DAMN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTAH

Office Space references aside, it’s been a pretty slow Monday around South Carolina. Although, if you’ve involved in one of these stories, you’re certainly having a case of the Mondays. Roll that beautiful Scoop writing:

• TELL THE ACLU WHERE TO SHOVE IT — The South Carolina chapter of the American Communist Liberals Civil Liberties Union wants to hear from you! They’ve posted a web-based survey on surveymonkey.com. I just took the survey, and when they ask, “Can you think of specific other types of activities in which the ACLU should engage in South Carolina?” I wrote, “kite boarding during hurricanes.” I’m funny and timely.

• WILL SANFORD GO GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT? — With his opportunity to take higher office fully incinerated, folks are beginning to question what’s next for our term-limited Gov. Mark Sanford. Barbara Williams of the Charleston Post and Courier even devoted 16 paragraphs to it Sunday. But I’m not really sure what the speculation is about. He will either fade into relative obscurity, or possibly run for U.S. Senate should Sen. Lindsey Graham get a call from the White House.

• 3 HEBREW BOYS, 2 DOZEN FEDERAL CHARGES, 1 SORRY SACK OF “ALLEGED” SCUMBAGS — I don’t have a whole lot for respect for people who scam churches and American soldiers. But the “3 Hebrew Boys” haven’t been convicted of anything, so they’re still “alleged” scumbags. And those “alleged” scumbags, who were implicated in a Ponzi scheme last year, are now facing two dozen new federal charges. Those, of course, are in addition to their indictments on 35 counts of federal mail fraud as well as state securities fraud. I think it’s safe to say that, if convicted, they’ll be burning in this life and the next.

• FREE JOSH TURNER TICKETS — South Carolina native Josh Turner is coming home for a show at the Pepsi Grandstand at the State Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. WIS began giving away free tickets on their News 10 Sunrise show this morning. To enter, just fill out the form here. Hmm… maybe I should have asked for a pair of those tickets before doing this advertisement. Dammit!