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Drill baby drill
Hillbilly wisdom: Drilling for energy is not the same as producing more energy. A producing well will not impact the cost or availability of energy to the American consumer if it is capped. More energy available could and probably does reduce the profit margin for energy companies. There is no… Read more.
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School vouchers in Arkansas
Hillbilly wisdom: think Rich Shumate said it best. On 7-7-25 “Sander’s pet project has become a voracious consumer of taxpayer dollar, with more than 374 million spent in the first three years on a program that hasn’t, doesn’t, and want improve a single public school anywhere in Arkansas”. It is… Read more.
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Expectations of peace
Hillbilly version: Peace will come before I take office. Deals will be made. Trump will be ignored again. His deal making ability does not extend to those which he cannot bully. His latest attempt, Putin in Alaska, will get the same results as his previous attempts at peace between Russia… Read more.
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Early success for no cell phone law
Hillbilly wisdom: the new law is working as it was designed? Reported early results in Arkansas include 1)Increased student interaction; 2)improved classroom focus; 3)positive parental feedback; and 4)potential for reduction in disciplinary issues and missed assignments. Early results cautiously point out the “the long term impact of the Bell to… Read more.
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Who can you trust
Hillbilly version: the game is not fixed, it is predetermined. Go back twenty, forty, or fifty years and examine the direction of this country. The facts say the top tier of the population are getting richer and the gap between the top and the bottom grows. Both parties point or… Read more.
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DQ
Hillbilly wisdom: Point of reference or perspective determines your outlook. For many a reference to DQ brings happy thoughts of ice cream in various combinations. Today, I wish to follow up on having your cake and eating it too. Today, DQ means dumb questions and I have some. There is… Read more.
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U.S. deal maker
Hillbilly version: If you don’t have something positive to trade, then you have nothing and revenge or negative tactics will not instill trust in your trading partners. In the short run intimidation,coercion or force might get contracts signed but in our system we do not recognize the validity of contracts… Read more.
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Power to adjourn
Hillbilly version:the power of the president to adjourn the congress has never been used. Look out! If the power exist, it will be used. The speaker sent his colleagues home early or earlier than expected. Thus the power of the speaker to set or control the agenda. One of my… Read more.
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Divine intervention
Hillbilly version: Close your ears. Can you believe parents place their hands over the child’s ears to prevent them from hearing questionable comments? Do you believe? Some topics are so sensitive, almost to the point of exclusion, that feelings are hurt. So my question might offend but it is a… Read more.
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Outsourcing of government jobs
Hillbilly version: you never know who you are talking to. This story starts with a notification that your direct deposit will be moved to your new bank per your instructions. This is the first you have heard of this and they forgot to tell you the bank to which it… Read more.
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