http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/05/12/turn-out-the-lights Comments On: Turn out the lights 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) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Robert Austin]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 06:20:18 -0500 Arkansas Times - From the Crisis in the PCSSD website.

Unions expect to gain respect by spouting this hyperbole?
Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 12:01:16 -0500 Arkansas Times
Do you think Seamus could have been homosexual? It does occur in species other than our own. Maybe Seamus' mom painted his toenails and his daddy was a wimp and didn't set a good masculine example for the confused little pup.

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Posted by the outlier]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 08:04:24 -0500 Arkansas Times
(Audience response to Flipper's remarks was largely "tepid." Biggest applause line referenced "right to life.")

Especially now, in light of Obama's blasting the gay equality thing wide open, Team Flipper is desperate to minimize and sugar-coat, wherever possible, appearances of overly-harsh anti-gay bigotry pandering to Tea Baggers. ESPECIALLY since somebody "leaked" that internal GOP memo to Andrew Sullivan.

It's just a replay of the GOP's old "stealth" candidates, who would pretend to be moderates until elected to local and state offices then, once in, show their true colors. Over the decade or two since, they'd grown increasingly bold about their determination to exclude gay Americans and criminalize abortion -- until recently, when both demographic polls and their own consultants said to dial it back or face disaster. (Or have to steal another POTUS election, which won't be as easy as last time.)

In other words, "start lying again." (As if they ever stopped.)

Brett O'Donnell was Liberty University's crack debate team coach back in the day, and an devout acolyte of Falwell's. Brett's problem, say insiders? He's too big for his britches and likes to taking too much media credit. So they've told him to shut up.

Despite Team Flipper's disavowals in months'-old media reports, he's still very much coaching Flipper's debate efforts.
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 05:28:30 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by eLwood]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 00:28:33 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 00:14:26 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 23:54:56 -0500 Arkansas Times
No mention by this shill of hundreds of millions of dollars in road damage from all the fracking trucks which is multiples higher than the $154 million in severance tax Robbins claims was collected since 2009. No mention of the devaluation of other property adjacent to those thousands of fracking operations and noisy compressors. No mention of all the disposal sites for waste fracking fluids that violated every regulation in the book. No mention of all the fracking sites that also had serious violations of the limited and pitiful regulations which have not kept pace with the onslaught of fracking activity. No mention of how corporations like Southwest and Chesapeake who do far more fiscal damage to Arkansas infrastructure and resources than they pay in severance taxes are the largest welfare kings and queens in Arkansas. No mention of well water that after fracking nearby suddenly becomes gas-filled and flammable.

No, Robbins is happy the folks he represents are getting the gold mine while the taxpayers of Arkansas are getting the shaft. Robbins and his folks smile all the way to the bank while everyone else gets fracked.
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 23:52:07 -0500 Arkansas Times
What else is new? Oh, Talk Business' Roby Brock will shamelessly regurgitate any piece of corporate propaganda that comes his way. So, nothing is new.
Posted by arkansasmediawatch]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 22:54:44 -0500 Arkansas Times
Michael “Flathead” Blanchard
1944 ~ 2012

A Celebration of the life of Michael “Flathead” Blanchard will be held on April 14th, 3 pm, 8160 Rosemary St, Commerce City.

Weary of reading obituaries noting someone’s courageous battle with death, Mike wanted it known that he died as a result of being stubborn, refusing to follow doctors’ orders and raising hell for more than six decades. He enjoyed booze, guns, cars and younger women until the day he died.

Mike was born July 1944 in Colorado to Clyde and Ethel Blanchard. A community activist, he is noted for saving the Dr. Justina Ford house from demolition and defending those who could not defend themselves. He was a Republican delegate, life member of the NRA, founder and President of the Dead Cats MC. He loved music.

Mike was preceded in death by Clyde and Ethel Blanchard, survived by his beloved sons Mike and Chopper, former wife Jane Transue, brother Stephen Blanchard (Susan), Uncle Don and Aunt Cynthia Blanchard (his favorite); Uncle Dill and Aunt Dot, cousins and nephews. Baba Yaga can kiss his butt.

So many of his childhood friends that weren’t killed in Vietnam went on to become criminals, prostitutes and/or Democrats.

He asks that you stop by and re-tell the stories he can no longer tell. As the Celebration will contain Adult material we respectfully ask that no children under 18 attend.

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Speaking of obits, a political one may be in the making. Sitting next to me on the plane yesterday was a Mike Ross pal. Said Ross is “seriously, SERIOUSLY reconsidering” his long-planned run for governor in ’14. Thinks the “Party” is irretrievably lined up behind Dusty. Hard to overcome that. (See Bill Halter vs. Blanche.) And Ross has no intention of staying in DC to lobby, the fella said. So what will Ross do? What WILL he DO?

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And finally, here’s wishin’ a Happy Mother’s Day to all you blog mamas out there. Don’t know how the rest of you feel about yours, but . . . .

I’ll Always Love My Mama.

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Posted by Durango]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 22:51:27 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by MarcKyle1964]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 22:22:49 -0500 Arkansas Times
I do gather from this story and many others over the years that the UA athletic program and UA itself could do a much better job of looking at any criminal history, proof of upstanding character, and conducting more thorough background checks when they select students and staff to represent their program. I say this realizing that juvenile court records are sealed and expunged, but surely a cursory reading of that dreaded "permanent record" from high school would reveal a bent towards thuggery OR personal betterment? Teacher reports, truancy history, behavior incident reports and so on would help reveal that kid's character, wouldn't it?

This wasn't the first rodeo for these guys.

It's going to be a bad football season for UA next year. I want them to rise to the challenge, but I don't think it's gonna happen. Place your bets accordingly!
Posted by MarcKyle1964]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 21:34:46 -0500 Arkansas Times
“That’s the nick that sticks. Behind his back, it’s Flipper.” So says my Beltway Insider (B-I) of Mitt Romney’s derisive moniker, five minutes ago. The same insider who teased me with the advance play-by-play on the Democrats’ marriage-equality bombshell.

Not Mittens. Flipper. Wait for it in the news cycles.

But Chuckles?

“The way he smirks and chuckles at his own lame jokes. Nobody takes Huckabee seriously. Nobody ever has. He gets the Hee-Haw vote but he’s a perennial also-ran. Trust me: you’re not gonna see the Beverly Hillbillies on Pennsylvania Avenue. The flip side is it also skewers his bromance with the karate guy. The has-been action movie guy.”

Chuck Norris?

“Yeah. Anybody else makes Chuckles look even shorter and baggier than he already is.”

Okay. Flipper I buy. Somehow I suspect Chuckles will remain too “inside” for the news cycles. But that, according to my B-I, is the least of the GOP’s worries.

“It’s the debates. Flipper lost to McCAIN in ‘08, for Christ’s sake! Obama’s gonna mop the floor with him. Which is why they’re already fighting to micromanage the whole thing. Who the moderators are, what they’re allowed to ask, what they can’t, who’s in the audience, tiny transmitters, the whole nine yards. Anything to hide the fact that he’s a robot who freezes in an endless loop off-script. They’ve even brought in O’Donnell.”

Who?

“McCain’s old debate coach. BACHMANN'S old debate coach. A senior strategist on her campaign. Brett O’Donnell. Fag hag for lost causes.”

He had to take another call, leaving me to savor the pungent high-level statesmanship steering our Ship of State on the Potomac.

Flipper and Chuckles. That’s NOT the ticket, apparently.

Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 21:13:23 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by jtsims]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 20:20:06 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by Whatever]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 17:51:06 -0500 Arkansas Times
And don't wait for the truth out of the ADG, they get too many ads about how poor they are from the oil companies and how they haven't hurt our roads. If we don't pass an increase in the severance tax, then don't expect a sales tax to fix the highways. They can cut the I-540 by-pass, leave I-430/I-630 ending in mid-air, eliminate whatever I-69 is, and even I-40 north to Memphis and that will be too bad! We won't be any worse than I-40 through OK in 1996.

Let's get rid of corporate socialism.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 17:37:06 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Diogenes]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 17:19:01 -0500 Arkansas Times Does that make sense?
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"The God or the Man"

If you listen to anything this week do spend a few minutes on this one stand-up found on Snap Judgment online show. It's L Ron Hubbard's great grandchild, Jamie DeWolf, breaking thru family myths and history to examine the skeletons. Insightful, funny, and chilling.

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Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 16:53:07 -0500 Arkansas Times