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New water park/amphitheater in Madison County?

golden eagle wrote: The buzz for the last couple of days has centered around a possible new development in the Gluckstadt area that would include a new water park and a 15k-seat amphitheater. A water park is a great idea. After all, we have to drive to Baton Rouge, Philadelphia and Collins to get to the closest parks. Having one here would…
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02/17/10 at 04:51 PM Comments (1)     filed in: General

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What Happened to Recess?

multiculturegirl wrote: This has been burning on my mind since the beginning of the school year and maybe someone can help me out, what happened to recess? I guess nothing should shock me in the post No Child Left Behind era but this really bothers me. As a new Mississippian by way of Indiana, this is my children's third year in JPS, I am…
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02/08/10 at 09:00 AM Comments (19)     filed in: Jackson

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Tancredo: Obama Won Because of No Literacy Test

golden eagle wrote: The National Tea Party convention kicked off this week in Nashville and staunch illegal immigrant foe and former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo has caused a stir by suggesting that not only is President Barack Obama a "committed Socialist ideologue," but that his election was because "we don not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote."…
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02/05/10 at 08:50 PM Comments (15)     filed in: General

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Loathing Las Vegas?

WMartin wrote: "When times are tough, you tighten your belts," President Obama said Tuesday in a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H. "You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage," He was doing well up to that point but he just had to keep going. "You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for…
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02/04/10 at 08:28 AM Comments (0)     filed in: National

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Playing With Fire in Downtown Jackson?

Tell it! wrote: Last night about 7:00 pm as I was driving down Capital Street I noticed that the street was blocked and there was about 200 people outside surrounding a fire burning in the middle of the street. I am just curious, was it some kind of block party? You new down-towners ROCK! I'm selling my house and joining the fun!
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01/07/10 at 06:00 PM Comments (2)     filed in: General

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Honey, Go Warm The Car Up, Please

SELock wrote: "Honey, can you warm the car up please!"

You grab your fuzzy slippers, make a mad dash to the car to start it up, and run back inside to finish filling your coffee cup up. As you try to decide which tie to grab out of the back closet, your car is leaving the driveway. The…
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01/06/10 at 12:20 PM Comments (7)     filed in: General

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Fiddle Away

chaffeur wrote: Now that the Senate has passed its version of healthcare reform, the real work to craft a bill for President Obama's signature begins, and the voices of opposition to anything this administration wants to do are renewed -- Nero is fiddling while Rome is burning. Those kinds of comments.

The person two customers ahead in the line at Walmart is trying…
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12/31/09 at 07:57 PM Comments (0)     filed in: National

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Conservative Doc Doesn’t Want to Pay for Your Health Care

WMartin wrote: I got this in an email and I was just positive it couldn't be real. But after some looking I found that Snopes has attributed it to the good Doctor and it appeared in the Clarion Ledger as a letter to the editor on Aug 23rd, 2009 under the title "Why Pay for Care for the…
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12/14/09 at 11:01 AM Comments (53)     filed in: National

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Barbour: U.S. wants to see Obama succeed because he’s black

golden eagle wrote: Remember a few years ago when Rush Limbaugh said that the media wanted to see Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb succeed because he's black? In the same vein, Barbour has said the same about President Obama. He did, however, say that the president's policies are unpopular.

Here we go again. Instead…
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11/09/09 at 07:20 PM Comments (40)     filed in: General

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Healthcare “forum” being held this Sunday in Brandon

jamesparker wrote: Given the area demographics and out-of-the-way venue (Nov. 8th, 4:30 pm at the Rankin Co. Multipurpose Pavilion) this one doesn't seem to be so very open for 'open debate'.
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11/03/09 at 11:50 PM Comments (3)     filed in: Mississippi

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