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A small group of 350 right-wing libertarians gather in Cleveland Park

Remember this back in September? Brannon said Martin’s views don’t necessarily represent those of the broader tea party movement. Martin and those who have criticized the six officials are a ā€œsmall group of right-wing libertarians who call themselves the tea party,ā€ Brannon said. Welcome to the club! The Spartanburg Tea Party appreciates the support of [...]

February 5, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

The Military Is Now Telling Catholic Chaplains What They Can And Can’t Say

You may have seen mention of Obama silencing Catholics this past week. Here’s what’s up with that. Michael Brendan Dougherty @ Business Insider has this short story: The Catholic Church is fighting mad about an HHS ruling that would have them buy insurance for things they consider sinful–contraception, sterilization and abortion. All the bishops in [...]

February 5, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Trey Gowdy and Bruce Bannister to discuss Fast and Furious

Click here to view the invite for this event. Please join us for an evening with US Congressman Trey Gowdy (R) and SC Representative Bruce Bannister (R) to learn about the FAST and FURIOUS incident and 2012 Legislation that could affect your 2nd Amendment Rights. Congressman Gowdy will provide his insight into the BATF scandalous [...]

February 5, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Show Me the Money

Guest blog today by Deedee Vaughters. This is actually an updated article on a subject Deedee has been writing and talking about for a couple of years … South Carolina’s “Other Funds”. All the spending of this 8.2 billion (by a committee) has no accountability on the part of allotting the funding or on those [...]

February 5, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Political Moneyball: The Conservative Strategy for AFTER the Election

Kurt Schlichter. I’ve blogged about him before. This is a blog post of legend. Read it now. Print it out. Put on your fridge or tape beside your computer. Read it every day between now and November 2012. Excerpts: The most important part of the Tea Party/conservatives’ rise since 2009 has not been its remarkably [...]

February 4, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

School Choice Rally Photos

Preston Baines shared these photos on Facebook.

February 3, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Some confusion about our rally and the GOP Platform?

Stephen Largen wrote this article giving our event some “awareness” Tuesday. He also did us a great service by updating the original online title of the article which might have led readers to think that H4576 was funded by public funds, when clearly it is funded by private funds in the form of tax credits. [...]

February 3, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Is Komen reversing? They may be.

And until they unequivocally take a pro life stand, I still will not donate to them. This post from Ace of Spades: Read the Komen statement. If you are interested in donating to breast cancer organizations who do NOT have ties to abortion providers, here ya go: Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer – http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com Breast Cancer [...]

February 3, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Some info on School Choice Rally

So when an event like last night’s School Choice Rally is looming I always get a little stressed. What if no one shows up? Especially since we had 160 to 180 seats at tables clearly defined. What if only 4 tables worth of folks attend? That’ll look a little silly. NEVERFEAR! We had standing room [...]

February 3, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Provisos = SC Legislators’ Earmarks

Eric K. Ward writes an illustrative article about what “provisos” are. Basically, as he explains, they are earmarks. Lots of politicians rail against federal earmarks in Congress, but the S.C. General Assembly has its own version of earmarks and many of them represent the very same kind of special-interest, pork-barrel spending. The Legislature’s version of [...]

February 2, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment