The Lonely Misfits after the Rex Nelson party
It’s Friday and I’ve received a few comments from readers wondering where all of the round-ups have gone. More specifically, they’re missing the quote of the day, e-mail of the day and text of the day. Okay, fine, I generally bow to peer pressure so here you go. I’m not sure I’ll be blogging much this weekend, so deal with it. What will I be doing? I have no idea. But I am going to see this.
Let’s get on with it:
Why Do People Run for the Arkansas Legislature?: I don’t know, but Mike Fletcher, a Democrat from Hot Springs, announced that he’s running for State Senate District 27 previously occupied by Sen. Steve Faris who is term-limited.
Pay Me My Money: House speaker Robbie Wills and super blogger Jason Tolbert spar online over the salaries paid out to lottery personnel. Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times weighs in on this, too.
Undecided, Huh?: Sen. Mark Pryor says he’s “leaning” towards supporting Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court. Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she’s still undecided. Summa Cum Laude from Princeton. Yale Law (An editor of the Yale Law Journal). On the federal bench since 1991 (nominated first by George H.W. Bush). Hell, she saved baseball. Republicans Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe and Mel Martinez have indicated they will support her. Jason Tolbert shot his mouth off on Twitter exclaiming that Republicans were nice during the confirmation hearings. The heat must be getting to him.
Rex is Bloggin’: Everybody’s All-Arkansas, Rex Nelson, is blogging. They threw a party for him this week a Whitewater Tavern. It was a who’s-who crowd of political and media people. They served free beer and barbecue, which guaranteed that the Lonely Misfits Drinking Society would show up. I rapped with Paul Greenberg about the Red Sox which was a lot of fun for him. Arkansas Project Girlfriend put in an appearance I’m told.
Kim Hendren Is An Idiot: He mouths off again. As I wrote in my original post it’s time for this guy to get out of politics.
Sunday Reading: I have a brief piece in Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette about the worst book I’ve read this year. I didn’t pick on any of the writers that we all know suck. I took on a heavyweight. Kane Webb put it together before he announced he’d be leaving the paper for a teaching gig at Catholic High School. The paper will be worse for it. The boys at CHS won’t.
Kinda Funny: I generally find Zack Stovall to be a re-tard, but this made me laugh.
Text of the Day: Sorry I took you to a karaoke bar.
E-mail of the Day: Hey man, it’s Christmas in July. Have fun.
Quote of the Day: You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack. But when my sister brought Doug home, I knew he was one of my own. And my wolf pack… it grew by one. So there… there were two of us in the wolf pack… I was alone first in the pack, and then Doug joined in later. And six months ago, when Doug introduced me to you guys, I thought, “Wait a second, could it be?” And now I know for sure, I just added two more guys to my wolf pack. Four of us wolves, running around the desert together, in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine. So tonight, I make a toast! – - Alan Garner (played by Zach Galifianakis) in the film “The Hangover” directed by Greg Mottola.
I’m Alan. Dibs on Alan. @LT can be Doug; thankfully, rarely seen.
Of course Blanche Lincoln is still “undecided.” She’s ALWAYS undecided right up until the moment she’s sure her decision won’t offend too many voters. What a tool!
Rex Nelson is a fine guy and he makes fun of Houston Nutt, so that makes him a better guy. Nonetheless, I’m still trying to figure out why he is “Everybody’s All-Arkansas”.