Jackson Jambalaya

Roger Wicker voted for the NDAA. For that reason, I will never support him again.

Bigger Pie Forum has purchased distribution rights on Jackson Jambalaya

MAJOR CONGRATS to Kingfish.

In that Republicans seem to be supporting things that aren't going bankrupt, what am I missing here?

BTW; the captchas are getting illegible.

"BTW; the captchas are getting illegible."

Means you're a robot. Didn't your mama tell you?

Airlock.

I thought Jackson Jambalaya was not for sale. Wait, that's Madison.

"Bigger Pie Forum has purchased distribution rights on Jackson Jambalaya"

Don't know what Bigger Pie Forum is. If JJ becomes BPF, then I guess I'll go somewhere else. I like JJ, hate to see it altered.

So, basically, October 17, 2012 4:07 PM you are clueless as to what the statement means.

Let me make it really easy for you.

Kingfish is getting paid for all the hard work and effort he has put into building the JJ enterprise+brand all these years. Where else do you see the kind of reporting you see here? Surely not at the Fondren Pablum.

BPF pays Kingfish to run a placed excerpt of their content+link back to their franchise because there are so many freaking readers here. Do you get it?

There is no single independent online venue in all of Mississippi with more heft than Jackson Jambalaya.

So you should be happy for Kingfish.

Because the dude kicks ass.

These guys at bigger pie have Alan Lange, whose entire career is based off of subsidies. I think their rightous indignation is laughable.

Not just Lange - it consists of the major "board members" of Mississippi's "venture capital fund" - funded with tax dollars and being given away/loaned by these same individuals that are bitching about these other projects.

While I disagree with them trying to tie Wicker's statement about Obama to the Kemper County Plant, but since that is the big bass drum that BPF keeps beating, they are trying to make it up. Problem is - there is no state money in Kemper Plant.

As to the others they name - damn right. Keep the state money out of those projects, and ALL others. And the federal money out of all as well.

But while at it, get Lange, Taggart, et. al. to get out of the venture capital business with my tax dollars as well.

Assuming you referring to New Market Tax Credits. Yes, corporate welfare of the worst kind.

I've let you have your fun but that's enough. They purchased an ad. That includes the right to post or distribute content. Don't like it? Oh well. Not my problem.

Second. Some of you are flat out intellectual cowards. You don't comment on the post or its merits. Nope, instead you just blithely attack the board members of BPF. I normally don't allow comments on advertised content but I did this time. You want your comment to appear, address the merits of the post. If not, you're no better than the JFP'ers.

The purpose of lobbyists is to win some kind of benefit and that amounts to picking winners. That is tax policy. Tax credits to lure industry is the same game. Giving government contracts is akin to government picking winners. Our Senators are guilty of lining up all kinds of win-win-lose deals.

With Lange, you are talking about New Market Tax Credits - and that is nothing but tax policy. But the others are in the venture capital business with state dollars as board members of the Mississippi Technology Alliance. It just seems totally two-faced to complain about "corporate welfare" from their Bigger Pie Forum, while taking state dollars and investing them into private businesses via the Technology Alliance.

Kemper Plant has been their big complaint - probably responsible for the formation of BPF. But their tie here claiming Wicker is being two faced over Kemper is just totally wrong. They obfuscate the question of Kemper's funding - but if you read what they do say, there is no "state tax dollars" there. Only consumer dollars. So please explain how the complaint about the feds putting money in private businesses has any relationship to Kemper?

Oh no! After the Magnolia Venture Capital fiasco, the legislature did it again?

You've got to be kidding!
Was there zero learning curve?
KF, you should look into the history of these legislative venture capital programs.

OMG. There's not enough regulation in the universe to protect the taxpayer's money. If you essentially eliminate risk in venture capital with free money and all expenses paid, how do YOU think it will turn out?

Comment that didn't get approved. I warned you. Last paragraph was fine, first, well, you don't see it here, do you?

4:07 PM here, Didn't mean to make anyone mad, just didn't understand. Usually there's a disclaimer about paid advertisement, no biggie. I just didn't understand the new tagline.

@ 4:49 PM, I agree, JJ and KF rock. I was afraid something was changing and knew if KF went away then we'd be screwed. One of the cool things about JJ is there is a forum to comment and ask questions.

First, I commend you for expanding the content on the site with relevant LOCAL content. At least you are not supplementing it with national stories that I can get at the major networks like every other online news blog (or in some cases psuedo-news tablog) in Jackson.

Second, the choice of BPF appears valid based on the subject matter discussed here across the years. Perhaps their take will provide a different "skew" we can tear into.

Finally, for all the neysayers, start your own blog.

I say welcome. Looking forward to the dialogue. Do I get a consulting fee for this?

They are no different than the liberals who scream "he's a racist" or "he's a nazi" when confronted with something they don't like.

The sooner we realize there is virtually no difference between the two major parties that have seized control of the US, the sooner we might come out from their control. Until then, we fight among ourselves. Divide and conquer.

I applaud BPF for opposing this Kemper power plant fiasco. Over the last 4 years, there has been a DECREASE in electric demand in America, both residential and commercial. There is plenty of current, already built, excess capacity here in MS for power generation. The fact that this plant is already $500 million over budget, is an extremely expensive new plant, and relies on completely unproven science and technology paid for by the current MS Power ratepayers, is nothing short of the Mississippi State Legislature trying to pick winner and loser companies on the state resident utility bill-payers backs. It is pure corporate-socialism, just like the Dems love pure government-socialism.

How often are Kangaroot and other suck-ups who give glowing kudos to Kingfish ever censored or edited? The answer is NEVER. This forum is open to opinion as long as it agrees with the site owner. Shades of Y'all Politics.

KF..regarding your 9:30am post...

Are you arguing that it's ok to do wrong because the other side did wrong as well?

Surely, that was not your intention.

Nice try at putting words in my mouth. My point, which you very well know, is none of these commentors discussed the merits of the actual posts or its claims. Instead they attacked board members, questioned their motives, and the like. Just like liberals do when they don't rebut arguments or news but instead call someone a racist or a Nazi.

Just trying to clarify, KF...
You are, then, describing the state of our national dialogue these days. Attack the messenger rather than address the message.
I'm glad you understand that both conservatives and liberals are guilty .

who wrote this? that demented Ole Miss journalism professor on the other thread? :-)