Sens. Hutto and Lourie, you and I both know that actual state sovereignty legislation hasn’t a shadow of a chance of passing if we cannot pass a non-binding state sovereignty resolution. Furthermore, if dealing with the 12% unemployment rate is really more important, get out of the way and pass the “useless” resolution and move on. Contrary to your words, your actions show you feel this is a very significant resolution.

Several binding pieces of states-rights legislation have already been filed or are in the process of being filed, but before we can begin to nullify unconstitutional federal legislation and refuse federal funds for unconstitutional programs, we have to put the feds on notice that the South Carolina legislature believes that the 10th amendment actually means something, and we are prepared to stand our ground.

There is nothing controversial about this bill. This non-binding resolution merely restates what the U.S. Constitution already says, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” We the people see through your political games and we’re sick of it. To Democrats and RINOs alike: stop being obstructionists and get on with business.

Many in the Tea Party movement lately have been asking Grooms, deemed the Tea Party candidate, whether he could be as effective on the conservative issues facing the nation from the Governor’s Office in Columbia. Grooms says this has been another major factor playing into his decision.

Dean Allen, candidate for Adjutant General and a dedicated patriot who was fighting for freedom long before the tea party movement, had some interesting comments on the SC Congressional races. I find his comments ironic and significant since our Republican Congressional delegation held hands and jumped for TARP together, reasoning that “they can’t throw us all out.”

(I am convinced, and always have been, that things were not as bad as they were made out to be. I believe the sub-prime mortgage crisis was a deliberately engineered plot, and the people who supposedly represent our interests all fell for it. I have always said that true conservatives know better than to bail out business with taxpayer’s money, and I will never apologize for that.)

Now for Dean Allen’s comments:

Larry Grooms is a true patriot and I hate to see him out of the Governor’s race. His departure puts Congressman Gresham Barrett in dead last place. It is interesting that the man with the most name ID, and the most money, Barrett is dead last.

All six SC Congressmen voted for the $850 Bush Bailout. Brown and Barrett are not seeking re-election. Inglis and Spratt are in trouble for re-election. Looks like the voters are awake and in a mood to throw out the bums that can be thrown out starting with non-conservative Gresham Barrett.

The Washington Post did a tally of all the votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to see how many actually voted.

Rep. Gresham Barrett (R, SC-3), in spite of his $174k annual salary, missed 337 out of 971 votes in 2009–about 34.7%. Votes Barrett missed include the vote to reprimand Rep. Joe Wilson for his “You lie!” outburst and a key budget appropriations vote on 12/10 which contained abortion funding.

Shenanigans like this earned another legislator,  Sen. John Edwards of NC, the nickname “Senator Gone.”

Barrett’s excuse? “Serving in Congress while running for governor is a balancing act, and he hopes most people will understand.” In contrast, Tennessee Rep. Zach Wamp (who is running for governor of Tennessee) only missed 8.1% of Congressional votes.

Now, what do you call a soldier who doesn’t show up to battle?

Dear Editor,

I would like to know if you honestly deny that voter ID fraud is happening. If so, I would follow up by asking if you think Elvis really died.

Come on, let’s be serious. This is a day in which voter fraud is frighteningly common. Organizations like Acorn have fraudulently registered so many “voters” that Indianapolis, for instance, had 105% of its population registered to vote in 2007. What’s going to happen when these fraudulent registrants show up to vote?

Voting is a wonderful privilege-I’m afraid that many Americans have no idea just how much it cost to obtain the freedom to choose our own leaders in a fair election process. We must keep the process fair.

In your editorial Monday, you state that requiring party registration would “disallow some voters a voice in primary elections.” Seriously? Party registration simply ensures that you get the correct ballot when you vote in the primary-it has nothing whatsoever to do with your right or eligibility to vote in the primary.

Unless, of course, your one of those sneaky types that wants to vote in both party primaries.

As the organizer of the Anderson TEA party on 4/16, I know firsthand that the residents of Anderson are sick and tired of lies, cheating, and corruption wherever it is found, in the elections, in Washington, or even in the newspaper. We would appreciate it if you would stop spinning the hard facts.

Thank you,
Jonathon Hill