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Blue in the Bluegrass: From Ignorance to Violence

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400

In case you still imagine that there is anything besides vicious, brainless rage behind the opposition to health care reform and President Obama's domestic agenda in general, a survey by a republican activist reveals the truth:

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum enlisted some interns this week [...]

Barefoot and Progressive: Happy Health Care Day!

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:34:00 -0400

The House votes in just an hour or so...

In honor of their bravery, let us ponder Congressman Ben Chandler (D, KY6), a man who was never afraid to speak up on the issue and who knew -- from the start -- what was at stake.
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The Kentucky Democrat: Wildcat Roundup

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0400

The momentum is with the Kentucky Wildcats and there's no denying that after a rout last night against Wake Forest.

While Coach John Calipari tried to lay down the claims of Kentucky being the new favorite, Mark Story has an article up.As word spread that No. 1 overall [...]

Osi Speaks!: Al Cross Thinks "Rand Paul MAY Ride The Wave To The Senate".

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:50:00 -0400

Rand Paul may ride the wave to the senate By Rand Paul Two months before the primary election, Kentuckians are waking up to the prospect that their most likely next U.S. senator is a snarky...

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The Kentucky Democrat: 2010 NCAA Second Round: Sunday Edition

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:16:00 -0400

MIDWEST REGIONAL
(2) Ohio State vs. (10) Georgia Tech, 2:20 PM
(4) Maryland vs. (5) Michigan State, 2:30 PM

WEST REGIONAL
(1) Syracuse vs. (8) Gonzaga, 1:05 PM
(3) Pittsburgh vs. (6) Xavier, 4:40 PM

EAST REGIONAL
(2) West Virginia vs. (10) Missouri, 2:40 PM
(4) Wisconsin vs. [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: Whose Side Are You On?

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400

If you oppose the health care reform bill, which will accomplish all of this and more, then take a good hard look at your allies:

Today, confused right-wing activists descended on Capitol Hill to express their hatred for health reform and its proponents. They didn't leave much' [...]

Osi Speaks!: You Gotta Laugh At This Cartoon.

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:18:00 -0400

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Kentucky Law Review: APPELLATE DECISIONS: COA Reverses Trial Judge's dismissal for lack of prosecution for failure to make required findings

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:04:00 -0400

Senior Status Judge Lambert authored a decision which reversed and remanded the trial judge's dismissal for lack of prosecution for failure to make the required findings. I can't say whether this published decision will mark a change in appellate attitude regarding these dismissals for lack of movement by one side' [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: Godless Thinking

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:36:00 -0400

For your Sunday morning consideration, some bracing logical thought to sweep away the xian cobwebs.

Here, PZ Myers demolishes the Xians who claim everything good and "moral" is automatically Xian:

There was a phrase I heard all the time when I was living in Utah. If [...]

Kentucky Law Review: TORTS (wrongful termination): Brett v. Media General Operations, Inc. (COA 1/29/2010)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:07:57 -0400

Brett v. Media General Operations, Inc.

2008-CA-000620 01/29/2010 2010 WL 323136

Opinion by Senior Judge Harris; Judges Lambert and VanMeter concurred. The court affirmed a summary judgment entered by the circuit court in favor of appellant’s former employer, a television station, and its general manager and an order awarding costs to [...]

Osi Speaks!: POTUS Barack Obama Quotes My Hero Abraham Lincoln In Healthcare Reform Speech, Promises "I Am Not Bound To Win, But I'm Bound To Be True." Watch Video

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:50:00 -0400

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Kentucky Law Review: APPELLATE DECISIONS: Subrogation/reimbursement language in policy did not include UM/UIM proceeds

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:49:04 -0400

The Court of Appeals in a case of first impression interpreted an insurance policy's subrogation language to rule that the clause was ambiguous and did not include a claim against the uninsured motorist policy. The language in the policy - "claim against any person, firm, or corporation for the injuries" [...]

Kentucky Law Review: FAMILY LAW: COA Holds Workers Compensation settlement was marital property in divorce per KRS 403.190

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:03:50 -0400

Senior Status Judge Harris recently addressed the issue of whether workers compensation benefits were marital property and thus subject to equitable distribution in a divorce. Here is a squib and link to the decision:

Day v. Day

2008-CA-000133 12/11/2009 2009 WL 4722579

Opinion by Senior Judge Harris; Judges Lambert and VanMeter concurred. [...]

Ohio River, Left Bank, MP 606: Spring - Quick Notes

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:52:00 -0400

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Some quick notes for this first day of Spring.

Tomorrow will be the biggest test thus far for President Obama's domestic agenda, a day which will set the pace and course for the remainder of his term. The Democrats are forcing through healthcare, finally delivering on a promise made [...]

Blue in the Bluegrass: The Conservative Economic Vision

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0400

That's it in table form, direct from the official repug budget plan: Taking money from the middle-class to further enrich the already obscenely wealthy.

">Kevin Drum summarizes:

I'd just like to quickly sum up what we now know about conservative Rep.'" [...]

Bluegrass and Beyond: Think global, act local with food choices

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:52:56 -0400

Do you ever worry about where your next meal is coming from? Maybe you should.

I don’t mean how you will pay for it, although that seems to be a concern for more and more people these days.

I mean literally where it’s coming from, what’s in it and whether the food [...]

Barefoot and Progressive: How dare I call the Teabaggers racist, part XIX

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:24:00 -0400

Indeed.
Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) claimed Saturday that healthcare protesters at the Capitol directed racial epithets at Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as he walked outside.

Carson, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus along with Lewis, told The Hill that protesters called Lewis the N-word. [...]

SchansBlog: Noonan on Baier's interview of Obama

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0400

More from Peggy Noonan in this weekend's WSJ...

This time, on President Obama's interview with Bret Baier of Fox News Channel (an excerpt with the video pasted in below or part 1 and part 2 of the full interview)-- what she labeled "the most revealing" [...]

SchansBlog: how embarrassing for the U.S.

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:56:00 -0400

Some rough but appropriate words from Peggy Noonan in this weekend's WSJ...

Excuse me, but it is embarrassing—really, embarrassing to our country—that the president of the United States has again put off a state visit to Australia and Indonesia because he's having trouble passing a piece of domestic [...]

SchansBlog: reparations for me but not for thee

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:54:00 -0400

From Allen Guelzo in First Things (from 2002, part of the 20th anniversary edition)...

The call for reparations for slavery is not, I believe, an ignoble one. But...the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather [...]