Whenever somebody from the national media goes up into Eastern Kentucky and does a documentary about coal and poverty, which are inextricably linked, you can bet that the elected representatives of the folks who live there will howl like scalded cats about the perpetuation of hillbilly stereotypes.
Of course, perceptions don’t get to be stereotypes unless […]
Entries from June 2011
King Coal Pays, UK Accepts, Stereotypes Continue
October 28th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Basketball · Politics · Sports · University of Kentucky
Nobody Asked Billy, But. . .
October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Nobody asked me, but…
I hope a plea bargain is worked out for U of L’s two knuckleheads, Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith. In exchange for a guilty plea, they should be put on probation and assigned 1,000 hours each of community service, which would include going on patrol with the police a couple of nights.
I […]
Tags: Basketball · Football · Horse Racing · Sports · University of Kentucky · University of Louisville
Anything but Give-Up Left for U of L?
October 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments
The negativity surrounding University of Louisville football has reached the point where it’s impossible to see what Coach Steve Kragthorpe can do to turn it around. Oh, he could go 8-0 the rest of the way for a final 9-3 record, but the likelihood of that happening is roughly the same as the Ohio River […]
Tags: Football · Sports · University of Kentucky · University of Louisville
Boss Williams Gets Desperate
October 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments
When a demagogue overplays his hand and exposes himself as the cheap bully he really is, his supporters begin quietly distancing themselves from him, leaving him to twist slowly in the wind. The more he raves, the more of an embarrassment he becomes until, finally, he leaves the public arena in disgrace.
So it was with […]
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