By FITSNews || Over the last few years, one of the more frustrating fights we’ve waged on behalf of the taxpayers of South Carolina is our ongoing battle against the Palmetto State’s so-called “Chambers of Commerce.”
Specifically, we’re referring to the S.C. Chamber of Commerce and the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, two organizations which are veritable pillars of oxymoronisitude. Not to mention pillars of plain old moronisitude.
Why is this such a frustrating fight? Well, because most people just don’t get it. After all, these groups have very “pro-business”-sounding names and they ostensibly lobby on behalf of “pro-business” policy. Heck, the word “commerce” just screams free market, doesn’t it? And of course supporting the free market (yes, even at the expense of government) is what we’re all about here at FITS.
Yet if you bother to move past the semantics of these groups and their fluff-filled agendas what you’ll discover is that they are nothing more than big government mouthpieces lobbying for a narrow set of entrenched special interests. And not surprisingly, nearly all of the “Chamber-backed” special interests rely on taxpayer-funded largesse to stay in business, which means that these organizations rarely – if ever – encounter a tax, spending, fee or fine increase that they don’t like.
Or for that matter a tax cut that they don’t hate.
Screw fundamental fairness – these groups are all about “getting theirs” at your expense.
As expected, both of these groups are joined at the hip with the corrupt cabal of RINOcrat legislative leaders who continue to hold this state back economically (i.e. Hugh Leatherman, Glenn McConnell, Bobby Harrell and Danny Cooper). And just as South Carolina’s legislative tyranny is full of “Republicans In Name Only,” the so-called “business community” that keeps their campaign coffers full of special interest cash might as well be called “Business In Name Only.”
Their labels and their rhetoric say one thing, but their actions and (in legislators’ cases) their votes say something entirely different.
Of these groups, the S.C. Chamber of Commerce – known around the State House simply as “The Chamber” – is by far the most influential (and pernicious). It always purports to advance a “comprehensive agenda for competitiveness,” but when you take the time to examine the fine print all the group ever does is tinker around the edges of our state’s anti-competitive tax and regulatory climate and antiquated government structure.
That’s not what the taxpayers need or deserve, people.
Yet given the Chamber’s commitment to brown-nosing the RINOcrat majority, it’s not surprising that they chose to endorse U.S. Rep Gresham Barrett in this year’s GOP primary and Vincent Sheheen in this year’s Democratic primary. Both candidates are pure status quo, which is what the Chamber prefers – particularly after eight years of dealing with a governor who wouldn’t “play ball.”
Needless to say, we blasted them for both decisions (click here and here to read our rebuttals to their endorsements), but we weren’t surprised in the least. Nor were we surprised when the Chamber chose to endorse Sheheen over Haley in the general election – a move that has helped lift the scales from many people’s eyes regarding this organization’s true ideological leanings.
In fact, in the fight to hang onto the state’s purse strings, the Chamber has been upping the ante lately – doing the bidding of the “command economists” in the S.C. General Assembly with increasing frequency. For example, earlier this year the group lobbied aggressively in favor of trustees at the University of South Carolina who would support “Innovista” – Speaker Harrell’s $300 million hole in the ground that bet big (and lost) when the so-called “hydrogen economy of the future” went belly-up.
Don’t think for a minute Harrell won’t find a way to thank them – and their favored members.
The S.C. Small Business Chamber? Amazingly, this group is even more liberal than the State Chamber.
Believe it or not, the Small Business Chamber backed both “Obamacare” as well as the President’s proposed energy tax hike (no … really, they did). They’ve also been on the leading edge of the S.C. RINOcrats’ command economic scheming for years, aggressively supporting new spending and bureaucratic expansion as a way of “stimulating” government growth at the expense of the small businesses they’re supposed to be supporting. Of course that’s about what you’d expect from a group that artificially inflates its membership rolls with a bunch of liberal trial lawyers.
To her credit, S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley’s gubernatorial campaign is challenging this brood of special interest vipers.
“The state Chamber is a big fan of bailouts and corporate welfare, so it’s no surprise that they would prefer a liberal like Vincent Sheheen over a conservative like Nikki Haley,” Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey told the Associated Press this week.
Wow.
Confrontational? Sure.
Accurate? Damn right it is …
And while Haley hasn’t put forward much in the way of an economic plan herself, it’s clear that she would use her veto pen to block harmful spending and costly special interest legislation, which makes her infinitely more desirable from a “commerce” standpoint than Sheheen, who would no doubt continue the spending spree that deprives families and small businesses of desperately-needed economic oxygen.
Anyway, the good news is that in the fight to expose these groups for what they are, it appears we have a new ally. Let’s hope Haley not only keeps up the heat on their hypocrisy, but also articulates a plan that starts moving us in the opposite direction before it’s too late.
UPDATE: And yes, you are all welcome to have fun with the “infinitely more desirable” thing. Can’t believe we missed that …
Pic: Via Daylife
By Liberaltarian July 8, 2010 at 4:17 pm
crazy eyes. We have seen this before.
By Cooter Brown July 8, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Whatcho ‘spect. Da Chamba Pot ov Commerce endorsed bof Sheheen & Barrett within a day ov each otha! A gagle ov new South scalawags hoo outta be run outta da state!
By yarrrr July 8, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Vic Rawl…
Frances Rawl… http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/24181313/detail.html
Otis Rawl is next
By Toyota Kawaski July 8, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Why doesn’t Rep. Haley’s peps get her some gas-x instead of trying to slide them out?
By eggaday July 8, 2010 at 4:43 pm
“the chamber” is a part of Bush Sr’s New World Order.
By Fred July 8, 2010 at 4:49 pm
If the Chamber had endorsed Nicki Haley, we would be reading an article proclaiming how wonderful they are. The Club For Growth article and their endorsement will be coming soon.
If you depend on a business in SC to pay your bills (as do I) decide who has Your best interest at heart: State Chamber of Commerce OR Will Folks???
I know who I trust. …and it ain’t the one that publishes lies and soft-core porn.
Fred
By snodgrass July 8, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Sic, Nikki Haley is whispering sweet nothings for all of us right now. But, I suspect if you research the campaign promises of all the RINO’s you mentioned, you’ll likely see the same cotton candy rhetoric coming from them when they were courting votes. I’m supporting Haley’s bid, but not because I trust her intentions; I just fear a liberal’s intentions even more.
By Gina July 8, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Will, your points are right-on. The Chambers of Commerce actually represent mostly big businesses to the detriment of small businesses. Consider Blue Cross – Blue Shield of SC, which is a monopoly in this state. I will be very happy if Nikki Haley refrains from taking money from such companies.
By Ed July 8, 2010 at 5:28 pm
From the article:
“mouthpieces lobbying for a narrow set of entrenched special interests”
That about sums up Nookie Nikki doesn’t it?
By Ed July 8, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Oh wait, she couldn’t be a lobbyist because she was the one they were supposed to be lobbying. I guess that just makes her “on the take.”
Funny, but it seems Nookie Nikki’s campaign strategy is to throw the word “liberal” around as many times as possible. Unfortunately in a state with the electorate that we have, that is probably all it takes. In the world of Rush and Glenn, if you say it enough, people who can’t think for themselves just eventually believe it.
By hey is right (again) July 8, 2010 at 6:02 pm
“Yet if you bother to move past the semantics of these groups and their fluff-filled agendas what you’ll discover is that they are nothing more than big government mouthpieces lobbying for a narrow set of entrenched special interests. And not surprisingly, nearly all of the “Chamber-backed” special interests rely on taxpayer-funded largesse to stay in business, which means that these organizations rarely – if ever – encounter a tax, spending, fee or fine increase that they don’t like.”
FITS, I certainly appreciate a vehement, all be in not too well informed defense of your “alleged” ex-lover – but if you look at the actual memebers of the Chamber of Commerce (representing many, many small businesses, as well as some of the largest commercial movers and shakers in the state) then your point seems antithetical unless you are stating they the Chamber is voting and moving against its own interest.
As much as you may try to make the chamber members all “big government mouth pieces,” the fact of the matter is they represent (almost all of them) private businesses and private commercial interests. Your attempt to impugn them based on the normal GOP talking points is going to fall on deaf ears to anyone who actually considers the issue in an informed manner. The lesson here is not that these normal GOP backers are off point because they chose a Democrat, nor that the “normal GOP talking points” as I refered to them are inherently wrong – however, I think the real issue is that the Chamber realizes that Nikki Haley’s positions on the issues for S.C. businesses is inherently wrong.
By fill the Chamber pot :) July 8, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I kicked the SC Chamber of Commerce right out of my business when they stopped by. It amazes me how many small business owners give those idiots money.
By Walt July 8, 2010 at 6:11 pm
The insiders at the Chamber know the scoop about Mrs. Haley, just like you do, FITS…
A woman with bad enough judgment to have a one night stand with Larry Marchant, then admittedly engage in a bizarre series of late night cell phone calls with Will Folks (“working late,” my ass), park her SUV in front of his condo all night, refuse to turn over emails and phone records, and tell obvious lies to the easily duped mainstream media, is not someone the business community can count on.
Despite the spin job this website attempts to put on this latest development, by calling any Republican who has doubts about Haley a “RINO,” this vote of no confidence speaks volumes, and is a blow to Haley’s efforts to appeal to all but the Tea Partiers and the libertarian wing of the Republican Party in S.C.
She needs to do somethging fast to earn the business community’s trust, or it is going to be “My Guv’nah Vinny” come November.
By BIN News Editorial Staff July 8, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Thanks, Fred. You’re right.
And, everyone is still waiting for (xic) willie to give proof of his claim that a Midlands’ elected official has a Strom problem.
He shut up about cr@p a long time ago.
But, there he goes again. Claiming hankie-pancakie with trickie nikki.
He promised proof. What did he deliver?
Free publicity for trickie nikki. Nothing more.
To(xic) willie is just a paid political pimp.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
BIN News Editorial Staff
Flare and Balanced
P.S. Those buses have their motors running. Listen to them purrrring. Republicrats for Sheeheenie are going to be biggie.
By Gen. Longstreet July 8, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Never in all the time I proudly served the CSA did I ever accept a government bailout. Not once. But Bobby Lee sure as hell did.
By Conservative Republican July 8, 2010 at 6:49 pm
“By Cooter Brown on July 8th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Whatcho ’spect. Da Chamba Pot ov Commerce endorsed bof Sheheen & Barrett within a day ov each otha! A gagle ov new South scalawags hoo outta be run outta da state!”
RIGHT ON COOTER!! You ought to be General Cooter in my view. You’re a “rebel rouser” with leadership qualities in my view”.
Great article Will.
By Sir Walter Riley July 8, 2010 at 7:37 pm
They know that Haley is a dirty eyed radical who, has no experience in dealing with large corporations and they are right. Will your plan with Haley worked just like you both planned on those late night calls you cocksucker. This bitch is not qualified to be a greeter at Walmart much less Governor of our state. This state is so fucking gullible, say you are for cutting taxes and thats all it takes to get elected. This is enough to turn anyone off from voting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKh73W9QK0
By Old Bike Dude July 8, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Obstructing is not governing. Thank God that thinking patriots understand this. After all the only red dots the Chamber needs are on the side of your local liquor store.
And dear old cooter the question yet remains; turtle or vagina.
By Old Bike Dude July 8, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Will does your wife know you still love Nikki?
By Billy Bob July 8, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Picture this: Haley as Governor, a skank ho. Another blackeye for SC!!
Will did her, that other dude did her, ‘nuf said!!
By R July 8, 2010 at 8:01 pm
ED, pretty funny that your comment “if you say it enough, people who can’t think for themselves just eventually believe it.” pretty much describes most of the people who voted for Obama. They just listened to the mainstream media kiss Obama’s ass and sing his praises long enough to actually believe it. Now we’ve got a Marxist president who has total contempt for the Constitution and is hell-bent on government take over of as many industries as possible while destroying our economy.
I wholeheartedly agree that no one thinks for themselves anymore. The fact that morons of this state voted for a candidate for Attorney General just because he’s named “Wilson”, even though he’s only been a lawyer for 7 years and can’t argue cases before the Supreme Court, is proof enough that people just don’t think. How stupid are S.C. voters? Well a family member of mine made phone calls for one of the AG candidates and the biggest comment they received was “are they a lawyer? I ain’t voting for no lawyer.” It was worthless trying to explain that the Attorney General has to be a lawyer.
I love South Carolina but this is the dumbest state in the nation. We have the most backwards and futile education system and the ultimate in good ole boy political system that is “by special interests, of special interests, for special interests.” Voters of this state, for all the complaining they do, have no one to blame but themselves.
By Confederati July 8, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Anybody want to identify this new scalawag version of scalawag Longstreet? What a distorted sense of an identity problem this guy has… I guess if he were from Virginia, he’d call himself Mahone.
By Florida Watching July 8, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Yeah……you know……banging political pals…..the 5PM tax disclosure, passing a hair dresser bill….I am appalled. And that long face. She has a long face. And big teeth. Really big teeth. Don’t know if anyone should………………just saying.
By The Deacon Jones July 8, 2010 at 8:25 pm
I can guarentee that the “Chamber” has never felt the soft lips of Ms. Haley caress the hard, stiff, pole of Deacon Jones!
By Lot to do about nothing July 8, 2010 at 8:49 pm
S.C. Chamber of Commerce and the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce are liberal backers. Go back two years and check their business friendly scorecard. Dems rated higher than repubs most every time.
The Chamber is a joke. Get out of the chamber. They are a wolf in sheeps clothing.
By Cooter Brown July 8, 2010 at 9:18 pm
@Gen Longstreet
But ye sure as haiol took dat cushy gobmint job frum dat butcher, U.S. Grant. Still a scalawag afta all dese yeers, aint ye?
By lavenderwolf July 8, 2010 at 9:19 pm
hilarious feedback
By Cooter Brown July 8, 2010 at 9:22 pm
@Conservative Republican
Yer mity kind t’ say so, but everyone knows dat I’s just a fiktishus character. How cain ye bee a leader if’n ye dont exist?
By Old Bike Dude July 8, 2010 at 9:24 pm
A horse walks up to Nimrata and asks,”Why the long face”?
By Banana Peel July 8, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Having worked for the “Torture Chamber”(SC Chamber of Commerce) a number of yrs ago, I know first-hand that it is nothing but a bunch of wanna be business leaders hoping to be named to the B.O.D. The staff is merely record keepers,administrators of nothing, and so called lobbyists. BTW, the lobbyists simply gave money to both dems and republicans.
Vincent Sheheen is a tax and spend liberal dem. – nice guy maybe. But dems are big government proponents, not pro-business. As a small business owner, I want to have Governor Nikki Haley.
By Randall July 8, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Wow, deacon! Were those lips on her face or between her thighs?
By Florida Watching July 8, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Deacon – Those theoretical soft lips are dangerously close to her extremely large and sharp teeth. Lotsa damage could be done in seconds.
By Gary July 8, 2010 at 10:10 pm
WALT< BIN NEWS, "SIR#@"WALTER RILEY< FLORIDA WATCHING ET EL
One word HALEY in any article/news wakes up the entire trailer trash otherwise in deep slumber with psychotic drugs and like energized bunnies their foul mouths farts all kinds of vulgarities which their porn induced mind learns every day.
By Whippersnapper July 8, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Wow, this story has got the vile, filthy-mouth (including the queen of vile Florida Watching and her different personalities) posters riled up. Or maybe the SC DUMMocrat high command sent out an “activation” message to this crowd. Anyway, thanks for coming here again and giving us a hint of the “Potterville” that South Carolina would become if your ilk was in charge. You’re making more votes for Haley! Keep it up.
By C20H26N2O July 8, 2010 at 10:50 pm
When we obstruct spending, then we are obstructing government??? If that’s the way you see it, then you are correct in calling me an obstructionist. All the special projects are always in someone else’s county. I get tired of paying for what I do not benefit from.
By Florida Watching July 8, 2010 at 11:01 pm
You know…..can you not notice that chin? She has a Jay Leno chin!!! He is kinda old……..maybe……, well at any rate….not a good picture. You post that up at the Bunny Ranch, and she would never get any business. No matter how experienced……..
How’s that Gary…..????
Hehehehehehehehehehe. Loving that Haley Camp trying to damper spirited debate.
By Florida Watching July 8, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Sic – I swear, if you have a photo of her backside as she is wiping down the shower after a hot one……that would be HOT. Way hot. Crazy web hits, know what I mean??? Whatcha got??? She spent way too much time at your place without at least a cell phone picture.
By Gomer Pile July 9, 2010 at 5:22 am
The S.C. Chamber of Commerce is a JOKE. They ARE the “Good Old Boy” system. Let’s get some new blood and turn S.C. around. Vote Nikki Haley. Not only will it be good publicity for our state, it will change the silly image S.C. has.
By Edwin July 9, 2010 at 7:46 am
They are also voracious when it comes to taking away the authorities of juries. They lie all the time about how juries are a threat to business, preferring government regulation. That allows the corporatists to use their lobbying power with the statist to hurt their competition through use of crony capitalism. The Chambers are inherently against small business.
By eggaday July 9, 2010 at 8:25 am
haley is a another sanfraud term, except this time, sanfraud wears a skirt
By Huhhh??? July 9, 2010 at 9:29 am
“The state Chamber is a big fan of bailouts and corporate welfare, so it’s no surprise that they would prefer a liberal like Vincent Sheheen over a conservative like Nikki Haley,” Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey told the Associated Press this week.”
Wow, sounds like Sic or Joel or Ben wrote that…same ole hateful, low life nastiness that comes out of Sanford’s office…OH, it DOES!!
By Cancerman July 9, 2010 at 9:40 am
The only thing Nimrata Randhawa will do is continue Sanfrauds, 8 years of failed polices and the people that are supporting her are dumbfucks for voting for her. She will have no power and influence in this state due to the fact she is already hated by most.
By Skidmarks July 9, 2010 at 9:49 am
The SC Small Business Chamber doesn’t endorse political candidates.
http://www.scsbc.org/aboutus.asp
By WorkingTommyC July 9, 2010 at 9:49 am
QUOTE:
By fill the Chamber pot :) on July 8th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
“I kicked the SC Chamber of Commerce right out of my business when they stopped by. It amazes me how many small business owners give those idiots money.”
ENDQUOTE
Good for you! It’s time to empty the Chamberpot of Commerce over the head of Sheheen and his enviro-fascist “green economy.” (Somehow I think the “green” in “green economy” stands for all the taxpayer dollars they’ll be sucking out of our pockets.)
All we need now is an Al Gore wanna-be like Shehee as governor if we REALLY want to destroy the economy.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs581.snc3/30664_422935356527_629866527_5462325_7324749_n.jpg
By Gary July 9, 2010 at 9:52 am
SHEHEEN campaign as a matter of policy has hired a lot of trailer trash to post negative and trashy comments about Haley on many state sites.
By political hack July 9, 2010 at 10:09 am
It really is all those new South carpetbaggers and their dirty corruption they brought to our beautiful state. If there is to be corruption at least let it be the homegrown kind. But hell, I guess that is what makes the United States such the envy of the world. It is just sitting here, in all it’s wisdom, ready to be raped, pillaged, and burned by any special interest because the law provides them with the upper hand.
By Florida Watching July 9, 2010 at 10:22 am
Take a closer look at the picture. Yes, I believe she is trying to squeeze out a SBD but that look is telling all. It’s hard not to have both sets of cheeks trying to subconsciously coordinate efforts.
By Analyst July 9, 2010 at 10:57 am
Hold up, is this the same Rob Godfrey that worked for Henry Mac and was courting the Chamber support should he be the nominee? Rob’s pretty liberal himself…at least in the buffet line..
By Lot to do about nothing July 9, 2010 at 10:59 am
Please keep kicking Nikki. It worked so well when republicans did it.
When are you distasteful idiots gonna learn your lesson. In the south you cannot be seen kicking a woman.
By Catherine July 9, 2010 at 11:08 am
I say we elect her…then all the embarrasing shit comes out of the woodwork finally. South Carolina gets smacked in the face YET AGAIN for being a backasswards, thumb-wrestling, nose-picking, group of morons who apparently just LOVE to elect officials that have no freakin’ morals. Quite the conondrum for a Baptist stronghold, huh?
I’m all for South Carolina making the “Idiot News” yet again. If she’s elected then this state deserves it. Hopefully Mississippi will also surpass us next year and we can also be #50 on the list of education.
And people wonder why this state’s economy sucks so badly? Why the unemployment rate rivals that of Detroit? Why a lot of companies come and look and then run screaming AWAY in the other direction. This is why all the massive incentives have to be offered, just to bring them to the table.
By The Way —– Where the “F” was Sanford for eight years as companies continued to leave this state in droves? Where was he during the textile demise?
What has Hot Crotch Haley offered as a CONCRETE plan forward to help small business in this state other than her promises to “fight”? Yep…I want yet another four years of absolute gridlock for small business development in this state because yet another “Luv Guv” can’t get along with anyone.
By Catherine July 9, 2010 at 11:11 am
This piece of nasty garbage was offered up by Loverboy Folks this morning because he’s pissed they wouldn’t reconsider their endorsement of Sheheen.
Note: When business people start standing behind a DEMOCRAT because they see the way to at least get out of gridlock — What the hell does that tell you about the GOP candidate? Should tell you something, particularly if you own a business in this state.
By ceilidh10 July 9, 2010 at 11:34 am
No plan of her own but she will block and that makes her better than Sheheen. Get a life you moron!
Blocking is exactly what the Party of No, here and on the national level, keeps doign. How does that help the average person? HUH?
She has no economic plan.
She has no agenda.
She stands only for big money.
Her views are not known.
She refuses local interviews.
She has a divisive, hotbutton issue style Palin or Angle.
She is a woman of color who has nothing for people of color.
She is from immigrants but has done nothing to help immigrants.
What is she other than a big mouth with smartass responses?
By No Name July 9, 2010 at 12:21 pm
The vast majority of GOP voters and perhaps the State in November…… are so fucking fed up with the bull shit of State’s three parties ……the Rhinos, The Statists and the Dems….that they are willing to support a “colored” women who has a cloudy personal past.
Think about that…amazing here in the Bible Belt….it is a testament to just how fed up, informed and angry the masses are……not the players or Cola mafia or elites or any of the other fuck ups that have passed themselves off for years……. with the help of the lame ass newspapers in this State…….. as out State leaders…think Queen Jean and Little Digger as examples of our embarassing Good Old Boy State leaders.
The only thing more suprising would be for the country to elect an unknown and inexperienced black man as President….rather than a bumbling war monger GOP candidate…….wait…..shit that already happened.
Cola mafia……your worst nightmare is slowly taking shape……no B and C…..no Bobby…..no Splatt as Chairman of the the Budget writing ….Little Diggers health is failing, Jackie has the goods on Nuckie but no one wants to be associated with him……and more and more tips keep coming into FITS and other web sites…..and Godfather Graham has no answer other than Windmills and more war…..and the Chicken course is over ……..Jesus is soon to be seen on the Grand Strand.
By Balsak Tee Baghar July 9, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Greetings, beautiful perfumed world of lovely and remarkable stenches!
As an Indian-American immigrant I confess that I do not completely understand the controversy in question!
Our darling, sexy goddess brought down to earth and the swamps of South Carolina — the adorable Nikki Haley of Lexington County — can do everything in the bed better than Marilyn Chambers!
Just look at the communist Marilyn Chambers, who is currently deceased I may add, and not performing sex acts of any kind!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Chambers
Of course, Nikki will be an Innovista improvement in sexy bedroom antics when compared to these Chambers person!
Nikki’s alive!
End of argument!
Palin-Haley 2012!
I can see India from my house!
By Recovering Lobbyist July 9, 2010 at 2:04 pm
The largest membership block in any local Chamber of Commerce is government. In fact many chambers owe much of their revenue to government. Why would any of us be surprised that the Chamber of Commerce has become the Chamber of Government?
By Godslayer July 9, 2010 at 2:14 pm
“Now we’ve got a Marxist president who has total contempt for the Constitution and is hell-bent on government take over of as many industries as possible while destroying our economy.”
It’s really hard to take cretinous statements like this seriously. Why don’t you find out what the real left is saying about Obama? They’re not exactly celebrating the institution of a Marxist regime.
By mrs. ethel krabitz July 9, 2010 at 2:23 pm
never heard a peep from the Curried Cougar abt the “chambers” while she was serving in the House….
blah blah blah
another fluffy attempt to blow smoke up everybody’s ass about how great the Temptress of Bombay is….
*deep sigh* booooooring
By Anders Curt July 9, 2010 at 2:55 pm
FITS news = Joe McCarthy? HUAC will be suggested next Will?
By Florida Watching July 9, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Curry
By Florida Watching July 9, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Curry, that is why she is gritting her teeth. It’s not that she is trying to squeeze one out…….what she is really trying to do is squeeze it all shut so that she doesn’t accidentally pinch off a loaf……….
Now, back to those 5PM tax disclosures………..
By Florida Watching July 9, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Catherine – You go girl. Makes all kinds of sense. Let’s not forget that Bush had to re-carpet the Oval Office after Clinton left. Redo the seats, couch, table tops, anything with stains on them…………
By Gary July 9, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Balsak Tee Baghar is the comedian of the foul mouthed drugged out trailer trash that hangs around here. The entire bunch usually comes alive in unison when ever Haley’s name is mentioned even remotely. These losers, mostly on food stamps and welfare checks are like puppets controlled by a puppet master and post multiple multi ID posts. Some of them although male act like females here. ( Catherine is one of them)
By TB July 9, 2010 at 5:58 pm
@ Old Bike Dude on July 8th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
“Will does your wife know you still love Nikki?”
Answer– She must know with all Will’s postings that indicate his favoritism & head over heel for his darling Nikki.
She definitely suffers a battered wife syndrome ’cause she just sits there letting Will pours out his love & faithfulness to the ex-lover.
Will is still the king of CDV, but this time it is an emotional CDV with a wife with a syndrome. How sad!
By fitsnews July 9, 2010 at 6:17 pm
TB-
Head over “heel?” Is Sic Willie an amputee?
Perhaps he emotionally batters Mrs. Sic w/ his prosthetic?
-FITS
By George July 9, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Don’t mind Gary. The little boy is just jealous because he doesn’t have the clever wit of Balsak. Truth be known, Balsak should be governor of SC, not Haley.
By Pragmatists July 9, 2010 at 7:17 pm
You say:
“Screw fundamental fairness – these groups are all about “getting theirs” at your expense.”
And I think you back that up well. However, the very essence of capitalism is “getting yours” and economics is a zero sum game. When I “get mine” it is ALWAYS at someone else’s expense. Are you saying capitalism is bad?
By Scooter July 9, 2010 at 7:18 pm
A few more reasons to vote for Vince and against Haley. Thank you for spelling this out for us. BTW, why all the good words for Haley? She did you wrong, dude. Way wrong!
By Scooter July 9, 2010 at 8:03 pm
And, the “other dude” that said he slept with her: that was not a one hight stand. On-going.
By Randall July 9, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Balsam is full of semen. Never had any?
By fiscal conservative July 10, 2010 at 5:50 am
Simple question: Do you want to pay more taxes? If so, vote Sheheen.
By Philip Branton July 10, 2010 at 11:10 am
LOL…..well Wil here is a classic example ……
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/10/pros-cons-of-rail-deal/
KA-BOOM……!!!
By GDI July 10, 2010 at 11:23 am
It may be that Wilkins was recruited to NMR&S by Dick Riley. Their fathers were long time friends. Mr. Ted Riley was Mr. Democrat, the Wilkins family became Republicans but they have remained friends and work well together. Ever since Claude Scarborough was managing partner, NMR&S has straddled both sides of the political fence because the bottom line is the bottom line and what’s good for NMR&S is good for America. I’d say that’s more likely the reason for Wilkens’ support of Steve Morrison than abandonment of political ideaology. It says nothing about Wilkens’ bona fides as a Republican. Morrison is smart and has a wit, (he was the point guard on Cazzie Russell’s college team and always said his job was to throw the ball to Russell and get out of the way) but his politics are waaay left. So that firm is firmly entrenched on both sides of the political spectrum. All of that is to say anything that comes from NMR&S isn’t about a particular ideaology, its about the firm’s bottom line.
By George July 10, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I hope SC becomes #1 in most backward state in the US. Then at least we can say we are #1 in something.
By James July 10, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Are Sheheen’s parents or grandparents from another country?
By Boz Martin July 10, 2010 at 11:10 pm
/// Balsak Tee Baghar is the comedian of the foul mouthed drugged out trailer trash that hangs around here ///
Shit! I SO wanted to be that. But the bad craziness going on down here on the coast sucked too much of the funny outta me.
Speaking of that bad craziness, it’s spreading now, like the oil in the Gulf. The city of North Myrtle Beach is considering whether or not to team up with THEIR Chamber of Commerce to screw everybody over just like the city of MB did with theirs.
Crony capitialism sucks. It’s not free market capitalism at all. The market does not determine the flow of wealth, the government-business relationships do. Autoritarian regimes, left, right or middle, at all levels from small town to nation-state, practice this CONTROLLED, oppressive and abusive form of capitalism, and it is an abomination.
Why is that so damned hard for so many on here to understand? I’m a Democrat and it’s as plain to me as the point on top of Jake Knotts’ head.
By Diddy Dooer July 10, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Ah, give it up, Buzzy, nobody gives a flying fuck about all that Glenn Beck bullshit.
By Betty Dent July 10, 2010 at 11:24 pm
God will smite you mightilly for your foul mouth, Diddy, but I agree with the sentiment. I for one am far more interested in the sordid abnormal psychological details of why this heathen “Sic” person has felt the need to so besmirched Mrs. Haley’s good name.
I know she would have nothing to do with him in that way. But oh, dear, I do so hope she really is a good Christian girl now, and not still a heathen herself.
By Cancerman July 11, 2010 at 2:03 am
Ole Dirty eyes Haley,,,,,,
By Boz Martin July 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm
“Diddy Dooer” and “Betty Dent” give politcal sockpuppetry a bad name.
I will endeavor to do better in the future. ;P
By OH HELL YES July 11, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Some of the local chambers are just as bad!!
By Boz Martin July 12, 2010 at 5:02 am
/// Some of the local chambers are just as bad!! ///
They’re all in the same racket together. Myrtle Beach is a perfect example, with North Myrtle Beach trying to follow suit with a 1% tax for a “tourism development fund”.
National Chamber = big umbrella for this and other heinous rackets. Only reason Obama opposes them is they won’t let his pet unions and collectivist special interests, especially the SEIU, into their crony circle jerk party.
And the beat goes on …
By Skeeter Wilson July 12, 2010 at 6:55 am
Boz Martin, I thought I told you to stay away from the boat ramps and rest areas, go downdown to the vista and cruz pretty lips.
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/statemaintenanceoffice/restarea_pics/P20122.jpg
By Florida Watching July 12, 2010 at 8:00 am
“and not still a heathen herself………” A heathen???? Nikki appears to be more than just that….she seems to open herself up to almost anything.
Now, let’s revisit those 5PM tax disclosures……….
By Gary July 12, 2010 at 10:36 am
FLORIDA WATCHING::
STOP SPITTING ON THE SKY, YOUR FACE IS ALL GETTING SPLATTERED. When will you learn the slanderer is the ultimate looser?? and lastly for your own good, don’t miss your psychotic drugs??
By Gomer Pile July 17, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Show Me the Money! The SC Chamber is a lobbyist organization and is indebpted to the businesses who support them!