Jackson Jambalaya

Personally, I think public officials should be held to the standard of fiduciaries.

Wish he'd run for Mayor.

Am I wrong to say that it’s not legal to speak of politics in church?

Stamps is the MAN!

Can we start with accountability and responsibility.
walk before you run

He’s not wrong

12:44, yes you are very wrong.

He has my stamp of approval.

I listened but don't understand the reference to H.D. Gibbes & Sons in the title

Excellence...like during him time as councilman? I especially loved his excellence when vetting Emily Sanders for Metrocenter. I saw 10 seconds of her talking and smelled BS, but he couldn't. That was not one of his excellent times for sure.

Speaks the truth !

12:40a, I think he will eventually. He just needed to put some time and distance between himself and City Hall to be later positioned to run.

That's not an endorsement for him to be mayor, BTW.

Tax every church that talks politics other that "go vote" at election time.

I certainly don't disagree with what he is saying, but I don't love politics in church. Why are black churches portrayed as political outlets for democrat politicians? And if that is the case, as this clip indicates, why? I've never heard politics discussed in a white church. Its a very interesting relationship.

I imagine it has to do with the church historically being a sort of town hall in the black community, and issues facing the community universally applied to all within the community/congregation. With such homogeneity in a community, common life struggles, and the only other platform for remedy being politics, its not hard to see the one (political) merged with the other (church).

By today however, we should have moved beyond this. Black Americans should not feel like they are a diaspora in a white society. Politics should not map onto one race's religion, in the exact opposite way it does for a different race of the exact same religion. And democrat politicians shouldn't need the blessing of the black church to run for office. Its really infantilizing of the entire race to suggest that their pastors are their de facto representatives to elect their representatives.

Isn't the title an oxymoron?

@1:55 - yes, "speaks the truth" ----- as he knows it.

Prone to ignore the truth at times when its convenient for him and his storyline; proved to be the case while he was on the City Council and continues in the legislature.

A perfect example of the Peter Principle - promotion until one reaches their level of incompetence. Now, he is trying to reflect Peter Principle II, which is after having been promoted to one's level of incompetence - looking to be promoted further.

12:44, it’s close to impossible to separate religious beliefs and politics. Rest assured abortion, same sex marriage, war and every other political subject gets addressed by preachers. They risk their non profit status when they promote a specific candidate.

Yet......no explanation of how one achieves excellence.

Excellence doesn't just happen. People have to WORK towards excellence. Excellence can't be achieved by blaming everyone else when they don't achieve it.

@12:44 - Churches and charities that are classified as 501(c)(3) are prohibited from engaging in political campaign activity. Not sure how frequently the IRS looks at churches for infractions, but I’d bet a lot of churches run afoul of this.

So many talk the talk but are clueless about walking the walking.

So, Stamps is a fixture at the restaurant?

That's it! Instead of complaints and excuses being the primary topic of discussion coming from these so-called leaders, excellence and performance should always come first, second, and third. If excellence is not good enough then you can complain.

"I listened but don't understand the reference to H.D. Gibbes & Sons in the title"

Our host does that often; apparently he thinks he's being clever but these "inside jokes" often fall flat because most of us don't understand the reference at all.

Just an observation, I’m guessing KF is trying to give a subtle hint about “where” people are coming from. You know where they are from as in where they were born, their political perspective, upbringing, etc. ya know, a hint as in a clue.

The Stamps Farm is right down the street from Gibbes.

Sigh. Just another moment in time of empty talk.

Excellence is often driven most of all by knowing what you should NOT do. Jackson's community has too many children being taught that they can do pretty much anything they want without consequence. Until the words "No more" start to reverberate through their homes and churches, this stump talk is a hollow one.

What 6:54 said. But, what will cause that to ever happen?

And he is running for a seat on the MS Public Service Commission.

12:44
It's not illegal to discuss the morality of public policies in church or have politicians speak.
What is illegal is for a minister or church to endorse or financially aid A party or A candidate.
Unfortunately, not all church " leaders" are ethical so they create " businesses" with church funds and " charitable" groups" or "camps" and find ways to funnel that money to themselves,their relatives, or politics. They have the church technically own the preachers "limo" or "home" and "gift" it later, for example.
Just as you don't look for predators in your churches, you don't look for con men either.