From the Cincinnati Enquirer: The lawyer for a man accused of threatening a U.S. Census worker with a BB gun said his client “didn’t want to be bothered.” Those comments came after an arraignment for Hakeem Bilal, a disabled Vietnam veteran whom Springfield Township police arrested on charges of aggravated menacing and drug possession after […]
This is NOT the way to debate issues: U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Cincinnati, says an ad showing his two young daughters went too far in the heated debate over health care. A spokesman says Driehaus was outraged by an advertisement Wednesday in The Cincinnati Enquirer featuring a large photo of him with his daughters. The […]
It was 30 years ago today that eleven young people were trampled to death while trying to get in to see The Who in concert in Cincinnati. The main cause of the tragedy was “stadium seating”, where patrons got their seats on a first come first serve basis. It lead the way to Cincinnati imposing […]
I was just reading this story in the Cincinnati Enquirer: LEXINGTON – A Lexington gynecologist has been stripped of his license to practice medicine by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Dr. Hamid Sheikh was accused of having a dirty office, not giving women proper pain medication and other violations. […]
Hamilton County, Ohio GOP has redefined class. The people that help bring us gems like Jean Schmidt decided to use a picture of a bald Arlen Specter to compare him to Dr. Evil. The picture of Specter was taken at a time when he was fighting brain cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Here’s a screen shot: […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer is preparing to rank President Obama’s first hundred days. In doing so they listed how local lawmakers have voted with the President. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio: 100 percent Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio: 86 percent Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio: 71 percent Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio: 43 percent Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.: 41 percent […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer got to the bottom of it: Radio talk show host Bill Cunningham told listeners today that Mike DeWine, John McCain’s Ohio campaign chairman, and county prosecutor Joe Deters asked him over lunch last week to speak at the McCain rally. They wanted him “to throw some red meat to the crowd… To […]
I came across this clip via Glenn Greenwald. It is from Hannity and Colmes where Cincinnati’s own midget version of Bill O’Reilly, Willie Cunningham, was a guest going on about the “Strickland is gay” school yard tactic that Ken Blackwell’s campaign and the Ohio GOP has launched. Cunningham said one thing that really caught my […]
A front page story in Today’s Cincinnati Enquirer shows how desperate Ken Blackwell is to win: With Republican Ken Blackwell trailing by double digits in almost every poll, Blackwell’s campaign Tuesday tried to link his Democratic opponent to child sex predators – and the state Republican spokesman even raised questions about Ted Strickland’s sexuality. Blackwell […]
OK. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have read in ages. Via the Cincinnati Enquirer: Abramoff’s dad furious at Clooney jab By Erica Solvig The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The father of controversial Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff is responding to actor George Clooney for what […]