SC Prog Blog

You know in your head and heart that most citizens of this state and nation are not as deluded and cold-hearted as the Right would have you believe. Recent research bears that out (see Pew report link below.)

Unfortunately, the SC Democratic Party has bought into the mythology of a conservative majority. Party leadership has for years felt that they had to move to the right to capture two percent of the Independent or Republican votes. Ditto with the pundits in the mainstream media.

Part of the puzzle of Republican dominance in SC is that a majority of citizens here don’t bother to vote (see www.scpronet.com). They figure they are going to get screwed by whoever wins, so they don’t even bother.

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The public is invited to a seminar exploring the dangers of nuclear fuel reprocessing on Wednesday, July 18, at 3pm at USC. For more information, see details in flyer.

Come hear Bob Alvarez (Institute for Policy Studies) and Brent Blackwelder (Friends of the Earth), two of the country’s most respected environmental activists.