Friday, November 30, 2012
Politics Tim Griffin to serve on Ways and Means
Posted by David Ramsey on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:10 PM
U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin has been chosen to serve on the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Griffin says this means he will not run for Governor or Senator in 2014, both of which he had considered doing.
Speaking of Tim Griffin, Ways And Means
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Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies
May 19, 2013Not much new to report this morning. If all goes well, I'm going to catch at least three movies today at the Little Rock Film Festival. /more/
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Tuesday topics
May 7, 2013The line is open. Final words: * THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT HAS DESIGNS ON ARKANSAS: Church and State magazine reports on plans by the American Renewal Project, a Religious Right organization, to politically target 12 states including Arkansas in 2014 to "restore America to its Judeo-Christian heritage." /more/
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May more Sundays be the same
April 21, 2013Nice ays wasn't it? Quiet, except for the CYA noise from up in Faulkner County where Rep. Tim "Pipeline" Griffin is busy 'splainin' how that oil-spewing pipeline isn't like the other pipeline he wants to build carrying the same dangerous stuff. /more/
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Griffin touts Exxon to oiled constituency
April 11, 2013Put yourself in the shoes of Rev. Pat Robertson or one of the other clerics who insist that disasters, whether natural or manmade, are God's way of showing His wrath over the stupid things people are doing. /more/
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Mayflower oil spill: The hand of God?
April 9, 2013Ernie Dumas writes this week on the Mayflower oil spill, beginning by musing, a la Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell/etc., whether a divine hand might have had an influence. /more/
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The evening line: Sen. Pryor retreats on gay 'choice' comment
April 5, 2013Enough already. The Friday night line is open. /more/
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McDaniel presses Exxon on oil spill info
April 4, 2013Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is pressing Exxon Mobil for information on the devastating oil spill in Mayflower. /more/
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Morning report: Tim Griffin defends oil spiller; help for immigrants
April 4, 2013The morning report: * TINY TIM GRIFFIN: Of course he is an apologist for Exxon Mobil in the pipeline spill in Mayflower and he continues to exaggerate to the point of nearly criminal dishonesty about the jobs to be created by the Keystone XL pipeline he's shamelessly flogging for his financial patrons like the Koch brothers. /more/
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Inconvenient truth
April 4, 2013The crack of a 20-inch interstate pipeline rupturing in Mayflower, Ark., announced more than a flood of heavy Canadian crude oil on a trim subdivision near Lake Conway. /more/
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McDaniel to investigate Mayflower pipeline spill
April 2, 2013Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, who's been something less than an environmental crusader to date, has announced that he'll investigate the Exxon Mobil pipeline spill that drenched a Mayflower neighborhood with thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil. /more/
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