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Publisher Paul Blake paul@columbiacitypaper.com
March 24, 2011 VOLUME 6 Issue 21
GOP uses false poverty to make war on America
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ARTS EDITOR Judit Trunkos jtrunkos@columbiacitypaper.com
News.Politics.Commentary. cover False Motives, Real Consequences regional briefs Sailors fall asleep during “Vampire Diaries” Conservation hotlist Editorial.in praise of dissent vocal booth Lupe Fiasco news Bail out still 23 billion in red
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colatheater.com S.M. Baleem, Garrett Kellerhals Design Lisa Corbin Music Kingsley Waring Pg. 4
Movies.Entertainment.Etc. soundboard punk/indie/emo/ska/hardcore/metal/rock movie times Music morning teleportation at NBT Movies upcoming film predictions savage love adult sex advice Jonesin Crosswords Cartoons Derf & Red Meat Sudoku
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Account Executives James Wallace, Jen Snyder DISCLAIMER: The crosshairs depicted on the front cover are really just geological surveyor marks. Wink-wink, SP. Contributors S.M. Baleem, Garrett Kellerhals, WR Marshall, Todd Morehead, Will Moredock, Ted Rall, Dan Savage, Kingsley Waring, Baynard Woods
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By Will Moredock
The New York Times spoke a mighty truth in a recent editorial, when it called out Republican leaders in Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and Wisconsin on their hollow claims of being broke. The Times might have mentioned Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and of course dear old South Carolina, while they were naming names. “It’s all obfuscating nonsense, of course, a scare tactic employed for political ends,” the Times editorialized. “Though it may disappoint conservatives, there will be no federal or state bankruptcies.” The Times went on to accuse Republicans of manufacturing the current “debt crisis” with years of reckless and irresponsible governance. Part of the current situation was caused by excess spending, “But a substantial part was caused by deliberate decisions by state and federal lawmakers to drain government of resources by handing out huge tax cuts, mostly to the rich. As governments begin to stagger from the self-induced hemorrhaging, Republican leaders like (House Speaker) Mr. Boehner and (Wisconsin Governor) Mr. Walker cry poverty and use it as an excuse to break unions and kill programs they never liked in flush years.... Many Republican governors are employing the same tactics.” The Times said that congressional Republicans were so hypocritical as to try to force through “more than $61 billion in ruinous cuts over the next seven months, all under the pretext of ‘fiscal responsibility.’” As an example of just what the Times was editorializing about, it’s useful to recall that the first bill Gov. Scott Walker presented to the Wisconsin legislature upon being sworn in last January – and the GOP-dominated assembly passed it happily – was a $115 million tax cut for industry. In retrospect, we can see this Republican largess as something more insidious than
just thanking their corporate sponsors. In Wisconsin, the GOPers are trying to bust the public service unions. In Washington, they have their sights on bigger game. Using these scare tactics, congressional Republicans want to roll back 80 years of social programs intended to provide a social safety net beneath our capitalist economy. But more than a safety net, these programs are part of our social infrastructure: environmental protection laws, Head Start for under-privelaged children, Pell grants to send young Americans to college, programs to hire and equip police officers, funding for NPR and the National Endowment for the Arts, funding for national parks, and scores of other programs that have been woven into the soul of American society. One target offers a particularly vivid
and women’s ability to participate fully in the democracy.” In their ideological war against government the Republicans have declared war on women, on the poor, on children, on the environment, even on the Internal Revenue Service, the federal agency responsible for funding the government. What is happening in D.C. has been going on in South Carolina for centuries, but now it is happening with a righteous vengeance. This state has always been poor and undeveloped because the people who run it refuse to fund the kind of infrastructure and education system necessary for a modern, developed society. What was once a quirk of southern culture has now become part of the Republican anti-government ideology. For the past decade Republican Governors and Legislature have been cutting taxes heedlessly, recklessly, insanely, until today we rank 49th in the nation in the level of taxation per capita, according to the Tax Foundation. And we have the schools and the roads to prove it! So how did South Carolina get itself into the worst budget crisis in memory? David Slade of the The Post and Courier did an excellent analysis of the situation on February 27. Our current $700 million short fall can be traced to $815 million in tax cuts the state has handed out in recent years in property tax reform, elimination of sales tax on groceries, a tax cut for small business and other cuts. Economists warmed that this would happen, but our “leaders” paid no heed. Now we reap the wind as our state lays off teachers, closes parks, cuts medical services and slowly goes out of business. Take a good look at what is going on. This is the world the Republicans want for us. talkback@columbiacitypaper.com
“The Republicans have declared war on women, on the poor, on children, on the environment, even on the Internal Revenue Service, the federal agency responsible for funding the government.” example of the GOP scorched-earth policy. The Republicans have hated Planned Parenthood for decades, branding it “America’s largest abortion provider” – even though it uses no federal funds to provide that medical procedure. Last month the GOP budget-cutters voted overwhelmingly to eliminate funding for PP, including its contraception, cancer screening, sex education, prenatal care and other health services for women. Writing at Salon.com, Rebecca Traister described the GOP war on Planned Parenthood this way: “But this isn’t simply about the question of abortion itself. What ... the House of Representatives did today was devalue women’s lives, women’s rights
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The woman told police she only whatever that may be. Instead they said GEORGETOWN the sailor’s actions exhibited a “willful wished to start a family with the man. Sailors fall asleep during “Vampire failure to exhibit professional conduct” in Deputy charged in animal cruelty When they asked where he lived, she said Diaries,” Navy charge results his bachelor enlisted quarters. she didn’t know. case Navy Petty Officer Stephen Jones is contesting a dereliction of duty charge stemming from a night on which he and a friend fell asleep together in the same bunk. According to Jones, he and sailor, Brain McGee, were watching the “Vampire Diaries” on DVD together at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command near Charleston when they both dozed off
FLORENCE Man fakes death on fishing trip to avoid child molestation charges U.S. Marshals in Florida have captured and extradited a Florence man after he allegedly staged his own death and fled South Carolina to avoid criminal sex charges.
“The subterfuge is, they believe this kid is a homosexual, but they have no proof of it.” in Jones’ bunk. Jones’ roommate, Tyler Berube, says he returned from an out-oftown trip that night and found the two sailors asleep together in boxer shorts on the same rack. Jones said he was wearing pajamas and that McGee often dropped by the room to watch DVDs. While there is no official rule against sailors sharing the same bunk, and though Jones maintains that nothing sexual transpired, the Navy is seeking to discharge him. “The subterfuge is, they believe this kid is a homosexual, but they have no proof of it,” Gary Myers, Jones’s attorney, told the Charleston Post and Courier. “So what they’ve done here is to trump this thing up as a crime. This is not a crime.” A spokesman for the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command told the Post and Courier that the charges don’t stem from anything related to Jones’ sexual orientation – March 24, 2011 4
Harvey Legrand Cox, 58, had been on the run since Jan. 17 when he told relatives that he was going on a fishing trip to Murrell’s Inlet. Later that day he called his daughter and said that his boat was having mechanical failure and his radio batteries were dead. After a brief search was initiated, authorities found the empty boat and Cox’s truck and boat trailer abandoned at a nearby boat ramp. Cox’s story began to fall apart, however, when a credible witness reported spotting the man in Florence County. Investigators later found evidence than Cox caught a cab from Murrell’s Inlet after his alleged staged disappearance. Authorities believe Cox was fleeing an arrest warrant that was issued shortly before his fishing trip. The Florence County Sheriff’s Dept. has accused Cox of committing lewd acts upon a 10-year-old starting in 2008.
A Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office deputy and his wife have been charged with cruelty to animals. In a news release, the sheriff’s office stated that Deputy William Baxley and his wife, Miranda, face four counts of the cruelty charge. Earlier this month, the department responded to a complaint about three dead dogs at an Orangeburg residence. Deputies found three dead dogs in fenced kennels in varying stages of decomposition and a fourth dog with a litter of puppies, according to the report. The investigation later uncovered that the dogs belonged to Baxley. Baxley has been placed on administrative leave without pay. ORANGEBURG Clinginess costs woman relationship, license tags An Orangeburg area woman called police following a domestic dispute stemming from accusations that her boyfriend didn’t want to start a family with her. The unidentified woman told police that she and her boyfriend began arguing after he told her that he did not want a commitment. According to a police report, the man said he couldn’t take the arguing. The woman then demanded the license tags from the man’s car. When she tried to remove them, the man reportedly sped away, crashing into a row of garbage cans as he fled.
SPARTANBURG Meth bust uncovers dead baby Following a meth bust, Spartanburg County deputies used bolt cutters to force open a locked toolbox in the bed of pickup truck. Inside they found the body of a 2-month-old baby. The child’s parents, who were the primary suspects in the drug bust, admitted that the child was theirs and that they had placed his body in the toolbox. According to authorities, toxicology tests are being performed on the baby’s body and, depending on the findings, additional charges against the parents may be filed. On an initial search of the residence of Chuck Edward McCullough, 34, and Carissa Charla McCullough, 21, police found evidence related to methamphetamine trafficking. After finding meth-making evidence such as batteries and gas generators in the house, police searched the vehicles on premises. That is when deputies uncovered the child’s body in a truck toolbox. During a bond hearing, the couple asked about the fate of their child’s body. The judge simply referred them to the jail director, according to the Spartanburg Herald Journal. The couple’s other two children have been taken into custody by the S.C. Dept. of Social Services. talkback@columbiacitypaper.com
After weighing the benefits of the for consideration at its next meeting, Conservation Bank, the House Ways & not yet scheduled, as the House will be Means Committee approved $750,000 to on furlough the week of March 22nd. cover not only operational expenses to keep the Bank open, but also a portion of the Chronic Sewage Polluter Bill (H.3617 by $3 million dollars in outstanding grants. Rep. Mike Pitts) PRIORITY Funding for the Conservation Bank is one H.3617 would require any wastewater of the most broadly supported priorities utility with two spills over 5,000 gallons of the Common Agenda. We encourage each in a 12-month period (per every 100 Representatives to support the Committee’s miles of pipe) to undergo a comprehensive recommendation. The Bank is vital to audit of what caused the spill and fix the South Carolina’s future growth because it problems identified. This compromise leverages public and private revenues to language is supported by the conservation protect our natural resources and protect community and the 30 largest South farms and forests and rural communities Carolina wastewater utilities as a means threatened by sprawl. of bringing the most chronic violators into compliance. The aforementioned In the House Agriculture Environmental Affairs II Natural R e s o u r c e Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Paul Agnew, Agency FundingPRIORITY also gave this bill a favorable report last Forestry, agriculture, outdoor recreation week. The full Agriculture Committee and tourism account for $54 billion, or will discuss H.3617 at its next meeting. about one-third, of our economy. That’s over 450,000 jobs, or 25% of all jobs in South Carolina. However, the combined budgets of South Carolina Agriculture Department, Forestry Commission, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism account for less than one percent of the state budget. The budget debate is in full swing on the House floor this week. Email your Representative today and ask him or her to support Conservation Bank and natural resource agency funding. Solar Tax Credits (H.3346, Conservation Bank Sunset Clause Rep. Dwight Loftis) SUPPORT Removal (H.3083, Rep. Mike Pitts/S.138, This bill establishes a 35 percent state Sen .Chip Campsen) PRIORITY tax credit for the installation of solar H.3083 removes the Sunset Clause energy equipment for both residential and that would end the Bank in 2013. The commercial purposes placed in service in House Ways and Means Property Tax taxable years after 2010. This legislation Subcommittee (Rep. Liston Barfield- not only promotes renewable energy; it Chair, Bill Clyburn, Chip Huggins, Jim encourages solar installations and creates new Merrill and B.R. Skelton) gave this bill a jobs. It will be considered by the full Ways favorable report last week, and sent the and Means Committee at its next meeting, bill to the full Ways and Means Committee which will be the week of March 28th. which will meet on the bill when it returns from furlough the week of March 28th. In the Senate Alcoholic Beverage Container (ABC) Phosphorus Bill (H.3470, Rep. Mike Pitts) Recycling (S.461, Sen. Ray Cleary) PRIORITY PRIORITY H.3470 would prohibit the use, sell The recycling industry is one of the or manufacture of dishwashing detergents fastest growing sectors of the American containing phosphates, a harmful chemical economy. In 2009 the recycling industry found in our lakes and rivers. Phosphorus created 1,354 new jobs, $6.5 billion in is already banned in 15 states because it economic impact, and over $300 million kills fish and lowers recreational revenues in capital investments in South Carolina and home values. Last week the Agriculture alone. Our state needs strong legislative Environmental Affairs II Subcommittee policies that provide a consistent and gave this bill a favorable report and sent it sustainable stream of recycled material to to the full Agriculture Committee promote recycling industry growth, increase March 24, 2011 6
jobs and reduce the need for landfills. S.461 calls for establishments that have a permit for on-site consumption of alcohol to implement a recycling program in the next two years for plastic, corrugated cardboard, aluminum and glass. (The bill provides establishments without access to glass recyclers, 3 years to implement glass recycling.) The bill also calls for these establishments to develop recycling plans guided by DHEC. Minimal funding would come from 0.5% of the accommodations tax, which is approximately $200,000 - just a fr! action of the $42 million collected by this tax in 2009. A Senate Agriculture Subcommittee (Sen. Paul CampbellChair, Ray Cleary, Floyd Nicholson and Kent Williams) will meet a second time to discuss this bill and allow additional testimony, Wednesday, March 16 at 9:00 am in Gressette Room 209. Email your Senator to ask him to support this priority bill that creates South Carolina jobs.
“Although the bill is aimed at Cherry Grove, it could open the door for increased dredging of wetlands across the entire coast that are now under the protection of the Coastal Zone Management Act.”
Natural Resource Agency FundingPRIORITY (A description can be found under the House section.) We thank the Natural Resources and Economic Development Subcommittee (Sen. Yancey McGill- Chair, Ralph Anderson and Larry Grooms) for its positive response last week to budget requests from the Department of Natural Resources, Forestry Commission and Conservation Bank office. This week, the Subcommittee will hear budget requests from the Department of Agriculture and the office of Parks, Recreation and Tourism on Thursday, March 17 at 8:30 am in Gressette Room 307. The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Sen. Tom Alexander- Chair, Billy O’Dell and Clementa Pinckney) will hear budget requests from the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Wednesday, March 16 at 9:00 am in Gressette Room 207.
Prescribed burns are the most efficient and cost effective tools for managing healthy forests. These bills provide greater protection for landowners who choose to burn responsibly on their property. Tuesday, the full Judiciary Committee gave H.3631 a favorable report, and Friday it received unanimous passage from the House. It will now go to the Senate Fish Game and Forestry Committee for consideration. Marsh Canal Dredging (H.3587, Rep. Tracy Edge/S.497, Sen. Dick Elliott) OPPOSE These bills would bypass OCRM/DHEC and allow the U.S. Corps of Engineers to permit counties or municipalities to dredge manmade recreational use canals conveyed to the State before 1970. Although the bill is aimed at Cherry Grove, it could open the door for increased dredging of wetlands across the entire coast that are now under the protection of the Coastal Zone Management Act. H.3587 passed the House unanimously the first week of March. S.497 was debated by a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee two weeks ago, but debate was adjourned on the bill to allow more time for testimony. We recommend that DHEC’s recently appointed Blue Ribbon Committee on Shoreline Management investigate the ramifications of this proposed bill and seek to remedy the specific situation in Cherry Grove. Pier Bill (H.3586, Rep. Nelson Hardwick/S.520, Sen. Ray Cleary) MONITOR These bills give local planning and zoning boards the authority to approve pier related amenity structures seaward of the OCRM baseline. H.3586 passed the House unanimously the first week of March. S.520 received a favorable report from the full Agriculture Committee last week, and will be discussed this week by the full Senate.
Waste Flow Control (S.514, Sen. Danny Verdin) OPPOSE This bill would undo Horry County Council’s “flow control” ordinance that requires that waste generated within Horry County be disposed of at the County’s own state-of-the-art disposal site. Waste disposal has traditionally been considered a local government function and we are concerned that S.514 would weaken home rule. In addition, funding for the County’s aggressive recycling and educational programs would be reduced because almost 25% of the Prescribed Fire (H.3631, Rep. Jim tipping fees support those programs. Harrison/S.501, Sen. Ronnie Cromer) Provided by Conservation Voters of SUPPORT South Carolina
Diversity is good. We know that. Despite the screams of terrified conservatives, science tells us that diverse biological environments are healthier than biological monocultures; genetic diversity makes a species healthier and more resistant to disease. And wise people have long suspected that cultural and intellectual diversity make for a stronger and healthier society. Now it seems we have scientific evidence of this, also. In a recent issue of Ode magazine, journalist Jeremy Mercer describes research at the University of Virginia and elsewhere, research which demonstrates the value of dissent to groups and to society at large. He writes of a study of jurors trying to reach a verdict: “When there was friction and fighting among jurors, the jury engaged in a better decision-making process than when it arrived smoothly at a unanimous verdict. “As a rule, the dissent resulted in more information heard at the trial being taken into consideration and a greater variety of perspectives voiced by jurors.” Mercer quoted psychologist Charlan Nemeth, the lead researcher at the University of Virginia: “Dissent makes the group as a whole smarter and leads to more divergent thinking, but the people who stand up with those sorts of opinions often get beaten up for it.” Said Carsten De Dreu, a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, “Without dissent, society would come to a halt. We wouldn’t change or create or innovate.” Change, creation, innovation – three things which have been sorely lacking in the South for the last 200 years. Something else which has been absent in the South – and especially in South Carolina – is dissent. Southern society has begun to open up in the last half-century, but anyone who
has lived a long life here can attest that this was a closed and mean society before the triumph of the civil rights movement and the rise of modern media. And, of course, the force that kept minds closed was racism and the fear of blacks. In this state and throughout the Deep South, there was no discussion of the possible abolition of slavery. It was simply not tolerated. Abolitionists were driven out of the South; abolitionist editors were murdered; abolitionist books and pamphlets were ferreted out and burned. Silence was the only dissent tolerated on the issue of slavery. The tools of
course, it didn’t happen – it couldn’t happen. After the war, the same attitudes reigned as whites sought to control former slaves and a changing culture. Ostracism and economic pressure were still used, but now violence was more overt as terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used rope and gun and torch to enforce political and social homogeneity. In October 1874, The New York Times editorialized against the treatment of northern businessmen in the South: “A Northern man with northern principles cannot settle in any town or city within the South without being subjected to a system of business persecution and social ostracism such as no spirited man can submit to.... (A)fter the close of the war, there was a strong disposition on the part of many enterprising men from the North to move to the South. If those who went had been kindly welcomed and decently treated, and if judicious means had been used to encourage others to follow, who can undertake to say how different the conditions in the South might have been today. Instead of that, however, a system of inhospitality, excommunication and ostracism was adopted, perfectly intolerable to selfrespecting persons....(W)e are forced always to the same conclusion, that the slow progress of reconstruction in the South, and the present prostration of the Southern States are owning mainly to the folly, the malignity and the bad faith of the Southern people.” Progress is still slow in the South. And in South Carolina, white people march in lockstep with the firm and fearless determination of lemmings rushing toward the proverbial cliff. Dissent is still not fashionable here.
“A Northern man with northern principles cannot settle in any town or city within the South without being subjected to a system of business persecution and social ostracism.” enforcement were ostracism, economic sanctions and, ultimately, violence. The fate of the Quakers in South Carolina provides an example of how the system worked. At the beginning of the 19th century, there were thousands of Quakers in the state, but their pacifism put them in conflict with the hardening ideology of the slave economy. Ultimately, they had to abandon their faith or abandon their homes. The vast majority left South Carolina and settled in the lower Midwest. By 1860, there was not an active Quaker congregation left in the state. In that year, the Secession Convention met in Charleston and voted unanimously to leave the Union. No one dared speak against, even in the face of impending disaster. Imagine how different the story might have been if a lively public debate on the future of slavery had been allowed in the South and in South Carolina. Of
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Peace and blessings. Hope you have been good out there. March is here, spring is fast approaching and summer is right around the corner. Is it just me, but has gas prices starting to become more than an accepted nuisance. Be patient. 2011’s music season keeps rolling on. Last issue we covered a few treats from one of the greatest singer of all time (Aretha Franklin--go grab some of her great music). Today we’ll delve a little deeper into an artist from the ‘Windy City’, but definitely not a fly by night kind of artists (sans American Idol), Lupe Fiasco. Let’s get it.
Might Be OK”, “Daydreaming”, “The Pressure”, and “American Terrorists”, Food & Liquor did much to allow not only fans, but even record companies to have an open mind in terms of what should be considered ‘good’ and ‘marketable.’ From the success of his 1st record, Lupe was coaxed (as with any and every artist who has ever had a hit) by make another album similar to Food & Liquor. This schemed has worked in certain instances (think Jay-Z or Lady Gaga), Lupe decided to do what many have artists have done to their detriment, buck the system. To the surprise of many, and the satisfaction of many more, Lupe Fiasco’s sophomore record, The Cool, was extremely better lyrically, musically, conceptually, and is considered by most to be his best record. It is personally the best example of Lupe Fiasco’s capability. Fueled by the massive ‘Superstar’ and the middle-finger themed “Dumb It Down”, Lupe continued to carve his niche even further. Concepts of love, struggles, death, success, and elevation were all intertwined to create an album unlike any other released since the new millennium began. March 8th, 2011 marked the release of Lupe Fiasco’s third and most current album, Lasers, with the rising single “The Show Must Go On” and “Words I Never Said”, Lupe is poised to release the next outstanding record of 2011 (Joell Ortiz, Adele, Amos Lee, Saigon, and Marsha Ambrosius have jump started this year). Please go support great music!!!
REVIEW Splashing on to the scene with the very innovative and celebratory record about rhyming and skate culture, “Kick Push”, back in 2005/2006, Lupe Fiasco used his musical opportunity wise and carved a niche out for himself. Upon the release of his debut album, Food & WORDS OF WISDOM Liquor (1st & 15th/Atlantic), Lupe Fiasco was heralded as the heir apparent to the musical foundations laid by the Native Catch you next issue. Enjoy your Tongue Collective (Jungle Brothers, De days!!!! La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest) and DJ KINGPIN-Villain of Vinyl literally helped to remind fans that Hip Hop isn’t just a monolithic genre of music, (kingpinvillianofvinyl@gmail.com) but does contain people who actually choose to rhyme about more than simple material items. With songs like “Just 10
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by Paul Kiel, ProPublica The administration has been on a PR offensive in recent months to tell the good news about the TARP. As the Treasury Department official in charge of the TARP is saying at a congressional hearing this morning, the bailout won’t cost anywhere near the full $700 billion Congress authorized. In fact, many of its investments have turned a profit, and some of its most infamous bailouts -- such as the rescue of AIG -- won’t end up being the tax dollar black holes they once seemed sure to be. But the true picture isn’t so rosy. At ProPublica, we’ve provided a comprehensive bailout database since TARP’s launch. It shows not only how much money has gone to each recipient, but how much each has paid in interest and dividend payments. With all this data, we’re able to clearly show how deep in the hole the program remains. And the answer as of today is $123 billion. Add that to the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which our site also tracks and is separate from the TARP -- and taxpayers are $257 billion in the hole. Although the bailout has extended to nearly a thousand institutions, just a few are primarily responsible for the continued deficit: Fannie and Freddie, of course, AIG, and the auto companies (GM, Chrysler, GMAC). As for Fannie and Freddie, no solution seems imminent. They’re currently $134 billion in the red (counting their dividend payments) -- more than the entire TARP. Congress and the administration are in the initial stages of discussing how the companies should be wound down and how much of the investment could be recouped. AIG is a different story. It has started repaying the taxpayers’ investments. So far, about $9 billion has come back, leaving the amount outstanding at $58.7 billion.
The government holds a 92.1 percent stake in the company, which will be sold off over time. The process could take anywhere between six months and two years, Treasury officials told the Congressional Oversight Panel, and there’s a strong possibility that the government could recoup its entire investment. The country’s largest banks (Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo) have also all paid back their TARP investments with a profit for the government. But the government’s rescue of the auto industry (specifically, GM, Chrysler, and GMAC) almost certainly won’t ever make its way out of the red. As of today, the hole is $47 billion. How much will the TARP end up costing when everything’s said and done? The short answer is that it’s anyone’s guess. The Congressional Budget Office put the toll at about $25 billion in November. Part of the reason the projected cost is so low is actually the poor performance of the administration’s foreclosure prevention programs, which seem likely to spend far less than the $50 billion initially set aside for them. Hundreds of smaller banks also haven’t paid the money back, and many are struggling. According to SNL Financial, 154 banks that received TARP money are delinquent on dividend payments to the government. That’s about 22 percent of the 707 banks that received money through the TARP, but because the banks are generally quite small, the government’s total investment in all these struggling banks only amounts to about $3.9 billion. So far, six banks that received TARP funds have failed, and one more, CIT, went bankrupt, according to research from Keefe, Bruyette and Woods. Visit propublica.org for updated bailout tnformation.
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Tuesday March 29 New Brookland Tavern “Low Dough Show” w/: JP & The Gilberts TBA Wednesday March 30 New Brookland Tavern Ms. Chevious / Yung Fresh C.O.B. / Kasper / Jump Off Boys Tisa Lee (That’z It Band) / Big Cheeze The White Mule Open Mic w/ Greg Rue & Nikki Lee The Tin Roof Adam Cross and Eric Causey Utopia The Kickback Thursday March 31 New Brookland Tavern Morning Teleportation Nicus Gun TBA The White Mule Matrimony w/ The Getaway
Utopia Open Mic w Keith Bates Friday April 1 New Brookland Tavern Brass To The Future & Lovecrafts Jonas After Show Dance Party Hosted By WUSC The White Mule Haley Dreis EP Release w/ Emily Hearn Utopia The Vince McKinley Band Saturday April 2 Art Bar Outervention, The Restoration, Death Is A Dialogue (formerly The Drownout) New Brookland Tavern Sequoyah The Riverwinds Wylie Utopia Woyate West African Drummers
Sista Otis GA Bar (Athens, GA) Athens, GA 1999 - Prince Tribute New Earth Music Hall Athens, GA The On Fires Rye Bar Athens, GA Fatty Lumpkin The Nowhere Bar Athens, GA
Anarbor A Rocket To The Moon Valencia Go Radio Runner Runner The Masquerade Atlanta, GA Underoath A Skylit Drive Animals As Leaders Thursday T h e Masquerade Atlanta, GA House Of Thomas The Redlight Cafe Atlanta, GA
Randy Rogers Band Stoney LaRue Buckhead Theater Atlanta, GA
Zechs Marquise Omar Rodriguez Lopez Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
Superhumanoids Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA
efren Stillwater Taproom Augusta, GA
Eddie Spaghetti Smith’s Olde BarAtlanta Room Atlanta, GA
The Blue Dogs Surrey Tavern Augusta, GA
Leslie Star Bar Atlanta, GA Mike Watt & the Missingmen The Earl Atlanta, GA
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drink after the show. Based out of Portland, Oregon, Morning Teleportation has a unique sound and use a variety of instruments from banjo and trumpet. Its like folk indie rock but my description just sounds lame and escapes their awesomeness. Just don’t miss this show. Mark your calendar, touch your iPad, obnoxiously use your Google phone at a restaurant, and listen to the full album on spin.com before the show! -Lord Weterlackus music@ columbiacitypaper.com
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If you are an idiot and miss Morning Teleportation at New Brookland Tavern on March 31st, you could always drive to Atlanta on All Fools Day or take a Palin Proof road trip to Chapel Hill on April 2. These guys aren’t missing a beat and have 22 shows scheduled in the next 23 days from Tampa to Washington, D.C. Their debut album, Expanding Away was produced by Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. This is a chance to see an up and coming band and you’ll brag for years that your saw them at New Brookland Tavern and bought them a
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses The Loft Atlanta, GA
Brandon Pruitt Toucan’s Ale House Brunswick, GA Shathouse Rats Downtown Kitchen Canton, GA Andrew Black Good Ol Days Cumming, GA The Woodgrains
Shenanigans Dahlanaga, GA
Kurt Thomas The Crimson Moon Cafe Dahlonega, GA David Wilcox Ashleigh Flynn Eddie’s Attic Decatur, GA
Future Islands Broadway’s Asheville, NC Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast Emerald Lounge Asheville, NC
The HEAP T h e Hummingbird Stage and Taproom Macon, GA
Jonathan Coulton Grey Eagle Asheville, NC Corey Smith Orange Peel Asheville, NC
Richard Smith Band The Old Crow Grill and Tavern S a n d y Springs, GA
Invisible Hand The Naked Gods Boone Saloon Boone, NC
Mandisa Calvary Church Savannah, GA
Concrete Jumpsuit Murphy’s B o o n e , NC
The Train Wrecks Fiddlers Savannah, GA Deepwater Soul Society Livewire Music Hall Savannah, GA
Abbey Road LIVE Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC
Ophir Drive Walk The Line Swainsboro, GA
Shannon Whitworth Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Charlotte, NC Robert Earl Keen Coyote Joe’s Charlotte, NC
Owen Pye T y b e e Island Social Club Tybee Island, GA Jason Gray Southside Baptist Church Warner Robins, GA
Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC
Michael Burks Double Door Inn
Charlotte, NC Andrew Peterson Hope Community Church Charlotte, NC Psymbionic Fast Nasty DJ Kris Krause Spooky Jones Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC Parachute Musical The Evening Muse Charlotte, NC Yes The Fillmore Charlotte, NC Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC Jon Lindsay Visulite Theatre Charlotte, NC Jamey Johnson Harrah’s Cherokee Cherokee, NC Jamie Kent Root Bar Number One East Asheville, NC Molly Hatchet Siversel Jody Lee Petty Band The Blind Tiger Greensboro, NC
movie times Movie times listed are for the weekend of March 25. Please confirm times with theater. Regal Columbia Cinema 7 3400 Forest Drive Suite 3000, Columbia, SC 29204 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules new! (PG) 2:05 4:35 7:10 9:40 Limitless new! (PG-13) 2:10 4:45 7:20 9:50 The Lincoln Lawyer new! (R) 2:20 5:00 7:40 10:20 Paul new! (R) 2:30 5:10 7:50 10:15 Red Riding Hood (PG13) 2:15 4:50 7:35 10:05 Rango (PG) 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:30 Unknown (PG-13) 7:30 10:00 Gnomeo and Juliet 3D (G) Showtimes More Info 2:25 4:40 Carmike Wynnsong 10 5320 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29206 Sucker Punch new! (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:00 3:45 7:00 9:45 11:59 Lord of the Dance 3D new! (G) Digital 3D Showtimes More Info 1:10pm Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:00 2:00 3:50 5:30 7:00 8:30 9:45 Mars Needs Moms (PG) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:40 4:00 7:30 9:50 Mars Needs Moms 3D (PG) Disney Digital 3D Showtimes More Info 3:30 7:10 9:30 The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:05 3:45 7:15 9:50 Beastly (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:30 3:55 7:05 9:25 Hall Pass (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:25 4:05 7:15 10:00 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info
7:10 9:55 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D (G) Digital 3D Showtimes More Info 1:05 3:50 The King’s Speech (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:15 4:10 7:05 9:55 AMC Dutch Square 14 800 Bush River Rd., Columbia, SC 29210 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules new! (PG, No Passes) 11:00am 1:45 4:30 7:00 9:30 Sucker Punch new! (PG13, No Passes) 11:15am 2:00 4:45 7:30 10:15 Regal Columbiana Grande Stadium 14 1250 Bower Pkwy, Columbia, SC 29212 Sucker Punch new! (PG-13) 5:00 7:40 9:40 10:10 DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes (No Passes) More Info 1:40 4:30 7:10 Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13) 1:50 2:20 4:35 5:05 7:15 7:50 10:05 10:30 Mars Needs Moms (PG) 1:20 3:40 5:50 Mars Needs Moms 3D (PG) Showtimes More Info 12:50 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:35 The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 2:00 4:40 7:20 8:00 9:50 10:20 Beastly (PG-13) 1:35 4:25 7:05 9:45 Rango (PG) 1:10 2:15 4:00 6:55 9:25 Hall Pass (R) 1:45 4:15 7:00 9:30 I Am Number Four (PG-13) 2:25 4:55 7:35 10:25 Cedar Rapids (R) 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:45 10:00 Just Go With It (PG-13) 1:05 4:10 7:25 10:15 The King’s Speech (R) 1:15 4:05 6:50 9:55 Carmike 14 122 Afton Court, Columbia, SC 29212 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules new! (PG) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 2:00 4:25 6:50 9:10 Limitless new! (PG-13)
DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 2:10 4:45 7:15 9:45 The Lincoln Lawyer new! (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:10 4:15 7:00 9:50 Paul new! (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:40 4:35 7:10 10:00 Red Riding Hood (PG13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:00 2:15 3:45 5:00 6:45 7:30 9:15 10:05 Drive Angry 3D (R) Digital 3D Showtimes More Info 2:15 4:55 7:35 10:05 Unknown (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:45 4:20 7:05 9:55 Gnomeo and Juliet (G) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 2:20 4:35 7:20 9:30 Gnomeo and Juliet 3D (G) Digital 3D Showtimes More Info 1:50 4:00 6:45 9:00 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D (G) Digital 3D Showtimes More Info 1:30 4:10 6:55 9:30 Blue Valentine (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:15 4:00 7:15 9:45 The Fighter (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 1:10 4:05 7:05 9:40 127 Hours (R) DP (Digital Projection) Showtimes More Info 2:05 5:00 7:25 9:55 Regal Sandhill Stadium 16 450 Town Center Place Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules new! (PG) 12:00 12:30 1:00 2:15 2:45 3:15 4:30 5:00 5:30 7:00 7:30 9:15 9:45 Sucker Punch new! (PG-13) 12:20 2:50 5:20 7:20 7:50 9:50 10:20 Limitless new! (PG-13) 12:10 2:40 5:10 7:40 10:15 The Lincoln Lawyer new! (R) 1:15 4:00 7:10 9:55 Paul new! (R) 12:35 3:05 5:30 8:00 10:25 Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13) 4:10 7:15 7:45 10:00 10:30
Open Captioned & Descriptive Audio Showtimes More Info 1:30pm Mars Needs Moms (PG) 12:40 2:50 4:55 Mars Needs Moms 3D (PG) Showtimes More Info 12:10 2:20 4:25 Red Riding Hood (PG13) 12:20 2:35 4:55 7:45 10:10 The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 12:15 2:55 5:15 7:55 Beastly (PG-13) 7:05 9:30 Rango (PG) 12:05 2:30 5:05 7:35 10:10 Hall Pass (R) 12:25 3:00 5:25 8:00 10:30 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13) 12:00 2:25 4:50 7:35 10:05 I Am Number Four (PG-13) 1:45 4:15 7:25 9:55 Unknown (PG-13) 10:20pm Nickelodeon http://www.nickelodeon. org/ 937 Main Street Queen of The Sun From the director of The Real Dirt on Farmer John comes a profound, alternative look at the tragic global bee crisis. Juxtaposing the catastrophic disappearance of bees with the mysterious world of the beehive, Queen of the Sun weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world. Featuring Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva, Queen of the Sun reveals both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. MARCH 25-26 & 31, Friday, Saturday and Thursday FRIDAY, March 25 at 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00 SATURDAY, March 26 at 3:00 THURSDAY, March 31 at 6:00 and 8:00 St. Andrews Cinema 5 527 St Andrews Road (803) 772-7469 Please call
Based solely on prediction, these are the films that I think will be a necessity to see in the near future. The films seem to be amazing and look to be interesting, so that I am already making a countdown until they all come out. Let us all look upon these titles with hope, and for the adapted films, that Hollywood’s spotlight wont completely destroy them like many other book-tomovies (the best book ever, Shutter Island, was destroyed on the big screen, and so was the book Angels & Demons, though the directors for both are amazing). 6. Avatar 2 (2014) - Director: James Cameron. Just throwing this one out there. It’ll probably be good and make around 3.2 Billion dollars. 5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2012) - Director: David Fincher. Based on the novel by now-deceased Stieg Larson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an amazing murder-mystery, which David Fincher is… quite good at, to say the least (coughcough Seven coughcough). How’s this for an (supposed) All-Star cast?: Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan and Daniel Craig. 4. Source Code (2011) - Director: Duncan Jones. From the Director of one of the greatest accomplishments in film, Moon, comes a new film with a bigger budget and a larger cast (Jake Gyllenhaal,
Jeffrey Wright, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, Russell Peters). I’ve read the script (which is available online for free if you can find it, it took me a while), and I must say that it is VERY well written, and that this film should be looked forward to from now until its unknown 2011 release date. 3. Biutiful (2010) - Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Acclaimed director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel, 21 Grams) helms another amazing film with Biutiful, which stars Javier Bardem and is associate produced by Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) and Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone). 2. Cloverfield 2 (2011) - Director: Matt Reeves. Though nothing has been released about this one, there is still the fact that the movie is guaranteed to be awesome. 1. Battle Angel (2011) - Director: James Cameron. Based on the Graphic Novels of the same title, James Cameron is back at work on this special-effects gift. Cameron will probably be aiming to make this film with BETTER graphics than Avatar’s, though that is near about impossible. Written by J.C. Simpson http://www.moviefilmreview.com/ author/J.C. Simpson
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SavageLove Sex Advice by Dan Savage
I am a 36-year-old straight man, blissfully married to my 34-yearold soul mate. We have explored and enjoyed each other for a decade now, and we recently started exploring BDSM and D/s fantasies. Everything was going great sexually— until last night. Two years ago, my wife expressed an interest in an MMF three-way, where I was the Dom guiding the action between all three of us. I planned this event, play by play, reviewing in my mind everything that was to take place. There were many conversations about expectations, stipulations, etc. All bases covered, I went into the event mentally prepared and gleefully excited. Magic happened for about two hours—passion, love, and dirty, dirty sex. Almost every kinky kind was being had and enjoyed, save vaginal intercourse. Then my wife was vaginally penetrated by our friend. It was as if all the air in the room was sucked out through my soul. I instantly lost my bone, gone forever (I thought), and I felt angry and nauseated. I had to stop the scene. My friend and my wife instantly tended to me during my breakdown. The sorrow of disappointing my wife hurts the most, even though she calls me brave for this. I don’t feel brave. I feel confused. I had planned how everything was going to happen. I even gave the fucking command (literally) for my friend to enter my wife. Crushing emotional pain followed. In the morning, my wife woke me and made love to me, tenderly and healingly. So at least the dick works. I am still beset by all manner of doubts and insecurities. Is my dick big enough? Am I good enough for her sexually? I feel scared and trapped in a land that I have never visited before, a land called Insecurity. Heartbroken Dom You’re clearly in pain, and I want to be sensitive to your pain... but... your overwrought prose style has me wondering if you’re enjoying this drama a bit. Maybe that’s just the way you talk—maybe you always sound like a Brontë sister after a three-day bender—but there’s a selfdramatizing, self-aggrandizing tone to your e-mail that gives me pause. I’m not saying that your distress is an act or your pain isn’t sincerely felt, HD, but your meltdown effectively ended a scene in which all attention was focused on your wife and started a new scene in which all attention was focused on you. As you wander the heaths of Insecurity, I’d encourage you to examine your own subconscious for evidence of drama queendom. That said, HD, sometimes three-way reality is a lot more emotionally charged and challenging than three-way fantasy. Let your experience be a lesson for others: If there’s a sex act—say, vaginal intercourse—that holds huge symbolic importance for you or your partner, it might be best to take that act off the menu. Take things slow the first, second, and third time, invite your guest star to participate in some lower-stake/lower-significance sex acts, but reserve the main event for yourself. Perhaps you didn’t realize how shattering it would be to watch this man bone your wife until the moment that he—at your command—boned your wife. Like they say: Hindsight/sex-advice columnists is/are 20/20/a bitch. How do you get past this, HD? Only the passage of time will lead you out of Insecurity. You’ll come to believe that, yes, you are good enough for the wife sexually because you’re going to keep having great sex. You’ll come to believe that she’s content with you when you close your
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relationship and she isn’t chomping at the bit to fuck other guys. I have a rent-boy etiquette question. Recently, a client of mine, who lives in another state, invited me to join him at a resort where he was meeting up with friends. This included a nice-looking man who lives near me, whom I will call “Three.” My client has been lusting after Three for a long time, and my job was to act as bait to lure Three into a three-way with my client and me. Things went really well, and the desired three-way happened on Saturday night and again on Sunday morning. Here is the problem: I don’t think my client informed Three that I was there in a professional capacity. So from Three’s perspective, I sought him out, flirted shamelessly, and had really hot sex with him—twice. So it would be pretty jarring to him that, the very next day, I’m suddenly not interested in him. It goes against whore protocol to “out” a client, and I suspect my client did not want Three to know I am a rent boy because that might have been a deal breaker. I would feel pretty stupid if I thought a man was really into me, only to later find out he was just doing his job. Three’s feelings are bound to be bruised. I don’t know what to do. I want to be respectful of my client’s confidence, but I don’t feel comfortable tossing Three aside like a used tissue. There is a real possibility that I will be seeing him in the future, since we move in similar circles or the next time my client comes to town. Is this my client’s faux pas, or is there some rent-boy protocol I should have followed? Awkwardly Socializing Soon
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If Three didn’t know you were a rent boy, ASS, and that you were being used as bait, then Three’s consent was obtained under false pretenses. That’s not okay. And as you knew going in that you were being used as bait—that it was your “job” to get Three into bed—you were an active participant in this deception. You’re a rent boy, ASS, not a rent bot—you don’t have to do everything a client asks. You could have agreed to flirt with Three, but you should have insisted to your client that your employment status be revealed to Three at some point between flirtation and fellatio. Considering the circumstances, ASS, I think you can be released from the bonds of strict client confidentiality on this occasion. If you run into Three, and he seems hurt or confused, let him down gently. Tell him he’s an attractive guy, tell him you enjoyed the hell out of those threeways—then tell him you were on a job and you’re sorry for not telling him sooner, i.e., for not telling him that weekend, before anything happened. I’m a straight girl who made a resolution to seek out a couple for a three-way. With my boyfriend’s full support—he’s the kind of unicorn guy who thinks three’s a crowd—I perused options online. One gentleman caught my eye because he proclaimed on his OkCupid profile “Dan Savage is my rabbi,” he described himself as “GGG,” and his lady friend was also a Savage lover. We met up last night, and it was a beautiful, well-orchestrated event. Boundaries and excitements had been discussed beforehand, and three fun, sexy, fit twentysomethings had awesome sex. It was a perfect girl-girl-guy three-way. Great communication up front, great communication during, great communication after. Thanks, Dan! Thanks for your column and your positive impact on the sex lives of people around the world. Satisfied Girl My pleasure, SG, and thanks for sharing! mail@savagelove.net
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