Arkansas Watch

• Washington Examiner: GOP Picking Gilbert Baker Too Soon

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  This is what we have been saying since last Spring. The Arkansas GOP is picking our candidate for us. Once the state party picks the candidate, the national GOP picks up on that candidate since he appears to be the anointed one which leaves other candidates little chance of winning [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  by Women Action Group

• Does this Republican Candidate Vote Your Values?

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  (A candidate Running for US Senate Against Blanche Lincoln)(Be sure to read the red font section at the end)(1) Voted for the bill that resulted in $360 million tax to increase our sales tax to 6%. Act 59 (SB42), 2003 Session(2) Voted for the facilities bill that allowed the State [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:42am EST
  by Women Action Group

• High Human Cost of Low Prices?

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  Pressure to maintain low prices leads to unsafe working conditions in Chinese factories, says report. A group called "China Labor Watch" based in NY claims Wal-Mart inspectors are not doing much inspecting.I don't know anything about the group, they could be funded by Target for all I know. But I' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:39am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• One Vote for Return to Paper Ballots

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  A example of a paper ballot which uses the superior instant runoff voting system.***************************************************There is a shocking subplot to the NY-23 special election. Here is an excerpt from the article...." Because, as we learned yesterday, at least some of the certified electronic voting machines in the NY-23 congressional special election" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:49am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• The Hallmark of Our Times

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  Senator Blanche Lincoln was the 60th and final vote needed to get the health care bill into a position where it will pass. Lincoln played coy with Arkansas voters as to whether she would support the bill’s introduction on the Senate floor, but key Democrat leaders seemed to know even [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:03pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Mayor Frank Gilbert's Letter to Sen. Lincoln

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  Mayor Frank Gilbert of mighty Tull Arkansas is a sometimes contributor to Arkansas Watch.**************************************************Dear Senator Lincoln: I don’t agree with your vote today. I understand it, though. I understand that you have to protect your position in the Democrat Party’s leadership. I understand what you owe your party and the [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:15pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Top Christian Leaders Urge Civil Disobedience

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  There is growing concern of a government push to sanction un-PC views on homosexual "marriage" and abortion. Top clergymen in the U.S. urge civil disobedience to such government pressure. That includes top Catholic Prelates and Chuck Colson. [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:25pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Paul Wins Key Vote on Auditing the Fed

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  If there is any bill more important than the health care bill, its HR 1207, auditing the fed.Ron Paul's bill to audit the Federal Reserve won a key committee vote recently, 42-36. I am so used to the special interests winning that I am surprised when the good guys win [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:09pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Lincoln One of Two Critical Votes on Health Care Bill

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  It appears that Blanche Lincoln is one of two Senators who are most critical for the Health Care bill to pass. The bottom line is, it takes 60 votes to agree to begin debate on a bill, and 60 to end debate. If Lincoln votes for debate, it is the [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• End the Fed Rally This Sunday

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  "If the American people ever allow private banksto control the issue of their money,first by inflation and then by deflation,the banks and corporations that willgrow up around them (around the banks),will deprive the people of their propertyuntil their children will wake up homelesson the continent their fathers conquered." Thomas Jefferson*************************************But [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:33am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• A Little Pelosi in All of Them

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  Nancy Pelosi gave those who still believe in the rule of law a real wake up call recently with her response to the simple question, "Where in the Constitution does the Federal government get the authority to force individual Americans to purchase health insurance?" "That's not a serious question." Pelosi [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:18am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Lou Dobbs Pushed From CNN for Refusing to Shut Up About Obama Eligibility

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  WND reports on the behind-the-scenes conflict at CNN which led long-time anchor Lou Dobbs to abruptly resign from the network where he worked for twenty years. The most prominently cited reason- Dobbs wanted to continue to raise the issue of Obama's eligibility for office, and the network ordered him to [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:05pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• When Dictatorship Came to America

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  Thomas DiLorenzo makes the case that Abraham Lincoln, lionized in federal education guidelines, was a terrible President. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:47pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Independents favor Republicans 52% to 30%/Gallup Poll

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  "Republicans have moved ahead of Democrats by 48% to 44% among registered voters in the latest update on Gallup's generic congressional ballot for the 2010 House elections, after trailing by six points in July and two points last month." [See exact question at the link below]"In the latest poll, independent" [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  by Women Action Group

• Napolitano Quotes Jefferson on State Nullification

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  **************************We DON't want or need a constitutional convention. The one we have is fine, it is simply not adhered to. If that is the problem, why would a new one help us? The call for a ConCon is a trap from the neocons who don't care for the protections and [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:53pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• AR Candidate G. Baker Voted More Liberal Than All Senate Republicans and 41 Representatives

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  Senator Gilbert Baker received the highest score of all Republican Senators by a liberal group, Citizens First Congress. This liberal group rated all senators and representatives' votes in 2009. A high score means the senators voted with the liberals. For example, Joyce Elliott received the highest rating, 94.4%. Therefore, Baker' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:17pm EST
  by Women Action Group

• Extortion By The Big Banks?

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  Interesting take on the banksters latest manuevers. Has our government become a "captured regulator" of the big banks? [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:16pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• NWA Candidate Forum and Straw Poll

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  “The price that good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men” said the Greek philosopher Plato. To some, that means voting. That may be fine when the country is not in trouble, but the country is in trouble. In times like this a [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:55am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• The Media as Enablers of Government Lies

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  Its a good read that slays all sacred cows. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• I Got Polled Last Night, I Believe By Lincoln

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  I got polled last night. The questioner was a young lady with a Hispanic accent who in the final round of questions asked me if I had any Hispanics in my immediate family.Much of the questioning was on health care. Some of it was on my political preferences. Senators Hendren [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:49pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• State House Votes Down Reform Rule on Speech

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  Do you think the House should be able to vote for or against a bill without a single member of the body being able to speak for or against it? I don't either, but the Democrats in the state house do. They voted down a reform that would allow one' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:53am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• State House Votes Down 48 Hour Reform Rule

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  Is two days too long to wait after a bill is posted before voting on it? Most of the state house seems to think so. This proposed reform was voted down 51-30. Since there are 100 house members it is clear that many did not vote- which is the same [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:46am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Homosexual Leader Makes Veiled Threat

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  The people of Maine voted down the so-called "gay marriage" law passed by their legislature yesterday. The Bangor paper reports "In a defiant speech to several hundred lingering supporters, No on 1 campaign manager Jesse Connolly pledged that his side “will not quit until we know where every single one" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:48am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Experiment Reveals Limits of Evolution

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  Macroevolution has been falsified by scientists who dare not admit what their experiment shows. Even bacteria, the most amenable to large-scale change, lose the ability to spread beneficial mutations further after a while. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:41pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• State House Republicans Propose Rule Changes

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  The Tolbert Report has a good one up about proposed rules changes in our state legislature. Reading it was a good eye-opener about how twisted the current rules are. Much like the article below talking about how bad the federal process is, the state house rules give inordinate power to [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Coverage of Tea Party Event at Capitol

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  The Pulaski County Tea Party sponsored a "countdown to accountability" rally in the capitol rotunda today. Details here. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• NY23 Should Not Matter, But it Does

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  **********************************************It should not matter to us in Arkansas what happens in New York’s 23rd congressional district special election. It should not matter because the way this country was set up the federal government was designed to fend off foreign threats, resolve disputes between the states, and pretty much leave everything [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:41am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Making Sausage is Pure Compared to This

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  The process by which Congress passes laws has been completely corrupted and needs to be fundamentally altered. Read this to understand why. [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:15pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Fewer Than Half Of Arkansans Think Obama Is Natural Born

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  A new Public Policy Polling survey in Arkansas shows that only 45% of voters in the state say they believe Obama was born in this country, while 31% say they think he was not and 24% are unsure."Arkansas is the first of four states where we've polled the birther issue'" [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 7:45pm EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)

• Have Some "Transitional" Dinosaurs Just Gone Away?

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  Ooops. These three pictures represent what were once classified as three species of closely related dinosaurs. It now turns out that they are all the same type of beast at various stages of maturity. Drawings from Holly Woodard at Montana State.****************************************I know that some readers of this space are probably [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:18am EST
  by Mark Moore (Moderator)