It was HOT yesterday, but the Grassroots Blues Festival in Duck Hill was worth it, every drop of sweat!
I went early to be sure and catch Big Joe Shelton, who was scheduled at an ungodly hot time, and he was worth it, too. There was some great food (wish I'd been hungry enough to sample everyone). There were friends from previous years (that I never see anywhere else), there was community spirit, there was organizer Al White's birthday (that we heard about at every act change). Oh, yeah, Happy Birthday, Al. :-)
I got there in time for M.U.G.A.B.E.E., and enjoyed what I saw/heard, but only got the end of their act.
Things were a little slow (for some excellent acts scheduled in the heat of the day), until it began to cool a little, and crowd attendance jumped then. Either that, or everyone came out from under the shade trees along the edges. :-)
I was thrilled to hear Jesse Robinson's 500 Pounds of Blues Band again (he's another favorite of mine and I just don't hear him and his band enough) his female guitarist is dynamite, wish I knew her name; Venessia Young and the Pure Blues Express Band were great, as usual, and Ben Peyton is such an icon, it goes without saying that in spite of and because of his authenticty, he was a marvel (he's still got IT, in other words). Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood was here, and I have to say that I think he's one of the most underrated performers I see at these shows.
I wish I had caught the names of all the Mississippi Blues Boys, because there were so many familiar faces in there (I know I've seen them playing in other blues acts), but Little Willie Farmer was definately in the mix, and Big Joe Shelton sat in with them. Most of them came back for Little Willie Farmer (playing sorta of solo), but it was cooler by then, and they'd ratcheted it up several notches, it was even better.
Frankie Keys put in his usual hot keyboards (and the sax guy was hot, too). I wasn't sure about that last act, being pretty sure Bigg Robb and 'da Impostas weren't blues, but decided to stay long enough to get some pictures. I didn't have too much luck because of the excitement of the crowd (somebody sure loves them some Bigg), but I managed to make a fool of myself (and enjoyed it - nothing new about that). Sorry Bigg Robb, didn't mean to step right in your way as you went back out of the audience to the stage via the side steps! Bigg took it in stride, and swept me right along with him, rolling on by me at the steps. Not every day that a white-haired old lady gets to dance with the very large and flamboyantly costumed Bigg Robb (however inadverdently). Bless you for handling it with aplomb, Bigg.
I've posted an album, y'all enjoy (can't wait til next year).
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Can we just grow up here, Mississippi?
I wasn't going to write about this and give it any more publicity, but it's been stewing away in the back of my mind, and finally I have realized that it HAS to get more publicity or it will continue happening.
It's just so disappointing, after we basked in the bright glow of the national media's warm fuzzy light during and after the first Presidential debate (which was held in Oxford). Chancellor Khayat still deserves every one of those kudos (and more) that he received for bringing Mississippi and the University of Mississippi all the great publicity, not only nationwide, but really, worldwide, and showing them the other side of Mississippi.
The obituaries for the Old Mississippi of racial hatred and deep inequality were way too premature, however. Leave it to some of the most backward knuckleheads in the state to prove there is still a flip side to that great new image, and prove it in a loud and obscene way - with our children.
What the hell is wrong with people that will let them do stupid, hateful and, yes, unpatriotic things like those that were done in Pearl County and in some reports, Madison County and/or other areas across the state this week?
In Pearl Junior high children were put off the school bus for saying that Barack Obama was president. Then, also at Pearl, the girl's basketball coach threatened to kick players off the team for saying Barack Obama's name. Even worse, when pressed about these incidents, it was stated that the people responsible were "disciplined" with no statement as to what the discipline was. They should have been FIRED. I have been told in the past that Pearl was the armpit of Mississippi, and I'm beginning to think there is something to that.
The ACLU in Mississippi has said "We encourage students and parents to contact us if they are subjected to or witness any form of restrictions on speech, discipline or sanctions in response to protected speech activities or any questionable conduct by school administrators, teachers or district employees as a result of students or others discussing political views at school or school-related functions. You may call our office at (601) 354-3408, 888-354-ACLU (2258), e-mail us at msacluoffice@msaclu.org or submit a complaint on our website at http://www.msaclu.org ."
Please, if this happens to your child, let them know.
And to the knuckleheads, let me say to them what they have said to the rest of us for many years - this is America; if you don't like it, just leave. To the neo-sesessionists, same message. If your culture of hate is that important to you, take it somewhere else and nurture it, preferably far, far away - go ahead and secede. You just can't take the land; the rest of us are not going with you.
It's just so disappointing, after we basked in the bright glow of the national media's warm fuzzy light during and after the first Presidential debate (which was held in Oxford). Chancellor Khayat still deserves every one of those kudos (and more) that he received for bringing Mississippi and the University of Mississippi all the great publicity, not only nationwide, but really, worldwide, and showing them the other side of Mississippi.
The obituaries for the Old Mississippi of racial hatred and deep inequality were way too premature, however. Leave it to some of the most backward knuckleheads in the state to prove there is still a flip side to that great new image, and prove it in a loud and obscene way - with our children.
What the hell is wrong with people that will let them do stupid, hateful and, yes, unpatriotic things like those that were done in Pearl County and in some reports, Madison County and/or other areas across the state this week?
In Pearl Junior high children were put off the school bus for saying that Barack Obama was president. Then, also at Pearl, the girl's basketball coach threatened to kick players off the team for saying Barack Obama's name. Even worse, when pressed about these incidents, it was stated that the people responsible were "disciplined" with no statement as to what the discipline was. They should have been FIRED. I have been told in the past that Pearl was the armpit of Mississippi, and I'm beginning to think there is something to that.
The ACLU in Mississippi has said "We encourage students and parents to contact us if they are subjected to or witness any form of restrictions on speech, discipline or sanctions in response to protected speech activities or any questionable conduct by school administrators, teachers or district employees as a result of students or others discussing political views at school or school-related functions. You may call our office at (601) 354-3408, 888-354-ACLU (2258), e-mail us at msacluoffice@msaclu.org or submit a complaint on our website at http://www.msaclu.org ."
Please, if this happens to your child, let them know.
And to the knuckleheads, let me say to them what they have said to the rest of us for many years - this is America; if you don't like it, just leave. To the neo-sesessionists, same message. If your culture of hate is that important to you, take it somewhere else and nurture it, preferably far, far away - go ahead and secede. You just can't take the land; the rest of us are not going with you.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Song of the day
Yesterday, this song kept running thru my head, my favorite song, a golden oldie by Sam Cooke:
I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like the river, I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
I go to the movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me "Don't hang around"
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother, help me please"
But he winds up knocking me back down on my knees
There've been times that I've thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come.
By this morning, the song running thru my head was:
It's a beautiful mornin' ahhh
I think I'll go outside a while
An jus' smile
Just take in some clean fresh air boy
Ain't no sense in stayin' inside
If the weather's fine an' you got the time
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Either way
It's a beautiful mornin' ahhh
Each bird keeps singin' his own song
So long
I've got to be on my way now
Ain't no fun just hangin' around
I've got to cover ground you couldn't keep me down
It just ain't no good if the sun shines
When you're still inside
Shouldn't hide still inside shouldn't hide
Ahhhh oh shouldn't hide ah ah oh
Do do waaa do do waaa
There will be children with robins and flowers
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour
Seems to me that the people keep seeing
More and more each day gotta say lead the way
It's okay wednesday thursday it's okay
Ahhh monday wednesday friday weekday ah ah ohhh
Do do waaa
Ah ah oh oh do do aaaa
Wooooo oo oo oh oh oh ah wo do waa
Ohhhhhhh oh oh oh
Strangely (or not so strangely) at some time during the day, it segued into
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Washed my sins away (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
He washed my sins away
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
He taught me how (oh, He taught me how)
To wash (to wash, to wash)
Fight and pray (to fight and pray)
Fight and pray
And he taught me how to live rejoicing
yes, He did (and live rejoicing)
Oh yeah, every, every day (every, every day)
(oh yeah) Every day!
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day, yeah (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed [hits high note] (when Jesus washed)
My sins away (oh happy day)
I'm talking about that happy day (oh happy day)
He taught me how (oh yeah, how)
To wash (to wash)
Fight and pray (sing it, sing it, c'mon and sing it)
Fight and pray
And to live
yeah, yeah, c'mon everybody (and live rejoicing every, every day)
Sing it like you mean it, oh....
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
I'm talking about the happy days (oh happy day)
C'mon and talk about the happy days (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh happy days (oh happy day)
Ooh talking about happy day (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, I know I'm talking about happy days (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, sing it, sing it, sing it, yeah, yeah (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh happy day.....
Yesterday, America made a start on washing it's sins away. Are we ready to live rejoicing every day? Oh happy day!
I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like the river, I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
I go to the movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me "Don't hang around"
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother, help me please"
But he winds up knocking me back down on my knees
There've been times that I've thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come.
By this morning, the song running thru my head was:
It's a beautiful mornin' ahhh
I think I'll go outside a while
An jus' smile
Just take in some clean fresh air boy
Ain't no sense in stayin' inside
If the weather's fine an' you got the time
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Either way
It's a beautiful mornin' ahhh
Each bird keeps singin' his own song
So long
I've got to be on my way now
Ain't no fun just hangin' around
I've got to cover ground you couldn't keep me down
It just ain't no good if the sun shines
When you're still inside
Shouldn't hide still inside shouldn't hide
Ahhhh oh shouldn't hide ah ah oh
Do do waaa do do waaa
There will be children with robins and flowers
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour
Seems to me that the people keep seeing
More and more each day gotta say lead the way
It's okay wednesday thursday it's okay
Ahhh monday wednesday friday weekday ah ah ohhh
Do do waaa
Ah ah oh oh do do aaaa
Wooooo oo oo oh oh oh ah wo do waa
Ohhhhhhh oh oh oh
Strangely (or not so strangely) at some time during the day, it segued into
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Washed my sins away (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
He washed my sins away
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
He taught me how (oh, He taught me how)
To wash (to wash, to wash)
Fight and pray (to fight and pray)
Fight and pray
And he taught me how to live rejoicing
yes, He did (and live rejoicing)
Oh yeah, every, every day (every, every day)
(oh yeah) Every day!
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day, yeah (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed [hits high note] (when Jesus washed)
My sins away (oh happy day)
I'm talking about that happy day (oh happy day)
He taught me how (oh yeah, how)
To wash (to wash)
Fight and pray (sing it, sing it, c'mon and sing it)
Fight and pray
And to live
yeah, yeah, c'mon everybody (and live rejoicing every, every day)
Sing it like you mean it, oh....
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
I'm talking about the happy days (oh happy day)
C'mon and talk about the happy days (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh happy days (oh happy day)
Ooh talking about happy day (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, I know I'm talking about happy days (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, sing it, sing it, sing it, yeah, yeah (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh happy day.....
Yesterday, America made a start on washing it's sins away. Are we ready to live rejoicing every day? Oh happy day!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Endorsements, change to my website and this blog
Endorsements
First, I would like to enthusiastically and with all my heart endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States of America, and I hope that Mississippi helps elect him. I don't hold a lot of hope for that, since Mississippi uses the winner-takes-all method with our Electoral College votes, but it's just possible. (Any Republicans ready to change the Electoral College now that it appears that it may actually help elect Obama? I think that's my big issue right after this election, win or lose).
In the state level races, I would like to endorse Travis Childress over Greg Davis, Ronnie Musgrove over Roger Wicker, and somewhat regretfully, Eric Fleming over Thad Cochran. Eric is a fine candidate and worthy of endorsement, and I have greatly respected Mr. Cochran as a man, but I shuddered as he voted with the Bush Administration, time after time. His acts of defiance of the Bush administration in the bailout votes was too little,too late. God bless him, it's time for Senator Cochran to retire to his beloved Mississippi and enjoy life, and let a young man take over.
I'd like to endorse both Jim Kitchens and David Chandler for the Mississippi Supreme Court. More endorsements will come as I find out more about those candidates I'm not so familiar with.
Changes to companion website and to this blog
I'm getting ready to change things at my website, Mississippi Political, and spend more time here blogging. It's taken so much of my time, there hasn't been enough left for me to keep the blog going as I would have liked.
Of the two big changes to the website, the first one has already been evident, most likely, to frequent visitors, so I'll tackle it first. While I still am not a registered member of either major party, and never have been, I joined the Green Party last year partially out of protest to those two main parties. I can no longer attempt to be non-partisan, given what has happened in this country since I started that website with the state intention of staying nonpartisan (although with an agenda).
Back to the party thing - may I state that I like the Green Party, except for a few fringe edges, but all the political parties have their fringe edge. Being a pragmatic sort, I recognize that the Green Party has no power, except a small bit of leverage against the main parties, and this year I do not choose to express my feelings about the way this country is moving with that tiny leverage. Things are beyond critical and that's not enough. I recognize, as well, that the Repulican party has become so infiltrated and compromised by it's lunatic fringe that for all intents and purposes, I might as well be a Democrat this year.
This is not to be taken as an uncritical love for the Democratic Party, but as a sign that I have finally had my eyes opened to the extent of destruction the lunatic fringe in the Republican Party has unleashed on American freedoms and civil liberty. The only power strong enough to counteract the power-crazed neo conservatives who now run the Republican Party is the Democratic Party. My rationale is the hope that the neo conservatives can be contained if the Democrats are in power; then we can deal with the faults of the Democratic Party once the greater danger has been averted and some of our civil liberties and freedom have been restored. It's never been clearer how true it is that power is corrupting and absolute power is absolutely corrupting.
This year, and any other year until I believe the radical lunatics in the Republican Party have been cleaned out and stripped of power, I will not vote for a Republican, I don't care who he or she is. Returning or putting any Republican into office is only going to be an encouragement and a firewall for the neo conservative movement to lean on, to hide behind. These people are ruthless and are destroying the fabric of our country, are destroying the Constitution and the basis of equal justice under the law, and they cannot be allowed to continue.
From hence forward, I will not be printing any press releases from any Republican on my website without a critique attached. With the rapid dissemination of news via the internet, by RSS and other more direct methods, cable, network and print, those will be available as quickly, or even more so, by other methods, anyway.
And that leads into the other change, which affects both that site and this blog, that will be coming soon after this presidential election. I will still have the old url address for some time, but it will pop you to a new url where I will have all the photo albums, blues information, essays and editorials from Mississippi writers, notices as to cultural and musical happenings around the state, and a link to my blog, Remedial Redneck, where I will then spend most of my time. This will give me some time to transition everyting to the blog as I learn how to manage it from a blog.
Mississippi Political News Headlines will soon cease to exist in it's present form, but you will still be taken to the above mentioned material by way of the old address (for at least a year). A lot of the details of the blog will have to evolve as I learn more about this format, but the headline site has outlived it's usefulness and has, oddly enough, while providing me a stage for my editorials, taken so much time that I've almost ceased to write the editorials that were much of inspiration for beginning that site.
So, with a sense of both relief (from the time demands first thing in the mornin) and sadness (because this was a big part of my life for the last 7 years), I'm giving notice that things are evolving! I've felt constrainted in my attempts to remain reasonably nonpartisan while the world around us has been going to hell in a hand basket, and now I'm about to break those constraints!
God bless you all, and join me in prayer for our country, even if your beliefs are perpendicular to mine, because America needs all the prayers she can get right now. We can all pray "God's will be done."
First, I would like to enthusiastically and with all my heart endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States of America, and I hope that Mississippi helps elect him. I don't hold a lot of hope for that, since Mississippi uses the winner-takes-all method with our Electoral College votes, but it's just possible. (Any Republicans ready to change the Electoral College now that it appears that it may actually help elect Obama? I think that's my big issue right after this election, win or lose).
In the state level races, I would like to endorse Travis Childress over Greg Davis, Ronnie Musgrove over Roger Wicker, and somewhat regretfully, Eric Fleming over Thad Cochran. Eric is a fine candidate and worthy of endorsement, and I have greatly respected Mr. Cochran as a man, but I shuddered as he voted with the Bush Administration, time after time. His acts of defiance of the Bush administration in the bailout votes was too little,too late. God bless him, it's time for Senator Cochran to retire to his beloved Mississippi and enjoy life, and let a young man take over.
I'd like to endorse both Jim Kitchens and David Chandler for the Mississippi Supreme Court. More endorsements will come as I find out more about those candidates I'm not so familiar with.
Changes to companion website and to this blog
I'm getting ready to change things at my website, Mississippi Political, and spend more time here blogging. It's taken so much of my time, there hasn't been enough left for me to keep the blog going as I would have liked.
Of the two big changes to the website, the first one has already been evident, most likely, to frequent visitors, so I'll tackle it first. While I still am not a registered member of either major party, and never have been, I joined the Green Party last year partially out of protest to those two main parties. I can no longer attempt to be non-partisan, given what has happened in this country since I started that website with the state intention of staying nonpartisan (although with an agenda).
Back to the party thing - may I state that I like the Green Party, except for a few fringe edges, but all the political parties have their fringe edge. Being a pragmatic sort, I recognize that the Green Party has no power, except a small bit of leverage against the main parties, and this year I do not choose to express my feelings about the way this country is moving with that tiny leverage. Things are beyond critical and that's not enough. I recognize, as well, that the Repulican party has become so infiltrated and compromised by it's lunatic fringe that for all intents and purposes, I might as well be a Democrat this year.
This is not to be taken as an uncritical love for the Democratic Party, but as a sign that I have finally had my eyes opened to the extent of destruction the lunatic fringe in the Republican Party has unleashed on American freedoms and civil liberty. The only power strong enough to counteract the power-crazed neo conservatives who now run the Republican Party is the Democratic Party. My rationale is the hope that the neo conservatives can be contained if the Democrats are in power; then we can deal with the faults of the Democratic Party once the greater danger has been averted and some of our civil liberties and freedom have been restored. It's never been clearer how true it is that power is corrupting and absolute power is absolutely corrupting.
This year, and any other year until I believe the radical lunatics in the Republican Party have been cleaned out and stripped of power, I will not vote for a Republican, I don't care who he or she is. Returning or putting any Republican into office is only going to be an encouragement and a firewall for the neo conservative movement to lean on, to hide behind. These people are ruthless and are destroying the fabric of our country, are destroying the Constitution and the basis of equal justice under the law, and they cannot be allowed to continue.
From hence forward, I will not be printing any press releases from any Republican on my website without a critique attached. With the rapid dissemination of news via the internet, by RSS and other more direct methods, cable, network and print, those will be available as quickly, or even more so, by other methods, anyway.
And that leads into the other change, which affects both that site and this blog, that will be coming soon after this presidential election. I will still have the old url address for some time, but it will pop you to a new url where I will have all the photo albums, blues information, essays and editorials from Mississippi writers, notices as to cultural and musical happenings around the state, and a link to my blog, Remedial Redneck, where I will then spend most of my time. This will give me some time to transition everyting to the blog as I learn how to manage it from a blog.
Mississippi Political News Headlines will soon cease to exist in it's present form, but you will still be taken to the above mentioned material by way of the old address (for at least a year). A lot of the details of the blog will have to evolve as I learn more about this format, but the headline site has outlived it's usefulness and has, oddly enough, while providing me a stage for my editorials, taken so much time that I've almost ceased to write the editorials that were much of inspiration for beginning that site.
So, with a sense of both relief (from the time demands first thing in the mornin) and sadness (because this was a big part of my life for the last 7 years), I'm giving notice that things are evolving! I've felt constrainted in my attempts to remain reasonably nonpartisan while the world around us has been going to hell in a hand basket, and now I'm about to break those constraints!
God bless you all, and join me in prayer for our country, even if your beliefs are perpendicular to mine, because America needs all the prayers she can get right now. We can all pray "God's will be done."
Monday, September 15, 2008
Brazen Ballot Blowoff
UPDATE: The Mississippi Supreme Court comes down on the side of the law (and about time, isn't it, folks?)
Do we have idiotic political pundits in this state, or are they just sly?
I've been following the judicial revolving door that this ballot fuss has been in with a little amazement (although I'm losing count of how many courts this hot potato has been tossed thru). I wasn't inclined to give it much attention at first, foolishly assuming that common sense, the law as it is written, and the precedent set in most of the other states in the union would prevail.
Never in my beloved state of Mississippi, though. No wonder we produce so many fine writers - where else are you going to get the daily melodrama accompanied by down and dirty fights to the finish? There's no lack of material for the aspiring writer in Mississippi.
A national Senatorial race belongs right under the Presidential race on the ticket. Not rocket science here, folks.
What has me really irritated right now, more than the ballot shenanigans, are the politically astute people who are sounding off about this in a way that seems disingenuous, at the very least.
Even Goeff Pender, who is usually quite astute (although frequently not on the same page I am), is in there quoting the deeply-partisan Y'all yahoos who are wondering loudly why Musgrove would be so concerned with placement of the Senate race near the bottom of the ticket.
Come on, Geoff, you can do better than this. Why aren't you asking why Wicker, Barbour and Hosemen are fighting this tooth and nail, if it's so inconsequential? Even this old redneck can see how much "small" things like this can affect a really close race, especially when one man should be a huge underdog, money-wise and incumbent-wise. It could be the difference between winning and losing a close one, and Barbour, being no idiot, knows this. That's why he's dragging it through any friendly court he can find (and if this state's Supreme Court is not friendly to Barbour, I'm a Mississippi magnolia smelling like a skunk.)
So, if it's nothing, I'm sure the Republicans won't mind dropping the appeal, will they? (I'm trying not to laugh here, but it's getting hard).
Give the people of this state a little credit, Y'all; we're not the dummies you want to believe we can be, and I'm having trouble believing Pender is either.
Wicker, Hoseman and Barbour aren't Curly, Larry and Moe, even if Wicker and Hoseman may have some resemblance. They actually know what they're doing, and if the boys at Y'all can't figure it out, who are the real Stooges?
Do we have idiotic political pundits in this state, or are they just sly?
I've been following the judicial revolving door that this ballot fuss has been in with a little amazement (although I'm losing count of how many courts this hot potato has been tossed thru). I wasn't inclined to give it much attention at first, foolishly assuming that common sense, the law as it is written, and the precedent set in most of the other states in the union would prevail.
Never in my beloved state of Mississippi, though. No wonder we produce so many fine writers - where else are you going to get the daily melodrama accompanied by down and dirty fights to the finish? There's no lack of material for the aspiring writer in Mississippi.
A national Senatorial race belongs right under the Presidential race on the ticket. Not rocket science here, folks.
What has me really irritated right now, more than the ballot shenanigans, are the politically astute people who are sounding off about this in a way that seems disingenuous, at the very least.
Even Goeff Pender, who is usually quite astute (although frequently not on the same page I am), is in there quoting the deeply-partisan Y'all yahoos who are wondering loudly why Musgrove would be so concerned with placement of the Senate race near the bottom of the ticket.
The bizarre ballot flap between former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and temporary U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker continues, although I'm not sure why this has become the fight du jour between the two candidates for Trent Lott's old Senate seat....I just read an entry on the Y'all Politics blog that sums up my consternation:
"Why would Ronnie Musgrove seem poised to die on this particular hill of 'ballot placement'?"
Come on, Geoff, you can do better than this. Why aren't you asking why Wicker, Barbour and Hosemen are fighting this tooth and nail, if it's so inconsequential? Even this old redneck can see how much "small" things like this can affect a really close race, especially when one man should be a huge underdog, money-wise and incumbent-wise. It could be the difference between winning and losing a close one, and Barbour, being no idiot, knows this. That's why he's dragging it through any friendly court he can find (and if this state's Supreme Court is not friendly to Barbour, I'm a Mississippi magnolia smelling like a skunk.)
So, if it's nothing, I'm sure the Republicans won't mind dropping the appeal, will they? (I'm trying not to laugh here, but it's getting hard).
Give the people of this state a little credit, Y'all; we're not the dummies you want to believe we can be, and I'm having trouble believing Pender is either.
Wicker, Hoseman and Barbour aren't Curly, Larry and Moe, even if Wicker and Hoseman may have some resemblance. They actually know what they're doing, and if the boys at Y'all can't figure it out, who are the real Stooges?
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