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More Of That Patented Greg Fischer Transparency

April 11th, 2012 · No Comments

Looks like this is what Greg Fischer is capable of when he sets his mind to it: Designating – with taxpayer dollars and time – a day in honor of a dying social media company. Possibility City!

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Tags: Greg Fischer · Hype · Metro Government · Possibility City

Come On, John Yarmuth, Just Give This A Rest

April 10th, 2012 · No Comments

Here’s something we wish John Yarmuth would just shut up about: We get his point. It’s no more silly than throwing billions of dollars at gas and oil companies in the form of subsidies for nothing. But come on. Meemaw and poppop can’t tell the difference. They don’t understand logic and have no ability to [...]

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Tags: Economy · Hype · John Yarmuth · TV · Video

Greg Fischer Cat Fight Brewing On The Twitter

April 6th, 2012 · 8 Comments

Mr. Social Media Mayor/Whistleblower Firing Mayor/Animal Ignorance Mayor/Drunk Driving Supporting Mayor is getting into a fight on the Twitter machine just in time for the Derby Festival (don’t want to scare meemaw and poppop with the homeless and hippies): Correction – we meant Chris Poynter, as that’s who often Tweets for Fischer. Morrison hit the [...]

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Tags: Derby Festival · Downtown · Greg Fischer · Homeless · Hype

Facebook Award Example Of Mayoral Disconnect

April 4th, 2012 · 6 Comments

While your… we’re told he’s the mayor… is busy accepting an “award” for using Facebook (and for being “compassionate”), we thought it’d be a good idea to point out something business-centric that seems to apply to politicians: From Fast Company: Nielsen reveals that the number one reason a Facebook user “likes” a brand is to [...]

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Tags: Greg Fischer · Hype · Metro Government

Wow. Just Wow. Another Greg Fischer… Thing

April 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments

Look: CLICK TO ENLARGE The best part isn’t that Greg Fischer is continuing to pretend that Metro Government is super-compassionate while… letting Metro Animal Services rot, meddling with the Zoo, screwing around with Kentucky Retirement Systems, playing pat-a-cake with Metro Sewer District and the Water Company, firing whistleblowers, yadda yadda yadda. The best part? It’s [...]

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Tags: Greg Fischer · Hype · Possibility City

Some Things Make You Question Your Priorities

March 29th, 2012 · No Comments

HAHAHA! Have you seen this mess? White people feeling discriminated against over basketball at Zanzabar – a club that caters to, uh, folks who aren’t typically sports fans. No wonder Louisville is in such a rough spot. People freaking out over basketball like it’s the end of the world.

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Tags: Business · Hype · University of Louisville

ALERT! GET WAVE3 A FAINTING COUCH! STAT!

March 29th, 2012 · 8 Comments

Oh noes! Somebody get WAVE3 a fainting couch! Lookit: What happened to civil discourse? Why is our language so coarse now? We don’t have total control over our lot in life – but we do control how we conduct ourselves. -SNIP- Celebrate your candidate for President in the coming months without tearing down the other [...]

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Tags: Hype · WAVE

Greg Did Some Karate Chopping Or Something

March 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment

This photograph of Greg Fischer has been making the rounds on the internets: CLICK TO ENLARGE – PEE ALERT He’s allegedly breaking five boards. But we all know that didn’t happen. Real mayoral leadership you can believe in.

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Fischer-KRS Get Great Ass Beating From Oldfather

March 22nd, 2012 · 13 Comments

We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] Look, people, stop acting shocked that nothing is happening in Frankfort with the Kentucky Retirement Systems corruption. Just look at these old stories to see why your beloved [...]

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Tags: Charity · Dogs · Gas · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Homeless · Hype · Indiana · Lexington · LG&E · Metro Government · Scandal · State Government · University of Louisville · Weather

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

March 5th, 2012 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discusses the American automobile industry and taking control of our energy future: Would have been too much to ask for an address dedicated to storm damage and recovery efforts taking over hundreds of towns in this country, obviously. Clean energy is important but it could have waited a week.

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Tags: Economy · Hype · Politics · Video

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