S.92 (sponsored by Sen. Tom Davis) is in opposition to the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act. I’ve never been one to support many positions of the ACLU (American Civil Libierties Union), but they got it right when they said this of ndaa: “The NDAA’s dangerous detention provisions would authorize the president — and all future presidents — to order the military to pick up and indefinitely imprison people captured anywhere in the world, far from any battlefield.”

S.92 contains this language:

No agency of the State, agency of a political subdivision of the State, officer or employee of the State, officer or employee of a political subdivision of the State, acting in his official capacity, to include any member of the South Carolina Military Department solely on official state duty, or employees of any state or local detention facility solely on official state duty, may engage in an activity that aids an agency of the armed forces of the United States in execution of 50 U.S.C. 1541, as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, or any subsequent provision of this law in the detainment of any citizen of the United States in violation of Section 3, Article I, and Section 14, Article I of the South Carolina Constitution.

There is a minority report on S.92 and an effort to place it on special order on Thursday 2013.02.14 failed. Here’s the vote: AYES: Alexander, Bennett, Bright, Bryant, Campsen, Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Fair, Hembree, L Martin, S Martin,, Massey, Peeler, Shealy, Thurmond, Turner, Verdin, Young NAYS: Allen, Campbell, Cleary, Coleman, Courson, Ford, Hutto, Johnson, Leatherman, Lourie, Malloy, Matthews, McElveen, McGill, Nicholson, O’Dell, Reese, Scott, Setzler, Sheheen, Williams

I’m more sensitive to civil liberties than I used to be. Those opposed to s.92 would be justified in that the ndaa may not be a problem…presently. But I would argue, that if/when detainment without due process is a problem, it will be too late to oppose it. It’s not a problem until it’s a problem.

Patriot,
I recently introduced Audit the Fed (S. 209) in the U.S. Senate to put an end to the Fed’s “print-now, ask-questions-later” policies that are bankrupting every man, woman, and child in the United States.
Of course, Ben Bernanke’s puppets in Congress are doing everything they can to stop folks like you from blowing the lid off the Federal Reserve.
Don’t let them get away with the plundering any longer.
Read the email below from my father about how you can fight back – and be sure to sign your Audit the Fed petition to C4L IMMEDIATELY.
And after you sign your Audit the Fed petition, please show your unwavering support for Audit the Fed by FORWARDING this to your friends, family, and everyone else you know.
In Liberty, Rand Paul, MD, U.S. Senator (R-KY)

There is a state wide DHEC regulation that prohibits you from installing a septic tank if there is a sewer line on your street: R.61-56.300.1 – “Permits for new onsite wastewater systems shall not be issued where a wastewater treatment facility is accessible for connection.”

Even further, you can’t even repair a septic tank if a sewer line is accessible: R.61-56.300.2 – “Repairs to or replacement of failing onsite wastewater systems shall not be allowed where a wastewater treatment facility is accessible for connection.”

Also, in many parts of South Carolina you can’t dig a well if there is a water line nearby.

Why does government seem to make these decisions for you? As usual, it’s all about the money. These tap fees aren’t cheap, so you are forced to purchase these services. Most of the time these monopolies are government run.

Our property rights are one of the most sacred we have. Whether you own a 100 square foot lot or 300 acres, the land should be yours, but unfortunately, it’s not.

When s. 359 gets a hearing, you’ll hear from the highly paid lobbyists that we need to protect the “investments” made to run these costly water and sewer lines. Well you know what? I’ve got an investment in our pharmacy, but I don’t expect government to prevent another drug store across the street.

H. 3478 forces regulation on home schoolers. H. 3478 requires home schoolers to take standardized tests given by local school districts.

H. 3478 prohibits the “third option” which is the ability of parents to home school by a membership with a local organization.

Even worse, the district will charge a fee for the testing. We spend over $12,000 per student per year in public education. So far, all efforts for tax credits and deductions have failed, so if a child is homeschooled for 12 grades, this family just saved the SC taxpayers $144,000. Yet some think we need to charge them a fee for the test?

The Stalinists don’t stop. The Department of Education must provide the General Assembly a yearly report with these results. The legislation states not the numbers, but names of the home school students shall be included in the report.

This offensive piece of legislation smacks in the face the liberty and freedom. These families are doing an outstanding job without government intervention. A recent study by the Home School Legal Defense Association found that home schooled kids rank above the 80th percentile in all education categories.

A few years ago, SC announced that we’d call March home school month. Now while we continue to kick home school kids in the teeth, does it make you fell better that we have a home school month? Here’s what I had to say about that: