Reily’s ramblings

Issues the same in Indianola

Issues are issues no matter where you end up in Mississippi. That’s one of the things I learned last week while moderating a mayoral debate in Indianola. This Sunflower County town in the heart of the Mississippi Delta is battling the same problems that everyone is battle whether there or West Point or Natchez or Pascagoula. Indianola needs [...]

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Mac KOs PC

While Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 Thursday, “a retooled version of its controversial Windows Vista program, will work out some of the technical kinks that killed Vista’s heavily promoted marketing momentum in 2006,” I am left to wonder. Why? PC people are PC people, and it is hard to convert them, but I don’t get it. Macs are [...]

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Michigan vs. Mississippi: Let’s get it on!

It is really easy to fall into the trap of trashing Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm after her recent barb at Mississippi. According to the Gongwer News Service, Granholm was defending tax increases this week when she said, “Now is the time to stand up for those priorities. What we’re fighting for is Michigan not becoming Mississippi.” Let’s [...]

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