Here is more on Heather Ryan and her pink-haired daughter Heaven and their encounter with the Senator from Taiwan.
From BlueGrassRoots:
In yesterday's BGR I introduced Kentucky, and now the nation, to Navy vet Heather Ryan and her 12- year-old pink-haired daughter Heaven. Now I bring you Mitch McConnell's response to their expression of their First Amendment right to free speech. I am man enough to admit that this story brought me to tears. And I am hereby dedicating every fiber of my being to ensure that this person will no longer represent the people of Kentucky. So, Mitch. And your goons. If you want to find me, to silence me, to scare me, to threaten me. Look for me at the front of the gathering hordes. I will be standing shoulder to shoulder with Heather and Heaven and her husband and their four month old child. We are not afraid of you.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Packing Heat
Bob Damron is trying to micromanage the Universities with a bill to allow the paranoid the right to pack heat on campus.
As the rhetoric in Frankfort rolled to a boil, Kentucky's public universities expressed solid opposition Wednesday to a bill that would allow people to bring firearms onto campuses as long as the weapons remained in vehicles.
Bullitt Bob Damron strikes again with another gun bill. The question that occurs to me why is he doing this?
Here’s one possible answer.
Bob Damron’s district includes some precincts on the south side of Fayette County. Stan Lee, the House Republican Whip, lives a few precincts away on the Fayette – Jessamine County borders. The Democratic Party has written off running anyone against Lee because of the demographics of the District.
So if you are the Democrats how do you get rid of Stan Lee? In a word gerrymandering, or in politically correct speak redistricting. So if Lee’s District gets sliced and diced where does he end up? Bob and Stan end up running in the same district.
House Democratic Leadership will probably not help Bob. Remember Damron used to be part of leadership and isn’t anymore. When your own party votes you out of leadership, you’re not feeling the love.
So even if this bill goes nowhere, Bob Damron once again establishes his right wing gun nut credentials with the sizeable voting block of gun toting right wingers that inhabit his district.
As the rhetoric in Frankfort rolled to a boil, Kentucky's public universities expressed solid opposition Wednesday to a bill that would allow people to bring firearms onto campuses as long as the weapons remained in vehicles.
Bullitt Bob Damron strikes again with another gun bill. The question that occurs to me why is he doing this?
Here’s one possible answer.
Bob Damron’s district includes some precincts on the south side of Fayette County. Stan Lee, the House Republican Whip, lives a few precincts away on the Fayette – Jessamine County borders. The Democratic Party has written off running anyone against Lee because of the demographics of the District.
So if you are the Democrats how do you get rid of Stan Lee? In a word gerrymandering, or in politically correct speak redistricting. So if Lee’s District gets sliced and diced where does he end up? Bob and Stan end up running in the same district.
House Democratic Leadership will probably not help Bob. Remember Damron used to be part of leadership and isn’t anymore. When your own party votes you out of leadership, you’re not feeling the love.
So even if this bill goes nowhere, Bob Damron once again establishes his right wing gun nut credentials with the sizeable voting block of gun toting right wingers that inhabit his district.
The Complete Package
The Steve Beshear has a person or persons that understand how politics in Frankfort work. Below is a smattering of recent stories, three stories on personnel and three on money.
Steve Beshear’s people while not the sharpest group of knives; do understand how game is played. Even if you don’t agree with everything they are doing you have to admire the way they are massaging the media and the political system this early in the administration.
Avoiding a hiring scandal
Three non-merit Public Service Commission employees were back at work Tuesday, more than a week after being let go despite questions about whether such actions violated state hiring laws.
Hiring Ben Chandler’s Wife
FRANKFORT --
The state agency that doles out money to local governments has hired Jennifer Chandler, the wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, and added 16 other appointed officials Wednesday, including Bell County's Democratic Party chairman.
Ending the Investigation of Jonathan Miller
FRANKFORT --
The state Personnel Board has decided not to investigate two referrals from former Personnel Secretary Brian Crall concerning two hiring-related moves in the office of former state Treasurer Jonathan Miller.
Sticking one to David Williams
Gov. Steve Beshear has nixed a road project championed by his chief political critic, state Senate President David Williams. Beshear's Transportation Cabinet canceled an $11.9 million change order earlier this week that expanded a $53.2 million project to widen and straighten Ky. 90 and Ky. 61 in Cumberland County.
Stoking the need for Casino’s in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky's budget problems are even more serious than previously projected, the state's official economic forecasting group concluded yesterday.
We really, really need the Casino Money
FRANKFORT --
Thousands of poor Kentuckians might be without heat this winter if additional money to help doesn't come soon from the state or federal governments, warns an official with Community Action Kentucky.
Steve Beshear’s people while not the sharpest group of knives; do understand how game is played. Even if you don’t agree with everything they are doing you have to admire the way they are massaging the media and the political system this early in the administration.
Avoiding a hiring scandal
Three non-merit Public Service Commission employees were back at work Tuesday, more than a week after being let go despite questions about whether such actions violated state hiring laws.
Hiring Ben Chandler’s Wife
FRANKFORT --
The state agency that doles out money to local governments has hired Jennifer Chandler, the wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, and added 16 other appointed officials Wednesday, including Bell County's Democratic Party chairman.
Ending the Investigation of Jonathan Miller
FRANKFORT --
The state Personnel Board has decided not to investigate two referrals from former Personnel Secretary Brian Crall concerning two hiring-related moves in the office of former state Treasurer Jonathan Miller.
Sticking one to David Williams
Gov. Steve Beshear has nixed a road project championed by his chief political critic, state Senate President David Williams. Beshear's Transportation Cabinet canceled an $11.9 million change order earlier this week that expanded a $53.2 million project to widen and straighten Ky. 90 and Ky. 61 in Cumberland County.
Stoking the need for Casino’s in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky's budget problems are even more serious than previously projected, the state's official economic forecasting group concluded yesterday.
We really, really need the Casino Money
FRANKFORT --
Thousands of poor Kentuckians might be without heat this winter if additional money to help doesn't come soon from the state or federal governments, warns an official with Community Action Kentucky.
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