Tea Party in Kentucky

Tea Party in Kentucky April 15, 2009
from the Louisville Courier Journal

Tea party protests coming to Kentucky

""They've become the hottest things among conservative and libertarian activists around the country who are upset about the government bailouts and ballooning federal budget deficit. And there's one coming to Louisville on Wednesday.

So-called "tea parties" -- some of them large-scale, grass-roots protests -- have been springing up across the country ever since a national television personality suggested them as a way for people to show their anger.

Wendy Caswell, a 24-year-old restaurant worker who is organizing the tea party downtown at Jefferson Square, said it could attract 1,500 people. "That's a rough estimate," she said. "It could be 5,000, it could be less (than 1,500). But I don't think it's going to be less."

The events take their name from the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists opposed to the Tea Act and its British-imposed tax on tea staged an uprising and threw hundreds of chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

The idea was originally popularized by financial reporter Rick Santelli during a rant on CNBC. Since then, there have been tea parties from California to New York.

Many of them will be held throughout the country on April 15 -- the deadline for filing income tax returns.

Kentucky parties are scheduled that day in Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Frankfort and Paducah.

Caswell said that the Republican and Libertarian parties in Jefferson County are helping organize Wednesday's event and that she has been overwhelmed by the response so far after publicizing it on a couple of tea party-related Web sites.

"I've talked to more than 1,000 people myself," she said. "When I got started, it wasn't going to be this huge. I thought, if I could get 50 people to walk around and make a big scene, it would be great."

Caswell, a registered Democrat who said she's a social liberal and fiscal conservative, said she decided to organize the tea party in response to a fairly recent interest in politics..... Read Entire Article in the Louisville Courier Journal

KY GOP Lincoln Dinner

Event: State Party Lincoln Dinner

Date: Saturday, May 09, 2009

Time: 6:00 p.m. ET -

The State GOP will host its annual Lincoln Dinner on Saturday, May 9th at The Galt House in Louisville. The reception will begin at 6:00 p.m. ET with dinner following at 7:00 p.m. ET. Confirmed special guests include US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, US Senator Jim Bunning, Congressman Hal Rogers, Congressman Brett Guthrie and State Senate President David L. Williams. Secretary of State Trey Grayson is the event emcee. Stay tuned for announcements about other special guests. Ticket prices include:$250 per person for the reception and dinner;$100 per person for dinner only; $2000 for a table of 8 (reception and dinner); $800 for a table of 8 (dinner only). If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Andi Johnson at (502) 875-5130 or andi@rpk.org.

Location: The Galt House, Louisville

Contact: Andi Johnson | 502-875-5130 |

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Palin Unleashes New attack against Obama on Coal

Palin Unleashes New Attack against Obama on Coal

"Seizing on a newly released audio tape picked up by the Drudge Report, Sarah Palin took the opportunity here in coal country to accuse Barack Obama of “talking about bankrupting the coal industry.”

“He said that, sure, if the industry wants to build coal-fired power plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says, but they can do it only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry, and he's comfortable letting that happen,” Palin said. “And you got to listen to the tape.”

The audiotape Palin was referring to was recorded by the San Francisco Chronicle in a Jan. 17 interview."

Obama: We’ll bankrupt any new coal plants

Obama: We'll bankrupt any new coal plants

"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.

That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches.

The only thing I’ve said with respect to coal, I haven’t been some coal booster. What I have said is that for us to take coal off the table as a ideological matter as opposed to saying if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it.

So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.

It’s just that it will bankrupt them."

from HotAir.com

"Yesterday, we looked at Obama’s notions of government sending “price signals” to change behavior that it finds objectionable, especially on energy. This is the way Obama intends to do it. Coal provides 49% of domestic electrical power, and any rise in the cost of producing that energy will raise its cost to consumers and reduce the amount produced.

This comes as no great shock, pun intended. Obama already called for a 15% reduction in demand for electricity — at the same time he and his allies want transportation to switch from gasoline to electricity. Obama never explained this particular contradiction. How does one switch tens of millions of vehicles from gasoline to electricity while not Increasing demand, let alone by cutting it 15%? And when trying to break free from a recession, the nation will need greater production in energy, not a reduction.

The coal-based economics of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and other states will be the first to feel this new policy. Let’s hope the voters there pay attention."

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Geoff Davis for Congress

Geoff Davis for Congress

"Congressman Geoff Davis has released his first ad of the general
election. The ad began airing district-wide on cable systems on
Tuesday.
The ad draws on Congressman Davis’ success and experience
before he was elected to Congress — both in the Army and in the manufacturing
field. Congressman Davis built a business that helped manufacturing
companies be more competitive in the global economy. In
Congress Geoff Davis has worked to bring job training opportunities to Kentucky,
helping thousands secure good jobs in our communities. "