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Travis Childers: Why I Voted Against the Bailout
Congressman Travis Childers just released a statement on why he voted against the $700 billion bailout today. Verbatim:
Middleton and Ladd Discuss Chick Ball on WLBT
More information here on the 2008 Chick Ball.
Sandy Middleton, the director of the Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl, and JFP editor Donna Ladd will appear on WLBT's noon show Tuesday to talk about the 4th Annual …
Two More Factchecks re: Kerry
How Liberal is John Kerry?
A new RNC ad claims Kerry is "the most liberal man in the Senate." Actually, his lifetime rating is 11th or lower, depending.
City & County
Coming Home to the Washington Addition
Linda Knight was only 18 when she snuck into the Afro Lounge on Lynch Street one night in 1973 and met the man who would take her out of the …
A Mortgage Crisis of Bush's Making
The New York Times had the must-read story of the month Sunday, dissecting how the policies of Bush and friends created the deep mortgage crisis we're facing today:
Shop, Girl: Oooo, Raspberry Purses!
OK, grrls, here's your open thread for shopping this week. One can't talk about politics and philosophy all the time, you know.
JFP Night for "Santaland Diaries" TONIGHT at New Stage
Join the Jackson Free Press Friday, Dec. 16, for a special showing of "The Santaland Diaries" at New Stage Theater. You don't want to miss the hilarious and irreverent one-man …
Politics
Caller to Black JFP Writer: 'I want to offer her a plane ticket back to Africa' (LISTEN)
"I want to offer her a plane ticket back to Africa if she thinks America is so bad. Um, I would love to pay for her ticket. Also tell her …
Gentleman Caller: Always About a 'Black Person, a Black Person, a Black Person'
A caller to the Jackson Free Press today complained that we cover far too many black people and now to find some white people to write about.
City & County
Secretary of State Kicks Watkins; Watkins Alleges Republican Politics
The secretary of state says David Watkins misused bond money; Watkins says it's all about politics.
Politics
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad GOP Race for U.S. Senate
The clock is ticking for Sen. Chris McDaniel's senatorial campaign to file a challenge to the U.S. Senate race run-off election results after the Mississippi Republican Party certified Thad Cochran's …
GAO: Terror Suspects Bought Guns in U.S.
AP is reporting:
Best of Jackson 2008 Ballot Is Here
Yes, Best of Jackson season is upon us again. In the current print edition, you will find the ballot for this year's reader's choice awards. And the online version is …
A Giuliani-Barbour Ticket: Just Imagine
I just ran into this post on the Think Progress blog that is basically saying what I was earlier about all the revelations about his "blind trust" and his Katrina …
Miss. Prayer Warriors Protesting Barbour Lobbying Ties
Haley Barbour still getting paid by lobbying firm.
The Mississippi Prayer Warriors sent around this e-mail today questioning Barbour's lobbying ties. Pasted verbatim:
[Road to Wellness] Now We're Cookin', Weeks 3 and 4
I don't know about y'all, but this wellness shtick is not as easy as I thought it was going to be. The hardest thing I've found is that I have …
City & County
DOSSIER: Hinds Doc Destruction Still Threat; Disrespect in Green's Court; N-JAM Club
If you've been reading Seyma Bayram's coverage of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and my previous Friday columns, you know that she was shocked to discover that the county …
