Looking for a 'new American sunrise ' ? We could do worse than follow Tim Scott .
“I know America is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression, ”I know it because I’ve lived it.


Tim Scott: Faith in America - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqu52y1B6qc)

Scott was raised by a single mother in poverty.But he graduated from college and started his own business. He credits his success to his Christian mother and a local Chick-fil-A franchisee that took an interest in him.
As a Senator for the last decade he rightly takes credit for ushering in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act built “the most inclusive economy” in recent U.S. memory, with record low unemployment for black and Hispanic Americans.

Scott on Final Passage of Tax Reform: “Big Win for Middle Class Families, U.S. Economy” | U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina (senate.gov) (https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/-scott-on-final-passage-of-tax-reform-big-win-for-middle-class-families-us-economy)

He tried to negotiate a bi-partisan police reform bill . He is a strong advocate for school choice.

He will set out his agenda during the campaign . His toughest challenge will be in the GOP primaries where he will have to convince the base that his positive message will sell better than the negative messages of Trump . He set the ball in motion with his response to Clueless Joe's SOTU address.

Senator Tim Scott delivers the Republican response to the State of the Union - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOfR5Rp5bc)

Who knows ? 2024 may be his time .

I like Scott. He seems to be solidly pro-life.

https://news.yahoo.com/elected-president-sen-tim-scott-195444421.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALQVUSlxLw1wE-31I_D-_PU8dUMS10tAB9tbL_0y2tXCAU7gnSNttxJHT8FG1C5dgxxH-iR0uetEaAnDN059x7AAhcIf3BiOZ10QFY38E23k0tWL8beld3f DjhRSbLoOxcin72ky1MFEx_larLpI_OKL85vaV1u0zyLB82NFL q_v

I think the repubs are putting together a good group of potential nominees. Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Scott, and even Trump would be a tremendous move forward over the pathetic figure currently in the White House, but the job would be, shall we say, "adventurous"? Reigning in fed spending is going to be a nightmare.

I fret a Trump Biden rematch

I fret a Trump Biden rematch
Both are too old.

I would love to have a candidate I could vote FOR instead of just choosing the lesser of two evils. Tim Scott appears to fulfil that need . He has a positive and optimistic message like Reagan had A Scott presidency would bring common sense conservatism without the drama.


Regarding Ukraine ;he says degrading Russia is in our national interest but he is calling for accountability for what has been sent . I think we blew a chance to bring Russia into the western world . He is definitively right about accountability . More evidence of waste and corrupt fraud is becoming evident daily .

What we need is someone in Congress now like Truman ;who travelled over 10,000 miles to visit bases in the US and make an independent appraisal of how the $10.5 billion allocated by Congress to strengthen the US military was being spent. . The waste and wartime profiteering he saw across the country shocked him. “I have never yet found a contractor who, if not watched, would not leave the government holding the bag,”

He set up a separate Senate Committee to be a watch dog .He became a thorn in the side of FDR even though he was a fellow Dem. On a shoe string budget his committee


Saved the government $10 – 15 billion;
Saved thousands of lives by uncovering defective equipment and materials that were to be used by troops, and unsafe conditions at plants where wartime materials were being manufactured; and
Shortened WWII by streamlining federal contracting practices.


How Truman Led the Charge in Congressional Oversight (historynet.com) (https://www.historynet.com/when-everybody-loved-congress-2/)

CNN Tara Setmayer said that Tim Scott is a “racial security blanket” for the GOP .

The smears about Scott not being an authentic Black have begun.

What's an "authentic Black" and why isn't he?

The first time I heard about authentic Blacks was when the emperor was labeled as not authentic .


So when black Americans refer to Obama as "one of us," I do not know what they are talking about. In his new book, "The Audacity of Hope," Obama makes it clear that, while he has experienced some light versions of typical racial stereotypes, he cannot claim those problems as his own - nor has he lived the life of a black American.

I'm surprised this is new to you . There has been scholarship and published books about the authentic Black.

Amazon.com: The Real Negro: The Question of Authenticity in Twentieth-Century African American Literature (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory): 9780415968355: Eversley, Shelly: Books (https://www.amazon.com/Real-Negro-Authenticity-Twentieth-Century-Literature/dp/0415968356)


Clueless Joe got a pass for saying
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”Implying that the emperor was not authentic .

2007 Peter Beinart wrote

“For many white Americans, it’s a twofer. Elect Obama, and you not only dethrone George W. Bush, you dethrone [Al] Sharpton, too. But being the ‘good’ black is tricky. The more whites love you, the more you must reassure your own community that you are still one of them.”

Beinart argued that the emperor was seen as a "good black," and thus had less of following among black people. Meanwhile, agitators like Al Sharpton were seen as the authentic "bad blacks." Beinart, argued that the emperor had to prove his loyalty to The People in a way that "bad blacks" never have to.


The emperor overcame this because politically he supported the Dem plantation positions . Tim Scott rejects the culture of dependency the Dems create .

It's the battle Clarence Thomas has had to fight for decades. You can throw Dr. Carson into that crowd as well. It reminds me of what Biden said to Charlamagne. "You ain't black if you vote for Trump." I sometimes wonder why black voters tolerate that patronizing attitude.

Scott announced his candidacy . He is sticking to a well tried narrative that his biography proved the American dream is real and relevant today. He says his life story disproves Dem lies.,

That he believes self reliance is an alternative to the Dem plantation proves to the left he is a Clarence Thomas like Uncle Tom

‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Says Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott Don’t ‘Get’ Systemic Racism: ‘That’s Why They’re Republicans’ (Video) (yahoo.com) (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/view-host-joy-behar-says-164319424.html)

That would be white female Joy telling Tim Scott how to be Black

Now Black Conservative Republicans are a 'clear and present danger ' .

This op-ed compares them to the antebellum South's ' House Negro'

Black MAGAs are a clear and present danger - TheGrio (https://thegrio.com/2023/05/23/black-magas-are-a-clear-and-present-danger/)

Lost in all of this is the fact that Scott and Thomas both DID come up to great success after starting on the lower rungs of the ladder. Same is true of Dr. Carson, and that's why they are hated so much. It's sad to say, but there are many Americans now who just want someone to give it to them.

Liberal Black leaders are the worse . If anyone could be compared to House Negroes it is them . They are the Black face of the Democrat plantation.

Check out the antics of the NAACP(the irony of having the word Negro in their organization name escapes them ) They have issued a travel warning to Blacks against the state of Florida even as the NAACP head lives there . The advisory grossly distorts the state's record to take cheap shots at DeSantis.

DeSantis has passed bills requiring the teaching of slavery ;abolition and the Civil Rights movement . That is a far cry from the charge that he is trying to erase Black history .

“Students shall develop an understanding of the ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping on individual freedoms.”

Chapter 1003 Section 42 - 2022 Florida Statutes - The Florida Senate (flsenate.gov) (https://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2022/1003.42#:~:text=Students%20shall%20develop%20an%20 understanding,for%20nurturing%20and%20protecting%2 0democratic)

African American History (fldoe.org) (https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/subject-areas/social-studies/african-amer-hist.stml)

The issue is Florida rejecting theCollege Board’s new AP class in African-American Studies, which is full of garbage like “Black Queer Studies” and “the case for reparations.”

That is all old news as the board revised the curriculum in February after DeSantis voiced the state's objections .

Despite that the advisory still claims
“Florida public schools will not teach your children accurate African-American history, which includes a history of enslavement, segregation, racial injustice and systemic racism,”
NAACP Travel Advisory for the State of Florida | NAACP (https://naacp.org/resources/naacp-travel-advisory-state-florida)

DeSantis has passed bills requiring the teaching of slavery ;abolition and the Civil Rights movement . That is a far cry from the charge that he is trying to erase Black history .
HIS way, not the way it really happened.

HIS way, not the way it really happened.And you know this how?

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DeSantis has passed bills requiring the teaching of slavery ;abolition and the Civil Rights movement . That is a far cry from the charge that he is trying to erase Black history .



HIS way, not the way it really happened.


oh let me guess . You think he got a copy of 'The Birth of a Nation' as a teaching guide ? Maybe all the Blacks in Florida should move to Chi-town where they would be safer . </ sarc>

oh let me guess . You think he got a copy of 'The Birth of a Nation' as a teaching guide ? Maybe all the Blacks in Florida should move to Chi-town where they would be safer . </ sarc>
Chicago got itself a new Black mayor. Go, Brandon, go!

Letter to the editor in today's Chicago Tribune:

Florida is at the bottom of state rankings.

The slang word woke means, “alert to racial prejudice and discrimination.” Those on the extreme right of the political spectrum are weaponizing that word to cast aspersions on progressive ideology. Pray tell, Gov. Ron DeSantis, what is abhorrent about teaching the unvarnished history of our country? More than four years under DeSantis governorship, Florida continues to languish toward the bottom of state rankings assessing the quality of health care, school funding, long-term elder care, and other areas key to a successful society. Teachers' salaries are among the lowest in the nation, unemployment benefits are lower than in any other state. Florida has no income tax for individuals and its corporate tax rate of 5.5% is among the lowest in the nation.

A startling fact is that a study in late 2019 revealed that 99% of Florida’s companies paid no corporate income tax. In Florida, the state’s tax revenues come largely through sales and excise taxes, which fall hardest on the poor and middle classes. Finally, the poorest 20% of Florida families paid 12.7% of their income in taxes, while the families whose income was in the top 4% paid 4.5%, and the top 1% paid 2.3% according to another 2018 study. Not only is DeSantis suppressing history, his current lack of leadership may truly need some rewriting.

unvarnished ? now that is the laugh of the week.

A letter to the editor from...who knows who? That's how you know these things?

In the meantime, the Chicago School System continues to be a compete disaster with 55 schools unable to produce even a single student proficient in math or reading.

https://readlion.com/not-a-single-student-is-proficient-in-reading-or-math-at-55-chicago-schools/#:~:text=Out%20of%20649%20Chicago%20Public%20Schoo ls%2C%2022%20schools,2021-2022%20school%20year%2C%20according%20to%20a%20Wir epoints%20report.

Florida has low taxes and yet has a surplus of well over 20 billion dollars. If DeSantis can do that for the U.S., then let's elect him tomorrow to replace the current incompetent boob in the White House.

Florida has no income tax. The sales tax is 6% which is a little lower than in our state. Property taxes in Florida are about average, ranking 30th out of the 50 states. Gas tax is 26 cents and that's also reasonable compared to other states, so it's hard to know why anyone would want to complain much about the tax bill in that state.

In the meantime, this absurd comment (HIS way, not the way it really happened.) will, as is usually the case, remain unsupported conjecture.

A letter to the editor from...who knows who? That's how you know these things?
You scream at me to add a link, to quote my source, so I obediently did so.

go Brandon go the city is much safer

Chicago Black Teen Flash Mob Riot SHUTS DOWN Armed Forces Celebration Causing Carnival Cancellation! (rumble.com) (https://rumble.com/v2pceti-chicago-black-teen-flash-mob-riot-shuts-down-armed-forces-celebration-causi.html)

Now, if only Brandon would cancel the NASCAR street race in Grant Park on July 1-2. Lori musta been nuts when she agreed to that.

You scream at me to add a link, to quote my source, so I obediently did so.I'm beginning to doubt your claims to have been a librarian. If you believe an unsourced letter to the editor to be documentation, then you have never done work in a library. Even worse, there was not a single statement in the unsourced letter that said anything to support this allegation. "HIS way, not the way it really happened."

It's interesting how sensitive you are about having your conjecture identified as being just that.

Pppppfffffftttttt!!!!!

The fact is that STATES run education NOT some centralized College Board . Florida is NOT the only state that rejected the original Advanced Placement program .

The College Board to their credit made revisions and is still in the process of making revisions to the curriculum .

The ONLY reason that this became an issue was because of DeSantis pending run for the Presidency .

As for Florida's so call standings ; well US News and World Report has consistently ranked the state in k-12 as good and higher education as superior (as in #1 )

So it appears there is a disconnect here . The letter to the editor does not site sources . But I will

Rankings: Education - States With the Best Education (usnews.com) (https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education)

It's interesting how sensitive you are about having your conjecture identified as being just that.
"Pppppfffffftttttt!!!!!"

Thank you for verification.


As for Florida's so call standings ; well US News and World Report has consistently ranked the state in k-12 as good and higher education as superior (as in #1 )What??? You mean the unnamed author of the letter to the editor was wrong? Well...how about that. Maybe that illustrates what every librarian in the country already knows. Unnamed sources are actually not sources at all for anything other than speculation.

NAEP testing results, which most educators recognize as the gold standard of educational assessments, show that Florida was at or above the national average in math and reading.

And I don't believe you are a cis male. Your bi+ching and crabbing belie that.

Really irritates you, doesn't it? Being called out for pure conjecture brings out the worst in you. "Your bi+ching and crabbing belie that." Even worse, now you have become a real misogynist by suggesting that women bi+ch and crab. How unmodern of you!!

You might want to try doing a little extra work to find some REAL documentation for your beliefs other than letters to editors. Better yet, you should consider adjusting your beliefs to fit in with reality.

jlisenbe: Really irritates you, doesn't it? Being called out for pure conjecture brings out the worst in you.
*giggle* You ain't seed nuttin' yet, my friend!

You're right. I have seen pretty much "nuttin" from you in terms of supporting your posts.

I hope to see something more mature in the future. Keep hope alive, sister!!

No support needed, am a long-time Mensan.

No support needed, am a long-time Mensan.Pride goeth before the fall.

I have heard often about the migration to Florida the dismissive narrative that it is the weather that draws them to the state.

I'll say it ... The weather in Florida is ok for the winter . It sucks for a lot of the year. Many days the heat and humidity are unbearable. I have been to both southern California and most of Florida . I would take southern California any day if weather were the only factor .

People are escaping California in droves to Florida and other states . Between 2020 -2022 Florida gained 600,000 residents ,,,, Texas 475,000... North Carolina 211,000 .

California ? 871,000 people fled the state .

Hundreds of thousands more left New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey for states such as Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Why? Because people are sick of progressive lefty authoritarian lunacy.

DeSantis became the face of protecting personal liberty in the pandemic years while both Trump and Clueless Joe imposed draconian restrictions on liberty .Governors like Gavin Newsom, New York's il duce Cuomo, and Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer were tripping over themselves trying to become more of a dictator than the other and destroy their state's economy.

Cuomo was so sure he did a great job that he wrote a book about it. It's a sad tale of thousands of NYers dying needlessly under his watch while his staffers worked on the taxpayer's dime writing his ticket into the White House.


https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593239261

If weather and beautiful beaches were the criteria I would move to California in a nano-second . But I would take humid and hotter than hell Florida (and South Carolina) any day for the right to breathe free.

the right to breathe free.A sadly undervalued quality in today's America. Far too many people just want the government to take care of them.

Your comments about the summer weather in FL are spot on. If not for the beaches, Florida would have far fewer incentives for tourism.

Hundreds of thousands more left New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey for states such as Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Why? Because people are sick of progressive lefty authoritarian lunacy.

Nope, they moved in search of jobs and recreation.

They are moving to escape high taxes, high cost of living expenses, high crime, and, in some cases, to escape liberal political agendas. Those are, of course, the same agendas that lead to high taxes, high crime, and high cost of living.

In Florida, taxes are reasonable, schools are largely good, and crime is much lower.

In Florida...plus banning books, whitewashing American history, anti-trans. The trans community is to repubs is what the Jews were to Nazis.

banning books, whitewashing American history, anti-trans. The trans community is to repubs is what the Jews were to Nazis.You have about as much support for this simplistic, hateful conjecture as you do for your previous episodes of simplistic, hateful conjecture. Did this also come from an unsourced letter to an editor???

The alphabet soup demographic is heavily populated in the Miami area . I don't see them packing and leaving in droves

You have about as much support for this simplistic, hateful conjecture as you do for your previous episodes of simplistic, hateful conjecture. Did this also come from an unsourced letter to an editor???
From observations. Look and watch and listen!

From observations. Look and watch and listen!Yet another nothing-burger.

Think, boy! Think!!!

Yep...nothing.

(He doesn't cogitate much.)

More nothing. It's what people do when they expect us to simply accept their hateful conjecture because (gasp!!) they supposedly belong to Mensa. Sorry, but I've read far too many of your posts to just blindly accept what you say. You've been caught lying before, so your credibility is shot as far as I'm concerned.

You lie all the time. Trying to keep up with you.

You're lying now. You have never caught me in a lie and you know it. The reason is because I am not in the practice like someone else I know.

So now that is TWO lies you've been caught in.

Liar, liar, pants on fire!!!

Blacks moved to Florida in record numbers in the DeSantis years (2018-2022) It's Black population rose 5.5 % in that period surpassing the 4.5% increase in White population . That is a quarter million Blacks who migrated to Florida during DeSantis watch.

In his last election, DeSantis won by the largest margin in 40 years, 59% to 40%. He won the Latino vote by about the same margin. The repubs should start making a major run at becoming strong in the Latino communities.

His approval rating is nearing 60%.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/florida-latinos-turned-favor-republicans-rcna57167

Others in Florida believe DeSantis’ pandemic policy to keep the state open paid off in the end, though it was a big risk at the moment.....“The No. 1 factor why Ron DeSantis became so popular in the state, and among certain segments of the population, was his pandemic policy —
“A lot of Hispanic families rely on jobs where tipping is a major part of their income; those people were able to go to work,” said Curbelo. Children who were learning English did not suffer setbacks like in other parts of the country were schools were closed for longer periods, he added.

Yes he showed real leadership during a crisis and was on the right side of the solution . Just what we need nationally .

Hispanics in general are culturally conservative. The vast majority don't buy into the alternate lifestyle the liberal progressives champion.

“When you ask people why they are changing their registration, they say Democrats are veering too far to the left,”

From the link I posted --

DeSantis’ lieutenant governor Jeanette Nuñez, a Cuban American from Miami and a Florida International University graduate, helped the governor make inroads among Latino voters.

“She has all the descriptors that made her into an ambassador for this community,” said Gamarra. “Republicans identified from a strategic point of view that they needed to move early into South Florida at a very vulnerable time for this community.”

so ? He had the foresight to appoint a competent Lieutenant Governor . Do you really think the Hispanic community is so shallow as to vote based on the ethnicity of the person on the ticket with the Governor ? Trump also made inroads in the Black and Hispanic communities ;not from some appointment he made but because they agreed with his policy choices. In the coming years you are going to see more minority communities escaping the Democrat plantation

US election 2020: Why Trump gained support among minorities - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54972389)

In the coming years you are going to see more minority communities escaping the Democrat plantation.Was talking this morning with a black man who is an elder at a black church in our town. He mentioned that people are becoming slaves to the concept of someone else taking care of them. It's so very true, and it was nice to hear him say it.


He had the foresight to appoint a competent Lieutenant Governor .Maybe Biden should have thought of something like that.

So how did the Memorial Day weekend go in Mayor Bendon's Chi-town ?

The citizens celebrated the Holiday by shooting 41 people killing 11 of them .

Maybe they should try strictly controlling handgun ownership in Chicago. No...wait.

I'm sorry. They already have.

Maybe they should try strictly controlling handgun ownership in Chicago. No...wait.

I'm sorry. They already have.
The new mayor is working on that. Go, Brandon, go!!!


So how did the Memorial Day weekend go in Mayor Bendon's Chi-town ?

The citizens celebrated the Holiday by shooting 41 people killing 11 of them .
Lori Lightfoot was insane when she set that up. And she got tons of flak. Was one reason she lost reelection.

Guess we are in the honeymoon period where Mayor Beetlejuice gets blamed for everything . Yet I have not heard Brandon express a tough on crime stance after Chi-town's most violent Memorial Day weekend in 7 years.

City’s most violent Memorial Day weekend in 7 years ‘intolerable,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says

Reducing crime wave will take time, says City Hall source.

By Fran Spielman (https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/fran-spielman) and David Struett (https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/david-struett)
May 30, 2023, 6:05pm

https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11eeb39/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6202x4135+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2Fj_Wr9i-ITU60aDWtl4tINCS0m88%3D%2F0x0%3A6202x4135%2F6202x4 135%2Ffilters%3Afocal%283003x284%3A3004x285%29%2Fc dn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F24693166 %2FSAFEHOLIDAY_052623_5.jpgMayor Brandon Johnson (left) listens to interim Chicago Police Supt. Fred Waller at a news conference last week.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

When Memorial Day weekend of 2020 ended with 39 people shot and 10 of them dead, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot called it a “bloodbath” and a “fail” by
her newly hired Police Supt. David Brown.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s approach after this year’s long holiday weekend was markedly different.

The weekend ended with 59 people shot, 11 of them killed. And while Johnson said the level of violence — the most shooting victims since 2016 — was “intolerable,” he didn’t undercut interim Chicago Police Supt. Fred Waller.



“It produced pain and trauma that devastated communities across Chicago, and my heart breaks for everyone affected,” Johnson said in a statement issued late Tuesday afternoon. “That’s why as mayor, I am committed to leveraging every single resource at our disposal to protect every single life in our city.”

A City Hall source, who asked to remain anonymous, said Johnson is well aware that reducing the violent crime wave that dominated the mayoral campaign will take time.
Memorial Day weekend is a “complicated ecosystem” that involves “multiple public safety challenges,” the City Hall source said.

This year, his administration distributed $2.5 million to 253 grassroots organizations so they could hold barbecues, sporting events and other constructive activities for young people and families over the long holiday weekend.

Another part of the challenge is securing “public congregate spaces” like lakefront beaches, downtown and neighborhood commercial corridors and street festivals. That requires a “significant presence” of police officers, the source said.

“There was a lot of activity going on, and that activity was safe, by and large. We had additional activity going on because of these community organizations all over the city, and they had many successful events engaging families and young people in particular. We didn’t see the significant incidents that we’ve had downtown for the most part, by and large,” the City Hall source said, without mentioning the shooting that closed North Avenue beach for a few hours on Friday afternoon (https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/26/23739178/north-avenue-beach-closed-after-shots-fired-fight-no-injuries-reported-pools-lifeguards).

Thank goodness our suburb's parade and parade goers in May didn't get shot up. I didn't go, and kept listening for pop pop pop.

Johnson was a defund the police guy .Unless he has had a Road to Damascus moment and is now a tough on crime and Police supporter than I see no change coming Put aside his campaign rhetoric . Crime was the big issue and he put his finger in the wind before pivoting . Maybe he has changed . We'll see .