MOTTO: "Land of opportunity" (ha!)

Ok, the best way to understand Ark is this:
Interstate on - ramps have signs that say "no parades".
Only in Ark would somebody even consider putting a parade on an INTERSTATE.

I have actually seen Arkansas troopers using lights and sirens to deliver donuts to each other (really!).

Places to avoid in Ark:
Searcy, Pine Bluff, the Texas side of Texarkana...downtown Little Rock.
Actual true fact: the telephone co prefix for downtown Little Rock (gov't buildings) is 666.

Upsides:
Cheerwine soda pop: almost, but not quite as good as dr.pepper - but unavailable west of Little Rock or north of North Carolina...
Cheaper too!

Famous Arkansas people:
Bill Clinton, Herb Tarlik - a pattern emerges here one thinks...
Good ice cream: Yarnell's.
Spring in Hot Springs: Oak Lawn racing and hot spring water - I think its over-rated but what do I know?
Illegal to walk on hiway but they never bother you...
The paper is ok for the price...

Takes about 4-6 hrs to go from Texarkana to Memphis.
Its pretty easy to catch rides there, people are always traveling a long ways...
EVIL EMPIRE DEPT: WAL-MART HEADQUARTERED IN ARK: 75% of what we sell is made in USA...yeah right...

Wal-mart does serve a pupose tho.
It's how you know you're on the edge of town when hitchiking...
And I have to admit you can't get batteries cheaper anywhere.
But Christ they kill small towns quick!

It takes most towns 5-7 yrs to recover from the uneployment wreaked on them by a Wal-mart, due to their policy of not hiring mgmt from the little towns they locate in (they say the schools aren't good enough in those li'l towns).
Anyway, this chapter is bringin me down so I think I'll go to California.

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