Jackson Free Press

JFP editor Donna Ladd joins Kim Wade again this Friday, Sept. 22, for his radio show on WJNT, 1180 AM, from 5 to 6 p.m. Tune in!

Update: We've posted the audio from last week's WJNT in the Afternoon with Kim, Donna and Othor Cain. The player is on the other side of the break:

Listen to Donna and Kim last week: WJNT 9.15.06

Previous Commentsshow

To the guy that used "Jafrica" on the radio. If race is not important to you, and you pride yourself in supporting Melton vs. Peterson as an example, then you may not want to start your arguments with terms like "Jafrica" and "Rawanda" to describe the "home you haven't given up on." You may want to move, if a job isn't keeping you in town or something.

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

Good points about the charge of directing a youth to commit a crime. I find it disturbing that so many family people can find what Melton has done is somehow beneficial to the war on crime. They support him irregardless of the fact that Melton directed the boys, who were not officers and were minors, to cause wanton destruction upon someone's private property. That is flat out scary when you know these people are the same that go to school, work and church with one another in capacities to influence children. To the parent who has a 12-14 year old at home that is still supporting Melton: If you were asked by them, "Is what Frank Melton and those boys did, tearing up that house, OK? Why?" What would be your answer?

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

What the heck was that babble?

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

I assume that your last comment was in reference to Hickingbottom, Piker. Did he actually say on the air that was going to "Karl Rove these people," i.e. critics of Melton? Tell me I heard that wrong.

Brian C Johnson

Sep 22 2006

I could barely understand a word he said. I'll defer to the tapes. But, he said something about being involved in every dirty political trick or something to that extent. I think he thinks he is more important than he really is. Kind of like a friend of his up at City Hall! Like him or not, Karl Rove has a brain and uses it. Here I think Bob has found a nut. Because even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then!

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

Hey, can someone out there tape (digitally, preferably) Mr. Tisdale's radio show tonight and Mr. Bluntson's show Sunday? Thanks, Donna

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

OK, I can't resist on this one. Listening to Tisdale's show for the third time ever. Man. They just went on and on about why the D.A. and the AG didn't indict Kirk Fordice for carrying a gun on city property when he was governor. Uh, maybe because Faye Peterson and Jim Hood weren't in office? For one small detail. Sigh. And I love that Mr. Tisdale is simply refusing to take any calls from anyone who criticizes Melton. He said: "We came to praise Frank, not to damn him."

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

You should've listened when Kim Wade had a talk show on that network. You talk about hate speech from callers. Ask him some time. I also don't think anyone thought Fordice would threaten anyone with a gun etc. Fordice had a mouth but he was not irrational or threatening.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

Yeah, Fordice just beat up racist sentiment. Glad I was gone for his tenure. Yuck. And I bet when it comes to Kim. Now, they're saying that a conspiracy of Uncle Toms are trying to "crucify" and "lynch" Melton.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

OK, I slipped on my Lighting Hopkins T-Shirt and cozied up to hear Tisdale and Stephanie after jamming to some smooth blues. For now I am speechless and will withhold my judgment. Hickingbottom made his usual threat. This time against Peterson. I wonder if the N-Jam Club knew what they were financing when they put their money on Melton?

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

Then they were giggling hysterically about Ben Allen being on Civil Rights Commission. Now, they're dissin' Dale Danks for not bringing down drug dealers. This is getting complicated.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

True, Pike 1.0. And I wonder if the Mill Street folks know who Melton's best friends are. Crazy, wacky stuff. These folks have got to be the weirdest bedfellows once can ever imagine.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

You haven't heard anything yet. No one ever thought Fordice was a personal or physical threat to anyone like they do Melton. You go ask any of the Black Caucus like Flaggs and Wallace if they thought Fordice would show up at their front door with guns loaded and they will probably laugh before they say hell no.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

I liked this one: "When you can afford to buy your own radio show you can talk down Melton." Said to a caller who tried to argue against Melton.

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

Yes, they are attempting to turn FM into the sympathetic victim, using the terms "people's mayor", "lynch" and "crucify" to help invoke the idea that rich whites and Uncle Toms/Plantation n*ggers are trying to take down Melton because he's trying to clean up West Jackson. Please. They certainly aren't allowing facts to get in the way of their spin.

Jeff Lucas

Sep 22 2006

as opposed to Limbaugh who puts disagreeing callers at the front of the line.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

Now, "Frank is bringing out the plantation n*ggers." Do they really, truly just miss the point that he is targeting poor, mentally ill black people without due process? Why didn't Shirlene have a narcotics team out there legally taking down what they are tryign to turn into the worst crackhouse in Jackson!?! I believe you on Fordice, Kingfish. Just because he was am embarassing person doesn't mean that he was breaking into and having kids sledgehammer the houses of schrizophrenics on the weekend. Does Stephanie Parker-Weaver truly support Mr. Melton directing minors with criminal records to commit more crimes? Wow.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

Well, the good news is that these folks aren't representative. Loud and obnoxious, but not representative. I've said it before: This thing is generational as much as anything.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

Tisdale and Stephanie are letting people say anything they want as long as it's pro-Melton. It's surreal!

Kacy

Sep 22 2006

And Limbaugh generally only allows 1 call per caller. "Donnie" (who I've met) and Dorothy Benford are known to call 2 - 3 times during one show. The call screening is non-existant.

Jeff Lucas

Sep 22 2006

Yes, and transparent. It's really sad to treat "the people" with such contempt for their intelligence. "The people" understand the need for due process and fair treatment by police and people in power. Many people died for them to have basic constitutional rights int his country, and these folks try to make it sound like rights of accused drug users aren't important. It's so, so sad.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

Fordice probably would've kicked the azz of someone telling teenagers to do that if he saw him doing that. As for what you are listening to, well, now you are becoming enlightened. We've listened to this stuff for years and just shaken our heads that some people actually believe it. You can not reason with them, you can not disagree with them, they know they know the TRUTH and that is all there is to it. Alot of us don't like Tisdale and these people, along with Stokes, not because we are racist, but because we have listened to this nonsense for years and are sick of it. In order to heal you from listening to this, I order you to listen to WFMN at midnight tonight til about 4 AM. Art is always good fo rthe soul.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

Took a turn for the worst at the end....

pikersam

Sep 22 2006

I know it's out there, kingfish. In fact, I tried to tell people during the campaign how closely Mr. Melton was allied with the Advocate/Stokes crowd. It's amazing that his biggest support bases are Advocate and Northside Sun readers. He seems to appeal to the extremes that prefer us all to live separately, huh? Fortunately, there's a new generation in Jackson that appreciates the "brown society" in all its glory.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

And that is why Mr. Melton's tenure is going to draw everyone except for the worst extremes closer together. If we let it. I guess that's the message that Kim Wade and I agree on. Certainly, if it weren't for Melton, I don't think he and I would have ever found mutual respect and common ground. But now I feel that our mutual disgust for Mr. Melton's lawlessness is getting us to listen to each other in other ways as well. We'll never agree on everything, of course, but we don't have to. I do feel compassion for Tisdale, Parker-Weaver et al., though. It is so sad to see them try to justify what is being done to "the people" by very powerful forces. Very sad. Needless to say, "the people" deserve better.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

You're right, Ladd. This show and the views expressed are hardly the majority of thought in Jackson. I really believe Jackson is evenly split, much like the nation is over Bush. Melton is a polarizing figure, and most of the people I've talked to in Georgetown and Virden Addition either love him like Kenny Stokes or hate his guts, with no middle ground. The supporters usually spit the same talking points like "he's not perfect, but at least he's out here trying!"

Jeff Lucas

Sep 22 2006

OK, everyone go do something fun now. ;-D Later, friends.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

Actually KF, I find listening to WJSU jazz afterwards with a glass of wine solves most of my life's ills.

Jeff Lucas

Sep 22 2006

Just saw ejeff's comments, so one more. I agree, ejeff. I think they're desperately trying to hold onto power by pushing hateful division—that has morphed itself into something ugly when they cannot even stand up against racial profiling. But we have so many impressive young leaders in the city who are willing to stand up for "the people" and work together with progressives of all races to build a stronger city — for everyone. So what does this group do? Go around threatening to dig up dirt and destroy the very people who actually care about the rights of "the people." They were threatening all over this radio show to go after people who dare to oppose what MR. Melton has done. Just like the N-Jam crowd, they don't seem to give a damn whether he violates the law, or people's rights, at all. They just want to incite hate against anyone who would dare criticize their leader. Now, if he was a hallowed civil rights figure, it would be one thing. But he is a man who got his power by aligning himself with the *very* white people they claim to hate so much. Do they think "the people" are too stupid to figure this out? Do they think "the people" are just going to believe what they read in The Advocate? Or hear on this radio show where they don't allow "the people" who do not excuse all Melton's actions to even participate? You're right. Mr. Melton is *extremely* polarizing; probably the worst I've ever seen. This is what worried me so from the beginning. He says exactly what he thinks certain people want to hear -- from the white ladies at Bravo to the MAP Coalition at Birdland. And then his inner circle tries to trash anyone who dares to question him—I mean, literally spreading rumors and lies from what I can see. Remarkable, really. They clearly don't mind completely splitting this city in half—which, again, is what you get when you elect someone whose biggest supporters are people who like things separate, on both ends. It's up to the rest of us, black and white and other races, to hold the city together despite these assaults. We will certainly do everything we can do.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

Jazz, wine, good, good. Bye, y'all. Keep the faith.

DonnaLadd

Sep 22 2006

I've listened to that show and heard them slam Reuben Anderson for going to work at Phelps Dunbar. We had a bunch of people in the 60's who sacrificed their lives so people like Mr. Anderson COULD get a job at a law firm like that and these fools turn around and say he sold out etc by going to work at a law firm like that. When I heard that discussion (rather one sided one at that) on that show I realized what these people were about and how I would never take their opinion seriously on anything.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

Nice hearing you on the radio again, Donna! Is this going to be an every Friday deal? Would be great if it were to be. Thanks for calling that guy out about the "Jafrica" comment and also comparing the city to Rwanda. Jackson may not be the safest place on earth, but millions were slaughtered in Rwanda. That's not happening here.

golden eagle '97

Sep 22 2006

Kingfish, did Kim really lead a discussion on Reuban about going to Phelps? Seriously? That's almost too much to believe. I'm not saying that discussion didn't take place. It's just that I can barely bring myself to believe that someone would say something so stupid. I only reitierate the point because I've seen certain posters here (and elsewhere) put words into the mouths of certain radio personalities. I don't listen to Kim, so I have no idea what he says. Did he really say that? Kim himself? Or was it just "them" as you say, e.g., a visitor on the show. If so, who is "them." I would like to know. Bashing Reuban for working at Phelps? If so, that critique of Reuban is preposterous, and the credibility of anyone who says it should be immediately discarded. Moreover, he, she, they should catch hell for it.

MAllen

Sep 22 2006

It was about 5 years ago on Tisdale's show.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

caller called into tisdale talking about how Reuben had sold out and went to work for THEM down at Phelps and betrayed them etc. Tisdale sat there and just agreed with him, along with the other people on the show. It was pretty disgusting.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

Then was Kim a visitor on Tisdale's show? I guessing the answer is yes, but just to be sure.

MAllen

Sep 22 2006

Very disgusting.

MAllen

Sep 22 2006

WHERE did I say anything about Kim being on there? He was not on that show. Nada. zilch. zip. It was all Tisdale and his friends and callers. Listen to that show enough and you'll hear similar stuff quite a bit.

Kingfish

Sep 22 2006

Sorry about that, Kingfish. I picked that up somewhere or just had his name stuck in my mind.

MAllen

Sep 22 2006