Perhaps you have noticed the new conflictive norms being thrust upon us. You know, norms, the standards of behavior that guide our interactions.
Elon Musk is one of the champions of these new norms, i.e., touting free speech then disparaging some of those who use it. “I acquired X in order to preserve free speech in America,” Musk posted on X. “60 Minutes are the biggest liars in the world!” he later posted after the news program aired a segment critical of his DOGE cuts to USAID. “They deserve a long prison sentence.” Of course, Musk is not the only one practicing the new norms. The declared mission of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, a Mississippi public charity, is to “advocate for and advance” conservative ideas. A recent newsletter from its president and CEO Douglas Carswell suggests its mission is to promote chosen politicians and disparage others. The Center’s mission statement reads: “To advance the constitutional ideals of liberty and justice for all Mississippians by employing an evidenced-based approach to public policy whereby we advocate for and advance real conservative ideas with policy makers, members of the media, business leaders, the academic community, and private citizens.” Carswell’s March 15 newsletter reads in the part on tax reform: “Governor Tate Reeves has made income tax elimination a priority, and the House agreed, passing Speaker Jason White and Rep. Trey Lamar’s HB1 bill early in the session. Now, the Senate’s liberal leadership is stalling, with a critical deadline looming this Tuesday. If HB1 fails, it will be a deliberate choice by Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, whose stance aligns more with liberals than with conservative taxpayers. We can’t waver. We must rally behind leaders like the Governor and Speaker who take bold conservative stands—and call out those who don’t. To achieve change, conservative organizations must not equivocate.” It’s one thing to advocate and promote policy, another to advocate politicians, and quite another to falsely disparage other politicians. So who supports this new conflictive norm the Center is espousing? The web site lists the following as board members: Cal Wells, chairman, Gloria Walker, Alan Wilson, Ashley Meena, Mac McGehee, John Marchetti, Price Johnson, Jim Herring, Doug McDaniel, Arty Finkelberg, and Thomas Dunbar. Staff members shown include: director of operations Anika Page, fellows Anja Baker, Vance Ginn, Matthew Mitchell, and Ilya Shapiro, and interns Lindan Garner and Elle Herrington. As for our growing conflictive norms, they are part of our evolving us versus them mentality with disparagement a useful rallying tactic. NOTE: As this column was written the House had moved to adopt the Senate’s revised proposal. “But love your enemies, do good to them” – Luke 6:35. Crawford is the author of A Republican’s Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives.Sunday, March 23, 2025
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Trollfest '07 was such a success that Jackson Jambalaya will once again host Trollfest '09. Catch this great event which will leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Othor Cain and his band, The Black Power Structure headline the night while Sonjay Poontang returns for an encore performance. Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright makes his premier appearance at Trollfest singing "I'm a Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Kamikaze will sing his new hit, “How I sold out to da Man.” Robbie Bell again performs: “Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bells” and “Any friend of Ed Peters is a friend of mine”. After the show, Ms. Bell will autograph copies of her mug shot photos. In a salute to “Dancing with the Stars”, Ms. Bell and Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith will dance the Wango Tango.
Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
Trollfest '07
Jackson Jambalaya is the home of Trollfest '07. Catch this great event which promises to leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Sonjay Poontang and his band headline the night with a special steel cage, no time limit "loser must leave town" bout between Alan Lange and "Big Cat"Donna Ladd following afterwards. Kamikaze will perform his new song F*** Bush, he's still a _____. Did I mention there was no referee? Dr. Heddy Matthias and Lori Gregory will face off in the undercard dueling with dangling participles and other um, devices. Robbie Bell will perform Her two latest songs: My Best Friends are in the Media and Mama's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be George Bell. Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger will host "Pin the Tail on the Trial Lawyer", sponsored by State Farm.
There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
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Sort of funny. He writes all about what he sees as a problem which happens to be the same thing he is writing about.
Any voter who thinks either party is acting in their personal interest is terribly naive. State tax here goes to education, health care,transportation, and corrections. So think UMMC, your jails and schools and roads/bridges being paid by your town/county only. Honestly people, you need to know how your government systems work and what they do before you start cheerfully eliminating all or parts of them.
I no longer know what conservative or liberal means. It certainly has nothing to do with fiscal policy.
So the Hoseman hoses Conservatives again.
Innocent children murdered and killed with stray bullets has become one of today’s norms; but we don’t hear anything about this from leftist opinion columnists, do we?
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Matthew 7:5
"to advance the constitutional ideals of liberty and justice for all Mississippians..." Which constitution? Not the Mississippi constitution whose ideals were clearly announced by those "conservatives" who adopted it. It was never intended for "all Mississippians" Let's correct the mistakes of the past not preserve them in the name of conservatism.
How can anyone read his sesquipedalian nonsense?
12:23 I don't hear much about that from ANY columnists leftist or rightist. Who are you talking about?
Anyone who thinks Elon Musk is doing this for his personal wealth is either stupid or a liar. He is doing it because (((they))) stole one of his beloved sons from him and mentally and physically castrated him. This is personal for Elon. He is dismantling the perverted machine of state funded child abuse. He has become the reincarnation of Henry Ford. And now X is his Dearborn Independent.
Can someone please explain what DOGE has to do with a Zionist-controlled public relations operation in Mississippi? Is Bill trying to blow a dogwhistle about the fact that DOGE exposed USAID, while Israeli Mossad and AIPAC continue to funnel the funds given to Israel back into the pockets of Israel-friendly politicians through entities like the Mississippi Center for Public Policy? And also funding this blog too. Oh yes, JJ is a benificiary of tax dollars laundered from Israel.
What a load of crap. BILLIONS of state/federal tax dollars subsidize the bullshit higher education system, which includes the community colleges which are (a few years before Covid) nothing more than 13-14th grade. ONE THIRD of their enrollment is HIGH SCHOOLERS. Mississippians are financially molested on a daily basis to keep its bureaucracy going strong. How many school districts?! How many Superintendents?! It all needs to stop.
1:40 PM, there’s plenty…plenty of articles regarding Democrats soft on Crime policies; just not from leftist Democrats, especially the white Democrats since they mostly insulate themselves from the high crime via living behind gates, and/or by living in the Republican suburbs, and/or by sending their babies to elite private schools.
Here’s an article you can start with:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/5/problem-with-jackson-mississippi-and-america/
After reading this one, do a search, read some more, then ask yourself these questions:
Why in the greatest & richest country on the planet, do we allow innocent children to be subjected to this out of control high crime?
Why did the NAACP sue Mississippi to keep them from helping with the crime?
Why do Democrat opinion columnists not talk sincerely about ways to make cities like Jackson safe for children?
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@4:51 PM Do you think JJ isn’t getting paid for the posts from Mississippi Center for Public Policy?
March 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM, I'm sure you have proof of what you claim, and now would be a good time for you to show it.
You're really going to need some high octane proof for what you say, because you're sounding like the top nut in the conspiracy tree.
I don't believe Crawford has ever heard of the Gunning Fog Index.
2:40 did you ever consider that Elon was a crappy absentee parent? How many by how many women does he have now?
Also, how is the (((they))) you are referring to? Why now just come out and say what you mean?
You all are funny. As if KF will approve a comment that exposes he is taking money from outside the state to pay for propaganda.
You're funny. Expose? I put a notice on EVERY MCPP post it is paid advertising. Period. Someone or group from the other side can buy advertising also.
I am very grateful to Mr Crawford for amplifying our message and highlighting our work in driving income tax elimination. I was also amused at how Mr Crawford starts his article complaining about attacks in politics, before attacking. Top amusement factor! Douglas Carswell, CEO at the Mississippi Center for Public Policy
I miss the days that men aspired to be gentleman and women aspired to behave like ladies. And, we all understood that intelligence and self-control were the hallmarks of an intelligent and reliable human.
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