The Leatherman Speech Regulation Plan
DIDN’T WE WINÂ A BUNCH OF WARSÂ TO KEEP THIS SORT OF CRAP FROM HAPPENING?
FITSNews – February 6, 2008 – Ever since Sic Willie discovered that there was a hot chick working over at the Other Brooks Brothers‘ blog, he’s insisted that we post something from their website at least once a month. Of course, that becomes fairly easy to do when they break big stories, or blow the lid off of Soviet-style speech purges currently taking place in the South Carolina Supreme Socialist (a.k.a. the State Senate).
The bill that has raised the Brooks’ Brothers ire is a Hugh Leatherman original, which is creatively-entitled S. 714. Basically, the bill is a blatantly unconstitutional, patently undemocratic attempt to silence any and all criticism of the South Carolina General Assembly’s pathetic record on pretty much every issue under the sun.
You see, rather than actually deal with any of these issues, or even attempt to justify their utter failure to move our state forward in any capacity whatsoever, Leatherman and his crew would have you believe that they’re the victims. And of course to protect them (and their powerful incumbent perches) we should all just give up our First Amendment rights and let them continue bending the State of South Carolina over with impunity.
We hate to break it to Comrade Leatherman, but the truth is that midget communists like him don’t scare us. Especially not in America, where the Supreme Court has already ruled this sort of speech control unconstitutional.
Stay tuned … we’ll have more on this latest attempted Sovietization of South Carolina later …
Comments
By Some one who cares.... on February 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Far be it from me to agree with Sic Willie, but dern, what a load of crap that bill is.
Leatherman needs to hire a lawyer, or listen to one of the dozens already working for McConnell.
By Believe It Not (a.k.a. Sic Willie's Stalker) on February 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
BIN News discovered this 3.5 minutes after it was filed **ALMOST A YEAR AGO!!!** While sic(k) willie was at a strip joint stuffing $1.
This is another sic(k) willie “scoop” – of cat litter!
When Republicrats and Demopublicans jointly sponsor a bill aimed at controlling money masters and fake front groups, it’s good for S.C.
As we’ve said eleventy-brazillian-zillion-kabillion times before, the “small” group of 99% of political consultants make the rest look bad.
sic(k) willie’s “Screams Of Pain” prove he’s in that 99%. Ouch!
sic(k) willie, remember, your beatings will continue until your moral improves. When your moral is better, maybe you’ll be honest.
We can see Hugh, Jakie & friends smiling now. Leaning back. Puffing on big herbal stogies while knocking back shots of buttermilk. They know what they’re doing. sic(k) willie makes it up as he goes along.
Hey, guys, pass the cornbread and buttermilk!
By Ron on February 6th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Willie,
As most of us are now aware, this SC General Assembly is very adept at violating their oaths of office “to protect and defend the Constitution of SC and the United States “so help me God”. Examples are numerous of the last decade incuding the following:
1. alternative funding for school construction
2. unconstitutional state budget deficits
3. unconstitutional bobtailing of bills
4. vote swapping with regard to judicial elections
5. etc.
These are just a few examples of the more blatant violations of their oaths “to protect and defend” our state constitution.
And they wonder why voters are totally fed up and “anti incumbent”.
By Believe It Not (a.k.a. Sic Willie's Stalker) on February 6th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Watch out. Next maybe Republicrats and Demopublicans will jointly sponsor a bill preventing constipated consultants (like sic(k) willie) from taking cash under the table to launch sleazy lies and false allegations against Midlands’ elected officials and other responsible educators.
By Marvin Gardens on February 7th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Hey Willie, where were you defending the First Amendment a couple of months ago when SLED was sent to investigate and intimidate a local blogger in Myrtle Beach? An active investigation was instigated by our local loonniversity and even after the solicitor and law enforcement ruled that no crime had been commited and it was simply an individual excercising his First Amendment rights, SLED continued. It brought expert ‘Behavioral Science’ agents to profile the individual and then released the internal investigation to the school who immediately ran to the local fish wrapper with the story. I know you Republicans keep telling us that everything changed after 9-11. I know your president did away with habeas corpus and the Patriaot Act completely gutted the Fourth Amendment, but I really thought that the First Amendment might actually survive. I see now that I was very wrong and the jack booted thugs of the thought police are beginning to line up. Isn’t living in a Red State grand, kind of gives a new meaning to that phrase doesn’t it? If you want more of this story check out MyrtleBeachInsider.blogspot.com
By crying in the wilderness on February 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I keep telling the voters to vote the bums out.They will not listen,but they may get what they don’t want. Slaves to the goverment and will own nothing,not even their children.Voters wake-up before it’s to late.
By Bocephus on February 7th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
responsible educators?? Yeah responsible for almost having a 50% drop out rate. Out of state money, foreign money who cares, most elected officials don’t care about the people of SC or improving our State. Until then, more stuff like this will go on and on. To bad elected officials wont watch Cool Hand Luke and “get their mind right”
By sid on February 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
TLPPTPWFOOB? What’s the extra “P” stand for?
By Rob W. on February 7th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
“A political action committee organized by or on behalf of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, a member of the General Assembly, a director or deputy director of a state department appointed by the Governor is prohibited.”
They should have just called this the “hey Sanford, screw you” bill. Although I guess they’ve already passed a few of those.
By fitsnews on February 7th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Sid-
We pointed the extra “P” out to them, and they’ve fixed the post.
The guys over at the Shot must be products of one of our 400 or so failing or below average public schools.
Wait … “schools of academic priority,” we mean …
-FITSNews
By Not Funny At All on February 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
willie, if you’re going to edit our posts by adding the “stalker” cr@p, then please be honest with your reader(s) and let em know when and where you’re editing our posts. They need to know how sleazy you are.
By Ross Shealy on February 8th, 2008 at 12:01 am
I’m trying to figure out why these groups don’t want to reveal their funding. If anybody has an idea let me know.
By sid on February 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
It’s not a matter of groups not wanting to reveal their funding, but nice try at misdirection. That’s the Leatherman argument. The issue is free speech, which is protected by the constitutions of both the U.S. and S.C. The implied threat isn’t to the groups, it’s to the contributors. Give money to promote a certain legislative policy, and we will make sure everyone knows who you are by putting you on a government list accessible to the general public. If I want to support an effort to make widgets illegal in S.C. because I think they are a danger to society, and my neighbor works in the local widget factory, why would I want him to know I was supporting something that would end his livelihood? The end result would be people would be less likely to exercise their free speech through contributions to organizations that lobby because they fear possible retribution for their actions. And that’s the goal of the legislation. If passed, it will not survive a legal challenge.
By Larry on February 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Sen. Leatherman is the ultimate RHINO who wields enough power in t he Senate, to get the “Lemmings” to not only turn on their constituents, but also on Republican tenets stated in the Constitution.
By sid on February 25th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Just as an update, this bill was sent back to Sen. Jud., where one hopes it will remain.
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