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House Minority Leader John Burris has filed a budget bill to rival that of Governor Mike Beebe in the just-started fiscal session of the Arkansas legislature.  It's high stakes, and you can expect the establishment media to try and vilify Burris if he messes with their money.  Still, my view is that it is something that is long overdue.   The emergence of Burris has added a lot of energy to the

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 It appears that GOP leadership in Maine acted to deliberately steal the election from Ron Paul. Tampering with election results is one of the worst things you can do in America because it is faith in the integrity of this process which allows us to solve our disputes with ballots instead of bullets. Click here for reporter Ben Swann's damning account.  

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The big banks all committed mortgage fraud on a massive scale.   They claimed in documents (often signed by "Linda Green" in 14 different styles)  that title had been transferred when in fact it had not.   The local stamp taxes and other fees that we would have to pay if we bought a home was not paid.   They had a system in place that evaded those taxes.  Since they are too-big-to-fail and too

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UPDATE:   It looks like KHTV did cover the story including names at some point.  Their report on the news the night of the event was as described in this report, but subsequent to that report Craig O'Neil did do a long report on it.  A reliable source tells me O'Neil's report went up around 2:30 PM, after I filed this earlier report complaining about the original coverage. ********************

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I attended an event in the Capitol today.   A group of legislators announced their intention to pass a resolution to amend the United States Constitution.   The proposed amendment would require approval of state legislators to raise the federal debt limit.   There is a lot I could say about the proposed policy, but what fascinates me is the slant in coverage.   There were several cameras there,

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Rep. Donna Hutchinson and Rep. Lori Benedict may have been victims of a theft. If you read the headlines of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette today, you will read of the exploits of the wise and beneficent Gov. Mike Beebe, and of his able accomplice Rep. Bobby Pierce.  These champions of good government, to hear the papers tell it, found an elegant solution to the problem of funding the fire

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I have often noted that when people elect a legislator who is serious about reducing the size and scope of government, they are not only opposed by legislators who want the opposite but also by the vast bureaucracy which actually runs the government.    I was reminded of that today visiting with Rep. Lori Benedict. There was an agency (DFA) recently who continued to pay insurance benefits for

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Not so long ago, one had to engage in actual violence against civilians, or at least attempt such violence, to be labeled a "terrorist."      Now the government is trying to apply the term to a wide array of persons for engaging in behavior that very recently was considered legitimate political activity.    See the list and determine the number of ways your activity can get you labeled.

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Sec. of State Mark Martin and Governor Mike Beebe.  One of them is cool and the other is competent. Gov. Mike Beebe is cool.   And one of the common beliefs in our shallow pop culture is that if you display that aura of cool, you are competent.   It's not necessarily true of course.     Having a winning personality and projecting an air of relaxed confidence does not insure one has the right

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If another country ran its elections the way the Republican Party is running its nominating process, I believe the United States would not hesitate to decry the process as manipulated and the results as fraudulent.    It really calls into question their legitimacy as the sole vehicle which conservative and limited-government Americans should trust to select their candidates.  Remember,

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Like many Arkansans, I am proud of the job that the Razorbacks have done on the football field.   That said, I have a warning:  if the program does not start recruiting better, the last two years and this next season could represent a high-water mark that will not be equaled for years to come. The rankings put out by recruiting services are far from perfect.   For one thing, most of them rate

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   "The third criminal borrows money from the Federal Reserve at zero interest and extends a loan to a fraudulent borrower because a government agency has guaranteed the loan. Whatever income the lender receives is pure gravy, and whatever losses are incurred when the fraud is uncovered are made good by the taxpayer."   Read more here. Remember, in a fiat debt based money system, you and your

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I just watched a recently released to DVD movie entitled "Margin Call."   It was about the beginnings of the crash of the housing bubble and the associated financial fallout.    In spite of what follows, I give the movie a "two thumbs up."   It's a very thoughtful film.    Still, it is a film about recent history and to some extent it attempts to re-write that history in a very unusual way. I

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BENTON COURIER REFUSED TO PUBLISH THIS...THOSE WHO LIVE IN SALINE COUNTY SHOULD READ THIS LETTER;Mr. Burks,My name is David Cannon. I am the attorney who represented Tammy McLain in the case discussed in your article. There are several facts that were left out of your article on Saturday, January 7, 2012.Despite an extensive investigation by the Saline County Prosecutor's office, the Saline

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Fair and balanced?  We report, you decide?   These reporters' supervisor told them "we decide what the news is".     In this case, that they would not tell America that a chemical found in much of America's milk supply may cause cancer.   The drug in question is already banned in Europe and Canada. Big media needs ad dollars from other big corporations.    They are not going to lose giant

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I have already written about how the NDAA does seriously violate your due process rights and replaces them with something that is an elaborate but empty façade of such rights.   You can look at those articles here and here.    In this one, I want to show the actual text of the bill itself so that you can see that, yes, it is as bad as we feared it would be, and no, assurances from Congressman

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Griffin: Telling it like it isn't on NDAA. The NDAA is a grotesque and un-American piece of legislation which re-defines your rights into meaningless shadows of their former substance.     This abomination degrades your rights under the fourth, fifth, sixth, and possibly seventh amendments as well as rendering all but meaningless your former right to habeas corpus (the right to challenge

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Congressman Tim Griffin is a lawyer by trade, so he ought to know better than to make the claims he does about the NDAA.   This act is a far more serious violation of your rights than even the awful “Obamacare” requirement that you purchase health insurance.    Let me say this again, the NDAA of 2012, which was supported by most Democrats and almost all Republicans, including our entire

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When I was a boy, before the term "Christian Right" was coined, my dad told me that when he saw a bunch of preachers get behind some guy with a business proposal, that I should run like the wind.    He said that most preachers did not know enough about business to avoid being taken in by scams and get rich quick schemes.     He said the guy doing the pitching would run rings around them.   His

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What has happened over the last generation is the unraveling of the Keynesian economic model.   Sadly, the political class will be among the last to accept that it doesn't work anymore because it preached "the truth they wanted to hear."     I want to briefly describe here why it seemed to work for a time and why it increasingly will not work anymore. The key feature of the system was

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Read all about it.

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 Trouble with Numbers: Perry falls short in Virginia Texas Governor Rick Perry and Former Speaker Newt Gingrich have failed to qualify for the ballot in the GOP Presidential Primary in the state of Virginia.  GOP voters in that state will be limited to Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney or Congressman Dr. Ron Paul. Requirements for ballot access were pretty stiff in the Old Dominion.   The

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 Republican Congressmen: Cave men on the run. Thanks to the Kellers for finding this report on the Republican cave on the payroll tax.  This thing has been incorrectly reported by a complicit state-controlled media as a conflict between a two month tax cut and a year-long tax cut.   That is a part of it, but the Obama plan raises taxes in other areas to offset the "cut".  Here are the lurid

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It is not often I link to an Arkansas Times story without editorializing against it.   I think you ought to see this one though.

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Actual picture of nativity scene ordered removed Nativity Scene in NE Arkansas School Was Put Back Up"After receiving several phone calls regarding a bulletin board at Greene County Tech Primary School that had been decorated with a nativity scene, school district superintendent Jerry Noble decided to allow the board to once again be decorated with the nativity scene. School counselor Kay

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The giant vampire squid, a coin termed by Matt Taibbi for the worst of the parasites At the recent debate I was amused to hear most of the Republican candidates talk about their plans for turning the economy around and "creating jobs."   Government of course can't really create jobs, it can only produce an environment where those who can are rewarded for their risk-taking.   In that

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Re-posted by request from ZeroHedge. Everything Happening Now Was Planned Before 9/11 Special preface to my friends in the military, law enforcement and intelligence and other government servants: You are sworn to defend and uphold the Constitution, and the facts below may help you do so. We’ve been told that "9/11 changed everything" and that we're living in "a post-911 world". We've been

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"To prohibit a citizen from wearing or carrying a war arm . . . is an unwarranted restriction upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." -- Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

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In some cultures, the concept of village elders never went away. The concept of the village elder may make a comeback- if we are lucky.  They served as repositories of knowledge in areas where knowledge was in short supply.   Village elders mostly went away in Western societies once the great bulk of people learned to read.   People did not need the elder as a depository of knowledge, they

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I don't hesitate to rebuke elected officials from the Republican party who betray the people who elected them, so I would be unfair of me to fail to make mention of a shining example of Republican legislators who successfully accomplished the will of the voters despite pressure and opportunities to cave. I am talking about whether or not Arkansas would set up a "state exchange" for Obamacare

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Two time medal of honor winner General Smedley Butler wrote "War is a Racket"  You can support the troops by reading some of it. The Military Industrial Complex has made a lot of money in the war in Iraq.  It has cost about eight million dollars per Iraqi killed (many of whom were non-combatants).  If the goal of the war was to kill terrorists, it has been a costly failure.  But maybe that

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Does the recently passed Defense Authorization Bill allow the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial by our military?  Why, yes it does, all mis-information from politicians like Sen. John Boozman notwithstanding.   Unlike the politicians of both parties who are trying to conceal from you the fact that they have just voted to repeal your 4th amendment rights, I am going to show

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....with a clarity that is lacking in the regular media.  Funny, and infuriating.

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In the ninth Chapter of Luke, the Samaritans insulted Christ as He passed through their territories.  In response, James and John asked "do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them like Elijah did?"   In verses 55 and 56 Jesus rebuked them saying "You know not what manner of spirit you are of.  The Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."   Just like

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It worked.  The "Super Committee" did what the Republican Congressman and Senators who sold you out wanted it to do.   Oh, it did not solve the budget crisis.   It did not really reduce spending, except shaving some of the size of the increases off a budget that is already too large.   It did not "work" for helping the country.  It never had a realistic chance at that.  It did not work for its 

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  Protester learns this is not like back-talking Mr. Kotter. I am not one of those to think that the young people at OWS events are some sort of nefarious enemy (though some of the people setting this up might be).   They are mostly confused young people who are angry about some of the same things I am angry about, but do not understand what to do about it.   Some will be conservatives after

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There are those who feel like the wisdom of persons alive in this current age is somehow superior to the wisdom of all those lived before us.  In their view, those who lived a hundred, two hundred, a thousand or even two thousand years ago were ignorant and unenlightened compared to us today.    By extension, their precepts are to be shrugged off and their admonitions disregarded.  The only

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For those of you who, like me until a few days ago, believed that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to "wipe Israel off the map" might ought to take a look at this article to find out what the statement he made in Farsi actually means when translated to English.   Basically it is about the same as what the Tea Party wants to do to the Obama Administration.

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We all know about the outrageous debt that our federal government is racking up, but it turns out that state governments are deeply in debt as well.   Arkansas has over $26,000 in state debt liabilities for each private sector worker, and that figure is less than the average!  I dare any debt apologist to explain to us how this is sustainable. Debt will be the death of this Republic.   The

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All you need to know about Government Bureaucracy:** Pythagorean theorem:....................................................24 words** Lord's prayer:...................................................................66 words** Archimedes' Principle:.......................................................67 words** 10 Commandments:.......................................................179 words**

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I was looking over the various government boon-doggles from Arkansas' share of Resident Obama's 2009 "Stimulus" program.   They weren't all terrible ideas, but most all of them were a mis-allocation of resources.  Most of it fell into the "nice to have if you can afford it" category- which we can't. A couple of things stuck out at me looking at the highway spending.   It re-emphasized how

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click on pic for larger view CBS is owned by Westinghouse, one of the largest military contractors in the nation.  The "debate" they sponsored is a perfect example of how corporate media selects candidates and de-selects others.  The so-called "debate" was little more than an infomercial for the current media-anointed "top tier", and for a belligerent policy of military interventionism that

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"The system of banking is a blot left on all of our constitutions and laws which, if not corrected, will end in their destruction." - Thomas Jefferson  "...the borrower is the slave of the lender." - Proverbs 22:7  Recent headlines have confirmed the truth expressed by both Scripture and our third President.   Freedom and self-government are incompatible with a debt-based monetary system.

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Many conservative Republicans have tried looking at anyone except Ron Paul in their search to find an alternative to Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination.    They have faced repeated let downs.   I argue that it is time for them to give Paul a serious look.  Let me take a few minutes to explain why here. While the other candidates pretend that the biggest domestic problem we face is the way

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Ever wondered what happened to the rabid smear campaign against Sec. of State Mark Martin?   The first few months of his administration, you could almost see the spittle flying from leftist lips as they hurled one charge after another at Martin in rapid succession.    Once the redistricting process ended, the fevered media attacks ended as swiftly as they began. One theory about why the

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Congratulations to supporters of the bond issue.  You were victorious in the election.  Time will tell if you are correct in the policy.   To my fellows who worked against adding more debt:  We lost the election, and badly.  I don't want to sugar coat the political realities of it.  Nor do I want those political realities to outweigh the more important moral and intellectual realities

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The two political gangs headquartered in D.C. that have captured the government of the United States from its people collude to ensure that none of their upper tier ever have to face justice for their criminal actions. By mutual consent, high level members of either gang simply won’t get prosecuted no matter how serious their crimes. Ordinary citizens like you and me on the other hand,

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-43234565834258162642011-11-07T06:28:00.001-08:002011-11-08T06:50:30.339-08:00

This explains so much. And so does this, about why the current global financial system is not capitalism....and it goes way beyond cronyism.

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For many years I have been critical of the Bush-Kennedy federal education plan called "No Child Left Behind." Here is some of what I said about it in 2006... The second problem with NCLB is that the provisions of the act cannot be met. Do you understand me? They can't do it, even if they turned the entire nation into an absolute dictatorship police-state whose sole purpose was meeting the

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Who is behind pestering taxpayers with one "special" election after another?  Maybe SATAN?  Well, isn't that special!  Church Lady wags finger at debt peddlers, says "VOTE NO, PAY AS YOU GO!" ********************************** Early voting has begun for yet another "special" election.  Are you fed up with politicians scheduling "special" elections asking for you to give them more money?   I

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-50322684210331569152011-10-29T13:38:00.012-07:002011-10-29T14:43:33.592-07:00

Picture of Green Transportation: Bikeways & Walkways! US Department of Transportation Secretary has the authority to withhold approval for projects that would negatively impact pedestrians and bicyclists and recommends "Considering walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes." USDOT further says, "Transportation agencies should find ways to make facility improvements for

Debbie Pelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139070134216392700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-28323780465343934762011-10-26T19:07:00.003-07:002011-10-26T19:08:00.938-07:00

Rep. David Meeks (R) Conway, has come out against the proposal to add more debt for highway maintenance.    The issue will be decided when voters go to the polls on November the 8th. Meeks was voted #1 legislator in the state of Arkansas by a panel of grassroots activists here on Arkansas Watch.   Most legislators have been reluctant to come out against the issue, because powerful figures from

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Perhaps the most frequent argument of those who support taking on more debt for highways is that when we  tried a similar debt program in 1999 we "won" because highway construction costs shot up from 2000-2004 at an inflation rate that was in excess of the interest rate we paid on the bonds.   My counterargument has been that they are fighting the last war.   Even if they are correct that

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-15983772036242671322011-10-25T20:50:00.001-07:002011-10-25T20:54:56.320-07:00

Many people have asked for resources to help them sort through the fog of conflicting information (more fog here) that state officials and spokesmen for "Move Arkansas Forward" have put out about the proposal to take on more debt.  The vote for this debt proposal is November the 8th!  Early voting starts Nov 1st.  Secure Arkansas announced it's opposition to the

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Supporters of taking on more debt for highway maintenance in a November 8th special election are making increasingly unbelievable claims about the numbers.   I am not saying they are necessarily lying or being deceptive, but it's hard for a person that thinks through their claims to take them at face value.    One of the latest examples: Rep. Nate Bell of Mena is an outspoken supporter of the

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Activist Par Excellence Christine Keller put us wise to this jewel: The Obama Stimulus plan "American Investment and Recovery Act" gave over $375,000,000 in borrowed money to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. Over $230,000,000 of that was in "discretionary funds."  Given that they got a windfall of $230 million in discretionary funding in 2009, I find it particularly

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-39645780676246665892011-10-24T17:47:00.000-07:002011-10-24T18:21:56.396-07:00

Talk Business with Jason Tolbert cites a report which puts Arkansas' public debt in excess of $25,000,000,000. The amount includes our unfunded pension liabilities and the amount we owe the federal government from the unemployment insurance fund. In other words, most of it is debt that we the people did not vote to take on. Our state officials have run this debt up without our permission, as

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-80061802363652849862011-10-23T11:07:00.002-07:002011-10-23T11:07:38.633-07:00

Yes, I'd like to know where the money went. We have been paying on the GARVEE Highway bond program since 2000, so that is either eleven or twelve years.   Every source I can find indicates this amount has been around $74 million dollars a year since the inception of this program. Let's give them the benefit of a doubt and say they have only paid for eleven years.    $74 million * 11 years =

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-33105852213773842282011-10-23T10:37:00.000-07:002011-10-24T05:30:53.320-07:00

"Everything is good, nothing to see here, just give us the money and move on" Some of our state officials seem very upset that us peasants are asking so many questions prior to the November 8th vote where they expect us to authorize $575 million dollars worth of borrowing against our credit.   The condescending approach, where they put out misleading and contradictory information and

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-76095933099255125752011-10-23T05:01:00.001-07:002011-10-23T06:42:10.567-07:00

Feeling lucky? Rep. Nate Bell and the Highway Commission are, so why not vote to give them $575 million worth of your chips on Nov. 8th?  ************************************* Arkansans will be asked to take on more debt on November the 8th when a special election will be held for a highway bond issue.   I have been opposed to the plan, but in the back of my mind I had a reservation or two.

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Although I am adamantly opposed to the debt plan to be voted on November the 8th, in the back of my mind I did have one reservation about my opposition.  That was until yesterday.  Now I realize that there is no good reason for the average citizen to vote for this plan- not one.  Ironically, it was information from one of the debt plan’s most ardent supporters which helped me realize that my

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-88563301714325400892011-10-19T06:44:00.004-07:002011-10-19T06:54:35.282-07:00

The Washington County Tea Party has released an excellent letter about the debt election on November the 8th.  They and Secure Arkansas are leading a growing campaign against more state debt that now includes the following groups:  Secure Arkansas (securearkansas.com) Washington County Tea Party (washingtoncountyteaparty.com) Pulaski County Tea Party (

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-54280709430496306722011-10-16T18:44:00.001-07:002011-10-16T19:08:47.111-07:00

**************************************** "Occupy Wall Street" has a slogan "99% against the 1%."   But who are the one percent? Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away last week.   He was certainly in the top 1% of Americans as far as personal wealth goes.   And the reason he was there, was because with his life he served people well.  He provided products that people wanted.  People

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-23642139234558755172011-10-16T17:15:00.003-07:002011-10-16T17:15:40.579-07:00

Not just illegal immigrants, but according to this article immigrants as a whole are responsible for 17% of our federal debt.  I guess our screening programs are not what they used to be.   It looks like they are calling for more restrictive legal immigration policies.   I'd prefer more restrictive federal government spending instead, but they have a lot of facts behind their case.

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-15855184675977906862011-10-16T14:24:00.002-07:002011-10-16T14:24:22.842-07:00

We have heard quite a bit about Helena-West Helena in the national news, little of it good.   Mayor Arnell Willis seems to be trying to straighten it out, but he has a long row to hoe.   A federal drug bust in his city reeled in five crooked members of "law enforcement." Without a minimal amount of virtue in the population, self government in a state of civilization is impossible.  When man

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-31663182662518140412011-10-15T19:11:00.001-07:002011-10-15T19:11:46.599-07:00

Dear Mark, 18 minutes, 47 seconds.That’s how much time I’ve been given TOTAL during the last three Republican debates to explain my message of liberty to the voters.But since poll after poll has shown me in third place nationally over these past few months, surely that amount of time left me in the middle of the pack when compared to my establishment opponents . . . right?WRONG.Out of all

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-27040552747065563012011-10-15T13:34:00.001-07:002011-10-15T15:54:31.858-07:00

The Lords raise up the draw bridge, lest any peasants get big ideas about entering the castle. ************************************ The Republican Party of Arkansas' Executive committee has voted to roughly double filing fees for state representative, state senate, and U.S. Congress.   That ought to keep the Tea Party trash out of your primaries, right fellas?   The insiders overwhelmingly

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-7915476999634669542011-10-15T11:17:00.000-07:002011-10-15T11:17:22.689-07:00

What could possibly go wrong with subjecting the immune systems of infants and toddlers to 20 or 30 vaccination injections?  Plenty according to these studies.   Not that these studies are high-budget affairs- those are bought and paid for by the drug companies and the government does not want to touch this one. "No study of health outcomes of vaccinated people versus unvaccinated has ever been

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-1544176382665801672011-10-11T10:31:00.002-07:002011-10-11T10:34:07.956-07:00

Because He did not get it right the first time: The book of Mormon claims to be "Another Testament of Jesus Christ." ************************************* Well, the Rick Perry campaign has distanced itself from statements by a prominent supporter that Mitt Romney should not get the votes of Christians because he is member of a cult, specifically Mormonism. My views on the issue have not

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-85466437161486123322011-10-07T17:15:00.001-07:002011-10-07T17:15:15.424-07:00

The State Senate seems to be more resistant to changing their ways, but eleven house members have altered their previous pattern of filing for expenses from past months, possibly due to the awareness raised by the suit and by the efforts of Conservative Arkansas on the issue.   Five of the eleven who have altered their filing habits in some way were on our "Top Ten" list or one of the additional

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-51738654638762643512011-10-07T06:05:00.000-07:002011-10-09T10:05:51.481-07:00

There has been some debate lately about renewing sales taxes. In Fayetteville for example, a one cent sales tax is up for renewal. The Mayor is, like almost all politicians when faced with a potential revenue cut,  predicting dire cuts to emergency services like police and fire if the tax is not renewed. They almost always say the cuts will have to come out of fire and police, because if they

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-1386081420873108262011-10-06T06:07:00.000-07:002011-10-06T06:07:59.452-07:00

Secure Arkansas and some Tea Party organizations want the Highway Commission to answer some basic questions about the proposed bond issue voters will be asked to approve on November the 8th.   1.      It appears that the primary funding source to pay off these bonds is the money we would otherwise get from the federal highway trust fund.   If for any reason the federal government fails

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-11177403158898394192011-10-05T16:18:00.003-07:002011-10-05T16:18:53.683-07:00

For over a year now I have been warning that the government, after debasing dollars, dimes, and pennies, would turn its attention to debasing the nickel.   Here is one such article.  Here is where I called for any new debased nickel to be substantially different in appearance from the old nickels so that people can tell them from the phonies. Today, I found a 2011 Nickel that superficially

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Barely over a month from now (November 8th), Arkansans will be asked to go the polls over the question of whether or not we will allow the Arkansas Highway Commission to add over half a billion dollars of public debt.    Voters and reporters have been given outrageously conflicting answers over whether or not the plan will result in new construction or whether it is simply to maintain

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-14760664982633195572011-09-30T15:51:00.001-07:002011-10-01T07:47:39.944-07:00

On November the 8th we will be asked to go to the polls and vote to give the Highway Commission authority to issue $575 million dollars of additional public debt.  I am very concerned at the lack of straight answers people have been getting, including reporters, from the people who are behind this debt plan. We have Highway Department Spokesman Randy Ort in the Democrat-Gazette yesterday (

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-84916528955946539862011-09-29T08:17:00.000-07:002011-09-29T11:24:47.157-07:00

I consider 1913 to be the "terrible year" for the American Republic.   That year saw the introduction of the income tax in a form that would stick.  It was also the year we got the Federal Reserve System that has siphoned off 96% of the value of the dollar since 1913.  That siphoned-off value went to the government as a hidden tax and into the pockets of the big banks which comprise the fed.

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-24857753659152253332011-09-23T11:40:00.000-07:002011-09-23T11:41:12.656-07:00

Here is what the communications director of the Arkansas Republican Party said about Senator Mark Pryor's "Jobs Day" measure... “Senator Pryor’s ‘Jobs Day’ is an insulting gimmick to Arkansans dealing with the highest unemployment rate in nearly a generation,” said Republican Party of Arkansas Communications Director Katherine Vasilos. “Instead of proposing - or voting on - real solutions for

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Faux News.  They distort, I deride. I have often made the case here to FOX NEWS is no friend to pro-American limited-government conservatives.  Rather, they are both statist and globalist.  Their function in the drive to globalism is to pose as your friend so that the might assume the role of dictating who the "acceptable" candidates are for those on the right.   Their plans have been

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State Rep. Johnathan Barnett (R) Siloam Springs, will be honored by the people that he serves so tirelessly- the State Highway Commission.   They have voted to name a portion of Highway 412 after Barnett.  Barnett says he was unaware of their plans. The residents of his district who Barnett is technically supposed to be representing may have a different view.  Talk Business' report on the

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Rep. John T. Vines of Hot Springs wrote a bill which he thought would ban the practice of "unregulated" gold and silver sales by and to these outfits that come through towns, by up as much gold as possible, and then move on. They are often called "road shows."  He wanted to force people to trade their silver and gold at pawn shops, or licensed gold and silver shops where they had to record

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-71980671754562975052011-09-20T07:20:00.001-07:002011-09-27T07:17:14.893-07:00

Several interesting articles from Science Daily.   They are completely pro-evolution.  So much so that perhaps they don't catch it when the information in their articles is very supportive of creationist ideas once you take the evolutionary blinders off.    This article went even further.   It reported on key findings that were what one would expect to find if the Biblical account of a

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No wonder Shane Broadway was willing to turn down the education job.  Just kidding.  I don't want to start any rumours here.   Arktimes and others report Ernie P. will leave his position Oct. 7th. He took quite a few barbs during his tenure.   I suggest to you that the problem was not and is not Ernie P, it's that the government should never be its own regulator of a monopoly business.  

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Arkansans are familiar with former President and Governor Bill Clinton.   And the Arkansans who have watched him closely know that Clinton is a dishonest man, but he was so good at it that you had to be watching very closely to catch him.   He counted on most people not watching that closely.  He also had an ability to radiate so much synthetic moral indignation at the suggestion that he had

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The Resident just signed the so-called "Patent Reform Bill", thus initiating a major change on the one part of the federal government that is 1) Constitutional 2) Self-funding and 3) working well.  Like most "bi-partisan" ideas, the bill was bad for middle america and good for global corporations. As is all too often the case, you can't get the real story from reading the corporate-state

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Being sucked in?  Despite the Resident's assurance that there would be no U.S. "boots on the ground" in Libya, the British press blandly reports that CIA agents are in Libya right now hunting down Gaddaffi and his minions. Maybe they are not wearing boots? Also, recommended reading from Doug Wead: "the conspiracy against Ron Paul."   The Ron Paul part is interesting enough, but what fascinated

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September 15, 2011Harry Reid: "Well, for most Americans, [bike paths] are absolutely important. It's good for purposes of allowing people to travel, um, without burning all the fossil fuel on the highways. I got up this morning really early, and went out and did my exercise. I'm not exaggerating--scores!--at least 30 or 40 bikes--so scores may be a slight exaggeration--of people, not just for

Women Action Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721397958178158391noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-32663619316779897722011-09-15T12:15:00.006-07:002011-09-15T13:16:45.287-07:00

Note how the children are being used to lobby for global warming measures under the Safe Routes to School banner and grants. The two front signs read: "Less Traffic" and "Less Pollution."The MPO Director of Northeast Arkansas sent out an email advocating for school "Walk and Wheel" events - pushing the plan to have children to walk to school in order to reduce the use of cars - not just for this

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While the Arkansas Highway Commission insists that it needs voters to approve a $575 million debt issue this November for badly needed road maintenance, records show it has been anything but frugal with existing road monies.  They just announced  $1.8 million dollars in awards to various applicants to be used for "recreational trails."  Recipients include entities that already get plenty of

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-68693143077188407452011-09-14T06:19:00.001-07:002011-09-14T06:22:14.381-07:00

In the recent GOP Presidential debate, Congresswoman Michelle Bachman insinuated that Texas Gov. Rick Perry pushed Gadrisil injections for 11 year old girls so hard because he was getting money from Merck.   Perry said he only got about $5,000 from them and that if she was suggesting he could be bought for that "he was offended."   I think I would be offended at the suggestion that I could be

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“I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse.” -James Madison, the Father of the Constitution “We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt” – Thomas Jefferson On November the 8th, Arkansans will be asked to go to the polls and give the Arkansas Highway Commission permission to add $575 million of additional debt unto our backs. While they have dropped many

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This Move Is To Save the Planet From Global Warming And Is Part of Sustainable Development and Agenda 21"Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years. Top of the EU's list to cut climate change emissions is a target of 'zero' for the number of petrol and diesel-driven cars and lorries

Debbie Pelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139070134216392700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-36304265189983556402011-09-08T10:33:00.007-07:002011-09-08T19:47:13.037-07:00

Get the shocking details via audio here. Who is providing the funding behind the push to convince Arkansas voters to load themselves with $575 million in debt this Nov. 8th? Turns out most of it comes from entities connected to a single man, who just happens to be a multi-millionaire chairman of the state highway commission. Read the full list of financiers here. This man is on the board of

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-54695354410954176182011-09-07T15:41:00.006-07:002011-09-30T13:02:15.958-07:00

*******************************************On November 8th Arkansans will be asked to go to the polls and give the State Highway Commission permission to load about $575 million dollars of additional debt onto the backs of Arkansas taxpayers. That's about $2,000 of additional debt for each taxpaying household in the state. We should deny them this permission. While the state does have

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-8135577668476938492011-09-07T14:26:00.002-07:002011-09-07T14:43:29.788-07:00

According to the study, 10% of all mental health disorders in women may be linked to induced abortion. It is estimated that 25% of adult women under 70 have had abortions. If that number is accurate, then 75% of such adult women have not had abortions. This implies that the 10% of mental disorders linked to abortion is concentrated in the 25% of women who have had them. That is to say, it

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-70931438298104621082011-09-04T13:25:00.004-07:002011-09-04T13:37:00.517-07:00

In two months Arkansans are going to head for the polls to decide whether or not to load over $500 million dollars in additional debt onto our backs. The Republican Establishment is for it, the Democrat establishment is for it, and the bankers and finance people are for it. The papers are ham-handedly for it. What about the people that will be on the hook for the debt? Who is going to stand

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-79574613151797694432011-09-03T14:39:00.008-07:002011-09-30T13:05:25.614-07:00

Arkansans Have Paid Off Some State Debt, So the Political Class Has Banded Together to Talk Us into Loading More Unto Our Backs **************************** The Establishment media in this state and the heads of both establishment political parties have again joined forces in a stirring display of bipartisanship (which is a very different thing than nonpartisanship) in order that government

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-19533903336394308512011-09-02T08:12:00.004-07:002011-09-02T08:23:56.802-07:00

Mark me down as one Christian who thinks the leadership of the Christian Right has got it wrong on Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Plus, the college education bubble, macro-sizing your evolution might be harder than you thought, and SWAT TEAMS raid Gibson Guitar for failure to pay protection money. 31 minutes of audio. Click here for the program.

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-46675958543472218132011-08-31T19:49:00.004-07:002011-08-31T20:12:59.418-07:00

New EPA Regulation Invades Our Own Homes Costing Home Owners 10 – 15% Or More On Their Home Repairs & Renovations Just think how much more money victims of Hurricane Irene will have to dish out based on this new EPA Ruling - not to mention the increase in insurance premiums when all the added costs are factored in. Who knows when your area will be the next victim of a natural disaster that will

Debbie Pelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139070134216392700noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-26070117764894539672011-08-30T06:16:00.003-07:002011-08-30T07:22:47.569-07:00

A Clear View So Far Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin announced today his opposition to amending the Capitol Master Plan for construction that would block views of the State Capitol. The proposed five-story building would be located at 1417 West Sixth Street. Martin said, “As Secretary of State, I am charged with preserving and maintaining the Arkansas State Capitol. That means I have

Mark Moore (Moderator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10404691.post-15567568911160956072011-08-27T14:02:00.005-07:002011-08-27T14:17:49.468-07:00

Gibson Guitars just had a federal SWAT team make it's second raid on the company. No charges were filed after the first raid, but the company has still not gotten its confiscated property back. They are not accused of any US crime. The raid was prompted by reports that Gibson used some kind of wood for their guitars that is against the law to use in Brazil! Fed stormtroopers are now

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