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Let me tell you this. In the future, when I approach the mailbox, it will be done with much more caution. People, I am scared to death. Terrified. Mortified. Objectified. Every kind of “-fied” you could possibly imagine. This is serious business, so let me come right to the point. Who is the witch Nancy [...] ...
Lynch at Large - Tue 8:08 p.m. - 12 clicks 
The Preferential Primaries will take place a week from today in Arkansas, and early voting is ongoing. Click here to view your sample ballot and polling place address, etc. ...
Under The Dome - Tue 11:03 a.m. - 12 clicks
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. C. W., Mr. Clark to me, was a very nice man. He worked at a T...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Wed 6:01 p.m. - 11 clicks
My pal Butch Stone sent this note. Maumelle Family Fest 2012 will be held on May 11-12, 2012, at Lake Willastein in Maumelle. The Festival features Carnival Rides and Games for Adults and Children, Pony Rides, Carriage Rides through the Park, by Little Rock Carriage Company, Inflatable Play Area by Jump Zone, Face Painting, Arts [...] ...
Lynch at Large - May 9 - 16 clicks
Local high school students visited the new UofA campus in Texarkana recently. Miller County ranks 75th of 75 counties in students utilizing the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship, which is funded largely by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. One reason for that is that the scholarship lottery cannot be used by Arkansas students at the other two colleges in Texarkana, Texarkana College and Te...
Under The Dome - May 7 - 4 clicks
The Get Religion blog has some excellent commentary from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette religion editor Frank Lockwood. This includes some interesting comparative circulation statistics. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported on a major change at the paper recently: LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette executive editor Griffin Smith announced Monday that he is leaving the post effective Tuesday. Smi...
Lynch at Large - May 6
This note came in from Jim Lendall. At its state nominating convention on May 6, 2012, The Green Party of Arkansas nominated the following candidates for the November 6, 2012, General Election. List to be filed by the party on May7, 2012. Dr. Jill Stein, President of the United States, unanimous. Jacob Holloway- [...] ...
Lynch at Large - May 6
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. The bulk of the story is concerned with the little town of Gull Lak...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - May 2
Mark Pryor is a political weakling. A D-I-N-O (Democrat in name only) and a general disappointment. Talk about mealy mouth, play it safe straight to the core wishy-washyness. That is our man in Washington, Mark Pryor. I cannot say that I loathe Pryor’s politics, but he is a persistent aggravation. On the personal level, Mark [...] ...
Lynch at Large - May 1
Some people will not believe this, but I do not have a bad word to say about anybody at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. That is a fairly open-minded position when one considers that Paul Greenberg holds the dubious distinction of having fired me TWICE. Life is too damn short to carry a grudge and Paul is [...] ...
Lynch at Large - Apr 30
The Texarkana Gazette is publishing a summary of positions of local candidates almost daily, and today, they're profiling our race: Larry Cowling Steve Harrelson Other races in the Democratic primary in this five county region include the fourth district congressional race, sheriff's primaries in Little River County (three candidates) and Sevier County (two candidates), a county judge's r...
Under The Dome - Apr 26
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. Tonight I am going to cover something a little different. Rat...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Apr 25
Well, when y'all got together, when unemployment meant we couldn't afford to stay in California any more, and got us the money to get out to my parents' place in Arkansas I said I'd pay it forward and write. And then when our RV burned down and you got together again and saved us from homelessness again you didn't hear anything but World of Warcraft diaries from me from four months. I desper...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Apr 24 - 3 clicks
Candidates are scurrying to register voters for the May 22 preferential primary in Arkansas. Today is the last day to register to be able to vote in the upcoming May election. Visit your county clerk at the local county courthouse or a state revenue office for driver services today to register. ...
Under The Dome - Apr 23
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. I have mentioned this is passing before, but here is the whole stor...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Apr 18
I'm on my way to the Capitol to help push through approval for a director for the UofA campus in Texarkana that is set to open in the fall. I'll post updates from the meeting. Update: Approved. Please pass the word along to your friend with Higher Ed/Administrative backgrounds. I'll post updates about the position once it opens. ...
Under The Dome - Apr 17
High speed Internet service has been a hot issue here locally, with letters to the editor and community meetings centered around the topic. One project has been completed in northeastern Little River County. Connect Arkansas has been circulating surveys in the area, and the responses are as follows: • I would like to get high-speed Internet service at the address below, but to my knowledge, no ...
Under The Dome - Apr 17
With three weeks left until the start of early voting, I'm focusing in on my number one priority as your senator, and that's creating new jobs for southwest Arkansas while retaining the jobs and industry that are here. My plan is based on five broad themes: (1) I want to continue to maintain a lean and efficient government with a balanced budget that doesn’t require additional taxes from em...
Under The Dome - Apr 16
I met with local veterans yesterday to discuss differences in Arkansas and Texas law as applied to veterans. Years ago, Texas instituted a land bank for veterans, which has helped combat veterans get life started again upon return from war. We also discussed the naming of a soon to be bridge in Texarkana after local veterans killed in action. ...
Under The Dome - Apr 16
The Arkansas Dept of Education has launched a mobile app that that provides easy access to information on Arkansas school districts, schools, and educational cooperatives. It can also be used on desktop and laptop computers. The app was developed by the Department's Research and Technology Division. It includes handy contact information and quick links to maps locating each school. The app i...
Under The Dome - Apr 12
Congratulations to Senator Paul Bookout, who is serving as governor today. Governor Beebe is in China and Lt. Gov. Darr is out of state. ...
Under The Dome - Apr 11
Democrats controlled the redistricting process in Arkansas during the most recent round of apportionment, but unfortunately passed a map that is likely to lead to Republicans holding all 4 of the state's districts after 2012. If local Dems had been wiser they wouldn't have tried to win 3 districts and would have settled on a safe 2-2 split, which I have drawn here. Furthermore, Arkan...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Apr 6
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. Today, my father would have been 93 years old. He lived to be...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Apr 4
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. Uncle Richard was my father's eldest brother. He was born in ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Mar 28
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. When I was a lad there were two general stores in town, the one tha...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Mar 14
One of my daily stops on the blogosphere is The Thicket, a blog hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures that often features issues and events taking place in capitols across America. The focus on the blog recently has been Arkansas, with a couple of entries about the historic speaker of the house election. Here are links: Historic times for Arkansas legislature Arkansas de...
Under The Dome - Mar 13
Now that the 2012 fiscal session has adjourned, most legislators are hitting their districts with the upcoming election in both May and November, and I'm no exception. Saturday night was bingo night in Fouke (here I am calling a game below), and our sign crews are also starting to get out the large road signs. Reviewing the new UA Campus in Texarkana with Chancellor Chris Thomason and U...
Under The Dome - Mar 12
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. Writing this series is a continuous learning experience. Las...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Mar 7
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. This piece is mostly about two old rock buildings near Hackett. &nb...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 29 - 2 clicks
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. I started the eighth grade at Saint Anne's High School in Fort Smit...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 15 - 2 clicks
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it. I was not sure that I would be able to post tonight because I crashed my ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 8
In case you haven't heard, on Sunday night Jake Burris, the campaign manager for Ken Aden , the Democratic candidate in Arkansas' insanely red 3rd District, came home to a horrifying scene . Some yayhoos had showed up at Burris' home and brutally killed his pet cat, then scrawled "LIBERAL" across the cat's body. To his credit, Republican incumbent Steve Womack condemned this i...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
The deal we made, when you got us out to my parents' place in Arkansas rather than a homeless shelter in the Bay Area, was that we'd pay it forward and write. Well, paying it forward is happening, but I still owe you words. And this week's words, late due to the busy weekend, have to do with a subject of some contention. Barbecue. ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
For background on this tornado outbreak, please see my diary from earlier today. The SPC has issued a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Tornado Watch for parts of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee until midnight CST as a line of storms continues to build up and move east across Arkansas. "Particularly Dangerous Situation" is enhanced wording added to a tornado watch to indicate the highe...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
Last week was a rough one here in Arkansas. For those that were living under a rock, the Democratic campaign manager for the Ken Aden campaign (AR-03) came home with his kids to find their family cat killed with the word "LIBERAL" written on the animal's fur. (warning, link contains a graphic image of the cat). Well the even sparked a national outcry and being close to what'...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
When you made it possible for us to move out to Arkansas with my parents rather than to a homeless shelter in the Bay area, I promised to pay it forward and write. This is the writing part. I've been working nights at a project a hundred miles away to help us recover. So far, we've been replacing some of the things we've had to abandon to get out here, paying for some of my parents' needs and ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
Well, when you all got together and helped us to get out here to Arkansas rather than a shelter in the Bay Area, I promised that I'd write and pay it forward. Due to working 16 hour nights, I've gotten seriously behind on the 'writing' end of that, but the project is over and my schedule's pretty much normalized now, so here we are. After the whatever the hell it is that we've decided to cal...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
Jake Burris, the campaign manager for Arkansas 3rd District Democratic congressional candidate Ken Aden found his cat killed and defaced with "LIBERAL" markings yesterday. More information and the press release are available here: http://www.arktimes.com/... The original post, (TRIGGER WARNING, complete with a picture of the cat) is here: http://bluearkansasblog.com/... ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
Or not. Really, please, or not. Too often, this site has diarists who go off half-cocked, and way too many readers follow them off the cliff, rather than use the common sense that God gave them to recognize that there isn't enough evidence to support the conspiracy theory that's been floated. This diary bemoans that happenstance. See, last year at this point in time, there were multiple diaris...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
By now most of you know the horrifying story of Gato, the cat who belonged to Jake Burris, campaign manager for the Ken Aden for Congress campaign in Arkansas. Sunday night, Jake and his young children found Gato brutally slaughtered on their front porch, the word "LIBERAL" written across her body. Well, since we broke the story on Blue Arkansas yesterday it has attracted national at...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
The murder of a family's cat in Arkansas for apparent political reasons is one of the most nauseating stories I've read in a long time. It also is a story filled with irony. The cat belonged to the campaign manager for Ken Aden, a Democrat running for a seat in the state's 3rd Congressional District. The word "liberal" was scrawled on the cat's body in paint, hinting that this was a "political...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
Ladies and Gentlemen, friends of the Military Community Members of Daily Kos (MCM), it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce to you the newest member of MCM, Ken Aden, the next Democratic Congressman from Arkansas CD-3. Before you jump to any conclusions about Ken's chances to win in what has been described as "the reddest district in the United States", please take just a few minute...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
When you got together and got us out to Arkansas to help my parents rather than having to go to a Bay Area homeless shelter, I promised to pay it forward and write. Here's my latest effort at writing, and the last Red State Diary. What we managed to accomplish here, and why we're being driven out, below the fold. ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
The Democrats in Arkansas were screwed over by a dipshit incumbent and losses in 2/3 of the Dem-held districts last year. As a result they drew a 0-4 map. However, they retained the trifecta in a state that allowed them to draw the maps they wanted. If they had decided to draw a new map which would give them a guaranteed Democratic district, or two districts they might have a s...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Feb 6
Some updates on the tragic killing of a Dem campaign manager's cat in Arkansas: First, as many have inquired, the Russellville police have opened up an investigation. As far as assigning guilt or speculating who may have done it, even jokingly, let's just let the police do their jobs on that point. Secondly, there are some conservative trolls out there who are suggesting in various t...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Jan 24
These people have issues, and they apparently hate education. I guess they thought it was cute when Chris "Chrissie Walnuts" Christie told a constituent to mind her own business, or told a teacher to go get a different job if she wants to be properly compensated. Now Arkansas' Steve Womack has gone off on a woman who confronted him at a town hall. She had the audacity to ask him why he...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Jan 6
An exchange with Blair Jackson, editor of the Fayetteville-based Free Weekly, addresses the question of how to deal with right-wing propaganda. In one of a series of columns on the Occupy Wall Street movement (which now has a camp in … Continue reading → ...
arkansasmediawatch - Nov 22
Democrat Ken Aden, running in an incredibly tough district (Arkansas's third), has apparently managed to do something no Democrat has ever managed to do against a sitting Republican in that district. He's gotten under his opponent's skin so much that Congressman Steve Womack, an arrogant prick if there ever was one, actually had to take a swipe at his opponent...and it blew up in Womack's ...
DailyKos (Arkansas) - Nov 4
Last week, Fort Smith was hit hard by the news that Whirlpool was closing its refrigerator factory, putting 1,000 employees out of work. An analysis in Columbia Journalism Review‘s Audit on the Business Press criticizes the local newspaper’s coverage of … Continue reading → ...
arkansasmediawatch - Nov 3
