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• Early Monday morning Arkansas news

  Former state lawmaker Jodie Mahoney of El Dorado is dead at 70. Mahoney was a 30 year veteran of the legislature and is generally considered the foremost proponent of public education during his tenure. The Razorbacks and East Carolina are set to meet in the Liberty Bowl on Jan. 2, a [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:04pm EST
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• Thanks to Blake Rutherford for inviting me to be a guest on his show!

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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:43am EST
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• Arkansas Friday morning summary

  Politico is reporting that Sen. Lincoln is among those who have submitted an amendment to pending health legislation that would effectively eliminate all state regulations concerning what insurance companies must cover. Lincoln also voted to keep Medicare cuts in current legislation while strongly denying Sen. John McCain robo-call allegations that [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  by patlynch

• Blanche Lincoln corrects McCain threats on Medicare

  Senator Lincoln is slowly rousing. Lincoln: I Remain Committed To Protecting Arkansas Seniors’ Access to Medicare Washington – U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) today voted against a proposal by Senator John McCain to send health reform legislation back to the Senate Finance Committee. This procedural motion offered by McCain, which would [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:27pm EST
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• Quick Fact: Beck falsely claims no jobs are being “saved or created”

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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:11pm EST
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• REPUBLICANS CAN’T BE TRUSTED ON MEDICARE

  MEDICARE CRED: Republicans Don’t Have Any more about “REPUBLICANS CAN’T BE TRUSTED ON MEDICARE“, posted with vodpod Washington D.C. – Americans United for Change fired back today at the national Republican Party’s smear campaign targeting Arkansas’ seniors with robocalls featuring Senator John McCain that falsely claim the health insurance reform bill [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:31pm EST
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• Here is your early Thursday Arkansas report

  The governor of Washington says it will no longer accept parolees from Arkansas because of Arkansas’s supposed unwillingness to work with Washington on keeping an accused cop-killer off the streets after he was arrested on charges in Washington. Arkansas parole officials have said they acted properly in not placing a [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:26pm EST
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• Health reform will save you money

  I got a note today about a state by state analysis demonstrating how our bill will lower health insurance premiums by improving competition and choice, promoting delivery system reform, and cracking down on waste, fraud, and abuse. There’s more. It shows that an Arkansas resident would save between $236 and $433 [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:53pm EST
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• LR Mayor Mark Stodola on Alert Centers and Chamber of Commerce

  No real big news here, but he does give an answer to Robert Johnston’s letter and concerns about the “partnership” with the Chamber of Commerce. Stodola tells me the funding for the Chamber is in “targeted” projects. He also says to look for improvements in the Parks Department. [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:29am EST
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• Arkansas’ early Wednesday news

  Sources close to the University and bowls throughout the SEC confirmed Arkansas will be playing in Memphis’ Liberty Bowl Jan. 2 against the winner of Saturday’s Conference USA championship game between East Carolina and Houston. Maurice Clemmons, the man wanted in the fatal shooting of four police officers, had been jailed [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:58pm EST
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• Tuesday Arkansas early morning update

  Sen. Blanche Lincoln observes that Republicans have blocked her effort to have all health legislation amendments posted on-line before they can be offered and put to a vote. KING 5 News has learned that the crime that sent Maurice Clemmons to prison in Arkansas, supposedly for life, was also committed against [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:35pm EST
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• Memorial Held for Author and Former UA Professor, Donald Harrington – KFSM

  more about “Memorial Held for Author and Former U…“, posted with vodpod   Posted in Uncategorized [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:04pm EST
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• Video Fix: Huckabee defends commuting shooting suspect’s sentence

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:52pm EST
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• O’Reilly Pardons Fox Commentator Mike Huckabee For Commuting Suspected Cop Killer’s Sentence – Mike Huckabee – Gawker

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:48pm EST
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• Back to work Monday Arkansas news

  Washington authorities are seeking Maurice Clemmons, 37, for questioning in the slaying of four Washington police officers. Clemmons is reportedly wanted in Arkansas, where he has an extensive criminal record. Clemmons is said to be among those who became controversial for having received a commutation for a 95-year sentence from [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:02pm EST
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• Redneck Special Forces

  This is just too good not to pass along. The Pentagon announced TODAY the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the : United States Redneck Special Forces (USRSF) These mostly Southern boys will be dropped off into   Afghanistan  and will be given only the following facts about the Taliban and Al Qaeda: 1. The season opened today. 2. There [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:46pm EST
  by patlynch

• Baker exposed as commie-lovin’ liberal low-life (Honest! would I lie?)

  The rest of you deadbeats may be goofing off in the holiday spirit, but over at the Women Action Group (sic), Debbie Paley is cracking the whip and keeping the troops in formation till closing time. There will be no turkey and dressing until the TRUE conservative superiority of Jim [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:28pm EST
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• Turkey getting nervous headlines

  Since you’ve been doing nothing but sitting on your rear end for most of this short work week, why should the talented professionals of Lynch at Large bust their behinds? A quick update for midday. If you missed this morning’s Wake Up Call with me and Bill Vickery, you can now [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:24pm EST
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• Pre-turkey day Arkansas headlines

  Sen. Mark Pryor has finished reading the Senate’s health care bill but is not ready to take a position on it. Gov. Beebe has appointed Danyelle Walker of Little Rock to replace Justice Jim Gunter in the hearings that will consider an appeal of the Public Service Commission decision allowing a [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:49pm EST
  by patlynch

• Senators for sale?

  This item in the Christian Science Monitor raises some questions about how business is done in D. C. Of course, trading votes for favors is traditional. It’s called “log rolling.” Anyway, I guess we ignorant Arkies can only hope that Cousin Blanche got her fair shre for the folks back [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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• LAL Follows Blue Arkansas

  These days I am busy studying theology, so this blog is often a casualty of my overwhelmed condition. There are several outstanding sources of good information and commentary and I am pleased to add a link for Blue Arkansas. Here is a small portion of an outstanding interview with former insurance [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:32pm EST
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• Tuesday Arkansas news

  Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she wants more cost controls in a proposal to overhaul the nation’s health care system and she can’t support allowing the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies. Two days after casting the 60th vote they needed to move the health care debate forward, U.S. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:39pm EST
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• Little Rock city government considers cuts to transit

  It falls under the large umbrella of “outside agencies,” and that includes everything from the Arkansas Symphony to museums. You know, the kind of nonsense we don’t need to pay for anyway. (Just using irony to make a point. Everybody settle down.) Amenities like the symphony make the city a more [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:57pm EST
  by patlynch

• Al Gore on SNL: ‘It’s Time for Us to Out-Crazy the Crazy’

  I got TWO good laughs out of this. Enjoy! more about "Al Gore on SNL: ‘It’s Time for Us to …", posted with vodpod Posted in Uncategorized [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:23pm EST
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• Small business owners thank Sen. Lincoln.

  In all the clutter, a few important items need to be said about Saturday’s vote to, at least, allow the U. S. Senate to debate the most important issue of the day. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THANK SEN. LINCOLN FOR VOTE TO MOVE HEALTH DEBATE FORWARD Pine Bluff, AR.—On Saturday evening, Senator Blanche [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:49am EST
  by patlynch

• Monday headlines (starting off a short week)

  Debate will begin on health reform legislation in the U. S. Senate after Senator Lincoln voted in favor of allowing discussions to move forward. The senator promises to vote against any package with a public option. The Saturday free health clinic in the capitol city reports that 90% of the one-thousand [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:25pm EST
  by patlynch

• Does Psalm 109 describe what should happen to President Obama?

  Max stirred up  a load of you know what over at the Arkansas Times Blog concerning the growing cottage industry for t-shirts and such denouncing the President in the words of Psalm 109. Is this appropriate? This passage is part of what is called the “imprecatory” Psalms. It calls for retribution [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:19pm EST
  by patlynch

• Former Pres. Clinton Blasts Olbermann For Politicizing Little Rock Health Care Event

  May the good Lord up above forbid that Bill Clinton ever get his hands dirty with anything political. This is perplexing. Bill Clinton has politicized everything in his life, including the execution of a mentally retarded man during his presidential campaign. Bill Clinton started his card file at age 11. Health [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  by patlynch

• What does the U. S. Chamber of Commerce stand for?

  The national mouthpiece for corporate welfare has thrown a complete tantrum over the Senate vote to talk about health care reform. The heat is on Arkansas Senators Pryor and Lincoln. This item came in today’s mail and I find it quite enlightening. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has spent millions of [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:28pm EST
  by patlynch

• Some Friday morning headlines

  More than one thousand patients and over twelve hundred volunteers are signed up for Saturday’s free medical clinic at the Statehouse Convention Center. Little Rock is reported to have provided more medical personnel willing to work for free than Houston, Texas. St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center is opening a neuroscience institute [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:30pm EST
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• Thursday Arkansas early news

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  Lt. Gov Bill Halter, appearing on MSNBC with Keith Obermann, declines to answer questions about challenging Senator Blanche Lincoln for the Democratic nomination. Halter was on to discuss the free health clinic in the capitol city this weekend. The Senate approves $412 million for construction projects at the Little Rock Air [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:44pm EST
  by patlynch

• AUFC: Keep Fighting, Reps. Berry and Snyder

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:08pm EST
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• Early Wednesday Arkansas headlines

  U.S. Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, alone among Democrats, and Joe Lieberman joined 40 Republicans to back a failed measure to stop the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the U.S. for criminal trials. A new study to be released today by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families will reveal how [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:37pm EST
  by patlynch

• Tuesday Arkansas headlines

  Michael Langley wants everyone who serves or sells alcoholic beverages at Arkansas restaurants, bars and stores to go through a training session and be certified by the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the state should consider merging some of its universities to save money. In a “worst-case [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:34pm EST
  by patlynch

• Here’s your Monday morning Arkansas news wrap

  A Bauxite man died after testing positive for swine flu, Pulaski County Coroner Garland L. Camper said. Arkansas State Police officials say they won’t fight a state Claims Commission finding that a trooper in 2005 wrongly shot a fleeing unarmed man in the back, leaving him paralyzed. The commission ruled that [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:26pm EST
  by patlynch

• 12 Hours of Health Care Lies

  Check this out. It’s the party of “no” at work. more about "12 Hours of Health Care Lies", posted with vodpod Posted in Uncategorized [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 3:45pm EST
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• Friday Arkansas news notes

  Game and Fish estimates that 400,000 of you will be in the deer woods tomorrow morning. Sen. Blanche Lincoln says the Senate’s agriculture committee will meet in Arkansas later this month for a field hearing on how to strengthen and grow our rural economy. The FBI has entered the investigation of finances [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:38pm EST
  by patlynch

• Here are your Thursday morning Arkansas headlines (wish I could say “enjoy”)

  U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln opposes adding new abortion restrictions to legislation overhauling the nation’s health care system. Lincoln says she supports the current federal restrictions on abortion funding but said the House amendment goes too far by prohibiting what private plans can offer. The Arkansas Department of Health has set tentative [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:17pm EST
  by patlynch

• Jon Stewart Catches Sean Hannity Falsifying Footage To Make GOP Protest Appear Bigger (VIDEO)

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:57am EST
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• Now Rep. Senate candiates turn on each other

  This came in my email. It is from the Women’s Action Group. I presume that means Debbie Paley. Anyway, feast your eyes on some down-and-dirty Arkansas politics. All Republican Senators and 41 Representatives Voted More Conservatively Than Did Senator Gilbert Baker, AR Candidate for US Senate Gilbert Baker received the highest score [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:40pm EST
  by patlynch

• Wednesday morning Arkansas heads

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  Starting tomorrow, retired members of the armed forces who have received medals for their service can have their medals noted on a special Arkansas license plate. The Department of Health says 18 people have died from complications of swine flu since Aug. 1. A round of pay cuts is underway at UAMS [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:30pm EST
  by patlynch

• Murdoch Agrees With Beck That Obama Is A Racist

  http://mediamatters.org/blo…So there you have it. Fox News’ host calls the president of the United States a racist, Fox News’ owner agrees with him, and Fox News’ president has a long history of… more about "Murdoch Agrees With Beck That Obama I…", posted with vodpod Posted in Uncategorized [...][...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:07pm EST
  by patlynch

• Thank you Reps. Marion Berry and Vic Snyder

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:06am EST
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• Tuesday Arkansas morning stuff

  Governor Mike Beebe says 43 career coaches will be placed in high schools to assist students and thousands of dollars in financial aid will be available under a new workforce education program. The Arkansas Educational Television Network will get a $749,417 federal grant to improve its signal in northeast Arkansas. The state [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:20pm EST
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• Arkansas headlines for Monday morning

  Arkansas congressmen Berry and Snyder voted “yes” while Ross and Boozman voted “no” as a major health insurance reform bill passed by a 220 to 215 margin. The number of state employees increased by more than 1,200 last fiscal year, although Gov. Mike Beebe cut the projected general revenue budget by [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  by patlynch

• Arkansas Friday headlines

  During a briefing with journalists, Senator Lincoln stresses the importance of being more efficient with health care spending. She says that we need to make sure insurers cannot withhold insurance because of a pre-existing condition or drop people just because they become ill. The annual University of Arkansas poll reports that 43 percent of [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:20pm EST
  by patlynch

• Arkansas Thursday morning news notes

  According to Roby Brock’s TalkBusiness.net, Governor Beebe’s approval rating has dipped from 77% positive in July to 71% approval in October. Gov. Mike Beebe still opposes an initiated act voters approved last year banning unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children, and he thinks the law has hindered the state’s ability [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:47pm EST
  by patlynch

• Wednesday Arkansas roundup

  U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she told President Barack Obama during a Tuesday evening meeting that she’s concerned about the cost of a government-funded health insurance option. Lincoln met with Obama for about 30 minutes at the White House. So far the state has been awarded over $1.1 billion in Recovery [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:16pm EST
  by patlynch

• First Tuesday Arkansas headlines

  Gov. Mike Beebe says Arkansas now ranks 46th in per-capita personal income, up from 47th last year. According to Business Week, the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area is ranked fourth overall in their listing of the “Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies.” From July to October, Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s poll numbers slipped [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  by patlynch

• Arkansas Monday morning

  Arkansans favor a government-run health insurance option, according to a new poll commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America. It shows that 56 percent of Arkansans favor a public option, while 37 percent do not. A majority of Arkansas citizens think the state’s economy is heading in [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:58pm EST
  by patlynch