Archive for November, 2011
AR-03: Womack Says Medicare/Social Security Responsible For Deficit; Censors Facebook Page
Nov 29, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDemThe more Womack talks, the more I'm actually starting to believe this might be winnable...His opponent, Ken Aden, (who I might add is the best thing Arkansas Democrats have going for them right now), shot out his most recent press release nailing Womack on statements made on a local tv show. In an interview last week, ...
Continue ReadingThe End Of The Internet
Nov 28, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemThe internet is in danger. The entertainment industry, already having taken copyright law to a ridiculous extent, is pushing for legislation that's a real threat to the internet as we know it: This is the holy grail of the entertainment industry—to destroy the internet, and thus, destroy the biggest danger to their business. While the ...
Continue ReadingWendell Griffen: End At Large Elections For Little Rock
Nov 28, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemIn the wake of a mostly symbolic vote on repealing a Faubus era pro-segregation ordinance in Little Rock, Judge Wendell Griffen (one of my favorite figures in Arkansas politics I should add), has added his voice to the call for the city to take real action to address inequality in the city in the present. Repealing ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Womack and Kevin Bushling Telling Two Different Stories
Nov 14, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemA friend of mine living in the third recently sent me a screen shot of a newspaper article Congressman Womack was quoted in on the case of Kevin Bushling that we broke sometime back. (My friend has failed to inform me where the article comes from so for the time being I can't provide a ...
Continue ReadingWant To Hear A Funny Story?
Nov 10, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemSo I was talking to a friend of mine earlier who just moved to Arkansas. Apparently, she had been really excited when she got a phone call for a phone town hall with Senator Mark Pryor, being a newbie to the state and all and still trying to put her finger on all things political. ...
Continue ReadingVoters Reject Personhood Amendment In Mississippi-Crawford and Womack Push Federal Version
Nov 9, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDemLast night, an extreme piece of anti-choice legislation went down in flames in Mississippi. Yes, Mississippi, that bastion of endless liberalism... Well, in the wake of that, it was brought to my attention that two of our do nothing Congressmen signed on to a federal version with similar language, the "Life at Conception Act". Click the ...
Continue ReadingAR-01:Crawford Rebuffed On Redistricting
Nov 9, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemAnother Rick Crawford fail. The Bureau of Legislative Research says in a statement issued through the House speaker's office that the congressional redistricting maps were drawn correctly. It says U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford was mistaken in suggesting the description of voting precincts listed in legislation for the 1st Congressional District omitted some small islands including Wabbaseka ...
Continue ReadingProgressives Win Big At The Ballot All Across The Country-Even In Mississippi!!!
Nov 9, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemTalk about a great night! Progressives won big when voters went to the polls in states ranging from Maine, to Ohio, to Arizona, and even down to Mississippi. How often can you say that? So here's what happened. First, Maine voters stood up and fought back against the modern day Jim Crow laws Republicans are pushing ...
Continue ReadingPersonhood Amendment Being Pushed In Arkansas
Nov 6, 2011 5 Comments ›› ARDemAnd the war on women continues. As Mississippi heads for a vote Tuesday on a proposed constitutional amendment to define personhood as beginning at conception, a group in Arkansas says it is preparing to submit a similar amendment to Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. Preston Dunn Jr. and his wife, Dorothy Dunn, of Blytheville filed papers with the ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Womack Says No Money For Food Shelves While Protecting Hundreds Of Millions In Farm Subsidies
Nov 6, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemIt's official. Steve Womack doesn't have a soul. Volunteers from one of our local food shelves travelled to Washington DC recently to meet with Senator John Boozman and Congressman Steve Womack. The purpose of the visit was to provide our representatives with information about the operation of the Loaves and Fishes, Flint Street, Harvest Assembly, ...
Continue ReadingWant A Fair Severance Tax? Then See How You Can Help
Nov 6, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemEarlier in the week, the Committee for a Fair Severance Tax launched its facebook page. This proposed initiated act will raise the severance tax in Arkansas to 7% and on par with those in the adjoining natural gas producing states of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. In the last fiscal year, the natural gas companies had $3.5 ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Before Accusing Aden Of Exaggerating Service, Womack Ran On His Uniform
Nov 5, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDemThere was a lot of stuff that disgusted me about Womack's attack that his staffer swears wasn't an attack on Ken Aden's military service. But I want to draw your attention to one of the many revolting aspects of it: When asked about the Force Skills Competition, the congressman compared it to “intramural sports” that ...
Continue ReadingJustin Harris’s Religious Preschool Under Investigation
Nov 5, 2011 3 Comments ›› ARDemState Representative Justin Harris just can't catch a break. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has written both DHS and the state Education Department to express concerns about more than $500,000 in Arkansas Better Chance for School Success money going to Growing God's Kingdom. Based on documents it has discovered ...
Continue ReadingRepublicans Still Filibustering Jobs Bill
Nov 5, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemOn Thursday, Senate Republicans again proved their commitment to "Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!" by filibustering part of President Obama's jobs package again. Senate Republicans, again, filibustered a component of President Obama's jobs bill, the Rebuild America Jobs Act. In any other world, it would have passed 51-47, but this is a Senate, so a majority vote means ...
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