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June 29, 2009 - 10:27 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Want to save rural Kentucky?

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Tobacco is dying (along with it's smokers).

Coal is on the way out (unless we find the magic "clean" kind).

Mountaintop removal is destroying everything in its path.

"Adventure tourism" is.... well, it's fucking stupid.

And meth is destroying every young person caught in between who doesn't escape to some other part of the state/country.

Which begs the question: is there a solution to Kentucky's rural economy that can create jobs, while not ecologically destroying itself (and everyone else)?

The simple answer, is "yes". But it involves a certain stigma, and necessitates politicians who are willing to look past that and focus on what can save rural Kentucky.

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June 29, 2009 - 12:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Three cheers for Ben Chandler!

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Seriously, what is with this guy?

In 2007, Ben was the bluest of Blue Dogs, poking me in the chest and such, winning the Most Spineless KY Democrat Rootie.

Then in 2008, Ben was just phenomenal. On mountaintop removal, Iraq, FISA, endorsing Barack Obama early... it was just night and day.

But last Friday, Ben Chandler took what is probably his boldest move yet, voting for the American Clean Energy and Security Act. To be quite honest, I was shocked by this vote.

Chandler faced heavy pressure from the global warming-deniers, who made a heavy pitch to flood his office with phone calls last week.

But he didn't listen to them, instead he stood up for what was right, for the future of our state/country/world.

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