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Posted on: October 1, 2008
We Americans have come to believe that "we are our credit score". People with good scores = good people. People with bad credit scores = bad, well, maybe not "bad", but somehow deficient.
Bad credit scores = bad people? See if you can identify these "deadbeats".
QUESTION 1: This 19th century writer made lots of money. But bad investments broke him financially. He had to file bankruptcy. He later paid off all his debts even though not legally obligated to do so.
QUESTION 2: Although he was born into one of the wealthiest families in the United States, he was deeply in debt when he died. Only his public stature kept creditors from foreclosing on his home and turning him out.
QUESTION 3: He was a media mogul who invented many of the most beloved cartoon characters. He filed for bankruptcy when he couldn’t pay his employees and his rent.
QUESTION 4 :This automobile inventor had two businesses fail and put him in bankruptcy. His company may be in the same fix he found himself in.
QUESTION 5: This talk show host has filed for bankruptcy not once, but twice!
Posted on: September 30, 2008
 In case you haven't seen the Tuesday news the day after the bailout failed, the stock market rose by 485 points - the day after it dropped 777 points the day before.
Big winners? Morgan Stanley +15%, JPMorgan Chase +13%, Merrill Lynch 10%
Why? Investors are betting that a new bailout bill will be passed.
Posted on: September 29, 2008
 Ivan and I watched the first presidential debate at a “debate party” last Friday evening. Dominos may have delivered. Ivan didn’t think the candidates’ did. In his own words, he was “underwhelmed.” Friends around the campfire Saturday night agreed.
Posted on: September 29, 2008
The bail out bill failed - oh color me surprised - and the stock market "plunged" 7%. Give me a break. My checkbook plunges more than that every time I write a check. ...
Posted on: September 29, 2008
Over 200 Dems showed up Saturday evening for fish and fightin' words. Here's a bit of they heard...
Posted on: September 29, 2008
 Heather Ryan and toddler Ireland were among the Dems at a rally on Saturday evening.
Posted on: September 29, 2008
Jim Pence posted 1st District Congressman Whitfield’s view of the economy as of Sunday, Sept. 28th . Apparently, the Congressman is so busy bailing out Wall Street that he hasn’t had time to update his website.
Posted on: September 26, 2008
 The Republican Party of Kentucky has sent the first mailer we've seen this year against an up ticket candidate. The mailer accuses Bruce Lunsford of having homes in Chicago and Scottsdale- not Kentucky.
Posted on: September 26, 2008
Politico.com is reporting that John McCain will fly to Mississippi to debate Barack Obama tonight. Politico.com
Posted on: September 26, 2008
Hi Pals,
...I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in
a "We Deserve It Dividend".
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00. My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.
Posted on: September 26, 2008
....Pure and simple, Bobby Sherman is not worth $195T. And, especially not in these hard times. The General Assembly is voting to cut other budget but expanding its. That is, when they actually do adopt a budget or actually get legislation passed on time before the session expires. One of the legislators voting for the raise was Republican Senator David Williams who has a 48 inch TV in his office paid for by tax dollars. This $195T salary is rubbing salt in the wound.
Posted on: September 25, 2008
...Does capitalism only work during good times? Obviously, Big Brother looks out for Big corporations. And then to hear others say that providing universal health care is too much socialism. Give me a break!
Posted on: September 25, 2008
We have a list of those who voted for and against Bobby Sherman's raise. .jpg) Rep. Hoover who voted to give Sherman a 47% raise is campaigning for Steven Rudy and raising money for him.
Posted on: September 24, 2008
Jack Brammer is reporting that LRC Director Bobby Sherman got a 47% raise ($62,000) not to retire.
Hooray for the Democratic House Leadership for voting against the raise.
Boo hiss to Sen. David Williams and his allies for voting for it.
Didn’t you learn anything from the way your
your redecorating decision was greeted
last summer, Senator Williams??
Posted on: September 24, 2008
Instead of talking about throwing more money into Wall Street, Congress should be talking criminal investigations, criminal indictments, special prosecutors and white collar crime. It is inconceivable that no laws were broken, no lies were told under oath, no collusion occurred to bring us to this point.
To let the perps walk away with millions, possibly billions of dollars, will subject this country to greater greed, greater ruthlessness, and greater oppression of those who cannot afford to fight back.
Posted on: September 24, 2008
Washington, D.C.-A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study released today says that large factory farms, known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), can emit dangerous levels of airborne and waterbornepollutants. The report concludes that these operations can potentially degrade air quality because large amounts of manure may emit unsafe quantities of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and particulate matter, and they can potentially degrade water quality because pollutants in manure such as nitrogen, phosphorus, bacteria, and organic matter could enter nearby water bodies.
Posted on: September 24, 2008
No one needed to do scientific studies to tell us hogs didn’t smell like roses. But the scientific studies have now been done that confirm what our noses - and stinky clothes - told us on that Illinois farm about 50 years ago. The only difference is that now some of the compounds causing the unpleasant aroma have been identified, and some of those compounds, according to public health studies, cause human health problems, from flu-like symptoms to severe asthmatic attacks.
Posted on: September 24, 2008
 With great astonishment I watch, with the rest of the world, as the banking industry melts away before our very eyes. Simultaneously, the Bush administration and the Republican forces in Congress insist that we must "bail out" the Wall Street tycoons who created this world wide crisis with a blank check and no stipulations. To say I am aghast at this sheer lack of leadership, judgment and scruples would be a gross understatement.
Posted on: September 23, 2008
There were fewer private sector jobs than there were a month ago. It's 6.8% unemployment for August. There have been fewer jobs every month since May - when we started watching. The interesting stat is buried in the center of the press release.
According to the seasonally adjusted employment data, the government sector, which includes public education, public administration agencies, and state-owned hospitals, added 1,500 positions in August 2008. Since August 2007, this sector has risen by 11,700 jobs.
What's wrong with this picture?
Read the whole press release here..
Posted on: September 23, 2008
WEST KENTUCKY JOURNAL OF POLITICS & ISSUES
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
- sort of
Posted on: September 23, 2008
Why no discussion that Paulson the former Chairman of Goldman Sachs insists on complete control of the $700 Billion bailout of Goldman Sachs?
“Free Market” to Republicans means heads they win, tails we (the people) lose.
Posted on: September 19, 2008
By: Matt Schorr, Mayfield Messenger (reprinted with permission)
Mayfield is slated to be the future home of a VA Medical Center, to be located at Wyatt Crossing Shopping Center.
Tommy Waldrop from Waldrop & Waldrop reported today the space of the "Community Based Outpatient Clinic" will be roughly 8,500 square feet. The plan is to build just under 10,000 square feet, with some additional space for lease.
Posted on: September 19, 2008
Palin, the governor of Alaska , is a social and religious conservative. She is getting high marks from the Republican-friendly Religious Right, which had doubted McCain. “But the Republicans I met on the planes don’t like her,” said Duncan, vice president of Steelworkers Local 727 in Calvert City .
Posted on: September 19, 2008
Posted on: September 18, 2008
In honor of Constitution Day, we recognize a West Kentuckian who is as modest and self effacing as a Kentucky Supreme Court Justice can be.
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