Tag Archives: John Yarmuth

Something About ‘Health Care Reform’…

November 9, 2009 – 1:23 pm

Over the weekend, your House of Representatives passed a bill that would, depending on who you listen to, make health care coverage affordable for the vast majority of Americans or plunge the nation into a dark netherworld of socialism, its discontents and large, building-sized pictures of Josef Stalin.
Although we’re inclined to think it’s the former (for obvious [...]

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Yarmuth Announces Funds For Drug Abuse Prevention

October 14, 2009 – 11:59 pm

Given that a band of guerilla hemp farmers (including the president of hippie-ish soap magnate Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps) was arrested planting cannabis on the lawn of DEA headquarters, the context of yesterday’s announcement by Congressman John Yarmuth, D-3, of federal funding for a community-based approach to the War on Drugs is made all the more [...]

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Yarmuth to Officially/Perpetually Get His Drink On

June 17, 2009 – 5:19 pm

Oh, Yarmuth… how do we love thee? Let us count the ways…
(1) You’re not Anne Northup.
(2) Moms like you.
(3) Without you I’d be writing for The Courier-Journal contemplating mass homicide.
(4) You love the bourbon.
But on that last note: Yarmuth and fellow KY Congressman Brett Guthrie have formed what appears to be one of the most [...]

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More About That Chicken…

April 8, 2009 – 11:23 am

Hopefully Rep. Yarmuth didn’t give his colleague, Rep. Joe Courtney, one of those exploding boxes of KFC (as per their little bet)… cause that would be bad.
Oh yes: KFC’s popcorn chickens packages apparently have a tendency to ignite themselves when placed in the microwave. Like normal. [via The C-J]
Should this fail to further disincentivize you [...]

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Bringing Home The Chicken

April 7, 2009 – 4:45 pm

Most of the time, Congressman / former LEOite John Yarmuth conducts himself in a manner befitting an ordinary elected official. He gives back to his constituency, delivers the occasional rousing populist speech, and has a track record that is spotless enough to earn him a few points for integrity (aside from the whole ‘voting for [...]

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