Hypocrite of the Week: Joey "Fieldinstream" Fillingane

[BlueDogDemocrat]

http://wakeupalbany.blogspot.com/2007/10/hypocrite-of-week-joey-fieldandstream.html

Oh, this blog is PRICELESS, just PRICELESS! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Scipio]

This is news?

Sometimes I forget that not everyone around here pays attention to the practice of law.

By the way, we're all hypocrites. It's the plight of all virtuous people in an imperfect world: sometimes, we aspire to things that we can't achieve.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

This is news?

Sometimes I forget that not everyone around here pays attention to the practice of law.

By the way, we're all hypocrites. It's the plight of all virtuous people in an imperfect world: sometimes, we aspire to things that we can't achieve.

the point made about the practice of law was not the one I found must amusing, but rather, the points made with regards to Joey's pro-gun, pro-family facade in his push cards.

Joey and John Kerry must be part of the same hunting club.

[Fish-Bait]

Does the card say hunting? Or just like shooting? You don't need a huntin' license to shoot. So the dudes blog is vague on this. He coulda' done better, but I think he is tryin' to pull the wool a little bit. The NRA is about shooting and gun ownership more than hunting, so the license thing is quirky.

What does the card say or how does it read?

[TDaleBeavers]

Blue Dog, I now regret zapping you a couple of weeks ago, but I'd give you some rep over this one if I could. Absolutely, too funny!

Also, I know the trial lawyers haven't forgotten about their past contributions to this modern day Benedict Arnold. I spoke with one of my law school classmates that serveed on the Moot Court board with him who practices in the Jackson area that is personally raising money for Buffington. He specifically cited Joey's speech comparing trial lawyers to "Pontius Pilate".

Actually, maybe Joey's next mailout should feature him riding around in a tank a la Michael Dukakis.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

Does the card say hunting? Or just like shooting? You don't need a huntin' license to shoot. So the dudes blog is vague on this. He coulda' done better, but I think he is tryin' to pull the wool a little bit. The NRA is about shooting and gun ownership more than hunting, so the license thing is quirky.

What does the card say or how does it read?

I'll see if I can find the card, but dressing up in camo with a young kid in the picture is no doubt trying to put out the impression that he is a family man and a hunter....why else the camo and the kid?

[Scipio]

I don't know anyone who's ever been cited for hunting on their own land without a license.

[SoMissTV]

You can be pro-gun and not own a gun. You can be pro-family values without being fortunate enough to find someone with which to raise a family. The beauty of this country is that we are free to support ideals and values, even though we may not be making full use of them.

I believe in the guaranteed right to bear arms, though I do not personally own one.

I believe in protecting our family values, though I have no kids. Does that make me a hypocrite?

[Fish-Bait]

I'll see if I can find the card, but dressing up in camo with a young kid in the picture is no doubt trying to put out the impression that he is a family man and a hunter....why else the camo and the kid?

Well technically it has nothin' to do with a license if somebody wants to dress up in camo and shoot with a young un'....

It does dress up the story and there ARE some assumptions to be made about the kid and the camo and family and stuff. But the huntin' license thing is worthless at this point. Don't need one to shoot or own a gun.
To me, this is the kind of crap peope.....PUBLISH...and it get's alot of stuff read into it. I don't know the guy, prolly could care less...I'm just sayin' all the facts aren't there.

[Fish-Bait]

see there....

[jkspatty]

You good ole boys eat it up, that's why he does it. Anyway, he could have been skeet shooting with his nephew in that photo.....

[BlueDogDemocrat]

ya'll are hilarious. So quick many of you are to get on Eaves for his facial bible thumping but the Republican sweetheart can play dress up hunter and we all make excuses for him.....typical.

[Fish-Bait]

Michael Jackson? :smt102

Jesus....

[Fish-Bait]

didn't even know he was a republican. We've been down this road. I still got ammo.
I am just sayin'.....you would do the same. Don't drag me down this road of shat. Just makin' a point about the blog. If it was the other way around your butt would be thankin' me. But NOOO! cant' have that can we. jeeez.....

[jkspatty]

ya'll are hilarious. So quick many of you are to get on Eaves for his facial bible thumping but the Republican sweetheart can play dress up hunter and we all make excuses for him.....typical.


They are both trying to sell an image. Using Jesus or using a freakin kid and a gun.....Both stupid to me.

[Fish-Bait]

If you dress up in camo hunters garb, bearing a gun, with a kid and you don't hunt and don't have kids, then yes I think you would be a hypocrite because you are trying to make individuals think you are something you are not.

Saying you support and activity and suggesting you participate in something you don't are two distinctly different things.

How do you frikken' know the dude don't hunt??????????????

[BlueDogDemocrat]

You can be pro-gun and not own a gun. You can be pro-family values without being fortunate enough to find someone with which to raise a family. The beauty of this country is that we are free to support ideals and values, even though we may not be making full use of them.

I believe in the guaranteed right to bear arms, though I do not personally own one.

I believe in protecting our family values, though I have no kids. Does that make me a hypocrite?

Supporting an activity for which you do not participate does not make you a hypocrite, but suggesting you participate in an activity for which you do not does make you a hypocrite. Wearing hunters camo, bearing a gun, with a similiary dressed kid suggests he is a hunting family man. Saying otherwise is simply ignoring the obvious inference.

[Trinity]

BDD, why do you have such a hard-on for our senator?

I got the campaign piece, and our senator IS NOT wearing camo. There is a picture of some man and a boy in camo. our senator is not even IN the hunting pic. And isn't the NRA about GUN OWNERSHIP, not the same thing as hunting. . .

I just checked both of my local phone books. My phone book does NOT have a full-page ad for the senator's law practice. I think it's less than 1/4. It simply names several areas of law practice. "Personal injury" is last. Is personal injury the same as a trial lawyer? No. Can't someone DEFEND personal injury and this would not be a trial lawyer? Or maybe the other lawyers in his office do personal injury. Has anyone checked to see if he is really a member of the Miss. Trial Lawyers? I would bet my next paycheck that our senator is NOT a member.

Also, SoMiss makes a great point. Can't someone be pro-family and pro-gun ownership without having children or owning a gun? I met Harvey Fillingane, Joey's dad. I think the senator has about six siblings, parents married forever, family all over the county. Isn't this "family"?

Before I belive that the senator said trial lawyers killed Jesus, I want to see some legislative minutes. All your other facts are wrong. No credibility.

Before you cite a source, shouldn't you check it BDD. Or were you just so glad to see something negative that you didn't care about its accuracy?

[SoMissTV]

Wearing hunters camo, bearing a gun, with a similiary dressed kid suggests he is a hunting family man. Saying otherwise is simply ignoring the obvious inference.

Is he bearing a gun in the mailout? I haven't seen it, and the article wasn't clear.

Besides, the photos are an illustration. Otherwise, the card would look pretty plain.

[chaz]

Wifeless and childless at the age of 34? Are they trying to imply something? Sounds like old school FUD tactics.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

if someone has it, post it. I'd like to see it.

For real, sorry I didn't check his homework. The blog is from some radio station talk show, I assumed they were correct :) , and for that maybe I was wrong to do. Still, I find the inference present, though not quite as dishonest.

[Fish-Bait]

apology accepted BDD, but not needed. I was just makin' a point about the blog. The investigation by this dude if fruitless or just dumb in this instance. I made a point. That's all.

[TDaleBeavers]

You can be pro-gun and not own a gun. You can be pro-family values without being fortunate enough to find someone with which to raise a family. The beauty of this country is that we are free to support ideals and values, even though we may not be making full use of them.

I believe in the guaranteed right to bear arms, though I do not personally own one.

I believe in protecting our family values, though I have no kids. Does that make me a hypocrite?


I agree with all of those things, and by the way, I belong to the NRA and don't own a gun. However, it is hypocritical to try to present yourself as something you are NOT. Other than for political publicity points, when has Joey Fillingane ever dressed in camo in his life? If he fired a hunting rifle, would he be more likely to hit a deer or another hunter by accident?

And, yes at some point, particularly when it comes to family values, a candidate for public office seeking our trust, should practice what he/she preaches. At almost age 35, the esteemed Senator should fall squarely in that category.

[Trinity]

Well, I haven't seen it, my wife told me we recieved it, I told her to chunk it. Well, if it isn't him in the picture, then I would say the inference isn't quite SO strong then, and for that I apologize.

Thanks for the clarification, Joey. :kekeke:

You're welcome Dale.:smt023

[Augustus McRae]

I would respectfully ask that it be spread across the minutes of the next official meeting of MyHattiesburg.com that I did NOT post any comments in this thread.

Thank you,

Augustus McRae
Gentleman

[TDaleBeavers]

You're welcome Dale.:smt023


BDD has made a career of ripping me a new one on this board. Calling him me, has to be one of funniest things I've ever read on here :laugh:

[Guru]

Well, when it comes to self-presentation for a hot politician or one that wants to be one it is kind of evident that if you throw images like that out there for the public to see that you know that the politician has to be thinking some people will take this at face value, dig no deeper, and support me because of what they see.
Typical politician to me. Or, as I should say, the most typical.

[SoMissTV]

And, yes at some point, particularly when it comes to family values, a candidate for public office seeking our trust, should practice what he/she preaches. At almost age 35, the esteemed Senator should fall squarely in that category.

Dale, you are outta your freakin' mind. To imply someone should get married because they are 35, and not because they want to spend the rest of their life with someone, is about the stupidest thing you've ever said.

No wonder you didn't win the House 101; you have no clue what real family values are.

[TDaleBeavers]

I would respectfully ask that it be spread across the minutes of the next official meeting of MyHattiesburg.com that I did NOT post any comments in this thread.

Thank you,

Augustus McRae
Gentleman


Awwe, come on, Gus...you know you want to say what you really think! :smt118

[Fish-Bait]

stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this crap is makin' me silly...I go away for two frikken' days and come back to this crap!!!!AAHHHHHHHHH!!!

Read the wisdom is Gus's post!!!!
this mess is gonna' send me to an early grave....jeez.:smt009

[TDaleBeavers]

Dale, you are outta your freakin' mind. To imply someone should get married because they are 35, and not because they want to spend the rest of their life with someone, is about the stupidest thing you've ever said.

No wonder you didn't win the House 101; you have no clue what real family values are.

I've been married for six years, by a miracle from God (well, almost), and I got married for the reason you stated. I love my wife and want to spend the rest of my life with her. I've raised my stepdaughter for over six years and loved her as my own. I have EVERY CLUE what family values are, and I live them.

I'm not saying he shouldn't hold public office because his isn't married. My comment though is that if someone is going to go around being sanctimonious preaching family values in his platform, by age thirty five he/she should have found that someone to spend a lifetime with and be walking the walk.

[Fish-Bait]

STOP IT!!!

[Scipio]

I think it's time to clear the air, or for a group hug, or to sit in a circle, hold hands, talk about our feelings, and sign Kumbayah. Any takers?

[Kitty]

. . To imply someone should get married because they are 35, and not because they want to spend the rest of their life with someone. . .

I believe I've read that Joseph P. Kennedy encouraged his son, then-Senator John F. Kennedy, who was in his mid-thirties, to marry Jacqueline Bouvier primarily because of political ambition.

. . .dressing up. . .

. . .dress up. . .

. . .the Republican sweetheart can play dress up. . .


:kekeke:

[fuzzis]

My comment though is that if someone is going to go around being sanctimonious preaching family values in his platform, by age thirty five he/she should have found that someone to spend a lifetime with and be walking the walk.

How incredibly insulting. Who says there's a time limit? Who says a person should have to settle?

There is value in knowing who you are and what you want before you hitch yourself to someone else's star. It's an incredibly important decision, one that should not be taken lightly or one that should be undertaken simply because "it's time". How many folks wind up divorced because they didn't choose carefully the first time (or the second...or third...) around.

fuzzis, apparently practicing a different kind of family values. :smt105

[Guru]

FB, have a beer and then calmly shuffle on back to the fixing Hawkeye's love wagon thread.

[Fish-Bait]

I am fixin' to start a groan attack.

[Fish-Bait]

FB, have a beer and then calmly shuffle on back to the fixing Hawkeye's love wagon thread.

That's cool. I'll go over and mess wif' him.

[TDaleBeavers]

I think I need a cold beer as well.

[Fish-Bait]

I think I need a cold beer as well.

Get you a Mickey's....cheap, and it has a little taste to it.


That's the best advice besides Gus's post on this entire thread.

[TDaleBeavers]

Yes, someone please scan and post it.

[Tom B]

My simple thoughts. We have a horse trainer that is a little long in the tooth that has never been married. She has been the "mother " to a bunch of young's. She has alway's said when she no longer traines then she will find that man to share her life with. So who cares how old you are when you marry,or if you never marry. Hell, I was in my forty,s when my youngst was borne. In another year or two he can drive me to pick up my ss check,drop me at the beer joint (garden) and come get me later. no dui. But I don't understand why join a group if you don't take part.( Join NRA and don't have a gun)

[wilebill]

There is something seriously wrong when TDB pos reps BDD and he reciprocates. Have I walked into Bizarro World?

[Maggie-Doodle]

There is something seriously wrong when TDB pos reps BDD and he reciprocates. Have I walked into Bizarro World?

WB, MAYBE the world is fixin to come to an end! :laugh: Think about it!

[58ford]

I don't know anyone who's ever been cited for hunting on their own land without a license.
I've never even seen a game warden on my land, but I was informed that the rules have changed and that now only one member of a family owning land could hunt that land without a license. I now write a letter for my friends who I let hunt my land in case they do run into a game officer.

[Remington]

My comment though is that if someone is going to go around being sanctimonious preaching family values in his platform, by age thirty five he/she should have found that someone to spend a lifetime with and be walking the walk.

That's the second time you have tried to explain it and it still comes out the same. I take offense since I'm 43 with no kids and never married. But I come from a very strong family with deep family roots and raised in a church. To say that one can't have family values or preach family values because one isn't married is pretty ridiculous. It makes me wonder if you know what "family values" means. I suppose since I've never been married then I cannot tout my opinion that I believe that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

[TDaleBeavers]

Remington, I'm not judging anyone for not being married...and there's a major difference in that (I assume)you are not a candidate for public office. I am not suggesting that if you aren't married by a certain age you shouldn't hold public office -- after all, I rather publicly supported Benedict Arnold just a year ago. I was 28 when I got married, and endured all sorts of snickers about my being single during college and such. That's not my point at all.

What I am saying is that there are a lot of issues Joey Fillingane as a candidate can speak on with more authority than "family values". Things like his experience, record in office, economic development, jobs, education and the like. I'm not even saying he can't say he's against same sex marriage or wrote all sorts of pro-life legislation. But, I think he does cross a line into hypocrisy, and I'm sorry, but that's how I feel.

[carsalesguy]

joey reminds me of someone on here----

http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/frontpage-bunnysuit.jpg

[Pirate_129]

There is something seriously wrong when TDB pos reps BDD and he reciprocates. Have I walked into Bizarro World?

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." :smt103

[BlueDogDemocrat]

http://graphics.boston.com/images/bostondirtdogs/Headline_Archives/schultz_180.jpghttp://writingjunkie.net/images/ostrich-head.jpg

[Pirate_129]

TDale and BDD finally posed for a photo. :smt118

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0326856/envy.jpg

[Fish-Bait]

Bagel.
Atari.
Oak Grove. (threw that in for good measure)

[bpitt]

I believe in the right to be a pirate, though, I don't own a pirate ship, unless you count a 12ft johnboat or a 15ft runabout.......now that I think of it, I could mount a small black powder cannon on the runabout!

[Fish-Bait]

I believe in the right to be a pirate, though, I don't own a pirate ship, unless you count a 12ft johnboat or a 15ft runabout.......now that I think of it, I could mount a small black powder cannon on the runabout!

Do you have a pirate's license? If you don't you can't support Pirates you bagelhole.

[bpitt]

Yar........I don't need a damn license, cuz I'm the head pirate!

[Fish-Bait]

Interesting comments on the dudes blog.:-D

:cry::cry::cry::cry:

[bpitt]

he is probably a pirate in the waters of his own lake or ocean, and thus he doesn't need a license to prove he is a pirate.
I sail the seas of cyberspace, of which no boundries are known. All of the piracy, none of the scurvy!

[Augustus McRae]

Yar........I don't need a damn license, cuz I'm the head pirate!


"...Badges? We don't need no....."

[Fish-Bait]

"...Badges? We don't need no....."


You broke your silence...:smt009:-D

[Augustus McRae]

You broke your silence...:smt009:-D


Off topic, my man....totally "off topic".....

[Fish-Bait]

Off topic, my man....totally "off topic".....

I know, but c'mon..........just couldn't stand it could jah'....had that itchy fanger'......jus' had to do it.....all that braggin' I did on ya'.....:smt009:-D

[bpitt]

Yar.......

[Augustus McRae]

Please let the minutes reflect that I apologize, am remorseful beyond words, and obviously need professional help...

[Fish-Bait]

Please let the minutes reflect that I apologize, am remorseful beyond words, and obviously need professional help...


Off topic!:kekeke:

[bpitt]

So does the guy support pirates, or not? Yar......

[jojobeans1120]

Do the pirates own guns? :confused:

[bpitt]

This one does......

[jojobeans1120]

:smt071......:smt118

[Sister Golden Hair]

All you Pirate's and politicians need to sail and connive your way over to flowergirl's food drive thread and pledge some love to the hungry people.

It'll make you feel better. A giving heart will a happy pirate or politician make.

[Bluesman]

Does the card say hunting? Or just like shooting? You don't need a huntin' license to shoot. So the dudes blog is vague on this. He coulda' done better, but I think he is tryin' to pull the wool a little bit. The NRA is about shooting and gun ownership more than hunting, so the license thing is quirky.

What does the card say or how does it read?
True, you don't need a liscense to just go and shoot but what about the camo garb from head to toe... you don't need that either just to go shoot.:smt023

[chaz]

Interesting comments on the dudes blog.:-D

:cry::cry::cry::cry:

He ran off and cried? I have trouble believing that. Any other confirmation?

[Fish-Bait]

True, you don't need a liscense to just go and shoot but what about the camo garb from head to toe... you don't need that either just to go shoot.:smt023


Maybe he can't afford those pricey shootin' duds...he prolly jes' stopped by the Military Surplus or somethin'......still ain't seen the picture though..

[Fish-Bait]

He ran off and cried? I have trouble believing that. Any other confirmation?

I see we are now readin' the comments!

[TDaleBeavers]

I'll say, I'll tend to agree with the poster on the albany blog that said IF he did "run off and cry", that's exactly the type of challenger I would want. I would also trust that Tony Mozingo would not use that as a basis to withdraw.

They have scanned and posted the mailout on the blog site, and they guy in camo is NOT Joey, but it is a guy that looks somewhat like him.

[Fish-Bait]

I am standing here watchin' as people try to pull the genius pebbles out of an amazin' stack of bullshat.

Qouted from some dude in a gun book.

[H'burg Lady]

It's all "smoke and mirrors" when it comes to political ads, cards or speeches... they say what they have to say to get where they want to be...then do what they intended to initally anyway. It doesnt matter in the end... or does it?:confused:

[TDaleBeavers]

I someone from a prominent law firm in Jackson is logging in to pay a visit.

[Scipio]

He ran off and cried? I have trouble believing that. Any other confirmation?

Here's the real question: do you believe Tony Mozingo, or Joey Fillingane?

That's a tough call.

[TDaleBeavers]

Given the events of the past year, I'd have to believe Tony. Just being honest.

[nthemedia]

Without reading through five pages, has it been said yet:

"how did a guy with an effeminate lisp, get ellected in south Mississippi"?

[Remington]

I went back and looked at that ad and it is not Joey Fillingane and doesn't really look like him, other than he's young. IMHO, the only one who looks bad in this, is the author of the blog and the one pushing this. Either by ignorance or by intent, he's falsely accusing Fillingane of things he's not guilty of.

There is a picture of a woman and a baby under the family values section and a picture of a man and a boy hunting under the second amendment section. His ad says nothing about hunting and makes no claim about being a hunter whatsoever. All the ad claims is that Fillingane supports gun rights and is endorsed by the NRA. There's no way I could look at that ad and get the impression that Fillingane tried to portray himself as the guy in that picture or try to claim that he was a hunter or a gun owner himself.

It is obvious that the author of that blog has an agenda. I've met Fillingane on a few occasions, but don't know him personally. He isn't a macho man, but as far as his political views, he is 100% supportive of hunters, sportsmen, gun owners, conservatives, families, etc. etc. etc. But I never heard him claim that he was also a hunter and it isn't necessary that he does. My mother is 100% supportive of hunting and gun rights but she wouldn't even have a clue on how to load a gun. I support sky diving, but doesn't mean I'm going to do it.

As far as Mozingo deciding not to run because Fillingane ran out of the room crying, that statement doesn't sound even realistic. If it was true, Mozingo doesn't need to be running for office either.

[chaz]

Because there is no such thing as a gay Conservative Republican, that's why.

You're going to have to exlpain that.

[mspolitics82]

Remington, What I am saying is that there are a lot of issues Joey Fillingane as a candidate can speak on with more authority than "family values". Things like his experience, record in office, economic development, jobs, education and the like. I'm not even saying he can't say he's against same sex marriage or wrote all sorts of pro-life legislation. But, I think he does cross a line into hypocrisy, and I'm sorry, but that's how I feel.

Okay, TDB, it is time someone put you in your place...nicely.
In my humble opinion, I think you just crossed the line of decency. To suggest that someone is even close to hypocritical for addressing a topic that he/she may be "less qualified" to address than another is ridiculously insane. As an attorney, you may know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about only a few things, but it does not make you borderline hypocritical just because you discuss the things you know the least about. FURTHERMORE, just because one is not married does not mean one does not have knowledge of family values. In my 30 years of marriage and raising two grown children (both still single), I would hope that my children have learned (from my wife and me) some of the important family values that they need to know in preparation for marriage and raising a family. That is probably why most American marriages end in divorce-----because most adults in this country were not taught strong family values as children/teens.

I do not know Mr. Fillingane other than the little I have seen and heard in the news.......nor do I know you, except for the little I have seen/read in the papers. I certainly do not judge ANYONE by what I see/read on blogsites---and I hope you do not either. But, regardless of how well I know him, I would never suggest just because he may know more about education or whatever, that he crosses the hypocrisy line when he discusses family values, just because he is not married yet. And I think your doing so merits an apology. Regardless of what you apparently (reading between the lines) think of him, please....show some maturity!
(And if you are still married and have children, I trust you are teaching them strong family values, so that they will have something to remember and build on----even if they are 40 when they marry.)

[jayjern]

wow this is the craziest posting I have seen in a while!!!! LOL...first Tony would not run out of the room crying....that is just nuts...and then TDB has the gall to talk about lawyers and trial lawyers in this posting...Mr. Beavers I am not a member of the MTLA but if I was it does not make me a bad person as you indicate and guess what Mr. Beavers you try divorce cases so that makes you a trial lawyer like me....geez if you do not like the profession get out!!! but stop putting yourself down in comments and as far as Joey and the comments being made I support Joey and his dad and guess what we differ on things but I still think they are the best for the job and if needed I could sit down with either one of them and talk with them about legislation...access is in my opinion important...and these personal attacks are ridiculous...we are not the judge guess what our LORD is and what is ringing in my ears is all I can see is Jesus with the woman who was almost stoned to death for getting caught in an adulterous act and HE kneeling on the ground and writing something and saying he who is without sin cast the first stone....I suspect if HE was here now there would be sins of mine and all others that could be written on the ground...

[jojobeans1120]

People talk about trial lawyers like they're spawns of Satan. Not all of them are ambulance chasers. There are those that are actually good, honest people. There are people out there that need their help. With the new tort reform, doctors can basically come into our state and screw up as much as they like. They're not going to be held accountable for it and might as well not have Med-Mal insurance because of it. They have gone from one extreme to another with the tort reform. They need to find a balance that will hold those who actually do mess up accountable, while keeping the BS cases out of the courtrooms and from wasting taxpayers money.

[Swoops1]

I don't normally post on here but, to see people bash a person they don't even know because of something a person from Albany, GA said. I've known the Fillingane family for somewhere close to 15 years they are some of the kindest, humble people I know.
Even though he is not married at age 34 he still has strong family values because that's the way his parents raised him. I don't know if he hunts but I do know he supports gun owners rights.
I could go on but what would be the point.
Ya'll have a great day.

[daisy]

I have met Joey Fillingame and found him to be a nice, intelligent guy.

I looked at the hunting picture and that wasn't the Joey I met.

What district is he running for the #? Is it 102 and is anyone running against him this time?

I hope the Hattiesburg American prints it or Noway has us bet on it so I know who I have to pick from.:confused:

[TDaleBeavers]

wow this is the craziest posting I have seen in a while!!!! LOL...first Tony would not run out of the room crying....that is just nuts...and then TDB has the gall to talk about lawyers and trial lawyers in this posting...Mr. Beavers I am not a member of the MTLA but if I was it does not make me a bad person as you indicate and guess what Mr. Beavers you try divorce cases so that makes you a trial lawyer like me....geez if you do not like the profession get out!!! but stop putting yourself down in comments and as far as Joey and the comments being made I support Joey and his dad and guess what we differ on things but I still think they are the best for the job and if needed I could sit down with either one of them and talk with them about legislation...access is in my opinion important...and these personal attacks are ridiculous...we are not the judge guess what our LORD is and what is ringing in my ears is all I can see is Jesus with the woman who was almost stoned to death for getting caught in an adulterous act and HE kneeling on the ground and writing something and saying he who is without sin cast the first stone....I suspect if HE was here now there would be sins of mine and all others that could be written on the ground...

Jay, first the Albany blog site comment suggested that Joey ran out of the room crying after Tony went to him advising that he was going to run against for House 101 in 2003, not the other way around. Second of all, my doors are open to anyone, even those who didn't support me. You accessibility comment simply isn't accurate or fair.

I do not bash per se personal injury or medical malpractice litigation, but I have condemned the pre 2001/2002 culture in which plaintiff's lawyers were seeking out favorable venues to file suits and getting huge verdicts in these mass tort cases, which was resulting in med/mal premiums shooting through the roof (which was being passed on to us) and many doctors simply leaving the state. I frankly saw a good number on the plaintiff's side, who were putting making a killing ahead of making a difference, and some of the fee's earned were beyond ridiculous. A strong dose of tort reform was needed, and IMO has been among the most important legislation passed in this state in the past decade.

That being said: is the current law perfect, and I'll admit, undoubtably no. I am very concerned that some legitimate claims are not being pursued (i.e lawyer's won't take the case) because of the litigation costs involved, and the likelihood of recovery under the new laws. Perhaps, some balancing is needed, but all I have is an opinion, and admittedly, not a perfectly informed one.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

The comments are getting interesting on the blog site...I'll be interested to see if Joey answers the questions about his campaign flyer..

Joey is pretty good with this "passive image" game...much like when he went around campaigning for the senate seat with his pregnant campaign manager.

[countrygirl]

I made a call recently and got this message: You have reached the law offices of Dewey, Cheatam, and Howe....it went on to give more info, but I didn't listen as I THOUGHT I had the wrong number until I thought about it. Sorry, but I think we have too many lawyers running our government. Personally, I would love to see more folks in other professions in politics.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

the saga continues...

http://forums.hattiesburgamerican.com/viewtopic.php?t=12439

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/joey-fieldinstream.html


I don't think this fellow in Georgia knew he was openin' up Pandoras Box when he started this blog.

[SoMissTV]

I know the company that produced the mailer. The photo is a stock photo, not Joey. Please edit your posts accordingly.

[Remington]

Considering the source, I think it's a big campaign to smear the Fillingane's.

[Fish-Bait]

I can't believe there is 111 post on this.......farfa'noogen.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

How do you reckon an outfit in Georgia got wind of Joey?

[Swoops1]

Some of you people are really sad !!

[Fish-Bait]

Dang, we got "You peopled"!!!!!

[Fish-Bait]

Bagel,

Atari,

and now, You people.....:laugh:

[aaron]

Posts referring to the sexual preference of a candidate have been reported and removed. I really hope I don't have to shut down the election discussion again. Stop getting personal with your posts. Talk about matters of public record.

[Fish-Bait]

My comments on the blog were deleted....


"It's obvious you are not a hunter or a gun owner"

Jeez....how cheezy can you get manipulating your own blog to make yourself look good.:smt009

Oh, yeah, the flyer is on there too, along with some more interesting 8 mile long posts.

http://wakeupalbany.blogspot.com/2007/10/hypocrite-of-week-joey-fieldandstream.html