Archive for January, 2011
Activist Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional-On To The Supreme Court
Jan 31, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemLooks like the 30+ year effort by the Republicans to stock the judiciary with partisan flunkees is paying off for them: A federal district court judge in Florida ruled today that a key provision in the new health care law is unconstitutional, and that the entire law must be voided. Roger Vinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, agreed ...
Continue ReadingJackson County Republican Chair Connected To White Supremacist Organization
Jan 31, 2011 3 Comments ›› ARDemA special thanks goes out to Blue Arkansas writer La Voix for helping investigate this one. In fact, she's the one who first started digging around when she got wind of this story, immediately after finding a racist ad on Craig's List from the Council of Conservative Citizens: White people have been notified that by the ...
Continue ReadingI Guess Tim Griffin Can’t Do Math
Jan 30, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemBoy, Tim Griffin sure is getting a great start cutting government waste. Why, he's already saved us 617 million over ten years by voting to eliminate taxpayer funding of presidential elections. However, that pales in comparison to the $700 billion added to the deficit over ten years by the Bush Tax Cut extension he campaigned for, ...
Continue ReadingVirginia’s Fighting For The ERA; Will Arkansas Step Up?
Jan 29, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemWith Judges like Scalia on the bench who think the Constitution, as written, currently provides for no due process or equal protection for women, activists in other states are pushing hard for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Case in point, Virginia: A bill to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in the Virginia Legislature ...
Continue ReadingAnti-Immigrant Hypocrites Show Their True Colors
Jan 29, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemBlue Hog Report has an excellent round up of the opposition to HB 1013, Jim Nickels' bill that would crack down on contractors that hire undocumented immigrants-you know, actually focus on the problem rather than on demonizing the poor and the vulnerable and exploiting racism and xenophobia? But apparently that isn't what the likes of ...
Continue ReadingFolks Like These Make Me Glad I’m Not A Woman
Jan 29, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemLet's face it. We men have the good end of the stick. Think about it. When was the last time you heard a discussion in our politics that would limit the ability of men to have control over the decisions that impact their own lives, bodies, health, and well being? I'm of course talking about ...
Continue ReadingTim Griffin up close and personal
Jan 28, 2011 No Comments ›› bluebobLet's organize to pack this room. We need to really be a burr this guys saddle. If we could show up and irritate him it would be great. Arkansas' Second District Congressman is getting set to meet some of the people he represents. Rep. Tim Griffin has announced he will visit all eight counties of Arkansas’s Second ...
Continue ReadingAn Arkansas Example Of Why The DREAM Act Is Needed
Jan 28, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemEarlier in the week, Leslie Peacock wrote a heart breaking story about an Arkansas youth who has done everything that should be expected of any young person. In case you missed it, give it a read: Jonathan Chavez is a popular student in the Honors College at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Or at least ...
Continue ReadingYeah, All This Violence Has Nothing To Do With Right Wing Rhetoric
Jan 28, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemYeah, nothing at all... That's sent to an Asian American state senator in California by the way... This of course on the heels of Glenn Beck's rantings leading to death threats against a 73 year old sociologist because of a random article she wrote in the sixties that Beck insists will destroy our economy.
Continue ReadingState Rep. Fred Smith Resigning!
Jan 26, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemAdios Fred! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! A Chicot County judge has found state Rep. Fred Smith, D-West Memphis, guilty of felony theft, and Smith has submitted his resignation from the Arkansas House. Click here to see the judge's ruling. Good riddance and bring on the special election!
Continue ReadingHolding Them Accountable
Jan 26, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemWe've said it from the beginning here and it's as true today as it was this time last year. We stand up for progressive values and policy and we hold EVERYONE accountable, including members of our own party. In the past, we have helped to primary Blanche Lincoln, defeat Tim Wooldridge and Robbie Wills, stood ...
Continue ReadingOh For Crying Out Loud!
Jan 26, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemHe did it again! I really don't know how much more of this nauseating crap I can take...
Continue ReadingState Senator Bruce Holland (R-District 6) Runs From Police At Over 100mph
Jan 26, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemThis is a sickening display coming from a public servant: A state senator apologized on Tuesday for leading authorities on what they called a high-speed chase through two counties and received a standing ovation from his fellow senators a day after a sheriff's deputy let him off with a scolding because he believed the lawmaker was ...
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