I think every political race should feature an interview like the one published in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Some excerpts:
2. Who will win the next Super Bowl?
Fletcher: New England Patriots.
Beshear: I’m rooting for the Cincinnati Bengals.
I think Beshear is pandering here. The question wasn’t who you WANT to win, but who WILL win. The Bengals are not going to win the Super Bowl. You heard it here first.
7. Who was the last artist you saw live in concert?
Fletcher: Rolling Stones.
Beshear: George Strait.
8. Which actor is the best James Bond?
Fletcher: Sean Connery.
Beshear: Sean Connery.
At least they both got this one right.
15. Should Pete Rose be in baseball’s Hall of Fame?
Fletcher: No.
Beshear: I’ll leave that decision to others.
No copping out, Steve Beshear! Kentucky needs real leadership, pick a side. The rest of America has.
26. Who has the better mustache: Stan Lee or Richie Farmer?
Fletcher: Both are exceptional.
Beshear: Richie Farmer.
Gov Fletcher is correct here. Both are truly something to behold. Read the whole thing.
When I was growing up in and around Louisville, sneaking into the Waverly Hills Sanatorium was a somewhat popular diversion for miscreants and would-be vandals. I visited the definitely creepy building a couple times, but I had no idea I was sneaking into the most haunted place in America, as the Sci-Fi channel’s series “Ghost Hunters” claims.
Do I think Waverly is haunted? No. I don’t think there are any more frightening things in there than you carry inside in your own mind. But believe me, while crawling under a fence and marching through weeds in the dark to approach an abandoned TB hospital your own imagination can conjure up some pretty creepy things.
Personally I think most communities have some kind of old building like Waverly, Louisville’s is just a whole lot cooler than everyone else’s. And I think every community should have somewhere that high schoolers can occasionally sneak off to get the crap scared out of them. Compared to some things kids do, wandering around this old place is downright benign.
Hauntings, spirits or ghosts? Probably not. Vivid imaginations and the excitement of being somewhere inherently creepy that you had to sneak into under cover of darkness? Sure.
And honestly, with that, who needs real ghosts anyway?
Milton Friedman is famous for (among other things) the quote that “inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”
I have occasionally heard the rumors claiming the Nazi government tried, in the last years of the war, to flood foreign economies with counterfeit currency. It seems to be true, and someone has made what looks like a fairly good movie about it.
Replace Rupp Arena?!?!
Rupp Arena, which is 32 years old, is outdated, said Bill Owen, president and CEO of Lexington Center Corp.
Rupp lacks the amenities that other contemporary arenas of its size have, such as luxury suites and premium seating, he said.
Please stand by for the Big Blue Nation’s patented “massive over-reaction” which should start very, very shortly.
