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Justin Harris Thanks God For Government Spending…That He Benefits From Of Course

May 31, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDem

Wow, couldn't have written a better punchline myself... Remember, this preschool is owned by the state representative who campaigned hard against government spending despite taking plenty of it, then, while still slurping away at the trough, voted for such draconian cuts as funding for the School For The Deaf. I really want to type more, but ...

Want To Find Out What Mark Martin Is Hiding?

May 31, 2011 3 Comments ›› ARDem

Remember how when Republicans decided to declare war on bloggers by going after the Blue Hog Writers I promised to give them the war they wanted. Well here's the first shot. Following the FOI requests from the Republican Party targeting Matt Campbell and Jeff Woodmansee, Ryan Saylor of Midnight Politics alerted me to the fact that ...

Well, That Explains A Lot…

May 31, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDem

Fox Propaganda's Roger Ailes has some...interesting...um...shall we say, personality defects? Murdoch installed ailes in the corner office on Fox’s second floor at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. The location made Ailes queasy: It was close to the street, and he lived in fear that gay activists would try to attack him ...

AR-02: Why Tim Griffin’s Medicare Message Is Going To Fail

May 30, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

This is the beltway wisdom of Republicans on Medicare: "The only way you win this, is you've got to go back and explain it, and it's not a bumper sticker explanation," said former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., at a roundtable discussion with reporters last week. "One Member -- who will remain unknown -- in the conference, ...

Word From The Blue Hog/Tolbert Report Down/Time For All Arkansas Bloggers To Unite

May 28, 2011 9 Comments ›› ARDem

I just got off the phone with Matt Campbell of the Blue Hog Report a few minutes ago. The good news is that things are looking better than what we had feared. The better news is that the Republican argument that Matt had used time at the office (he works for the state supreme court) ...

Wyden Puts Hold On Internet Censorship Bill

May 27, 2011 No Comments ›› DemandProgress

Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet. Yesterday, he placed a hold on Senator Leahy's PROTECT IP Act (or PIPA), which would allow the government to restrict ordinary users’ access to websites that have been accused of copyright infringement, by forcing Internet service providers and search engines to block these ...

In Retalliation For Exposing Their Corruption, Arkansas Republican Party Targets Blue Hog Report

May 27, 2011 6 Comments ›› ARDem

For some time now, the Blue Hog boys have been doing a great job, using skills that neither I nor anyone on my team have, to ferret out corruption in Arkansas politics. Well, the Republican Party, sick of their skeletons being exposed, apparently had enough: Surely you read the Blue Hog Report. The name says ...

Boozman Votes To Eliminate Medicare

May 26, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

And speaking of Senator Snoozman...Our junior senator joined almost every other Senate Republican in committing mass political suicide by voting to eliminate Medicare yesterday. No Democrat, including Mark Pryor, jumped ship, thank God. Democrats are standing up for Americans. Republicans are trying to kick them to the curve. It's as simple as that, and like we ...

Chamber of Commerce Rewards Boozman For Focus On Jobs Despite Doing Nothing To Create Jobs

May 26, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

With all the stuff that's gone on in my family life of late, this one slipped by me last week. You see, the Chamber of Commerce has recognized Senator John Boozman for his "focus on creating jobs." “Everyone in Washington needs to be focused on job creation. Our mantra has to be ‘jobs, jobs, jobs.’ ...

Know thy enemy – ALEC

May 25, 2011 No Comments ›› schellk

I am not sure if everyone has heard of ALEC but every progressive should. William Cronon has an excellent post regarding who is behind Legislation in all 50 states. The Man from Middletown at Daily Kos has a diary encouraging everyone to write their Senators and Legislature and ask they flat out if they are ...

AR-02: Tim Griffin “Poor People Being Cast Aside” Isn’t Serious

May 25, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

From the mouths of unindicted felons. Griffin has been back peddling hard on his vote to destroy Medicare and has been failing miserably to frame the issue. Comments like this won't help him either.

Justin Harris Approves Of Editing Video To Race Bait

May 25, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDem

Says so himself. Click the image to enlarge. The man he's praising of course, Andrew Breitbart, is the man who edited the Shirley Sherrod video to make it appear as if she was racist towards white people, something that even Glenn Beck backed away from. So yeah, this is the kind of thing State Representative Justin Harris approves ...

Republicans Push Old Lady Off A Cliff-Video

May 25, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDem

Priceless. And no, the people that created the "death panels" lie don't get to complain about this.

AR-01: Crawford Ignoring The Tea Party?

May 25, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

A source dropped this in my inbox. --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Northeast Arkansas Tea Party <neateaparty@gmail.com> wrote: From: Northeast Arkansas Tea Party <neateaparty@gmail.com> Subject: Congressman Crawford Update To: Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 3:22 PM I guess we are just going to be completely ignored by our U.S. Representative as to the three questions asked well over ...

A Few Notes From The Redistricting Forum

May 25, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDem

So I attended a redistricting forum here in Jonesboro last night, and two things are bugging me about this whole process. First, all the folks there, from the Board of Apportionment, the Gov's office, the AG's office, the Office Of Future Indicted Criminals Secretary of State's office, had one thing in common. They were all a ...