As my regulars know, I live in the cultural wasteland known as Mississippi and from time to time I do a post about my state usually it is something stupid or arrogant or just plain crazy…..and our out going governor, Haley Barbour, is a constant source of posts….and once again…he does NOT disappoint!

Our dear governor has his eyes on the prize in 2012….he would like to run for the nomination of the GOP to run against Obama….he is a brilliant political strategist and a lobbyist and a governor…all the props he needs to qualify for the nomination….the problem is he has to walk back a couple of non-intended (his term) racist remarks…like…..

The governor apologized last month for saying in a magazine interview that the civil rights era was not “that bad,”

And this was Not his first digression….but since he really wants the nomination he has pushed for the Civil Rights museum in the state’s capital of Jackson……

Barbour urged the state’s legislature during an annual address to build the $50 million museum in a state that became notorious during the 1950s and 1960s for violent enforcement of racial segregation and opposition to civil and voting rights.”I urge you to move this museum forward as an appropriate way to do justice to the Civil Rights Movement and to stand as a monument of remembrance and reconciliation,” Barbour said in the speech late on Tuesday.

“The civil rights struggle is an important part of our history, and millions of people are interested in learning more about it. People from around the world would flock to see the museum and learn about the movement,” he said.

What a lovely sentiment!  The problem is this proposal has failed in the state legislature for the last 5+ years…..every year this comes up and every year the governor has been silent on the establishment of the museum….but now that he needs to sure up his position…it is a great idea…..

In a state that is cutting services like a drunken sailor……he thinks it is a great idea to spend $50 million that the state does not have…….but he has said that he wants private donations to build it……..we will see…..it probably will NOT be built….but at least he now has that on his resume that he was in favor of its construction……actually, he probably cares little more than his own political ambitions……