they sent three gun boats up the yazoo river on july 15th. they found the arkansas to their regret for she was coming down with her ten guns blazing damaging two of the union gun boats and sending the third fleeing before her. as the arkansas emerged into the mississippi, she found both union fleets at anchor with steam down to conserve scarce coal. as the arkansas passed through the gauntlet of ships, they fired heavy broadsides at her but couldn't stop her. in return as commander isaac brown later wrote, his vessel fired back without fear of hitting a friend or missing an enemy. she finally reached the protection of vicksburg batteries below union fleet. it was an impressive achievement but a costly one. in the fights on the yazoo and mississippi, the arkansas lost 25 men killed and 28 wounded. the scene around the gun deck upon our arrival was ghastly and extreme wrote a masters mate on the arkansas. blood and brains spattered everything and legs e es and headless trunks were strewn about. the exploit was praised at the most brilliantly ev

i can tell you how you got to be in shop at yazoo high in 1964 when i was there. do you know who was in shop? you smoked. if you got caught smoking, they sent you to shop, because bad kids went to shop, okay? but do you know that the average auto mechanic with five years experience in jackson, mississippi, makes $70,000 a year? twice as much as the average income for a person that works in mississippi. i mean, how many do you think got sent to learn to do that by their counselor in high school? i think about my own family, my younger son is 32. my bride of 40 years said, you know, reeves decided he's not going to go to ole miss, he's going to go up to community college and learn a trade. what would they have said at the beauty parlor? marcia, what's wrong with him? that's literally what they'd have said at the beauty parlor, what's wrong with him? we've got to destigmatize workforce training in this country if we're going to take advantage of what we can have for american competitiveness. because it is essential if you do not have a workforce that can deploy the t

i can tell you how you got to be an shop at yazoo high in 1964 when i was there.ou know how you got in shop? you smoke them if you got caught smoking they sang it to shop because bad kids went to shop. but do you know that the average auto mechanic with five years experience in jackson mississippi makes $50,000 a year? twice as much as the average income for a person who works in mississippi. how many of you would learn to do that by their counselor in high school? i think about my own, my anger son is 32. 15 years ago is marcia said reeves has decided he is going to go to the community college and learn a trade, but what they have they have said at the beauty parlor? marshall, what is wrong? that is literally what they would say the beauty parlor. what is wrong? we have got to de-stigmatized workforce training in this country if we are going to take advantage of what we can have for american competitiveness. because it is essential. if you do not have a workforce that can deploy the technology and put in place innovation, you cannot get the productivity increases