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  • Environmentalists: the world's newest religious fantatics

    The recent scandal involving academic email exchanges among researchers working to present a report to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations highlights what happens when science becomes religious. Various reports confirm that the emails, though obtained by hacking, present a picture of researchers wanting to [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:44am EST

  • Florida State and American culture

    For thirty-four years, Bobby Bowden has been the head football coach of Florida State. Along the way, Bowden racked up 12 conference titles, two national championships and 321 victories. Bowden’s 388 coaching wins overall is second only to Penn State’s Joe Paterno.

    Simply put, Bobby Bowden built Florida [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:30am EST

  • VUI cartoons

    VUI is reaching out to all those aspiring political cartoonists out there and asking for submissions. The first submission we received was from the cartoonists known as M and S. Their cartoon is an interesting take on President's Obama's agenda. Enjoy. Submit your cartoons to rbmccarty@gmail.com for posting on VUI.
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:28am EST

  • Top 9 reasons why Clemson lost to South Carolina

    South Carolina scored a big win over the Clemson Tigers on Saturday, but Clemson fans have been filled with all sorts of excuses as to why it happened. Very few among them congratulate the Gamecocks on the win, instead, they reach for excuses. VUI has came up with the Top [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:12am EST

  • The 4th Annual Thanksgiving Awards

    Happy Thanksgiving. First, thank you for reading and commenting on Voting under the Influence. It is has been a great year for this blog, and all involved with it have you, the readers, to to thank for that.

    That said, on to the 4th Annual Voting Under the [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:12am EST

  • Oh Henry!

    Attorney General Henry McMaster has to be hating what is going on in regards to Mark Sanford right now. As South Carolina's Attorney General, McMaster has the duty of prosecuting Sanford's wrongdoings or turning over such to a special prosecutor.

    Prosecuting Sanford on his wrongdoings could alienate important [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:14am EST

  • The Sanford mess continues

    it is Thanksgiving week, a time when most people are worried about their annual dinners with family, sporting events, including, of course, Carolina and Clemson facing off on the gridiron. However, Mark Sanford is grabbing headlines again.

    Governor Sanford is grabbing headlines this week by being charged with [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:08am EST

  • Top 9 things you don't want to hear at Thanksgiving Dinner


    9) “Now, kids, ignore that smell, Uncle Jim has just made a boo boo cake. It’s good for him. Lisa, honey, can you change your man after we say grace?”

    8) “No, Bobby, you can’t play with Uncle Earl’s date’s tassels. Besides we ain’t got [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:23am EST

  • Global warming might cause an increase in prostitution and the $300 million dollar woman

    Saturday in the fall is sacred to VUI. Someday, when archaeologists look at American culture, they will likely discuss the religion known as college football. However, yesterday some good old fashioned left wing big government stuff was going on as well as football.

    Let's start in the Philippines.' [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:44am EST

  • Talk of tax increaes ramp up, etc

    A few months ago, when VUI noted how the federal deficit and spending were getting hitorically out of hand, we noted that at some point, Democrats would start talking tax increases, or "revenue enhancements" as some big government types like to put such things.

    Eight months into the [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:47am EST

  • High School Friday Nights

    Friday night was another playoff night for South Carolina High School League football. The battle to determine who lands on the campus of South Carolina State in Orangeburg for the Class A Division I and II championships has been decided. The final battles to determine who shows up the first [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:47am EST

  • Obama criticism and the egotists

    Voting under the Influence is no fan of the policies of President Obama. Further, it is right and acceptable for people to criticize the President of the United States. However, just as people on the fringe left went too far when they joked about hoping Bush would choke on another [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:48am EST

  • The Sanford "good ole boys?"


    Governor Mark Sanford made much ado about the how the previous DOT head was a “good ole gal” and that “good ole boy” favors were being handed out by the SC Department of Transportation Commission. All that was supposed to change with Sanford’s ally, H.B. “Buck” [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:54am EST

  • Reader input on the Thanksgiving Political Awards

    In a few days, Voting under the Influence will present its 4th annual Thanksgiving political awards. Since the readers of this blog have made that it possible for VUI to stay around so long, this year VUI is seeking input from its readers.

    If you any nominations or [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:15am EST

  • VUI Video of the week

    This week's video, in consideration of our Governor's ethical concerns being addressed yet again due to his traveling for love, is the old country classic by Johnny Lee, "Looking for Love."

    Since Don Bobby in the House is going to eschew impeachment against the Governor, even the Governor's folks [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:58am EST

  • What is in the air at the Grand Strand?

    The Grand Strand area is becoming famous for elected and public officials having run ins with police. The arrests of the Atlantic Beach Mayor and Police Chief have been widely reported and commented about on VUI.

    Now, Myrtle Beach gets in on the action. According to WMBF-TV of [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:55am EST

  • Top 9 reasons Anderson County government is just not for you:

    VUI hates to do it, but we focus on Anderson County for this week's Top 9. No matter where you are in the state, you just can not help but realize how chaotic politics are in Anderson County. This Top 9 will hit those who know Anderson politics, and it [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:51am EST

  • High School Friday Nights

    The playoffs are in full swing around South Carolina in high school football, and while Class AAAA teams were beginning the playoffs with long road trips, Class A upper and lower state championship game teams were being determined.

    The action on the field was overshadowed by what happened [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 4:22am EST

  • Anderson County and local government in SC

    It has been a while since VUI addressed issues in our own backyard. There are several reasons. First, things in Anderson County are what they are. The so called Republicans on County Council replaced another group of so called Republicans and neither have acted like true Republicans committed to less [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:18am EST

  • Shocker....Jenny Sanford endorses Nikki Haley

    State Represenative Nikki Haley is the darling of the Sanford crowd. She is Governor Sanford's heir apparent to his movement for whatever it is he claims to stand for.

    During her career in the State House, Haley has been more the Representative from the Governor's Mansion than the [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:50am EST

  • Enough of blaming victims for evil acts

    The media started the notion of blaming the victims years ago with the Columbine High School shootings. Various media reports lamented about how the shooters were picked on and were outcasts, and that, along with the ease of access to guns, caused them to kill.

    Now, some media [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:48am EST

  • VUI video of the week: Reagan in Berlin

    Usually, the VUI video of the week is something funny, or dramatic from life or sports, but this week, as we honor the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, VUI offers up Ronald's Reagan's historic remarks that came true.

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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:49am EST

  • Veterans Day

    Today is Veterans Day. It is often an overlooked national holiday. However, it honors the men and women who have kept the nation free.

    Veterans Day started out as Armistice Day. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first anniversary of the armistice ending World War I as “Armistice Day” [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:03am EST

  • Questions about Fort Hood troubling

    As President and Mrs Obama prepare to travel to Fort Hood today for the memorial ceremony for those lost in the terrorist attack upon the base by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, troubling questions about how the government dealt with Major Hasan are developing.

    Various published reports indicate that [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:33am EST

  • Happy Birthday, US Marines


    On this day in 1775, Captain Samuel Nicholas organized the Continental Marines in Philadelphia, marking the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.

    Since that start, the United States Marine Corps has went beyond its mission of being infantry support for naval operations. [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:19am EST

  • Top 9 signs you are staying in the wrong hotel

    9) The desk clerk tells you, “In India, we learn to live with the roaches and rats. We are all one.”
    8) It is 5 AM and the folks in the room next to you are making a porno movie.
    7) At 3 AM, the four hundred pound guy [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:57am EST

  • We are all Army today

    The United States of America is in shock and the prayers of America go to the families of the victims of the Fort Hood, Texas shootings. Twelve are dead and over thirty are wounded.

    The news reports have been fluid about the incident, as they often are after [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:27am EST

  • "Yes we can" has turned into "why we can't."


    A year ago, American voters made history, electing the first African American President. The charismatic campaign of President Obama had the majority of Americans in a frenzy. The Obama campaign's mantra of "yes we can" became a touchstone of high hopes for so many Americans, both' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:46am EST

  • Yet another pre-season gubernatorial debate

    Tuesday night the campus of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg was the site of yet another "pre-season" gubernatorial debate. Most of South Carolina is not paying attention to the Governor's race, and after watching Tuesday night's debate, who could blame folks for not paying attention?

    The debate, [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:55am EST

  • Virginia Gubernatorial elections are no political bell weathers

    Tuesday night was a night of welcomed relief for the Republican Party, as Republicans took over the Governor's Mansions in Virginia and New Jersey. Pundits and bloggers both are abuzz about the return of the GOP and how the Obama honeymoon is over.

    Perhaps the honeymoon is over,' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:10am EST

  • VUI video of the week: Newman's wild ride

    Daytona and Talledega are NASCAR's monster speedways, where restrictor plate racing is practiced. Drivers and pundits complain about the plates and how the plates affect racing and safety. Last Sunday, Ryan Newman, driving the #39 car got one wild ride. Thankfully, Newman was not seriously injured. For those who think' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:03am EST

  • The work in the quiet time

    It is over seven months until the party primaries in South Carolina for statewide and congressional offices. Most people are worried about how to deal with the upcoming holidays. The press is concerned with President Obama and his health care reform efforts and his decision on what to do in [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:51am EST

  • Governor calls state constitution he swore to uphold an “insane model.”

    If there were any South Carolinians hoping that Governor Mark Sanford would go away quietly during the last 15 months of his term, they got a reality check when Governor Sanford made a stop at the Clemson Rotary Club Monday on the Governor’s apology tour.

    The Anderson Independent [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:58pm EST

  • Health Care: Big Government squeezes out charities and shakes the average man down

    Democrats appeal to us to support their health care reform efforts telling us our selfish interests of lower health insurance premiums will be met. Republicans tell us that the Democrats will take away the health care so many have. Big money interests from the insurance and medical industries have their [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:43am EST

  • Happy Halloween

    Ah, the memories. To truly appreciate Charlie Brown, you can't fake it, you gotta live it. I am still thinking rocks are better than fruit cake. Have fun.



    If you are looking for fear, well, here is a video of Tennessee fans taking on some innocent' [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:06am EDT

  • High School Friday Night: Ware Shoals wins 5th straight region title

    You know a program expects more when after winning a conference title, the players and coaches are concerned about the playoffs. Since 2005, the Ware Shoals Hornets have owned their regional conference in Class A football. But, the players and coaches want more.

    Still, winning five straight conference [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 5:59am EDT

  • Top 9 things not to give out to trick or treaters


    It is Halloween time again. Some folks just don't understand what is appropriate to hand out to the little kids that "trick or treat" them at their doorsteps. Here are 9 things to not give out.

    9) Last's year's leftover Valentine's Day candy. Giving out [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:01am EDT

  • Sex in the Cemetery: I just don't understand

    It has been widely reported that now former South Carolina Assistant Attorney General Roland Corning, 66, was caught by Columbia police at the Elmwood Cemetery Monday afternoon with an 18 year old female Platinum Plus employee. For whatever reason, the investigating officer found reason to note that Corning had Viagra [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 3:49am EDT

  • Atlantic Beach is in trouble

    For some time now, VUI has pointed out the troubles in tiny Atlantic Beach, SC. The small beach town has historic significance because it once was the only place on the Grand Strand in which African Americans could enjoy the beach.

    However that proud history is turning into [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:14am EDT

  • Reagan laws the blueprint for the return of the Republican Party

    With the most liberal Administration in American history in place, perhaps it is time to remember the words of Reagan. Forget the RINO versus Rich bull manure in this state, and all the litmus tests. If Republicans want to return to power, Reagan lays it out. Watch and learn.
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 1:58am EDT

  • Jim Rex is in trouble and does not even know it

    The Jim Rex campaign pushed its most recent polling efforts and got coverage in The State newspaper. What is hard to understand is why they are pushing the internal poll numbers reported in The State.

    According to that article, Rex has 60 percent name ID among Democratic voters. [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:01pm EDT

  • This weeks VUI video: the dead terrorist from Jeff Dunham

    It is Halloween week and one has to have skeletons and the like to enjoy the holiday. Jeff Dunham had a routine about a year or so ago that was hilarious. Check it out. Happy Halloween. The only thing that brings out more fear: Obama Health Care!. Laugh and enjoy. [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:24pm EDT

  • Sanford considered for Nobel Economic Prize

    In one of the most remarkable turnarounds in South Carolina political history, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is being considered for the Nobel Prize in Economics in wake of the announcement that Boeing is going to build a plant in North Charleston.

    Sanford spokesman Benn Foxfart remarked, "The" [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:00pm EDT

  • Governor to be out of town when special session convenes

    The General Assembly is to convene in a special session today. As VUI addressed before, the stated purpose of the special session is to fix a glitch in the state’s unemployment system. However, as the special session approaches, lawmakers are hinting in an article in The State newspaper that a [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:36am EDT

  • Top 9 things not to say at a wedding


    9) Here’s my card. I handle divorces at discount rates.

    8) Oh my God! She is in a white dress!

    7) This wedding is going to be a youtube classic.

    6) I have never been at a wedding before in which the wedding [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 3:55am EDT

  • Do the Obama people know they won?

    No one with a political brain can disagree with the political gifts President Obama has. He and his staff ran a masterful campaign in 2008. Howevever, it seems the President and his staff do not realize that they have the power. The President and his people are still in campaign [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 3:55am EDT

  • Sanford and forgiveness and so forth

    Governor Mark Sanford gave a recent interview with the Florence Morning News in which he droned on about moving on and about how South Carolinians have a large capacity to forgive. Fair enough. South Carolinians can be a forgiving people. That is a good trait. We all have our moments. [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:15am EDT

  • This weeks VUI video: an ad from the past

    If you wonder how much the United States has changed over the years, check out this ad where doctors are promoting smoking Camel cigarettes. Now, to the video, from a much different America:

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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 2:12am EDT

  • The General Assembly's October session

    South Carolina is going to have its General Assembly reconvene next week, but not for the reason most thought it would. The impeachment of Governor Mark Sanford will not be addressed. Instead, the General Assembly will be meeting next week to solve a glitch in South Carolina law that prevents [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 2:55am EDT

  • Top 9 reasons the General Assembly will not address Sanford next week

    9) Who has time for that, we got to get ready for our big Halloween bash.

    8) Andre Bauer scares the Hell out of us.

    7) Glenn McConnell assures us he would just die if had to wear purple in public again.

    6) Well, [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:12am EDT

  • Wilson v. Miller: more money, same results

    When Joe Wilson uttered the words "You lie!" during President Obama's address to the United States Congress, fundraisers went into high gear. Wilson's opponent, Rob Miller of Beaufort, raked in the money. Then, Wilson did the same. Millions poured into both candidates, setting the media into a frenzy about what [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 3:06am EDT

  • Huckabee looks like the early front runner

    We have a little over three years until the next Presidential election, and about two years and three months from the first primary. Yet, polling has begun.

    Ramussen Reports came out with a poll this week and the results were interesting. The poll had Mike Huckabee leading the [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 2:20am EDT

  • Frankness about the GOP (Part 1)

    Politics is not all that hard to figure out. Like any other choice made in life, the political choice is often made based on who people are more comfortable with and trust. All sorts of things factor into such a choice. Some contend sexual attractiveness is paramount. Recently I listened [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 4:33am EDT

  • Happy Birthday US Navy


    Today is the birthday of the United States Navy. For all those sailors who served, thank you. God Bless the United States of America and the United States Navy. [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 7:23am EDT

  • This weeks VUI video: wedding drama

    Blame it on the fact that I officiated a wedding a couple of weeks ago and that I and two members of the VUI staff are in a wedding coming up soon. Wedding drama got on my mind. Thank God I have not known any people like this. Drama, some [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 3:05am EDT

  • It is time for the General Assembley to act like men and women of honor

    It seems both parties in the General Assembly have leaders falling over themselves to ask Governor Mark Sanford to resign. Fair enough. Yet, no leader in the General Assembly seems to have the courage to stand up and call for the General Assembly to meet and get this matter resolved. [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:32am EDT

  • Local government messes

    From crazy mayors to corruption charges in various county courthouses, local government in South Carolina is out of control. VUI was all set to write about it when we found fellow blogger Earl Capps's remarks on the situation. Earl pretty much summed it up. Check out his remarks. We have [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:30am EDT

  • Christopher Columbus

    There is some controversy in American schools today in how to celebrate or mark Columbus Day. Teachers with politically correct inclinations will spend this day telling their students to all but hate the white man from Italy who oppressed minorities so.

    So be it. Was Columbus a great [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:03am EDT

  • In all fun, calling ole Earl out

    Forget about the rankings. Forget about the politics. Sometimes you gotta fire a friendly shot at a blogging friend. Mr. Earl Capps is called out. I gave him his praise with citing his local government entry. Now, it is time to have some fun with the Blogland. For Earl Capps [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:01am EDT

  • Top 9 Reasons Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize..(not) straight from the Nobel Committee

    9) Some guys from Chicago reminded us that a boss like Obama should be given the proper respect.

    8) The other guy we were considering had this thing once with a chubby girl.

    7) That Joe Wilson thing really pissed us off.

    6) Hans [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 9:41am EDT

  • Alternative Country Tribute Song

    VUI had a comment and several emails about posting the video of alternative country singer Junior Brown in our Sanford v. SCHP post. Well, there is more of that to come.

    The late Porter Wagner was a legend. In one of his last videos, he covered the Highway [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:13am EDT

  • Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

    President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. President Obama becomes the third sitting President of the United States to win the storied prize. Presidents Theordore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson claimed the prize during their administrations.

    What is curious about the selection of President Obama is that [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 8:05am EDT

  • More from the Sanford Silly Season

    Mark Sanford is making state and national headlines again. This time for having his car pulled for speeding on Interstate 385. Further, news is now that the SLED agent driving will be issued a speeding ticket.

    Frankly, and to the surprise of some, VUI disagrees with that decision. [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 4:14am EDT

  • More from the Obama Youth

    Last week, there was a video about children in New Jersey singing a song praising our Great Leader, Obama. Now, from the set of CNN come more school children singing for Obama health care reform.

    No one blames the kids. Their teachers give them the program to run [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 2:40am EDT

  • The mechanics of impeachment and Sanford's gamble

    South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are in a rare circumstance as the General Assembly weighs impeaching the embattled Governor.

    Trysts with a South American woman, dereliction of duty, and even abuse of office for travel have been covered ad [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 4:28am EDT

  • This weeks VUI video

    Chris Rock put this out a few years ago. It is old, but it is good,funny, and frankly good advice. Enjoy a classic.

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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 3:19am EDT

  • Is Ted Pitts serious about being Lt. Governor

    Lexington County State Representative Ted Pitts entered a crowded field for the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor last May. When he entered, there were rumors that Pitts might have the resume and the money to capture the nomination.

    However, five months into his campaign and some Republican activists [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 3:17am EDT

  • Obama's China Appeasement continues


    According to the British newspapers, which are better than the American ones at reporting hard hitting stories on the Obama Administration, President Obama is going to snub the Dalai Lama during the exiled Tibetan’s upcoming visit to Washington.

    Such appeasement to the Chinese government [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:42am EDT

  • Top 9 reasons Chicago did not get the 2016 Summer Olympics

    9) Chicago culture can be summed up in two words: “Da Bears.”

    8) Rumors were crying on Oprah was going to be a new Olympic sport.

    7)Rio drug lords wanted a smaller piece than Chicago bosses.

    6) Cubs fans are used to losing this [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:06am EDT

  • Unbelievable: the land of the free celebrates communism


    When rumors about the Empire State Building lighting up in yellow and red to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the communist takeover of mainland China came out last week, VUI dismissed it as one of those internet myths.

    Unfortunately, the stories were not just [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 11:56pm EDT

  • Who we are from Brian McCarty

    Earl Capps over at the Blogland recently posted about blog transparency and who was financing the supposed influential voices in South Carolina political blogs. Earl raised an interesting point. It does seem that some of those screaming the loudest online are getting paid very well to do so.

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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 2:39am EDT

  • Big government and big business hand in hand


    Years ago, when the likes of Barry Goldwater were railing against the creation of big government, an idea was offered that if government got big enough, it could be overtaken by big business, and that an inefficient allocation of market resources would result. In other words, [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:19am EDT

  • Video of the week: Sometimes you need to leave those old guys alone

    The old store clerk takes out the would be robber. Enjoy.

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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:29pm EDT

  • Top 9 things (not) overheard in Newberry County at the GOP debate and Democratic stump meeting

    9) Dwight Drake—“Hey boy, Hey boy, I whipped your daddy at things, now I am going to whip you. You should have stayed in Camden.”

    8) Gresham Barrett—“I love my wife, I love my wife, great God Almighty, I really love my wife. That should do it for [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 2:09am EDT

  • Wellford Mayor rescinds her order

    The Mayor of Wellford rescinded her order to Wellford police officers not to chase suspects. Well, that is good. But, again watch her interview with a WSPA reporter. Wow. I would hate to be a police officer in Wellford with that kind of support from the leadership.

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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:33am EDT

  • Gubernatorial debate and how the Sanfords will not be ignored

    In what is likely the earliest South Carolina Gubernatorial debate ever, five candidates vying for the Republican Party nomination in 2010 met and debated in Newberry, SC. WIS-TV carried the debate on air and online.

    With hardly anyone, including political junkies, paying attention to the race for Governor [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 4:33am EDT

  • Twenty years ago, Hugo and Governor Campbell

    Twenty years ago, South Carolina awoke to mass destruction at the hands of Hurricane Hugo. The one thing South Carolina had going for it was a giant in the Governor's chair. Here is a video about Hugo and the late Carroll Campbell.

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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 6:12am EDT

  • This week's youtube video

    Some guy named Joe is apparently going to show us how to use a firearm.

    Wow.

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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 5:06am EDT

  • Insulting to call Anderson County Council leaders Republican

    It is hard to be a conservative Republican in Anderson County. After years of standing up against the big liberal government ways of the previous County Council and Administrator we now have to live with the current Council spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a political witch hunt [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:05am EDT

  • Ending the damage of Jimmy Carter and his

    There has been a disturbing movement over the past week that contends those of us who question the policies of President Obama are racist. Those forces seem all too eager to lump those of us who ask questions with the nut jobs.

    So, let’s make VUI’s position clear. [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 6:13am EDT

  • Wellford Mayor on no foot chases by police

    An upstate reader sent VUI this clip from Channel 7 news in Spartanburg. Just when VUI was ready to lament on the new trials of the Mayor of Atlantic Beach, we were presented with Mayor Sallie Peake of Wellford, who wrote to her Police Chief that town officers were to [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 12:55am EDT

  • New NRCC ad

    The National Republcan Congressional Committee decided to create an ad to remind us of Demcoratic civility to the people. Enjoy.

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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 12:47am EDT

  • Top 9 thoughts to let you know you are getting old

    9) The rumors about Governor Sanford and Rep. Rita Allison are false. But, if they weren’t I could not blame the Luv Gov. She’s sixty something and hot. A true GILF.

    8)Your love rap includes the line, “Come on baby, just give the blue pill time to work.” [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 6:25am EDT

  • Enough about racism and Obama criticism

    First, as a white guy, or “cracker” as reader Obama Man puts it, I do not know what it is like to Black in America. I do know how it is to be Southern, white and accused of being a racist when there is not a racist bone in my [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 2:15am EDT

  • With friends like Bob Inglis, who needs enemies?


    Congressman Joe Wilson continued to catch flack over his outburst during last week’s Presidential address. In a move that makes the Democratic leadership look like thin skinned Obama sycophants to the rest of the world, the Democratic leadership in the House engineered a resolution disapproving of [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 3:39am EDT

  • Another new humor item from VUI: you tube moments

    In the great mix between political commentary and downright comedy, the staff at VUI decided to offer, from time to time, Youtube videos, that well, were better left undone.

    This video is from a guy upset with Kanye West's dissing of Taylor Swift at the MTV Music Awards. [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 12:50am EDT

  • A look at the Democrats: Coble gets out of way for Benjamin and Rex makes the Governor’s field crowded

    The Democrats had a lot of confidence after the election of President Barack Obama last fall. Almost a year later, Obama’s approval numbers are slipping, yet South Carolina Democrats are still feeling confident about the election in 2010, mostly because of Governor Mark Sanford and the damage Sanford has done [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 11:45pm EDT

  • Top 9 reasons I can not report to work today

    People always seem to want to lay out of work, especially on a Monday. Well, this week, VUI offers the Top 9 reasons I cannot make it to work today.

    9) I did not realize bourbon was stronger than beer.

    8) My head, my head, I [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 1:29am EDT

  • Obama's insurance company subsidy plan

    Liberals have contended for years that the poor and the otherwise uninsurable need health care coverage. For a moment, let’s accept that premise.

    How does the Obama plan help that happen? Obama and the Democrats who support his plan contend that the plan will offer either a public [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 1:05am EDT

  • We will never forget September 11th, 2001

    Those of who lived through the day of September 11th, 2001 will never forget that day.

    We will never forget the chaos of that day.

    We will never forget the brave fire fighters and police officers who rushed into harm’s way.


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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 4:07am EDT

  • We understand, Joe

    Unless you have been under a rock this evening, you know that Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted out "you lie" to the President of the United States.

    Wilson has apologized for his lack of civility. But, his frustrations are understandable. The President papered over big issues [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:21am EDT

  • The GOP welcomes back the Democrats to DC

    The Republican National Congressional Committee has put together an interesting ad to highlight the rough summer bteak that their Democratic colleagues had. Watch and enjoy or watch and scream at the screen.

    Please share your comments on this ad.

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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 5:03am EDT

  • The Sanford case is about job abandonment, not planes and women


    The opportunity to impeach Governor Mark Sanford might have slipped away for legislators seeking to do so. The embattled Governor clearly will not quit, and the issue of why to remove him from office has been obfuscated with airplane use questions, Ethics Commission involvement, and rumors [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 3:50am EDT

  • It is time we politically sobered up

    Reviewing the recent polling data from Rasmussen on their website, the unease of the American people is pretty clear. The numbers are staggering. President Obama, who once had rock star numbers, is now below 50 percent in approval ratings. Congress is below 30 percent. Indeed, 51 percent think that Congress [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 11:17am EDT

  • Top 9 things people don't want to hear from politicians

    Here is this week's Top 9. It is nine, because we at VUI ain't smart enough to come up with ten.

    9)I voted for that bill before I voted against it.

    8)Yes, you can throw me out of office. But, if you do some gay guy [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 4:58am EDT

  • Be Safe this Labor Day Weekend

    Football, barbecue and fun, that is Labor Day Weekend in the South. Unfortunately, drunk driving deaths seem to be a part of it as well.

    So, be safe. Enjoy yourselves. But, if you have too much to drink to drive, get a ride home with a friend, hire [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 4:41am EDT

  • Tim Scott and moving beyond the politics of race

    For years now the conventional wisdom in South Carolina Democratic and political science academic circles has been that the rise of the Republicans to power in South Carolina was based upon an undercurrent of racism. They point out Strom Thurmond’s opposition to segregation that they claim led him to become [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 4:37am EDT

  • Can we talk about something else?

    The blogs are afire about the sex life of Governor Mark Sanford, Lt. Governor Andre Bauer and now former South Carolina Board of Education Chairwoman Kristin Macguire. It all makes for juicy gossip on the web. Bloggers hint at Sanford’s “other women.” Others claim the Lt. Governor is gay and [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 2:14am EDT

  • Dwight Drakes starts more Sanford stuff

    As predicted, Mark Sanford will be the big topic for the Democrats in 2010. Dwight Drake has already started with this video and a call for people to sign a petition for Sanford to resign.

    It is a slick video, and the move is a a gamble that [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 5:02am EDT

  • Federal Government looking to take over private internet networks in emergencies

    The focus of the debate about federal government issues has been on health care for the past few months. While a healthy debate on the federal government's role in health care is fitting, there are other issues that ought to get some attention.

    one issue is Senate Bill [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 1:18am EDT
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