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-- P.J. O'Rourke

Thoughts on Governor Patton’s Pardon, Smoking bans, and Education      By Theresa Fritz Camoriano      I am glad Kentucky’s Gov. Patton pardoned Skipper Martin and his co-defendants, who were accused of violating the state’s campaign finance laws in the 1995 election.  While Patton’s opponent in that contest, Larry Forgy, said the election was very dirty, Martin was not accused of vote-buying or of any other campaign irregularities that would normally be considered unethical.  Instead, he was accused of coordinating his efforts with those of other supporters of Patton, in order to skirt the funding limits that had been placed on that campaign.    (Click to Read More)

TERRY’S TIDBITS       By Terry Gray      BULLITT COUNTY’S WOES:  Bullitt County is growing in leaps and bounds.  Population increase is generally looked upon by those in power as a good thing because of the increase in the tax base.  But Bullitt County says that education is suffering because of lack of money so the government voted to raise property taxes.  EXCUSE!  As people move in and buy property, the tax base automatically increases.      (Click to Read More)

Drink, Smoke and Gamble ... for the Children!
Government's "vice to virtue" taxes to fund our schools      Matthew J. Brouillette      "A serious moral failing."    That is the American Heritage Dictionary definition of "vice."  While I would rather liken my own proclivity for adult beverages, a good Caribbean cigar, and a friendly bet on the golf course to a "foible: A minor weakness or failing of character," the reality is that drinking alcohol, smoking, and gambling used to be considered, well, vices in American culture.    (Click to Read More)

The Art of Threat Management      By Mike Straw     Is your family safe?     If you spent a million dollars for the most opulent home, complete with the finest "security" equipment money could buy, would you feel safer? Ask fourteen year old Elizabeth Smart, who on June fifth 2002 who was illegally kidnapped at gunpoint from her own bedroom in their six-thousand six hundred square foot, six bedroom house in Salt Lake City Utah, as her terrified nine year old sister, Mary Katherine, looked on and her ignorant parents blissfully slept unaware. The alarm system was conveniently turned off.    (Click to Read More)

The Adventures of Andwan Wingsweep      By Andrea Camoriano      Chapter 6: Dinnertime!           Andwan and Mrs. White bustled around the kitchen, preparing dinner, Andwan having finished her bath after a long day in the stables.  The boys had the bathhouse now; they were even filthier than Andwan, since she (once again) hadn’t been permitted either near the horses or to perform heavy labor with the boys.  She doubted she’d even have seen the inside of the stables if it hadn’t been for George Dellsmith’s reference (which specified five competent stablehands, four male and a female) and the insistence of the rests of her classmates.      (Click to Read More)

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