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Monday, November 28, 2011

Teen To Brownback: You Suck!

This is truly hilarious!    Teen refuses to apologize for speaking her mind.  Governor "blows a lot."


Last week, during a Kansas Youth in Government field trip, Sullivan watched Gov. Sam Brownback speak. Unmoved, she cavalierly tweeted to her roughly 65 followers, “Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot.” A teenager tweeting that her governor “sucks” and “blows” – “a lot”? Sounds like grounds for an incident of national proportions!
Sure enough, Brownback’s office – the Thin Skin Division — noted Sullivan’s tweet, and contacted Youth in Government. As Sherriene Jones-Sontag, Brownback’s communications director, explained to the Kansas City Star,  “That wasn’t respectful. In order to really have a constructive dialogue, there has to be mutual respect.” She added, “It was important for the organization to be aware of the comments their students were making.” . . .

In retrospect, it’s pretty funny that Jones-Sontag proclaimed last week that “It’s important for students to recognize the power of social media, how lasting it is. It is on the Internet.” It sure is, communications directors and school principals. Sullivan, who says she was “just joking with friends,” has seen her Twitter following swell to over 7,000 followers. And a petulant outburst has now become a full blown news story.
Ya know?  Anyone with half a brain would readily acknowledge that Brownback does indeed suck!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Our Awesome State Legislator, Reggie Meeks!

Gee, it's nice to know that a Legislator is working for YOU, not the moneyed interests who buy "influence."

The [KY] staff of the Legislative Research Commission has put a together booklet which outlines some of those topics.   It is not meant to be a complete listing of issues we may consider.   However, it is a good look at some of the main topics which have been discussed in our Interim Legislative Committee meetings.   See the Attachment above.
 
The publication can be viewed online at:  http://www.lrc.ky.gov/lrcpubs/IB236.pdf.
 
If you would like additional information on any of the issues, please contact me.
 
Also, I will soon be sending out my annual 42nd District Survey.   I hope you will take the time to respond to it.   You have sent me here to represent you.   This survey is one important way I use to gauge what it is you want, and expect, from me based on the issues.   It is a way for you to hold me accountable, and a way to hold myself accountable to you.    So, please do respond to my 42nd District Survey ---- Coming soon to a computer near you!
 
My respects,
 

Reginald [Meeks]
Rock on, my brother.  You are my dream legislator.
 

No Enthusiasm For Presidential Choices

  We really have an enthusiasm gap when it comes to who we vote for in the 2012 presidential race.  GOPers really don't like Mitt and Dems will hold their noses and vote for Obama.    Is this the best we can do?
President Obama will be supported by progressives and the Democratic base, but without enthusiasm. His notorious caves to Republicans and Wall Street — failing to put conditions on the Street’s bailout (such as demanding the Street help stranded home owners), or to resurrect Glass-Steagall, or include a public option in health care, or assert his constitutional responsibility to raise the debt limit, or protect Medicare and Social Security, or push for cap-and-trade, or close Guantanamo, or, in general, confront the regressive Republican nay-sayers and do-nothings with toughness rather than begin negotiations by giving them much of what they want — are not the stuff that stirs a passionate following.
Mitt Romney will surely be the Republican presidential candidate — and Romney inspires as little enthusiasm among Republicans as Obama does among Democrats. The GOP will support Romney because, frankly, he’s the only major Republican primary candidate who does not appear to the broader public to be nuts.
We haven't seen a bar set this low since Carter.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Ditch Mitch Will Not Allow New Taxes On Rich, Obama Re-election

This is how the not so Super Committee Made an epic fail


Failure was not an option, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had said of the super committee charged with finding at least $1.2 trillion in cuts to reduce the federal deficit over the next 10 years.

Well, failure was not only an option, but now it is reality.

The super committee is done, and it has produced no plan, no proposal, no outline, no suggestions, no guideline, no notions for reducing the deficit.

The 12-member bipartisan super panel was helpless before the [GOP] kryptonite of taxes, an issue that lawmakers could not solve. Republicans did not want them to increase without offsetting reductions in entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid, while Democrats saw tax increases as essential but resisted major changes to entitlements
Ditch Mitch himself is not an option for KY voters.  He's not only really, really bad for KY--he's super bad for the country.  Top.01% tax cuts are more important to him than helping our poor, uneducated state. 

Wall $t. Plans Oppo Research On OWS And Sympathizers



These greedy clowns just never give it a rest.  To them, money can solve any pesky problem
A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”

The proposal was written on the letterhead of the lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford and addressed to one of CLGC’s clients, the American Bankers Association.

CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans instead.

According to the memo, if Democrats embrace OWS, “This would mean more than just short-term political discomfort for Wall Street. … It has the potential to have very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bullseye.”
Politicians can be bought on the cheap.  Why not pay them directly to get what you want?  It's worked out pretty well for you so far.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Occupation Of Louisville Continues

I'm proud of our Metro Council for offering a permit to OL so they can legally camp outside and have access to bathrooms.   Bravo!

The tents that make up the Occupy Louisville encampment strained against their stakes on a recent afternoon as a warm wind whipped through Founders Square. About 20 tents dotted the small park along Muhammad Ali Boulevard between Fifth Street and Armory Place. On one of them, someone had written “99% broke” in permanent marker.Louisville’s Occupy protest, which began Oct. 4, is one of dozens of similar encampments across the country that have sprung up since demonstrations began near Wall Street in New York on Sept. 17. But even as a wave of police actions this week cleared protest sites in such cities as Oakland, Calif., and New York, Occupy Louisville remains undisturbed.
The absurd level of police presence around the country is embarrassing.  Many YouTubes and network TV shots of cops pepper spraying, punching in the face, etc. unprovoked by protesters, prove that the main source of violence at these peaceful protests come from the cops.  And what's up with all the para-military gear like body armor and assault weapons?  It's a ridiculous over-reaction.