Archive for September, 2010

Now THIS is freakin’ leadership!

James Rosen at The Post and Courier brings us this story on Senator DeMint standing up for us. James’ article begins: Sen. Jim DeMint, in an unusual assertion of unilateral power, has warned the other 99 senators that for the rest of the legislative session this year, all bills and nominations that are slated for [...]

September 30, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: National  No Comments

MyRegion.org

Here is a short video displaying graphically the plans that groups like Ten at the Top have for our communities. Less cars More transit/buses/high speed rails More green space Less urban areas Concern about “food crisis” Set aside land from future development Rethink our lifestyle Pause the video at 2:10 and take a look at [...]

September 30, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Property Rights  No Comments

Senate blocks recess appointments with deal between Dems, GOP

Alexander Bolton at The Hill writes about Congress denying Obama the opportunity to make recess appointments while they are adjourned. Democratic leaders have agreed to schedule pro-forma sessions of the Senate every week over the next six weeks, a move that will prevent Obama from making emergency appointments. and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had [...]

September 30, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Congressional  No Comments

Norman Calls for Open Meeting to Pick Speaker

Kevin Dietrich has the scoop on today’s GOP Caucus meeting. He reports that Rep. Ralph Norman called for opening up caucus meetings to the public, and said there should be an open vote for speaker. Kevin’s article is full of details about the upcoming vote to select the Speaker of the House, and includes several [...]

September 29, 2010   Posted in: State  No Comments

Are Legislators Misusing Per Diem Payments?

The Palmetto Insider takes a look at the per diem system of SC legislators. We just can’t understand why the legislators don’t understand the importance of questions like these: Granted, saving $300,000 isn’t much, but it’s important as a symbolic step in changing the culture of privilege at the state Legislature. After all, why shouldn’t [...]

September 29, 2010   Posted in: State  No Comments

Waiting for Superman

Jim Nolte at Big Government talks about this film. You can see the trailer at his article. It is a moral abomination that a child living in the richest country in the world can be doomed –or not — depending on the one-in-ten chance a bingo ball might fall their way and give them a [...]

September 29, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

I love this man … “We may have to fire lousy teachers”

Ed Morrissey has your Daily Christie at Hot Air. With video. “We cannot wait. Your children are sitting in these classrooms today. We cannot wait to make it better,” Christie told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer. Unqualified teachers will feel the lash. The governor is demanding that teachers in kindergarten through fifth grade actually pass tests [...]

September 29, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Education  3 Comments

GOP Senators Lash Out at Jim DeMint

NOTE WELL articles like this one at Politico by Manu Raju. We are so proud that Jim DeMint is our senator. We must have his back as he speaks out against the entrenched, spineless, “hard of hearing” GOP Leadership. We need to do everything we can to ensure that we send enough conservatives to Washington [...]

September 29, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: RINO Alert  One Comment

Ten at the Top = Land Use Meeting

As part of the year-long effort to create a Shared Upstate Growth Vision, Ten at the Top invites you to participate in a Community Forum on Monday, October 4, 2010 at the Spartanburg Library in the Barrett Room. The folks who are bringing Agenda 21 and Sustainability Issues (translated to read restricting YOUR property rights [...]

September 29, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Tax/Budget/Spending, Training/Resources, Uncategorized  3 Comments

October 12, 7:00 PM Spartanburg Tea Party Meeting

Please put our October meeting on your calendar. Tuesday October 12 7:00 PM Westside Library 525 Oak Grove Road Spartanburg, SC 29301 This will be the last meeting before the November 2 election so we’ll have some more candidates in to speak with us. So far we have: Tim Moultrie, Libertarian candidate School Superintendent (Mick [...]

September 29, 2010   Posted in: Tea Party  No Comments