http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/01/14/and-the-legislature-is-off Comments On: UPDATE: And the legislature is off ... 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) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by RYD]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:22:54 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:15:36 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Conwegian]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:23:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by MysteryShopper]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:03:38 -0600 Arkansas Times
This issue is the matter of a driver using a cell phone while in a moving car in a school zone. Got one for smoking in a car on campus as well.

Rather have them smoking than texting or talking on a cell phone.

So is this a Republican blow for personal freedom or just another of their blows for stupidity?
Posted by wannabee conservative]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:51:34 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by All_In_Moderation]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:23:11 -0600 Arkansas Times
There is a ban, but it isn't enforced. It was when I was in school. Now it's a joke, and parents want their kids able to call if something goes horribly wrong. That's understandable. The original reason was that drug dealers used phones to make deals during the day at school. Only applies to K-12.

==I imagine that the cell phone ban is for drivers. But, in the land of Tea Party, what are a few dead children compared to the freedom to text in a school zone?==

Texting bans are actually more dangerous than having no ban in place.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/texting_ban_ups_crashes_dCxHru3R1zQTnyjkbxbD2K

We can only speculate as to the reason but I personally think it is because people now take their eyes off the road to text with the phones in their laps rather than openly texting with the phone at steering wheel level.

We already have charges against this. It's called reckless and unsafe driving. Enforce the current laws.
Posted by ProCarry]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:50:03 -0600 Arkansas Times >Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to eliminate the personal income tax and replace the lost revenue with a sales tax increase...Windfall for wealthy, tax increases for 80 percent of tax payers.<

And you can bet your last dollar they will have the most of the bottom half in Louisiana supporting it. Fools and their money are soon to part. I don't think it would be much of problem to sell that piece of self-flagellation here.
Posted by eLwood]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:06:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:46:29 -0600 Arkansas Times
Dad explained, the only way to keep gov't out of our private school choice was to not take any money or tax credits from the gov't.

Once the gov't gives money or a tax credit then they have CONTROL. They get you used to the money/cedit then you are hooked.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:20:01 -0600 Arkansas Times
The more dead kids in this country, whether it be from denying them health care, from running over them while yakking to one's mistress, or simply from putting eleven .223 bullets in a first-grader, the freer conservatives feel they are.
Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:54:36 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Sound Policy]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:42:04 -0600 Arkansas Times
Yes, Silver, the old saying was the GA should meet 2 days every 60 years because of the pattern of stupid laws enacted when they meet. And....Fisher and others had a field day with their editorial cartoons of hiding the women and children when the state legislators arrived in Little Rock for their sessions.
Posted by Cato]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:25:26 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Silverback66]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:19:35 -0600 Arkansas Times