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Yall Politics: Posey Announces Need for Additional Generating Capacity

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:26:00 -0500

Posey Announces Need for Additional Generating Capacity Jackson, MS. (11/9/09) - Today, Central District Public Service Commissioner Lynn Posey announced that the Public Service Commission finds that Mississippi Power Company (MPCO) has demonstrated that public convenience and necessity requires or will require additional generating capacity and energy as early as 2014. [...]

Jackson Jambalaya: TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:33:00 -0500

This is Reagan's entire speech in front of the Berlin Wall. Enjoy. [...]

NMissCommentor: Startling Rebuke to Proseuctors In Order Dismissing Dr. Weiner Prosecution

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:32:28 -0500

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Judge Biggers entered an opinion dismissing the prosecution against Judge Weiner. There’s a lot of news at the level of put-the-cards-on-the-table; he talks about the ways that the Mann Act was used against unpopular political targets (Jack Johnson, Charlie Chaplin). And then there’s this, explaining the prosecution in terms that [...]

Ponderstorm: Ft. Hood was Largest Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil Since 9/11

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:28:20 -0500

Maj. Hasan’s murderous attack that killed 13 people at Ft. Hood last week was a premeditated terrorist attack. I’m tired of hearing anything otherwise. If you don’t agree, please think about these four things:

We know Hasan planned this attack and was prepared to die. We know Hasan was [...]

Keep My Soldier Safe, a/k/a G.R.I.T.S.: 9 year old singing The Star Spangled Banner

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:35:00 -0500

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JFP: Noise: Levee Board Pushs Corps on Lakes Plans, Again

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:15:00 -0500

by Adam Lynch November 9, 2009 At a meeting this morning, the Levee Board again pushed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to justify the $4 million the Corps has said it will cost just to revisit the feasibility and costs of two controversial Lakes plans it says are unlikely to happen. [...]

JFP: Noise: Hood Fights Cyber Crime, Online Predators

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0500

by Ward Schaefer November 9, 2009 Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood continued his efforts to combat cyber crime today, unveiling an Internet safety video created in collaboration with Comcast Cable. The video, which will be available to Comcast subscribers and on the attorney general's Web site, is aimed at parents and children. [...]

JFP: Noise: Public Meetings and Community Events This Week

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:20:00 -0500

by Vince Falconi November 9, 2009 Nov. 9 and 10, Southern Hospitality Conference at the Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Rd.). The Mississippi Hotel and Lodging Association hosts this annual conference for the tourism and lodging industries in the state. Call 228-436-0630. [...]

JFP: Noise: JFP Person of the Day: Roy Wheat

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:15:00 -0500

by Darrell Creecy November 9, 2009 Some of the most honorable and selfless men and women in our country's history have served in the armed services. Mississippian Roy Wheat entered this category with a heroic, selfless act during the Vietnam War. [...]

Yall Politics: MoveOn calls Childers’ no vote “shameful”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:25:00 -0500

MoveOn calls Childers' no vote "shameful" On Saturday night, the House made history by narrowly passing the big health care reform bill—but Representative Travis Childers voted no.1 And to make matters worse, he also helped pass an ugly amendment to the bill restricting a woman's right to choose.2 In other words, he' [...]

Jackson Jambalaya: Heavenly bodies

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:00 -0500

From NASA's website: " the Ring Nebula (M57) is some 2,000 light-years away in the musical constellation Lyra. The central ring is'" [...]

Yall Politics: Get Homes and Insurance Ready for Hurricane Ida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:27:00 -0500

Get Homes and Insurance Ready for Hurricane Ida Jackson -The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) reminds everyone that preparation in advance of a storm can help save lives and property and can prevent unpleasant insurance surprises should Hurricane Ida take aim at the state. The MID offers the following tips for advance storm preparations: Have a family [...]

Red/Blue: Andy & Pelosi & Medicare

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0500

So, Andy liked to talk in his most recent post about the lopsided 1965 vote in Congress to pass Lyndon Johnson's Medicare legislation. Well, that made me drop everything I was doing and drive over to the Welty Library to check a hunch. Sure enough, in spite of Congress passing [...]

State Street Posts: More hi-jinks on the Pearl

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:12:20 -0500

Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi - Noise - City/County - Pearl River - Levee Board Pushs Corps on Lakes Plans, Again: "At a meeting this morning, the Levee Board again pushed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to justify the $4 million the Corps has said it will cost" [...]

JFP: Noise: Ida Weakens to Tropical Storm

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0500

November 9, 2009 This morning, the National Hurricane Center downgraded Ida from a hurricane to a tropical storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. The late season gulf storm was off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle as of 9 a.m., and is moving north and [...]

Mississippi Atheists: Shelters Opening for Ida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:00 -0500

I just heard that the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast campus will be closing in advance of Tropical Storm Ida and that shelters are being opened for coast residents. It sounds like a state of emergency has been declared for coastal areas, and MEMA is deploying.

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Majority In Mississippi: Interesting: Gene Taylor One of Only Four Dems to Vote Against Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and Healthcare

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:40 -0500

Per Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic. For those wondering, the other three include Walt Minnick (ID-01), Bobby Bright (AL-2), and Parker Griffith (AL-5). And it’s fair to say that those three all face much more difficult re-election races than Taylor. Honestly, I’m surprised it is only four Dems who opposed these [...]

Yall Politics: Harper and Bryant attend Tea Party healthcare forum

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:46:00 -0500

Hundreds attend Tea Party healthcare forum Following the U.S. House's narrow passage of the hotly debated healthcare bill, the Mississippi Tea Party gathered Sunday in Brandon. More than 500 people listened as area doctors spoke out against the bill's passage and the Obama administration during a health care forum. It was [...]

Yall Politics: HA - Legislature unlikely to yield any power

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500

HA - Legislature unlikely to yield any power Mississippi's 1890 Constitution gave the lion's share of the power to the Legislature and left the governor with relatively little. It gave the governor the ability to cut selected agency budgets up to 5 percent without getting lawmakers' approval. But before he can' [...]

Yall Politics: CL - Party swaps pose problems for Dems

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:42:00 -0500

CL - Party swaps pose problems for Dems Mickey Berry has been elected to Simpson County's District 4 supervisor's post three times - each time as a Democrat. His father had held the same office for several years, also as a Democrat. But fed up with the national party's take on fiscal issues [...]

Yall Politics: SALTER - Childers, Nunnelee begin long dance

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:32:00 -0500

SALTER - Childers, Nunnelee begin long dance With Democratic 1st District U.S. Rep. Travis Childers of Booneville now on the record against the current iteration of the House health care reform proposal, his 2010 election dance with Republican challenger state Sen. Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, begins in earnest. For now, Childers is leading [...]

Yall Politics: Barbour on Meet the Press - dodges 2012 questions

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:00 -0500

Barbour on Meet the Press Meet The Press 11/8/9 Politico - Barbour, Rendell offer split takes Govs. Haley Barbour, a Republican from Mississippi, and Ed Rendell, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, offered different takes Sunday on Tuesday’s election results and House passage of a health care reform bill Saturday night. Rendell said he’d “like [...]

Yall Politics: Harper on 10.2 percent unemployment - shows stimulus $ may need to be pulled back to reaccess

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:22:00 -0500

Harper on 10.2 percent unemployment Fox News 11/6/9 [...]

Hospital News Around the State: Hancock Medical Services Building at Port Bienville Industrial Park Re-opens

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:36:46 -0500

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The Hancock Medical Services Robert H. Baxter building was reopened on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Hancock Medical’s maintenance staff, with help from the volunteer group that has made four mission trips from Hancock County, Indiana, completed all the work that went into getting the building back [...]

Mississippi: Census 2010: Mitchell: Illegals unwanted...until Census time rolls around

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:19:00 -0500

Illegal residents unwelcome, except in census yearsBy Charlie MitchellMississippi doesn’t have enough residents living here illegally and will be penalized as a result.Sound strange?Well, it is.Here’s the deal:• In 2010, as directed by the nation’s founders, the federal government will conduct a headcount.• The results of that headcount will be [...]

Hospital News Around the State: Forrest General Rehab achieves CARF accreditation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:08:25 -0500

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Forrest General’s Rehabilitation Unit recently earned a three year accreditation from CARF International (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) for their Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs. The unit has also been awarded recognition as an Adult Stroke Specialty Program.

In carrying out their daily work [...]

Hospital News Around the State: Gallaspy selected as Comprehensive Cancer Control Program board member

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:37:33 -0500

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Janet Gallaspy, BS, RN, MPH, Oncology Service Line Administrator at Forrest General, has been selected as the Southern Regional Chair for the Executive Board of the Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control (MP3C).

In this role, Gallaspy will represent counties in south central Mississippi, [...]

Majority In Mississippi: Can The GOP Make Inroads Into Local Politics?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:07:18 -0500

As I hinted at last week, we recently saw several Simpson County officials switch party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. The Clarion-Ledger has a good article on this story as Simpson County becomes one of the first rural counties in the state to be run by Republicans. To an outsider who [...]

Capstone Public Affairs Blog: Barbour Delivers Weekly GOP Address

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:07:15 -0500

Governor Haley Barbour gave the weekly Republican address this Saturday. He spoke about the Virginia and New Jersey races, health care policy, and the need to refocus attention on jobs.

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Hospital News Around the State: DMH staff receives certificate from Governor's Office

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:42:08 -0500

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Pictured are (l to r, front row) Natasha Griffin of Simpson County, Shannon Rushton of Rankin County, and Genice Morton of Hinds County; (l to r, back row) Max Wells, Staff Assistant to Governor Haley Barbour for Constituent Services; Josh Chavis of Rankin [...]

Hospital News Around the State: Forrest General recognized by National Research Corporation as Consumer Choice Award winner

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:33 -0500

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Forrest General recently joined other health care providers across the country in being named as a 2009/2010 Consumer Choice Award recipient from National Research Corporation (NRC). This award places Forrest General with other top hospitals across the country based on the most important indicator of a healthcare organization’s success – feedback from [...]

Majority In Mississippi: Haley Barbour on Meet The Press

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:46 -0500

From yesterday: H/t: Y’all Politics Posted in National Politics Tagged: Haley Barbour [...]

State Street Posts: Mississippi's votes on U.S. House's "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (H R 3962)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:21:47 -0500

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 887
Thompson (D) - Aye
Taylor (D) - No
Childers (D) - No
Harper (R) - No

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NMissCommentor: Monday morning open thread with question

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:20:34 -0500

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Did anyone go down to the Coleman Stew this weekend? More about that in a bit.

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Jackson Jambalaya: Were the Evans eyes upon Belvoir and Lynne Knight?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:16:00 -0500

See sidebar at right for a collection of all posts on the Evans case.

The Evans case: it just seems to keep growing and growing. In addition to all of the deals uncovered in Hinds, Desoto, Harrison, Collin and Denton counties, there is yet another suspicious series of [...]

Respond Mississippi: Despite pictures and audio clips of corporate sponsorship, House Dems may exonerate Bennie Thompson's travel

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:35:00 -0500

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The National Legal and Policy Center comments on a Roll Call report that the House Ethics Committee may clear Bennie Thompson and others who attended a carribean junket with corporate sponsors in violation of House Ethics rules.If this is true, we are not surprised. When we provided photographs and [...]

Red/Blue: Party Switchers

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0500

The Clarion-Ledger ran a headline on today's front page about last week's decision by seven Simpson County local officials to switch to the Republican Party. The headline: "Party Swaps Problem for Dems." Now really. All of these politicians are from the home county of Brad White, the state party chairman. [...]

Mississippi Congress Blog: Monday Digest

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:08:00 -0500

Respond Mississippi - Obama, Childers...I want my money back

Bennie Thompson supports publicly funded congressional campaigns.

Travis Childers opposes Democrats's health care bill.

Gregg Harper votes to extend unemployment benefits.

Gregg Harper introduces online voter registration legislation.

Laurel Leader Call [...]

State Street Posts: My time was more productively spent hanging out with Bunny

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:04:03 -0500

Metro residents rally for, against | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger: "The Tea Party Express national bus tour carried the debate over health care reform to Brandon on Sunday, drawing several thousand to the Rankin County Multi-Purpose Arena. Other metro-area residents, supporters of health care reform legislation, marched from Smith" [...]

State Street Posts: Tropical Weather and Storms - Hurricane Updates from weather.com

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:48:52 -0500

Tropical Weather and Storms - Hurricane Updates from weather.com: "Ida is expected to landfall overnight on Monday as a strong tropical storm.

Hurricane warnings are in effect from Pascagoula, Miss., to Indian Pass, Fla. Tropical storm warnings straddle either side of this area.[...]

Red/Blue: Not exactly, Madame Speaker

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:30:00 -0500

It has been reported that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has likened the House vote in favor of the government healthcare package on Saturday to the adoption of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare in 1965.

Not exactly.

In both of those earlier cases, there was widespread [...]

Red/Blue: Haley Barbour & Sarah Palin

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:18:00 -0500

The Clarion-Ledger posted a You Tube video of part of Gov. Barbour's appearance yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press. To Gov. Barbour's enduring credit, he was cagey when asked about Sarah Palin and whether she could be president. What was clear was that he didn't want to answer the question. ' [...]