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Life Beginning and End
Hillbilly version: I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not living. There is lot of discussion about whendoes life begin. The discussion can get heated in a hurry if the word abortion is mentioned. The issuequickly goes to rights of the embryo and the life of the mother. Is… Read more.
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Different consequences
Hillbilly version: You have to consider the situation. In the late ’50 the family became land owners. The farm had 3 cleared acres. We had a milk cow. Definitely upward mobile. Dad bought three goats toeat the underbrush (they would clean up the place). He had a plan. Two days… Read more.
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School choice
Hillbilly version: Everyone has a choice (take it or leave it).Arkansas charter schools are public schools, which spend less per pupil and produce better results. Weare asked to believe this. But if this true, why don’t we do away with traditional schools? Are resultstainted (little white lie)?In 1999 Arkansas had… Read more.
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Thank You Congress Age
Hillbilly version: So our society has mandatory attendance laws for school age children. This is not news. It is a fact, true fact. Why? Something to think about. Later.Don’t name them. But, think about ten people that you know over 65 (“over the hill”).Now, think about ten people between 18-35.… Read more.
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Count All The Votes, Concider All The Voters
Hillbilly version: “You might need a buddy in a firefight”. Both extremes need the support of the middle to exist.“We the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insuredomestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the generalWelfare, and secure the Blessings… Read more.
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It’s Going To Hurt
Hillbilly wisdom: “You can not spend more than you make”. Sounds sensible. I mean there areexceptions to every rule. For example, legislative branch cannot make a budget but they can raise thedebt ceiling to spend more than they have and give themselves a raise. Would it make any difference ifwe… Read more.
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The Budget
Hillbilly version: You asked for the job. This is the third ,you have until the fourteenth to complete the task. (24hours x 11days=264 hours) from today for the 19 new members of congress. The others havebeen there for over a year. An extra 24 x 366=8784, over 9000 hours to… Read more.
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Tariffs
Hillbilly version: Doubling the cost to make something will be better for me. “Let me see”, bullsh*t.An exaggeration will explain all I know, which is very little. A tariff will do what it does. The tariffdoes not take a position. It is an added tax or an expense to the… Read more.
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No Cell Phone Policy
Hillbilly version: “Why are we paying you if you can’t do your job”?Arkansas legislators passed and Governor Sanders signed SB142, a law that requires local schooldistricts to have in place a policy restricting cell phone use on campus during instructional time that isapproved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary… Read more.
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False Dichotomy
Hillbilly version: The two major sides or divisions of the eligible voters are the democrats and therepublicans, they collectively represent the two extremes of the voters of America. The two sides of thecoin. The real choice is A or B. Take it or leave it. “There is nothing which I… Read more.
Open to Anything 