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    S.C. state rep vows bill to remove Confederate flag

    S.C. state rep vows bill to remove Confederate flag
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    From Charleston, South Carolina, to the statehouse steps in Columbia, there is anger over the Confederate flag and all it represents. The mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston has reignited the debate over whether officials should remove the Confederate flag from state property.

    Republican state Rep. Doug Brannon plans to introduce a bill to remove the flag, which he acknowledges will likely cost him re-election, reports CBS News' Adriana Diaz.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-ca...o-remove-flag/
    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.
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    Republicans Tread Carefully in Criticism of Confederate Flag
    By JONATHAN MARTINJUNE 21, 2015
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    The Confederate battle flag that flies next to a Civil War monument on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol. Credit Mladen Antonov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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    WASHINGTON — The massacre of nine African-Americans in a storied Charleston church last week, which thrust the issues of race relations and gun rights into the center of the 2016 presidential campaign, has now added another familiar, divisive question to the emerging contest for the Republican nomination: what to do with the Confederate battle flag that flies on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/us...rate-flag.html
    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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      Some Republican politicians havecalled publicly for the flag to be removed*in the wake of the shooting. But Scott says he'll weigh in on that debate after the funerals are held for the victims.

      "There's no doubt that South Carolina has a rich and provocative history. And that flag is a part of the history. And for some, that flag represents that history. And for so many others, it represents a pain and oppression," he said. "I am going to make sure that I'm a part of that conversation. My voice will be clear. My position will be stated. ... I have made the commitment to waiting till after the funeral to start that debate. And I'm going to honor that commitment."
      Tim Scott is a black senator from South Carolina who is running for president. Can't wait to hear his views!

      And shouldn't we be this accommodating with the Nazi flag/symbol?

      http://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlest...nity-together/


      BLACK LIVES MATTER

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        Nikki Haley: It’s OK to have the Confederate flag at the statehouse because not “a single CEO” has complained
        Asked whether stars and bars should be removed from statehouse grounds, the Tea Partier says there's no need VIDEO
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        TOPICS: VIDEO, NIKKI HALEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, CONFEDERATE FLAG, RACE, VINCENT SHEHEEN, RAW STORY, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, 2014 ELECTIONS, MIDTERM ELECTIONS, POLITICS NEWS

        Nikki Haley: It's OK to have the Confederate flag at the statehouse because not "a single CEO" has complained
        Nikki Haley in Columbia on May 14.
        Republican Gov. Nikki Haley defended the Confederate flag’s presence on South Carolina’s statehouse grounds, declaring in a debate Tuesday that the flag isn’t an issue because “not a single CEO” has complained about it.

        Parting ways with Democratic challenger Vincent Sheheen, who called for the flag’s removal, Haley acknowledged that the flag was a “sensitive issue” but rejected the notion of removing it.

        http://www.salon.com/2014/10/15/nikk..._compl ained/
        THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

        "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


        "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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