Archive for June, 2010

Karen Floyd’s backroom deal at SCGOP protects racist comments

(TO CONTACT Karen Floyd with your comments email chairman@scgop.com) Upcountry Coalition Thanks Floyd Following SCGOP Inaction June 30, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—The Coalition thanks the SCGOP Chairwoman Karen Floyd for making it crystal clear where the problems lie in South Carolina politics. At the quarterly meeting of the Executive Committee on Saturday there was no [...]

June 30, 2010   Posted in: State, Tea Party  2 Comments

Gov Christie closed $11 BILLION Gap!!~!~

… without raising taxes. On the days when it looks darkest for our nation, I line up Gov Christie videos and watch them. They are like visual chocolate. Like online fluffy slippers. So comforting. So inspiring. Take a look…

June 30, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

Trent Lott/Kay Hagan

Ben Howe has a scathing post that is one of the best tangible examples of the biased media. It is a “mock up” of a real article (cited at the bottom of his post) comparing Trent Lott’s Thurmond remarks to Hagan’s Byrd remarks. Go read the post, it is worth a full look. And then, [...]

June 30, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

*Action Item* Health Care Discharge Petition

Erick Erickson at Redstate explains what a discharge petition is and gives us the scoop on Congressman Steve King (R-IA) and his efforts to use it to repeal Obamacare. There’s this thing in the United States House of Representatives called a “discharge petition.” In a nutshell, a congressman can write a bill and, when the [...]

June 29, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: National  No Comments

Dodd-Frank Finance Bill

The ever entertaining and always informative Moe Lane at Redstate gives us the rundown on the current vote count for the finance bill. Very Interesting! The dynamics of Scott Brown added to Byrd’s death, entwined with the fact that West Virginia is a coal state, mixed with the “will he/won’t he” speculation of whether Gov [...]

June 29, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

Invitation from ICaucus *UPDATED TO CORRECT DATE*

An exciting opportunity has developed for conservative activists to meet with and listen to Frank Anderson speak in Greenville, SC on Thursday July 29 at 7 PM. Greenville County Library System 25 Heritage Green Place Greenville, SC 29601 The event will be held at the Greenville Library – Main Branch downtown Greenville and is limited [...]

June 29, 2010   Posted in: Tea Party  No Comments

Bizarre Animated Climate King Gore Story

Posted on YouTube by Next Media News: “Former US vice president and climate change warrior Al Gore is in hot water after news emerged this week of a 2006 close encounter with a hotel masseuse in Oregon. In a statement made to Portland police reported in the press, the 54-year-old masseuse recounted how she repeatedly [...]

June 28, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

*Action Alert* … Voter ID TOMORROW!

Tomorrow is our chance to ensure the security of our voting system! Throughout the year, Republican activists across the state have been pushing for a simple but important bill, one that would make showing a photo ID mandatory when a person votes. We have to have a photo ID when we drive, open a bank [...]

June 28, 2010   Posted in: State  No Comments

heh. Arizona boycotts have consequences

Daniel B. Wood writing at the Christian Science Monitor explains why it is WAY easier to call for a boycott than to actually participate in one. Here are a few examples Danial cites: The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday granted itself an exemption to the city’s boycott of Arizona to keep a red light [...]

June 28, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: National  One Comment

Rick Barber

June 27, 2010   Posted in: National, Tea Party  No Comments