• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          Phil Ochs had a good song about it too.

          And here’s to the government of Mississippi

          In the swamp of their bureaucracy they’re always bogging down

          And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns

          And they hope that no one sees the sights

          And no one hears the sounds

          And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown

          Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of

          Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of

          And here’s to the laws of Mississippi

          Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay

          While the Constitution’s drowning in an ocean of decay

          Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I’ve even heard them say

          Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way

          Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of

          Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrrOY0vwuPE

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    “I didn’t sue them because they exposed $77 million worth of misspending. He applauds them for doing that,” he said. “The suit is about defamation.”

    And that this “puts the journalists in their proper place” is just a unintended coincidence. I hope other journalists in Mississippi wake up and show some backbone.