On AlterNet: barbour

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How Haley Barbour's Freedom-for-Kidney-Deal for Scott Sisters Makes U.S. Like China

Frances Kissling, AlterNet. January 7, 2011.

In making Gladys Scott's prison release conditional on the donation of her kidney to her sister, the Mississippi governor sets a dangerous precedent, and flouts the law.

Obama Tells Certain Republican Govs to Cut the Crap

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. February 23, 2009.

He wasn't calling out Jindal, Sanford, and Barbour specifically, but the message was hard to miss.

Bush Admin on FEMA's Toxic Trailers: Screw the Poor!

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake. January 31, 2008.

The Bush Administration, FEMA and Governor Hailey Barbour -- just said screw the poor, let's build more casinos and luxury accommodations.

Mississippi's Overrated Recovery

Guest Blogger, May 25, 2007.

Lindsay Beyerstein: While alligators prowl the ruins and the mail doesn't come, Mississippi's Republican governor, Haley Barbour, receives accolades.