Daily Journal to Barbour: Come CleanThe Daily Journal in Tupelo continues to do Mississippians proud by calling on Gov. Haley Barbour to come clean about his financial ties to his (former?) D.C. lobbying firm. In an editorial Sunday, the Daily Journal wrote:
I won a prize for my poem!At the A Nappy Hair Affair Web site, anyone can participate in a monthly Napfirmations contest where you can submit a writing that is a positive affirmation about people of African descent. It can be written by you or someone …
Did Thompson Protect Barbour, GOP in 1990s?The official entry of Fred Thompson into the presidential fray is causing some old GOP problems to be pulled from the memory hole and given a fresh light in a time when corruption doesn't pay like it did a few …
Injustice in NoxubeeThere was a story in yesterday's New York Times that reminded me of the Cedric Willis story.
Language of the AbsurdDespite its ungainly headline, AP ran an excellent story about the absurdity of some Mississippi politicians' anti-immigrant rhetoric, delivered just in time for the election cycle.
BREAKING: Kaze Suspended from Kim Wade Show for Anti-Bush Comments.Hip-hop artist and activist Kamikaze of Jackson, MS, was suspended indefinitely from the Kim Wade Show on Jackson's WJNT-Talk radio (1180 AM) for anti-Bush comments. Following a monthlong tour of the Czech Republic, Kamikaze was set to return as Wade's …
Talking About the Dee-Moore MurdersI just got a link to a radio interview I did with Pokey Anderson of "The Monitor," a progressive news analysis show on KPFT out of Houston. I almost missed doing this interview because Todd and I were in Destin …
A Giuliani-Barbour Ticket: Just ImagineI just ran into this post on the Think Progress blog that is basically saying what I was earlier about all the revelations about his "blind trust" and his Katrina finagling hurting Barbour's chances at a veep nod. (And a …
Harrison Asking the Right Barbour QuestionsUp in Tupelo, Daily Journal reporter Bobby Harrison is asking the right questions, as opposed to the ridiculous posturing coming out of The Clarion-Ledger's Sid Salter. He writes today about BlindTrust-Gate:
Salter: Get Your ‘Manufactured' Facts StraightThe Cottonmouth Blog is taking Sid Salter to task for his bizarre and rather desperate attempts to defend Haley Barbour and his blind trust, especially about a snipe Salter took at Jamie Franks for trying to strengthen ethics laws (for …
Worst Newspaper in the U.S. At It AgainOK, so here comes The Clarion-Ledger <i>after</i> the election with a story about Robert Smith and his history, including his getting in trouble in Madison County for calling a law enforcement agent a name:
Week 4 in the Czech Republic: RevelationsBy now if you're reading this Ive already made the gruelling flight back to the states and have touched down safely in Jackson. Reading some of the responses to my last blog post, it apparently will be to a few …
Hit-and-run driver injures child in Presidential HillsAccording to a neighbor, a truck hit a small boy and continued to go down the street with the boy being dragged under the truck. The driver lost control, hit a mailbox and then went into the neighbor's yard, damaging …