This woman really has a screw loose.

Pelosi thinks Dems are headed for a victory in the House.

There is a joke here. I'm just undecided as to what it is, exactly.

Clinton helps launch clean cook stove initiative

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced a new program to introduce cleaner cook stoves around the world.

2 percent of Miss. teacher contracts not renewed

The state Department of Education says Mississippi schools cut about 2 percent of the jobs for certified teachers this academic year because of tight budgets.
That's a loss of about 705 jobs among the roughly 33,000 teaching positions.

State Board of Education member Claude Hartley told legislative budget writers Tuesday that losing teachers can mean larger class sizes, which can affect the quality of education.

The 705 job losses are for teachers whose contracts were not renewed.

The numbers don't include teaching jobs that are open because someone retired and a position wasn't filled.

The state Department of Education says 150 of the 152 school districts responded to its survey about employment levels. Agricultural high schools in Hinds and Coahoma counties did not respond.

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AP: Tea party group announces $1 million donation

A tea party group announced a $1 million donation from an anonymous donor Tuesday, a shot of cash to be spent before the election by a movement that has relied on grassroots outreach to fiscally conservative voters.

The nonprofit Tea Party Patriots said it had received the donation from a single contributor who wants it divided up and given to local coordinators by Oct. 4. The group's spokesman told reporters that recipients of the money must spend it by Nov. 2, but they are barred from using it for ads or fliers that mention a specific candidate.

Organizers said the donor wished to remain anonymous.

The Tea Party Patriots is one of several groups that have capitalized on a wave of voter anger and their message of fiscal prudence and smaller government. Candidates backed by tea party groups defeated Republican Party backed candidates in a number of Senate primary races.

Read the entire article: AP

Miss. jobless rate falls to 10 percent in August

Mississippi's unemployment rate dipped to 10 percent in August from 10.8 percent in July.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says that Mississippi was one of 13 states that recorded a decrease last month, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The agency says there were 11,100 fewer people listed as unemployed last month in the state, while the civilian labor force dropped by 3,000. There were 800 more workers on non-farm payrolls, compared with July.

Mississippi's unemployment rate in August 2009 was 9.8 percent.

The national unemployment rate for August was unchanged from July at 9.6 percent. That rate was 9.7 percent in August 2009.

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Suspect convicted on bribery charge

A suspect on a drug charge in Madison County was convicted of trying to bribe a Madison County sheriff's deputy.

Dennis Jerome Beal was arrested on the bribery charge Feb. 5 after he delivered $4,000 to a deputy, expecting to have the drug charges pending against him dismissed, a sheriff's statement said.

Beal was given the maximum sentence of 10 years as a habitual offender, and the eight years of probation he was serving for a previous conviction was revoked.

He is facing trial on a sale of cocaine charge. If convicted, he will face a potential 120 additional years.

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Biting the hand the quenches? West Madison Utilities' Morris blames Kearney Park water problems on Town of Flora

As the Town of Flora officials and residents pitch in yet again to help out the people in Kearney Park with their water woes, Lawrence Morris with West Madison Utilities decided to blame Flora and the "paperwork" for the decades old problem. Morris told WAPT that it's taken so long because of the paperwork between West Madison Utilities and the Town of Flora.

"We finally got it together. You know, the paperwork can sometimes burn you out and delay some things," Morris said.

This statement comes despite the fact that Flora officials continue to work diligently to help West Madison Utilities connect the pipes that will run for more than a mile and tie into the main water line in Kearney Park. Flora Mayor Leslie Childress is working with the West Madison Utility District to hook up an emergency water line to the town's well.

There's also this: Madison Co. Routes Water From Flora To Help Cover Outage


West Madison Utilities still has no backup water system as required by health department regulation. But, that one is easily blamed on someone else, too.

County leaders said the community has been denied grants in the past to update the water system because of a failure by residents to fill out the required surveys. Officials said they are hoping residents will now be more motivated to get a new water system flowing.

There's more on the "survey" and grant denials HERE.

It would seem that many of the people of Kearney Park are having a hard time seeing they are being used by their "leaders" who don't care about doing anything but applying a bandaid to the problem. Maybe this time they will awaken to the reality of the situation.

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