Earlier this month the “Richland County Robbery” went into effect, which means taxpayers in this mostly urban/ suburban central South Carolina county will be deprived of an estimated $1.2 billion over the next eighteen years.
This massive tax heist … err, hike was “approved” by county voters in last November’s election, although as we’ve noted repeatedly there was nothing even remotely legitimate about that vote.
After county residents narrowly rejected this tax hike in 2010, Republican and Democratic leaders of the local legislative delegation decided enough was enough. With the approval of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, they passed a law seizing control of a local election commission and installing their hand-picked puppet as its leader. This puppet proceeded to rig the election – targeting excessive shortages of voting machines in county precincts that voted against the tax hike two years earlier (possibly working in direct coordination with her intimate relations in the pro-tax movement).
These election machine shortages – which flagrantly violated state law – produced wait times of up to seven hours in staunchly anti-tax districts, which resulted in widespread suppression of the anti-tax vote.
Surely this injustice hasn’t been allowed to stand … right? Surely its perpetrators have been exposed and hauled off in handcuffs … right?
Sadly, no … the S.C. Supreme Court (without comment) upheld this rigged election. Meanwhile the puppet who rigged it got rewarded with a new job and a lifetime pension. And oh by the way, absolutely nobody is lifting a finger about any of this …
It’s all par for the course in South Carolina, one of the most corrupt states in the entire nation … but should it be? Should we all just sit blithely by as this injustice is foisted on our fellow citizens? Or are we long overdue for a boisterous abreaction.
In his second inaugural address U.S. President Barack Obama specifically addressed the issue of lengthy lines at the polls.
“Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote,” Obama said.
Additionally, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn told reporters that Obama would be bringing “significant resources” to bear on this problem.
Of course Obama’s Justice Department hasn’t done anything on the “Richland County Robbery.” Meanwhile Clyburn has attacked critics of the puppet – African-American bureaucrat Lillian McBride – as being racists.
Thousands of Richland County voters were disenfranchised last November. So why is their government – in contrast to its rhetoric – not doing anything about it?
Easy: Because responsible parties in the federal government – not critics of this robbery – are the ones who are racist.
Wait … what? Surely we’re kidding.
Nope. Earlier this year, a report was issued by the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) addressing the 2008 New Black Panther Party scandal – in which Attorney General Eric Holder and his top deputies decided not to prosecute several militant black leaders who intimidated white voters at a Pennsylvania polling station.
According to this report, that case was part of a broader debate within Obama’s Justice Department regarding the enforcement of America’s voting rights laws.
“In recent years a debate has arisen about whether voting rights laws that were enacted in response to discrimination against blacks and other minorities also should be used to challenge allegedly improper voting practices that harm white voters,” the report notes.
How was this debate resolved?
“Division leadership stated that it would focus on ‘traditional’ civil rights cases on behalf of racial or ethnic minorities who have been the historical victims of discrimination,” the report notes, referring to policies introduced by Obama’s current U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) nominee, Thomas Perez.
Translation? Holy hell will be unleashed from Washington in the event black voters are discriminated against, but it’s perfectly okay to disenfranchise white voters.
This is obviously rabidly anti-American, and unconstitutional and … as we noted earlier … racist. But it’s happening … right now. And once again … nobody’s doing anything about it. In fact people keep telling us to stop writing about it, to let it go … to just shut up and pay the damn tax. One Democratic lawmaker – a wealthy trial lawyer who played a central role in this scam – actually had the audacity to say we shouldn’t be so upset over the new tax because we’re “rich” and could afford to pay it.
Amazing …
Needless to say, we’re not obliging. The perpetrators of the “Richland County Robbery” are guilty as sin. We know it, they know it … which means the only question is whether they will be permitted to get away with it.
They shouldn’t …
Imagine for a moment that on November 6, 2012 a massive sales tax had been narrowly rejected by voters due to disproportionate shortages of voting machines in predominantly black districts? And that these shortages resulted in wait times of up to seven hours in those predominantly black precincts? And that television cameras had captured footage of these long lines of predominantly black voters? Then imagine that a white election director had been intimately tied to the leaders of the white anti-tax movement – and that evidence existed directly implicating this white director in the machine shortages?
Does anyone think for a second such a scandal wouldn’t have resulted in widespread national outrage? As well as efforts to overturn this illegal vote?
Of course it would have …
Justice must be colorblind. Unfortunately, in this case racism and fiscally liberal ideology are guiding every step of this process. That’s a shameful commentary on our corrupt local leaders – as well as our national ones.
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Poor, poor, little naive FITS. You have no idea what’s happening do you?
The WAR is Against elected democrats before this $#!* ever sees the light of day……once they get power, Steal is what they do, w/ the help of the “watchdog” media.
Yet, Simple-minded FITS chooses to fight skirmish by skirmish, in battles that were lost before they even started.
FITS feels the effeminate, liberal-tarian need to “Dialogue.” He fails to see that most liberals don’t Give a $#!* about justice, fairness, or about what you think. They look at you and laugh at the REVENGE their god and idol swore, then was swept into office.
Silly FITS, is p!$$!*g in the wind, thinking the leftwing Criminals actually care about doing the RIGHT thing…
Their Reality is that you get F#!ked…and as long as they can take your money, and perpetuate their crusade against all that is decent, you are just some dolt on which to crap…
“Unfortunately, in this case racism and fiscally liberal ideology are guiding every step of this process.”
I think that’s a bit hyperbolic, given the historic discrimination that has existed re: voting in the South for decades. That said, I would like to see a better investigation into the Richland County situation b/c the machine shortage – whether it affected black, white, or purple voters – was indeed a violation of law.
“Unfortunately, in this case racism and fiscally liberal ideology are guiding every step of this process.”
I think that’s a bit hyperbolic, given the historic discrimination that has existed re: voting in the South for decades. That said, I would like to see a better investigation into the Richland County situation b/c the machine shortage – whether it affected black, white, or purple voters – was indeed a violation of law.
SC is totally corrupt – both Dems and RINO Repubs are on the take and will continue their tax plunder, lies and MSM supported cover up of the truth. The SC Supreme Court is a joke. There is no rule of law in this state or in this country anymore. I witnessed this vote fraud personally – stood in line for over 3+ hours in Northeast precinct that voted against this tax fraud in 2010. There were only 2 working machines and one was being taken outside to waiting buses of elderly voters to be used (abused) – it was complete and total chaos. The entire election of 2012 was a fraud. The racist black Dems and their willing hack ‘good ole white boys’ are to blame and the criminals in both parties should be prosecuted and the corrupt judges exposed and kicked off the courts. What a disgrace!
Go see a psychiatrist.
SC is totally corrupt – both Dems and RINO Repubs are on the take and will continue their tax plunder, lies and MSM supported cover up of the truth. The SC Supreme Court is a joke. There is no rule of law in this state or in this country anymore. I witnessed this vote fraud personally – stood in line for over 3+ hours in Northeast precinct that voted against this tax fraud in 2010. There were only 2 working machines and one was being taken outside to waiting buses of elderly voters to be used (abused) – it was complete and total chaos. The entire election of 2012 was a fraud. The racist black Dems and their willing hack ‘good ole white boys’ are to blame and the criminals in both parties should be prosecuted and the corrupt judges exposed and kicked off the courts. What a disgrace!
Go see a psychiatrist.
As long as Bill Nettles is in charge here in South Carolina, nothing will happen. The Attorney General always checks in with the US Attorney before any important actions are taken in that US Attorney’s state. Jean Toal approved this rigged election in her bogus “hearing” and review of the situation. Nettles will never do anything to cross Toal. End of story. It’s over.
Other than the Earl Graham/Dan Johnson non-story, this could be the most content-free and frivolous post Billy has ever put out.
But, that never stopped Billy before. No experts, no facts, no problem for Folks.
Yeh talk about beating a dead horse.Shut up Fits!Pay Your Taxes
As long as Bill Nettles is in charge here in South Carolina, nothing will happen. The Attorney General always checks in with the US Attorney before any important actions are taken in that US Attorney’s state. Jean Toal approved this rigged election in her bogus “hearing” and review of the situation. Nettles will never do anything to cross Toal. End of story. It’s over.
Other than the Earl Graham/Dan Johnson non-story, this could be the most content-free and frivolous post Billy has ever put out.
But, that never stopped Billy before. No experts, no facts, no problem for Folks.
Yeh talk about beating a dead horse.Shut up Fits!Pay Your Taxes
While I agree that someone needs to investigate, I’d prefer that just about any other organization than Holder’s DOJ do the join. He’s liable to decide it actually passed two years ago and that the tax is now retroactive.
While I agree that someone needs to investigate, I’d prefer that just about any other organization than Holder’s DOJ do the job. He’s liable to decide it actually passed two years ago and that the tax is now retroactive.
It fits with the agenda of all US governments to continue to ostracize whites, especially males and scape goat them to make other ethnicities feel better about their inadequacies.(which is a generalization of course, there are always exceptions)
You are correct. There would be a hellacious uproar if it was a black district and an issue like welfare benefits being struck down.
White districts & more taxes? Who gives a shit.
No one important, anyway. There will always be plenty of whites that will go along to get along.
It fits with the agenda of all US governments to continue to ostracize whites, especially males and scape goat them to make other ethnicities feel better about their inadequacies.(which is a generalization of course, there are always exceptions)
You are correct. There would be a hellacious uproar if it was a black district and an issue like welfare benefits being struck down.
White districts & more taxes? Who gives a shit.
No one important, anyway. There will always be plenty of whites that will go along to get along.
“Then imagine that a white election director had been intimately tied to the leaders of the white anti-tax movement – and that evidence existed directly implicating this white director in the machine shortages?”
I don’t have to imagine any of that because all of that did happen on November 6 in predominantly black districts in Ohio, Florida, and many other states run by Republicans. In fact nationwide Republicans leadership participated in an organized effort to suppress minority voter turnout on November 6 by a number of methods; including intentionally creating long voting lines in minority districts. And guess what, the people who participated in that effort were white Mitt Romney supporters. Did anything happen to any of them? No. Was anyone fired? No. For god sakes, in Dade County Florida a 102 year old lady had to wait in line over 3 hours to vote in a Presidential election.
Here is how “conservatives” felt about that:
During an episode of “Kilmeade & Friends” on Fox News radio, co-hosts Martha MacCallum and Bill Hemmer cracked jokes about the Desiline Victor story.
Bill Hemmer: How long was she on-line?
Martha MacCallum: What’s the big deal? She was happy…She waited on-line, she voted, she was happy she was there to vote. This is such a non-issue.
Bill Hemmer: They held her up as a victim! What was she the victim of? Rashes on the bottom of her feet?
Martha MacCallum: Ya.
“Then imagine that a white election director had been intimately tied to the leaders of the white anti-tax movement – and that evidence existed directly implicating this white director in the machine shortages?”
I don’t have to imagine any of that because all of that did happen on November 6 in predominantly black districts in Ohio, Florida, and many other states run by Republicans. In fact nationwide Republicans leadership participated in an organized effort to suppress minority voter turnout on November 6 by a number of methods; including intentionally creating long voting lines in minority districts. And guess what, the people who participated in that effort were white Mitt Romney supporters. Did anything happen to any of them? No. Was anyone fired? No. For god sakes, in Dade County Florida a 102 year old lady had to wait in line over 3 hours to vote in a Presidential election.
Here is how “conservatives” felt about that:
During an episode of “Kilmeade & Friends” on Fox News radio, co-hosts Martha MacCallum and Bill Hemmer cracked jokes about the Desiline Victor story.
Bill Hemmer: How long was she on-line?
Martha MacCallum: What’s the big deal? She was happy…She waited on-line, she voted, she was happy she was there to vote. This is such a non-issue.
Bill Hemmer: They held her up as a victim! What was she the victim of? Rashes on the bottom of her feet?
Martha MacCallum: Ya.
While I agree that someone needs to investigate, I’d prefer that just about any other organization than Holder’s DOJ do the join. He’s liable to decide it actually passed two years ago and that the tax is now retroactive.
Racism…the gift that keeps on giving – liberals political power
No matter what the sordid facts in this case–and I am prepared to believe just about anything in SC’s unethical political morass–still and all, there is almost nothing so pathetic as whining white men in America, recipient of huge advantage, on both a national and especially world comparison, and favored for centuries now.
But on the more general topic of political corruption (illegal) and favoritism (unethical, even if sometimes legal) I too fret and worry that there is little sight of hope sometimes. Then I ponder that Cromartie is gone, in our own back yard, and so is Muammar (to look much farther). All hope is not lost.
But we probably do need some stalwarts in the fray in order to win. I take some solace from old America literature that bewails severe problems of those times (~1900 plus or minus a few decades), many similar to today or recent years: corruption, nepotism, incompetence, collusion, repression, targeting, etc.). We somehow survived or partially overcame those in later and better years.
I recently happened upon an example of one man’s efforts and effects against such political and municipal dysfunction. It was written by the illustrious H.L. Mencken but under a pseudonym early in his career (starts on page 166, or search for BONAPARTE).
http://books.google.com/books?id=xcvQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=Bonaparte+Leslie's&source=bl&ots=aEoHjr_anu&sig=Cw1NncnxMVQs-ZI_4hF3qoU84uM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CE2NUauHFIHo9ASYjIHQBw&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Bonaparte%20Leslie's&f=false
Leslie’s Monthly Magazine, Volume 57, 1903 I think.
“there is almost nothing so pathetic as whining white men in America, recipient of huge advantage, on both a national and especially world comparison, and favored for centuries now.”
Times are a changing my friend, you argument almost smacks of “Obama overspends, but who cares because Bush did.” You can make the same style argument for the ongoing wars and drone strikes.
The evils of the past are never a justification for the evils of today.
The government likes division by race, in fact they are the biggest encourages of it policy wise.
The overwhelming advantages in the past, and continued if lesser advantages today, are full justification for mere mocking the ongoing whining.
No matter what the sordid facts in this case–and I am prepared to believe just about anything in SC’s unethical political morass–still and all, there is almost nothing so pathetic as whining white men in America, recipient of huge advantage, on both a national and especially world comparison, and favored for centuries now.
But on the more general topic of political corruption (illegal) and favoritism (unethical, even if sometimes legal) I too fret and worry that there is little sight of hope sometimes. Then I ponder that Cromartie is gone, in our own back yard, and so is Muammar (to look much farther). All hope is not lost.
But we probably do need some stalwarts in the fray in order to win. I take some solace from old America literature that bewails severe problems of those times (~1900 plus or minus a few decades), many similar to today or recent years: corruption, nepotism, incompetence, collusion, repression, targeting, etc.). We somehow survived or partially overcame those in later and better years.
I recently happened upon an example of one man’s efforts and effects against such political and municipal dysfunction. It was written by the illustrious H.L. Mencken but under a pseudonym early in his career (starts on page 166, or search for BONAPARTE).
http://books.google.com/books?id=xcvQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=Bonaparte+Leslie's&source=bl&ots=aEoHjr_anu&sig=Cw1NncnxMVQs-ZI_4hF3qoU84uM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CE2NUauHFIHo9ASYjIHQBw&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Bonaparte%20Leslie's&f=false
Leslie’s Monthly Magazine, Volume 57, 1903 I think.
“there is almost nothing so pathetic as whining white men in America, recipient of huge advantage, on both a national and especially world comparison, and favored for centuries now.”
Times are a changing my friend, you argument almost smacks of “Obama overspends, but who cares because Bush did.” You can make the same style argument for the ongoing wars and drone strikes.
The evils of the past are never a justification for the evils of today.
The government likes division by race, in fact they are the biggest encourages of it policy wise.
The overwhelming advantages in the past, and continued if lesser advantages today, are full justification for mere mocking the ongoing whining.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It’s over because I said so.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It’s over because I said so.
I’ve never seen a picture of Eric Holder where he didn’t look confused and/or constipated.
Wouldn’t you be confused if you reported to this guy?
And what’s worse, this is where he has to pee…
I’ve never seen a picture of Eric Holder where he didn’t look confused and/or constipated.
Wouldn’t you be confused if you reported to this guy?
And what’s worse, this is where he has to pee…