Oh dear, look at how new KY gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett scored on the World's Smallest Political Quiz test on the Facebook Machine:
80% on the social issues score? Is it really possible that Mr. Moffett is down with the gays, the abortion, and the drugs? And he didn't score a 100% on the economic issues score, does this mean that he is sympathetic to Karl Marx and Hugo Chavez?
Goodness, this primary could be fun.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Phil Moffett, the libertarian?
Rand Paul again says that Hitler is coming to America
Rand Paul hasn't used the "Hitler is coming!" fear card in quite a while, but he used it in his speech when he was hanging out with DJ SANiTY in New York earlier this month:
Paul then invoked the Nazis: “In Germany it led to Hitler.”What a completely professional and senatorial thing to say, Rand. Just like you did last October:
In the same soothing country doctor drawl, Paul begins to make the kind of argument that’s caused some political commentators to question his sanity. But this time it isn’t about liquidating the Federal Reserve, vanquishing the Department of Labor or new limits on the Civil Rights Act of 1964—all topics Paul has argued for in the past. Instead, Paul warns that deficit spending will lead to the same kind of chaos that allowed Hitler to rise to power.
“That can happen in a civilized country,” Paul says. He continues on, saying that in order to avoid a similar fate we must stop “spending and spending” and create an alternative future.
Questioner: I just wanted to say I was born in Germany and I grew up under Hitler’s regime. So much of things now are like Hitler’s regime. (Unintelligible) We had to take whatever he said. There was – everybody talking about it. And the Third Reich and what’s going on in Washington DC, it’s too close to it. And I’m really worried I know that I’m old but I have children and grandchildren and I don’t want them to go through what we went through.There's nothing more Republican than whipping up irrational fear and paranoia. Ata boy, Rand.
Rand Paul: I think you’re right. do you have anything else you want to say?
Questioner: (mostly unintelligible question about immigration)
Rand Paul: I think the record of Hitler is one that I bring up also. The reason I bring it up is because Hitler came out of the chaos of the Wiemar Republic when they exported their currency in 1923. Hitler arose out of the chaos. What I see and what I hear in our country is our country exports our currency and out of chaos – and I’m not saying there’s that leader or who that leader could be, but some leader could arise who says these people, this ethnic group caused it, just put them in jail and we’ll be okay, you know. If you can just trade your liberty for security everything will be okay. You give me power and I’ll make you safe. Hitler said those things and people actually voted for Hitler in the very beginning. That’s what I fear, is not a particular person, but I fear chaos, and out of chaos I fear what can happen out of chaos. (applause).
(h/t Bob Layton) Share on Facebook
Meet the Moffetts!
Soon to be Teabagging KY gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett and his sidekick might not enjoy their new campaign websites, but they do like the boy band they hired to make a few campaign jingles.
Like Third Eye Blind, only you want to shoot yourself with a larger caliber gun.
$17 million and all we got was this lousy class action lawsuit
The 2 blocks of South Limestone that had their power lines buried looks very lovely.
Though I'm not entirely sold on whether that was worth $17 million for Lexington, or the giant lawsuits that the city will soon face because of all of the cars bottoming out as they cross Maxwell Street.
Do over?
The Rural Democrat update
Remember that one KY Democratic blogger that threatened to beat up Taylor Shelton, was eskeered of the gay agenda, and endorsed Rand Paul after the primary? Well he's currently rocking out with his one-man "Christian Black Metal" band, Inchained, with the loud and skeery video below:
Oh, but them KY Christians is out to get him:
Kentucky Christian Black metallers Inchained may be a target of fundamental Christian groups as they have received multiple "anonymous" emails from groups who are none too pleased with Inchained's music, message and image.Totally rockin'! I for one, think it's just a coincidence that "Wil Hayes" wrote this "article" about what "happened" to Shackleford, even though Shackleford's name on his gmail address is "William Hayes".
Inchained guitarist and vocalist, Will "Reverend Redsun" Shackleford, says "I have experienced trouble with these so-called Christian fundamentalists in the past. We do live in heart of the Bible-belt. They obviously have something to say but are too pussified to say it to my face, as usual."
One email stated that:
"Inchained's an abomination to the Christian Church and something must be done about it. You must dismantle your group immediately or await the rath(SIC) of god.
.... This music is of Satan and we will not allow our children to be poisoned by this noise"
Another email suggested that Inchained may be a target of some "mysterious" "unnamed" violent fundamentalist Christian group.
The emails are no surprise to the band as they have been extremely critical of the Catholic and Christian church establishments.
Shackelford stated "These ass-clowns have no conception of real Christianity. Most of these people attack first and think second, usually after a trip to the hospital. What really cracks me up is their traditions are based in paganism. The face of Christ that adorns every Bible on earth is actually the face of Zoroaster, an ancient Persian wise man who founded Zoroastrianism. And their likeness of GOD is actually the face of Zeus. So they are mostly misguided sheep. They feel the need to attack us but they continue to harbor child molesters in their so-called holy temples. Let them attack."
Speaking of, has anybody out there in Kentucky land heard from Michael J. Thomas lately? Anyone? Share on Facebook
Meet Phil Moffett and Mike Harmon
Yesterday afternoon, Phil Moffett and Mike Harmon announced that they were running as a ticket for Governor and Lt. Governor of Kentucky as Republicans of the tea variety. They announced on the Leland Conway show that they would abolish the state income tax, institute a single rate consumer tax, and protect the "sovereignty" of our state. When asked if they would legalize hemp, Moffett said that that issue "wasn't one of his top 4", but if he would be open to trying to legalize it if law enforcement would be comfortable with it (yeah right). He also said that Kentucky has much bigger drug problems than marijuana. Also, they want to gut public education and put everyone in private schools that teach our kids christian values, so they won't have to mix with "those" people.
Afterwords, they went outside and made statements and took some questions. Here's Phil and Mike, below:
And then they took some questions from Brammer and A Kentucky Newspaper's Noted River Rock expert:
You'll notice that even though he wants to eliminate the income tax, he thinks the sales tax will be about the same. Mmm hmm. And at 1:55 where Moffett says that Harmon doesn't have the courage to address problems. And at 2:40 where Harmon explains why his support of Trey "AIG" Grayson won't cause a problem with teabaggers. And they also want to pay more money to socialized teachers.
Oh, and be sure to keep watching through the 6:30 mark, where Moffett is confronted by a woman who is upset by the "3 busloads of Mexicans entering Lexington per day" that are full of The Drugs, and how we aren't allowed to fingerprint the Mexicans when they are arrested. Funnnn.
Right after this, I asked Moffett if his campaign has a website yet. Oh dear:
I agree, whoever did that was rude and offended me. Slightly aroused, but still offended.
Beforehand, David Adams took a few questions from the press.
Notice this odd little exchange, starting at :40
Q- Does this ticket stay intact, regardless of who enters?Gosh, that doesn't really bode well for Mr. Harmon, does it? Sloppy thirds, anyone?
Adams- (Deep thought on his face) I think we've got a pretty strong ticket right now. It's Moffett/Harmon.
Q- If Williams/Farmer gets in the race?
A- Oh! Sorry! Yes, we're in it to stay.
Adams, like Moffett, said that he has not talked to Rand Paul about this ticket yet. Interesting...
Afterwords, I asked David Adams the question I've been wanting to ask for over 2 months: why didn't he unplug the camera/lights/audio/etc... 4 mintues into the Maddow interview when it became apparent that Rand Paul was going to keep digging his anti-Civil Rights Act hole?
You see? He didn't do that because Rand Paul was looking really good, and Making Sense.
Just the kind of strategery that is going to land Phil Moffett in the Governor's mansion, I tell ya. Share on Facebook
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Jim Newberry "standing firmly on both sides of the Kentucky American Water pipeline"
In the wake of Lexington mayor Jim Newberry flopping around like a fish bought by the American Water corporation last night, here's Jim Gray's new press release:
Newberry Water rate increase an Unfair Tax on Lexington ResidentsBlam.
Newberry standing firmly on both sides of the Kentucky American Water pipeline.
According to a spokesperson for Kentucky-American Water, 90% of this requested rate hike ($144 million) is due to their new treatment plant and 30 mile pipeline to Lexington. Understanding that in this economic downturn that Lexington citizens cannot afford a rate increase, Jim Gray flatly rejects any increase in water rates. Gray called the rate increase an unreasonable corporate bailout.
While saying he opposed the rate increase, Jim Newberry is now standing firmly on both sides of the pipeline! Those in attendance at last night’s Public Service Commission meeting witnessed Jim Newberry change colors like a lizard on a leaf!
Newberry has repeatedly defended Kentucky-American's water rate hike through his support of moving forward with construction of the still unfinished and un-needed plant in Owen County. Newberry now says he’s opposed to a water rate increase. The reality is that he approved rate increases in advance through his support to construct the $160 million facility.
Newberry was for rate increases before he said he was against this one! But he’s really for this water taxing plan because he wants his friends at the foreign owned water company to get a fair return on their investment! Could Newberry’s new positions have anything to do with Kentucky-American lobbyists and executives political contributions? Newberry has accepted more than $18,000 in campaign cash from Kentucky-American Water Company lobbyists, executives and workers. These donations raise questions whether Newberry’s judgment is clouded on the real issues at hand.
Jim Gray has refused political contributions from Kentucky-American Water.
Lexington residents simply cannot afford to pay 60% more for water than they were just two years ago. Even when approving construction of this plant, the PSC commented on the Newberry gang’s puzzling silence and failure examine the economics of the project. It was yet another example of Jim Newberry showing his woeful lack of understanding the need to plan for anything.
Newberry, a lawyer and former state government political appointee, implies that the Vice-Mayor doesn’t understand this issue. Jim Gray gets it. Gray helped build and run Kentucky’s largest construction firm. The Gray family firm manages complex and difficult projects of this scale every day. Lexington needs leadership rather than the continued mismanagement and wasteful spending of tax dollars on over-priced and ill-conceived projects.
Also this afternoon, Newberry's campaign put out a press release expressing its outrage (lol) at the rate hike (lol) that it is outraged by (lol), but made possible and, uh, kinda stands by? Actually Bromanager Lance Blanford IV and his special badge did. Lot's of red font and all caps. It kind of made me dizzy, but we'll have more on that later. Share on Facebook
KY Teabagger gubernatorial ticket: Moffett/Harmon!
Check the Twitter Machine, I'll be there at the Lexington event reporting live.
***UPDATE***
The official Teabagger Ticket is Phil Moffett and Mike Harmon...
Joe's got twit pictures.
You can visit the official campaign website to discover more about their platform -- including hemp legalization and the end of the state income tax.... read all about it...
Gray Stands Up to Water Corporation; Newberry was for it before he was against it (but he's still kinda for it) *UPDATED*
Last night, the Public Service Commission heard public comments on the American Water Works corporation's effort to squeeze higher profits out of the people of Lexington with a 37% rate hike.
American Water claims the 37% rate hike (on top of a 18% hike last year) is needed to pay for a water plant and pipeline they built.
They built the water line and plant at exorbitant cost with Mayor Jim Newberry's explicit and active support.
In a display of either unfettered incompetence or disingenuous shock, Mayor Newberry is now surprised that the full cost of this plant must be borne by the people whose vote he so desperately needs.
No inconsistency at all!Newberry said there was no inconsistency in supporting the project and opposing the rate increase.
The mayor said Kentucky American is entitled "to a reasonable return on their investment..."
It's really quite clear, in fact. You see, Mayor Newberry was for it before he was against it but he's still kind of for it. A surprising stance from a man who's taken over $20,000 from the Water Company.
Vice Mayor Jim Gray also spoke. And what sort of muddled-mixed-up message did he espouse?
Vice Mayor Jim Gray says Lexington doesn't need the plant and is being asked to bail out the utility's bad business decision.
"I question whether these massive costs should have been incurred at all," he said.
Oh my! Well that's not mixed up at all. That's a clear stance solidly in line with the interests of the citizens of Fayette County... not a wishy-washy bunch of BS to protect a multinational conglomerate.
Mayor Newberry didn't like the sound of all that, of course, and said that Gray's attempt to save taxpayers money demonstrated "a woeful misunderstanding of a really critical issue."
Here's some more crazy, woefully misinformed talk from this wacky Jim Gray character:
There were just a handful of other people at the hearing, including a representative of the AARP who read a letter signed by a couple dozen senior citizens claiming that increased water rates make it difficult for seniors to stay in their homes.Gray, in his comments to the commissioners, said Lexington officials had been sold on the project on the basis of it being a regional treatment plant, with towns around Lexington sharing the costs.
"The burden of this rate increase will not be shared by others but will be directly on the backs of Lexington citizens," he said.
We've heard a rumor that the Newberry campaign was quick to note the signatories may or may not be suffering from dementia or at least a woeful lack of understanding about a critical issue facing this community.
Also, our dear reader Juvenal reports that there were no Tea Party activists or anti-government Randians, presumably because taxation is all fine and dandy when it's in the name of private business. They'd support a 2,000% rate increase.
***UPDATE***
As Juvenal additionally points out in the comments here, Jim Gray and Jim Newberry were not the only politicos in attendance.
Though not one of the city's other elected officials chose to attend (Diane Lawless excluded as she's recuperating from a brief illness), Lexington legend and COUNCIL AT LARGE uber-candidate Don Pratt did show up.
You can read Don's own take on the event here in the comments, and in November, you can remember this when you step into the voting booth: When the water corporation came for your money, Don Pratt was there. Share on Facebook
Jack Conway puts his bootheel on BP's throat
The campaign's press release isn't too fond of BP wanting us to pay for it's cleanup:
The multinational oil company had initially accepted responsibility for the spill and, in a widely disseminated video by CEO Tony Hayward, assured the public that "our cleanup efforts will not come at any cost to taxpayers."Typical anti-capitalist garbage from Comrade Jack. Here's how a true Liberty-loving patriot fights collectivism:
Yet BP has now quietly announced its plans for just the opposite - dumping the costs back in the laps of American taxpayers with a $9.9 billion tax credit claim based on the $32.2 billion cost of its oil spill response.
Conway said: "It is unconscionable that after years of reaping the benefits of massive subsidies from taxpayers - especially during its years of record profits of tens of billions of dollars - BP would now throw taxpayers under the bus by shifting the burden of cleanup costs. A company that has made so much profit on the backs of American consumers and from the wallets of Kentucky motorists owes us a fair shake, especially as people throughout this state struggle to pay their own tax bills and afford basic necessities of life."
Even the Wall Street banks are showing better sensibility than BP. Goldman Sachs dropped its huge claimed tax break for losses from a settlement resulting from its own mortgage securities misconduct. TARP recipient JP Morgan Chase eventually recognized the absurdity of claiming an immense tax break owed to a bank it took over for pennies on the dollar.
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Ralph Nader has questions for Rand Paul
A Kentucky Newspaper finds that the once great consumer advocate turned Bush campaigner has some questions for Rand Paul, asking if he agrees with Father Liberty on some issues. Linked from Enquirer:
"Interested observers of your campaign for the U.S. Senate often wonder the extent to which your views concur with those of your illustrious father," Nader wrote.Expect Liberty Christ to answer these questions. Right after the election. Share on Facebook
In particular, Nader said he was interested in how Rand Paul felt about a measure his father introduced last year that would legalize the production of industrial hemp, part of the family of plants that includes marijuana.
Industrial hemp is used in such things as paper, fibers and even food products, but its cultivation is banned in the United States under anti-drug laws.
"This bill, which I encouraged Cong. Paul to introduce some years ago, would allow American farmers to grow this 5,000-year-old long fiber plant with some 5,000 product uses (food, fuel, clothing, car parts, lubricants, etc.)," Nader wrote.
Ron Paul introduced such legislation in April 2009, with 24 co-sponsors, but it has not been acted on.
Rand Paul's campaign manager Jesse Benton said it had not yet seen the letter.
Nader said that hemp can be imported from China and other countries, but the Drug Enforcement Agency has barred growing hemp domestically, even though it would "reduce oil imports, help the environment and amplify farmer incomes, among other benefits."
Nader also asked Paul about six other bills his father has sponsored, including a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the income tax, estate tax and gift tax and a bill dismantling the Federal Reserve system.
cn|2 poll: Chandler 46, Barr 32
Nothing too surprising here, as Ben Chandler has a comfortable lead over Andy Barr. The age demographics on this poll look a little better, but the only 500 were polled, so there's a mighty big margin of error.
Chandler- 46
Barr- 32
Chandler wins every age category, performs better among Republicans than Barr does among Democrats, and triples Barr among moderates. Barr barely breaks 50% among conservatives.
Fav/Unfav/DK
Chandler- 56/31/12
Barr- 42/19/38
Chandler's health care vote
Agree- 48
Disagree- 43
Chandler's cap and trade vote
Agree- 41
Disagree- 40
Chandler's stimulus vote
Agree- 45
Disagree- 41
Which party would you rather see in control of Congress?
Democrats- 42
Republicans- 41
Obama job performance
Approve- 47
Disapprove- 50
In Fayette County, Chandler doesn't break 50%, and they disagree with his health care vote 41/52, and agree with stimulus vote 51/39. Fayette County voters want Democratic control of congress by 53/32 and approve of Obama 59/39.
Al Cross notes that the dirty libruls could be a factor (which I agree with but doesn't bear out too much in this poll):
A review of other trends within the poll results reveal some potentially concerning numbers for the congressman, Cross said.Share on Facebook
For instance, nearly 16% of those who considered themselves “very liberal” said they had an unfavorable view of Chandler.
“It illustrates how part of his base may not go vote for him because they’re unhappy with him,” Cross said. “That’s going to be a problem just like it was for Democrats all over the country in 1994 – depressed base.”
Rand Paul vs. KY family farmers
Stick to your guns, Rand! Bo and Luke Duke can take their co-op (whatever that is) and shove it!
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Mel Gibson refudiates Doug Martin
Here's what Lexington's Cursing Councilman Doug Martin said about everybody witnessing him drop 15 F-bombs on me over the span of 2 or 3 minutes:
We had a direct conversation. But it's not possible to reconstruct any conversation with # of cuss words Sonka says. Offensive.Not possible? What say you, Mel Gibson?
Eight of the "terrorizing" calls resulted in insane voicemails with phrases such as "f*cking disloyal and f*cking weak" and "such a f*cking slut" and "low life slut" peppered throughout. In one two-minute voicemail he drops 23 F-bombs.It's quite possible Doug. By men even more honorable than you.
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Rand Paul is the gift to national Democrats that keeps on giving
Liberty boy may have a decent shot in Kentucky, but he's making life easier for other Democrats all over the country. Expect to see Liberty Christ in plenty more ads.
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