Entries from October 2008

October 19, 2008

On the Leadership of South Carolina

Our state legislature is back in session to address the huge budget shortfall that the legislature created by switching the tax structure to be heavily based on sales tax.  Our Governor, our House Speaker, and our Senate President describe, in this satire below, their thoughts and beliefs about how to address this crisis.
Harrell:  Well, we’ve got ourselves one [...]

October 17, 2008

We Already Have a Flag

We can end the divisiveness and the confusion about the Confederate flag, and we can all come together as one community, under the flag of our state and the flag of our nation.
Our state, the state of South Carolina, has a beautiful and powerful flag that we fly proudly.  It’s our state flag, the Palmetto Flag.  It [...]

October 14, 2008

It’s the Soldiers’ Flag

It just doesn’t scan: If you love the Confederate flag, you’re supposed to want the GOVERNMENT to fly it to support your political agenda!?  But why do you love the Confederate flag?  
What the Confederate flag represents is the bond between soldiers who were forced to serve the Confederacy and to fight against the United States of [...]