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The discounter is the nation's biggest gun merchant.<<

Nothing like Walmart to help us with that false sense of home security while deer huntin for Jesus.

It's great what Walmart does to keep the population explosion from over taking us. They're also the world's largest distributor and retailer of tobacco products. But you won't find no dirty lyrics in their music or book sections.

P.S. your pdf file-link does not work. Gave it over 5 min

ARK. BLOG: It works fine for me. Same thing happened the other day on a PDF I posted on Clinton charity. It's something with your browser, I'm afraid.

THIS IS NOT ON THIS COMMENT, BUT SOME MAY WANT TO KNOW.

Herb Fowler passed away at age 86, one day before John Williams. I added this to the article and emailed Max, but in case it moves to the archives before Max catches it. . .

I was fortunate enough to have the "dream team" when I began architecture and one not mentioned, J. Palmer Boggs. They will be fondly remembered and missed.

FAYETTEVILLE - Architecture in Arkansas lost two pioneers in less than 24 hours.

John Williams, 92, founder of the University of Arkansas architecture program, died Friday morning. Longtime professor Herb Fowler, 86, passed away Thursday.

"These guys were part of the foundation that program was built on," said Ernie Jacks, a colleague of both men. "John was a founder with a capital F, and Herb was one of the nicest men I've ever met in my life."

Jeff Shannon remembers his first contact with Williams. Shannon was a freshman at Hendrix College who was considering transferring to Arkansas to pursue architecture.

"I sent him a letter expressing my interest, and he offered all the encouragement in the world," said Shannon, now the dean of the architecture school. "I was his student, then his colleague when he recruited me to come back and teach, but beyond all that, he was my friend."

Williams, a Van Buren native, arrived on campus in 1946, when the architecture offerings consisted of two classes in the engineering school. Within 10 years, architecture stood alone as a separate school, and Williams lead the program as dean for two decades.
Shannon also took classes from Fowler.

"He had a wonderful hand at drawing in the studio. He was a consummate teacher, both a gentle man and a gentleman," Shannon said.

Jacks remembers times when Fowler could be too gentle.

"He was almost too nice. Sometimes he was afraid to tell a student they weren't doing well. It was all positive reinforcement with Herb," Jacks said.

Fowler, Williams and Jacks were part of a faculty that also included the late Fay Jones, Cy Sutherland and Keith McPheeters. Each was a nationally recognized architect, Shannon said.

"They were a dream team faculty," he said.

All of them are mentioned in Williams's 1984 book, "The Curious and the Beautiful: A Memoir History of the Architecture Program at the University of Arkansas," which chronicles the early years of the program.

His interest in modern, organic architecture was influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, who Williams brought to campus as a guest lecturer in 1958. Williams designed his own home along lines inspired by Wright.

Williams gained fame for his design of the Clack-Kellogg House, a Fayetteville residence that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Williams was honored with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Distinguished Professor Award in 1988 and the American Society of Landscape Architects' Pioneer Award in 2002.

"John G. Williams was a vibrant force in the architectural profession," said Thad Kelly, president of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. "The whole state is deeply indebted to John for his tireless devotion to the practice and practitioners of architecture in Arkansas."

The early faculty knew each other well, to the point where anyone's personal quirks were well known to the whole staff, Jacks said.

"I've known (Williams) longer than anyone in my life except my wife," Jacks said. "I remember he owned a big old blue convertible that always had a rubber raft in the back seat. Sometimes, he'd just disappear for a while, and if we needed him, we'd go out to the lake, and he'd just be sitting out in the raft, thinking about things."

Pure as the dawn on the brow of thy beauty
Watches thy soul from the mountains of God
Over the Fates of thy children departed
Far from the land where their footsteps have trod.
Beacon of hope in the ways dreary lighted;
Pride of our hearts that are loyal and true;
From those who adore unto one who adores us-
Mother of Mothers, we sing unto you.

We, with our faces turned high to the Eastward,
Proud of our place in the vanguard of Truth,
Will sing unto thee a new song of thanksgiving-
Honor to God and the Springtime of Youth.
Shout of the victor or tear of the vanquished;
Sunshine or tempest thy heart is e'er true;
Pride of the Hills and the white-laden Lowlands-
Mother of Mothers, we kneel unto you.

Ever the Legions of Sin will assail us,
Ever the Battle in Cities afar;
Still in the depths will thy Spirit eternal
Beckon us on like a piloting Star.
Down in dim years do thy dead children call thee,
Wafted to Sleep while the Springtime was new;
We, of the Present, thy hope of the Future-
Mother of Mothers, we pray unto you.

Those unamerican mayors and walmart have no right to limit the constitutional rights of americans to bare arms with their own rules.. sell 'em as is or get out of the business.

.. sell 'em as is or get out of the business...

Casv - That is a great sentiment. Would you joint me by signing a petition addressed to those pharmacies and pharmacists who refuse to sell legally written prescriptions for an FDA approved drug (RU-486, the Morning After pill)............."sell em as is or get out of the business"

You can videotape me all you want while you pry my cold dead fingers off my gun.

"ARK. BLOG: It works fine for me. "

So sorry MB, AT. My Adobe file was corrupted. I spent the past hour getting it removed and a new version loaded.
Cheers

Mud that has got to be the damnest statement I ever read... Who in hell would compare guns to drugs. YOU are stupid.
What are you taking?

Chasv, I am not sure I would be talking about stupid remarks when you started by defending the people's right to go sleeveless.

The question is whether Wal-Mart can make their own rules that govern how they sell guns. I suspect they can. They just have to pay the price associated with any backlash.