Judge dismisses Obamacare suit filed by Gov. Phil Bryant

You may well have heard by now that United States District Court Judge Keith Starrett has tossed out the lawsuit filed by Gov. Phil Bryant (R) over Obamacare.  Judge Starrett ruled that, since Gov. Bryant has health insurance (that you and I already subsidize), Bryant has no standing to maintain the portion of the lawsuit dealing with mandatory insurance coverage.  In effect, the only way Bryant could sue would be to drop his health insurance.  But hey, why would someone want to do something silly like drop their health insurance?  Especially when you get such a good deal on it through your government job?

SuperTalk stations hit by lightning

According to their website, the SuperTalk stations in Jackson and Hattiesburg were hit by lightning and are off the air. No word yet if Phil Bryant will seek a special appropriation to cover the repair costs.

SuperTalk Mississippi, brought to you by...you

SeeTheSpending.org, a project of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, is an excellent tool for Mississippi's voters. The website makes it easy to search state agency spending, and to see how your tax dollars are being used.

Thanks to SeeTheSpending.org, we've been able to uncover that SuperTalk Mississippi, a statewide radio network with a decidedly conservative Republican bent, has been showered with state money since 2003. In fact, the radio network who's hosts spend all day bashing "wasteful" government spending raked in over $6,000,000.00 in the last 8 years.

SuperTalk Mississippi is owned by Telesouth Communications, Inc. Here's a year-by-year breakdown of Telesouth Communications, Inc.'s state funding from FY2004 to present:

FY2004: $589,942.00
FY2005: $695,053.85
FY2006: $1,102,824.16
FY2007: $748,686.07
FY2008: $1,202,807.00
FY2009: $890,982.00
FY2010: $486,290.00
FY2011: $295,823.00 (so far)

TOTAL: $6,012,408.08


You read that right: $6,012,408.08 since FY2004 on radio ads to a company built in large part on anger about government spending.