Archive for the ‘Politics - South Carolina’ Category
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Hey Lindsey and Jimbo!
You probably missed this lesson in real leadership and courage on health care, offered by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, so here's a clip for your edification:
Exorbitant Pay for Health Insurance CEOs ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Forgive me Dear Reader, it has been 5 months since my last confession post. A lot has happened since AnyIdiot went dark:
My marriage nearly collapsed from neglect, partly because a PIG lives in my head, and partly because I was putting so much time into this blog and posting at ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
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A crowd of 150+ gathered Sunday afternoon in front of Greenville City Hall to protest the Israeli invasion of Gaza. For a report of the peaceful protest, quotes from participants and bystanders, and comments from the largely hateful ...
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
There's no way I could improve on Jennifer Read's evisceration of Governor Mark Sanford's posturing against Federal assistance to keep South Carolina's unemployment benefits flowing. Here's a little viscera from Read's Indigo Journal post:
Our esteemed Governor made national headlines today over his latest foot-stomping tantrum. While thousands of ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
In keeping with my philosophy of shamelessly tooting my own anonymous horn, let me direct you to Jennifer Reed's list of Top ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
"Minimally adequate" is the kind of effort you apply to picking fuzz balls off a 20 year old Christmas sweater, not to educating the future of your state and your country.
Thank goodness there are folks trying to shake that 19th century notion from the heads of our Illustrious Legislators. You ...
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
There's something logically and morally wrong with using a cigarette tax to offset income tax or even to fund an on-going healthcare program. Just stop and think about it for a minute.
Raising South Carolina's cigarette tax might be one way to discourage a stinky, dangerous, and costly addiction, and, in ...
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Is it just me, or does Adam Fogle cling to a slightly twisted interpretation of what it means to be American. Here's his comment on "Second Amendment Weekend:"
This honestly might be the most American thing of all time — buying guns and not paying taxes. I’m seriously considering ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Spotted this on the Daily Dish
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE. BETTER YET, VOTE EARLY!
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