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Mongiardo To Lead Protest Rallies At Bunning Offices, Will Conservatives Let Him Get By With It?

Daniel Mongiardo ran his campaign against Jim Bunning six years ago with what has been called "thuggish" tactics.  Now he wants to organize a mob to show up at Bunning's offices in Louisville and Lexington on Tuesday to protest Bunning's refusal to add to our national debt.  Will there be a protest against Mongiardo?

If he sticks with this plan, conservatives who oppose his embrace of Barack Obama and the socialist spending habits of the liars in the Senate who couldn't even keep their "pay go" promises for a whole month, might just want to be heard from at those locations, at those times too. 

TEA party supporters, those opposed to Mongiardo's endorsement of Obama and how dangerous that alliance might be to our economy should Mongiardo make it to the senate, might consider gathering in sufficient numbers to shout down Mongiardo's monkey business.

Peaceful protests courtesy of the First Amendment have the potential for bringing the best ideas out.  Will Mongiardo have the stage all to himself?

Here's his notice. 

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KY-GOP Senate Race: Falling Down A Rabbit Hole

EDITORIAL:

Would someone please step in and quiet the kindergarten?  We've spent two weeks hearing nothing but "yes you did" and "no I didn't, and you did worse."  If this doesn't get any better I'm tempted to start a regular feature called "Time Out". 

Not "time out" as in football, but "time out" as in somebody just broke the coffee table "time out".

Let me start by reminding everyone that I made it very clear that things could get far worse one day than having some lowly blogger call a "time out".  So since the Paul campaign has set a new pace for press attention in Kentucky GOP politics, I think its fair to present them first. 

Here's David Adams 2-26-2010:

I wouldn't say it was a heated exchange. Their Lincoln dinner invitation lists Rand's opponent as their keynote speaker. The Adair County GOP Executive Committee has some explaining to do. That's the story.

Now compare that quote with this one from David Adams on 2-27-2010.:

 

Does this add to the discussion?  At first you might say no.  You might even find a way to use this to bash one candidate or another.  But does any of this move us forward? 

How about this.  Might it be that the two statements above clearly touch upon these two questions facing the Ky GOP this year?

1.    On which side of this choice do "the majority of the people" come down?

2.    Do those within the republican party structure speak for you any more? 

Aren't these questions intertwined in this year's campaigns?  Isn't this the year where TEA parties have challenged entrenched ideas?

And who better to come along and teach this young gang of enthusiasts just what it all means to win than Jim Bunning?

Every single republican running will say this year on the campaign trail that if elected he will oppose putting any more money on America's credit card.  Jim Bunning just taught all these youngsters what it feels like to catch that car after you've chased it.

You can bark and make noise, or you can bite and take the beating, and not let go.  Unless you are not paying attention, today Jim Bunning has been under a relentless attack.

Oh, and as far as the democratic candidates for US Senate go, their comments on Bunning's vote make it very clear: we need to be sure neither of those two shopaholics EVER gets near our nation's credit card. 

In fact, based on what the governor said about Bunning, I'm pretty well convinced that we oughta start keeping a much sharper eye on those in Frankfort too.

To many conservatives across Kentucky, Bunning just moved the bar higher.  What we are seeing from those who seek to replace him are campaigns more concerned about voter reaction than the lesson, perhaps, which Jim Bunning's example teaches. 

Kenton Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn Opponent Withdraws From Race

Kenton County Police officer Mark Chapman's challenge to incumbent Kenton County Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn for the Republican nomination has been withdrawn.  This means that Korzenborn will not face a primary and barring the filing of an independent, will not face an election in the general.

Chapman, like several other candidates this year, have found themselves cross wise with the Hatch Act which severely restricts the political activity of any person with certain specified connections to programs funded in part by federal money.

Chapman's reasons for withdrawing from the race were not immediately available.

Jim Bunning Standing Strong, Even If He Has To Stand Alone

Lefties, loonies and spendthrift liberals have lost their minds over Jim Bunning's objection to the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (HR 4691).  Bunning, who supports the bill as do all 100 United States Senators, however, is the only one with the guts to keep his word on the "Pay-Go" rules they just adopted.

You see the business as usual crowd is complaining that Bunning objection might delay $10 billion dollars in spending on things like extended unemployment benefits, COBRA health care assistance and many other so called "essential" spending measures.  What they won't tell you is that the Senate just adopted rules which in a nutshell committed that body to not pass any more spending without first finding the money to pay for it with.

Bunning's objection is that despite this recent promise that they all made to the American people, this bill calls for $10 Billion in spending on credit.  In other words, the bill says, "Okay, we need to spend this money, do we have it?  No?  Well then let's just put it on the credit card and leave the bill to our kids."

Come on folks!  Not only is this reckless, not only has it been reckless for years, but in today's climate adding to our deficit is danged near criminal!  In fact, spending $10 billion we don't have is freaking insanity!

Bunning has proposed that we appropriate the money out of the unspent dollars just lying around in the stimulus package.  The democrats said no.  So he proposed other ways to find the money.  The democrats said no.  Then he wondered why Harry Reid didn't call the bill up earlier so that any objections could be dealt with under the rules of the Senate like he did with the jobs bill.  Instead Harry Reid waited to call the vote until the day before the Senate adjourned, leaving no time for the application of the filibuster and cloture rules.  Now, due to Harry's delay, the bill may die since Monday is a "non voting" day and the next time this can come up is Tuesday.

Now before you go jumping off a cliff looking for a way to slam Jim Bunning, do your research.  The Senate just voted for "pay-go" and then promptly ignored it in this case.  Jim Bunning is just doing what he's always done, saying what he means, and meaning what he says.

"No" he said to the liberal proposal of adding to our debt, spending money we don't have and sticking somebody else down the line with the bill.  As he said on the Senate floor:

                I DON'T MUCH AGREE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
           FEDERAL RESERVE, BUT IT WAS STRIKING YESTERDAY WHEN HE SAID IF
           AT THE PRESENT LEVEL OF DEBT AND THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION'S
           BUDGET IS PASSED, THAT THE DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE
           UNSUSTAINABLE, UNSUSTAINABLE TO ME MEANS THAT THERE IS A CHANCE
           OF ONE OF THE RATING AGENCIES DOWNGRADING THE RATING ON OUR
           DEBT.

                WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. BECAUSE I HAVE GOT TOO
           MANY YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN THAT WANT AMERICA TO BE THE SAME
           AMERICA THAT I GREW UP IN. AND I'M WORRIED TO DEATH THAT THAT'S
           NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.

Do you get it now?  Are you going to let him stand alone?

Legal Justification For Revolution Revealed In CNN Poll?

According to a new CNN poll, 56% of Americans feel that the Federal Government has grown so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. [CNN]

According to the initial organizational papers of our nation, this might not merely "justify" the complete removal of the current government, but it could be argued as providing sufficient legal grounds upon which all Americans would be vested with an affirmative duty to do so.

Admittedly this is a revolutionary thought:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. [Declaration Of Independence]

NY Governor Paterson Drops Out Of Race

New York Governor David Paterson is expected to announce that he is dropping out of the race for re-election after facing allegations of improperly influencing a criminal investigation which focused on his aide.  According to the NY Daily News, Paterson will fill out his term but not seek re-election.

Trey Grayson Attacks, Rand Paul Responds: "Dangerous Allies"

Trey Grayson has been running several ads in the past week describing what he says are "big differences" between him and Rand Paul.  Each time Paul has fired back.  Here is the latest volley.

Anybody learning anything about either one of these guys from all of this? Think hard, it will come to you.

Drug Manufacturers Searching For Pill To Increase Sexual Desire In Women

This from Reuters:

Ever since the explosion of the male impotence drug Viagra onto the global pharmaceutical market, drugmakers have yearned to find an equivalent for women. 

The little blue pill made by U.S. drugs giant Pfizer revolutionised many men's otherwise lacklustre sex lives, and the chance that a similar pill could do the same for female libido has dollar signs flashing in drug developers' eyes.

Yet the strength of desire expressed by the current leader in this race, Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim and its experimental drug flibanserin, is exciting passions of a different kind among some women's health experts.
"The idea that a lack of interest in sex should be immediately approached with a pill means the multiple contributory factors to sexual problems may well be missed -- resulting in any medication being largely ineffective," said Lisa Martinez, founder of the Women's Sexual Health Foundation, an international advocacy group based in the United States.

And then there's this from P.J. O'Rourke:

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.

See, like we learned at the Health Care summit, there will always be more than one solution to any perceived problem.

Cheshire cat from "Alice In Wonderland" opening March 5th.

Globull Warming Update

Pull on your boots, here comes the latest from the "experts" on Global Warming:

CLIMATE scientists yesterday stunned Britons suffering the coldest winter for 30 years by claiming last month was the ­hottest January the world has ever seen.

January, according to satellite data, was the hottest January we’ve ever seen.

“Last November was the hottest November we’ve ever seen. November-January as a whole is the hottest November-January the world has seen.” Veteran ­climatologist Professor Nicholls was speaking at an online climate change briefing, added: “It’s not warming the same everywhere but it is really quite challenging to find places that haven’t warmed in the past 50 years.”

His extraordinary claims came after the World Meteorological Organisation revealed 2000 to 2009 was the hottest decade since records began in 1850. [Daily Express]

Uh, well, okay.

Criminal Investigation Against Louisville Police Detective Hampers Criminal Case

The Courier Journal is reporting that a Louisville Metro Police detective who is under criminal investigation may refuse to testify in another prosecution if called as a witness.  According to the report the detective would assert her Fifth Amendment privilege to remain silent which of course could hamper ongoing cases.

While it is unclear for what crimes the detective is being investigated, the report does mention that she has failed to appear for many court cases over the past two years. [Courier Journal]