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FReepers, I just made my paltry pledge to Free Republic. South Carolina is currently at 21st place on the score board with 14 FReepers donating an average of $27.14, for a total of only $380 donated from South Carolina. The other Southern states that are ahead of us: #2 Texas total: $2,561.79, 98 FReepers #3 Florida total: $2,105.00, 58 FReepers #5 Virginia total: $1,035.00, 34 FReepers #12 Georgia total: $ 723.24, 30 FReepers #19 Alabama total: $ 420.00, 20 FReepers #21 South Carolina total: $380.00, 14 FReepers #23 Louisiana total: $330.00, 9 FReepers #30 Tennessee total: $250.00, 13 FReepers #33...

This is a final reminder of weekend SAS events. *Member reception: 7-10 PM Saturday May 8, JW Marriott hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC. *Members are admitted free. Non-members will be charged $25 at the door, which also covers a year membership! *Dress is casual. We may or may not have press there, so please be comfortable but dress for TV. *Finger foods will be served. This will not be enough to be considered dinner, so you may want to grab dinner before you come. *Rally! 11:00 AM Sunday May 9. Freedom Plaza, Washington DC. *Rally shirts will be available...

Second Amendment Sisters is a grassroots organization that was born on FreeRepublic. With the blessings of our dear Jim Robinson, five FReeper ladies took off to challenge the "Million" Mom March, also affectionately known in inner circle as the "commie mommies." Once again the commie mommies plan to invade Washington, DC, on a day that should be set aside to honor the women who gave us life, to call for more infringement on the rights granted to you at birth.The woman who gave me life was brutally murdered at the age of 27. For that reason, I will not stand...

The democrat el presidente' candidates will hold their first debate in Columbia, SC, on May 3. Are any FReeper interested in picketing? I am near Columbia and can get the permit. Also, need ideas for signs (fairly quickly). Please email, FReepmail, post here if there is any interest in this at all. SC is an important player in the primaries. We need to let the lefties know this is Constitution Country!

The South Carolina Chapter of Free Republic will meet Saturday, July 20, 2002 at high noon at Maurice's Piggy Park. The address is 9579 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC. The phone number is 803-462-0882. It should be easy enough to run this address at www.mapquest.com to get driving directions from your humble abode. Two Notch Road is Hwy. 1 which crosses I-77 and I-20 northeast of Columbia. Piggy Park will be north of both those exits on Hwy. 1. Everyone is welcomed. Bring your children and your inlaws. Lots to talk about and a good opportunity to put faces with...

Robert E. Lee was an honest man, and no modern conservative. He would say that he SURRENDERED at Appomattox. He demanded no conditions. But since Grant unilaterally showed some mercy to the Confederates, modern conservatives would say he COMPROMISED. On April 9, 1865, General Lee reached what a modern conservative would call a compromise with Union General US Grant. On the one hand, Lee's country ceased to exist, all the principles of the South were lost, the South was condemned to Reconstruction for twelve years and permanent inferiority within the Union. But Grant, on his own, let Lee keep his ...

Just got a phone call that the SC House of Representatives has rejected the Senate compromise bill. After the House voted to pass the bill last week, it went back to the Senate for approval where the Senate did some minor tweaking.I just received a phone call that the House voted down the version that was sent back to them by 115/2. Will post later as more news comes in.

I just received a call that the the Confederate Soldiers monument on the statehouse grounds in Columbia, SC was vandalized last night. The statehouse workers are in the process of washing the monument now, but I'm told that "Take it down" and other slogans were written on the monument in red spray paint.This monument sits in front of the capitol building at a very wide and very open intersection. This is also the proposed new site of the Confederate Flag according to the current compromise in the House of Representatives which will take the Confederate Flag off the dome and ...

(For education and discussion purposes only.) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The NAACP, fighting to bring the Confederate flag down from the South Carolina Statehouse, has asked Gov. Jim Hodges to veto a bill that would create a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday alongside one honoring the Confederacy. ``We're against tying the two together,'' said James Gallman, president of the state National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ``And the people we're talking too are also against it.'' Hodges plans a major ceremony Monday — planting a tree grown from a seedling from Selma, Ala. — to honor the King ...

To quote our Texas State Coordinator "if you can't stand the gunfire, get off the range," the gun control petition on the i-Charity site hosted by the Million Mom marchers has been removed. As you know, the Second Amendment Sisters are hosting a pro-Second Amendment petition on the same site which was side-by-side to the anti-gun Million Mom March petition. Since October the Million Mom Marchers managed to garner 30 signatures. Our pro-Second Amendment hit the web with a fury and in six days had collected over 10,000 signatures. As of this posting, there are over 12,000 signatures and still ...

FROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS Armed Informed Mothers March Update 1/17/2000 ------------------------------------------------------- Please reply to: moms4guns@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Greetings to our fellow marchers and supporters! Much has been going on in the past week. The big news is that our website is up and running. The address is http://www.northstar90.com/MillionMomMarch/. Changes are being made to the site on a daily basis as new information and ideas come in, so please visit and visit often! You can join the Moms4Guns web ring. If you would like to add your site to our web ring, the instructions are at http://www.northstar90.com/MillionMomMarch/moms4guns.htm. We also have a ...

This thread has already been posted but we're moving it to the breaking news section to bring it to the front. Thanks for all the replies and private emails on the old thread: Million Mom Counter March - Cat Fight Alert!.Follow the links on the old threads for more information. To the women of Free Republic and freedom-loving women everywhere: Are we going to take this Million Mom March laying down? Show of hands if you think not. Good, then let's get started. The ladies of Free Republic and the men who love them are banning together for a counter ...

To the women of Free Republic and freedom-loving women everywhere: Are we going to take this Million Mom March laying down? Show of hands if you think not. Good, then let's get started. The ladies of Free Republic and the men who love them are banning together for a counter march. We need your input, ideas, and support. We need to let these spineless women know that gun control is not the answer to the gun question. That stricter enforcement of our current laws and implementing KID CONTROL instead of GUN CONTROL will do more for this country than their ...

Just saw a programming commerical on A&E television that Investigative Reports will air a piece on Thursday, December 30 called "Gun Life." The intro mentions the right to bear arms and some are willing to go to war for them. Looks interesting. Thought everyone would like to know. It may come on at 9:00 EST, don't take my word for it. :)

Merry Christmas from the Whitehouse Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all . . . . . and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2000, but ...

Confederate flag should move from Statehouse grounds, NAACP leaders say The Associated Press COLUMBIA -- The Confederate flag doesn't belong on the Statehouse dome or the grounds, state Sen. Darrell Jackson says. The only compromise the leaders would accept during a meeting with Gov. Jim Hodges was a plan to move the flag to the Confederate Relic Room, WIS-TV reported Wednesday. Jackson, D-Columbia, introduced the bill that is garnering NAACP support. "I guess I've come to the conclusion that if the flag is offensive then it will be just as offensive flying on the yard as it would flying on ...

The youngest are our poorest citizens. And the consequences to experiencing deep poverty in childhood are severe and lasting. In South Carolina, every hour of the day a baby is born to a teen-age mother. Think of that. At 8 a.m. today, a baby is born to a S.C. teen. At 9 a.m. today, a baby is born to a S.C. teen. When you take a break at 10 a.m., when you check the clock at 11 a.m., when you go off to lunch at noon, a baby is born to a teen. And it is a given that babies ...

Today in Columbia, South Carolina, seven Freepers were unearthed in the vicinity of a local Pizza Hut. To everyone's amazement, these elusive nocturnal net crawlers bearing strange names like DrNo and AlligatorEyes had strikingly human-like faces! After getting past the initial shock of having to communicate verbally instead of in black and white text, we settled into several interesting discussions. AlligatorEyes brought with him an antique 5th grade Reader published in 1870-something. Amazing that over 100 years ago they were teaching fifth graders wild and crazy ideas like juror responsibility and the duty of magistrates and (gasp) the Constitution. Talk ...

Business leaders, GOP air differences on flag The Confederate flag came between old friends Thursday when two top officials from the state Chamber of Commerce visited the House Republican Caucus to discuss their differences over the status of the banner that flies above the State House. By the time it was over, the chamber officials were left with a clear message: The Republican leadership is solidly behind the flag and just as solidly opposed to NAACP sanctions. And although emotions ran high among the flag's staunchest defenders, they kept the discussion civil, if decidedly pointed. Lawmakers clapped politely at the ...

One last reminder that a group of us will get together this Saturday, December 4 in Columbia. Festivities will begin at noon at the Pizza Hut on Broad River Road. A couple of us will arrive around 11:30.Sorry I don't know the exit number, but it's two exits east of where I-20 and I-26 intersect. From I-20, get off the Broad River Road exit and go east about 1/2 mile. Pizza Hut will be on your right. We will finish up in time to get downtown for the Strom Thurmond monument dediation at the capitol building at 3:00 for those ...

The Strom Thurmond Monument Dedication is set to be held at 3:00 p.m. on December 4 on the south grounds of the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. This date coincides with the SC Freeper's first meeting which is to be held at noon on the same day. We'll certainly wrap up the Freeper meeting so that those who are so inclined can attend the monument dedication as well. The Statehouse is about a 10 minute jaunt down the freeway from where our meeting will be. Anyone interested in attending the Freeper meeting or attending the dedication as part of a ...

As a reminder, and to anyone not already aware, South Carolina Freepers will hold their first meeting on December 4. So far we have about 14 people from around the state planning to attend. The meeting will be at high noon at the Pizza Hut on Broad River Road in Columbia. This is near the intersection of I-20 and Broad River Road. From I-20 you will go east on Broad River and Pizza Hut is about 1/2 mile (or so) on the right. For more information, send an email to the address below or email Dixie Sass or PistolPaknMama via ...

Flag raised in 1962 for 'reliving history' By HENRY EICHEL Knight Ridder Newspapers The big news out of the S.C. Legislature on March 20, 1962, was the House's approval of a referendum to ban all alcohol sales in the state. There wasn't a word in the next day's newspapers about another measure, given final passage by the Senate, that ordered the Confederate battle flag to be raised over the State House dome. Those then in the General Assembly say the resolution was passed as part of a lighthearted celebration of the Civil War centennial, not a deliberate statement of resistance ...

Flag boycott has cost S.C. at least 79 events Almost 80 organizations have canceled events in South Carolina since the NAACP first called on visitors to boycott the state in July. "And those are just the ones we know about," said Tom Sponseller, president of the S.C. Hospitality Association. He said 79 groups have canceled events. The association has refrained from estimating the economic impact of these cancellations, which it gleaned from hotel operators throughout the state since Oct. 20. "I can tell that the cancellations are up from 46 just two weeks ago," said Sponseller. The National Association for ...

If we want to beat the lottery, we must relocate flag first One of the most troubling aspects of the fight against video poker was the racial divide. While polling showed white voters overwhelmingly opposed video gambling, it showed that black voters were, at best, apathetic. The poker operators clearly knew this, and they flooded African-American households with racially targeted messages raising the specter of white people trampling over black people's rights. And while there were notable exceptions, many of the African-American leaders who did take a stand against video gambling seemed at times to expend as much energy talking ...

MULLINS, SC -- A hard tobacco season is over for South Carolina growers but uncertainty clouds the horizon for the state's most valuable cash crop. This season, growers sold millions of dollars less tobacco and averaged less per pound When auctions ended last week and final figures were tallied, state growers sold about 80 million pounds of flue-cured leaf for $135 million -- down almost 20 million pounds and $36 million from last season. Last year's figures, in turn, were $40 million less than 1997. This year's average price, $1.68 per pound, was down from $1.71 a year ago. The ...

We did it! We now have a group of 8-10 Freepers and lurkers who will meet in Columbia, SC for our first ever Freep Meet. We are scheduled to meet at the Pizza Hut on Broad River Road on December 4 at high noon. We'll be munching on a couple of Big Carville's (minus the balogna and anchovies) and discussing future plans for organizing.Anyone who hasn't already expressed an interest, please send an email to PistolPaknMama or Dixie Sass via the Freep mail or just show up on December 4. We plan to have a lot of fun next year ...

NAACP chief: Hodges' 'can't be trusted' By JOSEPH S. STROUD Staff Writer CHARLOTTE -- The president of the S.C. NAACP blistered Gov. Jim Hodges Thursday for not working publicly to remove the Confederate flag flying above the South Carolina State House. In a fiery speech delivered from the pulpit of the First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Charlotte to open the annual convention of the S.C. Conference of NAACP Branches, which was moved to Charlotte to honor the organization's call for economic sanctions against South Carolina, President James Gallman compared the governor to his predecessor, David Beasley. "He's just like ...

We're looking for Freepers in SC who may want to organize or just get together and bash some liberals. Think of how much fun we can have next year when Gore comes a stumpin' in these parts! Please email Dixie Sass or PistolPaknMama via the Freepin' email. Anybody game?