Month: June 2007

Pulling Pork? Sanford Veto of Children’s Health Insurance

/ Tim Ervolina / 3 Comments

No surprise: Governor Sanford knows how to use the line-item veto. And much of the pork he pulled should have been vetoed. $70,000 for a Little League complex. $285,000 for the Colleton Cultural Center. $100,000 for the Fountain Inn Civic Center. And $9,000,000 in the stupidly wasteful "Competive Grants Program."A great deal of the General … Continue reading Pulling Pork? Sanford Veto of Children’s Health Insurance

Blognet News Rates Us Number 18

/ Tim Ervolina / 2 Comments

This blog is NOT number one. That deserved honor belongs to my good friend Not Very Bright, because, dammit, he deserves it. Thoughtful, fair, balanced (in a un-Fox-like way), NVB consistently provides top-notch analysis of what's wrong out there, and how we can fix it.It's not even number two. Brad Warthen gets that spot, bringing … Continue reading Blognet News Rates Us Number 18

Thomas Ravenel and the Bite of Reality

/ Tim Ervolina / 1 Comment

My son, who is a USC student and a field organizer for the Every Child Matters campaign, called me. I was heading up I-26 to yet another meeting."The Treasurer's a coke-head.""You're a coke-head." (We love each other, this crazy, twenty-something political junkie and me.)"Seriously, turn on the news."Now, when I'm one with the road, lost … Continue reading Thomas Ravenel and the Bite of Reality

Kansas Sam and the Temple of Doom

/ Tim Ervolina / 1 Comment

God is an exalted, perfected man.Jesus of Nazareth is the biological child of God the Father who had sexual relations with the Virgin Mary. After his resurrection, Jesus came to a lost tribe of Israelites called the Nephites, who lived in what is now the U.S. He appointed twelve apostles from the Nephites and they … Continue reading Kansas Sam and the Temple of Doom

Thad the Sodomizer Should Resign (corrected)

/ Tim Ervolina / 2 Comments

(Editorial note: as Anonymous commented below, my emotions overrode my good typing skills and this post was originally entitled "Todd the Sodomizer Should Resign." Apologies to Representative Todd Rutherford, who defended this sicko. I'm grateful that in America, even sickos are entitled to a competent defense. )Wednesday, the tragic denouement of a love gone wrong … Continue reading Thad the Sodomizer Should Resign (corrected)

The View From Where You’re Sitting

/ Tim Ervolina / 2 Comments

2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:15 Galatians 2:11-21 Luke 7:36-50She burst in, uninvited, her life the kind of chaotic mess that embarrassed nearly everyone who got close to her. There was a powerful man, from the ruling party, who thought she was a tramp—a careless, wanton profligate who flaunted her sins before proper society. If it … Continue reading The View From Where You’re Sitting