never been to mississippi, or the so-called "deep" south, but it has always had a sort of dark mystique for me, probably due to my teenage infatuation with faulkner. when i think of mississippi i think of spanish moss, humidity, and guilt. also like, a state full of people i have nothing in common with. glad i don't live there.
― Pat Finn, Saturday, 27 April 2013 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
is this the easiest or hardest PR project ever?
http://mississippibelieveit.com/home/
― goole, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
No Black. No White. Just The Blues.
Some see the world in black and white. Others see varying shades of gray. But, Mississippi taught the world to see ... and hear ... the Blues. Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, W.C. Handy, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddly, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Milton, B.B. King ... they all travelled the most revered blues highway in the world – Mississippi’s Highway 61. Mississippi. Birthplace of the Blues.
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
mississippi taught us all that color doesn't really matter
i've been to clarksdale just recently and yeah 'blues tourism' is pretty weird
― goole, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Faulkner and the blues are enough to defend mississippi, which i always think of rightly or wrongly as our most "tragic" state.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
What started on an airplane as a conversation between a 12-year-old boy from Connecticut and a Mississippi businessman led to the creation of Mississippi, Believe It!™ The boy asked Rick Looser, COO of The Cirlot Agency, if he, "still saw the KKK on the streets every day" ... and whether or not he "hates all black people." This stunning revelation was the catalyst to create the campaign, which combats the erroneous stereotypes that plague Mississippi. The Cirlot Agency designed Mississippi, Believe It!™, pro bono, to inform and educate the world about the accomplishments, wonderful people, aspects and facts associated with the state of Mississippi. The campaign takes common Mississippi stereotypes and twists them to reveal the truth about the state.
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Wait i said basically the same thing at the last revive. Sorry all. State tourism PR campaigns are generally lol
― Treeship, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
wow 2nd time i've read this quoted today. here was the first:
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/may/28/arterial-america-dispatch-jackson/
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
― goole, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4:20 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hasn't been updated in five years from what i can tell, so i guess they were successful!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, we wear shoes.A few of us even wear cleats.
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/buckhalter-mississippi-stillbirth-manslaughter
― Home Despot (WilliamC), Monday, 17 June 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/lawsuit-mississippi-prison-mentally-ill
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 June 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
Mississippi based singer Ms. Jody though did a nice gig up my way in Maryland recently
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 June 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
So many relatives who live in DeSoto County I'll never visit. Sad, really.
― pplains, Friday, 26 July 2013 03:31 (ten years ago) link
basically memphis suburb now, right? as a kid, desoto county soccer teams were the ones to beat.
― andrew m., Friday, 26 July 2013 15:07 (ten years ago) link
Aw, does that mean you'll never come visit me either, PP?
― schlock corridor (WilliamC), Friday, 26 July 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
http://www.deepsouthprogressive.com/2013/09/bryant-defies-supreme-court-pentagon-federal-benefits-gay-service-members.html
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 6 September 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
"The governor don’t like same-sex marriage"
― |citation needed| (will), Friday, 6 September 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
"...derp-derp," added the governor's spokesman.
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 6 September 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Have no memory of my last post in this thread, btw.
― pplains, Friday, 6 September 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
the governor don't like subject-verb agreement. to same-y. like homo-sexual marriage.
― |citation needed| (will), Friday, 6 September 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
DeSoto County
― |citation needed| (will), Friday, 6 September 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Mississippi judge ejects Sikh from court for refusing to remove ‘that rag’ from his head
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/27/mississppi-judge-ejects-sikh-from-court-for-refusing-to-remove-that-rag-from-his-head/
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 27 September 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
"Take the rag away from your head, now's not the time for your beard"
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Friday, 27 September 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
http://thedmonline.com/upd-investigating-discovery-of-noose-and-flag-on-meredith-statue/
― lewd, pulsating rhythm 4 lyfe (WilliamC), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
http://wdam.images.worldnow.com/images/24843507_BG1.jpg
― set the trolls for the heart of the sun (how's life), Monday, 3 March 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
asshole sonofabitch
http://www.governorbryant.com/governor-bryant-signs-senate-bill-2681-mississippi-religious-freedom-restoration-act/
― WilliamC, Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
Lame. But Mississippi has a nice hiphop influenced dance company who are the subject of a reality show on the Lifetime channel that I stumbled upon:
Founded in 2001 by Dianna Williams, or "Miss D," the Dancing Dolls of Jackson, Mississippi, ages 7 to 17, are said to be one of the country's preeminent dance troupes, with over 15 Grand Champion titles and more than 100 trophies under their belt.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/lifetime-launches-new-series-set-in-elite-world-of-hip-hop-majorette-competitions-watch-preview
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 3 April 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/05/15/new-case-again-demonstrates-duplicity-of-embattled-mississippi-medical-examiner/?hpid=z3
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
This stunning revelation was the catalyst to create the campaign, which combats the erroneous stereotypes that plague Mississippi
...and which the politicians of Mississippi choose to reinforce every day!
― espring (amateurist), Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
Ugh.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah that article was horrifying.
― espring (amateurist), Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/the_abandonment_meme_in_the_mi050483.php
criminal conspiracy charges against three people other than the original suspect, blogger “Constitutional Clayton” Kelly—to take photos of Rose Cochran in a Mississippi nursing facility:
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
I saw that today. What in the hell.
Defending Thad Cochran, didn't know it was possible in my mind.
― pplains, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
This has been a crazy-ass story. I thought about voting in the Republican primary for McDaniel, in the spirit of "let's get all the crazy out in the open," but this whole thing is radioactive to me now. I'll vote for Childers in November, but he's going to get his head handed to him on a stick.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/05/23/madison-county-judge-accused-racial-abuse/9518717/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Can anyone school me on this guy and his movie doc? This is happening in D.C. this week at the Library of Congress
Thursday, June 5, 201412:00 Noon to 1:00 pm West Dining Room, Sixth Floor, James Madison Building
Michael Ford.
Homeplace Mississippi: a Cultural Journey, presented by Documentarian Michael Ford, Yellow Cat Productions, Washington, DC
During the early 1970s, filmmaker Michael Ford lived in and documented traditional music, farming practices, blacksmithing, molasses-making, and other aspects of community life in La Fayette, Marshall, Tate, and Panola Counties, Mississippi. Portions of his material were published in his documentary film Homeplace (1975). Recently, Ford's important collection of films and photographs documenting grassroots community life in northern Mississippi was acquired by the American Folklife Center archive. To celebrate this recent acquisition and to discuss his experiences in the 1970s as well as talk about his on-going work documenting life and culture in contemporary Mississippi, Mr. Ford joins American Folklife Center archivist Todd Harvey for a program highlighting his work.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/michael-fords-homeplace-mississippi-in-the-1970s/
Found this
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 June 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
I had an appt with my primary care doctor this morning -- she's leaving this practice and the state and today's her last day. "We came here from Arkansas, and I thought Mississippi wouldn't be much different, but boy was I wrong -- it's very different here. My husband and I don't have kids and aren't really interested in having kids, and the nonstop judgement about that...ugh....My husband grew up in Detroit and then Minneapolis, and this was just not a good fit."Me: "Congratulations on the escape."Her: "Hahaha, thanks."
― WilliamC, Thursday, 5 June 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
*judgment
― WilliamC, Thursday, 5 June 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
"We came here from Arkansas, and I thought Mississippi wouldn't be much different, but boy was I wrong -- it's very different here."
Offended on multiple levels.
― pplains, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:02 (ten years ago) link
I def thought about you when she said that.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
"My husband grew up in Detroit and then Minneapolis, and this was just not a good fit."
that'd be some fun culture shock, I am sure
― a strange man (mh), Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
I mean, take my home-state bias out of it.
"Gosh, it sure seems a bit backwards living here in Arkansas. Maybe we should try a different place... like Mississippi."
― pplains, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
I guess I read that a little wrong. They moved from Arkansas and didn't think Mississippi would be much worse.
Still offended.
http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/assets/images/galerias/2013/10-Octubre/11%20personas%20ficm/exclusivo.gif
― pplains, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I gather my doc is from Arkansas or at least spent a long time there -- she has a bit of a southern accent but not a really heavy one. She was careful to say she didn't think MS would be "much different," not "much worse." This was basically them finding out that once population -- density as well as raw numbers -- drops below a certain point, there's just not a hell of a lot to do. Oh well, she only spent 2 years here.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
A top aide to state Sen. Chris McDaniel is under investigation along with two others as to why they were locked in a Mississippi county courthouse hours after ballots were counted in a fierce Senate GOP primary on Wednesday morning.Hinds County Sheriff's Department is trying to figure out how McDaniel’s campaign coalition director Scott Brewster, Central Mississippi Tea Party board member Janis Lane and consultant Rob Chambers gained access into the building, where they stayed until a police officer arrived at 3:45 a.m., spokesman Othor Cain said.The McDaniel campaign told the The Clarion-Ledger that staffers entered the courthouse through an open building to observe ballot counts, until they were locked inside, and a close Cochran ally was called for assistance.Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/208328-miss-sheriff-investigates-mcdaniel-staffer#ixzz33mTMJMqG Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook
Hinds County Sheriff's Department is trying to figure out how McDaniel’s campaign coalition director Scott Brewster, Central Mississippi Tea Party board member Janis Lane and consultant Rob Chambers gained access into the building, where they stayed until a police officer arrived at 3:45 a.m., spokesman Othor Cain said.
The McDaniel campaign told the The Clarion-Ledger that staffers entered the courthouse through an open building to observe ballot counts, until they were locked inside, and a close Cochran ally was called for assistance.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/208328-miss-sheriff-investigates-mcdaniel-staffer#ixzz33mTMJMqG Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/wyattwilliams/chef-john-currence-wants-to-save-mississippi-from-itself
Very good piece imo.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/in_mississippi_schools_access.php
Mississippi — the “least-wired” state in the country according to a 2011 Census survey. More than half of Mississippians have no Internet at home, and 41 percent have no access to the Internet at all.
Mississippi is so far behind on technology use in schools, it earned an “F” on a“digital report card” published this year byDigital Learning Now, a group that advocates for more online learning. The rankings examined whether schools have high-speed broadband, whether teachers and students have Internet-capable devices, and whether the states have metcertain benchmarks to ensure effective use of technology.
In Mississippi, this technology access gap only compounds the state’s most persistent educational problems. In the 2011-12 school year, only 75 percent of students graduated in four years, compared to the national average of 80 percent. After students graduate, they often struggle to find jobs. Nearly 20 percent of youth ages 16 to 24 are out of school and not working, the highest rate in the nation.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link