My endorsements for 2010 Midterms

US Senate for Kentucky

Kentucky's US Senate races always prove to be competitive, and this year is no different. We have three choices for the Democratic nomination. We have Lt. Governor Mongiardo, who is an establishment politician who you could easily confuse as a Republican. You have Jack Conway, who really is unimpressive. And then you have Darlene Fitzgerald Price, who has a real story and stands for progressive ideas such as single-payer health care, ending the wars, and more. For that reason, this blog proudly endorses Darlene Fitzgerald Price for United States Senate.


US Congress for Kentucky's 5th District
I think it's pretty obvious who I choose for this race. I think I have made the case against Hal Rogers and his politics and policies of the past. He doesn't stand for me, he stands for special interest groups and lobbyists. His opponent stands for real solutions to solve Kentucky's problems. For that reason, this blog proudly endorses Jim Holbert for US Congress in the 5th District.


US Congress for Kentucky's 4th District
I know I haven't talked about Geoff Davis in the 4th district, but he is not much different than Rogers. He doesn't seem to know who he represents and who he is working for in Washington. He isn't working in the best interests of Northern Kentuckians. His opponent has what it takes to fight for Northern Kentucky in Congress, and to bring meaningful change to our state and nation. For that reason, this blog proudly endorses John Waltz for US Congress in the 4th District.

Gay Rights and Government

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the beginning of the LGBT rights movement. No different than the women's suffrage movement or the African American civil rights movement, the LGBT equality movement is similar in purpose. To ensure that all people, regardless of sexual preference, are guaranteed those rights in the Constitution. That all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And these people who oppose gay rights, those same people who wrap themselves in the American flag and sing the national anthem, are saying that gay people shouldn't have access to those Constitutional rights that every American is entitled to at birth.

Conservatives need to come to an understanding that, in the United States, not EVERYONE is a Christain. And therefore, it is immoral and simply not right to impose your religious views on those who don't share them. The United States government has a Constitutional obligation to remain neutral when it comes to issues of the Church. If an individual church chooses not to marry a gay couple, that is their business. But when the Christian church says that you can't even issue a marriage license to a gay couple to be married by a Justice of the Peace, that is where politics and religion should be separated like Moses separated the Red Sea.

My latest submission to the Commonwealth Journal

Sorry for not posting recently. Below is my latest letter to the editor that I submitted today to the Commonwealth Journal:

Hal Rogers deserves no defense when it comes to his wasteful use of Federal money. The people of Pulaski County and Kentucky's 5th District need to wake up to the realization that Congressman Rogers is just like any other politician that we have in Congress today: he has become corrupted by special interest groups and lobbyists who don't care if Eastern Kentucky ever moves towards progress.

Kentucky's 5th District is the second poorest Congressional district in the nation. Hal Rogers has been in Congress for 29 years, and in that time he has failed to act on this scary statistic. Instead, Congressman Rogers has voted against the interests of Eastern Kentucky families by voting for so-called "free trade", voting against miner safety, and voting against energy independence.

The federal dollars that Congressman Rogers is so well known for is another way in which he has become corrupted. Rogers criticizes the Democratic Party for being the party of spending, when he wastes taxpayer dollars on tents, drip pans, and air compressors. Our Congressman directs federal money to people who give big bucks to his campaign, and he surely cannot deny it. Thanks to the Federal Election Commission, you can find very easily that companies which Rogers directed money to has given big money to his campaign.

It's about time that we started doing something different if we are ever to move our region in the right direction. That direction isn't socialism or communism; that direction is simply progress. And until we stop re-electing Congressman Rogers, we will see no such progress. The only thing that regular Kentuckians like myself will see is more of the same politics and policies which have done nothing to benefit those who really need it. Jim Holbert is the man that Kentuckians need to move our region forward, and I hope that my fellow Pulaski Countians will consider voting for him in 2010.

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Cali Supreme Court keeps Prop 8 - CA turns down Equality

The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriages in the State of California. The CA Supreme Court should be ashamed. They allowed discrimination to continue for millions of homosexual Californians.

This blog proudly supports the Kentucky Equality Federation, standing up for equal rights and protections for Gays, Lesbians and Transgendered people in Kentucky.

Hal Rogers draws opposition from CREW

As some of you may be aware, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has listed Congressman Hal Rogers as one of the "20 Most Corrupt Members of Washington". I'd like to direct you to their website, http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/node/306, to read exactly why Rogers is considered the "most corrupt".

DO NOT RE-ELECT!

More of Hal Rogers & his Broken Record

The disgraceful voting record of Hal Rogers

Hal Rogers voted twice in 2008 against providing tax incentives for alternative energy sources and programs which would have helped America move toward energy independence. Hal Rogers took the wrong side on these Bills, both of which passed in the House of Representatives.

Source: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act; Bill HR6049 ; vote number 2008-344, May 21, 2008; Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act; Bill H.R.5351 ; vote number 08-HR5351, Feb 12, 2008.

Hal Rogers voted in 2008 against legislation to help prevent gasoline price gouging at a time when gasoline prices were reaching record high levels.

Source: Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act; Bill H R 6346 ; vote number 2008-448, Jun 24, 2008.

Hal Rogers voted in 2008 against increasing and extending the Alternative Minimum Tax amounts which would prevent middle-income people from being hit by this tax. This Bill passed and once again Hal Rogers was left on the record as having voted against the interests of middle class working people.

Source: Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act; Bill H.R.6275 ; vote number 2008-455, Jun 25, 2008.

Hal Rogers voted in 2007 against regulating the subprime mortgage industry, which could have prevented the economic crisis of 2008 and the subsequent Bailout. And Hal Rogers voted in 2008 for the Bailout Bill to fix, at our expense, the financial crisis caused by the very failure to regulate the subprime mortgage industry that he helped to bring about.

Sources: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act; Bill HR3915 ; Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. )