Comments on: Hope for Arkansas: Who’s in?

By: Street View: Will you play the Arkansas lottery? | WSM Test

Street View: Will you play the Arkansas lottery? | WSM Test — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:26:13 +0000

[...] Back before last year’s elections, the state lottery was a hot topic. [...]

By: Street View: Will you play the Arkansas Lottery? :: Fayetteville Flyer

Street View: Will you play the Arkansas Lottery? :: Fayetteville Flyer — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:35:05 +0000

[...] before last November’s elections, the state lottery was a hot topic among voters in [...]

By: Lottery bill passes Arkansas House and Senate :: Fayetteville Flyer

Lottery bill passes Arkansas House and Senate :: Fayetteville Flyer — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:01:15 +0000

[...] the way it is supposed to, getting a college education in Arkansas is about to be a lot easier. We wrote about the lottery back in September when we found out Georgia has a similar program that now gives full ride [...]

By: Know your ballot: Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 | Fayetteville Flyer

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:17:38 +0000

[...] covered The Arkansas State Lottery Initiative a few times over the last year (this post being the most popular) and to us, this one’s pretty [...]

By: Hope for Arkansas, boy I hope so « Schleuss: Let’s call it WaffleTech

Hope for Arkansas, boy I hope so « Schleuss: Let’s call it WaffleTech — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:37:35 +0000

[...] but I didn’t know the details. I wasn’t getting updates by electronic mail. Then I read this article on the Fayetteville Flyer. I read, “You see, in Georgia, going to college is free for anyone [...]

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:24:03 +0000

Why not have a LOTTO here? Hells bells I burn at least $10.00 in gas every month running up to Macodoodles to buy a $20.00 Powerball ticket and cheep beer. Now just think, if we had a powerball I would be burning less gas which helps keep the planet green, my $20 would stay in this state, and I would go ahead and pay for more expensive beer here thus keeping that tax money in the state as well.

So how many other people out there a like me? It adds up fast folks. And I don’t buy the “poor people are stupid and will spend all their money on the lottery” argument. If that is true then they are already doing it, except they are going to Oklahoma or Missouri to do it. Now who is the dumbass?

By: Around the Arkansas ‘Sphere | The Arkansas Project

Around the Arkansas ‘Sphere | The Arkansas Project — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:55:04 +0000

[...] Fayetteville Flyer launches a debate on the Arkansas lottery proposal, and readers weigh in. Meanwhile, Blake Rutherford’s Think Tank doesn’t believe that [...]

By: bloomin' onion

bloomin' onion — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:44:21 +0000

There’s nothing better than picking up a cold Mountain Dew and a couple of scratch-off tickets. And you’re right, the old “poor people are irresponsible”, is an argument, excuse, or rationale that is as condescending as it is stupid.

By: jawikst

jawikst — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:30:55 +0000

Yes! I do love them.

Thanks for letting me know what all was involved – now that argument doesn’t hold any water really, does it? I know I love going on down to Oaklawn and eating a ruben sandwich and betting on some horses. What’s the difference between that and a lottery (besides the odds being better)?

A polynesian sauce packet from the new Chick Fil A on 6th street just exploded in the silverware drawer here at my office (sounds made up, but isn’t). I am going to do my good deed for the day and clean it up.

By: Sardon

Sardon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:09:47 +0000

Jawikst, I wasn’t chiding you or thinking you believed that slippery slope bull****, just setting the record straight.

Mang, don’t you love those awesome chicken nuggets from the MLK Chik-Fil-A?

By: jawikst

jawikst — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:43:11 +0000

I just remember that being an argument in the past (like I said) and I couldn’t tell if that was part of the amendment. I didn’t actually make that argument. Just trying to get all of the info.

I like the Music Man as much as I like nuggets from the new Chick Fil A on 6th street.

By: Sardon

Sardon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:47:21 +0000

Jawisk, there is always that slippery slope argument, well lampooned by Johnathan, that lottos lead to casinos and C rhymes with P and that stands for for pool, or drugs. C also rhymes with D. There is however, no hidden rider or anything in this lottery proposal to legalize anything else.

As far as the morality issue or protecting the stupid, baby, that ship has sailed. The immoral and the stupid live among us and can drive, or some even walk, to any bordering state and buy scratch offs to their heart’s content. We sure aren’t protecting anybody from gambling, we’re just forcing them to travel further and leave their money for other states to use to educate their people.

Now, who’s stupid?

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:09:52 +0000

See, that’s the problem: start talking about gambling, and it eventually leads to drugs.

I kid!

By: Boggy Creek Creature

Boggy Creek Creature — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:34:51 +0000

TB- Weed can get all the treatment you like, but the feds can still **** you.

You can look to Eureka for example. Ever since this same group had the same motion passed, the town’s reefer arrests have gone UP not down. This is not due to people being responsible, but morons that think you can stroll downtown with a joint hanging off your lip.

This passes and Dickson St. crackdowns are sure to be the one of the inevitable side effects. Vote however you want on Sensible Fayetteville, but nothing changes in D.C. Nothing happens but the Fayetteville prisons being choked with more morons.

By: Total Bastard

Total Bastard — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:40:09 +0000

I think this will pass. Halter put it together in the right way to sell it to average bible thumping Arkansans.

I think its interesting this Family Council or whatever group pops up and nobody’s ever heard of them.

Kind of like when the casino vote happened and the Family Council or Concerned Citizens for Morality or whatever came about, and it turns out they were backed almost entirely by Mississippi casino interests.

Surely this will pass.

And….

Coody will remain. *phace*

Weed will get low priority treatment.

Midtown will get a Chick-Fil-A.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:52:12 +0000

I’m for it. And I play, a buck here or there. Odds are completely against me, so it is nothing more than a voluntary small tax that gives me an infinitesimally small chance of becoming fabulously wealthy.

By: Strokitecture

Strokitecture — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:44:36 +0000

Do it! free education trumps any moral BS argument hands down.

By: yrfuneralmytrial

yrfuneralmytrial — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:43:57 +0000

As a high school drop-out who is now paying back $50,000 worth of student loans that belong to my wife (obviously, she’s smarter than I), I’m all for it. Also, count me as one of many riding up to Macadoodles weekly to to buy powerball tickets and scratchers. Gambling is not a moral issue in my opinion. If you’re deginerate enough to gamble money you don’t have, chances are you’re pricking yourself and/or your family already in other ways. I like to gamble. It’s come to fruition. Anybody want to bet a tenner on it?

By: jawikst

jawikst — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:34:35 +0000

Does this amendment include other kinds of gambling besides the lottery? From what I understand, that has been the big argument in the past on this one – that other kinds of gambling create crime and lottery amendments in the past always legalized casinos, etc.

I cannot find this out from the link provided (I checked it out, but I ran out of patience). Does anybody know?

I think sending students to college with a “B” average is wonderful and we should make that happen.

I also think that chocolate milkshakes from the new Chick Fil A on 6th street are wonderful.

By: East Springdale Earl

East Springdale Earl — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:57:47 +0000

i personlly didnt go to collage and i wuld of tried to go to welding skool but they were all about afrimatve action there and there test was rigged so i didnt get akseptid, and i culd have used that money when the wife got nokked up.

lucky for me i got disablity for my gout just liek my daddy did. he nevar did rite by me or momma but all you can.

but i have given it some thoght and i gess Im what you culd call mixed on the ishue it all depinds on wether the skolerships are goin to be used by ilegal mecxians. dos anybody now?

if yes VOTE NOOOOOOOOO! they CAINT EVEN SPEEK ENGLISH!

no MEXCIAN SKOLERSHIPS! NOT NOW NOT EVAR!!!!!11 AND HOMASEKSUL TOO!

AMERICA LOVE IT LEVE IT!!!!!1