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31 STATES TRY TO BLOCK VOTES….

editor — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:32:09 +0000

FUNDAMENTALIST STATES BLOCKING VOTES OF YOUNG & OLD NON-WHITES AND POOR WHITES (unless they have an ID). WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE PERSON ONE VOTE? They are also closing voting booths in poor WHITE AND NON-WHITE AREAS. HOPEFULLY ENOUGH FAIR MINDED CITIZENS WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE VOTES (even if they have to pick them up and make sure that they vote without hinderance).

Thirty-one states have voter identification laws, including eight — Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin — that were enacted or toughened last year. Of the 31 laws, 27 are expected to be in effect for the general election this year, says Meagan Dorsch, spokeswoman for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a bipartisan research group. One has been blocked by federal action; three have later effective dates.

Laws requiring voters to show identification at the polls have been around since 1970, but they are becoming more numerous and stringent. Once a voter registration card or utility bill sufficed. Now a growing number of laws require voters to show picture IDs.

STORY: Pew study: 1 in 8 voter records flawed

Most of the new laws have been passed by Republican legislatures, the NCSL says. Supporters say they are necessary to prevent fraud. Opponents say they keep the poor, minorities and seniors — who often back Democrats — from voting because those groups are less likely than the general population to have government-issued IDs.

The Justice Department and civil liberties groups are challenging laws in several states:

For more click on: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-14/voting-rights-id/53160530/1

OUR DEARLY BELOVED SENATOR GRAHAM

editor — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:13:30 +0000

OUR DEARLY BELOVED SENATOR GRAHAM
(In SC we are so proud of him)

Graham criticizes Obama for earmarks, but defends his own.

On Meet the Press this morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged President Obama to veto the $410 billion FY09 omnibus budget because it has too many earmarks. Host David Gregory quickly pointed out that Graham’s friend and colleague, John McCain, has been highlighting Graham’s own $950,000 earmark for a convention center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Graham then pivoted from attacking earmarks to defending them

“I voted to take all earmarks out, but I will come back in the new process and put that back in,” Graham insisted, saying that the convention center is important to stimulate the local economy. “I think I should have the ability as a United States senator to direct money back to my state as long as it’s transparent and it makes sense.”

For more click on: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/08/graham-flip-earmarks/

Senator Graham Republican Welfare Queen

Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey. How long do you think you’ll be able to get away with this game, hon? It’s astounding to watch you defending your virtue with one hand – and grabbing as much pork as possible for your state with the other.

As Mark Karlin puts it, it’s like foreclosing on a bakery and demanding a free cake.

We need to stop this kind of hypocritical grandstanding. Here’s a good idea, via The Political Carnival:

In essence, Graham is saying he opposed the “Main Street Job Creation Act” even though it would be political suicide not to distribute the money to the voters of his state. He was joined in rabid obstruction of the bill by his fellow Republican, Senator Jim “Stonewall Jackson” DeMint.

As BuzzFlash Editor Mark Karlin proposed a couple of weeks back, the state of any senator who opposed the “Main Street Job Creation Act” should only receive half their allotted funds. If both senators opposed the bill, the state should receive no federal allotment from the legislation.

That way, hypocrites such as Lindsey Graham couldn’t grandstand their zealotry and then pass out the goodies that they fought against.

In fact, Graham represents one of the many GOP Neo-Confederate states that receives more money from the federal government than their citizens pay in taxes. That sort of makes South Carolina a welfare state as far as the Union is concerned.

As for Lindsey Graham, he’s become a talk show regular spouting GOP talking points – and then practicing the chronic hypocrisy of being a Republican welfare king for his constituents.

For more click on:

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/sen-lindsey-graham-republican-welfare

Graham defends earmarks on ‘Meet the Press’

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham defended earmarks he inserted in the federal budget, including one U.S. Sen. John McCain, Graham’s close friend and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, listed as one of the “10 Porkiest” projects in the budget.

Graham has also urged President Obama to veto the budget Graham says has too much pork.

Earmarks are one-time spending items members of Congress insert in the budget that are typically sent to projects and programs in their own states.

Graham earmarked $950,000 for the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. He has by one count 37 earmarks in the federal budget.

“I voted to take all earmarks out, but I will come back in the new process and put that back in,” Graham said on the show. “Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we’re trying to build an international airport, an international convention center and open up a new interstate highway to diversify Myrtle Beach’s economy.”

Here is the exchange from the “Meet the Press” transcript.

For more Click on:

http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2009/03/graham-defends-earmarks-on-meet-the-press.html

THE HEALTH CARE STATUS QUO IN YOUR STATE

editor — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:38:57 +0000

I CITED SC BELOW. FOR YOUR STATE CLICK ON: http://www.healthreform.gov/

THE HEALTH CARE STATUS QUO:

Why South Carolina Needs Health Reform

Congress and the President are working to enact health care reform legislation that protects what works about health care and fixes what is broken. South Carolinians know that inaction is not an option. Sky-rocketing health care costs are hurting families, forcing businesses to cut or drop health benefits, and straining state budgets. Millions are paying more for less. Families and businesses in South Carolina deserve better.

SOUTH CAROLINIANS CAN’T AFFORD THE STATUS QUO

Roughly 2.5 million people in South Carolina get health insurance on the job¹, where family premiums average $12,676, about the annual earning of a full-time minimum wage job.²
Since 2000 alone, average family premiums have increased by 92 percent in South Carolina.³
Household budgets are strained by high costs: 28 percent of middle-income South Carolina families spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care.⁴
High costs block access to care: 15 percent of people in South Carolina report not visiting a doctor due to high costs.⁵
South Carolina businesses and families shoulder a hidden health tax of roughly $600 per year on premiums as a direct result of subsidizing the costs of the uninsured.⁶

AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE IS INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH IN SOUTH CAROLINA

16 percent of people in South Carolina are uninsured, and 73 percent of them are in families with at least one full-time worker.⁷
The percent of South Carolinians with employer coverage is declining: from 65 to 57 percent between 2000 and 2007.⁸
Much of the decline is among workers in small businesses. While small businesses make up 72 percent of South Carolina businesses,⁹ only 33 percent of them offered health coverage benefits in 2006 — down 7 percent since 2000.¹⁰
Choice of health insurance is limited in South Carolina. Blue Cross Blue Shield SC alone constitutes 66 percent of the health insurance market share in South Carolina, with the top two insurance providers accounting for 75 percent.¹¹
Choice is even more limited for people with pre-existing conditions. In South Carolina, premiums can vary based on demographic factors and health status, and coverage can exclude pre-existing conditions or even be denied completely.

FOR MORE ON SC CLICK ON; http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/statehealthreform/southcarolina.html

REPUBLICAN BUSH “JESUS IS MY PHILOSOPHER” DESTROYS McCAIN IN 2000…

editor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:26:48 +0000

DO YOU REMEMBER? REPUBLICAN BUSH “JESUS IS MY PHILOSOPHER” DESTROYED McCAIN’S CHANCES OF BECOMING PRESIDENT IN 2000 (I believe McCain would have made a much better president then, but has he now taken on the same behavior of Bush?).

FACT SHEET:

Bush Waged Nasty Smear Campaign Against McCain in 2000
Bush Supporters Called McCain “The Fag Candidate.” In South Carolina, Bush supporters circulated church fliers that labeled McCain “the fag candidate.” Columnist Frank Rich noted that the fliers were distributed “even as Bush subtly reinforced that message by indicating he wouldn’t hire openly gay people for his administration.”

McCain Slurs Included Illegitimate Children, Homosexuality And A Drug-Addict Wife.
Among the rumors circulated against McCain in 2000 in South Carolina was that his adopted Bangladeshi daughter was actually black, that McCain was both gay and cheated on his wife, and that his wife Cindy was a drug addict.”

For more click on:

http://www.bartcopnation.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=522

WHERE IS JESUS IN ALL OF THIS?