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Why Steve BS is bad for Kentucky: Part I

As we enter the Labor Day weekend, the unofficial starting point of the fall campaign season, I thought this would be the appropriate time to outline the many, and very serious reasons, why Steve BS would be bad for Kentucky.

In this multi part essay I will remind you of where we have been, expose you to some things you probably have forgotten about Steve BS, and alert you to some things you may never have known about him.  Part I will be a simple overview.

PART ONE: Stains and Shame

Kentucky's image has been formed by a century of stereotypes.  Barefooted hillbillies, uneducated, poor, inbred and lazy have all been attributes associated with Kentuckians in the minds of the rest of America. 

While we all disdain these undeserved stereotypes we cannot so easily dismiss another component of our national reputation.  When it comes to state politics we spent most of the twentieth century and the first few years of the twenty first century known far and wide as a single party, backwoods, cesspool of political corruption.  Unlike the barefooted cousin kissers conjured up in the minds of folks who don't know us, the "small town politically corrupt hicks" tag had a basis in fact.

With one party rule, a patronage system that handed out government paychecks as political paybacks, felony indictments, FBI investigations and a pervasive sense that Frankfort was being run like organized crime, Kentucky's reputation for a corrupt political system was viewed as the hick town version of a Chicago, New Jersey, New Orleans, crime family.

In the next installment I will outline the incredibly horrible crimes committed by those who controlled Frankfort during these dark days, crimes which have faded from memory, but need to be recalled. 

And when we recall the crimes, we will name names.  And one name which will come up time and time again in connection with these stains upon our reputation, is Steve BS.

It is high time to remember.

Stay tuned.

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I will be Dark for next two days

I will be attending to some professional responsibilities for the next two days and not able to add new posts.  However, my expose` on Steve BS should be ready before week's end.

Please feel free to use this as a place to post ideas and suggestions.  I will have some limited remote opportunities to administer your comments.

Gonzales Quits!

This story just broke.  Attorney General Gonzales is scheduled to announce his resignation later today.

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Our founding prinicples are deeply rooted in Christianity

Congressman Bill Sali of Idaho has written a column which should give encouragement to all who are subjected to the relentless efforts of liberals to beat back their attempts to tell the truth: America has a Christian heritage.

Here is what he says: "Reforming Congress will go along way toward getting our nation back on track. But no amount of reform will help unless we remember and adhere to the principles that started our country and made it great. Those principles - human dignity, justice and liberty - are rooted in Judeo-Christian teaching. To disregard that teaching is to undermine the very foundations of our liberty, which we only do to our great peril. "

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Courier Journal Treats Politics Like Pornography Treats Women

In response to widespread criticism of the Courier Journal's solicitation of "the most shameful, doctored gubernatorial campaign ad you can think of", the story broken here first, they react by making an even more incredible statement.

David Hawpe responds to the criticism in today's paper with this comment: "Good heavens. We have been inviting the public to criticize public officials, both Democratic and Republican, as long as anybody can remember. That's what we do on the editorial page: We take sides..."

With his tongue pretending to be planted in his cheek, Hawpe tries to deflect criticism of his paper's call for "shameful" depictions of the Governor as mere political fun.  His view of politics and public service is obviously as demeaning as the pornographers view of women.

Can you imagine a paper calling for readers to submit "shameful" pictures of women, or minorities all in the name of humor?

Can you imagine a liberal standing up for the depiction of women as objects of entertainment? 

I have been very clear about this for many years: the "game of politics" is demeaning to the honor public service deserves, the important task of deciding into whose hands we will place the protection of our liberties and the respect we hope our children will have for the first principles of our nation.

Granted, political cartoons are as old as our democracy.  But at some point we need to outgrow reading the comics.  That can't happen if even what should be the most serious parts of the mainstream media put entertainment ahead of enlightenment.

Now you know: Liberals call for military to relieve President Bush of his command

You can't make this stuff up.  The liberal blog, The Huffington Post, has called upon General Pace to use the military code of justice to remove President Bush, place him under arrest and relieve him as commander in chief.

If we just keep the pressure on these nuts a little longer their heads might explode. 

The insanity of the left has gone far beyond the mild lunacy of which they have been accused. They are now embracing, wholeheartedly, a completely seditious psychosis.

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