Skip Navigation

A Liberated Space

Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Well it’s official………sort of

Friday, June 5th, 2009

SC Governor Mark Sanford if forced to "take the money" The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Mark Sanford to apply for the disputed $700 million in federal stimulus money. The court voted 5-0, with Justice Costa Pleicones concurring in a separate opinion, that the General Assembly had the authority in passing the state budget to order Sanford to [...] More

Pu##! power!

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Our sisters in Kenya are utilizing the power that was given to them by virtue of the femininity to arrest the tide infighting in their coalition government country. They are fed up!!   Kenyan women hit men with sex ban [...] More

Well it’s official………

Monday, April 6th, 2009

SC Governor Mark Sanford has turned down the stimulus package. This is not the end however as there is a provision in the bill that allows state legislators to go over the heads of governors who reject the bill. The gist of Sanford’s rational is he says that the $700 million he’s turning down would [...] More

Do you want to read the bill for yourself.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Here is a full text pdf of the bill all 647 pages of it. More

Where Do You Stand On The Stimulus Money?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

April 1, 2009, at the State House in Columbia, S.C. was the setting of the Stimulus Rally. There were mixed views on the topic: Some people for the Stimulus money, some people against the stimulus money, some people confused all together. Nonetheless, it is important that everyone’s perspective is expressed as our state moves towards [...] More

If the devil is in the details……..?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

I went around asking people their views on the governor’s plan to refuse certain portions of the stimulus package. I made sure i approached people who were for and against to see if i could find some sort of common ground. I did. Unfortunately this common ground is ignorance. First off i believe there were only [...] More

Sights of the rally

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

  More

How much do you make? part 2

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

The SC State Capitol grounds today was fertile ground for the expression of all kinds of ideas, thoughts, views pet peeves. One which was brought to bear was women’s rights in SC or the lack thereof. Three lovely ladies from Columbia College (C²!!!!) engaged my brothers and i in a insightful conversation about the inequity [...] More