More Bloggers On Your Radio Box! (Update!)

March 31, 2009
American Idol's Kris Allen of Conway

American Idol's Kris Allen of Conway

In case you didn’t get enough of the Arkansas blogosphere’s radio clowning on The Buzz on Sunday, you’ll get another dose Wednesday when Arkansas Project partners in crime Lance Turner and Blake Rutherford will be on B98.5 in Little Rock at 8:15 a.m. Do tune in, won’t you?

According to Lance, they’ll be swapping recipes and talking about “American Idol,” which means the only way this thing could be any gayer would be if they were both to show up wearing matching pastel tank tops and hot pants.

UPDATE: Oh my God. They actually ARE swapping recipes and talking about “American Idol.” I honestly thought that they were just saying that as an April Fools joke to bait me into making fun of them. But it’s actually happening.

Oh, and they just played this song in honor of Blake. Seriously:

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Central Arkansas Refresh Community Meeting, 6 p.m.

March 31, 2009

A final reminder that the second meeting of the Central Arkansas Refresh Community takes place at 6 p.m. at the Starbuck on N. Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock. If you are reading this and you don’t know what I’m talking about, then that’s obviously because you’re not invited.

But you can learn more here. And really, it’s wide open to anyone, so pop on by.

UPDATE: Wow, so like 25 people showed up, so it looks like we’re gonna need a bigger venue for next month’s meeting. And Arkansas Project Girlfriend (APG) has taken to referring to these events as my “Revenge of the Nerds” meetings, because she thinks she’s funny. But the way I remember it, the nerds won in the end, so who’s laughing now, APG? So, uh, yeah.

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, March 31

March 31, 2009

Light blogging today whilst I focus on some work that pays. In actual dollars! But here’s this:

Border Run: Now it’s Bella Vista trying to get a border town exemption from Gov. Mike Beebe’s big cigarette tax hike. Now see what you started, Rep. Keith Ingram? (AP)

Blake Rutherford and his filthy mouth

Blake Rutherford and his filthy mouth

Tuition Bill: Arkansas Senate gives thumbs down to in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants. (AP)

This One’s For You, DumbArkie: Arkansas Senate moves to prohibit dine ‘n’ dash lobbying. (Arkansas News Bureau)

Concealment: Max’s Law may hit Senate committee today. (ARCCA Blog)

Bust on Blake, Day 3: God, sometimes Blake Rutherford is such a whiny little pussy. (Blake’s Think Tank)

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Whaaaaaaaa….?

March 30, 2009
Beebe

Beebe

AP’s Jill Zeman reports that Gov. Mike Beebe has put the brakes on the terrible, terrible milk tax, which for reasons unbeknownst even to me has been one of my top issues to harp on these last several weeks, and has found an alternative funding stream that won’t require a new tax on dairy products. He says he won’t veto the bill but will stamp it “return to sender” while he digs more coins out of the Governor’s Mansion couch cushions to make it happen.

Could we say that this is a clear demonstration of the power and influence of The Arkansas Project? I think it’s pretty clear, my friends, that the answer is a resounding “no.” In fact, that would be a totally stupid thing to say. I don’t know what’s wrong with you sometimes.

More from Arkansas News Bureau’s John Lyon.

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, March 30

March 30, 2009

Last Chance: There is but one hope to stop the milk tax heading to Gov. Mike Beebe’s desk for signing. Do the right thing, Mike, and veto this terrible thing. (Americans for Tax Reform)

It’s On Him: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette looks at phenomenon of “pay and run” lobbying, and lawmakers all try to pretend like they’ve never heard of it. Look, I’VE eaten at least one meal paid for by an absentee lobbyist, and I’m a total nobody, so I suspect the practice is much more widespread than they’re letting on. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Odd Man Out: Lonely Arkansas GOP congressman ISO companionship. Must love dogs, hate Obama budget. (Arkansas News Bureau)

Another Lil Freeman: Occasional Arkansas Project contributor Freeman Hunt had another kid, and we know this from her Twitter feed. Sigh. (Freeman Hunt Twitter page)

Thanks A Lot: Blogging Pat Lynch wants to counter-program April 15 Tea Party tax protests with his own demonstration to show how thankful he is to be given the opportunity to pay lots of taxes. I just wish him a lot of luck with that one. (Lynch at Large)

I Declare Shenanigans: Columnist David Sanders takes a closer look at Democratic Rep. Keith Ingram, who voted for Gov. Beebe’s big cigarette tax hike only to turn around and pass a bill excluding his border town constituents. A diabolical genius, is this Keith Ingram fellow. (Arkansas News Bureau)

Pottymouth: Columnist Kane Webb, he does not like all of these filthy words on the blogs, mind you, and he doesn’t mention any names but it’s pretty clear what blog he has in mind….Blake’s Think Tank. A veritable sewer of dirty language over there. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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Politico: Is Lincoln in Trouble?

March 30, 2009

On the heels of last week’s underwhelming polling results on Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Politico turns an eye towards the Natural State to suss out the landscape. Is Lincoln in trouble?:

Arkansas insiders say one big problem is that Lincoln — who defeated an underfunded and little-known state legislator in 2004 by an underwhelming 12-point margin — doesn’t have a high profile despite serving three terms in the House and a decade in the Senate.

“She has not had a lot of presence in the state over the years,” said Ernie Dumas, an Arkansas Times columnist and longtime observer of Arkansas politics. “She just doesn’t have the potent personality that [former Sen. Dale] Bumpers and [former Sen. David] Pryor had.”

Others interviewed emphasize that, with no announced Republican candidate, it’s way premature to be making any calls on this race. Will recent developments encourage stronger Republican candidates to take a second look?

By the way, now’s a great time to look back to my and Blake Rutherford’s assessments of the 2010 Senate race earlier this month on Roby Brock’s “Talk Business.”

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Turn On Your Radio (Updated!)

March 29, 2009

A quick reminder here that several of us Arkansas blogosphere Merry Pranksters will be taking to the radio airwaves from 9 to noon this morning in Little Rock. Zip on over to The Buzz 103.7 to hear Blake Rutherford, Lance Turner, me and AN ALL-STAR PANEL OF GUESTS do our thing. Will Blake Twitter needlessly throughout the proceedings? Almost certainly. Will Dave inadvertently rack up big FCC fines for The Buzz with his filthy mouth? Very possibly.

A Twittering DumbArkie is mighty excited, God love ‘im.

UPDATE: Well, that’s over. We had a lot of fun and almost certainly will not be invited back, since Blake did everything he could to offend and outrage The Buzz’s listenership, which contains on Sunday mornings a surprisingly large number of people who really, really adore pop sensation/domestic abuse victim Rihanna and won’t stand for anyone talking trash about her, as Blake did.

So if you were working up a whole Rihanna/Chris Brown riff for your nascent stand-up act in an attempt the mine the comic possibilities of that whole sordid deal, let me just go ahead and save you some time and tell you that it will die. No one wants to hear that.

Oh, and Lance has a few photos for your scrapbook. And Arkansas Project pals DumbArkie and the ARCCABlog, taking a couple of hours off from manning the ramparts in defense of your Second Amendment rights, you ingrate, twittered madly throughout.

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These Arkansas Girls Are Very Patriotic

March 27, 2009

Are you patriotic? Do you like girls?

If you answered “yes” to both those questions, then, boy, do I have the website for you on a Friday afternoon when you are probably either a) counting down the hours till you can leave the office, or b) one of the 6.6 percent of Arkansans who number yourself among our nation’s jobless masses. I bring you….The Patriot Girls of Arkansas.

You can tell they are patriots because they are wearing American flag bikinis and, in many photos, carrying large firearms. It’s almost as if someone did a brain-scan of what’s on the mind of the average Arkansas Project reader and then built a website around the results.

I figured I better get this on the blog because I’ve heard from two (2) separate blog readers in the last week who’ve sent this page to me with an enthusiastic endorsement. And since I’m committed to serving my readers, here ’tis. Or if you want to save a little time, since the site looks like it was designed by a brain-damaged chimp, just go to the Patriot Girls of Arkansas MySpace pictures page and start clicking about madly. I’ll wait here.

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, March 27

March 27, 2009
Run, Gilbert, Run?

Run, Gilbert, Run?

Baker on Senate: Blogger Jason Tolbert’s been a little quiet this week, but he’s back with a vengeance with exclusive video of Arkansas Sen. Gilbert Baker addressing the question, Will you challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln? Hurry, click the link for the answer! (The Tolbert Report)

Darkness Falls: Arkansas Capitol and other state landmarks will go dark for “Earth Hour” on Saturday night in a pointless display to raise awareness of global climate change. (AP)

Sin of Commission: Two incoming Arkansas lottery commissioners voted against the lottery amendment when it was on the ballot last fall. (AP)

Team Players: These liberal groups running ads to pressure Sen. Mark Pryor and other moderates into voting for President Obama’s budget are “not very helpful,” thank you very much, Pryor says. (Politico)

Domestic Disturbance: GOP Rep. Bryan King’s dumb bill to ban domestic partner registry in Eureka Springs flops. And you know what? I’m with Max Brantley for once. Give it a rest. (Arkansas Times)

Jobhopping: Arkansas unemployment rate creeps up, thereby increasing the odds that you’re only reading these blogs all day to ease the pain of your jobless existence, you loser. (AP)

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Radio Free Blogosphere

March 27, 2009

Think Tank blogger Blake Rutherford conned his way into was invited to guest host Bill Vickery’s Sunday morning radio show on The Buzz 103.7 this weekend. And guess who he’s inviting to join him on the air? Oh, go ahead, guess, guess!

No clue? I’m talking about me, The Arkansas Project, dumbass. Geez, you’re thick. Lance Turner and maybe some other local clowns will probably be around, too. We’ll talk about state politics and a bunch of other crap, I guess.

So just go ahead and plan on skipping church that morning — you can get right with God some other time — and tune in around 9 a.m. or so, because this one’s going all the way to 11, baby.

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