It's been awhile since I was here. It seems I was so involved in getting my friends elected I forgot about this page.

Well, Arkansas did its stupid thing again,and voted for the 'rich' guy. I was a poll watcher and I was not surprised to see the majority of voters were old white men and women. Considering many were retirees from up North you'd think they would have voted more progressively. NOT!

Romney took the electoral college votes and for the first time in 138 years, we have the Republicans in control of our state legislature. This next session will be a thing to behold as we turn the clock back and start teaching biblical 'evolution' or is it called Divine intervention?

Our state rates 3rd from the bottom in education and after having had former governor Huckabee push ignorance in our schools we are sure to drop even lower on that scale when this legislature comes to order.

Sex education will be demonized and the teen pregnancy numbers will climb and more children will be raising children without benefit of a good paying job or an education. Of course, we have ARKids to support them but I wonder where the taxes will come from to keep those services afloat when all those white retirees don't want their little IRAs taxed anymore. All their capital gains can't be taxed either.

David Reagan got elected to JP District 1. Congratulations, Dave. He said going door to door is what won the election and the help from all his sign holding friends at the polls put him over the top. Maybe the other candidates could take a hint from his success.

Many people worked the phone lines from the Democratic Headquarters here. They did more out of state calling than here local as I understand. Maybe they shouldn't have given up on Arkansas so quickly. We might have saved some of the state from the complete takeover by the Republicans. The Tea Party didn't do as well as they thought they would but then we're still living here in the 19th century so who knows.

 I joined the Arts Advisory Council here in Hot Springs. I believe that the only way to change the future is change our kids' attitude towards their city or community. Making them a member of their society or community will instill pride of ownership. Art is an easy step in that direction. We have many public buildings that are just terrible looking and if the kids were given a paintbrush and the freedom to express themselves they may take pride in where they live.

Well, live long and prosper. We can still kick ass by calling the village idiots in Washington on a regular basis to make sure they understand that we may be down but we ain't out. Don't forget Little Rock. Those guys need to hear LOUDLY from us too.