They are feeling the freedom in Lewis County Kentucky.
Governor Ernie “Not Currently Under Investigation” Fletcher and local dignitaries were on hand for the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway.
This proud addition to the Ever Expanding Things Named Reagan Galaxy runs from an industrial park [hence the Parkway part?] to a highway. It’s touted as economic development, and as support for the 120 current jobs in the industrial park. Or at a cost of $10.3 million, about $110,000 a job. There’s Reagan Spirit in action!
How did the Bluegrass State fare in the reign of Reagan? His Administration let it rip on strip mining coal, limited access to compensation for Black Lung, and cut safety enforcement at underground mines.
“Wednesday’s ceremony was completed with the Lewis County High School Band and its rendition of “My Old Kentucky Home.” Onlookers of the ceremony could be heard wondering if this day was a sign of their new Kentucky home.”
His publishers are not deterred by Bill Clinton’s falling book sales:
“Our expectation is that the book will have a long shelf life and enjoy a significant holiday run”
– Paul Bogaards, Knopf publicity director 
They are making with the funny in the Bush Library newsletter, headlining a stage in their current renovation as
“The Day the Wall Came Down”
Not really the same thing.
LIKE IKE?
Ever been to Kansas? Doesn’t matter – you too, or rather you three times may vote in the state’s “8 Wonders of Kansas” balloting.
The Eisenhower Library in Abilene 
is in the running, and campaigning hard, but in order to vote for or against it you have to vote a full slate of eight out of twenty-four prospects. To somehow make up for this Soviet Central committee style “election” you can vote three times between now and years end.
The choices are, um, very Kansaseque. Your natural feature 
, buildings
,
more land
, and even more land 
.
And all that string! 
The great John Steuart Curry murals in the state Capitol are on the ballot, but the organizers’ description is rather begrudging.
“The John Steuart Curry murals are a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas because Curry was one of the greatest American regionalist painters and, despite great controversy, he considered the murals in the State Capitol his greatest work!…Curry’s critics disliked his color scheme and the over-all menacing effect of the mural….Still, the murals are known as some of the greatest public art in the country…”
Yup, it’s the color scheme.
“Woodrow Wilson’s former home, located at 1705 Hampton Street enjoys the dual distinction of being the only house his parents ever owned and South Carolina’s only presidential site.”
Wilson lived in South Carolina for four years, and his home’s owners plan to spend two million dollars restoring the home.
Meanwhile South Carolina native Stephen Colbert continues to tease the nation with coy answers to self-generated questions about a presidential run. After putting off Jon Stewart on Tuesday’s Daily Show [“Hold on, mount rush me,”] he announced on his own show. Sort of – got to sell books.
