Website Moved 4 Months Ago

For readers of the April 1st Courier-Journal article about March Madness Blogging, please note:

BlueGrassRoots changed it's web address 4 months ago. To read about UK Basketball and March Madness generally, go to www.bluegrassroots.org.

Admin: Making Like The Jeffersons and Moving On Up

This is a bittersweet post for me. After ten months with Blogger at www.bluegrassroots.blogspot.com, BlueGrassRoots is moving into a deluxe apartment (and paying out our noses for it, too).


For future BlueGrassRoots goodness, go to www.bluegrassroots.org.


PLEASE UPDATE YOUR LINKS AND BOOKMARKS!


We think you'll like the new BlueGrassRoots.


Thanks for stopping by and join us at our new location!


Oh, and this is for all the people who come to this site looking for a picture of the Blue People of Kentucky:

Ad-Men/Politics: Christmas, Commerce, and Cowardice

Hold onto your cats, folks, this is a long one...


I'm back, BABY! Four exams down, none to go. After doing virtually nothing in law school until around November 8th, I had some serious work to do. So, I did what any reasonable person would do--play with their cats. But, after getting bumped and bruised through two weeks of finals worth 100% of my grade, I have survived with minimal blood loss and no permanent scars.


Now, it's a week to Christmas and ten days 'til mi familia y mi amiga head for Costa Rica.


Speaking of Christmas, I know you'll all be happy to hear that we finally have some good looking BlueGrassRoots bumper stickers at our online store. They make GREAT stocking stuffers. They also look good on any car. While you're at the store getting bumper stickers for every good progressive you know, check out our other wares. Really, any of these items make great last-minute gifts. Now, we've gotten reports from some of you who think the stuff is to expensive. We agree. That's why we marked down EVERYTHING for the Christmas season.

Speaking of Christmas, have you given a gift to your favorite bloggers (no, not Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, us!) yet? Providing you with wit and political insight doesn't come cheap and giving us some money is the best way to keep our morale (and morals) high. Really, going into the new year, we're going to expand some things on the blog (bigger online store will cost $) and move into new mediums. We could use some dough.


Speaking of the bigger online store (Do you see how this is all just flowing so well? It's art, and deserves appreciation.), soon we hope to be able to help your merchandising dreams become a reality. Do you want a tee-shirt that has a picture of Ernie Fletcher that says, "Gov-Ern-Or"? So do we! Did you think of a great bumper sticker idea the other day? So did we! ("Jesus Would Vote Democrat" or "Jesus Would Vote Democrat, You Hypocrite" or "Jesus Was a Liberal"). With our expanded store, we can create more diverse products and can make products based solely on the good ideas of our readers. (That being said, please put any good bumper sticker or t-shirt ideas you've been sitting on in the comment box below.) What I really want is a spoof of the black and white (how appropriate...) "W: The President" bumper sticker. Something like "W: Black and White" or "W: AWOL" or "W: The Reactionary" or "W: The Second Coming." Again, your ideas in the comment box.


Now, on to some political happenings. So, Mitch "Money is Speech" McConnell had to reveal who was giving to his foundation at U of L and SURPRISE! it's a lot of his big political donors! Giving however much they want. But, the gifts were not to curry favor. Remember that. It simply reflects their corporate commitment to giving back to the community. Call me cynical, but somehow this seems unlikely given the context.


Next, anti-water council members of LFUCG failed to attend a meeting last night to let the citizens vote up or down on whether they want to proceed with the condemnation of the water company. You know, occassionally democracy can be served by citizens sneaking around, avoiding detection, and exercising subversive tactics, but those citizens are usually dressed up like Native Americans and heading toward the Boston Harbor. I agree with Councilwoman Linda Gorton:

"Meetings are set for a purpose and council members who respect the process come to the meeting whether they agree or not," Councilwoman Linda Gorton said. "It's disrespectful. It's the coward's way out."

Yeah, if Chuck Ellinger, Fred Brown, Mike Scanlon, George Brown, or Bill Farmer, Jr. got together to make a movie, it'd be "Coward the Duck." Instead of moving for-ward, we're moving co-ward. What direction is co-ward? I'll give you a hint....Handbaskets travel co-wardly. Incidentally, if you want to write these councilmen an email congratulating these men on the coward-ice in their freezer, here they are:


At-Large: Mike Scanlon (vice mayor) mscanlon@lfucg.com

At-Large: Chuck Ellinger cellinge@lfucg.com

1st District: George Brown, Jr. georgeb@lfucg.com

5th District: Bill Farmer, Jr. billf@lfucg.com

8th District: Fred Brown fredb@lfucg.com


Well, I guess I'll leave it at that. Remember, put your bumper sticker ideas in the comment box below.


Countdown to UK v. Louisville: T-minus 25 hours and counting. Here's hoping blue can beat red this time.

Derby says Merry Christmas to BGR!

Derby says Merry Christmas to BGR!

Blogs: Koufax Awards

Nominations for the 2004 Koufax Awards are open at Wampum. The Koufax Awards recognize the best of lefty blogs with categories ranging from Best Group Blog to Most Humorous Blog to Best Commenter (Drew!). You can nominate others or yourself. Clicking through the (hundreds of) comments is a GREAT way to find new blogs (though we are reticent to send you anywhere else!).

Blogs: Extending the Family

Thanks to Travis for pointing us in the direction of the he-larious Unemployed Kerry Staffer.


Also, please note that we have added F U G O P (thanks to KYDem) and Dialogic to our Kentuckiblogs.


Soon, we will have a quorum for our Kentucky "Bloggers and Brewskies" Convention...

Open Thread: Do You Luv the Guv?

With three finals down and one to go on Thursday, I figured I'd take a short break to put something up on BGR.


This week marked Ernie Fletcher's first anniversary as Governor of Our Great State. What do people think of Ern's first year? Has he cleaned up the waste, fraud, and abuse in Frankfort? Or, does he deserve abuse as a waste and a fraud? Even if it's the latter, can any Democrat beat him in three years here in Mitch-tucky?

Bush and Fletcher Rally the "Haves" and the "Have Mores"