Going on the record

This morning I took my independent voting hinney to a Democratic gubernatorial candidate meeting. I awoke early to meet these candidates for I wanted to know who was brave enough to take a stand in a state so red that the current Republican front runner for governor is acting as if he is governor. I knew it would take someone passionate about Mississippians and increasing Mississippi’s economic success to beat the Republican front runner. This morning I believe I found that candidate. Please note I am not owned by any sponsor so I can write what I dang well want to write. I am an adult and I have adult conversations. I enjoyed Kirk Fordice and Ronny Musgrove in regards to how they brought adult conversations to Mississippians and the legislature. Bill Luckett seems ready to return Mississippi to the realm of adulthood.

Mr. Luckett let it be known that he and his opponent, Mayor Johnny Dupree, had made a decision to keep the primary race clean. I knew then we had two Dems who understood mudslinging and not keeping to facts will not serve Mississippians in the long run. Both candidates share very similar ideals. However, there was just enough difference between the two to put me on the record for Bill Luckett.

The differences between the two in my view are as follows:
• BL (Bill Luckett) is able to speak with small business owners in their own language.
• JD ( Johnny Dupree) understands what government can do for business owners.
• JD wishes to create initiatives to help small business owners.
• BL wishes to expand and enforce current initiatives to help small business owners.
• JD understands in depth the needs of education and educators
• BL spoke with a depth of understanding on the connection between education/jobs and education/incarceration rates.
• JD has hopes that the children will be do better with race than what we have done.
• BL speaks to his family and friends to improve racial conditions.
• JD spoke of how Hattiesburg is doing well without an increase in taxes
• BL did not mention tax cuts or no new taxes. His silence on the matter said to me he was ready to deal with an adult issue without pandering.

I am not taking anything away from Mayor Johnny Dupree. I personally feel he should run for the United States senate against Roger Wicker in 2012. I think he will be our best hope to unseat Wicker in 2012. Bill Luckett has the passion and drive to stop the brain drain that has kept Mississippi at the bottom. Mr. Luckett, who is not a rapper or rock star, was so live and so real; he was able to impress my teenage son. My son saw him from a distance and said, “I want a picture with him”. What my son got was a conversation and a handshake from Mr. Luckett. My son was on cloud 9. If Bill Luckett is able to reach a teenager, I know he will be able to increase the number of Mississippians who stay in Mississippi.

Mississippi needs adult conversations and a break from the racial pandering of the Barbour years. This morning Bill Luckett, showed that he is ready to have adult conversations. He held back very little in his speech. He is far from being a polished politician but he is passionate about all Mississippians having an opportunity to achieve the American Dream.

Black Lightning is more than ready for prime time

Black Lightning It is finally here. I do mean finally for I have been waiting for seems to be ages (1977). I am calling for a second season having only watched the first two episodes. I am not sure of the level of involvement Tony Isabella & Trevor Von Eeden in the production of each episode. The first two I enjoyed, did I say that already? The first two episodes seems to have been packed with every issue seen in mainstream media and think pieces regarding the Black community. This posting is not a think piece. It is my piss piece. Before I touch on the piss, thanks, many thanks, to Salim and Mara Akil for making it happen. Black Lighting opens with a Black parent, once again, having to bail a child out of jail for exercising his/her right of protest in the USA. We need to question why peaceful protests with no guns see protestors arrested. Please do not take I am saying people of color should have guns at protest marches. We would be shot before the

White Boys Whine

Quick and dirty Star Trek Discovery is everything I thought it would be. It is my hope the White boys chill the fuck out . There will be a White male captain . The Black woman will be of a lowered status. White boys are you appeased ? My personal view fuck White boys who had their dicks in a vise over women of color at the helm of a fictional space vessel. I shall watch Star Trek Discovery . I shall pay the fee to CBS Access with joy. If you wanted to watch OITNB you paid Netflix . Overall I look forward to the day a fictional show that features women of color in prominent positions doesn't freak out White males. They were so freaked out they compared The Orville to Star Trek Discovery . Guys chill out , future happens .

Y'all should eat my grits no cheese

It is two days after the GOP primary in Mississippi. We are still laughing at Mitt's attempt to cuddle up to us with cheesy grits and a few y'alls thrown in. In my area of Mississippi it is yaw'all(10 second word). Had he come here expecting us to be able to count to 20 without removing our shoes, he may have been taken a little bit more seriously. I am not sure if Mitt's grits ranks with Bush's "this part of the world" statement after Katrina but it ranks. Truthfully, I enjoy cheese in my grits along with garlic and red pepper. However, I do not think my love of grits, a bowl every morning, makes me Southern. Although I was born in Southern California and partially reared in Southern Wisconsin, I consider myself a full blown Mississippian. Along with keeping my grits to myself, I also speak without care of accent. The fact that I can tell you how to get from Memphis to the Coast without using the interstate or Google says I am from Mississippi.

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