Kentucky is quickly moving to the head of the line when innovative and progressive environmental legislation is considered. With the assistance and support of House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins the state legislature approved HB 1 in 2007. HB 1 included legislation to set aside $7 million for funding research to perfect the underground […]

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Obama recently announced that he is not going to use the Publice Funding funding available for Presidential candidates. 
Public Funding was created after Richard Nixon’s campaign when he far outspent his opponent in the election.  At the time, the public opinion was that he had a big advantage, because of donations from wealthy individuals and corporations.  […]

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California and Washington passed a cell phone law that prohibits driving while using a cell phone. We all do it and a lot of people complain about it.
Mark Twain once said “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.”
This is a case where the ’statistics’ can be […]

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Public schools should be required to report illegal aliens. It doesn’t make sense not report illegal aliens. I remember having to check a box to report if I was American Indian or Eskimo and so on. It shouldn’t be too much to ask an illegal alien to report their status?
There is a […]

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The D.C. gun ban legislation prohibits residents from keeping handguns inside their homes and requires that lawfully registered guns, such as shotguns, be locked and unloaded when kept at home. The law was appealed by gun ownership advocates and defenders of the U.S. Constitution and the Appeals Court found the law unconstitutional.
Defenders of the […]

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“Iran with a nuclear weapon would be incredibly dangerous for world peace,” President Bush declared on Monday, June 9 during his meetings with European Union (EU) leaders. “And so we’ve got to continue to work together to make it clear, abundantly clear to them, that it’s their choice to make: They can either face isolation […]

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Surveillance cameras are a new tool and the majority of Americans approve of the use of surveillance. Maybe that’s because they are fed up with the increase in crime. But, there isn’t an increase in crime, there is just an increase in the media coverage of criminal events. The technology is also […]

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Private ownership of the Trans-Texas Corridor highway system is bad for Texans. Iowa is recent proof that natural disaster can occur anywhere and anytime. When a natural disaster strikes our government should be able to provide assistance and take the steps necessary to assure the safety and well-being of the public.
Infrastructure is necessary for the […]

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