http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/12/05/who-should-be-the-arkansan-of-the-year Comments On: Who should be the Arkansan of the Year? by Lindsey Millar 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) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by couldn't be better]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:59:34 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:19:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SkyPilot]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:01:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:56:41 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Tortie_Tude]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:12:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by rablib]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:55:56 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Sound Policy]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:38:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
Without denigrating anyone's nominations, I would like to nominate the unsung, underpaid heroes and heroines who keep the wheels turning in Arkansas for the rest of us---the minimum or low wage workers!

They do all the crap work for us bringing us low food costs, changing our elderly parents dirty diapers, cleaning up the messes we leave in hotel rooms, stocking the shelves at our stores, etc. etc. etc. They do this day-in, day-out for crap wages, no medical insurance, no dental insurance. Then the powers that be dump on them as moochers and takers when they have to rely on ERs for medical treatment because the threshold for Medicaid is so low in this state. How many of those people are working right now with a raging toothache in this state? I'll bet it is more than a dozen or two.
Posted by the outlier]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:26:26 -0600 Arkansas Times
I'd throw the name Bill Clinton out there. With his unselfish efforts the most popular American in the world today gave us the 2nd term of Barack Obama. Hillary is an equal for being the best Secretary of State we've seen in a long time.

How can Arkansas still be in 48th place after giving the world Johnny Cash, Glenn Campbell, Louis Jordan, Tyson, Wal-Mart and Bill & Hillary? We're a goldmine but only get the shaft.

PS I love you, Norma!
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:50:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by cecil]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:13:55 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by cecil]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:09:43 -0600 Arkansas Times >Mike Beebe. He clearly orchestrated the House Speaker coup and bought some crucial votes.<

How little you know and I prefer to keep it that way.
Posted by eLwood]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:39:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Hattie Caraway]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:28:12 -0600 Arkansas Times
Could we nominate infamous people? Bobby Petrino for ruining my life?

How bout Jeff Nichols?
Posted by Hattie Caraway]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:27:35 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ProCarry]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:25:07 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by imjustsaying]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:11:37 -0600 Arkansas Times
I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure NOT Mike Huckabee.

The Darlenes were all sitting around last p.m. sipping banana daiquiris (with actual bananas for added nutrition), pondering whatever happened to Monica Lewinski’s line of purses and where Lindsay went wrong smacking a psychic at Avenue and stuff.

Renee’s mother, Millie, was there (she’s had work done, but discreetly; not that overdone Arnie Klein resculpt crap—isn’t he in prison or something?—and looks fabulous) and she’s sharp as a tack. She saw Daniel Ellsberg (the Pentagon Papers guy) calling Bradley Manning a hero.

Which he is, plus he's gay, so two birds. Then we got onto politics and the whole “Stand Your Ground Law” which works out to basically it’s okay to shoot unarmed black teenagers if you’re white or semi-Latino or whatever because they’re, you know, black teenagers like Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin and the GOP’s all for it.

And how this fruitcake Heritage Foundation “scholar” and bully attacked this progressive non-profit guy who wants to save Medicare and Social Security at the D.C. Grand Hyatt, which Millie called up on her iPad and we all enjoyed whilst stirring and sipping our daiquiris and I know my Razorbabies want to see it so here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/e…

And then Lois (our newest Darlene) mentioned that Oklahoma’s Supreme Court (she’s from Tulsa), which is right next to The Natural State, just rejected two recently-passed anti-abortion laws as unconstitutional, which we cheered and finished off that round of daiquiris and poured another because—

Millie regaled us with the factoid that stupid old bigoted GOPers think they lost the election because of ACORN, which doesn’t even exist anymore, and not because they’re stupid old bigots, and then—

I weighed in with roly-poly old Roger Ailes (an erstwhile social pal) curtailing Karl Rove’s and Dick Morris’s appearances on FOX News because now even Roger’s embarrassed by them, and naturally thought of YOU, my Razorbabies, because I’m wondering how much longer Mookie’s gonna be at FOX or Cumulus Radio or wherever he’s still grasping for media relevance, and what’s gonna happen to the beach home in Destin and stuff when his schtick as “political consultant” tanks.

But mainly we all agreed that we’re deeply concerned now that Gavin’s bailed on Lindsay on Twitter and the poor thing’s Fuck You Money is running out.

Also that a few banana daiquiris go a long way toward easing the pain.

Christmas cheers!
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:59:45 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:50:41 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Bill]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:36:18 -0600 Arkansas Times