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Monday, August 31, 2009 - 17:49:33
Line's open
Zow. Still feels like football weather, even at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 31. And there was even high school football on the radio (Fayetteville beating Central) as I drove home.
Your turn.
"Probably not going to happen"
Rep. Mike Ross made a stop at the Clinton School of Public Service today to speak with students and answer their questions about health care reform. It was a small engagement, reserved for students and members of the media. Ross said the recent town halls that were held across the state were the "greatest demonstration of democracy seen in a long time." He spoke about his involvement with the Blue Dog Coalition and described his goals for health reform.
Ross said his goal was never to kill health care reform completely, but to delay the negotiations until September. He said he does believe health care reform will happen this year. Any reform package, Ross said, should allow people to keep their insurance if they like it, make sure the government option is not forced on anyone, not provide federal funding for abortions or illegal aliens and prohibit insurance companies from excluding care for pre-existing conditions. Even though Ross said afterward that the public option was "probably not going to happen," he said during his remarks that his goal was not to "water down the public option." Dean of the Clinton School Skip Rutherford told me after the event that Ross had "left the public option on the table." Yeah, but barely.
No kicks from this cocaine
Another reason to avoid cocaine: About a third of it in the U.S. is tainted with a livestock deworming drug, article by AP's Jon Gambrell says.Newspaper war
By popular demand: Nevada's pugnacious Sen. Harry Reid has sent ill wishes to the major Las Vegas newspaper (owned by Little Rock's Stephens Inc.). The newspaper's publisher, Sherm Frederick, who oversees a number of papers in Arkansas, has responded in a column that characterizes Reid as a bully.
In short: One of the country's most powerful politicians doesn't like newspaper that criticizes him. Fabulously profitable monopoly newspaper owned by billionaire complains about being picked on. I'm having a hard time finding a dog in this hunt.
The battle of Jericho
Maybe I missed this over the weekend. But a Memphis TV station says the city hall in tiny Jericho, near Marion, is still surrounded by crime scene tape. It was put up after the town fire chief was shot in court by a police officer. Fire chief's son got a ticket. And it went from there.Mr. Postman
Lt. Gov. Bill Halter went to China. He brought back a letter.Trailing the double dippers
State Rep. Allen Kerr wants an attorney general's opinion on the position of state retirement systems that the names of beneficiaries and amounts owed are secret. I've never understood how a benefit based at least in part on public dollars could be secret. Here's Kerr's letter.
If public, the information would make personal the burgeoning controversy over double dippers on the public payroll. Some legal, some not.
Fire truck for the cure
Deconstructing Darth Cheney
How about a shred of good news?
Fear stalks the land
Sunday thoughts
Asa for Senate?
Virginia's next governor
'Free' political speech
Sen. Bryles get his KIPP
Saturday thread
Win by losing?
Nice timing on school vote
Love story
Kennedy's example
Take it away
Clear off the shelf
Child death toll
Energy bill debate
Tip of the double dip
Dishonesty thy name is GOP
Warren Stephens sez
Insurance companies are human, too
About that deficit
Tours R Huck
In a slow car through Arkansas
Thursday thread
Amendments 1 and 2
Snyder takes health questions
End of life care
Banking woes
Mummy's the word
Rehm talk postponed
Child starvation case
Green Party sues for ballot access
Sen. Lincoln throws a tailgate
More popular than Jesus
A plan for LR schools
U.S. Senate sweepstakes
Developing downtown
The line is now open
Late news headlines
Philander's social justice mission
The approval gap
Powerball launch set
Stop coal plant construction
Mike Ross is a Democrat
God and country
Robbery suspect collared
The Lincoln poll
Dog shooter arrested
Simple Wal-Mart arithmetic
More from Main Street
Pine Bluff success stories
KIPP schools choose Blytheville
Those pesky blogs
Death in NLR
After Kennedy, who UPDATE
Why does Bob run?
So close to Missouri ...
Oh Arkansas, Pt. 3
Joyful Repubs
Main Street matters
Lakeview case dismissed
Put down your coffee mug
TR dodges hoosegow
Something's happening here
Oh, Arkansas Pt. II
Blogging deseg talks
Advanced Placement advances
Berry picking time
A gathering storm
Insiders' baseball
The line is open
Oh, Arkansas
Michael Jackson death finding
A little stimulus
Shiver me timbers
Bush coming to Harding
Attack from the right
Oaklawn: ka-ching!
Hope for America
Open line UPDATE
A perfect 10 for Hot Springs
Soon it will be cold
Why do they rage?
The eagle flies
Go, Rick, go
Cowboy stadium shakedown cruise
A time for reconciliation?
Stop that buck
Helping women
Making a list
Wage and hour fight
The line is open
Sen. Johnson mulls Lincoln challenge
Study: Repeal the lottery
Thank God for Texas
You thought Clinton was bad early?
Trusty to resign Senate seat
Jobless rate up
Football and the free press
Optional equipment
Suffering children
Arkansas Blog graffiti
In the wild
Judge appointed in Fayetteville
Welcome, Mr. Chairman
Cash for clunkers ending UPDATE
Millions for defense; but for the sick?
Code level: Liars
Mike Ross to working poor: Screw you
Lockerbie bomber released
Junket report
Double bypass
Here comes the Huck
Stick em up; pull em down
Health care solutions
An A for UA
Speak up for fraud
Curbside service
Wealth builder
Brand new thread
Jupiter aligns with Mars
Undipping underway
Radical cleric Huck
Award-winning movie
When the toll is called up yonder
White House putdowns
Bank on the lottery
Lincoln on health care
Metropolitan Bank agreement
Referees in a bloodbath
Hot nuts
Duh
Who is Ted Olson?
It's not just college
The Arkansas score
Testing, testing
GOP listening tour
Benton County turnpike
Banks decline lotto business
Explosives case
Hendrix leads the way
Into the belly of the beast
Schools: Public v. private
Whose side are you on
School stimulus
Snyder's health care talk
McDaniel issues deseg demand
Hillcrest stickup
Tomorrow's news today
Idea: Do a Mayor Valley on the Blue Dogs
Caught in the middle
New man at Crystal Bridges
Heartland values
To heck with Palestine
The fugitive
The line is open
No public option, no health care bill
Death penalty reinstated
Disable texting function, maybe?
Can't be too careful
New leader at Crystal Bridges
Here's mud in your eye
Bashing U.S. on foreign soil
'The tree of crazy'
Problem gamblers
Lincoln in the spotlight
Open line Sunday
Too much gravy
Arkies -- famous and infamous
Crowd sourcing
Saturday open line
Shame of a nation
The Clinton years
In defense of the Postal Service
Blame Bush
UPDATE: Second scoop takeback
Ross at the mike
Clinton takes a question
Happy birthday
Health reform now
Missing editor
Tunnel unloved
It ain't chicken soup
Speaking of sex
Sexy Sherwood
Mixed signals
Six degrees of helter skelter
On nabbing Betsey UPDATE
Socialized medicine
The lying liars
Traveling music
Crank up the a/c
Health care: Come one and all
Another day...
The lying liars
On nabbing Betsey
Less than zero
Remembering Bill Gwatney
Passing the buck
Horn tooting
Stimulus and the LRSD
The shame of a nation
Obama and single-payer
The line is open
Betsey Wright charged in prison case
Tracking double-dipping educators
So long, Pard
Lottery pep talk
More on turrible socialized medicine
Keep 'em flying
We like Mike
Suckup watch UPDATED
The race is on
Kudos for natl. health care
Bush White House doublespeak
Hot Springs recall
ATF narrows focus on bombing
Open line
Looking for a GOP candidate
The Justice Department purge
Snyder in public on health care
A lotto grandstanding
Sweating Pulaski employees on theft
NLR stimulus money detailed
Payday lenders ousted
Real estate: Could be worse
Dems fire back
Police cutback
Kissing babies, etc.
The great football fight
No charge in Fayetteville
Can't beat Ark.; but you can beat our kids
Those 'death panels'?
Over to you
Sen. Lincoln on health care
LR loses landfill suit
Fie on the government
Escape route
Bombing development
'Death panel' architect
Dragnet LR
Sanford hypocrisy watch
$42 million in stimulus UPDATE
UALR prof to head Lion World Services
WM3 hearing underway
Late to the gold rush
Wreck details released
Priest removed in Fayetteville
Thank goodness for Big Govt.
To compute or not to compute
Where did the day go?
Tomatoes: Bad year all over
Saturday thoughts?
GOP to double-dippers: Resign
'Fiscal conservative' Mike Ross UPDATE
Full moon in Alaska
Defining the South
Mixed nuts
You're on
New reporting on child abuse UPDATE
Do you do Tumblr?
Sex and the Sherwood PD
Sen. Lincoln waters the lawn UPDATE
'We were a half a million strong'
Grenade doc: More charges
Mother arrested
Keep lobbying Cliff
Beebe on the phone
Hopeful economic news
The Southern strategy
Urban sound at Verizon
Open mic
What I meant to say was ....
The great escape
State rep. to city hall
Re Lou Holtz for Congress
Sure weird: Or is it Reno 911?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
No DOG days in Austin
Get your scoop ready UPDATE
Beebe names King commissioners
Blast doctor back
You don't know what you've got ....
Leaning right?
What's in a name?
Cash for clunkers
Take it away
Teabaggers on parade
Post pulls video feature
Lottery commission at work UPDATE
Imagine
Let the sun shine in
Mayor has appendectomy
Wedding bell news
Mob rule
Death in drive-by
Huck PAC: Thinks small
Bouncing balls v. computers
And speaking of health care ...
Organizing for Obama
The line is open
Vesuvio chef dies
No 'town hall'
North Korea relents
Private schools win sports fight
The end of the world?
Hutchinson in state Senate race
Benton's loss; LR's gain
Mad Men
State revenue shrinks
Double dip watch
'Birthers' are bonkers
Citizen Clinton
Dead poets society UPDATE
UALR building plans
Crime and an open line
Teabagger alert
Welcome to the 'hood
Injured at hospital
Mad Men UPDATE
Repubs target Snyder, Ross
Park Avenue update
Billy Lee Riley dead at 75
Swine flu update
Shades of the Huck-a-hatch UPDATE
Prescott powerhouse
Oh, and this
Well there is this ...
Sleepy Sunday
Extradition for animal cruelty
Who's a racist?
Serving God and Wal-Mart
Get your Keith Urban tickets
The line is open
All in the family -- Huckabucks
Progress on Park Avenue?
Crime in Conway County
Post pulls Hillary jab
What's disorderly conduct?
Baker: Finger in the wind
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