Random bits of jetsom and flotsam from the wreckage of the Good Ship HB 1053: Jason Tolbert has video of a post-failure David Meeks discussing what happened. Between the obvious dry mouth and the stammering, one almost loses the message,…
Category: Law
Learning Language With David Meeks
Irony (i·ro·ny), –noun 1. the humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean 2. an instance of this, used to draw attention to some incongruity or irrationality 3. incongruity between what is…
Rep. Mayberry To Propose Unconstitutional & Hypocritical Law?
As first noted by Jason Tolbert, Rep. Andy Mayberry (R-27) plans to propose a law, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation based on certain scientific studies suggesting that this is…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1025
Programming note: Given the number of bills being filed, the amount of time I actually have to do reviews of such things, and the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, it’s pretty clear that I won’t be able to get…
Adventures in Idiocy: Worst Letters to the Editor from the Holiday Weekend (Pt. 1 of 4)
With the long weekend, I actually had the time (and the intestinal fortitude) to read the Democrat-Gazette for four straight days. You know the drill by now, and, if you don’t, see here for the backstory. From Friday, we get…
End of Week Miscellany
“I thought you had the day off yesterday.” “I did! I went in to pick up my check, came home, my supervisor called me about four o’clock. Told me he got me on tape, doing a link dump.” King of…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1022
See here for previous posts in this series. Bill Name: AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Sponsors: Eddie Cheatham (D-9), 870-364-5659, eddie.cheatham@arkansashouse.org Purpose: To amend Arkansas Code Annotated §…
Econ 101: The GOP and The CBO
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its estimates on the costs that would accompany a full repeal of healthcare reform. The New York Times reports that [t]he nonpartisan budget scorekeepers in Congress said on Thursday that the Republican plan to…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1021
See here for previous posts in this series. Bill Name: AN ACT TO AMEND § 5-13-211 TO INCLUDE ALL CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS Sponsors:Jon Woods (R-93), 479-200-3100, woodsforarkansas@gmail.com; Justin Harris (R-87), 479-871-8542, Justin.Harris@arkansashouse.org; Andre Lea (R-68), 479-967-4922, andrea.lea@arkansashouse.org. Purpose: To…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1020
See here for previous posts in this series. Bill Name: AN ACT CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DRUG COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY Sponsor: Andrea Lea (R-68), 479-967-4922, andrea.lea@arkansashouse.org. Purpose: To amend Arkansas Code Annotated § 16-98-307(b), which lists…