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Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: This week with Congressman Henry Brown

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:16:00 -0500

It's been a slow week for Congressman Henry Brown (R-Piggly-Wiggly). He's in favor of veterans and letting old white men like himself control women's bodies, and oh, by the way, he doesn't want anyone else to get health care. Just another day in the Hate Party back benches.[...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Just kinda silly looking

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:08:00 -0500

Poor Anaconda, still trying to grow a beard.

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Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Republican Party to vets: drop dead. Please.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:04:00 -0500

Senator Tom Coburn is a scumbag, and he still hasn't done anything about the rampant lesbianism in Oklahoma:

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Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Streetcorner catfight

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:00 -0500

Boy Fogle's picking one of his periodic intramural fights with his bromance manque', Anaconda. In this one he calls out the Big Wang for a lack of due diligence digging out a story, while shilling for Henry McMaster, one of Boy's paymasters' biggest clients. Which, as usual, goes undisclosed.
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The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Drinking Liberally at Webster's Thursday night

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:40:00 -0500

Sorry if we are bouncing around from place to place, but considering the weather forecast for this week, let's meet at Webster's in Litchfield by the Sea starting at around 6.

From there, we can determine what we want to do during the winter months.

Once again, South Carolina [...]

Patrick's Place: The One Shocking Part of the Plate Problem

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:26:17 -0500

Over at his blog, Signal 46, Chris posts about what appears to be the end of the “I Believe” license plate saga in South Carolina. In his post, titled “Not a Shocker,” he says it’s sad that it had to go all the way to a federal district court to end the [...]

SC6: West Virginia: A State Full of Miserable Bastards?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:23:00 -0500

New Survey Rates Mountaineer State as America's Unhappiest .. And you thought South Carolina had it bad.... Well, you have it easy compared to West Virginia. According to a new rating called the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, West Virginia is the most unhappy state in America. [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: County Council's O'Connell will not seek another term

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:08:00 -0500

In some surprising news today, Georgetown County Council member Glen O' Connell announced he will not seek reelection in 2010.

The Republican, who represents Georgetown's Sixth District, says "he doesn't have time for everything" and is "looking forward to the next phase in" [...]

FITSNews For Now: Moulding Young Minds … Lots Of Them

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:05:45 -0500

In a visit that we’re pretty sure violated University policy regarding sexual predators being on campus, FITS founding editor Sic Willie somehow finagled an invitation to speak to a class of over eighty aspiring communications practitioners at the University of South Carolina’s College of [...]

SC6: Clyburn Has a Democratic Challenger? Holy S**t !

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:47:00 -0500

Gregory Brown...... The GOP's Best Friend Right Now ? I got an interesting friend request today of Facebook. It was from 'Gregory Brown - Sixth District Candidate'. Of course I accepted him, being a curious Vice-Chair. If this is all true, then a Democrat [...]

SC6: Why the Term 'Hate Crime' Is a Joke.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:20:00 -0500

Yeah, If It Were Applied Equally, But ......... We like to bring out the absurdities in life here at SC6 a lot. Politically, it's easy. But, sometimes we find things in the justice system that make you just think 'WTF'. This brings us to [...]

The Newsless Courier: Commission Cherry-Picks High School for Program

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:00 -0500

"But commission leaders said they especially want to help students who are among the first generation in their families to attend college."

Wednesday's P&C featured a program [Focus on Future] meant to help seniors fill out their college applications on-line with the help of [...]

FITSNews For Now: Happy Vet … Wait A Minute

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:14 -0500

By 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning – after we had received our eleventy kabillionth “Senator So-and-So Issues Statement On Veterans Day” email – our founding editor finally snapped.

“So help me God the next time one of these yellow-bellied, douche bag politicians sends us a friggin’ press release [...]

FITSNews For Now: Spratt Defends Obamacare Vote

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:32 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Three days after voting in favor of one of the most frighteningly intrusive pieces of federal legislation ever offered – let alone passed – in a “free market” republic, U.S. Rep. John Spratt is finally answering his critics.

Spratt’s remarks, which were sent in an email [...]

SC6: What Does Your Traffic Babe Look Like ?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:00 -0500

Elisa Makes That Wreck on the LIE Oh So Enjoyable .....

What's nice about living in a major metropolitan area again? The Traffic Babe. Yes, that cutie girl who lets you know if your commute to work will be smooth, or if it [...]

Wesley Donehue: Have You Seen The New Joe Wilson Site?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:13:53 -0500

I’ve been pretty slammed up lately with very little time to blog. Last week we launched a sweet new site for JUMP! and just today we launched a new blog for one of my best buds, Michael Rentiers.

Most of all, I’ve been slammed up launching the brand new [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Who’s stoopid?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:07 -0500

BILL FOLKS GETS ‘PUNKED’ BY LIKELY DOCTORED PHOTO

The man who likes to bill himself as South Carolina’s “top blogger” may want to re-think that title after getting “punked” into “reporting” on an image that was likely doctored.

Bill Folks of FITSNews.com blogged Wednesday [...]

FITSNews For Now: From The Follow Up File

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:25:21 -0500

The much-ballyhooed “Gossip Girl threesome” finally took place Monday night, and to our founding editor’s surprise (and relief) the “ratio was correct.”

Accordingly, we are hereby reversing our original objection to this “controversial” program – which was based on the widely-held belief that the [...]

Wolfe Reports: Student loan orgs looking to nail students

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:23:25 -0500

Perhaps the only issue that gets under our skin is how some flaming douchebags want to make money off middle class college students. These are kids who have good enough grades to get into college, but whose parents don’t have the money to pay for school, [...]

FITSNews For Now: “Definitely Maybe” For McMaster

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:40:47 -0500

Number of comments: 2

It’s no secret that S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster is among the dirt dumbest politicians you’re ever going to meet, but his latest attempt at courting supporters via the popular social networking website Facebook takes stoopid to a new level.

Here’s a screen shot of [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Another GOP consultant, another SC blog

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:35:00 -0500

Welcome to the blogdom! to Michael Rentiers, who hails from the Joe Wilson/Wesley Donehue camp of the GOP and apparently sensed a need for still more political consultant/bloggers.

Too soon to know where he will come down on issues, but he's off to an intriguing start arguing that [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Ark. man convicted in Pressly murder

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:06:17 -0500

SC-BORN NEWSWOMAN KILLED IN OCT. 2008 AT LITTLE ROCK HOME

A jury in Arkansas has convicted a 29-year-old man in the October 2008 murder of South Carolina-born TV news anchorwoman Anne Pressly.

Curtis Lavelle Vance was found guilty of [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Biden’s motorcade killed a man

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:04:50 -0500

D.C. PEDESTRIAN DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY

Few people, including the Wonkette, had any idea that Vice President Joe Biden has a motorcade. But on Wednesday morning, that fact was confirmed after news broke that Biden’s motorcade [...]

Wolfe Reports: He’s a ‘big ole Cock’

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:02:25 -0500

Patrick Davis is one of the best local musicians, and if you’ve seen him in concert, you’d have to agree. When we were in college, we were lucky enough to catch him opening up a few times for Danielle Howle and Jump, Little Children. [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: -but transit is socialist, and you'd have to sit near black people.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:00 -0500

A Low Country columnist says all the Boeing assembly line will create is traffic unless policy makers get serious about public transit- like they have in Seattle:

The State of South Carolina’s $450 million incentive package to recruit Boeing is probably only the beginning of the [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Police nab Walterboro shooting suspect

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:22:07 -0500

19-YEAR-OLD DANZIEL CHAPMAN CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS OF MURDER

Police have arrested a 19-year-old Walterboro man and charged him with three counts of murder after a horrific drive-by shooting in the Lowcountry town Monday night.

The State Law [...]

Rev. BigDumbChimp: "I Believe" License plates unconstitutional

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:00 -0500

Good.

In a summary judgment ruling, U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said the plate was based on a discriminatory law. "Such a law amounts to state endorsement not only of religion in general, but of a specific sect in particular," Currie said.

Not to mention how [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Family Values above all.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:19:00 -0500

Boy Fogle's's high-fiving himself for beating Anaconda to a cheesy, frat-boy fantasy pic of the Clemson women's crew.

Transforming SC politics, indeed.' [...]

S.C. Real Estate News: Charleston, SC: October Hotel Occupancy Fell 4%, Following Last Year’s 11% Decline

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:02:00 -0500

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- Charleston Regional Business Journal Hotel occupancy in Charleston County averaged 67% during October. That was down 4% from last October’s rate, according to a monthly report from the College of...

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Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Don't confuse me with the facts.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:00 -0500

Bilgrimage fills out the story of the Marine reservist and sometime male model who took out after a lost Greek Orthodox priest trying to ask for directions in broken English.

Bilgrimage goes on to illuminate the nativist, Know-Nothing strain in American life, where people can cobble [...]

S.C. Real Estate News: 465,000 Square Foot Home Depot Distribution Facility in Columbia, SC Sold

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:48:00 -0500

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- Columbia Regional Business Report The USAA Real Estate Co. affiliate that owned the new Home Depot distribution facility in Lexington has sold the property to American Realty Capital. New...

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S.C. Real Estate News: Charleston, SC Area Home Sales Surge 31%

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500

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- The Post and Courier Charleston area home sales surged 31 percent to 721 transactions last month as buyers moved to take advantage of a temporary $8,000 federal tax credit that was recently...

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The Palmetto Scoop: GOP activist comes clean about illegal robo-calls

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:32:37 -0500

ALLEN ADMITS CULPABILITY, HINTS AT OTHERS INVOLVED

A former Republican Party activist has admitted to her part in an illegal robo-call scandal that muddied the waters of last year’s State House District 81 primary.

Ginny Allen, the former Aiken County GOP [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Judge asked to keep dogs out of courthouse

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:48:40 -0500

COUNTY COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT GOODSTEIN LEAVE PETS AT HOME AFTER ‘ACCIDENT’ COMPLAINTS

Most people would assume that bringing pets into a $13 million courthouse would be a bad idea. A circuit court judge, certainly, would know this.

But that isn’t the case in Dorchester County, where Judge Diane Goodstein [...]

The Blogland of Earl Capps: For those who say I'm evil

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:29:00 -0500

... here's proof - a Halloween photo of the Evil Professor. [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Charleston GOP says 'no' to bipartisanship

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0500

What was the rallying cry for the Republicans at the beginning of the year that continues today?

NO!

Even when our president has made strides to invoke bipartisanship, these lawmakers on the right-wing fence haven't budged.

And when one does, they' [...]

Snead 303: Honoring All Who Served

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:05:00 -0500

Back in March I had the opportunity to ask President Obama how we can help our warriors make an easy transition into civilian life. You can see his answer here or read it here. I've been very excited to see the President and his administration make good on' [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Veterans Day message from Jane Dyer

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:28:00 -0500

In observance of Veterans Day, the South Carolina Democratic Party is pleased to share these Veterans Day thoughts written by Jane Dyer. Jane, a veteran, was the 2008 Democratic nominee for the 3rd Congressional District and is running again in 2010. [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Clemson rowing team finds another way to win

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:15:27 -0500

Number of comments: 4

UNFORTUNATE PHOTO WITH EVEN MORE UNFORTUNATE HEADLINE APPEARS ON SCHOOL’S WEBSITE

There’s something weird going on in the world of women’s college sports. It could be that fans are losing interest or that the NCAA is trying to increase attendance, but there’s been a recent push to raise [...]

Indigo Journal: Republican Scones, Teabaggers and Biomass

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:05:58 -0500

Republican Candidate Nikki Haley was in Charleston the morning of November 11th. for a morning tea drop in on Church street at the wonderful little tea and coffee shop there. I don’t go to a lot of Republican events, but since this was across the street [...]

New Wars: LCS Alternative Weekly

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:47 -0500

Number of comments: 10
LCS versus the Swarm Recently reading an interview over at Defense News with Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, who is leaving his job with developing the Navy’s shipbuilding program to the 10th Fleet, the service’s new Cyber command. Here is his thoughts on the LCS: First, there are some current critical war-fighting gaps [...]

FITSNews For Now: SC House: Quinn’s In

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:19:10 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Former S.C. Majority Leader Rick Quinn made it official this week, sending a letter to constituents in Lexington County announcing his candidacy for the S.C. House of Representatives.

Quinn previously served sixteen years in the House from 1989-2005, including a six-year stint as Majority Leader.

“I feel [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Honoring those who served

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:11:02 -0500

Number of comments: 1

AMERICA THANKS VETERANS FOR DEFENDING FREEDOM

Individuals across America are taking pause today to honor those brave souls who have answered the call of duty and served their country.

What began as Armistice Day marking the end of World War I 91 years ago today has now become a [...]

SUNLIT UPLANDS: Sodomites Threaten Terrorism Against Christians

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

From the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission

After announcing the "Rally for Religious Free Speech" an event to challenge the recent Hate Crime Bill signed by President Obama, Rev. Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, a sponsor of the event, received a threatening e-mail saying, "I'll be in'" [...]

FITSNews For Now: This Should Definitely Work …

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:43:26 -0500

Number of comments: 4

After somehow managing to worsen what was already the worst system of public education in the entire nation, S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex has a brilliant idea that we’re sure will fix absolutely everything …

Give ‘em guns …

No, really.

Reviving an old idea that he [...]

FITSNews For Now: The Manning Decade

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:07:58 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts is on track to obliterate every single NFL quarterback record there is … but that still hasn’t resolved the debate over whether or not he is the best quarterback in the league.

First, the numbers.

Manning became the first quarterback [...]

Eye of Polyphemus: Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "Ethics"

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0500

Here is a unique moment; a medical miracle saving the life of a main cast member is performed by a guest star rather than McCoy or Crusher. She gets berated for it, of course. The guest star cannot completely show up the big dogs. There has to [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Haley confirmed as Sanford heiress

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:37:28 -0500

FIRST LADY ENDORSES STATE REP TO PICK UP WHERE HUSBAND LEFT OFF

South Carolina’s first lady has confirmed what many in the state already knew: State Rep. Nikki Haley has been chosen as the heiress to Mark Sanford’s governorship.

The coronation came [...]

FITSNews For Now: Ricci: Bangin’

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:31:28 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Of our founding editor’s many Hollywood crushes, the one his wife understands the least is his ongoing obsession with nymph-hottie Christina Ricci.

“I still don’t get it,” Mrs. Sic announced upon catching her husband, Sic Willie, freeze-framing Ricci’s scintillating performance from the 2006 cult film [...]

FITSNews For Now: SC First Lady Endorses Haley For Governor

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:38:54 -0500

Number of comments: 10

With S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford having become a political liability, State Rep. Nikki Haley has turned to the one Sanford that South Carolinians still adore to jump-start her flagging gubernatorial campaign – First Lady Jenny Sanford.

In a letter released Wednesday by the Haley campaign, [...]

The Cotton Boll Conspiracy: Remembrance Day, 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:24:17 -0500

In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders [...]

FITSNews For Now: Bouldered Over

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:23:23 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Of all the 2009 election results that are likely causing President Barack Obama’s socialist cornhole to pucker up tighter than a snare drum, none stands out to us as being any more significant than the decision by voters in Boulder, Colorado to reject a sales [...]

Eye of Polyphemus: Bettie Page

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:19:00 -0500

A classic. [...]

Eye of Polyphemus: Veteran's Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:00 -0500

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Indigo Journal: Exposed: Gresham Barrett Hires Rove Attorneygate Insider to Sling Mud

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:12:14 -0500

Tim Griffin, a Karl Rove trainee and mud slinger for Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, has been paid more than $36,000 by Gresham Barrett for Governor, according to SC State Ethics Commission filings made by the campaign. Here’s a list of the payments:
Griffin Public Affairs LLC, 07/01/2009, Political Consulting, $9,375.00Griffin [...]

FITSNews For Now: Who Let The Dogs In?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:56:27 -0500

Number of comments: 5

A Lowcountry, S.C. judge who has found herself at the center of two major scandals in recent years now finds herself confronting another mess – literally.

Critics claim that S.C. Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein has turned a new $13 million court house in Dorchester County [...]

FITSNews For Now: Ida Soaks SC

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:35:21 -0500

Number of comments: 1

For the second straight day, South Carolina is being soaked by rain from former Hurricane Ida – a rare November tropical system that formed five days ago in the Southern Caribbean Sea.

Flood watches were issued for most of South Carolina Wednesday as Ida continued to creep [...]

FITSNews For Now: SC Revenues Come Up Short

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:07:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1

South Carolina’s budget estimate for the current fiscal year (2009-10) was cut by $120 million on Tuesday, which means that state government agencies will likely face another across-the-board cut later this year.

Additionally, state revenues were projected to be flat next year, which means that lawmakers [...]

Patrick's Place: NBC Stations Have Rumored Remedy for Leno

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:28:31 -0500

The media insider website Newsblues made mention of an interesting rumor about NBC and its struggling Jay Leno Show: some of the network’s affiliates may have a “trigger clause” that would allow them to run their local news at 10pm and tape-delay Leno, presumably at 10:30pm or 10:35pm. Though no affiliate managers [...]

New Wars: Veterans, Remembrance, and Armistice Day 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:52 -0500

Soldiers are Unbowed, Unbroken David Ignatius says the US Military is “Standing tall in harm’s way“: In the aftermath of the Fort Hood shootings, some commentaries have examined the damage to the U.S. Army from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few have spoken about the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal M. [...]

Cedar Posts and Barbwire Fences: Why Mecklenburg County Commissioners Will Fire Harry Jones

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:57:00 -0500

Have you ever thought about running for office? I don’t mean president, just some obscure local office, like …. the Mecklenburg County Commission.

It’s a part-time part-time job where you get paid for meeting on the first and third Tuesday of each month for about 3 hours. Other than [...]

Patrick's Place: Enjoying National Stress Øut Week?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:27:40 -0500

This past weekend’s editions of the Saturday Six and Sunday Seven shared a theme of getting de-stressed. I had no idea how appropriate that timing was! The Anxiety Disorders Association of America has declared November 9-15 National Stress Øut Week. The week highlights the benefits of mind-body practices to reduce stress [...]

Patrick's Place: So Stupid It’s Actually Entertaining

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:16:22 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Maybe it’s because it doesn’t feature either the tired cavemen or that weird stack of cash with the big eyes, but this Geico commercial cracks me up. Sooooooooo…. [...]

The Voice for School Choice: Choice Advocates in DC fight National Democratic Establishment

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:43 -0500

The Weekly Standard is reporting that key local Democrats are frustrated with President Obama for his failure to support the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program.

That school choice program, supported by 75 percent of District residents, provides low-income children with support to attend private schools.

Advocates for the [...]

Voting Under the Influence: Veterans Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:03:00 -0500

Today is Veterans Day. It is often an overlooked national holiday. However, it honors the men and women who have kept the nation free.

Veterans Day started out as Armistice Day. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first anniversary of the armistice ending World War I as “Armistice Day” [...]

Wolfe Reports: Allen admits guilt in illegal calls case

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:34:38 -0500

Last year, a goodly number of phone calls went out in Aiken County, illegal robocalls in support of Sen. Greg Ryberg and House candidate Scott Singer in the Republican primaries. Ryberg never needed the help, as much as it was, and Singer lost to [...]

Wolfe Reports: Jenny Sanford endorses Haley

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:20:34 -0500

Number of comments: 1

In a move that’s likely to surprise exactly nobody, S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford endorsed Rep. Nikki Haley for governor, sending out a news release letter to local media detailing her decision. Haley’s been considered the “Sanford candidate” from the outset, and has [...]

theDiscust: Censured, Graham begs Charleston GOP for forgiveness

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:38:12 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Charleston – On Monday, the Charleston County Republican Party censured Sen. Lindsey Graham for "many of the positions he has taken that do not represent the wishes of the people of Charleston County SC, such as: passing a “Cap & Trade” energy bill, bailing out banks, and granting amnesty for" [...]

FITSNews For Now: Sellers: Scrap The Education Oversight Committee

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:16:28 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Having recently reached for our poison pens and unleashed a veritable torrent of righteous ink – and indignation – on the head of S.C. Rep. Bakari Sellers (as in this rather testy diatribe), you can imagine our surprise when we were summoned to [...]

The Blogland of Earl Capps: A Hero who embodied America's contribution to winning the fight for freedom

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500

From Who Mattered And Why by Walter Issacson, Time Magazine, December 31, 1999:

If you had to describe the century's geopolitics in one sentence, it could be a short one: Freedom won. Free minds and free markets prevailed over fascism and communism.

So a more suitable [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Shame. There's nothing else to say.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:52:00 -0500

Bilgrimage notes the long list of Hate Districts in the Catholic Church that shoveled cash into Bishop Malone's campaign to create The People's Theocracy of Main, and concludes, rightly:
There will come a day when historians will take note of this list for what it really is: a hall [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Talking about 'free internet' in city turns nasty

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:46:00 -0500

Mayor-elect Jack Scoville has proposed an initiative to create "free internet" for city residents. From there, things have gotten a little nasty on a certain topic board...

Here's how a poster started the situation:

I find it funny that Jack Scoville is being attacked on the [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: The Hate Party eats another of its own.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:45:00 -0500

Having first fucked her over in her bid for Congress, the New York Republicans have stripped Dede Scozzafava of her leadership post in the New York legislature for not being conservative enough. [...]