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Posted on: January 17, 2009
So. We're minding our own business, me and the spouse, just watching our usual morning news shows on Tuesday. Slurping coffee and trying not to drool on the covers while we wake up. Then something gets said on the television that brings us straight up in the bed, grabbin' for a pen and paper.
An experience we share with you here.
Posted on: January 13, 2009
Posted on: January 13, 2009
MoveOn.org Members Rally in the Cold to Deliver Petitions to Whitfield
We gave it our best, took a stand, had our say,
Citizens honked and waved in support.
But we did not have the ear of Ed Whitfield that day,
So we quietly left our report.
It seems he can't be bothered by those of us in need,
Though the woes of his constituents are many.
Championing the free market and deregulation is his avowed creed!
Concerning social policy, we must pinch every penny!
Posted on: January 13, 2009
The World We Create Traveling Exhibit will be in the Carmen Pavilion, located at Murray State’s West Farm (adjacent to the Cherry Agricultural Exposition Center on College Farm Road). The exhibit will be open to the public from Jan. 19 through Feb. 6 from 3-8 p.m. Student groups can visit the exhibit, by appointment, from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is free for everyone.
Posted on: January 12, 2009
 Richard Oswald of Atchison County, Missouri, has an interesting article today in the Daily Yonder that takes a grim look at the incoming administration’s stimulus package and small town, rural America. Will the Stimulus Starve Small Towns?
Posted on: January 12, 2009
Cindy Lynch, Columbus-Belmont Park manager, released photos taken in November 2008 of a bald eagle spotted at the Park. She reports that the first eagle was spotted in January of 2008.
Posted on: January 9, 2009
 Anita Bugg is hard to surprise. Her training as an Illinois certified paramedic/fire fighter means she is calm, cool and collected in a crisis. She’s been a medic for twelve years and a certified firefighter since 2000. Surprises are part of her everyday life.
In her other job as the editor of the Ballard Weekly, she’s up to her neck in community events all around Ballard County. That’s why hearing her name called as 2008 Ballard County Citizen of the Year was sweeter for the Ballard County Chamber of Commerce that chose her.
Posted on: January 8, 2009
...Now the party is over and the lights are on. The old place looks pretty shabby. We didn’t do the research and stand up to the ridiculous notion that spending could go on forever without the bills catching up. We Americans saw the dream of a bigger house, a vacation home, another car, a better school for the kids and we went for it.
The Chinese, who funded so much of our excess, are, not so much pulling the plug as squeezing it shut.
Posted on: January 8, 2009
China is putting the brakes on buying US debt according to a report today in the New York Times. That can be very bad news for President Elect Barack Obama’s efforts to bring the US economy out of the doldrums. The Chinese are experiencing a slowdown in their economy that will call for economic investment on the mainland.
Investors from other countries are expected to step up to partially fill the gap left by the Chinese.
China is experiencing unrest and, in some cities, rioting and property destruction as a result of the slowing economy. The PBS news program, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", featured a report on Wednesday by Nick Paton Walsh of Independent Television News documenting strikes and protests by Chinese workers laid off by closure of manufacturing plants on the southern edge of the country.
The reporter toured one looted building with unemployed workers and viewed their sleeping areas when the factories were going. The building was trashed and abandoned. Some workers said eaten in two days. Some accused factory managers of running off with company money and without paying them. Most astounding was the push back by workers when Chinese police officers tried to stop the cameras. They tussled with police until the cops backed off and watched the story go on. Unrest Spreads in China
Posted on: January 8, 2009
We ran this at the beginning of the General Session for those who want to watch the Legislature at its magnificent best and have no time or gas money to drive to Frankfort.  Now with the Special Session underway, some of you might want to see the committee hearings and in-chambers debates.
As the Kentucky Senate and House of Representatives meet, KET offers extensive online and on-air coverage.
During legislative sessions, Senate and House chambers and committee meetings are streamed live at www.ket.org/legislature.
Posted on: January 7, 2009
The Center for Disease Control recently announced in a new report that teen birth rates rose in 2006 for the first time in fifteen years. Significant increases were noted in 26 states. Kentucky now ranks #9 in the "top ten".
Posted on: January 7, 2009
Larry Dale Keeling, the Kentucky Kurmudgeon, has the numbers in the vote count from yesterday’s leadership election in the House. The votes were quite close – with the exception of Larry’s Clark’s crushing of Joni Jenkins by an over two to one margin.
Posted on: January 6, 2009
Page One is reporting that Rep. Greg Stumbo is the
new Speaker of the House.
Posted on: January 6, 2009
Posted on: January 5, 2009
 Richards is clearly the better choice for Speaker. We may be prejudiced in our choice of a West Kentuckian. But we don’t think so. We have gigabytes of pictures of Richards working for candidates- several who were unsuccessful challengers.
Alas, we cannot find a single photo of Greg Stumbo working for any candidate other than himself.
Posted on: January 5, 2009
The 2009 thirty day session begins tomorrow. The focus of the moment is on the House leadership race. We looked at some prefiled legislation and thought some of you who haven’t done so yet (why would you?) might want to see what your legislator thinks is important enough to address in the 30 day session. Prefiled bills by sponsor
Posted on: January 5, 2009
CORRECTION: Beaver Dam Cafe Not Closed by Kentucky UEI
 The Ohio County Times-News, www.octimesnews.com reported recently that little Beaver Dam lost two long standing businesses. The office of the Beaver Dam Deposit Bank on Main Street closed. Then the Commonwealth of Kentucky padlocked the Beaver Dam Cafe for unemployment insurance payments.
Posted on: January 1, 2009
1/6/09 UPDATE: Bluegrass Politics reports that Bob Babbage has ended the partnership with the Governor’s chief of staff. Babbage failed to disclose his connection in his July disclosure report required under ethics laws. According to John Cheves’ story, all’s well that ends well if no one files an ethics complaint.
The Lexington Herald’s John Chever reported today that Chief of Staff Edelen, Homeland Security boss Ralph Coldiron and top lobbyist Bob Babbage are partners in Chartwell Land Company, a real estate development firm.
Edelen and Babbage say no problem. Richard Beliles of Common Cause of Kentucky disagrees. Here’s the story. Draw your own conclusion. We've drawn ours. Lexington Herald Story
Posted on: December 30, 2008
 Ross Perot was in Kentucky in the early 90s during his third party campaign for president. Chuck Wolfe, now a gov't spokesman, and a host of national and international reporters covered the event.
The press pack included one 15 year old Frankfort High sophomore by the name of Potter. She was her dad's sound man for the press conference in the Rotunda.  (She's the one at Chuck Wolfe's knee holding up the tiny recorder.
More strolls down memory lane in the story.
By: Ivan C. Potter - April 10, 2008
America is at war, a forever war. The nation has stepped over a new line in the sand. We are now past 5 years of war and counting. This is longer than World War II.
President Bush has called for a renewed sense of our struggle in the Middle East. In his words we must continue the course of war until the mission has been accomplished. Yet, each time he speaks to the nation about staying the course, critics point out the cost in terms of human sacrifice and draining our way of life at home.
Now, 4,032 Americans have paid the highest price with their lives for our invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Posted on: December 30, 2008
 While rifling through old photos, we found several from sixteen years ago. Here's one of our favorites -Bill Clinton's visit to Kentucky in 1992.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was written on December 19, 2007 by Ivan Potter. Deja vu all over again
In Fredericksburg, Va. on Monday, December 17, 2007, President Bush stood before a crowd of local Rotary Club and spoke of the good health of the American economy. A picture worth a thousand words... 
Basically, the American banking system crashed in August 2007. When the Dutch bankers refused to honor American home mortgages as hard collateral for massive bank loans and transfers, the gig was up.
Posted on: December 23, 2008
 New owners of Shepherd Inn host open house. At left, two of the collection of nutcrackers on display during Christmas.
Posted on: December 23, 2008
Editor's Note: This is a Christmas greeting from our son when he stationed in Afghanistan. His message then rings as true this year!
December 23, 2008 "...speaking for my unit and my comrades abroad, I think of no better way of thanking us for our 'sacrifice' by doing just that. I want everyone to say 'I love you' to your loved ones more often, hug/kiss/spoil your children this Holiday season, eat good home-cooked food, and enjoy any other holiday tradition you may have to the fullest..."
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