Mississippi one of two state economies to shrink in 2014

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4. Chicken Jindaloo's in Louisiana; Phil Bryant's in Mississippi.

But you're absolutely right: those two are peas in a pod.

Puppets of the Deep South's medieval good ole boy mafia and unreconstructed segregationists and secessionists (I lived in Mi'ssippi for several years and frequent dealings with Louisianans as well, and can assure you the KKK still very much calls the shots in both those states).

As you can imagine, thousands of qualified people leave the Deep South every year for that very reason: one is simply not welcome there if the local gentry can't relate to you or use you. It's a lot like many Third World countries in that regard (to say nothing of the weather - sheesh!).