A PROPOSAL Confederate flag boosters have continued to fight removal of South Carolina’s flag, accusing those who characterize the banner as a symbol of racism and slavery of being bigots and hate mongers. Others in that state seem to want to look the other way, apparently not caring ab[...]
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October 14th, 2020 - 5:30 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Are guns legal in polling places?
It depends on where you live. States where guns are illegal in polling places Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas. Also in D.C. and Puerto Rico. Read details of state-by-state prohibitions here. States with all-mail voting where ther[...]
December 23rd, 2015 - 4:56 pm § in Misc.
Last Minute Shopping. South Carolina Style
READMORE ABOUT THE MERRY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA[...]
November 17th, 2015 - 1:58 am § in Misc.
While we obsess about Muslims and Paris, in South Carolina the horror never ends.
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September 9th, 2015 - 1:45 am § in America
South Carolina: Why would anyone want to live there?
Stono Rebellion (sometimes called Cato’s Conspiracy or Cato’s Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that commenced on 9 September 1739, near the Stono River in the colony of South Carolina. The uprising was led by native Africans who were likely from the Kingdom of Kongo. The slaves may[...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: What matters in South Carolina
The Auto Lobbyist: from the Chronicle of Higher Education “If you can learn how to make love in the backseat of a Volkswagen, you can learn to read and write in a barn,” Patrick E. Watson, a longtime lobbyist for South Carolina car dealers, secured a big tax break for his clients. Deal[...]
August 2nd, 2015 - 1:56 am § in Misc.
No Lives Matter, Whites get the same .. if you are cop in South Carolina!
So a nut job kills 9 good (Black) folks in a church in Charleston and the result is the good burghers , 150 years after the end of the Civil War, take down the rebel flag. Sadly few if any of the (white) burghers had the grace to attend the final flag lowering ceremony .. it […][...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 9:10 am § in America
UPDATE: Despicable Comments in Defence of Racism in South Carolina
William Quick (my brother in law, comment in TA): It is absolutely despicable that you repeat this racist nonsense speculating about flying the Confederate flag at half-staff in SC. The tragedy that occurred at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. deserves respect and sympathy, not your bigoted [...]
April 8th, 2015 - 4:51 pm § in Misc.
UPDATE: The Odor of Racism, Charleston South Carolina
SO .. when a cop pulls his gun and says stop, and you do not. Can he just shoot you? Mayor who enacted the “tough law policies’ says “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong.” Mr. Summey was NOT referring to himself. I am sure the Mayor is referring to officer Slager but I am n[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 1:13 am § in Misc.
Black Man Killed at Traffic Stop in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Mayor Says “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong.” Based in part on material from April 7, 2015, New York Times MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZO I really do not understand how anyone, including my sister and her husband, can choose to live in North Charleston, South Carolin[...]