The Blogland of Earl Capps

• Sean Trende asks "Can the Clinton Coalition Survive Obama?"

  In "Can the Clinton Coalition Survive Obama?", posted at Real Clear Politics, Sean Trende considers how voter shifts of 2009 may signal a turning point in the recent growth of Democratic voter support:
  
  
  

  John Judis and Ruy Teixeira's well-regarded 2002 work The Emerging Democratic Majority begins with [...]

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 7:32pm EST
  

• Red Dawn remake coming out next year?

  
  
  Work has started on a remake of the 1984 classic "Red Dawn", which will be released late next year. This remake will replace the forces of the now-dissolved Soviet empire with Chinese forces.
  
  In light of their growing ownership [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:43am EST
  

• Our advice to Sanford

  With the Ethics investigation hitting pay dirt and the House Impeachment special committee meetings underway, things aren't going very well for Governor Sanford.
  
  In the best interests of the state, we'd like to encourage the Governor to consider some advice from a fellow Republican Governor:
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:12pm EST
  

• Riley and Charleston: Sinking together?

  In the last month, two events have turned out to be major moments in the direction of the City of Charleston: Boeing's decision to go to the Lowcountry, and the city elections.
  
  In colonial times, Charleston was the dominant political force in the state. After the Revolution, Upstate rural' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:28am EST
  

• Dumb enough to call Brackett's bluff

  Back in August, the Blogland reported on an experimental approach taken towards first-time and youthful suspected drug dealers in Rock Hill and talked with Solicitor Kevin Brackett about it.
  
  In this experiment, eight suspects were confronted by community leaders and challenged to get a job or an education, [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:41am EST
  

• Remount Road & Interstate 26 to re-open for business

  
  Later this morning, the Remount Road interchange with Interstate 26 in North Charleston will re-open after a four-month closure.
  
  Less than 24 hours before the re-opening, Father Titus Fulcher - my priest - and our cantors came out to [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:54am EST
  

• "You Lie" seems to be contagious

  The disease is spreading to Virginia, infecting a Hampton City Council member:
  
  Councilman George Wallace has issued a public apology to a person he interrupted at last month's council meeting in which Wallace accused the man of lying.
  
  During Wednesday's City Council meeting, Wallace read from a [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:37am EST
  

• Representative Anne Hutto and Work Zone Safety

  On the way to class tonight, yours truly was traveling though my company's I-26 work zone.
  
  This work zone, with a posted speed limit of 55, is a place where my company has had our vehicles, safety devices, signs, and even one worker hit by [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:52pm EST
  

• Thanksgiving Political Awards

  Over at Voting Under The Influence, they're taking nominations for their Thanksgiving Political Awards:
  
  1) Turkey of the Year (given to the politician or political group with the worst year and most boneheaded moves.)
  
  2) Golden Drumstick: (given to the politician or political group with the best' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:45am EST
  

• Contractors endorse Barrett - or did they?

  Working in the construction industry, I received a lot of calls today wanting my take on the endorsement of Gresham Barrett's gubernatorial campaign by the Associated Builders & Contractors of the Carolinas. They wanted to know why the construction industry has chosen sides, and done so this early in [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:38pm EST
  

• Inside Intervew: State Senator Larry Martin

  This year, Republican Senator Larry Martin marks his 30th year of legislative service. Beginning his career in the House, he was elected to the Senate in 1992. Representing Pickens County, where he grew up, in the Senate, he chairs Rules Committee.
  
  Recently, he agreed [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  

• Rocking with Tesla tonight at "The Farm"

  I'll be rocking with Tesla at the Music Farm tonight. Tickets are still available, so come join the Blogland for a hell of a great night!
  
  One of their classic hits - Edison's Medicine:
  
  
  
  ... and something from their new album - I Wanna Live:
  
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:00am EST
  

• Questions of economic parallels between US 2010 and Japan 1990?

  Now, the news media is telling us that deficit spending to stimulate the economy might not work after all:
  
  
  Both Japan, beginning in the 1990s, and the U.S., in the most recent economic crisis, had credit and housing bubbles and both engaged in huge amounts of overborrowing [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:59am EST
  

• For those who say I'm evil

  
  ... here's proof - a Halloween photo of the Evil Professor.' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:29pm EST
  

• A Hero who embodied America's contribution to winning the fight for freedom

  From Who Mattered And Why by Walter Issacson, Time Magazine, December 31, 1999:
  
  
  

  If you had to describe the century's geopolitics in one sentence, it could be a short one: Freedom won. Free minds and free markets prevailed over fascism and communism.
  
  So a more suitable' [...]

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:00am EST
  

• SCGOP's Virginia Vacation recap

  Recently, Palmetto State Republicans joined many others in traveling to Virginia to help push the GOP ticket over the top. They took part in a first-class operation which accomplished a clean sweep of statewide offices and picked up six seats in the Virginia House.
  
  For [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 4:35pm EST
  

• Tell a Marine "Happy Birthday" today

  It is on this date in 1775, Major Samuel Nicholas was commissioned by the Continental Congress to begin recruiting for what would become the United States Marines:
  
  
  

  "That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two Lieutenant-Colonels, two Majors, and" [...]

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:05am EST
  

• "Tear down this wall" ... and it was done

  Ask yourselves this question: Will they be content in such a state of slavery? If not, look to the consequences. Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue; it yields nothing but discontent, [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:23am EST
  

• The Greek Catholic Churches of Slovokia

  One of the most interesting things about Eastern Christians is the many traditions which date back centuries and sometime over a thousand years.
  
  A friend of mine who was my mentor through much of my undergraduate and graduate experiences is doing a nine-month teaching stint [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 1:46am EST
  

• Arnold the Governator sends a message

  Just in time for the weekend, let's look at what Arnold the Governator may or may not be doing in California to take shots at his political opposition:
  
  
  

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger typically attaches a message to bills he signs or vetoes telling lawmakers why he took the' [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:43am EST
  

• Check out "Pig on the Ridge" in Ridgeway this weekend

  We want to let our readers know that one of the state's biggest BBQ cookoff events is this weekend in Ridgeway - "Pig on the Ridge". Ridgeway is in Fairfield County, just minutes off I-77 at the SC Highway 34 exit. If coming from Columbia, exit and then turn' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:35am EST
  

• ... and the horse this guy rode in on.

  Since last week's decision by Boeing to put their 787 production line in South Carolina, there has been a lot of finger-pointing in Seattle about who to blame. From the media coverage, we've skimmed, the wrath has been fixed on three targets:
  
  The refusal of labor unions to negotiate [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:19am EST
  

• First District GOP candidates to face each other on Saturday in Goose Creek

  Looks like the Berkeley Republican Breakfast club will feature the first head-to-head match of the 1st District GOP congressional candidates on Saturday. Folks, we're not missing this one. It's gonna be a heck of a show!
  
  
  

  The Berkeley Republican Breakfast Club will host Republican candidates for the First [...]

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:21am EST
  

• "There's something strange about people who want the right not to perform"

  ... those were the words of none other than Al Sharpton, who recently joined Newt Gingrich to premiere the movie "Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution". Sharpton's message was unmistakable:
  
  

  When we say 'let's hold people accountable,' they act like you have insulted them. There's something [...]

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:20am EST
  

• South Carolina Republicans kicking tail and raising hell in Virginia

  We take you (kind of) live to Fairfax County, Virginia, where Republicans from South Carolina have arrived to help fuel GOP Get-Out-The-Vote efforts:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  When Republicans are pushing the vote in northern Virginia, it's a sure sign the Democrats are desperately on the' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:22pm EST