Remember the Scott sisters of Mississippi ,who were released from a prison after serving 16 years for a petty crime, on the condition one sister donate a kidney to the other? Well, the Scott sisters didn't get a full pardon. "I guess if I had been a murderer, he would have pardoned me."~Gladys Scott
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The title of today's post is ripped from the Law and Order television series. Join me as we go inside today's headlines.
M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i Burning? Ex Mississippi Governor Haley "Boss Hogs" Barbour pardoned nearly 200 prisoners, 4 or whom are convicted killers, on his way out office. Barbour didn't publicize the pardons, (I wonder why?) but defends them on the grounds they had good behavior while pouring drinks and serving food at the Governors Mansion.
Huh? Convicted killers worked at the Governors mansion? Why? Because it's F-R-E-E labor or slavery by another name. Barbour freed his slaves. The only problem is, some of these slaves are also convicted killers and Barbour may have violated the states constitution.
I thought republicans were for law and order? Snark It's too bad Troy Anthony Davis didn't live in Mississippi...all he wanted was a new trial. But I digress.
This illustrates what's wrong with the Convict-Lease System republicans use to take the country back to the days of slavery and Jim Crow. Convicts get job training and jobs while they are incarcerated but can't hold once they are released, because they are convicted felons with a record. Meanwhile, there are no such job training programs for unemployed, law abiding citizens. Inmates jobs and training, law abiding citizens, nothing. What's wrong with this picture?
It should come as no surprise the majority of Mississippi' voters passed a voter ID bill in November to disenfranchise minority voters so folks like Barbour can keep getting elected.
White man fighting Obama candidacy ask black Jefferson County Judge to step aside due to racial bias. Sweet Home Alabama...where the skies are blue and the people are bible thumping, suckers who hate President Obama in the name of the Lord. Enough said.
A GOP Civil War is breaking out in the State of Alabama, it's TeaPublican vs TeaPublican in Alabama's 6th Congressional district. Y'all can bet your Donkey's it's going to get U-G-L-Y.. got popcorn?
Meanwhile, on the democratic side, C.L. Holley goes where skeered white democrats fear to go. Tired of waiting for Alabama democratic party insiders to field a candidate to run against republican Congress Critter Mo "I'll do anything short of shooting them" Brooks, C. L. Holley stepped up to the plate to offer CD-5 DEMOCRATS (not to be confused with progressives) an alternative in November. I admire and applaud his courage. For those who say he can't win I say Poppycock! If we vote for him he will win. Yes we can fire Mo Brooks!
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2 comments:
I've never been to Alabama. It sounds like a fun place to visit. I think that's about the change--that is, if my daughter in Montgomery doesn't get cold feet and return the engagement ring she recently received.
What a disappointment for the Scott sisters not to receive a full pardon: Perhaps they should have worked (slaved?) for the guv'nor like the other trusted, convicted felons.
Sweet Home Alabama
The Cradle of the Confederacy
The home of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
The home of Jimmie Lee Jackson
The home of the Bloody Sunday
The home of Bull Conner
The home of segreation today, segreation, tomorrow, segregation forever.
The home of Championship College Football teams.
Alabama is a fun place to visit. Living here is another matter.
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