Also, featured will be two-headed cows, one-eyed pigs, and four-horned goats and the famous hoaxes of “science gone wrong” exhibits.

Hurry, buy your tickets now for the “Mark Sanford Freak Show”, the Circus is in town.

Do Conservatives believe in the rule of law anymore??? That would be a story FITS>

Nearly $8 billion will come here. About half of it will go directly to local governments and Columbia has no control over that portion of the money. About a quarter of the four-billion that Columbia does control is one-time money that we should and apparently will be taking because it is one-time money mostly in the form of infrastructure money for roads and bridges and school buildings.

But as Will states, the $700 million that everyone is fighting over is about 10 percent of the total money from the stimulus bill coming to South Carolina. That portion of the money will obligate our state to hire government employees and start up new government programs. Two years from now, when the federal money dries up, our state will be obligated to raise taxes to continue paying for those programs and employees. This is job creation Washington style.

Those who argue for taking the $700 million either want to grow government or don’t understand what the stimulus bill requires (either way, they need to be removed from office because they think we are stupid). And as consumers of news we need to start demanding of our media that they treat us like the intelligent beings that we are and take the time, and space, to explain things in detail instead of regurgitating the 30-second talking points from Washington and Columbia.

“Buy Mark Sanford’s House For $3.5 Million”

South Carolina gov stands to reap a huge profit from 1997 investment

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford belongs to a dying breed.

We’re not talking here about fiscally conservative Republicans — he’ll probably have to buckle on spending $700 million from the Feds that he would rather use to pay down the state debt.

No, Sanford is something far more rare and far more precious than the fiscal conservative: he belongs to a species of mammal that once ranged proudly from the desert foothills of the American Southwest to the swamps of Florida. It was known as “the real estate speculator,” and for many months their increasingly infrequent sightings have been confined to dollar stores and bankruptcy courts.

But not Governor Sanford! He’s alive and doing fine.

He bought a house on Sullivan’s Island in 1997 for $482,500 and is now selling it for $3.5 million. Sure, 12 years of ownership and a full renovation make Governor Sanford a little different from your average house-flipper.

Unlike your circa-2006 real estate goon who would take an ugly little stucco ranch, slap some paint on it, install granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances from Home Depot and charge an extra $150,000 to the next sucker who wanted to buy it, Mark Sanford has at least legitimately classed up the joint. Heck, he probably even lived in it, or vacationed in it or whatever.

Speaking of: this 4,500-square-foot palace has a weekly vacation rental license, which means it probably wouldn’t even be that hard to pay the mortgage. In the summertime, at least.

And thus we arrive at the solution to all of South Carolina’s budget woes: Sanford donates his house to the state for a tidy tax deduction. The state rents the house to wealthy out-of-towners for $500,000 a week. They’ll pay off the state debt in no time.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/Buy-Mark-Sanfords-House-For-35-Million.html