Life In Mississippi

“Despite DNA Test, a Case is Retried

MACON, Miss., Aug. 31 — The scene in the tiny Noxubee County jail on a rainy afternoon has become almost commonplace. Kennedy Brewer, sentenced to death and locked up for 15 years for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old, was released on the strength of a DNA test showing that the semen in the rape kit was not his.

Virtually no effort has been made to find the man who raped the girl, Christine Jackson, and dumped her body in a creek in Noxubee County, one of the most rural in the state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/us/06dna.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin”

“I think what's important is that they tried to convict someone. Try, try, try again.”

“In Mobile county, Alabama, one out of every 87 people has an STD -- a rate 3 times that of NYC and more than twice as high as Washington, D.C.

Isn't Alabama one of those states where public school students are taught "abstinence is the only protection against pregnancy, HIV/AIDs and STDs"????

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1189934476174290.xml&coll=3”

“darn, wk, I thought that was the best of chip n dale for a minute there.”

“Considering the subject matter, I harbor some trepidation regarding that link, WK.”

“No one is going to tell the dumb troll Alabama isn't in Mississippi? ;-)
That report is old news BTW.

Funny clip, WK.”

“if the article drew you out of the bushes and into name calling mode, it must have done its job.

remember, stovie, abstinence is the only protection against pregnancy, HIV/AIDs and STDs.”

“So, Alabama is the other state that few federal dollars got to , because it is not in Mippississi?”

“Alabama isn't in Mississippi.

I've taken the troll off ignore some time ago.
I've found that violin really hates to be made a fool.”

“silly wingnut, you're still hanging on to the violin obsession?

what? did mommy hide your Boys Life collection? LOL”

“Silly Libbie.
You are the best example of the Liberal Mind on TT.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“Figured out that Mississippi isn't in Alabama yet, troll? It's not a hard concept.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“Gold price highest since 1980, you catching any S$ovie?”

“Hey HikerBoy, you sure pissed off the Ole Mississippi Hippie!”

“Now you messed up by calling him Ole Miss!

Abstinance actually is the only 100% effective protection against those things. Teens should still know the way all that works. I still remember the gross videos we saw in 9th grade health class. Nasty stuff.”

“MaRkO once again shows his 'intellectual' level.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“Keep on chucklin' there, Chuck-a-Luck.

It's good for what ails ya!”

“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/06/national/main6367855.shtml

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Constance McMillen wanted to bring her girlfriend and wear a tux to her school's prom. As a result, the prom was cancelled. She is now engaged in a legal battle with the school district. (AP Photo/Matthew Sharpe)

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(CBS) A lesbian student in Mississippi who sued her school for the right to bring her girlfriend to the prom said she was sent to a fake prom instead.

Constance McMillen, 18, told The Advocate that last month's invitation to an alternate prom was a sham, saying that most students attended another dance organized by parents at a secret location.

"They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them," McMillen told the magazine. "The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other one I wasn’t invited to."

"It hurts my feelings," she said.

Itawamba Agricultural High School cancelled its prom over the controversy sparked by McMillen's attempt to overturn the school's policy banning same-sex prom dates.

Las month, a federal judge ruled that the school district violated McMillen's constitutional rights, though did not reinstate the prom.

According to McMillen, the prom she attended was at a country club. She said of the five other students at the country club, two had learning disabilities.

"They had the time of their lives," McMillen said. "That's the one good thing that come out of this, [these kids] didn't have to worry about people making fun of them [at their prom]."”

“That's pretty f__ked up.”

“Las month, a federal judge ruled that the school district violated McMillen's constitutional rights,

Really? Students have a constitutional right to a school-sponsored prom? Or is not being invited to a private party a violation of constitutional rights?

Oh well, at least they weren't a couple of those scumbag miscegenists.”

“Really? Students have a constitutional right to a school-sponsored prom?

they have a right to attend school functions as long as they are not being held out for disciplinary reasons

but the reason i posted this was not because of the ban (doesnt surprise me at all), but the PARENTS and kids that arranged a secret prom. teenagers are cruel, thats nothing new. for parents to do it, thats pretty douchey”

“Or is not being invited to a private party a violation of constitutional rights?

the judge ruled that barring the student from the prom was unconstitutional. He said nothing about the secret and fake proms. that came after his ruling


that's pretty sad. i imagine the other kids were other "undesirables", like the 2 LD kids. what were the other kids? mexican? black? democrats? catholic? jewish? unitarian?”

“Just not being John Birch's best is bad enough.”

“She sounds fat.”

“but the PARENTS and kids that arranged a secret prom. teenagers are cruel, thats nothing new. for parents to do it, thats pretty douchey

But Mississippi is the most religious state in the union. And as we both know, christians consider homosexuality immoral - for completely unfounded and idiotic reasons, but that's beside the point. In that context, is it really that "douchey" for the parents to shelter their kids from something they see as immoral?

Eventually christianity (most of it anyway) will realize it's wrong about homosexuality being immoral, just as they were wrong about miscegenation being immoral. But in the mean time, this is real to the parents, and I can kind of see where the resentment toward what they probably see as a pair of attention whores would reach the level where a secret prom makes sense. I don't agree with it, but I can see where the white-liberal stereotype that it's just blind bigotry by a bunch of dumbass rednecks misses the mark.”

“PARENTS and kids that arranged a secret prom. teenagers are cruel, thats nothing new. for parents to do it, thats pretty douchey

I think petty douchery is a more apt term.
>:^b”

“There ain't a whole lotta bright lights down Mississippi way...”

“@ miss a sissies”

“Where tornadoes out number good looking sheep?”

“http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/school_cuts_gay_student_photo_from_yearbook/


different student, different school. same attitude. this time, a lesbian student wore a tux for her senior picture. while they were technically within their legal right to remove the photo, they removed any mention of her whatsover from the yearbook

pretty sad”

“
So how are things in Beirut?


(ba-dum-bum!)

”

“Mississippi is burning all the way to Cuba.
last edited: 4/28/10 3:36:30 PM”

“Missin My Sissy: raw Matt tear eeals fur dung beatles.”

“Fire hazard?”

“A school district in Mississippi has agreed to pay a recent high school graduate $35,000 in damages and adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, according to a statement released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

IMO, both sides are idiots.”

“There goes that state's budget”

“LOL”

“Sure is a great place to live if you've been convicted of murder!

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour pardoned four convicted murderers who worked at the Governor's Mansion, releasing them from prison in the final days of his term in office, state officials said on Monday.

In all, Barbour pardoned four men convicted of murder and another convicted of burglary and robbery, all serving life sentences. In the executive orders Barbour signed, he wrote each "proved to be a diligent and dedicated workman."

The pardoned inmates included David Glenn Gatlin, who was denied parole in December on his conviction for shooting dead his estranged wife while she cradled their baby in 1993.

"He shot her in the head while she was holding a baby. He's a cold-blooded murderer," said Tiffany Ellis Brewer, the victim's sister.



http://news.yahoo.com/way-mississippi-governor-pardons-murderers-034611919.html”

“Holy Barbell, Rosey!”

“Sounds like that David Glenn Gatlin should apply at the FBI, he's got experience. http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/weaver.shtml”

“Rosey I have to agree with you on this one. It's pretty astounding that Barber would do this. I just don't get it. It's like he flew off the rails or something. WTF”

“Retirement $$$ sounds about rite?”