Pat Buchanan on Independence Day - Posted to The Southern Avenger by Jackhunter

   Writes patriot Pat Buchanan: "No longer free of foreign entanglements, as Thomas Jefferson urged, we now have commitments to defend 50 countries. The old Hamiltonian policy of “Prosper America First” has given way to worship of a Global Economy, at whose altars we sacrifice daily the vital interests of our own manufacturers and workers. “Interdependence” is now the desired end of the new elite. And so we have become again a dependent nation. We borrow from Europe and Japan to.. --more

This Just In: Fourth Celebration at Morris Island Lighthouse - Posted to Calendar Girl by Calendar

The folks at Red Bull just informed us that they're hosting a Fourth of July celebration on the water at Morris Island. It's in conjunction with surf shop Las Olas Oceanmarket and local reggae-tinged bands Dub Island, Ballyhoo, and Lefty @ the Washout. The bands will perform on a floating barge/stage in the water in front of the lighthouse. Here's the sched: Dub Island - 12-1:15 p.m. Lefty @ the Washout - 1:30 -2:45 p.m. Ballyhoo - 3:15-4:45.. --more

Cribbfest 7/2: Rik Cribb returns from Kuwait - Posted to Feedback File by T. Ballard Lesemann

Longtime local musician Rik Cribb — the guitar-slinging frontman of pop/rock combo The Problems and lead singer of the reunited ska-rock band SWZBXX — returns home today after working with a private company in Kuwait City since early March. In celebration, Art's Bar & Grill (413 Coleman Blvd., 849-3040) hosts "CribbFest" this evening with music from members of TrickKnee, songster Derek Cribb (a birthday man himself), and guests and surprises. .. --more

The Ballad of the Road Weary Mexican - Posted to The Truffula Seed by Stratton Lawrence

Charleston County Council is taking comments on the proposed Sea Island Parkway toll road across Johns Island until July 7. Read up on it here and comment here. It only takes a second and your words do make a difference, so if you give a damn, do it now. One interesting quote from the public meeting last week that was cut from my story came from Roger Warren, president of the Kiawah Island.. --more

US Senator Jim DeMint Adds Gay-Bashing To The Resume - Posted to Gay Charleston by D. A. Smith

WHAT?!!!!! In a classic case of "you're only as good as your people are", US Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has a link on his website's disclaimer to a video that is prima facie unfunny and a fine example of gay-bashing...plain and simple. You would think that a UNITED STATES SENATOR would have a better grasp of what his website masters and his political consultant Warren Tompkins are up to back at the home office. I saw this tidbit on Adam Fogle's.. --more

The magical thinking of a 'People's Arts Center' - Posted to Unscripted by John Stoehr

Somehow we got to this point. It's not a bad place to be. It's not a good place either. Perhaps it was inevitable that this would happen. After all, we didn't know what we were doing when we started this whole thing. But now that we're here, it might be time to step back a minute and think about what we're doing before things get really messy — or worse, we lose focus on what's important. What am I talking about?.. --more

CSI Pelzer: Local Food Enforcement - Posted to Al Forno Charleston by Robert Moss

As of June 16th, it is now illegal “knowingly and wilfully to misrepresent food or a food product if the food or food product purports to be or is represented to be a product of South Carolina but is the product of another state, country, or territory,” thanks to Act 277 of the S.C. Legislature. The bill, introduced by Representatives Laurie Funderburk of Camden and Gloria Haskins of Greenville, was vetoed by Governor Sanford but overridden by both.. --more