Jackson Jambalaya

LaNero, boy Mayor, plays his fiddle.

Isn't that by St. Dominics when you take the Lakeland exist off I-55 South? I think I might have seen those two this afternoon.

Hard working Americans.

And the bleeding hearts keep giving them money.

Ask 10 people for a definition of "homeless" and you will receive 10 different answers. They will in many cases state that they are veterans...mostly a lie.

NONE of these people are even from anywhere near Jackson.

A group of them live in the Parkside Inn, just down the east side service road on I55. There are several men and a coupe of women. They do shifts on the Lakeland exit ramps and make a pretty good living. Folks who give should know they are NOT HOMELESS! They live at the Motel a few hundred yards from where they panhandle.

The Emperor Mayor tells us that his dignity economy will produce an equity that makes everyone equally miserable. Looks like its working.

MDOT should put a fence around them.

Nice bike.

similar to fishing, got to defend your honey hole. Hard work to hold down and work a good intersection.

That taller guy is a doc at Jackson Heart, next door. He was making $240 an hour on the sixth floor and now only makes $210, but with less responsibility and better hours.

Mental illness is real illness. It's not moral weakness any more than cancer or kidney disease.

Crazy people being crazy in public is not, to my mind, funny.

The guy said it all, "God bless you."

@4:43 AM - also he doesn't have to pay for malpractice insurance and he can hide his income from his two ex-wives.

There are PLENTY of homeless people in the metro area. Some veterans. Some with mental health issues. The folks you see at these intersections are NOT the actual homeless who need our help. In fact, I’d surmise the actual homeless get even less help than needed because of the actions of these dead beats.

These two are clearly not versed on marketing and PR 101 for the panhandling industry.

“Efficiency and progress are ours once a’more . . .” DK

Two low lifes fighting over a rice bowl, but you bleeding heart lefties keep giving them money. Bless your hearts.

Move him in with the Mayor of Jackson - He cares so much.

He screams like that at cars. "I'm homeless, dammit. I need money!" Yeah, that'll work for you. SMH

Homeless my ass. They have a nice little game going.....and it pays very well. With that said, this country doesn't work well enough to provide for every soul to have a job and when you can pull 200 a day and a food plate ?

One of those dudes is going to have to go get in their car in the St. D parking lot and drive to another corner.

Maybe i need to put on some ratty clothes and go get some of the bleeding heart liberal's money on the weekends when I'm not working my real job paying taxes to support failed bleeding heart liberal programs. If people would stop giving out money they would go away.

I wonder if they claim this cash income on their taxes? Pay into SS/Medicare?

If you watch these people day after day, month after month, years after year (like I do from the north medical tower) you have to wonder who in hell coordinates all this movement, the shift rotation, the scheduling, the need for canes, backpacks and such.

Do you think all this just happens? They show up, walking, from the west, on time, on schedule, ready for their brief shift and you can even watch them pop a folded cane out and begin the required limp. A hive of bees isn't any more coordinated.

The man on the bicycle had no approval or authority to show up. In fifteen years I've never seen another show up on a bicycle. He decided to be a scab and get a cut of the action and got his ass called on it by Lumpy!

Looks like Jackson Free Press subscribers.

5:16 : Ummmmmmm, they have to be able to read yah jerk ! :)

It's nothing more than a supremely well-coordinated example of logistics, planning and suckery.

Who the hell wants a Big Mac or a yard rake? I'd much rather have eighty bucks for 35 minutes standing there pretending to be a military veteran right here at Veteran's Day. .