Here we go again. Imagine being African American today in Charleston where my brother-in-law and sister live. My sister is Jewish, I wonder if she ever thinks how it would be to live there if the crossed bars were instead a twisted cross? South Carolina celebrates many of the same legal hol[...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
May 10th, 2015 - 3:30 am § in America
South Carolina Remembers The Capture or Jeff Davis
South Carolina State Holiday Confederate Memorial Day In commemoration of the death of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson in 1863 and the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in 1865, the South Carolina Legislature will be closed today and all state off[...]
May 8th, 2015 - 4:28 am § in America
THE Ave Challenge: Who said each of these
Obama “does not even have the basic appearances of a human being.” A. Sarah Palin. B. South Carolina Judge C. Saudi Iman D. Pakistani Taliban E. North Korea “It would be perfect for Obama to live with a group of monkeys in the world’s largest African natural zoo and lick the br[...]
April 28th, 2015 - 3:04 pm § in America
Could it be that racism on the web is causing black folks to die?
South Carolina Wins Again! Where do Google searches for the word “nigger” come from? (With apologies but, the term Google studied was the full, spelled out obscenity, AKA the “N word” if one is being politically correct. Where do America’s most racist people live?�[...]
April 28th, 2015 - 9:26 am § in Uncategorized
South Carolina cops get prison for taser abuse of black woman
Two South Carolina ex-cops were sentenced to prison yesterday by a federal judge for using a mentally disabled black woman as taser target practice, ABC News reported yesterday. They previously were fired from the Marion police force, a town of about 7,000 people in the northeast corner of the state[...]
April 27th, 2015 - 8:26 am § in America
Union Representatives Threatened at Gun Point in South Carolina
South Carolina: Union reps threatened at gunpoint, Boeing vote canceled The Machinists union is delaying its attempt to organize Boeing workers in South Carolina. The union announced Friday that is withdrawing a petition to hold a union vote. For the uninitiated into South Carolina’s to[...]
April 21st, 2015 - 10:42 pm § in Misc.
Last Chance to Buy Your Tickets for The Ball Celebrating The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Ball Starts Saturday, April 25 at 5 pm, and dinner will be served * at 6 pm. Description of event: We would be delighted if all guests attended in dress appropriate to the middle of the nineteenth century, but recognize that not everyone is a reenactor and owns period clothing. Here is a web[...]
April 20th, 2015 - 12:09 pm § in Hypocrisy
Flags, Protests, Cops, and Playboy Models
What we have here is a former Playboy model and Air Force veteran physically wrenching an American flag away from two female black protesters because she’s unhappy that they were stepping on it, which is a legal form of protest in the U.S., because she thinks it’s disrespectful to the fl[...]
April 17th, 2015 - 8:39 am § in Misc.
North Charleston, South Carolina .. the OTHER story
This is also the town that enticed Boeing to build a plant there to avoid paying union wages. This town north of Charleston SC has recently become famous for the murder by a policeman of an unarmed black man trying to run away. The Mayor (a white man in a city where the largest ethnic […][...]
As Summer Approaches, Where Amerikins Ought Not Travel
OOOPS ..how come Cuba did not make the list? I would add Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of Idaho. But then I am Jewish and have a lot of African American friends. Of course as a Jew I am also not permitted in Singapore or Malaysia. Presumably Tea Party types should also a[...]