Desperate Obama once again chooses "B" lister in Jerry Abramson.....

Louisville, KY - Mark Twain famously said, "When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens anywhere else."

Based on Tuesday's elections Twain's words have rung true once again.

Presidential debate: The aftermath

Reprint from our sister site at www.LouisvillePolitics.com

Louisville, KY – In an earlier article we simply asked the question in regards to the Presidential debate, does anyone care? It would appear that many indeed do. There can be no doubt that Republican challenger Mitt Romney owned President Obama in the first debate of the season.

Many were left to ponder whether Obama’s heart is really in this race at all. The President came off as either bored, under the influence, defeated, or flat didn’t care either way. You can insert your own excuse here ______.

For myself I saw a man who looked like a child getting scolded for having his hand in the cookie jar. Romney did that well in the debate folks. He showed a contrast between a pretender and a leader.

It wasn’t pretty.

But do the debates really matter?

Thanks to social media these days we can get a clearer more accurate picture of instant reactions.
Romney gained an immediate surge amongst independents and undecided voters after just this first debate so it would appear that debates still matter.

What should come as no surprise is the instant downplaying of the significance of the debate itself and the immediate attacks by not only the Obama campaign, which is predictable, but the mainstream as well once again.

While the democrats reluctantly agree Romney won the debate they, with the help of the MSM, downplayed the win as insignificant and decided to go on the offensive against Mitt Romney’s claims. What makes it even funnier?

Obama says Romney owes the American people the truth.

Mr. President, with all due respect to the office, if anyone owes the American people any truth at all, it is you who has been the most secretive, lying, and manipulative President I have seen in my lifetime. I don’t say these things callously.

Lies about your past, your religious leanings, and so many other things frankly scare the hell out of many Americans. The “truth” is that when one gets so wrapped up in their own lies they generally have no choice but to go on the attack against others accusing them of having the same problem.

Besides truth is in the eye of the beholder.

There are always three sides to every story. Yours, mine, and the truth.

Truth is a relevant term to those who choose what they want to believe then distort the “facts” to adhere to what they want the outcome to be.

Sounds like political polling doesn’t it?

The truth is that any candidate running for office will use facts, figures, and argue that they have a plan. Another truth is that for partisan hacks they will never believe anything from their party opponent. Another one?

Not every fact or figure can be logically explained as truth to everyone? Ask any scientist.
In a future article we will address some of the so-called “lies” of Romney’s statements. You will find that they weren’t the lies that the liberal MSM want us to believe. Or the President for that matter.
Mr. President you remind me of a typical man with a bully complex. When you don’t get your way you find a way to blame others and attack them because they found a way to get theirs. When faced with certain accountability you abuse the power of the office we entrusted you with to get the
outcome you want. Need proof?

Check out executive orders of this administration. When given the opportunity to be “Presidential” and defend yourself and your policies face to face you showed us a weak ineffective leader who essentially cowered in fear to Romney.

It is a lot easier to attack someone’s character, morality, and fortitude when hiding behind fictitious campaign ads then it is to say the same things to their face and deal with the consequences. Bullies typically back down when faced with an equal opposing force.

You proved that Wednesday night.

That is a childlike quality not an adult leadership one. And that is one more reason President Obama has failed.

When you lack substance use someone else. The references to Bill Clinton and your administration were insulting to anyone who believed Clinton did a good job. You sir are no Bill Clinton.Nor have you shown any inclination to follow his lead. Until you need him for reelection purposes.

As I have admitted many times over I actually voted for Obama in 2008. Bush was as bad as billed, McCain was no option, and I, being open as always to trying something new, decided to take that chance.

It was the worst vote in my 30 years of voting and one that must be corrected. Mitt Romney showed me why.

No I don’t believe Romney is great, nor do I follow traditional party line thinking. In this election we have two choices (no offense to Gary Johnson or other candidates) we will have either Mitt Romney or Barrack Obama as President for the next 4 years. Of the two do either really stand out as perfect?
Nope.

Romney simply is …….what we need right now.

A CEO with a lifetime of business experience who actually understands how markets work and has shown himself to be a willing partner to the opposite side. In short someone who can lead by example but be open to the discussion.

Is Romney who he portrays himself to be at all times? Of course not.

With the exception of a very few, many people are not who they portray themselves to be 100% of the time. And that’s ok. That’s human.

Think I’m lying? Be honest about the relationships in your life. Not just your loved ones, but expand that to include your co workers, bosses, and anyone else you come in contact with.

You will find that my statement is true.

I waited a day intentionally to discuss the debate because I was eager to see if Romney would get a fair shake with the MSM or if they would aid and abet Obama once more. Hoping for the former I realized quickly that the latter was happening.

And that’s the saddest part of all.

What did MSM do on Thursday? Instead of being “fair and balanced” when attacking what they consider Romney’s inaccuracies (actually by their own fact checkers words they fall short in proving they were lies), they went on the attack claiming Romney wanted to kill Big Bird and predictably trying to make the so-called 47% argument once again.

Using “Big Bird” as an example of how far out of touch Romney is, by implying that one expenditure was his only way of reducing the deficit, a miniscule expense at any rate admittedly, what they failed to do was see exactly why that statement was important. Considering those same funds account for only 15% of the funding for PBS one can argue they don’t need the money anyway.

No one could rationally believe that a CEO of Romney’s caliber would be stupid enough to think that eliminating public broadcasting funds would fix the economy. But what it did tell us is that Romney is willing to look at expenditures at every level, no matter how great or small, to fix this out of control spending government.

That’s what business leaders do.

Those small things add up to big money.

While Obama’s handlers, like the lying David Axelrod and the complicit MSM media, have decided to hold Romney accountable to his statements ask why the same does not apply to the President himself.

Did we hear any detailed plans on how he would fix the economy or address America’s shortcomings? No. Instead what we hear are once again repeated statements from his 2008 campaign.

Those tactics worked coming on the heels of the Bush failures in some ways.

The President cannot play that card again with any rational voter. We simply know that he has had 4 years to follow through on the claims he made then and has been a dismal failure in his attempts, or lack thereof, to implement them.

Romney won because he was substantive, informative, and showed leadership.

All in contrast to our current President.

Keep it up Gov. Romney. You may not be perfect but you are what we need right now.

I can live with that.


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What did we learn from Chicago teachers?

As we go forward after the Chicago Teachers strike there are many questions to be asked. For starters, if a teachers union can strike against the school system and force kids out of school, why can't parents do the same thing?

The Chicago teachers strike was sold as a bill of goods that does not stand up to scrutiny.

Union leadership stated one of the concerns was classroom size yet that was not addressed in the final product.

The major reasons the teachers went on strike included two simple facts. One they wanted more money, and two they didn't want to be held accountable to standardized testing requirements as part of their evaluation process.

Yet none of these factors had anything to do with the education of our children who suffered the consequences for it.

Why strike now?

The union wanted to ensure they were relevant. In an election year in a predominantly Democratic base who always seeks, and receives union support for their candidates, they wanted to send a message and thought they could win this way.

In short, hold the Dems, in this case Mayor Emmanuel and his good buddy President Obama's, feet to the fire and get what you want. Never mind those that suffer along the way. The sad reality is they will vote for the Democratic Party regardless.

According to a HuffPo article B. Jason Brooks, director of research at the Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability, other states, he said, base up to 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation on student performance, while Chicago's evaluation is limited to 30 percent.

In order to justify pay raises in the private sector you must have accountability for results.

In Chicago the teachers get paid an average of $76,000 annually, not a bad salary compared with most private sector jobs, and yet the results of education are not positive.

The Chicago high school graduation rate is much lower than the national average yet the teachers received a 17.6% pay raise over 4 years. Hard to make a case for the raise with these results is it not?

80% of Chicago school kids live in poverty and depend on the free lunch program for their daily sustenance and they had to miss school for a week. What does that say about commitment to our school kids?

How many meals did the teachers miss that week?

Not many.

Chicago schools also face a $665 million budget shortfall which just grew by another $75 million due to the new contract.

Mayor Rahm Emmanuel has announced that schools will have to be closed to lower that gap meaning that more teachers will be laid off to pay for it. So much for solidarity eh?

Get mine because I have seniority and let lesser senior people be out of a job so I can get more?

So what does all this mean for JCPS?

It paints a picture of our future in education here.

With the recent Court ruling upholding busing many believe we are facing a similar future economically. I tend to agree.

The cost of busing is reportedly a staggering $100 million. How much of that money could be used to update classrooms, provide necessary materials, feed our school children, (insert example here).

How much of that $100 million alone could be saved and hire more teachers if we went back to neighborhood schools?

How much better could our education be if we had higher qualified teachers, smaller classroom sizes, and a focus on actually learning in the classroom if we saved some of that money?

How much more involved could parents be in their kids school activities if they were going to school closer to home in their own neighborhood? Would this help eliminate some of the arguments of lack of parental involvement?

Let's eliminate the double standard shall we?

If teachers can go on strike for better benefits for themselves then parents should be afforded the same opportunity for their children.

Parents should unite and strike the schools themselves. Keep the kids home until we get a definitive plan to better our education system and a plan that will benefit our kids and their parents.

If the greatest investment we can make in our lifetimes is the investment we make in our children, then we must demand a better return on that investment.

The outdated social experiment we call busing through JCPS has not given us any value for our money so we must now demand it.

I say parents need to stand up for our kids. It is our responsibility to do so and clearly no one within the system cares about our kids. They only care about how much they can get on the backs of our children.

Parents unite as one, just as the union teachers do, and say no more!

No more busing that is not producing any results.

No more standardized testing that tells us absolutely nothing.

No more pay raises for teachers until we have proven results.

No more BS from the JCPS school board, the JCTA, or the elected officials.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

If teachers can strike for betterment of their situation then we must also do the same for the betterment of our kids.

It is their future after all. Do we want a better one or the same old tried and failed system we enjoy now.

We talk about choice in our education system everyday. Today the choice is yours.

What will it be?

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MAINSTREAM CENSORS CONTENT, WHY NOT SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook Censorship, Yes or No?
Yep the question is a serious one. Just how divided do we as a people want to be? I don't know that answer but I do know that there are many examples of efforts on both parts mainstream, and we the people, to censor material just for that purpose. So who wins when we are divided?

Those that have the money and resources to benefit from our division. United we stand, but divided we fall. How many actually agree with this statement anymore. Not many from the looks of things and that is the problem.

So why write an article such as this? Truthfully I am a political junkie and I enjoy it. I have no shame I know, BUT when I continually see an uprising against mainstream media for censorship, yep I am one who thins they do as well, I am always brought back down to earth and realize that they are not the only ones guilty of such.

WHAT???? How can you take their side you say?

MSD Louisville Ky corruption or incompetence?

Tonight on the Ed Springston Radio Show, Springston claims vindication against MSD for his work over the last 5 years.

STOP I.T. President Ray Pierce, and Operations Manager Paul Holliger, joined in the conversation discussing their work over the last 7 years.

Springston takes major issue against mainstream media and what he feels is their failures while protecting former Mayor Jerry Abramson. Why has Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway not done his job investigating?

Springston also points out the long list of Lt Governor Jerry Abramson's failures in Louisville.

Springston calls out Louisville Water Company.

President Obama's hand picked Attorney General Eric Holder plays the race card, and more!

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ED SPRINGSTON SHOW: BLAGO GETS 14 YEARS

Ed Springston show from Tuesday. Louisville, Ky's own local hard hitting political radio show. Rod Blagojevich gets 14 year sentence, President Obama says limited government in free markets doesn't work, China urges Navy to prepare for combat.

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