Thread by @JBelcourt73

Well crap, the Diamond Hogs lost and their season is over. Our home is definitely a baseball house and we try to make at least 1 game a year. This year was awesome because we went to Dickie-Stephens to watch the Arkansas Razorbacks (Diamond Hogs) play the University of Central

Arkansas (UCA) Bears. UCA is my Alma Matter so I got to yell "Go Bears" and make the claws while also calling The Hogs , "WPS" wearing mixed school items... So how did someone who was literally born a Husky (born at UW hospital) end up in Arkansas? Haha, that is a tale of bad

choices, addiction and not knowing who I was, where I belonged, or what the hell I was supposed to do with my life post army. I landed in Arkansas in rough shape, almost by accident and headed straight down. Luckily, once here I found the right people who helped me get lined out.

I got sober, got my degree, found love, got to be a father, husband and homeowner. I've been here over 20 years now and cannot imagine being anywhere else. I love this state. The people, the natural beauty and most importantly its role as the land of second chances. I showed up

alone, but others haven't. Just South of Fort Smith is Ft Chaffee. During WWII it trained armored divisions, but since then she has also become a landing pad for wave after wave of refugees from around the world: Marshall Islands, Vietnam, Cuba... They all started their second

chance journey here. Sadly, the world has a new refugee crisis. Although the news coverage has slowed down about the exodus of Ukrainians from the war zone, those people are still in limbo. Millions forced to flee and escape abroad or simply seek shelter in communities farther

West. Almost 2 million more were deported and "filtered" by Russia including almost 300,000 children in a blatant war crime that Russian media is proudly proclaiming to the world. This is intolerable and we must make sure that Russia's aggression is defeated. While Arkansas is

the land of second chances, Ukraine just wants a chance to be the Western Democracy she is. They are now an EU candidate state and possess all the human capital and natural drive to make this dream a reality, Russia stands in the way. Recently Putin's imperial ambitions have

put two more cities in the Donbass under the yoke of Russian tyranny. However, if we provide the arms, economic and political support she needs this is just temporary. Russia must be ejected from Ukraine. That is the goal, victory for Ukraine on Ukrainian terms over all of

Ukrainian territory. This is why I write every single day tagging @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton and @RepFrenchHill Its why I listen in and speak up @walter_report and why I donate to @MriyaAid and why I call on my readers to do the same. Hopefully, someday soon the war will be

over and a Ukrainian I met on twitter will come to Arkansas and I can take them to a game to "Call The Hogs". They laugh, think its ridiculous but have the time of their life. Hope springs eternal so lets make it happen. #Arkansas #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar

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PS, @OKCityRyan since the Diamond Hogs are out and I know at least one Sooners fan is also running around like me yelling "Slava Ukraini" I'll be a Sooners fan for the next few days.