Stuff from Around Arkansas, January 7
Top Ten: National report ranks Arkansas #10 in education, which I find hard to believe, because all the kids I know are so stupid. (Arkansas News Bureau)
Power Grab: With lottery ascendant, AP declares Lt. Gov. Bill Halter the most powerful man in the state of Arkansas. Pfft, Mike Beebe…what a loser. (AP)
Remember the Alamo: Lawyer for evangelist Tony Alamo, suddenly cognizant of the fact that he’s defending an insane nut-job psycho in a child sex case, decides he may need more time to prepare for the trial. (AP)
Wills on Web: Incoming House Speaker Robert “Robbie” Wills plans to launch a website with the start of the new legislative session next week. But it probably won’t be as good as Majority Leader Steve “Steve” Harrelson’s blog, and so I have every intention of making fun of it mercilessly. (Roby Brock’s Talk Business blog)
Number four in teens getting knocked up, number 10 in education. Therefore, logically, for every 2.1 teens pregnent above the pregger teen median, you raise a point in test scores! Who says Britney Spears is bad for this country! Three cheers for Britney and her loins! Hurray! Huzzah! Hurray!
As to your education blurb- that’s because all kids are stupid.