Arkansas Blog

Oh my. This guy is a fruitcake. I bet the Untouchables will be able to tap phones and e-mails without a warrant. Will they rent space at Gitmo to whack these corrupt politicos around?

Why do right wing conservatives always tout some super hero crime fighting tactics as a cure for everything?

Agreed. The Republican Party is fueled by testosterone.

He thinks he can do this. He says in this. "In my opinion, this is legal," he says.

The Dem Gaz story quotes the AG's office . . . not McDaniel . . . saying no he can't. He is a dumbass.

Let's see...

- A Clinton witchhunter turned influence seller running for Gov.
- An racist who thinks that a living wage and kindergarten are both communist plots running for Lt. Gov.
- A builder of a private army of lawyers running for A.G.

Where do these people come from, and why are they seen as role models?

Nope, can't say these folks are self-absorbed....they watch TV. Can we laugh now or should we wait until after the election?

Honestly ask yourselves: has there been a long history of documented political corruption in Arkansas? Of course there has. Mainly due to a century plus of Democratic Party good ole' boy rule, now in the 21st century mode. The locals find themslves hard pressed to rat out people that rip off the state for millions.

There are tons of state, local and city contracts in which bids are never let, because some family relation to an elected local official builds all the bridges, or repaves the local school parking lot or county road. How about a local Mayor or elected official who dips into the petty cash drawer for a few hundred a month, but is buddies with the local sheriff.

Power is controlled by one party in Arkansas, county judges, sheriffs, county government elected officials, all have the political power and ability to hurt anyone that ever comes after them on criminal charges of public corruption.

How long did Knox Nelson and Lockhart operate in the prison labor business, how long did Nick Wilson make millions off the taxpayers. It may well take a referred constitutional amendment to get this done, and the voters would be supportive of the measure.

Government corruption has a long and infamous history in Arkansas. Corruption has cost the taxpayers untold millions, in cases that have been prosecuted and the unknown numbers of case that go totally untouched.

It's time someone took the initiative and stopped turning a blind eye to the issue of public corruption at all levels in Arkansas. That, it would seem, could only be achieved by having a unit of the attorney generals office that in fact was untouchable to the local political machines and party power brokers.

Totally wimpy and lame response to DeLay's bashing of McDaniel over the lawsuit against Remington Arms. McDaniel would have to say "I may have sued gun owners and Remington Arms, but you sir want to investigate public corruption unrestrained by local political influence...unheard of...but let me go ask my Daddy first."

OK, I get it. Tailgunner Delay is proposing he be Arkansas' first Unitary Executive Attorney General. Gosh, it worked for Bush, why won't it work for Gunner?

Actually his idea goes along with one popped on me by Robert Heinlein years ago in his book, Stranger in a Strange Land. In his future world the regular court system as we know it has been abolished and replaced with super pure arbitrators called Fair Witnesses.

These people, more or less raised in a bubble, live apart from the rest of the population in order that their judgment won't be tainted and they may render fair and unbiased opinions. Sounds good to me but I don't know where Gunner is going to get a team of Fair Witnesses. He may not grok the difficulty of such a task.

But, since the neo-con Republicans have mixed up truth and lies and Christianity and dirty money and nothing means a damn thing any more, we might have to breed a special group of people to explain right vs. wrong to us, in some kind of Reader's Digest big print edition. Could this be the real purpose of the Duggars?

And this hit squad can have its own special name. How about Gunner's Goons or DeLay's DeLackeys?

I don't care how much Nick and Knox stole. There are laws to deal with that type of thing, and there are people to enforce those laws.

We don't need a band of stormtroopers being directed by a radical Attorney General to probe every instance of suspected criminal wrongdoing. One Ken Starr is enough.

McDaniel could never go after corruption in government, hell he said "I'll supoena oil company execs on price gouging" then turns around and takes money from oil company executives. He sponsored the TIF legislation and pockets 50k or close to it from Bruce Burrow and associated companies who are paying him back for passing legislation that expanded eminent domain powers for private developers. Government corruption is a big problem, at least someone has a decent idea on how to fight it in Arkansas.

We already laws for this. Do we really need more beuracracy? Is expanding the state government really necessary when we already have an outlet for these types of complaints?

You're wasteful, Gunner DeLay. And you walk like a sissy.

Well, let's all pitch in $50 to send to DeLay with the caveat that his first public corruption investigation be the state contract with Lord's Ranch. Can't he go back 5 or 7 years?

But, hey why should he? He may just spend our money on nice suits.
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Ted Suel, I think is how you spell it, the Lord's Ranch guy. Well, the Lord's Ranch guy and affiliated corporations have given their boy McDaniel several thousand dollars. Could the current AG have started an investigation of the Lord's Ranch state contract? Sure, except the Lord's Ranch hand has given a ton of money to a ton of D's and R's.

I'd imagine some where in some report the current AG took a contribution or two. Gunner has no contributions from the Lord's Ranch guy or any company of his, and also is not taking campaign money from any public utilities or entities that could have ratepayers business before the AG's office.

The idea of the public integrity unit is a good one, working in conjunction with local prosecutors protected from political retribution, the AG's office under Gunner DeLay could investigate every sweetheart deal and corrupt city, county or state politician free of one party rule politics that protects the majority of the modern day good old boys, probably wouldn't have enough left to have a legislative session if someone really investigated public corruption in government.

Ted Suel, I think is how you spell it, the Lord's Ranch guy. Well, the Lord's Ranch guy and affiliated corporations have given their boy McDaniel several thousand dollars. Could the current AG have started an investigation of the Lord's Ranch state contract? Sure, except the Lord's Ranch hand has given a ton of money to a ton of D's and R's.

I'd imagine some where in some report the current AG took a contribution or two. Gunner has no contributions from the Lord's Ranch guy or any company of his, and also is not taking campaign money from any public utilities or entities that could have ratepayers business before the AG's office.

The idea of the public integrity unit is a good one, working in conjunction with local prosecutors protected from political retribution, the AG's office under Gunner DeLay could investigate every sweetheart deal and corrupt city, county or state politician free of one party rule politics that protects the majority of the modern day good old boys, probably wouldn't have enough left to have a legislative session if someone really investigated public corruption in government.

I like the public integrity unit. I think it should be implemented and now with some distinct checks and balances.

Furthermore, these claims of wrongdoing should be truly investigated - the ethics commission is a joke.

People that don't like it have something to hide.