tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post6069668617372758050..comments2024-03-29T05:32:54.378-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Da Speakah speaks on da flagKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78928168526174578552017-05-03T15:56:26.900-05:002017-05-03T15:56:26.900-05:00I'd vote to change the flag just so people can...I'd vote to change the flag just so people can stop knocking it. Let's go back to the white flag with the Magnolia Tree. Keep it Mississippi. I'm just so sick of hearing the same tired, stupid reasoning that it is racist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-90924279237506913632015-06-23T22:17:29.242-05:002015-06-23T22:17:29.242-05:00Okay, I have an idea. Let's change everything...Okay, I have an idea. Let's change everything that a) is sanctioned by the state, and b) is recognized far and wide as a symbol of racial hatred. That means the Mississippi state flag should be changed, but nothing else you dimbulbs have been talking about fits both the criteria. Crosses? Not sanctioned by the state. American flag? Not seen as a symbol of racial hatred, no matter how many KKK parades feature it. This is a no brainer, people...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51561952324711341912015-06-23T21:26:53.784-05:002015-06-23T21:26:53.784-05:006:11. All whites are not racists. The ones that ar...6:11. All whites are not racists. The ones that are, like me, are that way because we tire of seeing black "men" every day on the news having done something stupid, like shooting each other at a kids birthday party. Sorry. If the shoe fits, wear it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-26083096187856091082015-06-23T20:16:47.924-05:002015-06-23T20:16:47.924-05:00KF, in the movie parody "Confederate States o...KF, in the movie parody "Confederate States of America" (available on Netflix), the south won the war and did well afterwards.pittpanthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37853608407509571732015-06-23T19:27:15.641-05:002015-06-23T19:27:15.641-05:00For anyone who fails to grasp the irony of the fla...For anyone who fails to grasp the irony of the flag situation, reading Gwen Bristow's old novel,'The Handsome Road', is a must.<br /><br />The novel shows "Confederate Patriotism" from the viewpoint of a piece of Blonde White Trash, who happens to be a smart enough to look past the rabble-rousing, and see the truth: that her people were being whipped into a frenzy, to fight for the very plantation system which held them down. Why should they fight, to keep the raven-haired aristocrats in their mansions?<br /><br />The aristos' descendants have been leaving Mississippi since before the Civil War. The whites left in the state, today, are mostly the descendants of poor white farmers, white slaves, and "indentured servants". That any of them should identify with the Confederacy, and its symbols, is strange. Why should Mississippi's whites honor a system which assigned to their ancestors, less value than it did to African slaves? (Blacks were considered to have great value, because of their strength and heat tolerance. Poor whites were considered dangerous, uncontrollable, threats, and were often deliberately worked to death.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-8351232525773961532015-06-23T18:56:20.198-05:002015-06-23T18:56:20.198-05:00I honestly don't care on this issue one way or...I honestly don't care on this issue one way or the other. I do think that if it offends some, then let's just get rid of it. I certainly don't feel the need to fight to keep a flag that is apparently deeply hurtful to some. Get this "focus on the flag" bit over with as quickly as possible so we can move on to more important issues affecting our state such as education, crime, a failing capital city that needs help somehow some way, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35864958940045097452015-06-23T18:11:44.413-05:002015-06-23T18:11:44.413-05:00Whites are racists Whites are racists Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-21987781698176413092015-06-23T17:42:29.575-05:002015-06-23T17:42:29.575-05:00Why did I waste my time on the flag vote in 2000? ...Why did I waste my time on the flag vote in 2000? Doesn't my vote count for anything? Gunn wants to dictate his beliefs on others and circumvent the voting process.<br /><br />In addition, I find it really odd that Gunn takes this stance now. Why wasn't he leading the charge to change the flag YEARS ago if it so offensive? If anything, it shows what a coward he is for only taking a stance when it is for gain or favor. This guy is a phony.<br /><br />I really don't care if the flag stays or goes. It does not offend me, but if it is causing such pain and holding a certain group of people back, then let's change it. The black community has blamed the flag for crime, poverty, bastard kids, and all other woes of their community. Change the flag, but in 20 years, let's revisit those statistics on crime, poverty and bastard kids. I can guarantee you they won't have changed...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34967860081803413842015-06-23T16:45:56.431-05:002015-06-23T16:45:56.431-05:00I think the Speaker knows something about forgivin...I think the Speaker knows something about forgiving people who have killed family members. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11240286465375174382015-06-23T16:44:16.816-05:002015-06-23T16:44:16.816-05:00Mr. Gunn and any others, Please don’t use religio...Mr. Gunn and any others, Please don’t use religion for your campaign press release. Only a fool thinks he has the ability to “use” Jesus as a political card. You want to see words of true Christianity? In the courtroom in Charleston, family members said, “I forgive you, my family forgives you. We would like you to take this opportunity to repent. ... Do that and you'll be better off than you are right now." "Although my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate, this is proof - everyone's plea for your soul is proof they lived in love and their legacies will live in love, so hate won't win.” <br /><br />That, Mr. Gunn, is a representation of Christianity.<br /><br />The person who committed this crime had succumbed to evil. If you think removing a piece of cloth will remove evil, you are doomed before you ever approach the flag pole. <br /><br />Evil is the enemy. Always has been, always will be. <br /><br />The people who were directly hit by this tragedy, who lost family members…..they made me proud and humble by their actions in that courtroom. And not one of those people stood in that court and said it was because of a piece of cloth. To the politicians—I back their statements, not your political grandstanding that will do absolutely nothing. <br /><br />What a dishonorable service you make, playing into this fiasco. The true victims knew what the problem was and addressed it face to face. The politicians hide behind a piece of cloth.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-2490569144372976442015-06-23T16:44:04.929-05:002015-06-23T16:44:04.929-05:0012:12. Won the war! Ha. If we hadn't enslaved ...12:12. Won the war! Ha. If we hadn't enslaved people, we wouldn't have this flag issue either, would we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-83755576434823418772015-06-23T16:17:56.692-05:002015-06-23T16:17:56.692-05:00Per CL spreadsheet, Snowden is also a yes on flag ...Per CL spreadsheet, Snowden is also a yes on flag change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87154238729324443842015-06-23T15:13:47.713-05:002015-06-23T15:13:47.713-05:00What the neo-confederates do not realize is that i...What the neo-confederates do not realize is that if the South had won, it would have fallen behind. The economy was primarily agricultural while the North was industrialized. The North created a navy that Max Boot said on its own was the largest and most powerful in the world by the end of the civil war. Agricultural economies tend to lag behind industrialized ones. See Germany and its rise to power and Russia's inability to industrialize. The South would have resembled countries such as Latin America or Spain where an elite class would have done fine but when compared to other countries, the nation itself would have been backwards and agricultural in nature. Thus creating riper conditions for certain economic theories strongly disliked by conservatives and classical liberals. <br /><br />Then there is the matter of national defense. Fighting a war requires a stronger centralized government that can make quick executive decisions. 10 or 12 states playing chief at the same time would have made war-fighting tougher and such did happen during the Civil War. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-19352084642361082282015-06-23T15:05:40.434-05:002015-06-23T15:05:40.434-05:00Andrew Jackson was a racist. Let's change the ...Andrew Jackson was a racist. Let's change the name of our city to Lumumbaville. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87900167379920469782015-06-23T13:32:08.982-05:002015-06-23T13:32:08.982-05:009:24 AM, that's a good point. The rural NE Mis...9:24 AM, that's a good point. The rural NE Mississippi voters still vote in the Dem primary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87431006799390997212015-06-23T13:28:46.277-05:002015-06-23T13:28:46.277-05:001:10 "What Hippocrates!"
Hahahahaha.
...1:10 "What Hippocrates!"<br /><br />Hahahahaha. <br /><br />Ironically, he linked melancholia to mania around 400 BC.<br /><br />Which sort of explains your bipolar rant. <br /><br />This is too funny. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-9500069671353817002015-06-23T13:22:24.400-05:002015-06-23T13:22:24.400-05:00I'm amazed that people like 12:44 actually thi...I'm amazed that people like 12:44 actually think anybody gives a flying shit about the nine different versions of the Confederate flag, and how version 2(b)(1) was totally about state sovereignty not slavery. Every thread on this subject has one moron droning on about this, as if it changes the meaning of the symbol in 2015. <br /><br />It's like the racist version of Comic Book Guy going on about the philistines who don't know all the different Green Lanterns.<br /><br />For everybody else, it's simple. The endless parade of poor racist whites who display the flag aren't doing it out of admiration for the superb tactical maneuvering of the Army of Northern Virginia. They're doing it because they don't like uppity liberals --including all those Southern Republican Christian closet liberals-- telling them slavery was wrong. <br /><br />That's the meaning that flag-wavers have intended for nearly a century now. And it's the meaning that the rest of the world has rightly taken. So that's what the flag means. Deal with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12364951884888209012015-06-23T13:10:11.737-05:002015-06-23T13:10:11.737-05:00I was brought up that being a southerner you were ...I was brought up that being a southerner you were special.<br />You were patriotic<br />God fearing<br />Treated your women with respect<br />Honest <br />Now look at y'all <br />F@&k America. I'll get mine don't care who's taxes paid for it. God huh goddamn bitch go steal something.<br />This is what you people want I believe you are gonna get it. <br /><br /><br />It's funny we throw God out of our schools and run to him when something bad happens. <br />What did you expect DUMBASS!<br />What Hippocrates !<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22522694418954872162015-06-23T13:09:08.143-05:002015-06-23T13:09:08.143-05:00"the current MS state flag was adopted in 189..."the current MS state flag was adopted in 1894 to honor those CSA veterans still living at the time as well as those that had died"<br /><br />An equally good argument could be made for Germany to put a swastika in its flag. Which tends to suggest that it's not a good argument at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72498059328508540862015-06-23T12:55:05.604-05:002015-06-23T12:55:05.604-05:00If we could just elect an African American Preside...If we could just elect an African American President all our troubles would go away----Racism would end, slavery would be just a memory, and a flag would just be a piece of cloth, everyone would be happy and smiling, just one big happy melting pot of a family, with a chicken in the pot and two cars in every driveway, just you wait !! toejanglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10046567940222189092015-06-23T12:53:35.304-05:002015-06-23T12:53:35.304-05:00"As a Christian..."
So can he or anyone..."As a Christian..."<br /><br />So can he or anyone else not be against the flag unless they believe in a mystic muffin in the sky???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-65172661368578328812015-06-23T12:44:23.843-05:002015-06-23T12:44:23.843-05:00What happened yesterday guns killed people. Now to...What happened yesterday guns killed people. Now today flags kill people.<br />You people are sheep the left knows more gun laws are going nowhere so to " never let a crisis go by" they think they can get our flag. <br />This is a trial balloon to gauge public support,<br />1. To 11:35 you are a product of our skrools your knowledge of southern history is suspect.(read Patrick Cleburne's quote on how history will be written")<br />2. A person could try to explain the difference between the battle flag (that was only on the battlefield ) and the first, second or third confederate national flag. But you can only reason with someone willing to accept reason as an answer.<br />3. Today the battle flag, tomorrow the Christian flag. Remember what the priest said about the nazi's ,yesterday they took the crazy and homosexuals and nobody said anything ect.ect. Tomorrow they will come for you.<br />4. Reparations ,we are 18 trillion in debt.<br />5. They are trying to put us on our knees and you are bending your own knee willingly.<br />6. As for your redneck comment "redneck" is relative everyone who lives below Maryland is redneck to someone.<br />7. I could go on but proverbs says not to argue with a fool or people will wonder which one is the fool. I'll do my talking at the ballot box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78613808046409155082015-06-23T12:21:34.237-05:002015-06-23T12:21:34.237-05:00Now both Geoff Pender and Clay Chandler are mailin...Now both Geoff Pender and Clay Chandler are mailing it in! Reporting from Mississippi's Daily-of-Record at its finest. We must applaud Jason Taylor for sparing no expense in scouring the USofA to find Sam Hall hiding right in his very own newsroom. Can we just give the C-L all the awards going forward?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46272870343808216212015-06-23T12:19:03.778-05:002015-06-23T12:19:03.778-05:0011:09 - I question your bone fides - you talk all ...11:09 - I question your bone fides - you talk all about your ancestors but don't seem to know the current MS state flag was adopted in 1894 to honor those CSA veterans still living at the time as well as those that had died. It had NOTHING to do with the 1950/60s segregation issues - that was still 60 years away. It was merely bestowing an honor on those that had sacrificed life and limb for their state. Most were young boys who had no idea what they were fighting for and absolutely no financial stake in the affair. They left as kids and those that did return were in many cases missing a limb. 1/5 of the state budget in 1866/67 was spent on artificial limbs? That is a lot of hooks and stumps. In fact many of the actual slave owners never fought and wanted to stay in the Union - better for business. Why you will let one nut in another state dictate your life, heritage, culture, and define who you are is beyond me. You all seem to be suffering from the Bruce Jenner affect - I don't like myself so It must be someone else's fault and I will wear a dress - there now - I feel good about myself again. Changing a flag changes nothing - just like Bruce you can change the outside but the fundamentals remain the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-3875959075392465302015-06-23T12:15:19.646-05:002015-06-23T12:15:19.646-05:00Republican leadership has just played the lame str...Republican leadership has just played the lame stream Mississippi Press Corps like a fiddle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com