Weekly Mulch: When Will Our Water Be Clean?

On Wednesday August 26th of this year, I attended a Metro Democratic Club meeting in Louisville, KY. Although the meeting was scheduled as a local candidates meet and greet, the featured speaker was Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth who represents Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District.  Even though the meeting was run by one of the most active Democratic clubs in Louisville, the meeting was open to the public.  In other words, Yarmuth was there to present what the Democrats had accomplished in the latest session and to take questions from club members — but Rep. Yarmuth must not have gotten the White House memo to be upbeat about White House plans/achievements on the economy while you punch a hippie.

Rand Paul, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky, argues his state has made Medicaid coverage of labor and delivery “too easy.” In reality paying for a pregnancy can be anything but easy.

Written by Cory Richards for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

If there are enough class actions brought in enough district courts, based on the same subject matter and proof, the cases will likely be consolidated into what’s called a “multi –district litigation”.

Discussion of the virtually extinct species once known as Rockefeller Republicans – those individuals known for being liberal on many social issues but conservative on economic issues.

Discussion of how one person makes fried chicken

The list of bedrock American laws that Rand Paul is opposed to keeps growing longer. In addition to the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Paul has made it clear that he doesn’t like the Clean Air Act either. Last weekend, Paul said that President Obama should leave Kentucky alone, especially when it comes to pollution. “You need to keep the EPA out of our affairs,” he called on the president.

Discussion of Ashley Judd and the folks attempting to mock her environmental views on Mountaintop Removal Mining.

Discussion of Rand Paul as Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger

This week’s health care news was full of mind-bending paradoxes: Prostate health is girly, abstinence-only education works through failure, “principled” libertarian Rand Paul would protect all-white lunch counters but ban private abortion clinics, and more.