Re vets on Main Street in downtown LR- great letter in today's Ark. Democrat from John Wells of LR:

"When we say “Support our troops,” do we mean it? All of them? Even the injured? What if the injuries result in homelessness? Still supportive? Serving our country increases the odds of homelessness. About one in three homeless men are veterans. When you see combat footage, remember that soldier could become homeless.

Someone not willing to support the troops must be the author of the recent editorial on the possible VA clinic on Main Street in Little Rock. The writer basically accuses the VA of dastardly behavior, including failing to cooperate with the city. From my perspective, I believe the VA tried for years to cooperate, only to be fought at every turn.

The author says the VA clinic will attract homeless veterans to Main, but they are already there. The soup kitchen attracts them.

The VA offers not only food, but medical care, mental health care,showers, laundry and more. It stabilizes veterans then works toward permanent housing. This reduces homelessness. Often these veterans qualify for federal assistance, bringing more federal dollars to our community.

Want to kill Main Street? Then do nothing, or worse, fight the clinic. If you really want these people off Main, let the VA do its job. I say to this author-he should peel the “Support Our Troops” sticker off his Lexus. He doesn’t really mean it."

And in regards to the jokesters running to be the Rethuglicon prez loser, there's this:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/28/2613…

Finally, don't miss the column "The bright side of the moon" on today's ArDem editorial page. Leroy Newton is such a goober.

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Support Our Veterans

Amen to SPs post up there.

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Obama killed Osama, recently saved an American Princess captured by Pirates, and is silently orchestrating the eradication of Islamic dictatorships all over the world.

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birthday party this evening so here's Smith-History a bit early

Smith's Alternative Arkansas History on this date:

31-Jan 1906 Birthdate of Roosevelt “Honeydipper” Sykes (photo) at Elmar. Began playing barrelhouse blues piano in Helena at age 15, signed with Decca in 1934, inducted into Blues Hall of Fame in 1999.

31-Jan 1919 State Senator Creed Caldwell of Jefferson County led the unanimous adoption of a resolution requesting state Congressional delegation to overturn Postmaster General's order raising telephone rates.

31-Jan 1962 Arkansas Chapter of NAACP asked for Congressional investigation of school segregation and racial discrimination in employment at Blytheville Air Force Base.

31-Jan 1966 Arkansas Supreme Court reversed an injunction issued by Chancellor Joseph Morrison against picketing by Construction and General Laborers' Local Union 858 at Pine Bluff.

31-Jan 1967 Father James F. Drane of St John's Seminary, at the White House protesting the Vietnam War, said war has moral dimensions and religion must say something about them to be relevant.

31-Jan 1997 Annual financial statements filed with Secretary of State show that 21 legislators or their spouse owned or held an interest in firms that did at least $1.8 million worth of business with the state last year.

31-Jan 2000 Governor Mike Huckabee admitted taking 75 personal gifts in 1999 valued at more than $110,000, including $12,000 in tasty pastries.

31-Jan 2003 Arkansas Historic Preservation Program under the Department of Arkansas Heritage was attempting to identify and locate 338 Rosenwald Schools built in Arkansas from 1917-1932.

--by Stephen Smith, PhD

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Earlier deadlines for the Senile-Record? Christ, we already have to wait two days to get any breaking news. Well, except for the Miss Arkansas pageant, because they always hold the presses for that.

If you want any breaking (or controversial) Hot Springs news, it's much easier and more reliable to just follow the Arkansas news feed on the right side of the Times' website. I've learned a lot more about Hot Springs by reading the Times and its news feed than I have from the Senile-Record.

And I haven't taken the printed version in a couple of years anyway. You can subscribe to the online version for half the cost, and it's always available before the dead-tree version hits the driveway anyhow. At least they still throw a freebie printed version every few months; I need them to start my charcoal chimney.

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Pompatus, just grab a few of the store ads at Kroger by the door on your way in if you get low. That's what I do.

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Thanks Marc, I hadn't thought of that. Though I will confess that I've also used my old stock of printed Arkansas Times to start the charcoal when I got low on Seniles.

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Yea Starbucks!
Speaking of good businesses, buy Skippy Peanut Butter. Locally packaged, they also donate peanut butter to the pulaski county food bank.

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Say goodbye to walking/bicycle riding.

Funding for safe sidewalks, crossing signals, safe routes for school kids to walk to school and a host of other active transportation modes is to be eliminated by The House Transportation bill.

Past transportation bills have made the BDB, junction bridge, two river bridge to name a few possible. Language in the new bill will eliminate this funding.

The committe Womack is on failed to mark this language off the bill.

Congressmen Petri and Johnson will offer their ammendment Thursday to restore funding for all modes of transportation - meaning those who choose to walk or ride a bicycle. Tell Griffin to vote yes on the Petri/Johnson ammendment.

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Mr eLwood, you just can't find pastries like those today. Nice thing was the pastries always came a day before the Yarnell's truck backed up to the Mansion door. If we kept the boys harnessed long enough Janet and I could enjoy fine French-styled pastries with our favorite ice cream flavors.

The people of Ark truly loved us.

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$12,000 in pastries? Which vendor 'donated' them, Little Debbie?

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Cliff Lee proves again that being rich doesn't make you smart.

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Re: the NBC / WSJ poll: Why is Tim Tebow's name in the survey? He's a football player, right?

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I'm all for it.

http://tinyurl.com/72usvqg

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Liberals and Conservatives in Arkansas can agree on one thing for sure: WE NEED TO SIGN DORIAL GREEN-BECKHAM AT 9AM ON WEDNESDAY TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT ARKANSAS INSTEAD OF THOSE TIGERS FROM MISSOURI GETTING HIM!!!!! (OH, WAIT A MINUTE, MAX MAY WANT THOSE TIGERS SOUTH OF US TO GET HIM!!!! I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A KUM BA YA MOMENT.)
http://haltingarkansasliberalswithtruth.co…

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A few more exclamation marks and you may win Saline

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According to a SurveyUSA poll published yesterday, one quarter of those in San Francisco who once supported Occupy have changed their minds, while only 3 percent have come around to the Occupiers’ cause from a position of skepticism. By such progressions do movements end. The support/oppose split is now 35/57 — down from a high of 58/34 — and while 36 percent of registered Democrats have kept their faith, 31 percent agreed with the statement, “I supported the movement when it first started but now I oppose it.” If Occupy left its heart in San Francisco, then the people of that city have broken it. It is hard to see where the movement’s dying embers could possibly be rekindled.

Hmmmm! What has happened to our noble cause when San Fran and Oakland turn against the movement?

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I have one more reason to strongly dislike Cliff Lee. First he bails on the Rangers now he is a fund raiser for the extreme right.

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I would have to know how the question was phrased Holmes.

"SurveyUSA uses more concise language, especially for ballot propositions, than competitors. This can lead to diverging results, such as for California Proposition 76, where one version of the SurveyUSA question with a one sentence description, polled significantly differently compared to another version with a three sentence description..."

Nuance is everything, Holmes. That word doesn't appear in the right-wing lexicon and, by extension, doesn't exist for you either.

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I see. You don't like the results so the survey is faulty. How do you explain the actions of the Mayor of Oakland? She is a hard core leftist with a track record. However, the OWS movement is so obnoxious and disruptive that even she had to intervene

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I didn't say I liked or disliked the results of the survey, Holmes. Can't you read? I just asked how the polling question was phrased.

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