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BUREAUCRAT ADMITS CORRUPT STATE SENATOR TOLD HIM HOW TO REDRAW DISTRICT LINES Last week FITS posted You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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And speaking of gerrymandering and redrawing district lines, white Republicans are the very best at it – don’t recall any FITS articles about them . . .
And speaking of gerrymandering and redrawing district lines, white Republicans are the very best at it …
Why do white Republican’s hate…HATE…folks in the 6th district?
You do realize that without some rather impressive gerrymandering Jim Clyburn would not be TBG’s, or anyone else’s congressman.
I did not realize that white Republicans hate anyone in the sixth district – do you have some proof of that?
I do realize that Republicans (I don’t guess I really need to say “white” Republicans) are the very best at gerrymandering – take a look at their work nationwide.
As far as Jim Clyburn being “anyone else’s” congressman, I would vote for him in a heart-beat over my congressman, Trey Gowdy – you do realize that, correct?
But you (as usual) miss the point. Without gerrymandered districts Ol’Enos couldn’t win.
I did not miss any point. You really need to get over yourself.
So your position is that when gerrymandering gets a democrat or a minority it’s good.
Were you in Seattle when they made the clueless movie there?
Hahaha, good one
Clyburn over Gowdy? Really? (fwi, Gowdy was Clinton’s pick as a federal prosecuter) Really? Check out the IQ differences between the two. Oh yeah,…sorry,…what was I thinkin’? SCBlues would ALWAYS check the skin color first, last, and only. (but of course, he’s NOT a racist.)
And you know the IQ differences how exactly?
I would guess Gowdy is at least in triple digits. Way above the congressman of shame.
You are an idiot.
LOL thanks I appreciate it!
TBG, You may not remember that far back but the Feds required that SC have a black majority dist. Voting rights act of 64 I think. The Republicans and Dims got together and more or less made a deal. Dims get the black majority dist. and Republicans get rid of all the black areas of the adjoining dists. Thereby making a White proof dist and several solid Republican dists. If you notice the last three reapportionments you will notice a trend. In 90 I think it was 65-35 in 2000 it was getting close to 55-45 in 2010 it has closed to almost even, but not quite. As the rest of the state has enjoyed the better leadership of the Republicans , the sixth dist has grown geographically while the other dist. have grown in population/ sq.mi.thus making the dist. smaller geographically. There will come a time when the sixth dist. will flip to majority white out of necessity. Clyburn (Congressman of shame) will probably be gone from the scene but it will happen. I was in the sixth dist. from 2000 till 2010 now I am back home in the second dist. There is hope.
I do recall the rise to RINOdomination came from the legislative black caucus joining the house Republicans to redistrict house seats, cause the SCDP didn’t see a need for any more uppity n’s in either house.
Shades of the Allendale County school situation a few years back.
And why are you always bringing up the NAACP? What about the de facto NAAWP, better known as the Republican Party?
Thats simple.
Fits is a Republican.
Federal officials are already probing one of the county school systems…
PRO TIP:
Be careful where you *probe* if you don’t want to risk catching Clementa.
Rumor has it there are antibiotic-resistant strains out there.
The Colleton County board is already majority black do how could the decision have been racist? Had the three crackers on the board been tryin ta keep da (wo)man down the brothers could have over ruled them.
You mean they actually let them black folk serve on the school boards in SC now???? What is the world coming to?!?!
Apparently, only if they cow tow to the NAACP or suffer the consequences.
“Apparently, only if they cow tow to the NAACP or suffer the consequences.”
I believe that is kowtow my friend . . .
I’m lazy today. I wrote it as two words and auto correct changed “kow” to “know”. I changed it to cow.
I am glad you clarified that – I was just about to get in touch with PETA as I thought you might be talking about pulling cows behind your car!
+4 — you beat me to it!
Wikipedia:
Kowtow, which is borrowed from kau tau in Cantonese, or koutou in Mandarin Chinese, is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground. An alternative Chinese term is ketou, however the meaning is somewhat altered: kou has the general meaning of knock, whereas ke has the general meaning of “touch upon (a surface)”, tou meaning head.
Who are these people “who actually have their interests at heart?”
Spratt, Thurmond, Spence, Campbell any of those names ring bell?
I guess thats a joke,but having read this guys posts for awhile now,I think hes serious.
Let’s take a look at these four:
Spratt gets a bad rap because he was “rich” in fact he was but he was very wealthy before he went to DC and he didn’t spend his time there trying to grow his fortune like so many due. He never forgot that he represented South Carolina even when he moved into the democratic party hierarchy. His constituent service was easily the best of all our representatives while he was in office. He
You’re right
You won’t convince me or probably 95% of the people who have studied history that Strom Thurmond was a great friend of the Black people of Colleton County,but I’m sure in the circles you run in ?Such be an article of faith.It must be a great life.
MCRDPI, CAFB,
He boned his black maid, so you know he wasn’t a 100% hater. It’s easy to claim people are 100% evil with no thought beyond it, it’s much more difficult thinking to suggest they themselves might have complex views on a myriad of topics.
Sen. Pinckney in her infinite wisdom voted for me in February and she helped secure the votes for me from several legislators in neighboring counties (Rep. Bill Bowers- D- Hampton) by promising these legislators would get her support with their re-elections.
Since I run the judicial branch of government, nothing will happen to Sen. Pinckney. If needed, I’ll just get Casey Manning to hear and rule on any hearings that should come up out of this mess.
Move along, Sic.
Your Supremeness,
You do realize that Sen. Pinkney is a dude, right?
RIGHT???
LOOK OUT!
PARKED CAR!!!
*sound of crash*
“….. director of the SCBCB’s Office of Research and Statistics acknowledges he “received specific instructions from Pinckney on how to draw the lines.”…”
Cannot fault Cockroach Pinkie for what he does best – butt fuckers are supposed to butt fuck
However just mildly pissed off that some goddamn mother fucking little rat faced son of bitch at the Budget and Control Board took part in the scheme – thought BCB employees were there to protect all taxpayers not to be eunuch towel boys to the Cockroaches
Jim — your comment isn’t harsh enough — yet!!
“thought BCB employees were there to protect all taxpayers not to be eunuch towel boys to the Cockroaches”
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How charmingly trusting.
There is much for the public to learn about the central purpose of SC state agencies.
I personally give kudos to the employee who at least admitted it. That is head and shoulders above most managers.
Clementa Pinckney is the dream-boat of racist white legislators. He’s a pastor, a nice guy, keeps quiet, represents a poor and downtrodden district full of quiet blacks, and has zero leadership capabilities. Count on him to carry the luggage of white legislators and not even expect a tip.
Sort of like the Republican legislators in SC who are basically office”boys” for the wealthy special interests.The dfference is Pinckney just keeps his mouth shut.Most of these Republicans(see Larry Grooms) run their mouths and show how damn dumb they really are!
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140525/PC16/140529669/1005/controversy-envelops-colleton-school-board
The following maps linked in the above article would make excellent examples for Government and Social Studies classes when when they discuss the subject of Gerrymandering.
Colleton School District Benchmark Plan
http://www.postandcourier.com/assets/pdf/CP11134523.pdf
Colleton School District Proposed Plan
http://www.postandcourier.com/assets/pdf/CP11135523.pdf
James 1:19 (NIV)
Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
***
Rev. Pinckney’s problem as a legislator is that he always listens, rarely speaks, and never gets angry.
Gerrymandering
Republicans and blacks are complicit in creating racially polarized districts for their mutual benefit.
It is ironic that if Pinkney had of tried this before SCOTUS struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act, the change would have required Justice Department approval.
Fits faux outrage at this example of “Gerrymandering” is a sham.
Both parties do it.Everybody knows it.
So cut the shit!
Where were the Republicans ,who control BOTH houses of the Legislature,when Pinckney”snuck” this through?
Seems the rewriting district boundries are “legal”. The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. SCOTUS did not strike down Section 5, but they effectively dismantled Section 5 by striking down Section 4.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires certain states and counties to get preclearance from Eric Holder’s racist Department of Justice before they can make ANY changes to anything involving elections.
Section 5 was not struck down, but Section 4 was. Section 4 is the formula that determines which states and counties get singled out for Section 5 preclearance. Because the formula was thrown out, Section 5, although not voided, is completely disabled until Congress votes to create a new formula to replace the unconstitutional formula that was just thrown out.
After reading this I know why the crime rate is out of control here. Such disrepect. Can you have a debate without name calling. Such harsh language and it does not solve anything. Is this the example we want to set for our youth on how to handle differences of opinion?
As a parent of 3 children in this county.. I don’t care if you’re purple. If it isn’t clearly seen that only 65-70% of our future are completing high school, there IS A PROBLEM. Also, if you don’t live in this county, if your kids don’t go to school in this county, if you DON’T PAY TAXES in this county (which funds our schools), you should have NO right in the say of who gets hired/fired etc.. Yes, they are welcome to have an opinion. These people arguing over race are grown, have graduated from high school, more then likely college and have WELL Paying jobs.. Mrs. Williams was a nice lady, but I’ve watched first hand our school district be the punt of many jokes not only from within our county but from other counties, because we are “still in the backwoods” so to speak. If a child rather drop out, then deal with “stupidity”, believe me.. I understand. Schools DRAW business, and the business in our county has increasingly declined, and will continue until we get a strong hold on our school district and put OUR KIDS EDUCATION as first priority. NOT whether you think someone was fired b/c of their skin color, but b/c their work ethics and student accountability shows. Aren’t we supposed to set examples for our youth? How do we do that when they clearly read and hear that someone getting fired for these reasons will still receive a healthy severance package, and now has an outsider trying to push the race issue. They read between the lines more oft then none that they ARE NOT important. Those that have remained are just getting pushed through. When is ENOUGH, ENOUGH? I say, Clean house, Start fresh, and hold each person accountable for their actions. If you’re wrong, admit it, accept the consequence and get over it. Stop ruining the future of our kids over petty stuff…
AMEN TO THAT. I AGREE 100%.
Crooked county all around.
You aren’t kidding, Linda. The corruption isn’t just in the school district. It is in county administration as well.