Roxanne's Blog

South Carolina to Governor Sanford "SHUT UP and GO AWAY"

Roxanne Walker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:14:53 +0000

This week’s developments concerning Governor Mark Sanford prove the old saying, “Give a man enough rope and he’ll hang himself.” Just when I thought Sanford had skated away from being forced to resign or even being subjected to a SLED investigation, he hosts a visit by the Associated Press and reopens the case against his continued tenure as South Carolina’s governor. In a long, emotional interview Sanford opened up about other visits with his Argentinean girl friend and discussed his flirtations with other women as well. Most damming and hurtful of all were his continued defense of his affair, “This was a whole lot more than a simple affair; this was a love story, a forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day.” Sanford compounded the pain of that confession by saying, he was “trying to fall back in love with his wife.” How nice of him. For those men who aren’t enlightened enough to understand the impact of these statements let me spell it out for you; casual sex with another woman might be overlooked but when a married man speaks of loving the other woman and dares to call his mistress his “soul-mate” the marriage is officially over. Jenny Sanford would be a fool to take his worthless, hurtful ass back now and there are no indications that Jenny is that foolish. She’s certainly been treated like a fool by her husband in the past but those days are over.

Family Values and the GOP

Roxanne Walker — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:37:08 +0000

Random Thoughts About Mark Sanford

Roxanne Walker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:19:36 +0000

Now that we know Mark Sanford cheated on his wife, I want to know who leaked the e-mails to The State Newspaper and further more I want to know why The State didn’t try harder to break this story. They were sent e-mails documenting an affair from two legitimate e-mail addresses and they didn’t do anything besides send a message and wait for a reply? That just defies reason. I think it speaks to how cowed the media is in general and even more so in Republican dominated South Carolina. Never the less, kudos to reporter Gina Smith and The State for tracking Sanford down at the airport and finally breaking the story. Smith by the way did an excellent job as a guest last night on The Rachel Maddow Show.

Editorial Comment in response to Greenville Journal-Is Waterboarding Torture

Roxanne Walker — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:26:14 +0000

I wrote this editorial opinion column in response to a recent column in The Greenville Journal writtend by publisher Doug Greenlaw. There are so many things wrong with Doug Greenlaw’s column “Is Water boarding Torture?” in the May 29th edition of The Greenville Journal; I scarcely know where to begin. My first problem is with the title of the column, “The Middle Ground.” Mr. Greenlaw’s opinions are so far to the right I’ve never found the middle ground or read any evidence of a moderate opinion in any of his columns. It would be refreshing to hear a moderate, balanced view point but I don’t hold out much hope.

My Bonnaroo Adventure

Roxanne Walker — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:33:59 +0000

For the fourth year in a row I attended Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, TN. This annual outdoor music festival attracts between 70 and 90,000 music lovers from all over the country. This year Bonnaroo headliners included Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Phish, Merle Haggard, Booker T, Nine Inch Nails and the legendary Al Green. The beauty of Bonnaroo is that there is so much music that there is something for everyone to love. The kids (teens to twenties) were into Wilco, The Beastie Boys, Snoop Dog, The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s , MGMT and Public Enemy.

Racism and the Republican Party-Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Roxanne Walker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:11:18 +0000

In case you missed it, the former chairman of the SC Elections Commission, GOP activist Rusty DePass made a racist comment directed at First Lady Michelle Obama. Upon learning that a gorilla had escaped from The River Banks Zoo in Columbia, DePass wrote this comment on his Face book page, “I’m sure it’s one of Michelle’s ancestors-probably harmless.” When word leaked out via the internet,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/rusty-depass-south-caroli_n_215439.html the comment was removed and DePass later admitted to WIS-TV that the remark was referring to Michelle Obama. DePass sounded surprised that anyone took offense to his statement, “I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly made in jest.”

Pot Meets Kettle When GOP Talks Racism

Roxanne Walker — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:32:51 +0000

Whores and politicians become respectable if they stick around long enough, as someone once observed, and the same is plainly true of media personalities – especially in a culture that never pauses long enough to remember anything. Where amnesia is the rule, there can be no accountability for the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Patrick Buchanan and the rest of the broadcast mob denouncing the “racism” of Sonia Sotomayor. If anyone remembers who they are and what they have said over the years, their complaints about the Latina Supreme Court nominee will only elicit raucous laughter.

Even Republicans prefer Powell over Limbaugh!

Roxanne Walker — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:30 +0000

A CNN poll released yesterday found that former Secretary of State Colin Powell is more popular thanVice President Cheney and Rush Limbaugh. While 70 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Powell, Cheney and Limbaugh are only viewed favorably by 37 percent and 30 percent, respectively. Even Republicans prefer Powell over Limbaugh, 64 percent to 62 percent.

Jesse Ventura-YOU ROCK!

Roxanne Walker — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:22:36 +0000

Do yourself a favor and click on this link and watch former Governor Jesse Ventura destroy Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s Republican talking points defending torture. Ventura underwent torture techniques including waterboarding as part of his naval training.Enjoy.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/18/ventura-schools-hasselbeck/

Jesse puts the smackdown on Sean “The Bully” Hannity

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/19/jesse-ventura-gets-in-the_n_205146.html

South Carolina's Historical Struggle to Provide High Quality Education For All

Roxanne Walker — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:17:33 +0000

As a transplant to South Carolina I’ve often wondered why there seemed to be such hostility and lack of support for public education in this state. Public schools would seem to be the rock bed of any state’s future and financial and political support would seem to be a no brainer. For a concise and eye opening historical perspective on the history of public education in South Carolina, I highly recommend a new article in the Free Times. Ron Aiken provides the historical facts about South Carolina’s struggle to support public education and how tightly intertwined this issue is with racial politics.

http://free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064227409&ShowArticle_ID=11011305093567695

If you find yourself wanting to take action after reading this article there are several things you can do. If you haven’t seen the outstanding documentary “Corridor of Shame” request a copy from your public library and view it with friends. Then go to this website http://www.goodbyeminimallyadequate.com/

and sign the petition to change our state constitution.

Thanks for supporting public education in South Carolina! Our children deserve the best we have to offer, because their future is our future.