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Children of Arkansas
Public school serving the children of Arkansas Hillbilly version: occasionally others say it better. I would defer to the words of Rich Shumate “Sanders pet project has become a voracious consumer of taxpayer dollars with more than 374 million spent in the first three years on a program that hasn’t,… Read more.
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No Tax on Home Sales Act H.R.4327
Hillbilly wisdom: every law favors someone and M. Greenes’ proposed HR4327 is no exception. Profit on home sales under the Clinton administration was untaxed subject to limits if the home owner held the property an extended time. At the time this IRS rule changed drove the housing market. Prices on… Read more.
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Dog sled politics
Hillbilly version: This is where I would site the person who told me this story if only I could remember who it was. Who can think this early in the morning. It’s barely 11:42 am. There are no deadlines in retirement. Even vacations have deadlines. It is the Agenda. You… Read more.
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Upon what do you Focus
Hillbilly wisdom: So! Why do I seem so angry. The snide remarks. The can’t just be happy. What the f**k is wrong? Look around. Nice toys. Climate control. Global warming and we are increasing our need for power. Always more. Plenty to eat, yes plenty. See that’s what I’m talking… Read more.
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Who I am
Hillbilly version: the transposition of two words (am and I) and the implied and subsequent meaning is drastic. Do you know Who I am implies first that you should know that I am important, I have achieved a level of accomplishment that is recognizable and an awareness that you might… Read more.
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Ignorance is bliss
Hillbilly version: Are people really that stupid? Politicians depend upon it. Call it stupidity or unawareness but the politician of today depends upon the constituent forgetting everything except the last 60 seconds. This allows politicians the majority of their terms to do as they please and then change or deny… Read more.
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When the WAR comes home
Hillbilly version: there is never a time when violence is the appropriate method for solving a problem. The death of a republican conservative or the assignation of political figures in Minnesota are condemned as they well should be. Is there a difference between political violence and other acts of violence?… Read more.
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Why stop now?
Hillbilly wisdom: If the courts rule that Trump has broken the law, why are you giving him a stay? That is one of the reasons why he continually pushes the line. The president was convicted of over thirty violations against the state of New York and told “to go do… Read more.
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Then and Now
Hillbilly version: if he can do it, why should I be constrained by the rules? There are critical choices in life, splits in the road, that once taken determine the choices available down the road. Former President Clinton told Congress and I quote “I did not have sex with that… Read more.
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Yogi Bear and Boo Boo
Hillbilly wisdom: You cannot pet the bears. We have bears in the national forest now. They were transplanted from other areas starting in the 60’s. So, my friend and I are driving from Mountain Home through the forest. Actually, highway 341. Straight line from my home to Mountain Home is… Read more.
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