Have you guys ever given consideration to the fact that people are leaving the Democrat party these days because the guys in charge are such a bunch of obnoxious jerks?
You've got the Speekah, Samson, the Godfather...not to mention the leadership of the Black Caucus, who are about as polite as a rabid wolverine and as helpful as the IRS. And we haven't even gotten to the Golden Boy, who might not be able to get elected the most popular guy in a phone booth. Maybe Nash and Davy should look at that factor before they bash anyone for leaving the party.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Back to Mayo and Davy
Today, I happend to click on the indespensible Magnolia Report blog section (speaking of which, where did my entry go?). I was treated, constant reader, to the wit and wisdom...or what passes for it, anyway...of John Mayo and David Hampton. First, to the Grand Mayonaise himself.
John Mayo wonders if Republicans have hearts, since he is (in his own mind) unjustly linked to Nan from San Fran and the Speekah. After all, Mississippi might refuse unemployment insurance money from the Multi-Generational Financial Rape Package! Of course, much like most of the Democrats spending money in Jackson, he failed to read the fine print.
In taking that money, the state is on the hook to keep those benefits at the level the Crap Sandwich known as the Stimulus sets. And since there isn't going to be a stimulus every year (thank you, God), we'll have to make up that difference. Its not a lack of a heart on the part of the Governor; its a lack of brains on the part of our legislators. All they see is a big chunk of change to spend; never mind the actual consequences.
All that leads me to wonder: If Republicans don't have hearts (since they don't care about the Workin' Man!) does that mean that Democrats don't have brains? I say this since they are really, really haphazard with other people's money. The Crap Sandwich, loaded with items that will not create one single job, is one example. The phrase, "Nissan for Rural Mississippi," also comes to mind.
Then there's David Hampton, and his recent blog post musing about how unfair it is that coaches make more money than professors at most (if not all) universities. Of course, Davy misses the point again. College professors are tenured; it takes, in most cases, nothing short of plagiarism for them to be fired. In effect, they are guaranteed lifetime employment. They work 40-hour, 5-day weeks, and are, in many cases, provided with living accomodations by their university. Their children also attend school, at least in the case of some of our state universities, at roughly half the cost of an average student. Professors, for the most part, have little to do with the recruitment of students to their school. All this, and, for the most part, they are not economic mulitpliers.
A college coach, on the other hand, is not tenured. He serves at the pleasure of his superiors, and may be fired for just about any reason at any time. He works well over 100 hours a week, and for a good part of the year, at least 6 days a week. Oftentimes, he is on the road for weeks at a time, living out of his suitcase, selling his university not only to prospective students but to their familes and communities.
The college coach is an economic multiplier. Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium at Ole Miss, which is the example that Davy used, seats 60,500 people (give or take). Assume the average price of a ticket is $25 (dear God, for a $25 ticket! I'd shoot people for that). That yields a million dollars to the university just in gate reciepts for one game. This is before concessions are sold, university paraphanalia is purchased, or panchos are necessarily purchased during rainstorms (a benefit, no doubt, of Ole Miss' stick policy-umbrellas are forbidden).
Now, think about it like this, Davy: On football Saturdays, Oxford, normally a town of 15,000 people (roughly the size of economically-moribund Greenwood) swells past Gulfport as the second-largest city in the state. If Vaught-Hemmingway stadium is filled to capacity, it outstrips Hattiesburg and Biloxi's total population (the same is true of Scott Field at Mississippi State; Roberts Stadium at USM would rank slightly below fifth-place Southaven). Even if you assume simply a day trip for most visitors, that still includes at least one meal eaten away from home, two tanks of gas purchased (along with various sundries), plus whatever tailgating supplies are purchased. This does not include those who fill hotel rooms, eat out more than once, or ply the shops around town. Remember as well that in Oxford and Starkville, there are a number of people who never attend the game. This number can be assumed to be anywhere from 5-15,000 depending on the game.
Let's not even get into the publicity that a school gets from a televised football game. The two spots narrated by Morgan Freeman that Ole Miss is fond of running during games spring to mind. When all that is said and done, the successful college coach has grown the economy by a large number. If you want to see the impact, why don't you ask Oxford or Starkville merchants how much they care for 3-win seasons in football?
But all this escapes Davy. All he sees are random numbers pulled from a pile. The compensation packages for football assistants are more than fair based upon the economic criteria above. Its just that it tugs at his poor liberal heart strings too much for him to, you know, think about it and stuff.
John Mayo wonders if Republicans have hearts, since he is (in his own mind) unjustly linked to Nan from San Fran and the Speekah. After all, Mississippi might refuse unemployment insurance money from the Multi-Generational Financial Rape Package! Of course, much like most of the Democrats spending money in Jackson, he failed to read the fine print.
In taking that money, the state is on the hook to keep those benefits at the level the Crap Sandwich known as the Stimulus sets. And since there isn't going to be a stimulus every year (thank you, God), we'll have to make up that difference. Its not a lack of a heart on the part of the Governor; its a lack of brains on the part of our legislators. All they see is a big chunk of change to spend; never mind the actual consequences.
All that leads me to wonder: If Republicans don't have hearts (since they don't care about the Workin' Man!) does that mean that Democrats don't have brains? I say this since they are really, really haphazard with other people's money. The Crap Sandwich, loaded with items that will not create one single job, is one example. The phrase, "Nissan for Rural Mississippi," also comes to mind.
Then there's David Hampton, and his recent blog post musing about how unfair it is that coaches make more money than professors at most (if not all) universities. Of course, Davy misses the point again. College professors are tenured; it takes, in most cases, nothing short of plagiarism for them to be fired. In effect, they are guaranteed lifetime employment. They work 40-hour, 5-day weeks, and are, in many cases, provided with living accomodations by their university. Their children also attend school, at least in the case of some of our state universities, at roughly half the cost of an average student. Professors, for the most part, have little to do with the recruitment of students to their school. All this, and, for the most part, they are not economic mulitpliers.
A college coach, on the other hand, is not tenured. He serves at the pleasure of his superiors, and may be fired for just about any reason at any time. He works well over 100 hours a week, and for a good part of the year, at least 6 days a week. Oftentimes, he is on the road for weeks at a time, living out of his suitcase, selling his university not only to prospective students but to their familes and communities.
The college coach is an economic multiplier. Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium at Ole Miss, which is the example that Davy used, seats 60,500 people (give or take). Assume the average price of a ticket is $25 (dear God, for a $25 ticket! I'd shoot people for that). That yields a million dollars to the university just in gate reciepts for one game. This is before concessions are sold, university paraphanalia is purchased, or panchos are necessarily purchased during rainstorms (a benefit, no doubt, of Ole Miss' stick policy-umbrellas are forbidden).
Now, think about it like this, Davy: On football Saturdays, Oxford, normally a town of 15,000 people (roughly the size of economically-moribund Greenwood) swells past Gulfport as the second-largest city in the state. If Vaught-Hemmingway stadium is filled to capacity, it outstrips Hattiesburg and Biloxi's total population (the same is true of Scott Field at Mississippi State; Roberts Stadium at USM would rank slightly below fifth-place Southaven). Even if you assume simply a day trip for most visitors, that still includes at least one meal eaten away from home, two tanks of gas purchased (along with various sundries), plus whatever tailgating supplies are purchased. This does not include those who fill hotel rooms, eat out more than once, or ply the shops around town. Remember as well that in Oxford and Starkville, there are a number of people who never attend the game. This number can be assumed to be anywhere from 5-15,000 depending on the game.
Let's not even get into the publicity that a school gets from a televised football game. The two spots narrated by Morgan Freeman that Ole Miss is fond of running during games spring to mind. When all that is said and done, the successful college coach has grown the economy by a large number. If you want to see the impact, why don't you ask Oxford or Starkville merchants how much they care for 3-win seasons in football?
But all this escapes Davy. All he sees are random numbers pulled from a pile. The compensation packages for football assistants are more than fair based upon the economic criteria above. Its just that it tugs at his poor liberal heart strings too much for him to, you know, think about it and stuff.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
I Recognize Those Fingerprints
At the Neshoba County Fair last week a Democratic operative, sitting 2 seats from the Speekah himself, heckled the governor. When I read about it on YP, I knew whose lame idea this was.
In 'power' once again, it's the Golden Boy himself.
If you'll remember, back at Jacinto in 2003, Mr. Franks took it upon himself to heckle his opponent, Jeremy Martin, as he spoke. Of course, being as detail-oriented guy, he failed to notice that the entire thing was videotaped. All class, that Jamie Franks.
Its going to be a wonderful four years, constant readers. All those fine things that he did back in the hill country, all those dirty tricks...now the entire state gets to see how a friend of the workin' man takes care of his business. I can tell you this: There are a lot of Democrats who privately wish that he would just go away. They know he's a reckless, loose cannon with questionable allegiances.
Thanks so much for being good little boys and girls and going along with Uncle Billy.
In 'power' once again, it's the Golden Boy himself.
If you'll remember, back at Jacinto in 2003, Mr. Franks took it upon himself to heckle his opponent, Jeremy Martin, as he spoke. Of course, being as detail-oriented guy, he failed to notice that the entire thing was videotaped. All class, that Jamie Franks.
Its going to be a wonderful four years, constant readers. All those fine things that he did back in the hill country, all those dirty tricks...now the entire state gets to see how a friend of the workin' man takes care of his business. I can tell you this: There are a lot of Democrats who privately wish that he would just go away. They know he's a reckless, loose cannon with questionable allegiances.
Thanks so much for being good little boys and girls and going along with Uncle Billy.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A Note on Nash
The Supreme Commander El Rushbo has a saying about the mainstream media, and to paraphrase it, it goes something like this:
When the media believes the Republicans are at fault, they blame the Republicans. And when the media believes that the Democrats are at fault, they blame both Republicans and Democrats.
It was kind of a surprise to see Jere Nash do the same thing today in his blog about Medicaid. Jere would love to say that the Democrats (those who believe that the only good Republican is a dead one) in the House are wrong, but he just can't bring himself to do it (after all, he is one).
What he'd love to say is that the issue is a political loser for the House (after all, they didn't make a bit of headway against Barbour/Bryant last year trying to make cigarette taxes a wedge issue).
All he can really squeeze out, and after much effort, I'm sure, is the need for compromise. What he leaves off, as Rep. Greg Snowden has noted on his blog, is that the House has refused compromise and is now ready to play chicken with the governor.
I love watching 'em squirm, I really do.
When the media believes the Republicans are at fault, they blame the Republicans. And when the media believes that the Democrats are at fault, they blame both Republicans and Democrats.
It was kind of a surprise to see Jere Nash do the same thing today in his blog about Medicaid. Jere would love to say that the Democrats (those who believe that the only good Republican is a dead one) in the House are wrong, but he just can't bring himself to do it (after all, he is one).
What he'd love to say is that the issue is a political loser for the House (after all, they didn't make a bit of headway against Barbour/Bryant last year trying to make cigarette taxes a wedge issue).
All he can really squeeze out, and after much effort, I'm sure, is the need for compromise. What he leaves off, as Rep. Greg Snowden has noted on his blog, is that the House has refused compromise and is now ready to play chicken with the governor.
I love watching 'em squirm, I really do.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
In the Sprit of the Easter Story....
Crucify him, Jim Hood. Crucify him.
About this time four years ago, our Intrepid Attorney General and State Rube was determined to set an example for those who would violate the sanctity of our state's campaign finance laws. Apparently, while he, Eric Clark, and Mike Moore wasted our state's resources investigating Jeremy Martin, he somehow missed all the shenanigans going on down the street in the Governor's mansion regarding the Reaper and the Speekah's beef plant.
So, go ahead, Samson. Crucify him. Maybe this time you'll set that example you were looking so hard for. After all, a well-off lawyer and former governor makes a much better example than school teacher. Maybe, one of these days, if they throw you enough BP fastballs, you'll hit one out of the park. Or does this one have to wait another 36 years for you to take a swing at it?
Friday, January 18, 2008
I Guess the Reaper was Right
A week ago Steve Holland told us this was gonna happen-the scorched earth policy that the Cholesterol Crew has put forth in the past is going to continue. Today we find out that he wasn't kidding. The crew that attempted to put the Memphis suburbs and Tupelo in a Congressional District with Madison county (hope all of you First District voters remember that when the Reaper comes calling for votes) has struck again. I guess there'll be four more years of bottled-up legislation and pidgeonholeing. Congrats to us: Fiftieth with a bullet and we haven't figured out that the problem is the fossils we keep filling our legislature with.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Amazing
I haven't seen this much crying since...well, frankly, my house about the time Doyle Jackson decided to throw the SEC and NCAA rulebook out the window Saturday afternoon.
From Eaves to Nash to Ike to, I'm sure, Samson, the Golden Boy and the Cholesterol Crew, it looks like the responsible wing of the Democrat party has walked out on the true believers with today's endorsement.
I wonder what the news media is going to say tomorrow. I'm sure Bobby Harrison and Lloyd Gray and David Hampton will weep and gnash their teeth as well.
From Eaves to Nash to Ike to, I'm sure, Samson, the Golden Boy and the Cholesterol Crew, it looks like the responsible wing of the Democrat party has walked out on the true believers with today's endorsement.
I wonder what the news media is going to say tomorrow. I'm sure Bobby Harrison and Lloyd Gray and David Hampton will weep and gnash their teeth as well.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Franks on the Record (A Parody)
1) Why are you best qualified to lead the Mississippi State Senate in the next term as lieutenant governor?
Well, first of all, Steve and Billy think I'd do an awesome job. Second, I'm in good health, which makes me an even more attractive candidate. Third, I like money-I'd like to have some more of it. The job pays well. I think that's a perfect match. Fourth, Steve told me that I get to whip the ass of a queer every week. It's in the constitution or something.
2) What issues separate you from your opponent and define your campaign?
I don't own a bunch of Liberace and Elton John records like he does, for starters. That's big right there. He hates Jesus. I know that for a fact. He hates old people, the poor and kids. I have it on good authority he hates his own children. He likes to ramble on about things like "physical responsibility" and "budges" like anyone knows what those have to do with state government. Plus he talks like Haley Barbour doesn't have cooties. Barbour is a good man, but he does have cooties. Billy told me so.
Also I know how to pass a law. I was a committee chairman. Billy gave me a big ole gavel and I hit it a bunch. It takes 62 votes to pass a law. Phil doesn't know that. Steve told me Hob would help me in the senate cause it's different and stuff. It takes like 20 or something there.
Third, I'll be totally independent. Billy and Steve said they'd handle all the hard stuff, I'd just have to hit the gavel. It's bigger than my chairman gavel. I've been hitting the weights for a long time to handle it.
3) You've been attacked as "too liberal for Mississippi" in recent TV ads. Based on your record, why are those charges unfair or unfounded?
Yeah, it's unfair. I mean, anyone can charge people with being liberal. Steve says we aren't, anyway. That should settle it for most people. Sure, I gave money to John Kerry and Al Gore, just about the federal maximum, but they're just going to be president and stuff. It's not like they were going to push for gay rights or something. I've banned gay marraige and adoption and soon I'll ban gay people with my 'whip the ass of a queer' legislation. I mean, they were against abortion and didn't want to take peoples' guns. Bill swore they'd never do anything like that. And we all know that they wouldn't have raised taxes-they'd have just readjusted the rates to the Clinton ones from 2000. I mean, it sounds the same as a tax hike, but it's not. I don't know why people think I voted for wasteful spending. The beef plant was the Nissan for rural Mississippi. We're so pleased with it. That's just good economic investment.
4) You voted for the beef plant. You said yesterday that your opponent had a significant role in the plant's failure. How should the voters fairly judge both candidates based on the beef plant's failure?
I think I shouldn't be judged on it at all. We had the best of intentions. Sure, we didn't listen to anyone who knew anything about economics and agriculture, and we appropriated money to a guy who'd failed at the same thing elsewhere. Anyone could make that mistake. It was an honest one. Now Phil? I think he has a man-crush on Richard Hall and the contractor guy. I mean, it's not like he investigated it with the feds or anything. Plus, Jim always wanted to play detectives. You know Bilbo used to do it all the time. He'd pretend to do something bad to get someone else in trouble. We love Bilbo. I liked the movie about the rings. Those little guys were so cute. But they were probably gay for each other. And that's not right.
5) You sued the Itawamba County School District and Fair View Junior High.
I don't know anything about that.
6) Your name is on the paperwork.
Listen queer, I don't know anything about that. If you ask about it again I'll whip your ass.
7) Jeremy Martin-
I don't know who that is.
8) He was your opponent in 2003. You outspent him 4-1 and barely won.
Quit that. Everyone knows I was so loved that no one would run against me.
9) He ended up in jail just months after the race. In the Daily Journal, you claimed to have turned him in after a constituent informed you of financial improprieties, and you turned it over to the Attorney General.
If he went to jail, it's because he's a butt bandit. Butt bandits should go to jail. I didn't have anything do do with that.
10) You were quoted in the paper-
Listen, paperboy, I didn't do nothing. Not another word about it.
11) The Osama lawsuit...
You must hate America if you don't want me to sue Osama.
12) Is crime an issue?
No. There is no crime in district 19 because people are afraid I'll whip their ass if they step out of line. When I'm Lt. Governor, there will be no crime at all.
13) We pundits at the Clarion Ledger think, without the benefit of a poll, that the race appears to be tightening. How do you like your chances at victory at this point?
Steve and Billy say Phil's scared, and I believe them. They tell me I'm good looking, and young, but not in a queer way, cause if they did, I'd whip their ass. I think I'm gonna win and win big, because nobody in their right mind would vote for a queer who hates Jesus and grandma like Phil Bryant.
Well, first of all, Steve and Billy think I'd do an awesome job. Second, I'm in good health, which makes me an even more attractive candidate. Third, I like money-I'd like to have some more of it. The job pays well. I think that's a perfect match. Fourth, Steve told me that I get to whip the ass of a queer every week. It's in the constitution or something.
2) What issues separate you from your opponent and define your campaign?
I don't own a bunch of Liberace and Elton John records like he does, for starters. That's big right there. He hates Jesus. I know that for a fact. He hates old people, the poor and kids. I have it on good authority he hates his own children. He likes to ramble on about things like "physical responsibility" and "budges" like anyone knows what those have to do with state government. Plus he talks like Haley Barbour doesn't have cooties. Barbour is a good man, but he does have cooties. Billy told me so.
Also I know how to pass a law. I was a committee chairman. Billy gave me a big ole gavel and I hit it a bunch. It takes 62 votes to pass a law. Phil doesn't know that. Steve told me Hob would help me in the senate cause it's different and stuff. It takes like 20 or something there.
Third, I'll be totally independent. Billy and Steve said they'd handle all the hard stuff, I'd just have to hit the gavel. It's bigger than my chairman gavel. I've been hitting the weights for a long time to handle it.
3) You've been attacked as "too liberal for Mississippi" in recent TV ads. Based on your record, why are those charges unfair or unfounded?
Yeah, it's unfair. I mean, anyone can charge people with being liberal. Steve says we aren't, anyway. That should settle it for most people. Sure, I gave money to John Kerry and Al Gore, just about the federal maximum, but they're just going to be president and stuff. It's not like they were going to push for gay rights or something. I've banned gay marraige and adoption and soon I'll ban gay people with my 'whip the ass of a queer' legislation. I mean, they were against abortion and didn't want to take peoples' guns. Bill swore they'd never do anything like that. And we all know that they wouldn't have raised taxes-they'd have just readjusted the rates to the Clinton ones from 2000. I mean, it sounds the same as a tax hike, but it's not. I don't know why people think I voted for wasteful spending. The beef plant was the Nissan for rural Mississippi. We're so pleased with it. That's just good economic investment.
4) You voted for the beef plant. You said yesterday that your opponent had a significant role in the plant's failure. How should the voters fairly judge both candidates based on the beef plant's failure?
I think I shouldn't be judged on it at all. We had the best of intentions. Sure, we didn't listen to anyone who knew anything about economics and agriculture, and we appropriated money to a guy who'd failed at the same thing elsewhere. Anyone could make that mistake. It was an honest one. Now Phil? I think he has a man-crush on Richard Hall and the contractor guy. I mean, it's not like he investigated it with the feds or anything. Plus, Jim always wanted to play detectives. You know Bilbo used to do it all the time. He'd pretend to do something bad to get someone else in trouble. We love Bilbo. I liked the movie about the rings. Those little guys were so cute. But they were probably gay for each other. And that's not right.
5) You sued the Itawamba County School District and Fair View Junior High.
I don't know anything about that.
6) Your name is on the paperwork.
Listen queer, I don't know anything about that. If you ask about it again I'll whip your ass.
7) Jeremy Martin-
I don't know who that is.
8) He was your opponent in 2003. You outspent him 4-1 and barely won.
Quit that. Everyone knows I was so loved that no one would run against me.
9) He ended up in jail just months after the race. In the Daily Journal, you claimed to have turned him in after a constituent informed you of financial improprieties, and you turned it over to the Attorney General.
If he went to jail, it's because he's a butt bandit. Butt bandits should go to jail. I didn't have anything do do with that.
10) You were quoted in the paper-
Listen, paperboy, I didn't do nothing. Not another word about it.
11) The Osama lawsuit...
You must hate America if you don't want me to sue Osama.
12) Is crime an issue?
No. There is no crime in district 19 because people are afraid I'll whip their ass if they step out of line. When I'm Lt. Governor, there will be no crime at all.
13) We pundits at the Clarion Ledger think, without the benefit of a poll, that the race appears to be tightening. How do you like your chances at victory at this point?
Steve and Billy say Phil's scared, and I believe them. They tell me I'm good looking, and young, but not in a queer way, cause if they did, I'd whip their ass. I think I'm gonna win and win big, because nobody in their right mind would vote for a queer who hates Jesus and grandma like Phil Bryant.
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