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Arkansas and Federal help to stop violent crime
Arkansas Governor Sanders why not clean up crime in Little Rock. Overall crime in Little Rock is down in year to year data like D.C. but violent crime shows a substantial increase. Construction trends or flight from the city have resulted in large growth in outlaying areas. There are beautiful… Read more.
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Mandate driven policy
Hillbilly wisdom: the states voted the democratic ticket. There is no mandate in the blue states. Blue states are being brought to task. Forced into a position of federal help because they can not manage (follow directives from above?) their affairs to the level of compliance set by the federal… Read more.
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Success at home
Hillbilly wisdom: don’t expect abroad what you can not get at home. Does anyone expect the current administration to recognize other world leaders when they don’t recognize duly elected officials here? We should look to ourselves first and use our successes as a beacon leading the world by example. Maybe?… Read more.
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Cultural versus Religious stories
Hillbilly version: Placing the ten commandments in the Arkansas classroom is not about religion is like saying putting the alphabet in the classroom is not about reading or the beginning of English. The beginning leads to the finish but the beginning is the first step toward the finished product. This… Read more.
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Understanding war?
Hillbilly version: My question is: can someone who has never experienced war first hand possibly understand the horrors of war. Not only the physical but the mental is well. To know that there is a power that wishes you beyond dead. Each day to ask yourself if today is the… Read more.
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Arkansas school vouchers
Hillbilly wisdom: put your money where it will do the most good FOR EVERYONE. Like a broken record, once again Arkansas is putting their public money- money allocated for public education- into other venues. There are more than 50,000 requests for the voucher program in the school year 2025-26. This… Read more.
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Different or the Same
Hillbilly wisdom: if you let the fox guard the chickens, chickens will go missing. It is ridiculous to expect the fox to be any thing but a fox and two foxes together will take more chickens than one does. The results of the meeting between Putin and Trump (Russia and… Read more.
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Insurance Regulation Arkansas
Hillbilly wisdom: you can not make insurance companies provide coverage within your state. As a state you can set rates which must be considered but whether the company chooses to work within your state is a private decision. And personal experience tells me when one company leaves the others will… Read more.
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Fifty First State
Hillbilly version: Trump, there is a unsubstantiated rumor, will buy part of Russia for America. If true, I hope he can get a deal at least as good as Steward’s Folly. Or he could get a deal for the United Nations to own the disputed land areas between Russia and… Read more.
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Hide what you fear
Hillbilly version: things are not as good as some would have you believe. There is a tendency to hide what is unpleasant or less than perfect. Maybe this applies to the homeless in nation’s capital. Homelessness has a lot of negative connotations. Our fearless leader approaches this by restricting those.… Read more.
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