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Thursday at 9:57 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: What a con-incidence! The Clarion Liar, and the President of Miss. Alliance of State Employees; CWA/Local 3570 , Brenda Scott were touting the woes of Mississippi’s State workers pension program in today’s newspaper.

Thursday at 8:16 am
Pension fund cut opposed
porkchop: The defined benefit aspect is the problem here. Ernest T, you might have done better had you invested your own money. But, you would have given up that guaranteed benefit. Private employers change all the time - but, anyone that…

Thursday at 8:02 am
Redistricting . . . we can work it out, can't we?
porkchop: The real killer for running twice is for democrats in contentious races. Not only is the MS Democratic party in disarray in terms of its abilty to finance races, but that gives Republicans two bites at the apple to beat…

Wednesday at 11:56 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: Ernest T, no one wants to take anything away from you, you should be grandfathered however the taxpayers have had enough of a system that is unfair to the folks. We want accountability and a fair system, not the one…

Wednesday at 11:38 pm
Lee Yancey Endorsed by the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement
m2jtown: MFIRE is a Miss. grassroots organization who supports orderly and legal immigration, and is which is working to educate voters and elected officials about the dangers associated with massive and uncontrolled illegal immigration. To learn more or join us please…

Wednesday at 11:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Those of us that are now drawing retirement did not have an option to be in the system. If we worked for the state we paid the rate demanded of us. For that we were promised in writing a set…

Wednesday at 9:57 pm
Clarion Ledger - Deja vu? Dems pulled same thing last year.
Hammer3: My favorite one liner for Johnny Stringer is that he is the hick from the sticks. Montrose Mississippi’s pride and joy!

Wednesday at 9:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Elwood P Dowd: The stock crash pretty much screwed up everyone else’s retirement. Why is it not fair that state workers accept their share of the pain? Whatever promises retirees have, raising the contribution levels for present employees doesn’t break it. When you…

Wednesday at 8:33 pm
Clarion Ledger - U.S. budget: Bipartisan only way
Elwood P Dowd: If the Congress agrees on spending, we might get a 1% or 2% spending cut. If they can’t, we get 100%. So tell me again what’s the benefit of compromise?

Wednesday at 8:26 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
Elwood P Dowd: Usually, “stop the pointless political infighting” just means “let my side win.”

Wednesday at 7:58 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
Contract with America: “And it is about the 174 members of the Legislature looking out for their own political futures based on what their districts might look like.” On one side you have a group wanting to hold on to power that they…

Wednesday at 6:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: I’m sure there are private companies that change the rules after the fact, but most I’m familiar with, usually do some type of transition, grandfathering, etc. Point taken that it does happen, though. I’m not aware of the VA, but…

Wednesday at 5:11 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Howard, Let me be perfectly clear on several of the issues you brought up. A. “But if gov’t. is going to break its contract with current retirees (and like it or not, it’s changing the rules after the fact, not…

Wednesday at 4:55 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Howard is also correct. If the state had allowed me to invest my retirement money I would be living much better now that I’m retired.

Wednesday at 4:52 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Pubman I haven’t looked into it but I doubt you can use 21 years of militray service towards your state retirement. Some but I doubt that much. And if you did retire after 4 years you might get 10% of…

Wednesday at 4:37 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: Guys, I don’t understand why there’s such a fuss. All we are discussing are defined-benefits vs defined-contributions. Until the last couple decades or so, defined-benefits was the norm. In the private sector as well. The private sector has (wisely, in…

Wednesday at 2:58 pm
Barbour - House Leadership trying to spend too much
windeaces: Typical government; instead of working for the best interest of the public they are working for the interest of a government party in trying to belittle one party in favor of another. Time for most of these self centered morons…

Wednesday at 2:57 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Earnest T; just answer a couple of simple questions. do you or have you received a cost of living increase with your pension? do you or have you received a 13th. check while drawing your state pension? is it the…

Wednesday at 2:52 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
windeaces: The best answer would be to send all these self serving morons home and let the public themselves present bills and let the pulblic at large decide whether it is something they want to pass or not. In today’s technology…

Wednesday at 2:41 pm
EDITORIAL: Howorth for TVA
jdaviscovington: Right. Your last sentence from your first post had me confused.

Wednesday at 2:37 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: Retire after 25 years of service? What a deal, u failed to mention that you can draw a retirement from the state with only 4 years service if you combine ur military time. What a rip off of all taxpayers…

Wednesday at 2:25 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Another double dipping example…. This is one you have not mentioned but one that does hurt the retirement system yet on the other hand helps the agency budget. Say I work for the sec of state and I’m a good…

Wednesday at 2:12 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Double dipping lie…. Ok a kid starts with the highway patrol after he leaves high school or college and works 25 years. He/she retires and starts drawing a retirement check. Most likely 50% of his base salary. He/she is bored…

Wednesday at 2:10 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
desotodad3: ETB I dont think anyone has posted that these postions shouldnt be paid a fair market wage, it’s the increasingly unfunded tax payer liability for pension payments that’s the problem. I say pay a fair wage, but the employees should…

Wednesday at 1:48 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Simple minded people with no idea of what they speak. You have been brain washed by the talking heads of radio land. So in the future when you wreck and no highway patrolman shows up or when the bridge falls…

Wednesday at 1:45 pm
EDITORIAL: Howorth for TVA
ship island: I’m aware that the president makes the appointments, usually at the recommendation of sitting same-party congressmen. In this case however, Republicans have to be satisfied with a second saying “he’s a good man” to try and prove they acutally like…

Wednesday at 12:33 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
desotodad3: @Hammer that longevity pill is here and it’s why these plans are no longer viable. I see it every day when I talk with clients about saving and not depending on social security. http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112405/public-pension-fund-squeeze?mod=bb-budgeting&sec=topStories&pos=7&asset;=&ccode;=

Wednesday at 12:05 pm
EDITORIAL: Howorth for TVA
jdaviscovington: The President appoints the TVA board, not the Senate. It should absolutely be privatized.

Wednesday at 11:10 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Earnest T; thanks for your reply. First of all, I am retired after working for one company for nearly forty years. I also draw social security, and have drawn ever since I became eligible. I’ve paid in more money to…

Wednesday at 10:57 am
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: Ernest t, you use ford and dodge in your examples, the problem in our state is that the taxpayers are the stockholders in your ford and dodge examples. The stockholders have spoken, time to stop the madness, the double and…

Wednesday at 10:20 am
Capstone piece in WAPO on Haley Barbour's Iowa trip and chances in 2012
Alan: It’s fascinating how little the MS press has treated Haley’s chances. There’s a WAPO or NYT piece once a week on him. This is just a gigantic story and his announcement looks imminent and only a few weeks away.

Wednesday at 2:51 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Hammer3 I guess you will draw ssn one day and that is very like the state retirement system in that the state or an employer pays a portion and the employee pays a portion. Do you want to lower the…

Wednesday at 2:46 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Pubman you simply don’t appear to understand. The only double dippers I know of are the ones that retire from the highway patrol and go to work at a state agency or county. Two sperate retirement plans. Kinda like working…

Wednesday at 12:53 am
Barbour trips: Expenses scrutinized
CDavidS: If he’s out getting jobs for the state and promoting Mississippi products, then give him the means to do it. With what he’s brought into the state, that’s very minimal.

Tuesday at 9:25 pm
Resentencing delayed for Minor, 2 former judges
Yall justice: I may have missed the posting, but am surprised that Y’all politics has not posted the results of the March 21st hearing. I attended the re-sentencing hearing on March 21 hoping to be able to testify - to give evidence…

Tuesday at 7:42 pm
House Dems prepare to join NAACP vs. Barbour/Hood lawsuit
ship island: As long as the NAACP owns the Democrat H of R, the Democratic H of R will own the NAACP. Ship Island

Tuesday at 7:40 pm
Will Florida voters remember Haley's involvement in 2010 GOP primary there?
ship island: Haley will be working with both Republican insiders and outsiders and Mr. Scott will want Haley on his side. Ship Island

Tuesday at 7:38 pm
Latest filings in MS Redistricting lawsuit
ship island: The NAACP is always trying to help Haley out. Ship Island

Tuesday at 7:20 pm
EDITORIAL: Howorth for TVA
ship island: The TVA is a social agency which has probably passed its time, is probably no longer needed and should be privatized, with the tax payers reaping any benefits therefrom. Appointees to these boards are usually of a like mind as…

Tuesday at 4:20 pm
Barbour trips: Expenses scrutinized
slowpitch: Facts and common sense take all the gas out of the CL editorial stance. Fortunately, no one outside of the State of Mississippi reads it and less and less do in-state.

Tuesday at 4:05 pm
YP - Interesting messaging coming from Democrats on redistricting signaling a possible 'blink'
Alan: Hammer, that last part was me. Those were my comments about Flaggs, not Harrison. I think he is a smart guy. I don’t necessarily agree with him.

Tuesday at 2:51 pm
YP - Interesting messaging coming from Democrats on redistricting signaling a possible 'blink'
PubMan: Again Hammer hits the nail square on the head. Bottom line: you cant negotiate with the dems, NEVER

Tuesday at 1:49 pm
House Dems prepare to join NAACP vs. Barbour/Hood lawsuit
Just Me: McDuff? Well that name rings a bell…

Tuesday at 1:46 pm
Paul Minor, 2 ex-judges set for re-sentencing March 10
Just Me: The judge, however, granted a request by USF&G Insurance Co. to block subpoenas requested by defense lawyers. The defense had sought to subpoena reams of documents from USF&G. Teel had ruled for one of Minor’s clients, Peoples Bank, in a…

Tuesday at 1:06 pm
Barbour trips: Expenses scrutinized
windeaces: Display the facts and let the public decide. If he is using the office for any other than what his job requires I personally would not vote for him ever again. Facts have merit; slander is bogus and should backfire…

Tuesday at 1:00 pm
Clarion Ledger - U.S. budget: Bipartisan only way
windeaces: The federal budget is subject to the same outcome as the clarion ledger. If those elected will not do the will of the people and stop the Washington thieves the people can and probably will shut down the government by…

Tuesday at 11:37 am
WAPO - Haley Barbour may try to rewrite the script for 2012 presidential race
msbroker: Barbour has a long way to get there, but I wouldn’t count him out. He is a good politician and knows the ins and outs of national campaigns. He is surrounding himself with good people and he has a record…

Tuesday at 11:31 am
YP - Interesting messaging coming from Democrats on redistricting signaling a possible 'blink'
Hammer3: Well Bobby, I believe you should take a few lessons in judging people. If you think George Flaggs is a smart guy and a great talker, you need help. What George Flaggs is, first and foremost is a loud mouth,…

Tuesday at 11:24 am
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: Earnest T, some things in life arent fair however fairness has nothing to do with it when the taxpayers are being asked to contribute more and more. The time has come to stop the madness inspite of the dems. Time…

Tuesday at 11:19 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Earnest T, I hear you loud and clear, however, the fact remains that a state employee is not in a protected class, although many think they are. Secondly, the fluctuations of the stock market is every-one’s problem if they are…

Tuesday at 5:13 am
GRAY - Mississippi Democrats find themselves at historic lows
Steve: The Democrats have candidates for only five of the eight statewide offices, and the governorship will be the only statewide contest in the Democratic primary. It would seem that attorney general is the only statewide office that the Dems have…

Tuesday at 12:30 am
NMC - Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed
catty: “Ya honer…..I am not guilty of what I said I was guilty of because all that time I had my fingers crossed. Kings’ X!”

Monday at 11:46 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: As a retired former state and county employee with over 31+ years of service trust me most of us are not getting rich off the retirement system. We paid what was required of us over our working career and the…

Monday at 5:29 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: AMEN Hammer…..Time to cut back.

Monday at 3:47 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Well slowpitch you are certainly entitled to your opinion, and I will defend your right to voice it, but I respectfully disagree with yours, unless I have misunderstood what you have posted. It’s not the taxpayers fault that because of…

Monday at 3:38 pm
FIREMCCOY - "B. McCoy" now to beome a racial codephrase according to 1 state senator
slowpitch: McCoy & the “N” word are the same N = Nihilist

Monday at 3:36 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Every person running for office whether on the local, state or national level should be asked what their position is on asking the taxpayers to fund the pension plan for state employees.If they are not opposed to it, they are…

Monday at 3:29 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: The entire State retirement system needs an overhaul. When you have a system that let’s you retire from one state agency(i.e. MSHP) draw your retirement and then go to work for another state agency and draw full benefits, then the…

Monday at 3:28 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
slowpitch: Now if you were over 70, spent 40 years working at relatively low pay toward and paying into state retirement and dependent to a degree on this monthly income, you might have a different view of our “frills”. Good for…

Monday at 3:23 pm
CL Opinion - Federal court to review remap
slowpitch: You can start by examining the philosophy that provided the crutch.

Monday at 3:18 pm
NMC - Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed
slowpitch: Maybe Zackie can sit in the Grove and draw bears.

Monday at 2:41 pm
NMC - Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed
catty: If one feels totally above the law then law is meaningless. What gaul to work alongside the man who was convicted on bribery; to have pled guilty to acknowledging such and then to say the “law” was wrong because of…

Monday at 2:24 pm
MS Bar serves a major blow and dismisses Zach Scruggs complaint against Tony Farese
Alan: ZNN and AP are slow to react to this. I guess no one believes what they read on blogs nowadays.

Monday at 2:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
windeaces: With government making the rules and deciding how much of their retirement you will pay there is no other way to change the issue except for the public to let the government know that unless government employees start totally funding…

Monday at 2:01 pm
NMC - Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed
legalprawn: Let’s hear it for secret justice!

Monday at 1:47 pm
CL Opinion - Federal court to review remap
windeaces: Wouldn’t it be great if Carroll Rhodes and the NAACP would publish an article stating what would have to be done for racism not to exist. We all have the same rights to jobs, the same access to education whether…

Monday at 1:41 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: The issue isn’t that something must change (although stock market drives a lot of the projections, both good and bad), but how it gets changed. A transition out of it is the trick. That’s where the issue is. If current…

Monday at 1:34 pm
Greg Harper Guest Column in the Clarion Ledger on oil drilling
windeaces: If those recently elected were truly for doing what is right for the public they would force these types of energy production by not funding anything in government unless these were put in action even to the point of shutting…

Monday at 1:21 pm
GRAY - Mississippi Democrats find themselves at historic lows
windeaces: It’s beyond my comprehension as to why anyone would stay with the democrat party seeing what they are doing on the national level. Those that still adhere to democrat principals stand with people that are not for the publics best…

Monday at 1:10 pm
MS Bar serves a major blow and dismisses Zach Scruggs complaint against Tony Farese
windeaces: Typical democrat; doing things that are unethical and illegal and then trying to blame someone else. True desperation in trying to keep his license so he can continue to do the same.

Monday at 1:10 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: What a system, a majority of the board members on the pension fund are state retirees. Sorta like “the fox guarding the hen house”. Time for a change, out with McCoy, get a Repub house and fix this mess forever.

Monday at 12:41 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Contract with America: It is only getting worse. I think that in 2018 the state will contribute 18% of the employee’s salary while the employee will only contribute 7%. The math just does not add up.

Monday at 12:37 pm
GRAY - Mississippi Democrats find themselves at historic lows
CDavidS: The Mississippi Democrat party has NO leadership. Jamie Franks is a joke and not many democrats like him either. And in actual fact, this is good for Mississippi. The democrats have kept Mississippi at the bottom for many years. Hopefully,…

Monday at 12:25 pm
FIREMCCOY - "B. McCoy" now to beome a racial codephrase according to 1 state senator
ship island: The fact is, “fair election processes” do not suit the African Americans, nor other Democrats, today. What they demand is preferential treatment, in districting, in committee appointments, in end results. It is hard to end racism when one side demands…

Monday at 12:18 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
ship island: Its time to 1) change state retirement to a defined contribution plan for future beneficiaries and 2) adjust employees pay-in to make it actuarially sound. Ship Island

Monday at 12:04 pm
FIREMCCOY - "B. McCoy" now to beome a racial codephrase according to 1 state senator
m2jtown: Check out what the MS Tea Party has to say about his and about Billy McCoy. Visit MSTEAPARTY.NING.COM

Monday at 11:41 am
FIREMCCOY - "B. McCoy" now to beome a racial codephrase according to 1 state senator
PubMan: WOW, woke up this morning and found out that “Billy McCoy” and the “N” word are the same.

Monday at 11:40 am
MIM - Harper To Endorse Yancey Tuesday
ruby: I couldn’t agree more with his next line, though: But I would say a Harper endorsement holds more sway than anything from Lott these days.

Monday at 11:38 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Can someone please explain to me why the taxpayer has to fund retirement pensions for state workers? Taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to fund someone else’s retirement, other than their own. No one funds my retirement, except my investments that I…

Monday at 11:16 am
FIREMCCOY - "B. McCoy" now to beome a racial codephrase according to 1 state senator
Alan: Toldya 3. You are about to hear some messaging hysteria, particularly from the Democrat side. First, they’ll attack Republicans saying that they had this “gentleman’s agreement”. That won’t go far. And after both sides have said publicly that Redistricting isn’t…

Sunday at 7:45 am
YP BREAKING - By vote 29-18 of Senate tells Billy McCoy to shove it and asks to invite conference
jlott: the test,will be if the rhinos let the intimidation factor set us up for another 10 years of the minority, running the state.this entire strategy,was to keep control of the house not what is right for mississippi.

Sunday at 3:11 am
WSJ - GOP Contenders Split on Military Cuts
kingfish: First thing that told me bush was a phony was when he backstabbed the Rangers.

Saturday at 10:20 pm
WSJ - GOP Contenders Split on Military Cuts
kingfish: The decline of American Naval Power

Saturday at 7:49 pm
WSJ - GOP Contenders Split on Military Cuts
Hammer3: Kingfish, I’ll join you in disagreement with Haley on his position on cutting the military. If this is his position, and he continues to advocate it; he can expect a backlash on many fronts, and he will deserve it.

Saturday at 2:57 pm
WSJ - GOP Contenders Split on Military Cuts
kingfish: Number of naval ships is at a low, F-22 needs to be resurrected. They want to cut one marine division and Haley wants to cut further? Sorry, I’ll disagree with him on this one.

Saturday at 11:27 am
NAACP vs. Haley Barbour - the redistricting fight - to be held in front of Judge Dan Jordan
Hammer3: Excellent post jlott and to the point.

Saturday at 7:49 am
NAACP vs. Haley Barbour - the redistricting fight - to be held in front of Judge Dan Jordan
jlott: the strangle hold that the liberals have been allowed to maintain since the voting rights bill, has got to be addressed and dealt with. for our state to be a conservative state and be controlled by the minority living in…

Friday at 3:31 pm
Haley Barbour's son doesn't want dad to run
windeaces: I would disagree with Sterling. The only way we will ever have people in government instead of crooks is for good decent people to run for these offices. I don’t think his father has a chance of winning the nomination…

Friday at 3:23 pm
WSJ - GOP Contenders Split on Military Cuts
windeaces: Unless the federal government is willing to do the only job of which they are responsible and maintain the security of this country, congress needs to start cutting a percentage of their budget per month until it gets through to…

Friday at 3:15 pm
Barbour PAC donation eyed
windeaces: Are you implying there may be some favoritism in politics? Lord forbid, this type thing only goes on in the private sector. Never think that government would do anything unethical.

Friday at 1:12 pm
MINOR - Hoseman garners formidable opponent
jdaviscovington: Y’all missed the biggest error - the primary date. Not being able to get the date of the election correct instantly discredits the rest of the article.

Friday at 1:11 pm
LT. GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT NAMES INTENDED CONFEREES
m2jtown: All are cool-headed statemen and will do a fine job. There may even be a future U. S. Seantor and a Lt. Gov., in the group….

Thursday at 8:53 pm
MIM - More On McCoy’s Statement
slowpitch: There are some egotistical fools he could take with him, i.e., Steve (Shut up, I will not recognize you) Holland, Cecil (sell all your possessions and give them to the public schools) Brown, John (Tax em to the maxem) Mayo,…

Thursday at 8:45 pm
MINOR - Hoseman garners formidable opponent
Hammer3: They misspelled Dombrowski’s name. It should be spelled with a “U’” not an “O”.

Thursday at 8:41 pm
NAACP vs. Haley Barbour - the redistricting fight - to be held in front of Judge Dan Jordan
Hammer3: I wonder if the NAACP is using Richard Schwartz to represent them? What a bunch of clowns.

Thursday at 8:30 pm
NAACP vs. Haley Barbour - the redistricting fight - to be held in front of Judge Dan Jordan
Just Me: There could be several lawsuits filed. Just a quick glance around and saw these “NAACP sues to extend qualifying deadlines for redistricting more than a dozen Miss. counties” http://www.wreg.com/news/sns-ap-ms—redistrictinglawsuits,0,6109059.story “Madison officials seek delayed qualifying deadlines” http://www.northsidesun.com/view/full_story/12216075/article-Madison-officials-seek-delayed-qualifying-deadlines?instance=homeopinion

Thursday at 8:11 pm
MINOR - Hoseman garners formidable opponent
grasshopper: Don’t know what kind of dope Minor is smoking today, but to call Dombrowski a “formidable opponent” is like calling Minor a “respected journalist”.

Thursday at 5:30 pm
YP BREAKING - By vote 29-18 of Senate tells Billy McCoy to shove it and asks to invite conference
footsoldier: Will the people of north Mississippi vote for Billy Hewes? Men of character only come along so often.

Thursday at 4:14 pm
YP BREAKING - By vote 29-18 of Senate tells Billy McCoy to shove it and asks to invite conference
m2jtown: This was a great day for democracy and for the people of MS. This was not a great day for Boss Hog McCoy and his merry band of partisan liberals who rule the House.

Thursday at 3:20 pm
YP BREAKING - By vote 29-18 of Senate tells Billy McCoy to shove it and asks to invite conference
PubMan: Great news, now the ball is in the Worm farmer’s court, sure he called his buddies at Justice(?) today.