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Kentucky News
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Posted by -Chuck
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
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From: Barefoot and Progressive
The hilarity of right-wing blogs in Kentucky continues... Mitch McConnell's de facto attack blog, whose content comes directly from the senator's office, is now sinking to new depths of the surreal. After mimicking the pathetic fear tactics of the McCain campaign for months now, it appears that their only hope to defeat Barack Obama now is..... praying to Jesus to elect John McCain. Seriously. Read and enjoy: It was not enough to change the race, but there are other factors at play.
Yesterday I received an email that is circulating the internet. It's a prayer for McCain and the country. Turns out that ordinary, non-political people are fed up with the media's drumbeat to the tune of BozScaggs: "Why can't you just get it through your head? It's over, it's over now."
As the email notes, if faith can move mountains, then it can certainly move voters to wake up from their Obama-induced stupor. After all, McCain's campaign was supposed to fold 18 months ago. According to the "conventional wisdom," he was not supposed to last through the primaries.
McCain's survival -- not just his political survival but the fact that he is still alive -- is extraordinary, miraculous even. He should have died in the fire that killed his comrades. He should have died in the Prisoner of War camp. He did not.
I will submit that McCain's life was spared for a reason. This race is not over." That's right folks. Jesus saved John McCain's life so he could save us from the scary black Muslim anti-christ. We just need to pray enough for him to make it happen. I can't wait to hear Bridget's scorn for Jesus when he fails her on November 5th. |
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Posted by -Chuck
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 The latest public numbers from SurveyUSA for the 3rd Congressional District race show U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) with a 57 to 41 percent lead over former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup (R-Louisville). The poll reflects a doubling of the lead Yarmuth showed in the same firm's measurement from early September. The poll, commissioned by WHAS-TV, finds both candidates collecting at least 85 percent of their own party's voters, according to WHAS' Mark Hebert. Yarmuth leads by four points among white voters and 79 points among black voters, while holding a lead across all age groups. Further data on the poll is not yet available. Yarmuth defeated Northup by 3 points, 51% to 48%, in 2006. Since 2005, Northup has run for Governor of Kentucky and lost in the GOP primary to then incumbent Ernie Fletcher. Northup represented Kentucky's 3rd district for 5 terms, first elected in 1996. In 2004, Northup won with 60% of the vote. The district is watched nationally as a barometer of how other districts may vote. -Original Article- |
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Kentucky News
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Posted by -Chuck
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 |
City Launches Ad Campaign
By Andy Alcock/WLKY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - There's a new push tonight to address the problem of bike safety in Louisville. A new series of public service announcements are airing on local television stations, including WLKY, discussing bike and motorist safety. Police may soon take the additional step of more aggressive ticket writing if the problem doesn't improve.
On Sept. 30, a motorist struck cyclist Jennifer Futrell, 27, while she was on her bicycle on Bardstown Road. A few days later, she died from her injuries.
Her friend Andy Cook, who's been riding his bike to work for two years, said he constantly faces hostility on the road.
"I still have people screaming at me from their cars, 'Get on the sidewalk,'" he said. "Well, they obviously don't know that is illegal."
According to Louisville Metro Police, there were 158 collisions involving bikes in 2006 -- two of them fatal. In 2007, there were 153 collisions involving bikes, one of which was fatal.
As of last Monday, 2008 has seen 122 accidents and already three fatalities -- as many as the last two years combined.
"The cyclists and the vehicle motorists are equally at fault from our review of what we see as relates to accidents," said Chief Robert White of Metro Police.
To address the problem, a series of public service announcements is airing on local television to encourage cyclists and motorists to better share the road.
But as Mayor Jerry Abramson knows, while educating the public is important, so is changing people's attitudes.
Abramson said he confronted seven cyclists who were illegally riding on the sidewalk this weekend.
"Five of them didn't have helmets, and I also mentioned I think they should have helmets," he said. "Three of them responded with a very interesting sign back to me."
"I've seen cops on sidewalks so much on their bikes, I want to scream at them, too, but I think they'll arrest me, you know," Cook said.
In addition to the PSAs and stricter enforcement of road rules by police, White said the department is in the process of putting together a short video about bike and car laws every officer will have to view.
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