And facts do matter on all these issues. The beef plant comes to mind; that was a bipartisan muckup (remember Barbour's letter of support?), but you wouldn't know it from all the partisan windbags pointing fingers. I really hate partisanship. I'm much more interested in actual facts and wherever they fall, they fall.
Reading this, I must say that I hate how many potentially good conversations are derailed by accusations about partisan bias. Our state isn't alone in having officials of all parties who are ripe for criticism.
As for the actual topic -- the cost of the Nissan jobs -- I asked R.L. before this published to look more indepth into the costs of different types of economic development, how these jobs (and what they fare) actually contribute to our economy and various other questions. But I told him to publish this piece in the daily in the hopes of getting an intelligent conversation going.
I think the public has the right to know how much these jobs cost, which most media round here don't bother to expose in their breathless reporting. It's up to all of us to decide if they are worth it to us. Reporting those numbers is not the same thing as saying that the costs aren't worth it, as anyone reading this without a partisan lens could see.
If you argue that identifying Bryant's party is the same as a partisan attack, I would call B.S. on it. We typically identify elected officials' party because, well, that is a long-time journalistic tradition.
And ask anybody: I'm not exactly a Musgrove apologist. I even withdrew an endorsement of him one time.
The MIssissippi Center for Justice on ACA decision:
“Federal health reform provides an opportunity to put basic healthcare in reach of the nearly 500,000 Mississippians who currently do not have insurance,” said Linda Dixon Rigsby, Mississippi Center for Justice health law director. “Mississippi is well positioned to remove current barriers to coverage and offer more equitable access to our families, with little impact on costs to the state.”
[They've also published a brief on how to proceed][1]
With its 5-4 ruling upholding Obamacare the US Supreme Court has joined with the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government in abandoning the Constitution, the Rule of Law, and with that ruling abandoned the People. All of us are now simply chattel of the government to be used and ordered about as they choose. The history books will mark this date as the day our constitutional republic was killed. It will now rest with We The People to decide if it will be resurrected or left to rot in the shallow grave dug for it.
Where is the weeping and wailing? Where is the anger and outrage? Do the people of the country realize what has just been stolen from them? Do the people of the world recognize that the shadow of darkness is now fallen upon them as well and that there remains no defender of their feeble freedoms? The all out oppression of all people has begun.
Those “occupiers” now controlling the three federal branches of government have joined together in rejecting all Constitutional restraint and in doing so they have severely violated their oaths to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Together they now stand as blatant usurpers of power and have reduced our constitutional republic, along with all of its freedoms, to nothing more than a dictatorial junta. Becoming a banana republic is next.
When a gang of criminals subvert legitimate government offices and seize all power to themselves without the real consent of the governed their every act and edict is of itself illegal and is outside the bounds of the Rule of Law. In such cases submission is treason. Treason against the Constitution and the valid legitimate government of the nation to which we have pledged our allegiance for years. To resist by all means that are right in the eyes of God is not rebellion or insurrection, it is patriotic resistance to invasion.
May all of us fall on our faces before the Heavenly Judge, repent of our sins, and humbly cry out to Him for mercy on our country. And, may godly courageous leaders rise up in His wisdom and power to lead us in displacing the criminal invaders from their seats and restore our constitutional republic.
Laughing out loud: "I think at this point we're pretty much left with Nic Lott and Burt Case, assuming one isn't actually the superhero disguise of the other."
"Oh, and I guess everyone pretty much agrees on Tate Reeves."
donnaladd says...
And facts do matter on all these issues. The beef plant comes to mind; that was a bipartisan muckup (remember Barbour's letter of support?), but you wouldn't know it from all the partisan windbags pointing fingers. I really hate partisanship. I'm much more interested in actual facts and wherever they fall, they fall.
On Nissan Jobs Cost Millions
Posted 29 June 2012, 6:32 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Reading this, I must say that I hate how many potentially good conversations are derailed by accusations about partisan bias. Our state isn't alone in having officials of all parties who are ripe for criticism.
As for the actual topic -- the cost of the Nissan jobs -- I asked R.L. before this published to look more indepth into the costs of different types of economic development, how these jobs (and what they fare) actually contribute to our economy and various other questions. But I told him to publish this piece in the daily in the hopes of getting an intelligent conversation going.
I think the public has the right to know how much these jobs cost, which most media round here don't bother to expose in their breathless reporting. It's up to all of us to decide if they are worth it to us. Reporting those numbers is not the same thing as saying that the costs aren't worth it, as anyone reading this without a partisan lens could see.
If you argue that identifying Bryant's party is the same as a partisan attack, I would call B.S. on it. We typically identify elected officials' party because, well, that is a long-time journalistic tradition.
And ask anybody: I'm not exactly a Musgrove apologist. I even withdrew an endorsement of him one time.
On Nissan Jobs Cost Millions
Posted 29 June 2012, 6:28 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
More info on Hal & Mal's show tonight:
Akami Graham and the Key of G perform tonight In Hal & Mal's Red Room (200 S. Comerce St., 601-948-0888) at 9 p.m.
On The Charms of Akami Graham
Posted 29 June 2012, 2:57 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
The MIssissippi Center for Justice on ACA decision:
“Federal health reform provides an opportunity to put basic healthcare in reach of the nearly 500,000 Mississippians who currently do not have insurance,” said Linda Dixon Rigsby, Mississippi Center for Justice health law director. “Mississippi is well positioned to remove current barriers to coverage and offer more equitable access to our families, with little impact on costs to the state.”
[They've also published a brief on how to proceed][1]
[1]: http://www.mscenterforjustice.org/pdfs/…
On Mississippi Reacts to 'Obamacare' Ruling
Posted 29 June 2012, 2:47 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
*Where are the Tea Party zealots?*
[Complaining about women voting.][1]
[1]: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/20…
On Nissan Jobs Cost Millions
Posted 29 June 2012, 2:45 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Mississippi Tea Party response to SCOTUS ruling:
*mstp statement on obamacare ruling
6/29/2012
With its 5-4 ruling upholding Obamacare the US Supreme Court has joined with the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government in abandoning the Constitution, the Rule of Law, and with that ruling abandoned the People. All of us are now simply chattel of the government to be used and ordered about as they choose. The history books will mark this date as the day our constitutional republic was killed. It will now rest with We The People to decide if it will be resurrected or left to rot in the shallow grave dug for it.
Where is the weeping and wailing? Where is the anger and outrage? Do the people of the country realize what has just been stolen from them? Do the people of the world recognize that the shadow of darkness is now fallen upon them as well and that there remains no defender of their feeble freedoms? The all out oppression of all people has begun.
Those “occupiers” now controlling the three federal branches of government have joined together in rejecting all Constitutional restraint and in doing so they have severely violated their oaths to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Together they now stand as blatant usurpers of power and have reduced our constitutional republic, along with all of its freedoms, to nothing more than a dictatorial junta. Becoming a banana republic is next.
When a gang of criminals subvert legitimate government offices and seize all power to themselves without the real consent of the governed their every act and edict is of itself illegal and is outside the bounds of the Rule of Law. In such cases submission is treason. Treason against the Constitution and the valid legitimate government of the nation to which we have pledged our allegiance for years. To resist by all means that are right in the eyes of God is not rebellion or insurrection, it is patriotic resistance to invasion.
May all of us fall on our faces before the Heavenly Judge, repent of our sins, and humbly cry out to Him for mercy on our country. And, may godly courageous leaders rise up in His wisdom and power to lead us in displacing the criminal invaders from their seats and restore our constitutional republic.
Roy Nicholson
Chairman
Mississippi Tea Party*
On Mississippi Reacts to 'Obamacare' Ruling
Posted 29 June 2012, 11:45 a.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Laughing out loud: "I think at this point we're pretty much left with Nic Lott and Burt Case, assuming one isn't actually the superhero disguise of the other."
"Oh, and I guess everyone pretty much agrees on Tate Reeves."
"Throw Back Your Litter Ledger Day"
On Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Needs JFP Nation's Help
Posted 29 June 2012, 11:41 a.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Mark, thanks for posting. I'm about to try TeamLab for editorial project management. I have high hopes that it might work well for us.
On Managing Projects, Tasks and Info
Posted 29 June 2012, 11:16 a.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Agree!
On Taste-Off at the JFP
Posted 29 June 2012, 11:08 a.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
@djschwin gets credit for capturing that image and tweeting it before it was pulled down.
On Your moment of Zen. The Clarion-Ledger originally posted this story package on the front page of its
Posted 28 June 2012, 7:58 p.m. Suggest removal