Comments on: Announcement from the blog owner

By: Silence DoGood

Silence DoGood — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:05:48 +0000

I suspect that even Beelzebub is entitled to an effective defence, but at what cost (to the devil, his defenders and to Justice). If an effective defence means that the Feds are stymied from rolling a bagman onto the elected recipients of the largess that was the king of torts then the political landscape in Mississippi will remain a Pandæmonium. I find that unconscionable.

By: Denis Smyth

Denis Smyth — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:26:22 +0000

We´ve been allowed to comment on the case and… criticize Tom Freeland directly (even though he cannot comment back) which means this blog is ALIVE. Brother, keep these open threads coming!

By: A Lurker

A Lurker — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:03:14 +0000

I agree with Watching. If I did not like the attitude of a paper’s editorial staff, and I had buckets of money, I could just purchase the paper and get a new staff. It seems like Blake’s move was clear evidence that blogging has taken on a new role as a true journalistic outlet. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you don’t want your legal pursuits or difficulties talked about daily, indeed, hourly, you hire the chief blogger to represent you and then, while he might discuss some aspects of the larger case, he cannot talk about your part in it.
Hey Lotus, can you start up a fund somewhere so that we can all work to support you to blog again?

By: Scrivener

Scrivener — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:00:33 +0000

MGNAT @ 10:45, you are certainly entitled your opinion, but I think we are loooong way from saying Blake “should not prosecuted along the same lines as his boss…” Unless you know something I don’t (which is highly possible), but right now his name is directly tied to an attempt to bribe a judge.

By: mississippiman

mississippiman — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:00:44 +0000

Get your money up front NMC!

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:53:21 +0000

As long as Senior Blake sent Mr. Obama his part of that money he dont have much to worry bout.

What I been thinking is maybe it was PL’s goat and Dickie was just holding it down.

Hmmm…

By: mississippi gal not a lawyer tho

mississippi gal not a lawyer tho — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:45:27 +0000

Of all the players/characters in the Tobacco Wars Mr. P.L. Blake seems the most down-to earth, believable, just a regular “bagman” that should not be prosecuted along the same lines as his boss, it is all still very political.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:34:01 +0000

It certainly seems to me that Mr Freeland has his priorities in the right order. I mean, his real job is an attorney, not a blogger. Who wouldn’t want to score a client like Blake? I doubt it took him very long to weigh taking on Mr. Blake’s case, or being able to blog about it.

And he’s still going to talk about the DeLaughter case anyway. Unless Mr. Blake tangles his way into that one too…

By: COASTDOC

COASTDOC — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:18:06 +0000

ETHICAL ISSUES AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHAT FUN. BEEN LURKING FOR GOOD YEAR OR SO. BLOG HAS RAISED MY OPINION OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION. HAVE HAD MANY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ATTORNEYS. I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE DISCUSSION TAKING PLACE.

By: RazorRedux

RazorRedux — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:00:49 +0000

All of my comments related to this have been in jest. I feel he knows my personal respect for him transcends who he represents as a client. I’ve no doubt he will continue to balance his personal and professional views and beliefs as so many of the rest of us do daily in our professional lives. To quote my old grand-daddy, “Business is business, friends is friends and fun is fun. Never confuse them and you can enjoy all of them.” It’s worked well for me and I suspect Tom can and will continue to as well. It’s who he is. And who we all should be as well. ‘Nuff said.