" within the republican party.  And of course for those who think that separating babies from their mother's wombs with a suction hose is okay, well, tearing things apart is something to be celebrated.</p><p>Yet despite the hope of all conservatives that the republican party quickly sober up from its post Bill Clinton period of partying like a bunch of drunks indulging heavily in the intoxicating world of arrogance and a sense of superiority, there is clearly a looming problem for the GOP as it starts down the road to recovery.</p><p>A recent political cartoon makes the point that the resurgence of the GOP is based upon its image as the champion of fiscal conservatism.  However, that same cartoon suggests that in order to redefine itself for a broader appeal, the GOP must abandon its identification with social issues.  And of course we all know what that means.  "Social issues" is a code phrase for "pro-life".</p><p><a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65b9bcb970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="GOP back in saddle" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65b9bcb970b image-full " src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a65b9bcb970b-800wi" style="width: 387px; height: 261px;" title="GOP back in saddle"></img></a> <br> </p><p>Rush Limbaugh has said many times that the New England elitist republicans want to control the party and wish the GOP would jettison the pro-lifers. </p><p>I suspect that this cocktail set found a kindred spirit in Barack Obama when he told a group of donors in San Francisco that "those people" in our part of the country were bitterly clinging to guns and religion with antipathy towards people who aren't like them.  If Limbaugh is right, a similar arrogance prevails among the Rockefeller republicans from whose ranks we get Rudy, Bloomberg and Olympia Snowe.</p><p>Yes we all need a group of committed leaders who practice, not just preach, a conservative fiscal agenda.  Yes we know that Medicare is bankrupt, Social Security is bankrupt and that we are borrowing or printing money at a rate which will ultimately destroy us if someone doesn't take hold of the reins and stops this runaway stage coach before it goes over the cliff.</p><p>But what will happen to the social conservatives if the newly re-formed republican party kicks them out?  Where will they go?</p><p>Certainly they won't find a home among democrats.  And whether they form a new party or just sit on their hands, abandoning them will not help the republicans win elections.</p><p>In all of politics there is one good lesson.  Those who hold power control the agenda.  Therefore, in order to control the agenda you must first gain power.  It might be that the fiscal conservatives can glue together enough independents and worried democrats to win a few seats that have recently gone blue, but odds are without the social conservatives they will still come up short.</p><p>What the GOP needs to do is get behind those in Congress who want to pass some form of sanctity of life legislation which will satisfy the pro-life Americans and get that issue off the table.  In order to gain power under the newly designed identity as the financially responsible party, the GOP must have the votes of social conservatives and must get them solidly on board early.</p><p>Stop playing around with pro-life issues.  Find a way to get the votes to get that issue passed and then tackle the budget issues.  Let's get our priorities in line and make life as certain in America as death and taxes.</p>]]></content:encoded><description>EDITORIAL: Article after article has been written discussing the so called "split" within the republican party. And of course for those who think that separating babies from their mother's wombs with a suction hose is okay, well, tearing things apart is something to be celebrated. Yet despite the hope of all conservatives that the republican party quickly sober up from its post Bill Clinton period of partying like a bunch of drunks indulging heavily in the intoxicating world of arrogance and a sense of superiority, there is clearly a looming problem for the GOP as it starts down the road...</description></item><item><title>Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/planned-parenthood-leader-resigns.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:09:03 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b06cc8970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A Planned Parenthood leader has resigned after watching an ultrasound image of an abortion.&nbsp; There is hope for mankind when our souls finally convince our brains.&nbsp; Here is the video interview:</p>

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]]></content:encoded><description>A Planned Parenthood leader has resigned after watching an ultrasound image of an abortion. There is hope for mankind when our souls finally convince our brains. Here is the video interview:</description><enclosure url="http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=V3829976&amp;m=934200" length="131009" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=V3829976&amp;m=934200" fileSize="131009" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>A Planned Parenthood leader has resigned after watching an ultrasound image of an abortion. There is hope for mankind when our souls finally convince our brains. Here is the video interview:</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>A Planned Parenthood leader has resigned after watching an ultrasound image of an abortion. There is hope for mankind when our souls finally convince our brains. Here is the video interview:</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Patriotism</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>***THE ARMED CITIZEN*** An Every Friday Feature</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/the-armed-citizen-an-every-friday-feature.html</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:03:39 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b065c4970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An electrician was asleep with his wife when they were awakened by a
knock at the door. The man feared something wasn't quite right about
the early morning visitor, so he put a handgun in his pocket just in
case. As he opened the door, police say two suspects tried to push
their way inside. The man drew the gun from his pocket and fired twice,
hitting both suspects. The suspects fired a return shot as they fled.
One of the suspects died nearby. Police were seeking his accomplice. (<em>News Sentinel</em>, Knoxville, TN, 08/06/09) </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px;">REPRINTED WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE <a href="http://membership.nrahq.org/">NRA</a></span></strong></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>An electrician was asleep with his wife when they were awakened by a knock at the door. The man feared something wasn't quite right about the early morning visitor, so he put a handgun in his pocket just in case. As he opened the door, police say two suspects tried to push their way inside. The man drew the gun from his pocket and fired twice, hitting both suspects. The suspects fired a return shot as they fled. One of the suspects died nearby. Police were seeking his accomplice. (News Sentinel, Knoxville, TN, 08/06/09) REPRINTED WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE...</description></item><item><title>Morning Funnies</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/morning-funnies-4.html</link><category>Humor</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:06 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b06204970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b061ee970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Scared Of The Vaccine" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b061ee970c image-full" src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6b061ee970c-800wi" title="Scared Of The Vaccine"></img></a> <br>]]></content:encoded><description></description></item><item><title>New Television Series "V" Dares To Make Fun Of Obama? </title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/new-television-series-v-dares-to-make-fun-of-obama-.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:12:32 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6abe0a9970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new television series has premiered called "V".&nbsp; Do you think these clips might be poking some fun at Obama?&nbsp; Take a look:</p>

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]]></content:encoded><description>A new television series has premiered called "V". Do you think these clips might be poking some fun at Obama? Take a look:</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/21Di1xk2_Es&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" length="1030" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/21Di1xk2_Es&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" fileSize="1030" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>A new television series has premiered called "V". Do you think these clips might be poking some fun at Obama? Take a look:</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>A new television series has premiered called "V". Do you think these clips might be poking some fun at Obama? Take a look:</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Current Affairs</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Backroom Deal Will Hide Abortion Funding From Public In Healthcare Bill</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/backroom-deal-will-hide-abortion-funding-from-public-in-healthcare-bill.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:45:54 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6565c4b970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Congress has been exposed for making a backroom deal which will keep abortion funding language in the health care bill hidden from public view until the last minute where it will be re-inserted just before the vote.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Lawmakers said the abortion compromise may not be included in the final
version of the bill to be released as soon as Wednesday, called the
“manager’s amendment.” Instead, it may be included in the “rule,” which
is done the day before the vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
(D-Md.) said Tuesday he did not consider that a violation of his pledge
to have the bill language available for three days before a vote.</strong></p><p><strong>“If Democrats continue to add closed-door deals to their bill after
their manager’s amendment has been introduced, they will break their
72-hour promise,” said Brad Dayspring, spokesman for House Minority
Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.). “What else might they include in the final
version without Congress and the American people knowing about it?”</strong></p><p><strong>Centrists and liberals are at odds over language that some interpret as allowing federal funds to go toward abortions.</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong>FULL STORY <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66201-democrats-abortion-compromise-does-not-break-72-hour-promise">CLICK HERE</a></strong></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Congress has been exposed for making a backroom deal which will keep abortion funding language in the health care bill hidden from public view until the last minute where it will be re-inserted just before the vote. Lawmakers said the abortion compromise may not be included in the final version of the bill to be released as soon as Wednesday, called the “manager’s amendment.” Instead, it may be included in the “rule,” which is done the day before the vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday he did not consider that a violation of his pledge to have...</description></item><item><title>Man Shows Up At His Own Funeral</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/man-shows-up-at-his-own-funeral.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:29:08 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6564ff8970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>From <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33622390/ns/world_news-weird_news/?gt1=43001=">MSNBC</a>:</p><blockquote><p><strong>A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.</strong></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><strong><span id="byLine"></span>Relatives
of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a
Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said.</strong></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><strong>As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day, which happened to be the <a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33622390/ns/world_news-weird_news/?gt1=43001=#" itxtdid="14276912" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; padding-bottom: 0px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt;" target="_blank"><nobr id="itxt_nobr_2_0" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; color: darkgreen;">holiday<img name="itxt-icon-77" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: inline ! important; height: 10px; width: 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; left: 1px; float: none;"></img></nobr></a> of Finados, when Brazilians visit cemeteries to honor the dead.</strong></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><strong> He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.</strong></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><strong><span id="byLine"></span>A
police spokesman in the town of Santo Antonio da Platina said Goncalves
rushed to the funeral to let family members know he was not dead.</strong></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><strong><span id="byLine"></span>"The
corpse was badly disfigured, but dressed in similar clothing," said the
police spokesman, who talked on condition of anonymity as he wasn't
authorized to discuss the case. "People are afraid to look for very
long when they identify bodies, and I think that is what happened in
this case."</strong></p></blockquote></div>]]></content:encoded><description>From MSNBC: A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said. As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day, which happened to be the holiday of Finados, when Brazilians visit cemeteries to honor the dead. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning. A police spokesman in the town of Santo...</description></item><item><title>What 'WE' Is McConnell Talking About?</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/what-we-is-mcconnell-talking-about.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:22:51 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6abb8f5970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><strong>EDITORIAL:</strong></p><p>Jacob Payne over at <a href="http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/11/05/good-morning-dept-of-saving-xmas-from-evil/">PageOneKentucky</a> noted that Kentucky's Mitch McConnell yesterday expressed optimism for the 2010 elections based upon Tuesday nights election of republican governors in Virginia and New Jersey.  But who the hell does he think gets the benefit of those results, him?</p><blockquote><p><strong>McConnell, R-Ky., said the election results will make it more difficult
for the president to convince Democrats to support a sweeping health
care bill.</strong></p><p><strong>McConnell offered strong support for Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the
one Republican who has voted in favor of Democrats’ health care
proposals to date.</strong></p><p><strong>“The return of the independents is extremely important. And if they’re
there a year from now, we’ll have another very good election.” [<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/gop-leaders-political-rebellion-going-on-in-america.html">ABC</a>]<br></strong></p></blockquote><p>"We" who, Mitch?  The republican power brokers, like yourself, who continue to support RINO's for the sake of party label only?  Don't you get it?  The move afoot in this nation is not based upon blind party loyalty.  </p><p>The move afoot in this country is based upon a new awareness that the only loyalty that counts is a loyalty to the people and principles of this nation which have made us great.  And that "we" ain't you.</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>EDITORIAL: Jacob Payne over at PageOneKentucky noted that Kentucky's Mitch McConnell yesterday expressed optimism for the 2010 elections based upon Tuesday nights election of republican governors in Virginia and New Jersey. But who the hell does he think gets the benefit of those results, him? McConnell, R-Ky., said the election results will make it more difficult for the president to convince Democrats to support a sweeping health care bill. McConnell offered strong support for Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the one Republican who has voted in favor of Democrats’ health care proposals to date. “The return of the independents is extremely...</description></item><item><title>Rand Paul Makes Time For Voters, Others Just Make Excuses</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/rand-paul-makes-time-for-voters-others-just-make-excuses.html</link><category>Politics, Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:09:37 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6abaf36970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>Jack Brammer writing for <a href="http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/11/04/paul-blasts-no-shows-at-uk-forum-for-senate-candidates/">Bluegrass Politics</a> says that Rand Paul made the time and drove 100 miles to attend a forum in Lexington designed to get more young people involved in the political process, while Trey Grayson phoned in with an excuse, and Daniel Mongiardo and Jack Conway just couldn't find the time.</p><p>Paul, who has been very serious in his delivery so far on the campaign trail took Grayson's absence as an opportunity to inject a little humor into the event. "He said he thought Grayson, a fellow Republican, may be “too busy reviewing the latest poll results” to attend the forum", Brammer writes.  A new Survey USA poll shows Paul leading Grayson among likely republican primary voters.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded><description>Jack Brammer writing for Bluegrass Politics says that Rand Paul made the time and drove 100 miles to attend a forum in Lexington designed to get more young people involved in the political process, while Trey Grayson phoned in with an excuse, and Daniel Mongiardo and Jack Conway just couldn't find the time. Paul, who has been very serious in his delivery so far on the campaign trail took Grayson's absence as an opportunity to inject a little humor into the event. "He said he thought Grayson, a fellow Republican, may be “too busy reviewing the latest poll results” to...</description></item><item><title>Morning Funnies</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/morning-funnies-3.html</link><category>Humor</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:52:10 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6563513970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6aba391970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Death of GOP" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6aba391970c image-full" src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6aba391970c-800wi" title="Death of GOP"></img></a> <br>]]></content:encoded><description></description></item><item><title>The Bad Lesson That Is The GOP</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/the-bad-lesson-that-is-the-gop.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:41 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6524a7b970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Paul Ibrahim, writing for the North Star National has hit upon a disturbing trend.  A bunch of former GOP donors are finding more than one reason to not send money to the RNC, republican candidates or their local party.</p><blockquote><p><strong>“No one’s life is a waste,” a colleague wrote me in reaction to Dede
Scozzafava’s withdrawal from the NY-23 congressional election. “You can
always serve as a bad example.”</strong></p><p><strong>While we can certainly agree with this statement, it is about time we
ask, how many bad examples does the Republican establishment need
before it learns its lesson?</strong></p><p><strong>In 2004, strong support from the Republican establishment allowed
liberal senator Arlen Specter to survive a Republican primary challenge
from conservative congressman Pat Toomey by a minuscule margin.</strong></p><p><strong>In 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)
wholeheartedly catapulted itself into a Rhode Island Republican
primary, where it spent $1.2 million on behalf of left-wing senator
Lincoln Chafee and against his conservative opponent, Steve Laffey,
while the Republican National Committee (RNC) deployed the 72-hour
get-out-the-vote drive it usually saves for general elections against
Democrats. At around the same time, conservative Virginia Senator
George Allen lost reelection by a razor-thin margin, handing the Senate
over to the Democrats. To say that all the resources wasted by the
Republican establishment in Rhode Island would not have had a good
chance of giving Allen an extra 0.2 percent of the vote in Virginia
would be naïve, to say the least.</strong></p><p><strong>In incredible irony, conservatives who had contributed money both to
Laffey and to the Republican Party (with the assumption that the money
would be used to protect conservative policies against liberal ones)
were now seeing their hard-earned cash fighting itself on the airwaves
of Rhode Island. Chafee won the primary, lost the general election, and
when he no longer needed the Republican establishment, he predictably
left the Republican Party and endorsed Barack Obama for President.</strong></p><p><strong>Of course, this does not mean conservatives should withhold their money
from all elections. There are alternatives. They can contribute to
individual candidates.</strong></p><p><strong>But enough with the blind contributions to the Republican Party, and
with the blind voting for establishment-backed candidates. That the
establishment attempts to save face every time it loses, at it is doing
now by supporting Hoffman two days before the election, should not
blind anyone from the fact that only hours ago, it was throwing money
at a genuine leftist while trashing Hoffman, and that in the coming
months, it will be supporting a decidedly non-conservative Charlie
Crist over a perfectly conservative and perfectly electable Marco Rubio
in the Florida Republican Senate primary.</strong></p><p><strong>Thus, until the Republican establishment truly gets it – and it might
take a long time – conservatives must unite in pledging not one more
cent to the Republican Party. There is no sense in subsidizing a
permanent Republican minority – and one that isn’t even true to its
principles.</strong></p></blockquote><p>For a continued discussion of the un-learned lessons of the GOP, this one article is a must read for conservatives who continue to get fund raising letters from the GOP establishment.  The upshot of the article?  <a href="http://www.northstarnational.com/2009/11/02/cent-republican-party/">"Not one more cent to the Republican Party"</a></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Paul Ibrahim, writing for the North Star National has hit upon a disturbing trend. A bunch of former GOP donors are finding more than one reason to not send money to the RNC, republican candidates or their local party. “No one’s life is a waste,” a colleague wrote me in reaction to Dede Scozzafava’s withdrawal from the NY-23 congressional election. “You can always serve as a bad example.” While we can certainly agree with this statement, it is about time we ask, how many bad examples does the Republican establishment need before it learns its lesson? In 2004, strong support...</description></item><item><title>"The Hill" Says The Real Winner Is Ron Paul</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/the-hill-says-the-real-winner-is-ron-paul.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:57:20 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a652460a970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>When "<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/66039-the-winner-of-the-2009-elections-is-ron-paul">The Hill</a>" speaks, people listen.  Just listen to what they said today:</p><blockquote><p><strong>Forget the spin and the slop. The real winner of the 2009 elections is
the public official and candidate who has championed the core
insurgency driving the election. It is Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul.<br><br>Paul
embodies the anti-Washington, anti-tax, anti-big government,
anti-financial insiderism viewpoints that are galvanizing large numbers
of activists and voters. It is not a majority, but a majority has never
been Ron Paul's goal. Paul is a conviction politician, an idea man, an
advocate and a change agent.</strong></p><p><strong>I agree with some things Paul says, and disagree with others, but the
truth of the matter, politically, is that his agenda has moved center
stage and his people are highly motivated and this is a serious
movement that is underestimated and misunderstood by Washington
insiders.</strong></p><p><strong>But for now, for today, my take is forget the smarties and forget the
smoothies, because the real winner of the 2009 elections is the
gentleman from Texas, Mr. Ron Paul.</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong>FULL STORY <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/66039-the-winner-of-the-2009-elections-is-ron-paul">HERE</a><br></strong></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>When "The Hill" speaks, people listen. Just listen to what they said today: Forget the spin and the slop. The real winner of the 2009 elections is the public official and candidate who has championed the core insurgency driving the election. It is Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul. Paul embodies the anti-Washington, anti-tax, anti-big government, anti-financial insiderism viewpoints that are galvanizing large numbers of activists and voters. It is not a majority, but a majority has never been Ron Paul's goal. Paul is a conviction politician, an idea man, an advocate and a change agent. I agree with some things...</description></item><item><title>Same Sex Marriage Rejected In Maine</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/same-sex-marriage-rejected-in-maine.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:47:09 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6a7ac08970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Voters in Maine repealed a state law which allowed for same sex marriages.  Many had suspected that Maine would be the most likely place for the legislation to survive, however its defeat there brings the total to a unanimous 31 states which have said "NO" to same sex marriage when it has been put to a vote by the people.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>Gay marriage has now lost in every single state — 31 in all — in
which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped
to buck that trend in Maine — known for its moderate,
independent-minded electorate — and mounted an energetic, well-financed
campaign.</strong></p><p><strong>With 87 percent of the precincts reporting, gay-marriage foes had 53 percent of the votes.</strong></p><p><strong>The contest had been viewed by both sides as certain to have national
repercussions. Gay-marriage foes desperately wanted to keep their
winning streak alive, while gay-rights activists sought to blunt the
argument that gay marriage was being foisted on the country by courts
and lawmakers over the will of the people. [<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_gay_marriage_maine">Yahoo News</a>]</strong></p></blockquote></div>
        <p> </p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Voters in Maine repealed a state law which allowed for same sex marriages. Many had suspected that Maine would be the most likely place for the legislation to survive, however its defeat there brings the total to a unanimous 31 states which have said "NO" to same sex marriage when it has been put to a vote by the people. Gay marriage has now lost in every single state — 31 in all — in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine — known for its moderate, independent-minded...</description></item><item><title>Chi-Coms Threaten War In Outer Space</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/chicoms-threaten-war-in-outer-space.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:33:27 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6523e03970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Over two years ago <a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2007/07/the-china-threa.html">I warned you</a> that the United States was becoming increasingly more vulnerable to the Communist Chinese in the area of cyber and space warfare.  Now they have admitted their plans.</p><blockquote><p><strong>China’s air force chief has called military competition in space
“inevitable”, a departure from Beijing’s past insistence that it is not
pursuing space programmes for military purposes.</strong></p><p><strong>“The militarisation of the sky and space is a challenge to the peace of
mankind. In the face of this challenge, you don’t have a voice unless
you have power. Only if you have strong power can you protect and
safeguard peace,” Gen Xu was quoted as saying.</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong> Read Full Story At <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9be4fa1c-c8a1-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.html">Financial Times</a><br></strong></p><p></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Over two years ago I warned you that the United States was becoming increasingly more vulnerable to the Communist Chinese in the area of cyber and space warfare. Now they have admitted their plans. China’s air force chief has called military competition in space “inevitable”, a departure from Beijing’s past insistence that it is not pursuing space programmes for military purposes. “The militarisation of the sky and space is a challenge to the peace of mankind. In the face of this challenge, you don’t have a voice unless you have power. Only if you have strong power can you protect...</description></item><item><title>New York 23 Race Won By Dem With Less Than 50%</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/new-york-23-race-won-by-dem-with-less-than-50.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:08:42 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6a79f37970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>"Ordinary Guy" Doug Hoffman stepped up and ran for Congress in NY district 23.  He ran as a conservative.  The Republican candidate, Dede Sozzafava, dropped out, but remained on the ballot.  Between them they got 52% of the vote against the democrat, Bill Owens, but Owens won.</p><p>According to the latest news this morning, with 88% of the vote counted, Hoffman conceded to Owens who is apparently the winner with only 49% of the vote.  The majority of the voters wanted somebody else.</p><p>Yet you can bet your sweet bippy that the democrats will spin this as a victory for themselves against the backdrop of a night when John Corzine (D), governor of New Jersey was defeated despite substantial efforts on his behalf by President Obama.  They will also use the NY race to offset their stunning loss in Virginia where conservative candidate Bob McDonnell trounced the democrat, Creigh Deeds in a state which made history by voting for Barack Obama last year.</p><p>All in all the night clearly spoke to a growing dissatisfaction with the current progressive fiscal agenda being pursued by Obama, Reid and Pelosi.  It also spoke loudly for the role of independents in the upcoming elections of 2010 as they broke heavily for the conservative candidates in what many see as a complete reversal of their course over 2008.</p>]]></content:encoded><description>"Ordinary Guy" Doug Hoffman stepped up and ran for Congress in NY district 23.  He ran as a conservative.  The Republican candidate, Dede Sozzafava, dropped out, but remained on the ballot.  Between them they got 52% of the vote against the democrat, Bill Owens, but Owens won.</description></item><item><title>Morning Funnies</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/morning-funnies-2.html</link><category>Humor</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:53:43 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6522f1a970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6522f16970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="What Is Life" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6522f16970b image-full" src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6522f16970b-800wi" title="What Is Life"></img></a> <br>]]></content:encoded><description></description></item><item><title>Poll Says Paul Beats Grayson In Primary, Grayson Beats Dems In November</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/poll-says-paul-beats-grayson-in-primary-grayson-beats-dems-in-november.html</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:51:19 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6a6d535970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>The results of the Survey USA poll released tonight by <a href="http://www.whas11.com/news/politics/Exclusive-WHAS11Survey-USA-poll--Rand-Paul-surges-for-GOP-Mongiardo-maintains-lead-in-Democratic-race-68970162.html">WHAS</a> now has newcomer Rand Paul winning the republican primary over Trey Grayson.  But the poll <a href="http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=627e858a-1d3f-428b-9d91-459536e9c489">also shows</a> Grayson winning against either of the democrats in November with Paul's best showing being a tie against Daniel Mongiardo who is the likely  pick of the democrats by a margin of 11 points according to the survey.</p><p>News around the nation will certainly be buzzing about the timing of the Paul campaign in a year when outsiders like Doug Hoffman in New York and conservative republicans like Chris Christie in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell in Virginia have sent a message to both entrenched democrats and republicans alike in Washington DC.  Paul's stunning performance in Kentucky is surely a shock to many party loyalists.</p><p>What might be even more shocking is the poll taken during a conference call tonight initiated by Congressman Jim DeMint with conservatives around the nation.  Those numbers for Paul are out of this world, with nearly 80% of the nationwide callers expressing a preference that Paul be in the Senate over what many think was Mitch McConnell's pick, Trey Grayson.</p><p>And notice that I said "was".  Speculation is <a href="http://www.whas11.com/community/blogs/political-blog/Will-a-third-candidate-enter-GOP-Senate-primary-68848187.html">not just mine</a> that Grayson's loss of poll position coupled with his second place finish in the fund raising race last quarter might be just the combination of factors to make Mitch McConnell's support of Grayson cool faster than a freon blast.</p><p>Paul's response was the simple message that there is more work to do.  Grayson dismissed the loss of position by saying "polls numbers bounce around".  Meanwhile, back at the bat cave, somebody is dialing around the Commonwealth <a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/uhoh-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-in-the-ky-senate-race.html">asking folks if they'd like to vote for Cathy Bailey</a>.</p><p>Stay tuned.  This one is going to be incredible.</p>]]></content:encoded><description>The results of the Survey USA poll released tonight by WHAS now has newcomer Rand Paul winning the republican primary over Trey Grayson. But the poll also shows Grayson winning against either of the democrats in November with Paul's best showing being a tie against Daniel Mongiardo who is the likely pick of the democrats by a margin of 11 points according to the survey. News around the nation will certainly be buzzing about the timing of the Paul campaign in a year when outsiders like Doug Hoffman in New York and conservative republicans like Chris Christie in New Jersey...</description></item><item><title>Hold On To Your Seats, Survey USA Senate Race Poll Results Due Out Tonight At 6 PM</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/hold-on-to-your-seats-survey-usa-senate-race-poll-results-due-out-tonight-at-6-pm.html</link><category>Politics Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:42:14 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6503b24970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <a href="http://www.whas11.com/community/blogs/political-blog/New-Survey-USA-poll-in-Kentucky-Senate-race-will-be-released-at-6pm-68920027.html">WHAS 11</a> is reporting that a new poll in the United States Senate race is coming tonight:</p><blockquote><p><strong>Be sure to watch at 6pm tonight on WHAS11 News for the exclusive poll results. </strong></p><p><strong>On August 18, the WHAS11/Survey USA poll gave Republican Secretary
of State Trey Grayson a 37% to 26% lead over Bowling Green eye doctor
Rand Paul.  The August poll also indicated that Lt. Gov.
Daniel Mongiardo led Attorney General Jack Conway 39% to 31% in the
Democratic Primary.</strong></p><p><strong>Stay tuned at 6pm for a snapshot of where both primary races stand today.</strong></p></blockquote></div>]]></content:encoded><description>WHAS 11 is reporting that a new poll in the United States Senate race is coming tonight: Be sure to watch at 6pm tonight on WHAS11 News for the exclusive poll results. On August 18, the WHAS11/Survey USA poll gave Republican Secretary of State Trey Grayson a 37% to 26% lead over Bowling Green eye doctor Rand Paul. The August poll also indicated that Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo led Attorney General Jack Conway 39% to 31% in the Democratic Primary. Stay tuned at 6pm for a snapshot of where both primary races stand today.</description></item><item><title>American Mainstream = Republican Mainstream</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/american-mainstream-republican-mainstream.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:06:35 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6a3dcf7970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Mary Cary writing for <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2009/11/02/american-mainstream-is-looking-more-like-republican-mainstream.html">US News </a>from the Thomas Jefferson Street Blog made this very apt observation today:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>The media and their friends on the left, including White House adviser <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/11/video-ny23-shows-republicans-more-and-more-extreme.html" target="_new">Valerie Jarrett on ABC News</a>,
are doing their best to turn Dede Scozzafava's withdrawal from the race
and endorsement of her Democratic opponent into another example of <a class="kLink" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2009/11/02/american-mainstream-is-looking-more-like-republican-mainstream.html#" id="KonaLink1" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" target="undefined"><font color="#005497" style="color: #005497 ! important; font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: #005497 ! important; font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;">Republican</span></font></a>
feuding over "litmus tests." They just can't help themselves. In fact,
Jarrett calls Republicans "more and more extreme," yet it's the
liberals who have worked themselves into a hissy fit of angry rhetoric.
Take a look at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/opinion/01rich.html?_r=2" target="_new">Frank Rich's column in today's <em>New York Times</em></a>—far
more extreme than anything being said on the right: "The riotous and
bloody national GOP civil war" has devolved into a "wacky paranoid
cult" that is "re-enacting Stalinism in full purge mode." It's not the
people on the right—the ones who've been "outed" as moderates,
supposedly—who are calling each other Stalinists. Ironically, it's the
left who are upset about the Republican base.</strong></p><p><strong>Maybe it's because they can see what's happening. <a class="kLink" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2009/11/02/american-mainstream-is-looking-more-like-republican-mainstream.html#" id="KonaLink2" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" target="undefined"><font color="#005497" style="color: #005497 ! important; font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: #005497 ! important; font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;">Democrats</span></font></a>
can read the polls: Independent swing voters are moving toward the
right, and the Republican base. The wide American mainstream is
broadening to include fiscal conservatives—yes, some of whom have all
sorts of opinions on social issues—but they are united in their concern
about the growing size and scope of <a class="kLink" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2009/11/02/american-mainstream-is-looking-more-like-republican-mainstream.html#" id="KonaLink3" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" target="undefined"><font color="#005497" style="color: #005497 ! important; font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: #005497 ! important; font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;">government</span></font></a>.
Wasn't that the lesson of August's tea parties—that people of all
stripes are concerned about massive government growth? Isn't that
what's really threatening the left?</strong></p></blockquote></div>
  
  <p>Spot on Mary.  That is precisely what is really the left's biggest fear, that the patriotic American is awakening, and the numbers are awesome.</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Mary Cary writing for US News from the Thomas Jefferson Street Blog made this very apt observation today: The media and their friends on the left, including White House adviser Valerie Jarrett on ABC News, are doing their best to turn Dede Scozzafava's withdrawal from the race and endorsement of her Democratic opponent into another example of Republican feuding over "litmus tests." They just can't help themselves. In fact, Jarrett calls Republicans "more and more extreme," yet it's the liberals who have worked themselves into a hissy fit of angry rhetoric. Take a look at Frank Rich's column in today's...</description></item><item><title>POLITICO: Uncivil War-The Conservative Challenge To GOP Officials</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/politico-uncivil-warthe-conservative-challenge-to-gop-officials.html</link><category>Politics</category><category>Politics Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:56:44 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64e643d970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p style="text-align: justify;">It has been brewing for many years, a sense that the leaders at the top of the republican party were manipulating the system to secure their power and to discourage the emergence of a conservative grassroots effort.  As Jeremiah Wright might have himself said about the situation, the chickens are coming home to roost.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29057.html">POLITICO</a> has written that this could prove "a nightmare scenario" for party officials.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>In what could be a nightmare scenario for <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/Republicans" target="_blank">Republican Party</a> officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/House" target="_blank">House</a> and <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/Senate" target="_blank">Senate</a> races in <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/2010Election" target="_blank">2010</a>. </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>
Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on
some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/CharlieCrist" target="_blank">Gov. Charlie Crist</a> in Florida, former <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/RobSimmons" target="_blank">Rep. Rob Simmons</a> in Connecticut and <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/MarkKirk" target="_blank">Rep. Mark Kirk</a> in Illinois, among others. </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>
But their success in Tuesday’s upstate <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/Ny23" target="_blank">New York special election</a>, where grass-roots efforts pushed GOP nominee <a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/DedeScozzafava" target="_blank">Dede Scozzafava</a> to <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28970.html" target="_blank">drop out of the race</a>
and helped Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman surge into the lead
on the eve of Election Day, has generated more money and enthusiasm
than organizers ever imagined. </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>
Activists predict a wave that could roll from California to Kentucky to
New Hampshire and that could leave even some GOP incumbents — Utah Sen.
Bob Bennett is one — facing unexpectedly fierce challenges from their
right flank. </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>
“I would say it’s the tip of the spear,” said Dick Armey, the former
GOP House majority leader who now serves as chairman of FreedomWorks,
an organization that has been closely aligned with the tea party
movement. “We are the biggest source of energy in American politics
today.” </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>
“What you’re going to see,” said Armey, “is moderates and conservatives across the country in primaries.” <br></strong></p></blockquote></div><p>Sound familiar Kentucky?</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>It has been brewing for many years, a sense that the leaders at the top of the republican party were manipulating the system to secure their power and to discourage the emergence of a conservative grassroots effort. As Jeremiah Wright might have himself said about the situation, the chickens are coming home to roost. POLITICO has written that this could prove "a nightmare scenario" for party officials. In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010....</description></item><item><title>From Congressman Mike Pence: "Let Your Voice Be Heard"</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/from-congressman-mike-pence-let-your-voice-be-heard.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:26:33 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64e553e970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This video is from Congressman Mike Pence.  You might also note that radio host Mark Levin will join Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on capital steps this Thursday for the <a href="http://bachmann.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=152545">March On Washington</a> in opposition to the  massive health care bill due to be voted upon on Friday.</p>

<p></p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CT7xfoSiH5Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CT7xfoSiH5Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object></div>]]></content:encoded><description>This video is from Congressman Mike Pence. You might also note that radio host Mark Levin will join Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on capital steps this Thursday for the March On Washington in opposition to the massive health care bill due to be voted upon on Friday.</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/CT7xfoSiH5Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" length="1038" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/CT7xfoSiH5Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" fileSize="1038" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>This video is from Congressman Mike Pence. You might also note that radio host Mark Levin will join Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on capital steps this Thursday for the March On Washington in opposition to the massive health care bill due to be voted upo</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>This video is from Congressman Mike Pence. You might also note that radio host Mark Levin will join Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on capital steps this Thursday for the March On Washington in opposition to the massive health care bill due to be voted upon on Friday.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Current Affairs, Politics</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Wanna Find A Phony?  Follow The Money To Al Gore</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/wanna-find-a-phony-follow-the-money-to-al-gore.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:12:28 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6a3c0ab970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This criticism from the right appeared in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/energy-environment/03gore.html">New York Times</a>:</p><blockquote><p><strong>Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,”
profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct
billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in. </strong></p><p><strong>Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, asserted at a <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090424/transcript_20090424_ee.pdf" title="A transcript of the hearing, in PDF form.">hearing this year</a></strong> <strong>that Mr. Gore stood to benefit personally from the energy and climate policies he was urging Congress to adopt.</strong></p><p><strong>Mr. Gore says that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Uh, no Al baby, you are putting your mouth where the money is.</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>This criticism from the right appeared in the New York Times: Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,” profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in. Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, asserted at a hearing this year that Mr. Gore stood to benefit personally from the energy and climate policies he was urging Congress to adopt. Mr. Gore says that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is. Uh, no Al baby, you are putting your mouth where the money is.</description><enclosure url="http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090424/transcript_20090424_ee.pdf" length="787990" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090424/transcript_20090424_ee.pdf" fileSize="787990" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:subtitle>This criticism from the right appeared in the New York Times: Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,” profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has inve</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>This criticism from the right appeared in the New York Times: Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,” profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in. Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, asserted at a hearing this year that Mr. Gore stood to benefit personally from the energy and climate policies he was urging Congress to adopt. Mr. Gore says that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is. Uh, no Al baby, you are putting your mouth where the money is.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Current Affairs</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Morning Funnies</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/morning-funnies-1.html</link><category>Humor</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:25 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64e4ae9970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64e4ad9970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Teachers Union Worm" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64e4ad9970b image-full" src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64e4ad9970b-800wi" title="Teachers Union Worm"></img></a> <br>]]></content:encoded><description></description></item><item><title>Uh-Oh!  Guess Who's Coming To Dinner In The Ky Senate Race?</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/uhoh-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-in-the-ky-senate-race.html</link><category>Politics Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:36:30 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6a23bbb970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>We told you <a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/09/uhoh-could-this-spell-trouble-brewing-for-trey.html">more than a month ago</a> that if Trey Grayson seemed to be fading, that it was not beyond Mitch McConnell to change horses.  McConnell is constantly checking the political winds in making his very calculated moves.  Well guess who is push polling tonight in the Kentucky US Senate race?</p><p>I have it from two very reliable sources that a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_poll">push poll</a>" hit the phones last night and again tonight, in Central and Northern Kentucky, about 15 minutes in length which by all indications was testing the waters for a run by <a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/05/could-cathy-bailey-potential-senate-run-be-derailed-early-by-domicile-questions.html">Cathy Bailey</a>.</p><p>With the recent developments in the NY 23rd Congressional district showing that the GOP candidate can and would likely be beaten by the Conservative Party candidate, with the huge financial success of Rand Paul in the third quarter compared to the money raised by Trey Grayson, and with the Rand Paul campaign outpacing Trey Grayson in both statewide and national press coverage, might a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_poll">push poll</a>" for <a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/05/mcconnells-louisville-stable-trots-out-another-potential-entry-for-us-senate.html">Cathy Bailey</a> be an indication that McConnell is losing confidence in Grayson?</p><p>Stay tuned folks.  This is getting very interesting.</p>]]></content:encoded><description>We told you more than a month ago that if Trey Grayson seemed to be fading, that it was not beyond Mitch McConnell to change horses. McConnell is constantly checking the political winds in making his very calculated moves. Well guess who is push polling tonight in the Kentucky US Senate race? I have it from two very reliable sources that a "push poll" hit the phones last night and again tonight, in Central and Northern Kentucky, about 15 minutes in length which by all indications was testing the waters for a run by Cathy Bailey. With the recent developments...</description></item><item><title>Valerie Jarrett Calls Out GOP For "Extremeism"</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/valerie-jarrett-calls-out-gop-for-extremeism.html</link><category>Media</category><category>Patriotism</category><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:40:47 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a69fcbf8970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2008/08/26/who-is-valerie-jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a> is an Iranian American slum lord with close political ties to the most corrupt politicians in Chicago.&nbsp; According to one report, she knows where all the bodies are buried.&nbsp; She is also Barack Obama's "Godfather", Tony Rezko's friend and closely linked with Chicago scandals.&nbsp; She is now a White House Senior Adviser.</p>

<p>She was the one who brought on board the so called "Green Czar" Van Jones who was an open and proud communist who loudly advocated for the adoption of socialist policies through the enforecement of a "Green Agenda."</p>

<p>Now Valerie Jarrett has called the GOP "extreme".&nbsp; Commenting on Dede Scozzafava's decision to drop out of the race giving the Conservative party candidate a better shot at winning the New York Congressional seat tomorrow, Jarrett said :</p><blockquote><p><strong>"[T]he rise of a Conservative Party challenger in a closely watched
upstate New York House election shows that the Republican Party
leadership is “becoming more and more extreme, and more and more
marginalized.”</strong><strong><br></strong></p>

<p><strong>“It’s rather telling when the Republican Party forces out a moderate
Republican and it says, I think, a great deal about where the
Republican Party leadership is right now,” Jarrett said.[<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/28980.html">POLITICO</a>]</strong></p>




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<p>When the likes of Valerie Jarrett call the GOP extreme, you know we are on the right track.</p>

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]]></content:encoded><description>Valerie Jarrett is an Iranian American slum lord with close political ties to the most corrupt politicians in Chicago. According to one report, she knows where all the bodies are buried. She is also Barack Obama's "Godfather", Tony Rezko's friend and closely linked with Chicago scandals. She is now a White House Senior Adviser. She was the one who brought on board the so called "Green Czar" Van Jones who was an open and proud communist who loudly advocated for the adoption of socialist policies through the enforecement of a "Green Agenda." Now Valerie Jarrett has called the GOP "extreme"....</description><enclosure url="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1155201977" length="43816" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1155201977" fileSize="43816" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>Valerie Jarrett is an Iranian American slum lord with close political ties to the most corrupt politicians in Chicago. According to one report, she knows where all the bodies are buried. She is also Barack Obama's "Godfather", Tony Rezko's friend and clos</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Valerie Jarrett is an Iranian American slum lord with close political ties to the most corrupt politicians in Chicago. According to one report, she knows where all the bodies are buried. She is also Barack Obama's "Godfather", Tony Rezko's friend and closely linked with Chicago scandals. She is now a White House Senior Adviser. She was the one who brought on board the so called "Green Czar" Van Jones who was an open and proud communist who loudly advocated for the adoption of socialist policies through the enforecement of a "Green Agenda." Now Valerie Jarrett has called the GOP "extreme"....</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Media, Patriotism, Politics</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Who Is Teaching Your Children's Teachers?  Radicals?</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/who-is-teaching-your-childrens-teachers-radicals.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:12:24 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a3970970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The slow and steady invasion of our nation was plotted out by radicals who, as Krushchev said, planned to take us over <a href="http://anamericanidiot.net/2009/10/30/corrupted-from-the-inside/">without firing a shot</a>.  In doing so it was their goal to indoctrinate several generations of youth to raise up a gullible nation of idiots.  But first they had to train the teachers.</p>

<p>The influence of the radical agenda was passed through to the next generation first at the college level where their teachers would be trained.  Now with a sufficient majority of our elementary and high school teachers being the product of that philosophical environment, the further indoctrination of them is being done throught the NEA.</p>

<p>And just what might the NEA think would be recommended reading for those teaching our kids?  How about two books by <a href="http://www.whatcomuncovered.com/uploads/Saul_Alinsky.pdf">Saul Alinsky,</a> the architect of the Marxist takeover of America?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nea.org/tools/17231.htm" style="display: inline;"><img alt="NEA" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a3301970b image-full " src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a3301970b-800wi" title="NEA"></img></a> <br> </p>

There was a day when teachers helped our children become better and more patriotic American citizens. Today the NEA would have our teachers pass on the lessons of radical community organizers whose goals include turning America into a Marxist, Socialist nation.
<br><p>
America is at a cross road. And this time we need to not only put our hand over our hearts, but to trust our hearts.  The time has come to do what is right by America.
</p><p>
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  </p>

<p><strong>The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker posted <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257164236_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">net income</span>
of $997 million, or 29 cents per share. Ford says it now expects to be
"solidly profitable" in 2011. Previously Ford said it would be
break-even or better.[<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_ford">Yahoo News</a>]</strong></p>

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<p>I'm due for a new car next spring and quite frankly I plan on looking at a Ford.  Congratulations to a great American company.</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Ford Motor Company said thanks, but no thanks, to the TARP money and in doing so attracted a new generation of loyal customers who appreciated the company's stand up position in the face of worsening economic conditions. The result? Ford Motor Co. says it made nearly $1 billion in the third quarter, fueled by U.S. market share gains, cost cuts and the government's Cash for Clunkers rebates. The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker posted net income of $997 million, or 29 cents per share. Ford says it now expects to be "solidly profitable" in 2011. Previously Ford said it would be break-even...</description></item><item><title>Redistribution Of Wealth Is Real</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/redistribution-of-wealth-is-real.html</link><category>Politics</category><category>Socialism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:19:50 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a20df970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It is being reported that the health care bill under consideration this week in Washington DC will provide substantial benefits for the poor and be funded by a huge tax increase on the wealthy.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>The bill is funded largely from a 5.4 percent tax on individuals
making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1
million, starting in 2011. The tax increase would hit only 0.3 percent
of tax filers, raising $460.5 billion over the next 10 years, according
to congressional estimates.</strong></p><p><strong>But unlike other <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257161218_0" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">income tax rates</span>, the new tax would not be indexed for inflation. As incomes rise over time because of inflation, more families — and more <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257161218_1" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">small business owners</span> — would be hit by the tax.</strong></p><p><strong>"Twenty years from now, we're going to see more and more small businesses ensnared into paying higher taxes," said <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257161218_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;">Rep. Dave Camp</span> of Michigan, the top Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.[<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_taxes">Yahoo News</a>]</strong></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Socialism by any other name stinks just as bad.</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded><description>It is being reported that the health care bill under consideration this week in Washington DC will provide substantial benefits for the poor and be funded by a huge tax increase on the wealthy. The bill is funded largely from a 5.4 percent tax on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million, starting in 2011. The tax increase would hit only 0.3 percent of tax filers, raising $460.5 billion over the next 10 years, according to congressional estimates. But unlike other income tax rates, the new tax would not be indexed for inflation....</description></item><item><title>Newt's Nightmare:  Dede Endorses The Democrat</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/newts-nightmare-dede-endorses-the-democrat.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:13:55 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a1e6d970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>Just about the time Newt Gingrich was beginning to talk about running for president in 2012, he made a fatal mistake.  He endorsed the GOP"s Dede Scozzafava in the NY 23rd district Congressional race against the endorsements of many republicans who lined up behind Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.</p><p>If that wasn't enough to stink up his presidential credentials, Dede then dropped out of the race and <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1109/Scozzafava_endorses_Owens.html">endorsed the democrat</a>.  </p><p>I have always been a fan of Newt's intellect and his ability to analyze complex issues.  How he missed this one is beyond me, other than his explanation that he will always endorse the republican.</p><p>Times they are a changin' Newt, and you might have missed your connecting flight.</p>]]></content:encoded><description>Just about the time Newt Gingrich was beginning to talk about running for president in 2012, he made a fatal mistake. He endorsed the GOP"s Dede Scozzafava in the NY 23rd district Congressional race against the endorsements of many republicans who lined up behind Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. If that wasn't enough to stink up his presidential credentials, Dede then dropped out of the race and endorsed the democrat. I have always been a fan of Newt's intellect and his ability to analyze complex issues. How he missed this one is beyond me, other than his explanation that he...</description></item><item><title>Morning Funnies</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/11/morning-funnies.html</link><category>Humor</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:45:01 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a69f91d1970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a11f9970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Boys pants half off" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a11f9970b image-full" src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a64a11f9970b-800wi" title="Boys pants half off"></img></a> <br>]]></content:encoded><description></description></item><item><title>***UPDATED*** Ha Ha For Halloween: David Adams Puts A Funny Face On Trey Grayson</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/ha-ha-for-halloween-david-adams-puts-a-funny-face-on-trey-grayson.html</link><category>Politics Kentucky</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:36:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a63d4fbd970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><strong><span style="color: #60bf00; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline;">***UPDATE***  9:45 am:  </span><span style="color: #00bf00; text-decoration: underline;">Apparently Grayson has now pulled the post down from his FaceBook page.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Again and again the Rand Paul campaign seems to find a way to tell Trey Grayson he is in for a fight and to remind voters just how young he is.  This time David Adams finds the perfect funny face to put on Trey just in time for Halloween.</p><p>Trey Grayson posted a link on his FaceBook page to an odd ball article about a burglary where the bad guys painted their faces with magic markers instead of wearing masks. </p><p> Adams was quick to respond:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><div><strong>"I have received the attached screenshot of Trey Grayson's FaceBook page 
on which he posted a ridiculous story about two robbers employing "the worst 
disguise ever" by drawing fake masks on their faces with permanent 
marker."</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong>"A far worse disguise is the gaffe-prone Grayson posing as 
a ready-for-primetime federal candidate representing Kentucky. After the <a href="http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/09/coronation-interrupted/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/09/coronation-interrupted/">Bailout Ball</a>, attacking fellow Republicans for <a href="http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/10/obviously-hit-a-nerve/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/10/obviously-hit-a-nerve/">moving to Kentucky to work and raise children</a>, and sending a <a href="http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/10/rand-paul-campaigns-golden-touch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/10/rand-paul-campaigns-golden-touch/">video stalker</a> to a charity event, it's clear Trey 
Grayson is the one wearing a mask, pretending to be mature enough to run for the 
United States Senate in 2010."</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><p><strong>"The fast-growing campaign of Dr. Rand Paul based on balanced budgets, 
conservative values, and creating jobs by promoting capitalism rather than 
bailouts and stimulus bills stands as a stark contrast to Grayson's childish 
antics and Kentucky Republicans are gathering in support of Rand's strong, 
steady effort."</strong></p></div></blockquote><div><p style="text-align: left;">Adams has a point.  There are very serious issues facing our Commonwealth and Nation right now and we need a mature engaged Senator to address those issues.  It is a bit odd that a candidate for the high office of United States Senator would be playing on FaceBook like this while hard working Kentuckians are being asked to donate money to his campaign.</p><p>Just imagine if Jim Bunning had been up late at night playing like this on  Facebook.  What do you think the press would be be reporting in the morning?  </p><p>Is this how Grayson plans on convincing voters that he is US Senate material?</p><p><a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a692704c970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Grayson Halloween Screenshot" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a692704c970c image-full " src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a692704c970c-800wi" title="Grayson Halloween Screenshot"></img></a> <br> </p></div></div>



<p> </p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>***UPDATE*** 9:45 am: Apparently Grayson has now pulled the post down from his FaceBook page. Again and again the Rand Paul campaign seems to find a way to tell Trey Grayson he is in for a fight and to remind voters just how young he is. This time David Adams finds the perfect funny face to put on Trey just in time for Halloween. Trey Grayson posted a link on his FaceBook page to an odd ball article about a burglary where the bad guys painted their faces with magic markers instead of wearing masks. Adams was quick to respond:...</description></item><item><title>The Face Of Death Survives In Nazi Pelosi's Bill</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/the-face-of-death-survives-in-nazi-pelosis-bill.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:17 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6925fe5970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This from <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/29/called-death-panel-measure-survive-house-health/">FoxNews</a>:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>It's alive.</strong></p><p><strong>The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that
2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was
tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest
Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.</strong></p></blockquote><p>This Halloween you can look directly into the face of death.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6925ee7970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Nancy Pelosi Face Of Death" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6925ee7970c " src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6925ee7970c-800wi" style="width: 301px; height: 428px;" title="Nancy Pelosi Face Of Death"></img></a> <br></div><p> </p></div></div>]]></content:encoded><description>This from FoxNews: It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. This Halloween you can look directly into the face of death.</description></item><item><title>How Green? Make Room For Soylent Green</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/how-green-make-room-for-soylent-green.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><category>Politics</category><category>Socialism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:53:49 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6924b40970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Futuristic horror films from the sixties and seventies predicted a world so far out that their premise was never taken seriously.  Well, maybe we should have taken them more seriously.  </p><p>It is easy to believe that the "Green Movement" of our time is perhaps named after the concept of a lush green healthy planet.  Maybe that's what they want you to think.  </p><p>But perhaps the choice of that name is more a mockery of our own gullibility than the description of planetary health.</p><p>As you read the article linked below, you might want to revisit the story line in the movie "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green">Soylent Green</a>" for a moment and then ask yourself, are we being duped by people with a dastardly agenda?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>The worst thing that you or I can do for the planet is to have
children. If they behave as the average person in the rich world does
now, they will emit some 11 tonnes of CO<sub>²</sub> every year of
their lives. In their turn, they are likely to have more
carbon-emitting children who will make an even bigger mess. If Britain
is to meet the government's target of an 80% reduction in our emissions
by 2050, we need to start reversing our rising rate of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/population">population</a></strong> <strong>growth immediately.</strong></p><p><strong>And if that makes sense, why not start cutting population everywhere? <br></strong></p><p><strong>It is certainly true that "fewer people equals a greener planet" is
simplistic. In 2050, 95% of the extra population will be poor and the
poorer you are, the less carbon you emit. By today's standards, a cull
of Australians or Americans would be at least 60 times as productive as
one of Bangladeshis.</strong></p><p><strong>As a result, NGOs such as Oxfam, for whom I've just written a report
on climate change's impact on humans, insist that dealing with
consumption in the rich world is much more important than tackling
population growth. According to the International Energy Agency, if the
whole world moved over to clean electricity, the CO<sub>²</sub> savings
would offset the emissions of up to 2.8bn poor people, easily
accounting for the entire extra population forecast for 2050.</strong></p><p><strong>But
what if we can't reform the way we produce and use energy? The most
worrying of climate change's impacts – food and water shortages, <br></strong></p><p><strong>The NGOs believe it hypocritical to target the poor for having lots of
children. It is one of the universal coping mechanisms of poverty; So why ask them to pay in unborn children for our profligacy?</strong></p><p><strong>Under normal circumstances, it takes perhaps a generation for the birth rate to drop with increasing wealth, whereas <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/carbon-emissions">carbon emissions</a>
go up very quickly. As people get richer, they buy cars, use air
conditioning, consume more calories and start to swap their vegetables
for meat.</strong></p><p><strong>So the richer a country gets, the more pressing the
need for it to curb its population. The only nation to have taken steps
to do this is China – and the way it went about enforcing the notorious
one child policy is one of the reasons the rest of us are so horrified
by the notion of state intervention. Yet China now has 300-400 million
fewer people. It was certainly the most successful governmental attempt
to preserve the world's resources so far. [<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/25/alex-renton-population-control-climate-change">UK Guardian</a>]</strong></p></blockquote><p>Forget the Frankenstein costume this Halloween.  If you REALLY want to scare people, just dress up like a liberal.<strong><br></strong></p></div><p>Oh, and check your children's beggars bags.  Don't want them eating any of those little green wafers now do we?</p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Futuristic horror films from the sixties and seventies predicted a world so far out that their premise was never taken seriously. Well, maybe we should have taken them more seriously. It is easy to believe that the "Green Movement" of our time is perhaps named after the concept of a lush green healthy planet. Maybe that's what they want you to think. But perhaps the choice of that name is more a mockery of our own gullibility than the description of planetary health. As you read the article linked below, you might want to revisit the story line in the...</description></item><item><title>Oh Come On Rush, Tell Us How You Really Feel</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/oh-come-on-rush-tell-us-how-you-really-feel.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:55:45 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a63d1ee9970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Rush Limbaugh asserts that Nancy Pelosi is lying when she says the "Healthcare Bill" is "deficit neutral".  In fact he says Nancy Pelosi makes Bernie Madoff look like "chump change" and asks whether, like Madoff, once Pelosi's lie is exposed if in fact she shouldn't go to jail.  Take a look:</p>

<p></p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XjibVPapZ4M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XjibVPapZ4M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Rush Limbaugh asserts that Nancy Pelosi is lying when she says the "Healthcare Bill" is "deficit neutral". In fact he says Nancy Pelosi makes Bernie Madoff look like "chump change" and asks whether, like Madoff, once Pelosi's lie is exposed if in fact she shouldn't go to jail. Take a look:</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/XjibVPapZ4M&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" length="1044" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/XjibVPapZ4M&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" fileSize="1044" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>Rush Limbaugh asserts that Nancy Pelosi is lying when she says the "Healthcare Bill" is "deficit neutral". In fact he says Nancy Pelosi makes Bernie Madoff look like "chump change" and asks whether, like Madoff, once Pelosi's lie is exposed if in fact she</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Rush Limbaugh asserts that Nancy Pelosi is lying when she says the "Healthcare Bill" is "deficit neutral". In fact he says Nancy Pelosi makes Bernie Madoff look like "chump change" and asks whether, like Madoff, once Pelosi's lie is exposed if in fact she shouldn't go to jail. Take a look:</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Politics</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>OOOooooooo.... Obama Confidant The Target Of New Website</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/oooooooooo-obama-confidant-the-target-of-new-website.html</link><category>Current affairs, Media, New Media</category><category>Patriotism</category><category>Politics</category><category>Socialism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:42:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6923898970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Do you know the name <a href="http://stopjarrett.com/">Valerie Jarrett</a>?  You should, she is so much an Obama insider that she has been called, well:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>The head of the pimple on the face of the Obama Administration.</strong></p><p><strong>Who is Valerie Jarrett? The brain of Barack and Michelle Obama. The alter ego, the “mind meld”.
The head of the pimple on a rash of pimples infecting our executive
branch. She’s the one who brought in Van Jones, and who knows how many
other communist radicals. Read her background – her roots (Chicago
tentacles) go way back and very deep into Obama’s background. An
insider. In fact, she’s so inside, she’s at the center of it.</strong></p><p><strong>Mister Smooth and Cool in the White House is the window dressing to a
nefarious bunch who’ll stop at nothing to enforce their regime of “hope
and change” on all of us. And Valerie Jarrett is the General who’s
planning the strategy and issuing marching orders. Familiarize yourself
with this pimple.</strong></p></blockquote><p>There is a whole new website devoted to bringing her down on the grounds that she is a danger to  our republic.  You might want to learn more.</p><p><strong><a href="http://stopjarrett.com/">WWW.STOPJARRETT.COM</a><br></strong></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Do you know the name Valerie Jarrett? You should, she is so much an Obama insider that she has been called, well: The head of the pimple on the face of the Obama Administration. Who is Valerie Jarrett? The brain of Barack and Michelle Obama. The alter ego, the “mind meld”. The head of the pimple on a rash of pimples infecting our executive branch. She’s the one who brought in Van Jones, and who knows how many other communist radicals. Read her background – her roots (Chicago tentacles) go way back and very deep into Obama’s background. An insider....</description></item><item><title>Spirituality A 'Risk Factor' When It Comes To Women And Sex</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/spirituality-a-risk-factor-when-it-comes-to-women-and-sex.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:22:14 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a63d09bf970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The University of Kentucky churns out thousands of graduates every year.  Ask a few seniors about the Mayflower Compact, or the role the ten commandments played in framing our legal system and you will likely get a bunch of "I dunno" answers peppered with some PC "separation of church and state" responses.</p><p>Why?  Well studies at UK are focused on many things in addition to teaching the founding principles of American culture, like the study which found that women who identify themselves as "spiritual" tend to have more unprotected sex with more sex partners than women ranking lower on the "spirituality scale".</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>But [the study] also found that young people who are highly religious — those
who adhere strictly to a traditional faith such as Christianity,
Judaism or Islam — are less likely to have sexual intercourse outside
of marriage.<span class="aa"></span><span class="pp"></span>Researchers
say the findings are significant because they indicate that
“spirituality, at least for women, could be considered a risk factor”
when it comes to sex. [<a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091029/NEWS01/910300303/UK+study+sees+link+between+spirituality++sex+among+women">Courier Journal</a>]</strong></p></blockquote><p>Well isn't that special?</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded><description>The University of Kentucky churns out thousands of graduates every year. Ask a few seniors about the Mayflower Compact, or the role the ten commandments played in framing our legal system and you will likely get a bunch of "I dunno" answers peppered with some PC "separation of church and state" responses. Why? Well studies at UK are focused on many things in addition to teaching the founding principles of American culture, like the study which found that women who identify themselves as "spiritual" tend to have more unprotected sex with more sex partners than women ranking lower on the...</description></item><item><title>***THE ARMED CITIZEN*** An Every Friday Feature</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/the-armed-citizen-an-every-friday-feature-4.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:04:45 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a63d03e8970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Two men learned their neighbor had just filled a prescription for
painkillers and quickly hatched a plan to steal them. Perhaps the men
should've thought things through a little more carefully; they were
aware that their victim owned a handgun. One of the men waited in a car
while his accomplice entered the home and began viciously punching and
choking the homeowner. Battered, the homeowner retrieved his handgun
and shot the intruder, killing him. The other suspect was nabbed
shortly thereafter. The homeowner was treated for injuries. (<em>The Evening Sun</em>, Hanover, PA, 08/08/09)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 11px;">Reprinted with the encouragement of the<a href="http://membership.nrahq.org/"> NRA</a></span></strong></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>Two men learned their neighbor had just filled a prescription for painkillers and quickly hatched a plan to steal them. Perhaps the men should've thought things through a little more carefully; they were aware that their victim owned a handgun. One of the men waited in a car while his accomplice entered the home and began viciously punching and choking the homeowner. Battered, the homeowner retrieved his handgun and shot the intruder, killing him. The other suspect was nabbed shortly thereafter. The homeowner was treated for injuries. (The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, 08/08/09) Reprinted with the encouragement of the NRA</description></item><item><title>Morning Funnies</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/morning-funnies-21.html</link><category>Humor</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:46 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a63d028f970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<a href="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6922a18970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Harry Reid Sticks It To The Public" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6922a18970c image-full" src="http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008d2bcf488340120a6922a18970c-800wi" title="Harry Reid Sticks It To The Public"></img></a> <br>]]></content:encoded><description></description></item><item><title>UN Warns Obama His War Tactics Are Illegal</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/un-warns-obama-his-war-tactics-are-illegal.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><category>Patriotism</category><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:46:08 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a68a0fbe970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>Let's see how this turns out.  A UN human rights inspector has warned the United States that the use of unmanned drones to carry out attacks violates various conventions which means the US is waging an illegal war.  </p><p>Obama has been looking for a way out.  Now he might have one.  All he has to do is bow before the sovereignty of the United Nations and admit that we in the United States are law breakers which would then give him an opportunity to fly around the world at taxpayer expense apologizing to throngs of foreigners in one venue after another for how bad we all are.</p><p>Fits right in doesn't it?</p><p>Here's the report: <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvr9bt7zu5ixL9z6g3p8ViQ72pWQD9BJPMK00">CLICK HERE</a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded><description>Let's see how this turns out. A UN human rights inspector has warned the United States that the use of unmanned drones to carry out attacks violates various conventions which means the US is waging an illegal war. Obama has been looking for a way out. Now he might have one. All he has to do is bow before the sovereignty of the United Nations and admit that we in the United States are law breakers which would then give him an opportunity to fly around the world at taxpayer expense apologizing to throngs of foreigners in one venue after...</description></item><item><title>SICK! Look Younger By Rubbing Aborted Baby Tissue On Your Face</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/sick-look-younger-by-rubbing-aborted-baby-tissue-on-your-face.html</link><category>Patriotism</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:32:46 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a63373c3970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This from <a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/6048111942.html">Christian News Wire</a>:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><strong>Children of God for Life announced today that Neocutis, a
bio-pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology and skin care is
using aborted fetal cell lines to produce several of their anti-aging
skin creams.</strong>
</p><p><strong>"It is absolutely deplorable that Neocutis would resort to
exploiting the remains of a deliberately slaughtered baby for nothing
other than pure vanity and financial gain," stated Executive Director
Debi Vinnedge. "There is simply no moral justification for this." </strong></p><p><strong>For years Children of God for Life has been a watchdog on
pharmaceutical companies using aborted fetal cell lines in medical
products and they have received thousands of inquiries from the public
on the use of aborted fetal material in cosmetics.  </strong></p><p><strong>Until now, this was the first time they have encountered any company
bold enough to put the information right on their own website and
product literature.  A quick investigation into the science behind the
products revealed the shameless data. </strong></p><p><strong>Neocutis' key ingredient known as "Processed Skin Proteins" was
developed at the University of Luasanne from the skin tissue of a
14-week gestation electively-aborted male baby donated by the
University Hospital in Switzerland.  Subsequently, a working cell bank
was established, containing several billion cultured skin cells to
produce the human growth factor needed to restore aging skin. The list
of products using the cell line include: Bio-Gel, Journee, Bio-Serum,
Prevedem, Bio Restorative Skin Cream and Lumiere.  But Vinnedge is
calling for a full boycott of all Neocutis products, regardless of
their source. </strong></p><p><strong>"There is absolutely no reason to use aborted babies for such
selfish motives," Vinnedge said. "It is anti-life, anti-woman and
counter-productive as Neocutis is about to find out!" </strong></p></blockquote></div>



<p></p></div>]]></content:encoded><description>This from Christian News Wire: Children of God for Life announced today that Neocutis, a bio-pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology and skin care is using aborted fetal cell lines to produce several of their anti-aging skin creams. "It is absolutely deplorable that Neocutis would resort to exploiting the remains of a deliberately slaughtered baby for nothing other than pure vanity and financial gain," stated Executive Director Debi Vinnedge. "There is simply no moral justification for this." For years Children of God for Life has been a watchdog on pharmaceutical companies using aborted fetal cell lines in medical products and they...</description></item><item><title>Representative Steve King Nails NFL's Commissioner Goodell Over Limbaugh Bias</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/representative-steve-king-nails-nfls-commissioner-goodell-over-limbaugh-bias.html</link><category>Current Affairs</category><category>Media</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:28:54 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a68a0412970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A number of totally fabricated quotes were attributed to Rush Limbaugh and in the words of Commissioner Goodell, his quotes were divisive, thus he was not considered as an appropriate candidate to become a team owner.&nbsp; But when questioned about the horrid lyrics to songs published by the owners of other teams, Commissioner Goodell was publicly body slammed by Congressman Steve King.&nbsp; Watch this:</p>

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]]></content:encoded><description>A number of totally fabricated quotes were attributed to Rush Limbaugh and in the words of Commissioner Goodell, his quotes were divisive, thus he was not considered as an appropriate candidate to become a team owner. But when questioned about the horrid lyrics to songs published by the owners of other teams, Commissioner Goodell was publicly body slammed by Congressman Steve King. Watch this:</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/tdCimSglD3c&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" length="1047" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/tdCimSglD3c&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" fileSize="1047" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>A number of totally fabricated quotes were attributed to Rush Limbaugh and in the words of Commissioner Goodell, his quotes were divisive, thus he was not considered as an appropriate candidate to become a team owner. But when questioned about the horrid </itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>A number of totally fabricated quotes were attributed to Rush Limbaugh and in the words of Commissioner Goodell, his quotes were divisive, thus he was not considered as an appropriate candidate to become a team owner. But when questioned about the horrid lyrics to songs published by the owners of other teams, Commissioner Goodell was publicly body slammed by Congressman Steve King. Watch this:</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Current Affairs, Media</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Obama Lied, Transparency Died</title><link>http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/10/obama-lied-transparency-died.html</link><category>Politics</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marc Carey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:11:52 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008d2bcf488340120a689fb7d970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Remember candidate Obama proclaiming that his administration was going to put an end to partisanship in Washington DC, that the debate over health care legislation would be broadcast on C-SPAN and how his administration would listen to opposing views?  Those were lies.  There is no transparency.  He has an enemies list and has set about to punish those who dare to disagree with him.</p>

<span style="font-size: 15px;"><strong>"YOU LIED, MR. PRESIDENT"</strong></span>

<p>Watch this video:</p>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Democratic National Committee is running a contest.&nbsp; Contestants submited videos on the health care issue.&nbsp; One video, chosen by the panel of "qualified" judges chose the video below as a finalist.&nbsp; It is a video of an image of the American flag being desecrated.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, we want these people in charge of our nation; sure we do.&nbsp; Take a look:</p>

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Fundamentally changing America was what Obama said right?  Is this the kind of change you had in mind, obliteration?</div>
]]></content:encoded><description>The Democratic National Committee is running a contest. Contestants submited videos on the health care issue. One video, chosen by the panel of "qualified" judges chose the video below as a finalist. It is a video of an image of the American flag being desecrated. Oh yeah, we want these people in charge of our nation; sure we do. Take a look: Fundamentally changing America was what Obama said right? Is this the kind of change you had in mind, obliteration?</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/b5ZE8uQFM7o&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" length="1058" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/b5ZE8uQFM7o&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" fileSize="1058" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:subtitle>The Democratic National Committee is running a contest. Contestants submited videos on the health care issue. One video, chosen by the panel of "qualified" judges chose the video below as a finalist. It is a video of an image of the American flag being de</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>The Democratic National Committee is running a contest. Contestants submited videos on the health care issue. One video, chosen by the panel of "qualified" judges chose the video below as a finalist. It is a video of an image of the American flag being desecrated. Oh yeah, we want these people in charge of our nation; sure we do. Take a look: Fundamentally changing America was what Obama said right? Is this the kind of change you had in mind, obliteration?</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Humor</itunes:keywords></item><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel></rss>
