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  • Palmetto Liberty PAC

    by
    emory.roberts
    Published on 11-25-2011 07:37 PM
    Friends of South Carolina!

    Palmetto Liberty PAC just released the 2011 South Carolina House and Senate score cards! You can see them at http://www.palmettoliberty.com/voting-records.

    Palmetto Liberty PAC is working to make South Carolina the most free state in the nation.
    What does it mean to be the most free state in the nation? It means having both the lowest taxes in the nation and the safest streets. It means having access to quality through competition and consumer choice in health care and education. It means politicians act like public servants, not central planners. It means our universities teach people to think. It means our citizens own property and bear arms without fear that anyone will infringe on their right to either.

    In order to have the most free state in the nation we must balance power between the three branches of state government so that no branch, alone or together with other branches, has more power than the people.

    We must protect the free market from the interference of preferences that are handed out to the well connected by government bodies.

    We can never hope to control our own destiny as a state when 40% of our state budget is paid through the federal government. Not only does it bind our state’s financial destiny to the whims of federal spending, it also ties our hands with the strings the come attached to that money. We must wean the state government from its habitual dependency on “federal” dollars.

    The purpose of this voting analysis is to identify those who oppose these ideas with their votes.
    No longer can we elect any old Republican to the General Assembly. Their rhetoric and publicity may be conservative, but too many of these Republicans are voting to sustain a liberal agenda. It shows all too clearly in their record.

    Most of the votes shown on the score card are votes that we lost. Now we can identify the Legislators that caused us to lose these votes. These Legislators are the ones who need to be replaced if we are to achieve the vision of having the most free state in the nation.

    Our mailing address is:

    Palmetto Liberty PAC
    234 Hermitage Road
    Lexington, SC 29072

    Constitutional Law Seminar

    by
    emory.roberts
    Published on 10-20-2011 09:40 AM
    Constitutional Law: A Realistic View of the Constitution, Influences on our Founding Fathers, Major Court Decisions, & a Little Bit of Policy


    What: A fun 8-part seminar on Constitutional Law designed to give each participant a broad, yet useful, knowledge of the most cited and most important Constitutional provisions and cases. Each participant will receive a manual that includes documentation that supports each session.


    Where: 2609 Seminole Road, Columbia, SC 29210


    When: Monday nights: 11/7, 11/14, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 1/16, 1/23 & 1/30

    from 6:15 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.


    Instructor: Bill Condon, Attorney


    Cost: $40 per person


    Expected Agenda:


    Week 1 The Original Constitution and its Meaning(s)

    Week 2 The Amendments to the Constitution and Some History Concerning and Effects of Those Amendments

    Week 3 How our Founding Fathers Were Influenced: Natural Law, Common Law, & the Interaction of Church & State

    Week 4 Interpreting the Constitution; Judicial Review; Stare Decisis

    Week 5 Congress’ Enumerated Powers – Is Congressional Power Limited?

    Week 6 The Bill of Rights in More Detail

    Week 7 The Eleventh Amendment (in 1796 concerning state sovereign immunity) & the Fourteenth Amendment (in 1868 w/ due process, equal protection, and citizenship clauses) and Their Effect on the States and the Fundamental Rights of Individuals

    Week 8 Other Important Decisions and Current Affairs, Including Rowe v. Wade, State Challenges to Federal Immigration Laws, Challenges to ObamaCare, and Boeing/NLRB



    Registration (limited to the first 30 persons to register):



    Name(s):__________________________________________ _________________________________

    Email Address: _____________________________________
    Phone: ________________________

    # of people attending: ___________
    Amount submitted ($40 per person): __________________

    (make checks payable to Bill Condon)

    To complete registration:

    1. Complete the above registration form.

    2. Give the registration form and the registration fee to Bill Condon or mail them to:

    Bill Condon

    1403 Calhoun St.

    Columbia, SC 29201

    Irmo Okra Strut Parade

    by
    emory.roberts
    Published on 09-22-2011 10:41 AM
    Come out and join the Columbia TEA Party at the 38th Okra Strut Festival and Parade! The parade will take place on September 24th starting at 9:00 AM and the Festival will take place at the Irmo Village Shopping Center starting at 10:00 AM. Come out for a day of fun, games, and okra!

    Founding Fathers Quotes

    by
    emory.roberts
    Published on 09-16-2011 07:26 PM
    Thomas Jefferson letter to Spencer Roane
    March 9, 1821
    "The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife."

    Thomas Jefferson letter to John Taylor
    May 28, 1816
    "The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."

    Calvin Coolidge Foundations of the Republic At Memorial Continental Hall
    June 30, 1924
    "We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America, is neither."


    Economic Freedom

    by
    emory.roberts
    Published on 09-06-2011 06:44 PM

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    My Thoughts On Amazon

    by
    Allen Olson
    Published on 04-28-2011 08:29 AM
    So Amazon is now going to pack up, move on and take 1,200 new jobs with them. Although I am disappointed that we will not gain those new jobs I am pleased that our SC Legislatures sent a message that it is no longer business as usual in SC. The taxpayers of this state deserve better, why should we foot the bill of a huge corporation to move to SC, set up shop, and have a distinct advantage over local companies who are already here. Those who already invested their own money to compete in a free market without a special incentive deal from our lawmakers.
    Critics of ours will say if we don't cut a deal, some other state will, and we will lose those jobs to them. I put that in the same category as selling your soul for temporary gratification. While we can and should look for ways to lure new business's, we need to create an environment that is fair and encourages the Free Market principles that this country was founded on. We need tax reform that does not create loopholes that give those who can afford it, a distinct advantage. I for one am tired of these special interest deals that are being made by those who can afford lobbyist while others who are playing by the rules have to settle for crumbs.

    Historical Feature: Christmas in Early America

    Published on 12-22-2010 08:14 AM
    In America's early years, the celebration of Christmas was a subject of heated debate among Christians, and the lines between the opposing views were drawn largely according to church affiliation. Those from the High Church (e.g., Anglicans, Catholics, Episcopalians, etc., which practiced a more formal tradition of worship), tended to support Christmas celebrations, while those from the Low Church (e.g., Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers, etc., which practiced a more informal mode of worship), tended to oppose that celebration.

    The views of the two sides had largely been shaped by their own history in Europe. For example, the High Church, which had been the church of Europe for centuries before the first colonists came to America, celebrated Christmas. However, those from the Low Church had been persecuted by the High Church, particularly by the Catholic and Anglican Church, so the Low Church saw no reason that they should copy the festival of those that had so harshly persecuted them.

    Interestingly, when European colonists came to America, those affiliated with the High Churches tended to settle in southern colonies such as Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina, while colonists from the Low Churches more frequently settled in northern colonies such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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  • Columbia TEA Party Meetings

    Dates:
    1st and 3rd Thursdays every month

    Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

    Location:
    2609 Seminole Road
    Columbia, SC 29210

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    When available, details on the next meeting will be listed under the Events Section of this site.

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    Join us before each meeting at
    The Prayer Group, which meets at the same location as the meeting, at 6pm.

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