Jackson Jambalaya

doubtful that Jeff put her up to this. she's a pretty loose cannon and has written some pretty wierd articles about herself, her divorce, and her child. if you look at Jeff's long legislative career, this kind of confrontational media moves aren't his preferred SOP. he's really more of a backroom deal guy. the Golden Triangle has benefitted from the bond programs and is booming, not because of Jeff, but because of intersecting four lane highways, the TennTom waterway, and MSU think tanks all attract the industries moving in there. also, there is plenty of land available and plenty of TVA power.

Humm---Wonder who has made a bundle doing bond closings in the Golden Triangle and may be compromised in making rational decisions on finance?

Since the GOP has taken over Gallo really has nothing to fuss about. He has to make up stuff to stay in business. He really has gotten more crazy lately. But I think his time has come and gone.

The funny part about this quote is the opinion of all the lobbyists, journalists, and politicians at the capitol is that the Lieutenant Governor was the one who had his act together and ran a tight ship, while the House at times well, wasn't quite so organized or knew what to do at all times.

Maybe the ones you might have spoken with but it is a mighty big stretch to claim "all".

The Hitler reference wasn't appropriate but Reeves' reputation from the recently completed session as being dictatorial has been made and is open to debate.

At the other end of the spectrum there seems to be little, if anything, that Reeves has/has not done with which you have found fault.

Your zealotry to protect the Lt. Gov matches Gallo's to get him. The difference, a big one, is reach. Gallo's is unmatchable.

I was waiting for this one. Allow me to retort before I start quoting Ezekiel to you.

Did it ever occur to you I might actually agree with his positions? Charter schools? Got a good bill out of the Senate, twice. Held the line on bonds. Immigration and fetal heartbeat bill, I agreed with sending it to Hob Bryan's committee. Thought it was clever as I opposed those bills. Redistricting? Ran it better than his predecessor and Hob Bryan didn't dominate the process as he did earlier although I didn't like Buck Clarke getting Gluckstadt area. I talk to all but one or two of the top lobbyists. They all say the same thing. I talk to a pretty good cross section of politicians in and around the capital and those dealing with the legislature say the same thing as well. Passed some good bills that helped the Rez area out only to see them die in the House.

Where I think Tate and the Republicans dropped the ball this year was PERS reform. The study commission made some good recommendations and brought up some problems that need to be addressed but such was not to be discussed this year. Its a shame as for once we had a Lieutenant Governor that actually understands this stuff much better than most politicians. I also thought they screwed up allowing the AT&T bill to pass. They are going to regret taking the reins off of AT&T one day.

Last comment not approved, you broke one rule. Take out that one word and it gets posted.

Actually I am going through the House bill right now and making a list of the projects. Later today I'm going to go through the Senate bill and make a similar list so we can really compare. I think that is fair. If we are going to have a discussion on this, we will have a real discussion, not the one side crap published in Columbus yesterday.

The failure of the Senate to pass ANY bond bill is shameful, when the capital needs at our colleges and universities is at a critical stage. Tater's posturing might be good politics, but it's shameful governing.

Thanks for letting us know you support illegal aliens unlawfully entering our country.

Gallo's time will have only "come and gone" when he is off the air. The premise otherwise is a hopey dopey pipe dream.

Nice try. I said I opposed THAT bill, not allowing illegals to enter the country at will.

as for Bill Dees, I'm sure you never saw a bond bill you didn't like. In your world, the debt never gets paid down, there will always be a list of needs that gets longer every year, and its always the fault of the rich.

I talk to all but one or two of the top lobbyists.

Bullshit.

That's a dodge on the immigration bill.

Show us where you've taken any of Mississippi's federal representatives to task for our porous borders.

KF, 9:09 AM comment is a great idea. Would be very helpful to see a list from H and from S to compare the two.

I'm sorry but unlike Roy Nicholson, immigration does not dominate my thoughts. If that is all you care about, this is not the website for you. Don't like it? Get over it and we are not hijacking this discussion over that subject. In case you haven't noticed, there are three topics we don't really discuss on this site: abortion, illegal immigration, and guns. Kim Wade once told me if you want to generate phone calls on a talk show, bring up those topics. Well, I want to bring up other subjects and generate interest in other areas. I'd rather discuss PERS than illegal immigration any day of the week. Period.

Nobody is hijacking anything and nobody brought up Nicholson other than you. This isn't about immigration, that is just one example of legislation Reeves' killed. This is about you and the water you are carrying for Reeves. You are no different than Gallo. By the way, where is the long form column taking Reeves to task for not reforming PERS? Haven't seen it.

HB 1631 is the place to start.

Was my comment not approved because of "one word" or because it was critical of the exalted Kingfish?

Since when does filing an LLC formation with the Secretary of State mean that there is an ongoing attorney-client relationship?

I think we've discussed guns before, as in, "which gun is best for you?" and "WTF does Donna Ladd think she knows about guns?"

However, it may be necessary to rule out the subject of feral cats.

Since you mentioned the charter school bill, KF...wondered if you saw the 60 Minutes piece on Harmony charter schools? 32 in the country, high performance...headed though by a reclusive iman that brings in foreign teachers, mostly Turkish.
Wondered what you thought of the piece.

When you are grasping for straws May 15, 2012 9:57 AM any thread of a connection will do.

Why have you alined with the chubby cheeked one?
Josh wont let you near the big table?

Speaking of Super Talk, can someone tell me how that mouth breather JT has a job in broadcasting? You can actually feel your IQ dropping when listening to that guy.

Appears that an Islam and race-card baiting lib has wandered over here.

The white House Donkeycrats worked overtime to get their sympathetic media to stir the race and religion hating pot but that story never got any traction.

Stupid Donkeycrats never learn. Tell you what 10:48, why don't you share with us what you think of the Cosmos Foundation first.

Then why are you listening to him rex?

The legend is that Bob Seger and Don Felder were driving around LA one day and a Cowsills song came on the radio. They laughed at the bubble gumminess of the Cowsills and talked about how they were such better musicians and so much cooler. The giggles died down and they sat in thought for a minute before one told the other the obvious truth: the Cowsills were on the radio and Seger and Felder were not. Say what you want about JT, but he's on the radio, and unless your screen name is some sort of Latin code for Limbaugh or Hannity, you're not. Bill Billingsley

Ten years ago Mr. Smith was a secretary/director of an earlier incarnation, the Columbus Packet Inc. Yup. just a random thread.

Funny how some of you are attacking me, attacking Mr. Reeves but yet aren't attacking the $120 million in bonds he proposed or the decision not to pass a bond bill.

As for Josh, why would I get mad about such a thing? Josh IS the table. ;-)

But the whole purpose of your original post was to backstop Reeves by attacking Gallo, Smith, the Packet and Fowler. You didn't set this up as a discussion of the bonds. Any criticisms of Reeves are only an understandable outgrowth of your initial efforts.

KF, how does anybody know you and Tate are being attacked when you keep censoring the comments?

One word. Remove that word, the first word, and it goes up.

Backstop? No. I found it interesting one of the leading chairmen in the House orchestrated or appeared to orchestrate a hit piece against a Lieutenant Governor from the same party and also watching Gallo pick it up and run with it. I don't see Bryant or Reeves or Haley doing stuff like this so that is why it was interesting. My first thought of a headline was "Republican Civil War?"

Damn, KF is beyond reproach.

KF, you keep referring to Tate's $120M package (which he also references). However, I don't think he was looking at more than $80M in bonds and the rest coming from increased revenues (that he alone is projecting) and reserves sitting at MDA. Is that your understanding from top lobbyists?

Republican civil war?

It can't be....jeff smith is a democrat

I take great offense to you personally attacking Ms. Fowler. I am from Columbus. As far as "living the good life", YOU need to get your facts straight. She is a very hard working woman. She wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth and doesn't get handouts from anyone. She has worked extremely hard to get where she is. She has gotten there because she is good at her job, not because she is just another pretty face, getting by on her looks. I have known Ms. Fowler to try and find the facts of the case and present them in the interest of the public. Shame on you for digging through the internet and attaching her real estate commercial. If you did your reasearch, you would have found she has been out of real estate several years! Ms. Fowler is a credit to her community and her state.

So why don't y'all start telling me which projects should have been funded with bonds? Come on, don't be shy, you can do it. Instead of attacking me, why don't you start telling everyone what you think should have passed and why.

Mr. Hunt, just about everyone I know "living the good life" worked hard for it and earned it. Sorry but Ms. Fowler is a big girl. The article was convoluted, quoted anonymous sources, and there was no disclosure of Mr. Smith's relationship with the paper. I wrote about Judge Weill and Judge Green spat a few days ago. I disclosed at the end I had produced a website for Judge Weill's campaign. Ms. Fowler decided to jump into state politics and take up the side of someone who has represented the paper in the past. The story is fair game.

Since you have never read this website before, take a look at the top. It says "Jackassery". Since you didn't realize it, this post was an opinion piece filled with some humor and satire. Posting the video was jackassery and apparently you missed the orly taitz/jon stewart reference.

It is guilt by association Hunt. The narrative needed a story line.

I wrote a comment after lunch, why was it not published or posted?

Jeff

Is anyone really surprised that fat hack Paul Galtelli continues his ridiculous attacks on Tate Reeves? That's what Paul Galtelli does. His specialty is hit jobs and ambushes on republicans who challenge republicans who are butt-buddies with his boss. All under a fake name, of course.

And we the taxpayers fund Galtelli's nonsense. Without the massive corporate welfare super talk gets from the State, Galtelli would have to do something he's never done before: get a real job.

The short little angry guy from the coast lost. Get over it.

9:15 AM You are wrong. And your call of bullshit is unfounded and frankly wrong. Either you don't read here much, or you find Eichleeggbert your savior.

Mr. Chairman, it never showed up. This is the only one I have seen. Now two people I know have tried to post comments and they didn't appear. I went into the black box where comments go and they weren't there either. If you are making a long comment, do it in notepad first, then paste it here. Very sorry. No one is trying to censor.

Tate did the best with what he had to work with in the House. Personally, I think the entire MS R party let the social issues hang them up and they lost focus on growing this damn state's economy and future (via education).

Unfortunately, the House was unable to align down any semblance of agenda priorities. Let's chalk that up to poor organization and inexperience. The performance was so bad, it made the Dems look like they know how to play chess.

I've said it before, wait until next session. Alignment will be tighter, if not, it will fall on leadership at the LT and Guv levels. Dropping it at Tate's feet is a bit over the top - leadership starts at the top. But, from what I hear and read - Gallo wouldn't be allowed to talk about that.

Is there a way to politely say, "FUCK Gallo"? His brand of pure BS made me want to puke listening to him on SuperTalk for the last 18 months or so. And I'm not alone since for the last year or so many of my colleagues came to the same concluson. He's attempting to sell BS and a lot of it.

KF: Please put a poll up about who is absolutely over Gallo and "SuperTalk" and his particular brand of BS.

Wannna bet how it goes?

As an aside, I've read the blog owner over and over saying "Take out that one word and it gets published" or "Leave out the first word and it goes up." I've been told that myself a number of times and see the same statement made to others. What the hell is up with that. Please, no bullshit about "I own the site. Go elsewhere if you don't like it." I've seen every 'word' known to sailors published here. What the hell is the dreaded 'one word'?

You nearly vomited for 18 months and kept listening?

Is that you Kingfish posting anonymously @ May 15, 2012 9:47 PM?

Nice try. Nope. Eicheleggbert? Not my style.

Since Rep. Smith likes to comment on here...I have a question. You said this morning -

"we all thought Tate would blink"

Do you still think that??

Which word in my post needs to be removed this time?

Then how would 9:47 PM know that 9:15 AM was wrong when 9:15 AM was responding to your claim of being some type of super insider @ 9:05 AM?

Because I know.

Why are people attacking Tate Reeves? He just does what Haley Barbour (through henry and austin) tells him to do. (of course, the Governor does too. Like being in Russia instead of Putin, we have Haley running everything. Has any Republican stood up to haley?) The phrase "peter principle" comes to mind. Tate is just another rich Milsap kid trying to convince us he understands how to work hard.

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2010/11/report-says-mississippi-prepaid-college.html

Why are people attacking Tate Reeves? He just does what Haley Barbour (through henry and austin) tells him to do.

Lotta truth there. No doubt some of KeyLimePieReeves actions are payback for certain others gettin' in the way of the coronation for Charlie Ross.

You are right 12:27 the great round one does not want to leave.
He had his minion Arnie H. working in the Tate campaign and so were others in the state party head quarters, they are are not employed anymore.
If Hewes wins the Barbour boys income is reduced.

2:12 - and others. Believe you are missing the point here. Arnie H and others were politically involved before the rotund one was Gov and will remain so - in their on right - afterward. Yes, maybe they were involved in Tater's campaign, but they were not "in the state party headquarters" at the time.

Their involvement for Reeves is no different than say a Josh G. who was "involved" with the Hewes campaign - also a former part of the "headquarters" and also into making money from his activities.

The list could go on and on, with respect to the LG race and others - and on both sides of the aisle. Many folks were involved in the LG race and some of them have a business interest in it as well as a personal opinion. Holds true for the Governor's race and others.

One often mentioned while on the subject - you think those folks involved in AG Hood's race were all altruistic? Believe that has been documented to be wrong, and there with the legality of the involvment being questioned.

The issue from this post, however, is Supertalk and Davenports "financial interest" in his support for Hewes - or better said, his opposition to Reeves. His minion Gallo has been and continues to do anything, literally anything, to try to sully Reeves. Why? Cause he wasn't the annointed one from ST's 'conservative' talk radio.

Conservative is the joke here. Want to spend more money? Where's the Tea Party on this one? All ST wants is to keep on getting their $3 million in state taxpayer dollars for "advertising". And their plan was to have their boy in the Gov's office and his handpicked successor heading the Senate and BD's 'boy' staying at Appropriations. Too bad that plan didn't work quite like they planned it.

3:03
You are either misinformed or you are part of the rotund clans group.
AH and his spouse sent emails during his tenure as chair.

Conservative is the joke here.

Nope. The joke that has been exposed is Tate Reeves and the games he played with regards to this bill and others.

The gig is up for the Lt. Gov. He can micro-manage the Senate until he is blue in the face because next session he'll be exposed in real time.

Kingfish can perform all the CYA for Reeves that he wants but his connectivity inside the Capitol (and leaks from Reeves' staff) isn't, no matter hard loud Kingfish boasts, nearly as comprehensive and expansive as he deludes his readers to believe.

Bring it (and your little blog) Fish!

Dens are running scared. They pulled out every favor and trick. They spent a lot of equity throwing ainsley wrench into this session.

Good luck next time around; the political favors are spent and leveraged.

Go Tate!

Correction "monkey wrench"

yawn.

So much for party unity...

Party positions/ideas/vision is unimportant,I guess. Who has the power and thus the ability to divide up the political spoils once the party has power quickly becomes all consuming.