Arkansas Blog

"John McCain should go the whole Hugh Hefner route and have eight V.P.s that all look exactly like Sarah Palin." - Cintra Wilson

So, more on Fair food. I can understand the whole Fried Dr. Pepper thing (I think I'd be a lot more likely to munch on that than Fried Coke), I love that T-Ravs are coming... but why in the world would someone deep fry an already deep fried object? I am specifically referencing the Deep Fried Chicken Fried Steak on a Stick. Oh good Lord.

Then there's the deep fried cheesecake on a stick. Click on bluename to read about it. It was introduced last year at the Arizona State Fair. Now why, why, why mess with perfection? Why in the world would you mess with something that good? I'd far rather crawl over to Chip's and get a thick, fluffy slice of New York Cheesecake with a little strawberry topping on it -- four and a half thick inches of heaven on Earth. I cannot imagine how you can improve on God's work by battering it and throwing it in hot oil.

I'll give you another Tie Dye Travels on Fair fare, come Monday.

Kat, hopefully you recognize the stuff you are listing is not food but a collective form of insanity. I'm not kidding.

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Oh yeah. There's no way I could make a meal out of that. I'm holding out for the sirloin burgers. They're bringing in this burger place this year where the burgers are ground by hand right there, hand patted, and cooked to order. That's more my idea of good eats.

I think the main reason these sort of things are popular at fairs is because of the curiosity factor. People are willing to try deep fried and battered things when they don't actually have to mess up the kitchen themselves. It's also a Fair thing -- once a year (like Christmas), the heck with the calorie count, it's something to try and sometimes it's even a brief great thing on the tongue. I usually limit my funnel cake consumption to once a year because of this. It's wonderful when I eat it with a friend standing up in the middle of the midway, powdered sugar blowing everywhere, fingers sticky from the combination of light grease and sugar, giggling. If it were available every day, I'd get bored with it.

I'm really big into eating certain foods at certain times of the year. I only eat watermelon when it's in season (preferably only Arkansas melons, usually only those grown in the vicinity of Cave City, and yes they are still in season right now), only drink Egg Nog at Christmas, and the like.

In the interest of true journalism, though, I will likely try many of these battered abominations. For the sake of journalistic integrity, of course.

Largest Ever UA freshman class.

FAYETTEVILLE - University of Arkansas enrollment reached more than 19,000 students for the first time in the university's history. Total enrollment at the end of the 11th day of classes was 19,191 students.

There was an increase of 543 students overall, representing 2.9 percent growth over the fall 2007 semester. A total of 3,010 full and part-time degree-seeking freshmen are enrolled this year, the largest freshman class in university history.

What's the definition of "recent" at Arkansas Times? "Recent Videos" has featured the same video for a month now.
What gives? I'm looking for news, not an obsession.

Clicky for your friday night song.

This one for my darling Frenchie, his fave.

Little Rock's nominal ABC "affiliate" KATV instead of reverting to network programming tonight (7-9pm) after not being able to air "Texas Week" Razorback propaganda instead chooses a 7pm block of infomercials and at 8pm gospel huxtering with Billy Graham ministries.

I'm sure KATV will carry Pit Bull Palin's "interview" since its (1) in glorious SD, (2) Albritton is a Republican owner, and (3) to satisfy the pearl-clutchers that are KATV's bread and butter viewers.

For those craving Hurricane Coverage other than the national Cable channels , XM Satellite radio has continuous hurricane coverage on the Emergency alert channel (XM ch 247) consisting of KTRH radio and KHOU-TV audio. DirecTV (*not* Dish Network though) is currently carrying KHOU-TV as a live feed (DirecTV ch361).

I'll bite...what's fried Dr. Pepper...can't begin to imagine?

But eLwood's right...frying cheesecake, twinkies, candy bars, etc. just ain't right.

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Jazzy....that was beautiful! Thanks for the link.

Argument Over Genital Size Leaves 3 Dead

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I haven't seen any Strangelove posts around here today.

Coincidence?

More good stuff continues to come in from Charlie Gibson's interview with Sarah Palin. She increasingly looks lighter than air. (And yes, Gibson did a good job pinning down her lack of knowledge and inconsistencies.

The Chicago Tribune Swamp blog quotes material from the Palin interview released by ABC on Friday. See http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/palin_bridge_to_nowhere_for_ag.html#more for more of these excerpts:

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"Alaska got $155 million in earmarks in 2008 for a population of 670,000, Gibson notes in the interview ---- $231 per person in Alaska. The state of Illinois, Democrat Barack Obama's home state, got $22 per person.

"You got ten times per person as much,'' Gibson asks Palin. "How does that square with your reforms?'' And even now, the state is seeking $3.2 million for researching the genetics of harbor seals, money to study the mating habits of crabs, Gibson notessaid. "Isn't that exactly the kind of thing that John McCain is objecting to? ''

"That's the abuse that we're going to stop,'' Palin vows. "That's what John McCain has promised over and over for these years and that's what I'm joining him, also, saying, you're right, the abuse of earmarks, it's un-American, it's undemocratic, and it's not going to be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration. Earmark abuse will stop.''

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And then there's the following:

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"But it's now pretty clearly documented,'' Gibson said. "You supported that bridge before you opposed it. You were wearing a T-shirt in the 2006 campaign, showed your support for the bridge to nowhere. ''

"I was wearing a T-shirt with the Zip Code of the community that was asking for that bridge,'' Palin said. "Not all the people in that community even were asking for a $400 million or $300 million bridge''

"But you turned against it after Congress had basically pulled the plug on it,'' Gibson pressed Palin, "after it became apparent that the state was going to have to pay for it, not the Congress, and after it became a national embarrassment to the state of Alaska. So do you want to revise and extend your remarks?

"It has always been an embarrassment that abuse of the ear form -- earmark process has been accepted in Congress,'' Palin said. "And that's what John McCain has fought. And that's what I joined him in fighting. It's been an embarrassment, not just Alaska's projects. But McCain gives example after example after example. I mean, every state has their embarrassment.

"But you were for it before you were against it. You were solidly for it for quite some period of time,'' Gibon said.

"I was,'' Palin said.

"Until Congress pulled the plug,'' Gibson added.

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I liked the way New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley summed it up to describe Gibson vs. Palin: ( see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/us/politics/12watch.html?ref=politics )

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When Ms. Palin seemed not to know exactly what the Bush doctrine is, Mr. Gibson made a point of explaining it - pre-emptive self-defense - and demanded that she tell him whether she agreed with it. ...

Mr. Gibson, who sat back in his chair, impatiently wriggling his foot, had the skeptical, annoyed tone of a university president who agrees to interview the daughter of a trustee but doesn't believe she merits admission.

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For that last bit, Alessandra Stanley was oddly named Keith Olbermann's Worst Person in the World tonight. Keith apparently interpreted Stanley's comment as deriding Gibson. I thought it made Gibson look justified in his impatience and made Palin look like the lightweight. Sometimes Keith gets a bit overwrought.

Max called Gibson "Republican-friendly" in his earlier post. If Gibson ever was that, he blew it with the GOP this time. The Demos are going to have a good time making TV spots from these interviews. McCain's people likely wish they had granted Palin's first interview to Sean Hannity.

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What's the definition of "recent" at Arkansas Times? "Recent Videos" has featured the same video for over a month now. What gives? Are you presenting real news, or a stale obsession?

This blog concentrates on digging up and finding 'gotchas' for McCain and to a greater extent Palin but ignores the light in the resume obama. He couldn't qualify for a first level manager position with most fortune 500 companies. It really boils down to experience and that word does not compute in regards to obama.

Sarah Palin wouldn't qualify for JP in most Arkansas Counties.

No, Obama would hire in at a third or fourth level manager position in most fortune 500 companies. No ivy league trained lawyer would ever be relegated to first-level supervision or second level management.

>>He [BHO]couldn't qualify for a first level manager position with most fortune 500 companies.<<

But he did turn down hundreds of thousands per year as a Wall Street lawyer. He had several offers.
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Most people consider Abraham LIncoln and John F. Kennedy among the greatest presidents we have had. Neither had executive experience.

Bush had "executive experience" as Governor of Texas but that hasn't served him or the country very well.

For a list of presidents and their executive experience click blue name

Ike news:

KHOU: Message from lingerers at Seaside Lumber Building (they were on the roof) "five people, one fatal mistake."

The Exxon thing is what KHOU-TV reported. There's no corroborating source, but they did have convincing video.

KHOU: Exxon Mobile plant is on fire.

I liked the "executive experience" of President Truman.

clothing store owner
county judge
Senator
81 days as VP

As president made the most critical decision made by a modern president-dropping the atomic bomb and it was the correct decision.
Later he gave the order to integrate all the U.S. military services.
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I don't get out toward west Little Rock a whole lot. I did earlier this week. It's so nice to see how the developers have destroyed Chenal Parkway. It really used to be a "parkway." It looks more like a boulevard these day, headed for more of a "drive" look. Eventually, it will look like Markham Street, when developers decide to destroy more land further west.

Same for the North Little Rock portion of Maumelle Boulevard. Total developmental destruction. I hope everyone is proud of what has been wrought. Apparently, what planning was contemplated was forgotten for an every-man-for-himself style of development, with nonsensical strip malls next to warehouses, next to a McDonalds next to a Wal Mart Super Center. Too bad we're not in the hurricane's paht where we could maybe get $1 billion in improvements to this developers' nightmare.

What's the definition of "recent" at Arkansas Times? "Recent Videos" has featured the same video for over a month now. What gives? Are you presenting real news, or a stale obsession?

Posted by: fool4truth

fool...the guy that was making all the videos left for another job and no one has filled his video shoes. If you don't like it, go to www.youtube.com and have a ball.

I forgot to Tivo the ABC News Sarahthon tonight, but my brother in law watched it with his keen hawk eyes and said in the whole hour about Sarah's interview, ABC didn't mention the part where Sarah couldn't answer the question about the Bush Doctrine. So much for that damn liberal press, huh?

AETN screwed up my Tivo-ing of Bill Moyers tonight, so I only got part of it....but lord have mercy..it was on wingnut books and magazines and Hate Talk Radio and it's a whole lot worse than I ever thought. On my worst day, in my worst blog rant I've never touched a toenail on Glenn Beck or that Savage guy's foot! They advocate killing liberals....say it right on the air! This was brought up in a piece Moyers was showing on the recent killings at the open-minded church. The lonely lone white male gunman, aren't they all, had a house filled with liberal hating books. He told the police since he couldn't get to the leaders he decided to go after the liberal foot soldiers who voted them in.

Here's the link to Moyers and let's take another look at that Gwatney murder again. Click Watch Video

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09122008/profile2.html

Only pic I could find is at bluename, a guy eating a fried Twinkie with his fried Dr. Pepper.

Best I can describe it is this -- take funnel cake batter, but instead of whisking in water to make it work, whisk in Dr. Pepper -- the syrup, if you have it. Deep fry it (it comes out more like dumplings than funnel cake), then pour some more syrup over the top and dab on a dollup of whipped cream.

You know, it sounded good at first, but I'm up making banana nut bread this morning and it doesn't sound that appetizing right now.

What do you call a snowstorm in South Arkansas in September....

...The analog signal of KATV.

What do you call Sarah Palin's plans for America....

...A snowjob.

(i've recorded LIpstick's speech, going to watch it later sometime)

DBI, AETN is once again beggin' for money. I usually avoid them during those weeks. I also try to avoid local news during "Texas Week". Thank God for the Internet and Satellite TV in Podunk.

In about 10 days, I'll have to hibernate again, with no Hurricane the Razorback agitprop will go full steam ahead despite a more important game against Alabama next week. Gotta keep the sheep snowed in with that instead of real issues in this state.

I went to law school. Law school provides absolutely no training in being a manager or executive. If you think that an ivy league lawyer could walk into a mid level management position and be successful then you don't have any management experience. I have worked for a fortune 100 company and we didn't hire any lawyers into mid level management positions unless they have had management experience in addition to their law degree.

Strange, law degree holders are too busy enacting laws for the betterment of all the rest of us. *grin*

Someone tell that to Abe Lincoln about middle management experience, etc. Maybe there are some guys who used to work for Enron or some failed savings and loan or some of those getting their resumes ready in the banking industry (Lehman??) who would like to impress us with their management skills.

It seems all this experience is moot when one looks at the lying and distortion done. Gosh....what a familiar scenario. The Republican party always prefers experience and lying mixed together, preferably experience in lying.

McCain't, "It Ain't About the Truth"

DBI: take a peek. Clicky