Archive for August, 2011
Jonesboro Progressives Push For Change
Aug 22, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemIt doesn't take much to push for change, all that's required are a few individuals willing to get the ball rolling. In Jonesboro, my friends at the grassroots group Progressive Democrats in Action showed that last week. In Jonesboro, there is a pretty big disparity between the percentage of minority groups in the community and the ...
Continue ReadingSD-35: Something The AFL-CIO Should Think About
Aug 20, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemNow that the SD-35 race is underway it's set to become probably one of the top three state senate races in Arkansas next year, if not number one. Let's be clear about the stakes here, this is about not just holding the Arkansas State Senate, which was the only safeguard last year against the avalanche ...
Continue ReadingHD-72: Steve Magie Running Again In New District
Aug 20, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemNews announced last week is that Dr. Steve Magie, the man who lost to David Meeks last year, is going to be running for the state legislature, this time in the new district 72, an open seat that Democrats have to defend with Linda Tyler stepping up to go on offense for the state senate. ...
Continue ReadingAnd I’m Back In Time To Add My Two Cents On The WM3
Aug 19, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemWell the move is complete, and hopefully I will have reliable access starting now. It may still be touch and go for a bit, and with my new schedule I may not be blogging quite as much as I used to, but we'll make things work around here like we always do. Anyway, I can't begin ...
Continue ReadingWM3 Free: Preserving the right to clear their name!
Aug 19, 2011 7 Comments ›› LaVoixWest Memphis 3! Freed at last...with a very strange legal proceeding...Arkansas Times provides details in the several links to their site. To save the life of Damien Echols they took the plea deal: Damien Echols "Now we can do it from the outside" referencing clearing their names. Jason Baldwin: "We told nothing but the truth" "He had ...
Continue ReadingSnooping Bill Would Force ISPs to Retain and Share Your Browsing History, Credit Card and Bank Info
Aug 17, 2011 No Comments ›› DemandProgress"A direct assault on Internet users" is what the ACLU is calling it. Just before the break a House committee approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill. They want to force Internet service providers to keep track of and retain their customers' information -- including your name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, ...
Continue ReadingPrepare ye’ for Domination: The Bachmann/Perry Version of Christianity?
Aug 16, 2011 1 Comment ›› LaVoixNope. This isn't about Michelle or Rick putting on their high heel boots, wearing shiny patent leather and snapping the whip over the heads of their constituents, or is it? The doo gets deep on these characters so put on your hip waders, be sure to click the links that are highlighted and "prepare ye' ...
Continue ReadingAn Extended Absence
Aug 15, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemI'm in the middle of a move now so I'll be without internet access for a bit. Hopefully it will only be a day or two, if that, but it could be as long as a week. Until then, posting from me will be nonexistent. But don't worry, I'll be back in the swing of ...
Continue ReadingSD-35: Clash of the Titans Brewing
Aug 14, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemIt's not official yet, but it's not exactly a secret either, that SD-35 will be one of the most watched and tightly contested state senate seats in Arkansas. The new district, drawn out of Gilbert Baker's old District 30, takes in Conway and some other portions of Faulkner County. It's the district that Jason "Death ...
Continue ReadingSD-15: Johnny Hoyt Running For State Senate
Aug 14, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemLast week, former state representative Johnny Hoyt announced his candidacy for the new Senate District 15. Originally, I had thought that this would be a rematch between Hoyt and the man he lost to in the Republican tsunami last year, Senator Jason "Death Star" Rapert for the old District 18 spot. However, Rapert apparently requested ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: No More T-Paw
Aug 14, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemAnd Tim Pawlenty bites the dust after losing the Iowa Straw Poll to Michelle Bachmann. Told you he wouldn't make it. A lot of my political friends have been giving me funny looks for about a year now whenever I said that Pawlenty stood no chance of winning this. In some ways it's good to be ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Obama Strong In Colorado and North Carolina
Aug 12, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemPPP finds the President strong in Colorado: A new poll from Public Policy Polling (D) shows President Obama hasn't exactly endeared himself to the voters in Colorado, as his approval rating is at 46% against 50% disapproval. But the new survey really exposes a major indicator in the 2012 process: despite being at a low point ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: We Survived Another Republican Debate
Aug 12, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemTPM has a video for those of you who, like me, had better things to do than watch the Republican candidates debate. Seriously? This the best the GOP has to offer?
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Mitt Romney’s Bad Day
Aug 12, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemThis is why I have no worries of Mitt Romney catching fire in a general election. Transcript: ROMNEY: There’s various ways of [preserving Social Security and Medicare’s solvency]. One is we could raise taxes on people. That’s not the way . . . AUDIENCE: Corporations! Corporations! ROMNEY: Corporations are people, my friend. AUDIENCE: No they’re not. ROMNEY: Of course they are. ...
Continue ReadingMore On Tim Griffin’s Watch List/Intimidation Packet
Aug 11, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemThe Huffington Post has more on Tim Griffin's attempt to intimidate town hall attendees that we reported on yesterday. Apparently, Congressman Daniel Webster (and possibly other GOP Congressmen) is now caught up in this mess as most of the people included in the document (given to attendees as "homework" by Griffin's staff, apparently to show ...
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