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Why Steve BS is bad for Kentucky: On Hold While Further Information Develops

An incredible amount of information continues to pour in regarding the democrat candidate for Governor.

Now, new information regarding his running mate is starting to develop.

I will not publish until I can confirm the facts, and then only will the expose` continue.

I regret the wait, but perhaps the timing will be just right.

The information will be of great interest to all honest Kentuckians.

Why Steve BS is bad for Kentucky: Part II “Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”

Casino gambling is not new to Kentucky. For those who live in other parts of the Commonwealth this might come as a bit of a surprise, but not for those of us who were raised in Northern Kentucky.

In fact Las Vegas was developed partly in response to the first meaningful crackdown on what was then the gambling and nightlife Mecca of America, Newport Kentucky, or as it was known back then, “Little Mexico”. It was later dubbed “Sin City USA”.

For several decades gambling, prostitution and government corruption formed the sum and substance of Newport’s reputation. And it was well deserved.

Whenever old movies show mobsters wearing a dark suit, a dark shirt and a white tie, white belt and white shoes, maybe even a white hat band on a dark hat, they are paying homage to the real life gangsters who ran the syndicate in Newport, the Cleveland mob.

Much like gangs today wear “gang colors” or “gang uniforms”, urban legend has dubbed this stereotypical mob outfit as “The Full Cleveland”.

Northern Kentuckians have been raised on stories of “the old days” when places like The Lookout House, Beverly Hills and one joint after another along Monmouth and York Streets in Newport, and lesser known places in Cold Springs and Southgate, were home to wide open casinos, notorious mafia characters, and the scene of many criminal escapades.

What was the lure of these criminals and their culture of political corruption? The vast profits from gambling, spread around a little, just enough, to politicians to get them to look the other way.

As later installments will show, Steve BS is the perfect example of the kind of government “patsy” these elements are looking for.

It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I urge you to click the link below and read more about the history of gambling in Kentucky. The web posting originally appeared in the Northern Kentucky edition of Better Living Magazine in February 2003.

Here is that link: GANGSTERS IN OUR TOWN

Stay tuned.

Clinton Campaign accused of burglary and intimidation!

In a story posted last night on World Net Daily, Kathleen Willey, the woman who says Bill Clinton groped her in the Oval Office, and author of a new book described as "explosive and damaging", had her manuscript stolen in a burglary.

The facts as she reports them, confirmed by local police, point directly at the Clinton campaign and their ongoing efforts to terrorize and intimidate her.

"Here we go again; it's the same thing that happened before," Willey told WND. "They want you to know they were there. And they got what they wanted. They pretty much managed to terrorize me again. It scared me to death. It's an awful feeling to know you're sound asleep upstairs and someone is downstairs."  She said.

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WOW! Karl Rove Excoriated in a Townhall article

Gary South, a well healed democrat strategist, gets a spotlight segment in the TownHall publication this morning.  And he uses his opportunity to disembowel Karl Rove.

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One More Chinese Attack on USA

Financial Times is reporting that the Chi-Coms hacked deeply into the Pentagon computers earlier this summer.

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Happy Labor/Corruption Day.

For a peek at what organized labor has to offer in America today here are two things to read.

First, the Union Corruption Update.

Second, Michelle Malkin's report on the declining numbers in union membership.

Next time you want to see just how much organized labor is doing for the American worker, just check the tag in the back of your TeeShirt.  Odds are it's made in China, or Vietnam, or Pakistan, or some other thriving American city.

What do we want in elected officials?

Armstorng Williams in a column today says this about the Larry Craig matter:

"As a citizen and fallen human being, my gut tells me to judge these people for their poor actions, and call for their removal. But my faith in Jesus Christ and deep held belief that forgiveness is best for everyone, leads me to call for patience and pardons. See, we all make mistakes. We all sin, error, and fall short of expectations. To judge and condemn others – even elected officials who should be held to the highest standard – usually just narrows our own heart and achieves nothing. That being said, I cannot sit idly by and allow my elected officials to go unpunished for these terrible deeds."

Once again even the best intentioned among the commentators just can't help suggesting that "we" the voters, have a duty to punish people.

Bottom line is this.  Do we really want politicians to be the moral standard of the nation?

As for me, I find religious, charitable and community minded people to hold up for these standards for others to emulate.

Politicians are hired to do a job.  Insisting that they also be faultless human beings is imposing an unattainable goal.  It is impossible to choose perfect people from what initially begins as a pool of flawed human beings.

Judgment for criminal conduct belongs to the people.  Judgment for sin belongs to God.

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