Economically, he was a mixed bag.

He wanted to cut the size of government.  It took a blip downward, and then skyrocketed with BUSH I, Clinton, and BUSH 2.  Looks like Obama will continue the trend.

But the question is, why didn’t the governor cut spending by $90 million to “fund Medicaid”?  After all, we have a $6 Billion state budget.  Seems like he could’ve found a couple hundred Million to cut instead of raising taxes.

Truth is, state government blows about half its budget every year down the rathole of government schools.  They should start cutting government by slashing that waste to the bone.

John Pittman Hey

Guess he was a liberal.

The hospital tax, and the deceit that was used to force it through, was a disgraceful act from start to finish.

The Governor, several prominent Republican leaders, and the so-called “conservative” media in the state used the same demogogic tactics that liberals has used for so long to justify taxing “those people”: pick a disliked minority, demonize them, accuse them of using “lobbyists”, claim they’re not “paying their fair share”, etc. etc.

No, what we saw the last week was the triumph of welfare-state mentality over conservative principles, embraced by Republicans who falsely claim they are conservative.  Honest, decent businesses (private hospitals) not to mention public hospitals, were forced to pay a new tax in order to be paid for the services they provide the state of Mississippi.

Taxes went up, and who will pay them?  Sick people - but not all sick people.  Just those sick people who pay cash or buy their own private insurance.  Medicaid/Medicare folks won’t pay a dime more.

Thanks a whole lot, Republican leadership in Mississippi!  Thanks for raising my healthcare costs.

John Pittman Hey

The Democrats stripped Mississippi Rep. John Bell Williams of 18 years’ seniority for backing the ‘64 Republican nominee for president, Barry Goldwater.

Speaking of Thad Cochran:  while in the U. S. House, he voted to repeal the Hatch Act.  I contacted his office to protest this, and he sent me a wishy-washy letter about it.  Then, when he was running for the Senate in ‘78, he sent me a letter on his House letterhead-- at taxpayers’ expense-- stating his position on gun control.  His vote on the Hatch Act was the only issue about which I had ever contacted him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNHZh3Vu0Y

You damn right I am using immature language.  Seems to be the only language that all the immature and stupid people that are politicians and people that re-elect these arrogant fools over and over seem to understand.  I am sick and tired of keeping my mouth shut all these years, working my ass off trying to hold on to what my family has built up with their own hands to take care of a free loading, baby producing electorate, and politicans more worried bout re-election than what is good for the whole.  Majority or greater good be damned.  Most politicians are worried bout their own asses getting re-elected. P E R I O D.  Democraper party is loaded with a bunch of fools with the “The man is keeping you, us, and we down complex” How dare people do or have some backbone like the old days and have some freaking personal responsibility.  “Re-elect, elect me/we/us and we take care of your ass from craddle to the grave… let the evil man and the evil white rich people take care of your ass.” That is the whole democraper party montra in a nut shell.  Sick and tired of it and the damn sheep that follow it blindly.... waiting for their handouts. 

Yea I’m pissed… people should be/ hell should have been for a long time time..raising hell all day every day… Staffers quitting in congressman’s offices, reps/Senators scared or dreading next phone call/ opening the next email… or for that matter… showing their face in public, if they not doing for the greater good and the best interest of the Country or state… They should be having sleepless nights and anxiety attacks as far as I’m concerened… and then… maybe God willing.. we wouldn’t have all these sorry career politicians, taking care of their hides with hand outs and gimmees.  They should be stressed out and serving a term or two.. and then disappearing off into the night..... cause of the public scrutiny....

You don’t like my language.. news flash.. I don’t like your political beliefs… Being nice and polite and reasoning doesn’t seem to work with most of you idiots anymore..  Always has or seems to be one in every crowd that raises hell and cusses and hollars.. well I’ll do my part and hollar and cuss and raise hell… if maybe some others get of their lazy asses and do theirs.... and email, call, campaign for change, against the deadwood… and get things headed back in the right direction.... for the greater good.. and not for handouts and political ass covering.

God forbid someone acts what others label “immature”.... or worse, bitching about someone else seeming immature for using colorful language.

If that is part of your measure of maturity, you must see the population of the world as infants.

Voters in Greenwood disappointed Congressman Bennie Thompson by electing independent Carolyn McAdams over incumbent Democrat Sheriel Perkins. Thompson campaigned for Perkins telling voters they needed to reelect the incumbent to set “Greenwood free again” and if they wanted to stop the hospital from continuing to lay off employees and close wards, they needed to keep the same leadership. Trying to sell change and incumbency at the same time reminds me of what Pappy O’Daniel told his son in “O Brother Where Art Thou” when he suggested that maybe they should get some of that “reform”: “How we gonna run reform when we’re the damn incumbent?”

A third independent candidate in the race, Curressia Brown, was disqualified and removed from the ballot, which Thompson praised while accusing Brown of only being in the race to split the black vote. Perkins and Brown are black; McAdams is white. Thompson said, “There was somebody else in this race, but, you know, God don’t like ugly, and with prayer and good lawyers, we can work wonders, and we can even get bad folk off the ballot.”

I think quite funny that Bennie’s fat ass has the nerve to talk about somebody saying “God don’t like ugly” Hey jack%^&... look at your reflection in a 360 degree mirror sometime and get a dose of reality.... you wide loaded,blow hard.