Barbour's staff jokes about Japanese earthquake

[W.E.B. Du Bois]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmi...ours_shop.html

Every morning, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's press secretary sends to Barbour's staff and other allies a list of press clippings, along with a daily compendium of birthdays, historical notes, and jokes -- which have recently included humor on the topics of the disastrous Japan Tsunami, Janet Reno's gender, and the Cambodian genocide.

In Friday's email, for instance, press secretary Dan Turner emailed that on that day in 1968:

Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his single, "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay". (Not a big hit in Japan right now.)

In 1993: Janet Reno was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first female attorney general. (It took longer to confirm her gender than to confirm her law license.)

An earlier email included notes that

1982 - Jamaica issued a Bob Marley commemorative stamp. (Actually, it was a combination stamp and tiny rolling paper.)

1998 - Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives. ("Oops. My bad," hardly seems sincere.)

Wohoooo!! Oh that was a good one. Wouldn't want to be sittin' on the dock on the bay on old Japan, what with its 10,000 dead, nuclear meltdowns (the fallout from which could be carried to the US by the way). Oh man, that was a good one. Looks like Barbour brought the worst of the Deep South with him.

[W.E.B. Du Bois]

Barbour fired his press secretary who made those remarks. It looks like it only took a few hours for him to do so. Given that speed, I feel fairly confident now that Barbour is running for President.

[jazzmo413]

I know we are talking about Barbour here, but my comment fits in with this thread, because of the jokes made. Heard this morning, that the comedian that does the voice over for the Aflack duck got fired for his joke, saying, My girlfriend broke up with me, but i'm sure another will come floating by soon. Man, what is with people who think these things are funny. Whatever happen to think before you speak.