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2010-09-17 Home Front: Politix

Arkansas, long-time Democratic fortress of the South, to raise Republican flag

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Posted by Fred 2010-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The Republicans in AR have not been so great either.

Posted by lord garth 2010-09-17 09:18|| 2010-09-17 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Based on Hollywood, Europe long ago concluded that the US was composed of cowboys and gangsters. But here in the States, we call them Republicans and Democrats.

The truth behind the truth is that Arkansas is the last of the unreconstructed "big city machines" that still remain. The Chicago mob, the New York mob, the Boston mob, and the left coast mobs, are all restructured remnants of the great city machines that used to rule there.

This happened because Arkansas had a very limited number of wealthy families that ran the whole State. If you were not part of that, you couldn't do business in Arkansas, unless they had a big piece of it.

Wages were kept artificially low, and unions were suppressed, to support the rice plantations, Tyson foods, and Wal-Mart. There is also a huge tax on automobiles, to restrict the poor from emigrating. All serious commercial legal matters had to go through the Rose law firm.

Back when Bill Clinton was governor, things were so blatant that Tyson published an executive memo detailing what bribes were to be paid to almost every important official in the State. The memo was leaked, and published, and nobody did anything about it. No criminal charges were brought.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-09-17 10:24|| 2010-09-17 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 The Stevens clan that spewed forth from their putrid maw "WrongHaven" among other filth and mentored Soros is an Arkansas institution.

Posted by Water Modem 2010-09-17 16:38|| 2010-09-17 16:38|| Front Page Top

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