Black Crowd Cheers as StarsnBars comes down. My brother in law chose South Carolina as his home and castigates me for criticizing his chosen home. This photograph explains why I will continue to do so. Bill and my sister are Jews, as am I. Unlike them I refuse to be called “white” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
July 9th, 2015 - 8:46 am § in Uncategorized
What that flag actually means
Deleting the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s capitol grounds decor is a done deal, now that both houses of the legislature have approved its removal by the requisite 2/3 vote, although not without much whining by some Republicans. (Note: giving credit where it’s due, it took Repub[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 11:37 pm § in Misc.
My Gift to the South
Early Thursday morning, lawmakers in the South Carolina House approved a Senate bill that removes the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. The measure passed by a two-thirds margin and now goes to Republican Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk. The Associated Press reports: As House members delibera[...]
July 6th, 2015 - 1:44 pm § in Uncategorized
South Carolina’s senate votes to remove that flag
The South Carolina senate voted 37-3 today to remove the Confederate flag flying over the capitol grounds (see photo at left). If two-thirds of the state House votes tomorrow to remove it, as is expected, the flag will come down as soon as Gov. Nikki Haley signs the bill, which she has said she inte[...]
July 6th, 2015 - 11:49 am § in Misc.
Take the damned flag down, then let all South Carolinians celebrate a true hero .. Jeremy Cato
OK, but why not celebrate the bravery of Africans who fought against slavery? Most of these heroes are not even in the history books. A good place to start might be with Cato’s Rebellion. A good way of recognizing this might be to rename Charleston College for this great American Jeremy Cato[...]
July 3rd, 2015 - 11:51 am § in Uncategorized
Is Lindsay Graham the class act of the GOP’s 2016 field?
South Carolina has its shtick(s), but in some ways the Palmetto State isn’t all that bad; it’s virtually the only state that regularly prosecutes killer cops, its legislature is actually talking about taking down the Confederate flag on the capitol grounds, and it sent Lindsay Graham to [...]
July 1st, 2015 - 4:49 pm § in America
South Carolina approves KKK’s pro-Confederate flag rally at capitol
Do I know The Guy Holding the Flag???????????? Photo: Getty Images The white supremacist Ku Klux Klan has received approval from South Carolina officials to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at the state capitol, a newspaper reported on Monday, less than two weeks after a white man shot dead nine [...]
June 30th, 2015 - 10:02 am § in Misc.
South Carolina Brawls Over The Damned Flag
A brawl started yesterday when vehicles with Confederate flag supporters pulled up in front of the South Carolina Statehouse. The flag supporters clashed with about 30 flag protesters. “The blood on my face, the blood in my teeth, the blood on my hands is no comparison to the Southern blood [...]
June 30th, 2015 - 7:27 am § in Uncategorized
Dispute over South Carolina’s confederate flag turns physical
A brawl erupted at the confederate flag display on South Carolina’s capitol grounds Monday evening, with opposing demonstrators trading punches, but there were no serious injuries, media sources report. The melee started when a convoy of vehicles displaying confederate flags went to the monume[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 8:30 am § in Misc.
Support bail and legal defense for the patriot who lowered the rebel flag
Bree Newsome and James Tyson are now in jail, for cutting down the flag. If convicted these heroes could get up to three years n jail. Meanwhile South Carolina officials, after claiming they lacked the technology to lower the damned flag to half mast in honor of the victims of the Charleston Mass[...]