In case you missed it, South Carolina state government was closed on May 10 for Confederate Memorial Day. That’s right … while the rest of us busted our asses trying to make ends meet in this economic “recovery,” hundreds of thousands of underworked, overpaid bureaucrats got another day off.
Confederate Memorial Day was established in 2000. Along [...]
SC Celebrates “Happy White People Day”
Rep. Boyd Brown: End Observance Of Confederate Memorial Day
Winnsboro, S.C. – State Representative Boyd Brown called on his colleagues in the General Assembly today to end the observance of Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina. Brown, a descendant of Confederate veterans, concluded it was time to publicly call on South Carolina state government to end its observance of this holiday after important measures [...]
Happy White People Day, SC!
We have no problem with the celebration of Confederate heritage. It can lead to some unfortunate visuals, to be sure, but we don’t dispute the premise that the War Between the States produced countless examples of genuine heroism and sacrifice on both sides of the Potomac.
Take the story of Col. Isaac Erwin Avery – a [...]
SC Should Stop Paying For These Holidays
Tuesday was Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina. For those of you unfamiliar with this “celebration,” it became a paid state holiday (along with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) as part of the 2000 compromise that removed the Confederate battle flag from the S.C. State House dome.
That compromise also removed the flag from the S.C. [...]
Happy Confederate Day!
We don’t really engage the flap over the Confederate flag around here – expect to say that we think debating a piece of fabric is pretty stupid.
You might as well debate the flagpole while you’re at it.
Or the wind.
And while we can see (and respect) how people would be offended at the flying of the [...]
