http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/03/13/open-for-business Comments On: Open for business by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:21:09 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by mountaingirl]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:27:31 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Durango]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:19:40 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:29:52 -0500 Arkansas Times She sounds like a very special lady indeed. Hang on to her with both hands.
Posted by mountaingirl]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:05:19 -0500 Arkansas Times
She’s a dandy, NVR — a divine blend of some of you blog girls; a gal who’s got, y’know, the resolve and determination of Kizzy; the grit and outspokenness of HardHeadedWoman; the political savvy of the outlier; the dry wit of Doigotta; the street smarts and sassiness of Sister and zelda; the sincerity of Mecca; a love of the outdoors like Cammack’s; the wholesomeness and warm heart of mountaingirl; a love of books and music like Nanc’s; and last but definitely not least, she grows roses and would NeverVoteRepublican. She’s so fine, in fact, I just might let her take me out to dinner tonight.

Posted by Durango]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:24:05 -0500 Arkansas Times
Tom Cotton -
tomcotton.org - anonymous registration on Jan. 3rd, 2011
cottonforcongress.com - anonymous registration on Jan. 3rd, 2011
cottonforcongress.org - anonymous registration on July 27, 2011

Q. Byrum Hurst -
hurst4congress.com - anonymous registration on March 1st.
hurst4congress.org - anonymous registration on March 1st.
qbyrumhurst.com - registered to Nightflying Publications, Peter Read admin., law firm site

John Cowart -
cowart4congress.com - anonymous registration on Oct. 1st.

Gene Jeffress -
genejeffressforcongress.com - registered Oct. 22nd.

DC Morrison -
dcmorrisonforussenate.com - registered March 18, 2010
Nothing found yet for the current race

Beth Anne Rankin -
bethannerankinforcongress.com - registered March 5th, 2010
bethannerankin.com - registered 2007, business site

Update on the Second District -
timgriffin2014.com - anonymous registration on March 9th
timgriffin2014.net - anonymous registration on March 9th



Posted by radical centrist]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:38:39 -0500 Arkansas Times
"Three horses died on the set of LUCK."

"Of what: boredom?"

That's Hollywood.

Glass-half-full kinda town.

Always high on Heart.
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:21:12 -0500 Arkansas Times post on Palin via Julianne Moore.

Julianne could never to this, she can't dig up the deep viciousness,

Palin at her most resentful, vicious self:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeaM4t2Ycgk…

Using a squirt gun on Durango! That's a shot I'd like to see.
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:14:42 -0500 Arkansas Times
I am always mystified by how people can make claims about themselves, then proceed to make statements that makes me wonder how serious they truly are about their cause. In my lifetime, I have been party and witness to such casual inhumanity that I often thought my cynical dad was right. That people are only out there to get you, to take advantage of you. That part is in me, a part of me. Also in there, though, are parts of my mom and godfather. My mother's inexhaustible patience, and her firmness of conviction and her eternal yearning for justice. My godfather, who had suffered so much loss, first in Russia during the revolution, then later fleeing Nazi Germany. Then he did his thesis on atavism in northern Canada which again put his life in danger.

I had their example, the one that saw the worst in people and trained me to survive the worst. Then my mom and Godfather, who survived the worst and still saw good on folks. Yes, I have seen the temper in my mom, but usually that came out only when provoked. Between my mom and dad, the lesson was, be calm, be rational, be fair, defend others, but if provoked strike hard and without mercy to stop that aggression. The experience and example of my parents helped me through my life.

So now, all these years later, I have my very own experiences. Some were so harrowing that I know I will not tell my mom for fear of worrying her. But these examples I passed on to my kids as they grew up. Knowing from the previous generations that my kids might have a wild life, I did my best to pass what I knew and what my parents knew.

Among the many things were the use of words and passing them on and not passing them on. I was admonished by someone for using a term about some women on the View. It wasn't horrible, thought it wasn't the nicest thing, it wasn't horrible. The admonishment came from a person who, in another post uses a harsh racist word in conjunction with women being these new lower classes. Here is the blunt me, as blunt as I allow myself to get.

I do NOT give a flying fuck in a Rat' asshole if you vetted your racist term with your friends, no matter their color. Some words, because of their existence need to die. I don't need to vet words through my friends to know how bad they are, or if there is context for their use. There are pejoratives for wonderful folks like Sista that also mean a bundle of sticks, or an English cigarette. I will not use those words. They are awful words. Their very reason for being is to humiliate and belittle another person. I heard my dad use that term on my older brother, once, but it stuck. My older brother was not my dad's son, and he was harshly treated because he was darker. I loved my dad, but I also loved my brother, and seeing my dad beat and curse my brother left me with many issues that took years to sort out. Mom helped me with that. As a father I never used those words. My kids knew of those words, but they never heard me use them. They knew how I felt about it, and my delight, they refused to use those words themselves. Now they have kids of their own, and they don't use those words. Like me, my daughter went through her wild times. Like me, she made herself a defender of the beaten and abused. Like me (thankfully) she tempered her bold enthusiasm with a calmer wisdom.

So, as this family line goes, so dies certain hateful,, nasty, evil words. They are not suffered in our families, nor in our presence. I think of some knuckle dragging troglodyte using those words against my dear, sweet Sista, and my blood boils. I hear or read that evil word for blacks, and I see my brother with tears in his eyes as my dad raised a belt to him, again. There is no excuse nor use for them except as some footnote in a historical text of our dark ages.

I thank you, Sista, for your staunch defense of me, and your endless kindness, even on those topics with which we disagree. Your the brightest star on this blog. Even if some of your football picks are...suspect. Just for you, though, I will wear black and gold just for you. Well, the closest thing to gold I have is a screaming neon yellow shirt, will that do?

Steven
Posted by Steven E]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:02:51 -0500 Arkansas Times
Durango--I love the image of DSSW settling you down with the water gun! I'll bet it wasn't "or" in this case though. Shouldn't "whilst watching ballgames or imbibing a bit too much" read "AND imbibing"?

Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:32:43 -0500 Arkansas Times
I showed my gold and hollered for the Dores till I was hoarse while they were playing the Wildcats in the SEC “tornament” as the broadcasters prefer to pronounce it. Don’t think they’d have beaten Big Blue without me.

You should also know, sweetheart, that DSSW shot me in the head at least five times with her water gun during the game. She does this anytime and every time I get “out of control” and need to be "cooled down"whilst watching ballgames or imbibing a bit too much.

On another note (to everybody), is our boys learning anything at school? Y’know, besides football and other sports? I’d say they is at Bentonville High School. Don’t know that I’ve ever heard a finer three-minute rendition of an old favorite than this ‘un. Congrats to these talented lads. May we never lose the young men and women of their generation to anything as senseless as war.

http://goo.gl/oKmng

Posted by Durango]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:10:47 -0500 Arkansas Times
13-Mar 1986 Rand McNally's "Places Rated Almanac" ranked Pine Bluff 328th of 329 cities in the nation, and Mayor Carolyn Robinson threatened to sue if any future edition subjected Pine Bluff to such scorn and ridicule.

13-Mar 1986 Circuit Judge David Bogard ruled that Ronnie Phillips, Fordyce lawyer employed as Rison municipal judge, is a "usurper" in position because he does not live in Cleveland County.

13-Mar 1990 Dr. Katherine Phillips Mitchell inaugurated as President of Shorter College in North Little Rock, the 39th president and the first woman to hold the post in the school's 103-year history.

13-Mar 2000 Senators Blanche Lincoln and Tim Hutchinson and Congressmen Asa Hutchinson pledged at Fayetteville to oppose EPA authority to regulate farming, logging and other major sources of water pollution in the state.

13-Mar 2008 Chad Smith, former Delight girls basketball coach, pleaded guilty to felony sexually assault of a 14-year-old girl on his team, given10-year prison sentence with six suspended and banned from teaching.
.....
13-Mar 2007 Arkansas Senate by vote of 20-7 passed bill by Senator Shawn Womack (R-Mountain Home) banning gay and lesbian citizens from adopting children or being foster parents.
--compiled by Stephen Smith, PhD
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:58:25 -0500 Arkansas Times http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl…

Sloppy tracks and unfit horses are being blamed.
Posted by Mean Gene]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:32:16 -0500 Arkansas Times http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/13/luck-horse-d…

I'll send out the Horse mafia.


Posted by Mean Gene]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:25:00 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Mean Gene]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:20:57 -0500 Arkansas Times
But, I have to take Durango to task for suggesting the oh-so-unfortunate image of Jane Fonda "pleasuring'' Louie. I'd rather run naked down Kavanaugh screaming "Roll Tide'' than have that thought cross my innocent, Southern Belle mind again. Fiddle-dee-dee!

NVR, thanks for the shout-out the other night about my Commodores. Twas the first time since 1951 my alma mater brought home the SEC trophy. I talked to my adorable, 82-year-old dad after the game and he was on Cloud Nine. He was a junior at Vanderbilt when the 'Dores last hoisted the trophy.

Well, NVR, I have no answers about your bracket. The first round will be a virtual crap shoot for all but the overall top 8 seeds (1-2 in each of the four regions). I do have my 'Dores advancing to the Elite Eight because Syracuse's starting center was ruled ineligible today.

I refuse to have Kentucky winning it all because Calipari is running a basketball factory in Lexington and has bad karma going for him from his time at UMass and Memphis. The basketball gods frown on his behavior and will NEVER allow him to win a national championship.

My Vandy boys could make some noise if they get by Harvard Thursday (a terrible matchup for us. I'm a nervous wreck already). Don't forget to wear Black & Gold on Thursday at 3:40 p.m.!

And Steven, my love, I'll defend you tooth & nail about accusations of being a "sexist.'' (Outlier probably didn't mean it in the first place). I think you're much more liberal on social issues than some card-carrying "Democratic'' men who post here. Yes, plainjim, I'm looking squarely at you and folks like Louie. Y'all can't hold a candle to Steven when it comes to women's or LGBT equality.

Show Your Gold!

Sistertoldja

P.S. Durango and Tap, this is my song to you....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXuAsv5dCmI



Posted by Mrs. Sistertoldja]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:18:34 -0500 Arkansas Times


Growing up we always had healthcare 'cause my father was a working union man and the union successfully fought for the basics. We even had dental and eye care. Today hubby/I pay a lot for my coverage (he's covered by the job), continue to pay more and more and get less and don't bother dreaming of eye/dental care. Even with great coverage we pay a lot every time a test is run and/or a hospital is visited; and prescriptions are now designated by the insurer rather than the doctor. If there is a drug advertised on TV, forget it. Even so, I can't imagine dealing with an illness while fighting for enough funds to simply visit a doctor...there's only enough energy for so many battles at a time.

Sure health-reform isn't perfect but at least it's an attempt to stop the bleeding until reason prevails and the healthcare profiteers are kicked from the system. Sadly I have little hope that sanity will prevail in my lifetime. What is wrong with people??? Do they honestly believe that their family will never face a serious illness or are they stupid enough to believe that because they have some sort of policy they'll be just fine? They won't be.
Posted by zelda]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:10:22 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Get Real]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:51:44 -0500 Arkansas Times
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/a…


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:23:14 -0500 Arkansas Times
Try Health Care.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/13/heal…


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:11:22 -0500 Arkansas Times
13-Mar 1935 Governor J Marion Futrell told Norman Thomas that there was just no state money available for any investigation of planter and law enforcement abuse of the rights of Southern Tenant Farmers Union members.

13-Mar 1939 Arkansas Supreme Court upheld felony night-riding conviction of Southern Tenant Farmers Union member Dollie Beatrice Johnson for posting strike handbills (photo) after dark.

13-Mar 1945 Army Maj. Albert Stowe warned the Little Rock Kiwanis Club that to "indulge in loose talk ...through stubborn insistence on our right to talk" may prove a threat to the nation's security.
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:52:53 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by mag]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:47:24 -0500 Arkansas Times
http://www.bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?di…
Posted by the outlier]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:34:42 -0500 Arkansas Times
A scene-by-scene comparison of Sarah Palin in Real Life and Julianne Moore in HBO's "Game Change."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EnbS8Z8uKQ…

Sometimes show business is kind of scary, really . . . .
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:29:03 -0500 Arkansas Times